Beer, revisited

[verreauxi]

Had a few pints of a new ale from Peerless today, can't exactly remember the name, I think it had moon in the name, it was lovely whatever it was called. Also tried a stout from Ossett which I haven't had before, alas, the name escapes me, I know it had Rat in the name. Very drinkable, not your usual taste from a stout. More beer notes soon !

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[summerisle]

So sad. As someone who started visiting London and then broader England in 2007, the pub scene was really a grand feature for me...a seeming pub-on-every-corner was quite fun to explore (something only mimicked in parts of Chicago and Milwaukee). But I also grew to appreciate the genuinely good community in certain pubs after living for several months in Liverpool and London. And I can see how rural pubs would be hit hard. Me and my partner did some hiking in Dorchester back in 2015(?) and then stumbled upon a lovely pub called the Map and Compass, which had a small museum in it! Seemed off the beaten path, but I wonder if/how these types of labor-of-love types of places can compete especially with the decline in alcohol use among younger groups, coupled with higher prices and corporatization of distributors.

I worked near Dorchester once, and the thing that's stuck in my mind all these years was that somebody opened an establishment called the Judge Jeffries Tea Rooms. That's the same judge Jeffries who was known as the 'hanging judge on account of him sentencing 74 local men to the gallows. One way to bring the customers in.

If you ever visit Dorchester again, I found, after extensive research, the Blue Raddle pub was far and away the best pub, great ales, great atmosphere

 

[summerisle]

Your reporting is impeccable:

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I usually scribble down the name if I'm particularly enamoured of the brew, but foolishly I thought I'd remember - woe is me.