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Brains 11:34 - Jan 6 with 1371 viewsbritferry

Not a fan of their beer and I was definitely not a fan of Buckleys, who they took over but they now been bought out by Marstons and they may end their beer making in Wales.

They own 156 pubs, which will also be taken over in April. Be interesting to see how many stay open in the future after all thats going on.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/brains-beer-not-made-wales-1956996

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Brains on 12:08 - Jan 6 with 1346 viewstrampie

The beer was top notch when the old brewery in the middle of Cardiff was still going, nice pint in the pub on the corner next to the brewery, don't know if it was a myth or the beer was actually pumped straight into the pub from the brewery.
A few pints in there and the boozer across the way then run the gauntlet of the long walk from the bus station down through Riverside to Ninian Park and then back to Dorothy's for rissole and chips (strange rissoles shaped like lemons) and then a pink sports paper to read on the way home.
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Continually being banned by Planet Swans for Porthcawl and then being reinstated.
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Brains on 13:06 - Jan 6 with 1308 viewsonehunglow

Brains on 12:08 - Jan 6 by trampie

The beer was top notch when the old brewery in the middle of Cardiff was still going, nice pint in the pub on the corner next to the brewery, don't know if it was a myth or the beer was actually pumped straight into the pub from the brewery.
A few pints in there and the boozer across the way then run the gauntlet of the long walk from the bus station down through Riverside to Ninian Park and then back to Dorothy's for rissole and chips (strange rissoles shaped like lemons) and then a pink sports paper to read on the way home.
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Even here in west Wirral Brain beer can be had but I refused to drink it on sectarian grounds.

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Brains on 13:56 - Jan 6 with 1273 viewstrampie

Brains on 13:06 - Jan 6 by onehunglow

Even here in west Wirral Brain beer can be had but I refused to drink it on sectarian grounds.



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Brains on 14:15 - Jan 6 with 1271 viewsonehunglow

Brains on 13:56 - Jan 6 by trampie



Never touch cardiff food or drink me

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Brains on 14:31 - Jan 6 with 1257 viewsFieryJack

On my annual visits back to Swansea the first pub I'd head for in the evening would either be the Cockett Inn (now sadly gone) or the Queens Hotel in Gloucester Place (probably the best real pub left in the city) specifically to have a pint of hand-pulled Buckleys.

Crying shame they've been bought out, but it's the way of the world, unfortunately.

The home of Tetleys bitter (not the best tasting beer, admittedly) was for 200 + years in Leeds city centre, but is now, shamefully, in Northampton, along with Carlsberg.

Just over Christmas I was downing a 660ml bottle of Bremen's finest Becks and idly read the label and was dismayed to find that it's now brewed in the UK.

As for Boddingtons, a Manchester institution - well, god knows where that's produced these days.

There's no sense of tradition or sentiment in the brewing industry.
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Brains on 14:37 - Jan 6 with 1250 viewsexhmrc1

Brains on 14:15 - Jan 6 by onehunglow

Never touch cardiff food or drink me


Did you not go to the Black Boy, Vivians or the Adam and Eve.
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Brains on 15:43 - Jan 6 with 1223 viewscontroversial_jack

Brains on 14:31 - Jan 6 by FieryJack

On my annual visits back to Swansea the first pub I'd head for in the evening would either be the Cockett Inn (now sadly gone) or the Queens Hotel in Gloucester Place (probably the best real pub left in the city) specifically to have a pint of hand-pulled Buckleys.

Crying shame they've been bought out, but it's the way of the world, unfortunately.

The home of Tetleys bitter (not the best tasting beer, admittedly) was for 200 + years in Leeds city centre, but is now, shamefully, in Northampton, along with Carlsberg.

Just over Christmas I was downing a 660ml bottle of Bremen's finest Becks and idly read the label and was dismayed to find that it's now brewed in the UK.

As for Boddingtons, a Manchester institution - well, god knows where that's produced these days.

There's no sense of tradition or sentiment in the brewing industry.


Even Staroprmen is brewed in this country, and is not the same
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Brains on 15:45 - Jan 6 with 1221 viewsHighjack

Brains on 14:15 - Jan 6 by onehunglow

Never touch cardiff food or drink me


I’ve never had a claaaaaks poye either.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
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Brains on 17:09 - Jan 6 with 1204 viewspencoedjack

My local is a Brains pub, once voted the best pub in the Vale Brains have slowly run it into the ground.
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Brains on 19:22 - Jan 6 with 1159 viewshowenjack

Brains on 12:08 - Jan 6 by trampie

The beer was top notch when the old brewery in the middle of Cardiff was still going, nice pint in the pub on the corner next to the brewery, don't know if it was a myth or the beer was actually pumped straight into the pub from the brewery.
A few pints in there and the boozer across the way then run the gauntlet of the long walk from the bus station down through Riverside to Ninian Park and then back to Dorothy's for rissole and chips (strange rissoles shaped like lemons) and then a pink sports paper to read on the way home.
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Dorothy's Caroline Street -Chicken off the bone and chips topped with curry sauceI can heartily recommend this !!
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Brains on 19:38 - Jan 6 with 1153 viewsmajorraglan

Brains on 14:31 - Jan 6 by FieryJack

On my annual visits back to Swansea the first pub I'd head for in the evening would either be the Cockett Inn (now sadly gone) or the Queens Hotel in Gloucester Place (probably the best real pub left in the city) specifically to have a pint of hand-pulled Buckleys.

