February 2012 Top Beer & Pub Tweets

Start of a new month can mean only one thing: a compilation of February's Top Beer & Pub related content on Twitter:

17) ‏ @TheBlackIsleBoy

Found a bar in Stockholm that has 5 bottles of AB:04. Anyone got one million pounds? I'll bring 2 back :-)

Aye reminds me of that Pogues line about lend me £10 & I'll buy you a drink. Rich vein of tweeting from Chris in Sweden, well worth checking out his timeline if you dont already follow.

16) Ken has been travelling too, albeit less glamorously
‏ @rhodeshannah
Just seen some bloke buy a pint of @jdwtweet 's Veto Ale at stansted using a €5 note. #irony

15) ‏ @buddiebrilliant

Just realised my O'Dell 5 Barrel Pale Ale is out of date! Tastes great but maybe I can get a freebie for my troubles!

Tweeted like a true Buddie

14)  @bow_bar

“@cutteroo: Neva mind drinking the @MagicRockBrewCo @Bow_bar , smells like you could roll it up and smoke it!!! :)”

Ah yes, so many of us have been struck by the link hophead/dopehead. OK this next one isn't strictly beer but leads on from above and sort of struck me as a classic tweet expressing succinctly something I'd always knew to be true without ever getting round to putting it into words

13)  @JollyReprobate

Odd that potheads call their smokes "blunts," since it takes them forever to get to the point when they're talking.

No problem getting straight to the point no problem for this next regular on TB&PT

12)  @TheBlackIsleBoy

Aldi are selling Innis and Gunn. Perfect brand positioning.

Saucer of milk for table 3 I think

11)  @AleselABeers

This is a "craft" tweet. Carefully created by my own hands, it is superior and looks down upon other mass-produced tweets with derision.

And with that the whole Craft/Keg/Cask kerfuffle was put to bed. At last.

10)  @ThePoke

Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They drink. They leave. (via @Mcsweeneys)

When you saw this one yourself you just knew I'd include it here, so didnt want to disappoint

9)  @FordhamBrewing

Overheard on today's tour: "We brew on Saturdays. I guess you could call us seventh-day fermentists."

The thinking man's Punsters

8)  @TheSimonEvans

Most people are in fact like Marmite:- a by-product of the brewing industry

Short & snappy but with an underlying, sombre element of truth. Just the way we like them here

Courtesy of @MrNeilForsyth

7)  @bobby__peru

The Vale Bar in Glasgow has gone downhill, always been a bit, erm, basic but last night's crowd resembled a Hieronymus Bosch painting.

Eat your heart out @barbiographer

6)  @ArranBrewery2
Arran ferry collided with pier last night no ferry today brewing at a standstill as malt not able to be delivered on schedule,
As excuses go you have to concede it is right up there with the best

5)  @tweetabixface

If your wean had been screaming for half an hour, it is time to pay them some attention or leave - not buy more drinks

Another regular on TB&PT who just doesn't have enough followers in my opinion.

4)  @bulls_horns

I like to go into bars, drink about 12 beers then say 'one more for the road, the baby should be asleep in the car by now'.

Couple of contrasting views on Children in pubs issue there

3)  @Darkstarbrewco

@RealAleBritain suggest you do your sampling in the pub, you'll find that's the best place and you'll be supporting the trade along the way
The only way to deal with Kevin the Chancer. But did you notice this was re tweeted by no fewer than 10 beer bloggers. They never get free beer of any kind. Oh no.

2)  @borrachoeneldia

Curlers attracts quality neds. group at window are crackers." ahv goat yir number in this phone ahm gonnae get you"
'Overheard in the pub' remains my favourite source of tweeting. Don't get nearly enough of it. So come all you regulars: start earwigging.

1)  ‏@nybeerquotes

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into. -- Don Marquis

That would bump up the IBU count no end

January 2012 Top beer and Pub tweets

With an Oscar nomination for the actor responsible for bringing him to the big screen here is LeCarre's famous character's take on recent Government doublethink regarding healthy drinking

 

13)

1GeorgeSmileyGeorge Smiley

Control wants Ricki to have two drink-free nights, as per MPs' recommendations. I suggested the start of the flat season & cup final day.

12)

@Jocky_ScottJocky Scott

Ola Dubh is teckle bevvy.

