Frank Elson wrote:
>
> Alex writes: >>>OK guys, what's the 'odd' thing about serving Newkie Brown?
> >
> > First use of the clear bottle (reputed to "ruin" the beer, but I haven't
> > noticed)? Oldest brewing site in the UK, allegedly? Gawrsh, I don't
> know....<<<
>
> to enjoy a pint of Newkie Brown properly you should have a pint bottle and a
> half pint glass. Then you keep topping up the half pint as you drink, to
> keep the head on it. Otherwise it disappears and looks flat - still tastes
> just as good tho.
Reminds me when I first had Newkie Brown, the landlord could only get it
in half-pint bottles so he used to pour 2 at once into a straight pint
glass without it overflowing, quite skilled he was. Occasionaly one of
the half pint bottles was Guinness, black & tan we used to call it.
> Seems weird the first few times as around here we think of half-pint
> glasses as for women. You don't say that in Geordieland tho'
I get some funny looks now when I ask for a pint glass, but I found when
I was younger, the beer didn't stay in the glass long enough to loose
its head, I just lost mine. I used to prefer a dimple glass with a
handle on as well but you don't see them anymore.
> you also write: 'up Alan Shearer' to which I reply, that rat deserted
> Blackburn Rovers so 'right up' him!
Who's he then? One of those blokes what kick a bag a wind about on a
Saturday instead of doing some'at useful like a Landy oil change/top-up.
All the best
Mick Forster
Series III LWB Safari 2.25 petrol/LPG 1973
Series IIa SWB 2.25 petrol 1962
Series IIa SWB electric one day!!
http://gawain.soc.staffs.ac.uk/~mick/landpics.html
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