Dog

[neiltwist]

Is it true then?

Is Newcastle Brown Ale to be the official tMP beer?

Pleeeaaaase!

After all, it's obviously healthy!

Rearranging the letters of 'Newcastle Brown Ale' gives:

Want cleaner bowels?

quite ironic in a way I think!

[The Cornet King]

:D I'm up for that Neil.
As long as the official drink of the tMPers is a decent Ale (being a yorkshire man it HAS to be Ale) i aint bothered! :D
:D

In fact i'm just off out now and shall enjoy my first pint (or 10) of THE OFFICIAL tMP Ale.
As for the cleaner bowels...

[NAS]

Sorry chaps... Twas I that cast the first 'loathe' it vote :( .

Neil Samuel

[super_sop]

and im the second!!.

it would have to be a nice glass of guiness mmmmmmm :guiness

[neiltwist]

oh well, some people just don't have a clue! guinness, although it's amazing in Dublin! :guiness + :guiness + :guiness +:guiness + :guiness + :guiness + :guiness + :guiness + :guiness + :guiness + :guiness + :guiness = :hammer

[neiltwist]

Rearranging the letters of 'Stella Artois - Reassuringly Expensive' gives:

Pint o' lager virtually erases sexiness.

[aimee_euph]

an i'm another one who loathes it.

After being forced to drink it.. grr...

[neiltwist]

how can this be happening? maybe Pythagoras, GeordieColin, and I just drank so many it looked like that's what everyone was drinking!

[timbloke]

square (aka pythagoras) will drink anything, and usually at double the speed of your average drinker.... then sway a lot and eventually pass out...

.... actually the second bit (swaying and passing out) is pretty standard accross most people i know.

[neiltwist]

who's a lightweight?

[timbloke]

not me. unless it is one of those evil punches i tend to make and then drink at my parties.

[Sellers_Bird]

and im the eighth person to loathe it!!! yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk

[picju96]

Well I am, but haven't voted, so I'm not the lightweight here.

[lynchie]

Nope, loath it... I'm with the guinness drinkers on this one! It's a much more classy drink. A chinese guy I know once described it as a delicacy!

Good things come to those who wait

Bad things happen to people drinking out of bottles!

[sparkling_quavers]

Bad things happen to people drinking out of bottles!

and half pint glasses :wink:

[rutty]

I overdosed on the stuff once and haven't touched it since. I much prefer proper Ale ;)

[lynchie]

Bad things happen to people drinking out of bottles!

and half pint glasses :wink:

half pints... **shudder**

why bother?

[neiltwist]

Bad things happen to people drinking out of bottles!

and half pint glasses :wink:

half pints... **shudder**

why bother?

you're not supposed to drink it out of a full pint glass all at once, or it goes completely flat! hence the fact that we were drinking half pints of it from a nearly full pint bottle!

[lynchie]

all sounds a bit ropey... i prefer to have a drink which takes a while to prepare, but then lasts as long as you need!

[neiltwist]

well, a third of voters like it so far, it's looking good!

[neiltwist]

all sounds a bit ropey... i prefer to have a drink which takes a while to prepare, but then lasts as long as you need!


hmmm, thinking of guinness by any chance? :guiness

[lynchie]

surprisingly no one has said they don't drink!

having said that, I've only ever met one bander who didn't drink... so maybe its the fault of brass bands that beer consumption in this country is so high!

[neiltwist]

two non-drinkers now, I know a lot more people than that who don't drink!

[lynchie]

hmmm, thinking of guinness by any chance? :guiness

umm... maybe


two non-drinkers now, I know a lot more people than that who don't drink

there's 3 now! the world's gone mad! Or maybe I was too hasty to judge banders in general... maybe some day I will meet some of these tee-total musicians!

[geordiecolin]

As any Geordie will tell you, Newcastle Brown has to be drunk from a half glass, none of this "straight from the bottle" rubbish. In fact in the toon, a "Dog" will come with a half-pint glass without prompting.