Crying shame they've been bought out, but it's the way of the world, unfortunately.

The home of Tetleys bitter (not the best tasting beer, admittedly) was for 200 + years in Leeds city centre, but is now, shamefully, in Northampton, along with Carlsberg.

Just over Christmas I was downing a 660ml bottle of Bremen's finest Becks and idly read the label and was dismayed to find that it's now brewed in the UK.

As for Boddingtons, a Manchester institution - well, god knows where that's produced these days.

There's no sense of tradition or sentiment in the brewing industry.


Many years ago I used to work with a guy who was big mates of the head brewer for Buckley’s, apparently he had his own key to the testing room in Scarlet City!

Mate went to Uni in Manchester back in the 80s, a couple of us went up to visit him and that was our first experience of Boddingtons, I’d never tasted anything like it before, it was very creamy and lush, fantastic beer.

These days most of the beers we have are all brewed by multinationals under licence and by enlarge its bland drivel, it’s great to see the small craft breweries doing so well.
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Brains on 19:46 - Jan 6 with 1151 viewsbritferry

Brains on 19:38 - Jan 6 by majorraglan

Many years ago I used to work with a guy who was big mates of the head brewer for Buckley’s, apparently he had his own key to the testing room in Scarlet City!

Mate went to Uni in Manchester back in the 80s, a couple of us went up to visit him and that was our first experience of Boddingtons, I’d never tasted anything like it before, it was very creamy and lush, fantastic beer.

These days most of the beers we have are all brewed by multinationals under licence and by enlarge its bland drivel, it’s great to see the small craft breweries doing so well.


shame we don't get so many down this way, especially in the pubs, youngsters (the under 50s LOL) don't like drinking bitter/real ale, its all larger now but you go over the bridge and its a different story. Quite a few bars on Wind St (remember them days) don't serve real ale

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Brains on 21:09 - Jan 6 with 1113 viewsSlugster664

Brains on 14:31 - Jan 6 by FieryJack

On my annual visits back to Swansea the first pub I'd head for in the evening would either be the Cockett Inn (now sadly gone) or the Queens Hotel in Gloucester Place (probably the best real pub left in the city) specifically to have a pint of hand-pulled Buckleys.

Crying shame they've been bought out, but it's the way of the world, unfortunately.

The home of Tetleys bitter (not the best tasting beer, admittedly) was for 200 + years in Leeds city centre, but is now, shamefully, in Northampton, along with Carlsberg.

Just over Christmas I was downing a 660ml bottle of Bremen's finest Becks and idly read the label and was dismayed to find that it's now brewed in the UK.

As for Boddingtons, a Manchester institution - well, god knows where that's produced these days.

There's no sense of tradition or sentiment in the brewing industry.


Brought up in Cockett but never really used to drink in there regularly...my old man and his mates used to but then moved to the Star in Fforestfach when Alan took over, I used to love the beer in there...not sure if it was Courage or Buckleys???

The Queen's has lost its touch I feel, beer as expensive as Wind St, but without the sexy young ladies pouring it lol

STID

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Brains on 21:28 - Jan 6 with 1108 viewsDr_Winston

You can usually find a decent pint of Old Peculier in The Queens so it's got that going for it.

Brains Beer is generally overrated. If the takeover means there will be less of it there next time the Swansea Bay beer fest is held (please 2021) then that's one benefit.

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Brains on 22:18 - Jan 6 with 1095 viewsThrasher6

Remember Brains Dark.
If the bottom had fallen out of your world....drink Brains Dark...and in the morning the world will fall out of your bottom...

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Brains on 00:32 - Jan 7 with 1057 viewscontroversial_jack

Brains on 19:46 - Jan 6 by britferry

shame we don't get so many down this way, especially in the pubs, youngsters (the under 50s LOL) don't like drinking bitter/real ale, its all larger now but you go over the bridge and its a different story. Quite a few bars on Wind St (remember them days) don't serve real ale


I don't know why it's called real ale, as much of it is fairly recent, unlike some of the lager sand especially the continental pilsners who have been brewing for centuries.I suspect the term is a sales ploy.
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