tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post382064509360229145..comments2024-03-17T18:35:35.701+00:00Comments on I might have a glass of beer: All change at Glasgow Queen StreetRob Sterowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-24587964891677886482011-04-10T03:43:20.787+01:002011-04-10T03:43:20.787+01:00Apothecary Fox: I've already been in. Watch th...Apothecary Fox: I've already been in. Watch this space! But my point is still the same – if the beer's so good, why doesn't it deserve a page in the menu?Barmhttp://refreshingbeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-50052545048110847782011-04-10T03:05:12.073+01:002011-04-10T03:05:12.073+01:00I can reliably inform you that the beer range at B...I can reliably inform you that the beer range at Browns is huge. We carried a wide range of European beers on draft such as Kozel, Pilsner Urquell, Rotthaus, and Veltins as well as a large selection of bottle beer (cusquena, kasteel cru, innes and gunn) to name a few. Oh, and cask ale too. Drop by and try us out!Apothecary Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747899490303038424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-66288393672989701162011-04-05T11:35:46.603+01:002011-04-05T11:35:46.603+01:00Behave, children, or there'll be no beer with ...Behave, children, or there'll be no beer with tea and Teddy will be upset.Barmhttp://refreshingbeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-90947791445647853502011-04-05T00:56:59.766+01:002011-04-05T00:56:59.766+01:00I'm sorry for any misunderstanding, but I was ...I'm sorry for any misunderstanding, but I was referring to Weatherspoons in general, considering mind Barm's remark, "Other than that, well, it’s a Wetherspoons", your response to that, ("Decent cask beer too") and, well, my response to your response. <br /><br />Though as it happens, I have visited (as far as I am aware) every other Wetherspoons in the Great Glasgow area, and yes, all of those descriptions fit, which is why I'm not anxious to visit too many more. (Insert Anatidaeic/peripatetic cliche here.) But I'm too polite to call you a hubristic, semi-literate fuckwit. No, really, I am. Really.FintonStacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-19193359771361838472011-04-04T16:36:07.348+01:002011-04-04T16:36:07.348+01:00Finton: Are you talking about the same pub as me? ...Finton: Are you talking about the same pub as me? Have you been there? The staff were exemplary on all three visits I've made and nothing smelt of vinegar, there were no children, nothing was tacky, nor was there a tv blaring.<br /><br />I'm too polite to say you are talking bollocks. Er no. I'm not.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-21384607162121504612011-03-31T00:59:57.628+01:002011-03-31T00:59:57.628+01:00Oh, and on the issue of Mexican food, I can highly...Oh, and on the issue of Mexican food, I can highly recommend Bibi's Cantina in the further reaches of Partick.FintonStacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-16690193987225799732011-03-31T00:58:55.058+01:002011-03-31T00:58:55.058+01:00Decent cask beer? That would be a complement. As w...Decent cask beer? That would be a complement. As would cheap prices. But the characterless airport lounge feel? Surly staff? Tacky fixtures and fittings? Blaring tv? Bams? Screaming weans? Ingrained smell of vinegar? The absence of a regular clientele or general sense of conviviality? Less appealing. <br /><br />There's more to a pub than the range of beer, which is always better, and usually cheaper, at home.<br /><br />Depressing about the Ingram, by the way. I wonder how long before the Station goes the same way.FintonStacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-34193694818424191502011-03-29T20:20:16.929+01:002011-03-29T20:20:16.929+01:00RIP Ingram, hopefully the "mexican" won&...RIP Ingram, hopefully the "mexican" won't be as bad as the others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-90074320209335967692011-03-29T19:13:59.882+01:002011-03-29T19:13:59.882+01:00" One might think this would be quite pleasan..." One might think this would be quite pleasant" <br /><br />And one would be correct.<br /><br />"but in reality it means the pub gets cramped and stuffy quite quickly."<br /><br />Been there twice including yesterday and it is actually rather good.<br /><br />"Other than that, well, it’s a Wetherspoons" <br /><br />Decent cask beer too, so that'll be a compliment then?Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-7430936047599130472011-03-28T23:37:56.154+01:002011-03-28T23:37:56.154+01:00We get “Mexican” food via imitating US Tex-Mex, so...We get “Mexican” food via imitating US Tex-Mex, so by the time the recipes reach restaurants here they've been dumbed down for American tastes and ingredients, and then dumbed down again for British tastes and ingredients. <br /><br />There is a shop in Glasgow called Lupe Pintos whose owners have (shock!) actually been to Mexico. But in most “Mexican” places here the guy who's eaten at Taco Bell once is considered an expert.<br /><br />At least we can get Corona everywhere!Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-56838518411036534152011-03-28T03:44:00.617+01:002011-03-28T03:44:00.617+01:00One thing I missed in Scotland was Mexican food. I...One thing I missed in Scotland was Mexican food. I found one place but it was terrible. Although I am sorry to hear about the closure of Ingram.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02080459111984448901noreply@blogger.com