And you would know Jocky, you would know. This account started off as a parody of Dundee fitba legend, with jetpacks and cocaine references aplenty. But now I'm beginning to have my doubts.



11)

rhodeshannahrhodeshannah

Just ordered a beer @BrewDogGlasgow. The bar staff have informed me it'll be at least three weeks.
Will it be afternoon or evening? Just that I'm due to get served at the Counting House that day & I don't want to miss out.



10)

beehiveinnThe Beehive Inn
Question of the Day: "Is that Murrayfield behind the pub?" "No, that would be Edinburgh Castle, sir."
All delivered in that superior tone only Edinburgh barstaff with experience of tourists going back generations can muster



9)

portstreetbeerPSBH

Hey guys from now on starting Friday 20th we opening at 2pm for your drinking pleasure, so bunk off work and join us for pint #wagwork

Now this is exactly to sort of get-up-and-go attitude that will see us grow the economy out of these troubled economic times

8)

SyrupySamSam Pyne

@ThePoke A parasite walks into a bar. Barman says 'We don't serve parasites in here' Parasite says, 'well, you're not a very good host'

7) ecorno2ecorno™

I want to go on one of those benders where you grow a full beard before you even notice.
Yep, that's how I get through those difficult first few weeks of growing my winter beard



6)

beehiveinnThe Beehive Inn

Make use of the wind! Put on roller skates, set your phone's satnav to "Beehive Inn" and spread your Batman cape! You'll be here in no time
Regullar Heather the Weather, aint ya?



5)

BrewDogBarNeilNeil Scotney

"Who's the manager here", "Well it's the guy in the penguin tshirt holding a stoat". Still funny.
Hey, if it gets you through the day...

4)

DiceProductionsDice Productions

Quitting smoking was the best decision ever. I can finally appreciate the taste of my breakfast vodka.

3)  

HopemanManGary Sutherland

Loch Fyne is a mighty fine brewery. Avalanche, Hurricane Jack... waiting for them to produce a beer called Typhoon Stout.

Aye, that would be just Sublime

2)

Twips2Twips2

LEARN a lesson from toast. Before going out drinking, why not butter the back of your head so that you don't fall on your face? @ChribHibble
Chrib nearly made the top spot but January has seen some rich pickings for us Twagiarists...

1)

thethreesheetsthethreesheets

According to the kids chatting behind me @BrewDogGlasgow IPA stands for Increased Percentage Ale. #thatsoundfromFamilyFortunes

In my day we used to laugh at people asking for a pint of "eighty slash dash", but this is funny too.

December 2011 top beer & Pub Tweets

Quick Cocktail from the only openly Golfing author I follow to get us started this month.

13)

HopemanManGary Sutherland

Whisky and Tizer. A Maltizer

12)

robsterowskirobsterowski

Excellent quote from Brewpooch – "We hate the UK beer culture" ... well fuck you then.

Looks like the Christmas Armistice is over, and that Rob didn't get picked for the traditional game of football played between the front lines. Again.

11)

Nevisport_BarCobbs@nevisport Bar
One of the worst days of weather in recent memory yet one of our regular's comes strolling in his usual T-shirt no jacket. #hurricanebawbag

Didn't know @thethreesheets even drank up there

10)

fletcherchrisschris fletcher

I turned down free beer at work today cos I had to look after the kid for half an hour. This sort of thing wins Peter Andre awards

9) Couple of promising entries from a newcomer to Top Beer & Pub tweets

ConfusedLushScotched Rinker

Sam Adams is the main reason I know what season it is.

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Occupy my bosses Liquor cabinet!

Hit 'em where it hurts

8)

SirMervynKingSir Mervyn King

Asked by the missus to stick to 2% beer tonight. On my 7th can of the 5.2% lager. I'll send a letter of explanation when I stop sicking up.

OK, faintly reminiscent of an old Rikki Fulton gag but still worth an outing on Hogmanay.



7)

beehiveinnThe Beehive Inn

Excuse of the decade: "Sorry, I'm late, but I got toothpaste in my hair." No hashtag would do this justice, so I wont even try...

6)

AdamShAdam Shafi

@HenglersAles Do you have the new Houston space beer ?

