stadium shock

[Ken Newbury]

ale can be sold as cask conditioned (where a bit of the residue/yeast from the brewing process remains in the cask and the beer conditions) or can be bright (which has been poured from a cask and placed into a container and the residue is not present - the beer will not improve any further).

In essence, Bright beer is easier to store and transport because you dont have to lay the cask down to settle (ensuring the reside remains in the cask and not in the pint that is served). It means ale can be transferred in and out of a venue the same day. For the suppliers it means they can use it elsewhere.

The disadvantage of bright is that once it's put into the container it has a limited shelf life whereas cask conditioned can be stored for far longer.

These days you will also find that bottled ales can sometimes come as bottle conditioned which means that the residue is also present in the bottle and the beer continues to prove.

... and of course as ROSM knows from experience, you can move a container of bright beer, however if you move or shake a conatiner of cask conditioned beer it renders it undrinkable for 24 hours until it re-settles!

 

[Questions]

no beard, dont say mein host, or indeed sidle up to some barmaid saying 'my problem is my wife understands me'.

I've also not vomitted up all over a pub, picked a fight with a group of innocent passers by or urinated on a war memorial.

These generalisations can be such fun

I drink real ale from Belgiums through to British and could I say that I have done all those things that ROSM has pointed out.............................

and on more than one occasion.

 

[ROSM]

... and of course as ROSM knows from experience, you can move a container of bright beer, however if you move or shake a conatiner of cask conditioned beer it renders it undrinkable for 24 hours until it re-settles!

Indeed - it is very important to know which animal you're dealing with (a sign above it would always help) so as to avoid any unfortunate accidents that may (or may not) be caused by a complete arse up from a drinker.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

I don't care about the type of lager or ale they have, but if they don't have a selection of quality ciders, I'll EXPLODE with rage etc. Literally.



Papa

 

[wellquickwoody]

Sorry to piss on the fireworks n all that, but.......

Why would anyone, except those with kids in tow, choose to drink at Falmer?

It will be a crap, corporate choince of drinks.

It will be overpriced.

Full of children.

Singing will be monitored, if not frowned upon. (No naughty words etc., and repeat offenders lose season tickets/banned? Just guessing.)

Sorry but most pre match drinking will be elsewhere for me.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I am expecting a supporters bar when I can get to the stadium early - meet up with friends have a few decent pints and something to eat. Then a pint after the match - watching the results come in while the crowds clear.

I have always understood that is in the plans.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

How many tins will you get through on the NINE minute journey from Brighton to Falmer?

seven.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

lightweight.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

seven.

FAIRWEATHER DRINKER.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

it's all about the BUNCE over here isn't it, rather than actually providing a decent service

spending as little as possible and charging as much as possible

f***ing GORDON BROWN

He only got the idea from Maggie.

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

I think the thing that should be the most worrying is the pricing. The club need to ensure the company appointed do not take the micky out of supporters by charging stupid amounts for a pint

Like £3.30 for a half pint of gassy Worthington's at Norwich

 

[Tory Boy]

Then it's up to the designers to make the concourse areas nice enough that people want to drink in them.

That will be lovely in the pissing rain.

TB

 

[Billy the Fish]

That will be lovely in the pissing rain.

TB

Yes it will, getting out of the pissing rain into a nice warm concourse.

BtF

 

[Padders]

Surely if Cask is not an option then bottles of decent ale would be easiest.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

Ha Ha,all the weird beard real ale suppers will have to put some deoderant on and come and have a pint of fizzy amber piss with us lager drinkers

 

[Jim in the West]

There are huge numbers of great eating and drinking opportunities within easy walking distance of Brighton or Lewes stations. The train journey from either is a matter of a few minutes, and the club have conveniently located the stadium just a stone's throw from Falmer station. I can't imagine what there is to complain about! I could understand if we were contemplating the Madejski Stadium or the Ricoh Arena, which are both appallingly located in the middle of nowhere with no decent public transport.

Can we please leave the whingeing until we've got something worth complaining about?!

 

[The Large One]

Ha Ha,all the weird beard real ale suppers will have to put some deoderant on and come and have a pint of fizzy amber piss with us lager drinkers

Nice to see someone's paying attention to what's being said in this thread.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Surely if Cask is not an option then bottles of decent ale would be easiest.

On one of his blogs Martin Perry said that they've requested the catering companies include plans for draught ale in their tender. It's going to happen.

 

[RexCathedra]

This all sounds so wonderful.

I am sitting here 3000 miles away with this thread open in one tab, and British Airways open in another, and a third with a Google map of local banks here where I might -- ahem -- 'withdraw' enough money to get over to Falmer for the opening.

(On mature reflection, I think the weekly lottery ticket is a better long-term plan than the bank job.)

Someone stand me a pint when I finally get there.

 

[xenophon]

I'm smuggling in a litre of vodka to every game. Then when I've downed it I'm gonna throw it at the top boys in the away end before leading the charge into them

Nawty like