However, I'm sorry to say that Newcastle Broon isn't my favourite "Newcastle Beer". Newcastle Exhibition Ale, in my mind is nicer and doesn't go flat so quickly. I think it's stronger, or it may just mess me up more and it also tends to make me ill! However its fairly difficult to get hold of on draught and even harder to find in bottles. There used to be a Newcastle Amber Ale as well, which my old band's old bandroom used to sell in their bar and my dad used to drink in the break. He claimed it was gorgeous, but i haven't seen it for years and hence have been unable to appreicate it for myself. Does anyone know if it's still available????

Also try Federation LCL if you ever see it...... Poor man's Stella. Apparently its brewed to reduce calories or carbohydrates or something LCL = Low Calorie/Carbohydrate Lager. All this "process" does is make you very drunk and do silly things.. hence the nickname Lose Control Lager.
It's another love it or hate it drink.... but i love it!

None of this Irish Meal In A Glass rubbish thanks, I prefer not having to use a knife and fork when consuming my pints!! And as for that "shamrock in the head" thing.... How tacky!!

[geordiecolin]

Heheheheh

Newcastle Brown Ale Ice Cream!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/2958702.stm

Also see

http://www.newcastlebrown.com

Did you know in 1988, in protest to a hostile takeover bid of Scottish and Newcastle by an Australian company, Newcastle Brown Ale Bottles had their labels stuck on upside down? The takeover bid failed.

[lynchie]

None of this Irish Meal In A Glass rubbish thanks, I prefer not having to use a knife and fork when consuming my pints!! And as for that "shamrock in the head" thing.... How tacky!!

I agree with the shamrock thing... never saw the point and I think it's only really done when bars in dublin are ripping off amazed tourists...

However, as far as the meal in the glass goes, it's important to know that even if you haven't eaten all day you can still go to bed not feeling hungry! And I'm sure if you'd tried the real, straight from the liffey, original Mr Guinness recipe Guinness, you would change your mind!

[neiltwist]

never tried the exhibition, but the federation brewery does a quality few beers! Pale Ale, and all sorts, nice too.

[Keppler]

I agree with the shamrock thing... never saw the point and I think it's only really done when bars in dublin are ripping off amazed tourists...

However, as far as the meal in the glass goes, it's important to know that even if you haven't eaten all day you can still go to bed not feeling hungry! And I'm sure if you'd tried the real, straight from the liffey, original Mr Guinness recipe Guinness, you would change your mind!

Am I getting wrong impressions lynchie, or are you an exile?

[lynchie]

yup, ripped from my homeland when i was only 3... :cry:

Born in Dublin, Dads from Limerick, Mums from Dundalk... so I was taught to drink and not to talk to argue with soldiers from a very early age!

[Keppler]

good good.. probably increased the number by a significant percentage..

anyway.. to get back on topic - not an ale person..

[neiltwist]

good good.. probably increased the number by a significant percentage..

anyway.. to get back on topic - not an ale person..

you mean besides Newcastle Brown surely?

[Keppler]

never tried that, so I won't make the comment of not even rating that...


oops... too late

[Pythagoras]

Dog rules! Find it hard to drink it quickly. Which is good for me. Prefer some other ales though: Abbott, Directors etc.

[neiltwist]

Dog rules! Find it hard to drink it quickly. Which is good for me. Prefer some other ales though: Abbott, Directors etc.

love all those real ales, if you're there on saturday at the beer festival in wetherspoons...

[Pythagoras]

Will be a massacre!

[The Cornet King]

Nah guys they aren't REAL ales.

Now if ya wanna taste some proper ale get yourselves up to Masham and into the Black Sheep Brewery.
Riggwelter, Black Sheep, Yorkshire Square Ale...they are proper ales :D

I also Recommend a pint (or 5) of Ye Olde Legg Over. Tis rather grand :lol:

What else is there??? Oh yeh Badger ale is good. Old Speckled Hen is excellent also. :wink:

So come upto Yorkshire and get some proper grog down your necks!!

