On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 07:10:30AM +0100, Anthony Anson wrote:
The message 20040607204310.GA26407@amnesiac.heapspace.net from Brett Parker iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk contains these words:
The Fat Cat is about as out as you can get for good beer selection, obviously they're a die hard adnams fan, or not very adventurous ;)
The Barford Cock might be an idea - with two microbreweries on the premises the choice should be quite good. The beer is more than that, I can report.
Coo - where's that?
I don't think I've ever had the same drink on different sessions in the Fat Cat, wander in, pick something random from the vast selection, drink, if it's good stick to it for that session, if not, switch again and keep going till one that is good (doesn't usually take long ;)
Fat Cat is ace, but do they have room for anything more than a chat meeting? The Landlord's Brother-in-Law keeps the Kings Arms at the head of Hall Road (Opposite the Billy Bluelight) where there is a lot of room, and thirteen cask-conditioned beers on the truncheons.
I'd say the Fat Cat is not a good Alug meeting place, we have had an Alug social meet there, while it was sunny so we were sitting outside, otherwise there's no room to breathe ;)
The Kings Arms is nice, yes, but I'm still more partial to keeping it at the city gate for now, easy parking, wide selection of *cheap* beer, comfy seats, and a reasonable atmosphere (unless a bunch of clueless morons take over the pub, but that only happened once, and that was a thursday where friday was a bank holiday, so, almost understandable).