{"id":8234,"date":"2021-02-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8234"},"modified":"2021-02-20T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T16:00:00","slug":"covid-drinking-dens-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/2021\/02\/20\/covid-drinking-dens-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Drinking Dens &#8211; 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>20\/02\/2021<\/p>\n<p>So, no midweek beery adventure this week. We\u2019re making up for it by taking the illegality up a notch. Today\u2019s drinking den is a place which is normally a caf\u00e9, but we\u2019re reappropriating it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cdd_210220_1425.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8235\" src=\"http:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cdd_210220_1425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 at the end of the stone jetty is a building I have had my eye on for a while. It would make a tremendous micro pub. It\u2019s an amazing location, just far enough away from the promenade to keep away the lager stragglers, but still only a five-minute walk from the bus and train station. I had ideas about an electric golf cart that could transport customers during bad weather. It has a small kitchen for simple seafood dishes. Salty dried squid torn into strips, dipped into <em>go-chu-jang<\/em> and mayonnaise, is a fantastic beer snack.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, none of that today. I\u2019ve got some cans of Gin and Bitter Orange from ALDI to drink whilst painting. It\u2019s a west coast IPA substitute that\u2019s easier on the bladder until the toilet is accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Dave arrives with the key, and we\u2019re quickly into some cans of Hoppy Pale from Seven Brothers Brewery that I picked up from the new Co-op. Then some Easy IPA from the same people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cdd_210220_1505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8236\" src=\"http:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cdd_210220_1505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Side note: maybe it\u2019s a Covid hangover, but I keep having to have Strongbow palate cleansers after hop forward beers; my whole olfactory system is an alleyway of soggy cardboard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cdd_210220_1523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8237\" src=\"http:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cdd_210220_1523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stout time, and it\u2019s a Morrison\u2019s purchase. A Costa Rican Coffee Extra Porter by Buxton Brewery. Extra porter, not extra coffee, which is fine by me. Maybe a little sweet? Talking of sweet, next up is Black Custard from Team Toxic, a lactose vanilla porter. Needs more custard, but not bad. Now back to the Pales, again from Buxton, their Axe Edge which is a pretty decent beer, but lacking a bitter finish. More Tinderbox from Fell, but this is bottled, and a little flat. I have another can of Gin &amp; Tonic to perk it up, and then it&#8217;s back to the stouts. Breakfast Can Wait from Pomona Island is a fine finish; big, yet balanced flavours, and then it\u2019s time to go!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cdd_210220_1555.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8238\" src=\"http:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cdd_210220_1555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where Next? Thinking caps on, chaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-drinking-dens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcprill.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}