Wednesday, 13 January 2010

A Drunk Diary, Episode Thirteen


Day 13, thank the lard it ain't Friday.

Started at 3pm today. Not supposed to be at work but need to use the scanner, bugger had to start...

Drink : Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
abv : 7.2%
Units : 2.52.

Drink : Anchor Christmas 2009
abv : 5.5%
Units : 1.95

Drink : Harviestoun Old Engine Oil
abv : 6%
Units : 1.98

Drink : Half Pint Bristol Brewing Company Bristletoe
abv : 4.3%
Units : 1.22

Drink : Half Pint Banks & Taylor Fruit Bat
abv : 4.5%
Units : 1.27

Drink : Port Brewing Wipeout IPA
abv : 7%
Units : 4.62

That it for today.

Total units today : 13.56

Super Botel


I want this, I dream of this, who's going to do this?

We've heard the ideas about super-casinos, we've read and watched superman, Super Girl and Super Ted, we've generally had a super time doing so too. So Super is the word of the day.
Which brings me to the idea I dream about, the Super Pub or Super Botel (see Botel instead of Motel). Anyone else had this dream, i'd be interested to know.
What would be in the 'Super-Pub'? What would be in yours?

Where do we begin? How about the outside, it should be shaped like a massive beer keg/cask/bottle or can (your dream, your preference).
Then you come to the door which you don't even notice because someone's opened it for you and you just breeze on in.
A host of some sort, lets for the sake of argument call them Beer Angels.
The Beer Angels would see you to your seat and give you the beer list which would have every beer you could drink up.....sorry think up. The beer list could take any form you like too, be it on old fashioned tome or as upto date as a palm reader for the techno-geeks, fuck it! the proper geeks could have it in good old comic form!
There would of course bee beer floors, they wold have their own breweries on each floor, each floor would be dedicated to a style of beer, the IPA/Pale Ale floor, for me, would have to be on the top floor(best beers, best views!) Again that's all dependant on your preference.

There would of course have to be an army of staff. You'd need loads behind the bars on each of the beer floors. You'd also need an army of chefs on each floor to cook all the beer and food matching.

Lets not forget the science bit...there would be a team of scientists on site making sure that no matter how much you drank you would have some sort of chemical formula on hand to imbibe to counter the effects of alcohol.

Ok so in case the scientists aren't doing their jobs and drinking and driving generally being a complete no-no there would have to be rooms for people to stay in, of course there would be a free mini-bar in the rooms!

Tickers would be welcome, we'd have a room for them so they didn't scar...sorry scare the customers away.
Politians would be barred - particularly any who are neo-prohibitionist half wits.
Of course it would be so 'super' that we wouldn't have to advertise the venue in any press related nonsense (Daily Fail be damned!!)

For the likes of Boggle there would be a spooge room if there was a beer that the 'spoogers' couldn't find in this enormous gothic-like stone & marble keg.
AND...AND....How about a fictional beer room for those people sad enough to want a pint of Romulan Ale or 'the usual' from the Queen Vic.

I'm running out of thoughts for the time being but I'm going to update this post if I think of anything to add to it.

Suffice to say this Super Botel would be 'the nuts'. If you want to add to any of these ideas then feel free to do so, never know what might happen...

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

A Drunk Diary, Episode Twelve



Day twelve.

Started on the coffee at 7am, had another couple at work. Then Lucille and I went off to look at a couple of places, I went home, Luce went to her mates to give her her birthday present.
Got home, had a couple of pints of Orange Squash and fuck me sideways and call me betty, no alcohol today!
Nitey nite loyal readers(and occasional by-stoppers). At this rate, I'll have to find something else to write about!

Monday, 11 January 2010

A Drunk Diary, Episode Eleven


Evening all, Started today at 5pm. Having a drink with two old members of staff and one current member of staff.

Drink : Goose Island IPA
abv : 5.9%
Unit : 2.09

Drink : Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
abv : 7.2%
Unit : 2.52

Drink : La Trappe Dubbel
abv : 7%
Units : 2.31

The last one I served up with Lucilles lovely cottage pie, awesome, the dubbel probably overpowered the pie a little bit but it still worked a treat!

Total units today : 6.92

Night all.

Sunday, 10 January 2010

A Drunk Diary, Episode Ten


Day 10, Stargate SG-1 on telly, about to do my weekly CSI Sunday marathon. Time for some beer!
Time : 19.17

Beer : Martsons Burton Bitter
abv : 3.8%
Units : 1.9

Beer : Brewdog Riptide Bottle
abv : 8%
Units : 2.64

That's that for the day.

Total units today : 4.54

Saturday, 9 January 2010

A Drunk Diary, Episode Nine


Day Nine.

Time started : 5.15pm

Drink : Half pint Banks & Taylor's Fruit Bat.
abv : 4.5%
Units : 1.27

Drink : Brakspear 'Double Dropped' Bitter - Half a Bottle
abv : 3.4%
Units : 0.85

Now,Why did I only drink half the bottle? Well, I've had Brakspear before and I've enjoyed it on draught but this bottle? Well I have never had one so totally uninspiring and tasteless, and that was that for the day, too depressed to drink anymore.
Time finished drinking 6.30pm
Total units today .....wait for it......no, really! 2.12 units! what a booze fuelled saturday night, still, it was about time I had a night off.

Lovebeer? Love Harviestoun!


This is a post regarding the Lovebeer Sessions above The Rake.
On the 23rd January the Lovebeer Meet the Brewer Sessions will start up again with the much anticipated Stuart Cail from Harviestoun. I'm Gutted! I'm going up to the blogger tweet-up in Sheffield that day(Not that that's a bad thing, I'm really looking forward to that but still...).
Harviestoun are one of the most outstanding British breweries around today, their Schiehallion Pilsner is quite simply one of the finest beers I have ever had the privilege of drinking.
Here is the list of what will be tasted on the day...

Bitter & Twisted - Bottle
Haggis Hunter - Cask
Schiehallion - Cask and Bottle comparison
Ptarmigan - Cask
Old Engine Oil - Bottle
and finally....a vertical tasting of the Olah Dubh range!

This has to be one of the most exciting Meet the Brewer events in years and the ink is barely dry on the tickets before they get sold!
If you want a ticket for this event you can get one from The Rake or the Utobeer office(ask for the lovely Denise), tickets are £15 and believe me they are worth every penny!