As a boy Adam dreamed of walking on the moon, now he makes do walking from pub to pub ticking off @HoustonBrewCo 's space beers

5) Also from Dundee, but with different priorities

Jocky_ScottJocky Scott

Plate o stovies and a tin of Tartan Spesh then time tae get ill. #Yaas #teckle #youkenthescore #hogmanay

4)

PandaBloggerPanda Monium

#TwoThingsThatNeverMix Deuchars and fermented bamboo.#sorehead

Beer & food pairing taken to the next level



3) Speaking of which, here is someone never slow in sniffing out a good pub/food deal...

Glasgow_RedJ P

@Bruadarbar awesome! Had Rapture first time last week, lovely. Looking forward to Lovibonds too.Any burger deals on tonight?

2)

@bruadarbarBruadar Bar

We just put in an order for some truly staggering UK craft beer arriving mid January. Keep watching, prepare for trouser wetting excitement

Adding a welcome new dimension to Glasgow drinking, but perhaps not the excitement all of us crave

1)

Its_DeathSteve Death

I'm in a Wetherspoon's. It's like the second circle of hell but the beer's cheaper.
By an uncanny coincidence this was Tim Martin's pitch to the venture capitalists when raising start up stake all those years ago...

Top Beer and Pub tweets November 2011

Ok here are the 15 best Beer, Pub and General drink related tweets from November 2011

15)

AdamShAdam Shafi

@Counting__House Prefer the straight glass, but better is the even taller, but narrower straight glass, pref oversized with pint to line ;-)

You forgot to ask for a maraschino cherry

14)

PandaBloggerPanda Monium

@Kelvinbridgesue: @PandaBlogger So you'll have had yir tea?”Yes... Bamboo with brown sauce and a pint of deuchars. Feel I'm fitting in

Beer and food pairing taken to the next level

13)

rhodeshannahrhodeshannah

I just hope the bon gets some tempest on soon. Been told Monday. Fingers crossed. #glasgowbeer

Ken playing it cool over November's biggest beer happening in Glasgow. You mean you weren't there? Pity...

12) Couple of sporting related ones next

Glasgow_RedJ P

Would like #nffc fans to know that although we got stuffed yesterday,I upheld our honor by drinking half of pompey under the table
Yeah, that always cheers me up after a bad loss, in the middle of a crap season, away from home,...

EdinburghPubEdinburgh Pub

Mike Tindall - that was an expensive trip to the pub.


11)

Randz587Darren Randolph

Dublins buzzing tonight! Just a few quiet ones.......REEOOOOWWWWWWWW!!!

What is it like to celebrate qualification for a major tournament?

10)

dianogahAndy B

In a bar in Geneva. Drinking kwak and eating popcorn. This place confuses the fuck out of me

9)

lochnessbreweryLoch Ness Brewery

contemplating making some brown low abv characterless pishwater and calling it Loch Ness Best - any takers?

Just remember the good people at Dunbar won awards...for their marketing of that beer

8)

Burrito_QuimbyJoseph L. Quimby Jr

Heading to Edinburgh to play gig with Remember Remember. I'm hoping to get rubbered rubbered.

Hey Hey, my my, Rock and Roll will never die

 

 

7)

borrachoeneldiaborrachoeneldia

Disappointed that after a day no one has made the WholePaypacket "joke" about the new Whole Food Market in the Mearns.

Brown Paypackets? With those perforated holes? in the Mearns? You're the one that is having a laugh 

6)

TheBeerCastBeerCast Rich

@robsterowski @AleselABeers By some coincidence I'm drinking a Rumble as well at the moment. It tastes like fabric softener

Tasting note of the month

5)

robsterowskirobsterowski

@TheBeerCast What kind of fabric softener do you use? I must get some

Rob sensing a bandwagon there

4)

AleselABeersHairyMonster AleselA

@TheBeerCast We use those sheets that you put in the rumble dryer. Badum-tish!! I'll be here all week. Thank you.

Your name is Noel Edmonds. Thank you, and goodnight


3)

colinbmxColin M

Overheard at @curlers_rest: "You're sitting there like some kind of Russian oligarch". You get a better class of insult in the west end

2)

VeryShortStoryVery Short Story

After a night of drinking in the bar, I woke up in a graveyard, the only place where women didn't walk away from me when I talked to them.
Quality contribution from longtime favourite

1)

@fullsteamFullsteam Brewery

When someone suggests there are more calories in dark beer, politely ask them if burnt toast has more calories than lightly-toasted bread.
Clever, but the Socratic technique is doomed to failure when  deployed against beer bores