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Re: Pepsi, Coke or Mecca?
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Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:38:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> writes:
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> > That's fighting talk! North of the border, we don't really drink
> > the "bitter" the southern softies drink
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> It seems I have forgotten the Scottish beer nomenclature...
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> > [although I did have a pint of Tetley’s last night].
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> Tee-hee.
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> > The equivalents are things like 70/- [pronounced 70 Shilling and
> > aka "Special"] 80/- [aka "Heavy"] and, more recently, Deuchars
> > IPA. IPA is what real men drink [I'm rather biased on this issue].
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> This rings a bell... I certainly remember the Deuchars IPA. That was
> one of our favourites, and the number one item to bring home. (Due to
> tax regulations, though, we could only export two liters per person.)
> Incidentally, we did find a few bottles of IPA in London one year
> later, so it appears to be fairly popular.
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> BTW, is the Caledonian brewery still an independent brewery? I think
> I remember something to the effect that it was the only independent
> brewery left in Edinburgh.
I'm pretty sure it is.
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> > Along the road [less than a mile] from the Caledonian brewery is a
> > pub [bar] called the Athletic Arms [it is know locally as "diggers"
> > as it used to be frequented by grave diggers from a nearby
> > cemetery]. Did you make it there?
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> No, we didn't. Although we did stay just next to the Caledonian
> Brewery,
How did you find the air in fountain bridge?
> our host was not a beer fan at all, hence we tended to visit
> sort of entry level pubs. Is the diggers on the way into the city
> centre from the Caledonian, or the other way?
Yes, just along from the Cale’ Sample Rooms.
> In the former case, we
> must certainly have passed it, as we did walk to the city and back on
> some occations. (In the latter case, we were generally singing loudly
> in Norwegian as we walked.)
;)
Diggers is a good bar, but not worth making a huge effort for. More of a
curiosity really. Pubs worth looking out for next time are:
1. Bow Bar [just off Grassmarket] - good beer.
2. Milnes [Rose St] - a Toursit trap, but still good.
3. Bennets [Tollcross] - Good beer.
4. The Canny Mans [Morningside] - a real curiosity
Scott A
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