While working in London I often drank Newcastle brown in Thames-side pubs. The colour of Thames and Beer was the same And I did wonder..
--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Steve Haywood <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Haywood <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Braunston's Admiral Nelson closes To: [email protected] Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 5:17 PM 2009/2/20 Glen Peckett <li...@glenp. org.uk> > Barry wrote > > > I remember some graffiti in a Watneys pub toilet:- > > ''Drinking beer in this pub is like making love in a punt---f***ing > > near water!!'' > > Unlike the Napton Bridge where the graffiti suggested the Davenports owed > much to the Oxford Cut! > Davenports was a terrific beer and won many awards. Watney's, by way of comparison, was disdained even by gnats and was so weak that it was only a percentage point or so away from being a drink that could be legally sold to children. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