[neiltwist]

Nah guys they aren't REAL ales.

Now if ya wanna taste some proper ale get yourselves up to Masham and into the Black Sheep Brewery.
Riggwelter, Black Sheep, Yorkshire Square Ale...they are proper ales :D

I also Recommend a pint (or 5) of Ye Olde Legg Over. Tis rather grand :lol:

What else is there??? Oh yeh Badger ale is good. Old Speckled Hen is excellent also. :wink:

So come upto Yorkshire and get some proper grog down your necks!!

I think we can be sure that there's some old speckled hen on, and black sheep probably, but if it tastes nice, I don't care what it is, nor how strong!

[Dave Payn]

Some more beer related anagrams

Courage Best: Bog-seat cure
Shipstones: Honest P**s
McEwans Lager: New slag cream
Special Brew: Spew calibre

[Mrs Fruity]

Beware! Take care! - there used to be a special ward at the local psychiatric hospital (St Nick's for those in the know) for those who'd taken the "Jorney inter Spyess" too far!!!! Ward 8, apparently. And the official glass to use is a schooner.

[geordiecolin]

Not a massive fan of Black Sheep myself, can't beat a good pint of Deuchars IPA though......
Sheffield Uni Students Union have got Abbeydale Brewery's (Small Sheffield Brewery) Moonshine PA on at the minute. mmmmmmm

Also see;

Wylam Brewery - Summer Magic, Gold Tankard, Turbinia http://www.wylambrew.co.uk/
Big Lamp Brewers - Sunnydaze, Prince Bishop www.biglampbrewers.com

Partial to a nice Bass (esp @ Midland Area Contest), Landlord (depends on the pub) and most other ales.....

[michellegarbutt]

I don't actually drink but it makes me pretty popular whenever we do a job where free beer tokens are given out. In exchange for buying me a glass of blackcurrant and water costing 30-50p another payer gets an extra free pint

[neiltwist]

42% now! do we get it as official drink if we break 50%?

[neiltwist]

Not a massive fan of Black Sheep myself, can't beat a good pint of Deuchars IPA though......



oooh, I hope they've got that on!

[PeterBale]

42% now! do we get it as official drink if we break 50%?

I think we would have to insist on a set percentage of all tMPers before it could be official - you may have to settle for "unofficial" like the postal workers :wink:

[neiltwist]

down to 40%

come on guys, get voting!

[Jo Elson]

I've never tried newcastle brown ale so I couldn't comment. But I don't understand why this topic is called "Dog"?

[neiltwist]

I've never tried newcastle brown ale so I couldn't comment. But I don't understand why this topic is called "Dog"?

oh dear!


'Dog' is the newcastle term for Newcastle Brown Ale

[Pythagoras]

Had to pay the 20p at Manchester Piccadilly station to use the toilets today thanks to the Brown Ale.

According to Geordie Colin, the reason its called Dog is that men in Newcastle used tell their wives that they were going to walk the dog when they were really gouing to the pub, so they ordered a bottle of dog when they got there.

[Naomi McFadyen]

I like it!
Tried it at the social when geodiecolin and neiltwist insisted I tried it, more than once, so I did... not bad at all!

:lol:

[Seedhouse]

Never tried it before, think I should try it so I can vote?? :P

[geordiecolin]

Dog - Apparently on most evenings in Newcastle you could hear the men leaving their houses for the local pub, shouting back to their wives; "I'm just gan doon the road to tak the dog for a waak!"


I assume these Geordie Hinnies were convinced their husbands were really walking their dogs, even if they didn't have one and also that the pubs really were full of dogs as a result?. But then again I thought every Geordie had a Whippet and Racing Pigeon. I think the men got away with it because their wives were too embroiled in their Proggie Mats making??!

[neiltwist]

Never tried it before, think I should try it so I can vote?? :P

yep, I think you need to try it, or you could vote 'yes' in pre-emptence!