Reliable sources in Leeds indicate that Carlsberg UK (they dropped the Tetley bit a while ago) are courting property developers for the site of the Tetley Brewery in Central Leeds, the company's main real ale brewery, and one of the last to brew using traditional Yorkshire Square fermenters.
The news is not unexpected, and the beer isn't a patch on what it used to be, but they still have a huge number of drinkers in West Yorkshire who are going to be very disappointed.
It's a damned shame.
Dunno why - Tetley's tastes like unrefined s**te. Cornish real ale like Sharps Special Ale or Doom Bar hit's the spot 100%!
Can't stand *ANY* draught beer/creamflow beer/whatever. UGH!
I don't have a problem with the Cornish stuff either. The Tetley bitter is still real ale though, although, as I said, it's not a patch on what it once was.
The real crime will be the loss of the Mild, which is still pretty good, and hard to find in cask form (I'm not talking about the ex-Walkers [Lancs] Dark Mild).
Nor can I!
They should stick to tea
Since when did Carlsberg make tea?
:-)
All together now, "Tetleys make teabags make tea!"
They may make teabags, but they sure as heck don't put tea in them. They use floor sweepings, IMO.
Alice.
In article , Mike Roebuck writes
Since when did Carlsberg make beer?
To take this thread even further off topic (!), can you recommend a decent tea? I think I have forgotten what tea is supposed to taste like :-(
Look for any brand of Assam.
I won't recommend a teabag, as I don't use them, I buy loose tea from a tea and coffee shop.
If you have to buy from a stupormarket, then look for 'English Breakfast' for a fairly traditional blend. For single varieties, I buy Darjeeling and Orange Pekoe. I don't recall seeing Orange Pekoe in the supermarket, but you will also find Assam, Earl Grey ( a blend flavoured with bergamot) amongst others.
Personal favourite is Orange Pekoe.
Alice.
In message , gavin wrote
My parents drank PG tips which almost put me off tea for life - possibly the only thing it was fit for was the chimps tea party :)
I now enjoy many of the Twinings brand (tea-bag) range:
English Breakfast or Earl Grey with fully skimmed milk, no sugar. Chai without milk
You may have to experiment until you find the ones you like.
The Japanese produce a sort of do-it-yourself tea bag. It's a paper pouch, on a piece of a string, and it has a bit that you can fold over it once you've filled it yourself with your selected tea. The bags are much bigger than standard British ones, so you can put lots of large leaf tea in them, and they'll have plenty of room to swell and mash.
The paper does of course have tiny perforations to let t'flavour fludd out. [TM]
Packs of these bags are sold by that high street tea and coffee firm that sounds like Holland and Barrett, but isn't. It'll come to me. Once I've had a nice cup of tea.
In article , gavin writes
Yorkshire Tea works well in Yorkshire but for those not fortunate enough to live in GOC I've found Twinnings (sp) Assam to be a good brew.
Mike
After watching the final of The World Cup- what the hell did Zee Zee think he was doing.
Tea is like beer - avoid Tetley's, in favour of Taylor's.
There is a brief note in The Publican refuting this.
Lynda
Mike Roebuck wrote:
If they did, it would probably be the best tea...
Actually, no. No, it wouldn't.
BTN
Who's Zee Zee? Do you mean Zizou :-)
Doesn't surprise me. We continue to keep a close eye on the situation.
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