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Post by Fat Bob on Feb 27, 2012 23:22:27 GMT
Why has it been worse since the ban on smoking in pubs?
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Post by Happy Baker on Feb 29, 2012 0:12:00 GMT
Because the smell of the smoke and stale smoke means that the other smells aren't masked! In those smells I include disinfectants, smells creeping out from the loos and anything that we used not to notice! Including vinegar!!!!
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Post by Paul on Feb 29, 2012 17:33:40 GMT
Just came across this thread so here's my 6 pennyworth.
I'm a brown sauce fan BUT couldn't abide it as a kid. I attended King Edward's (Aston) in Birmingham which was pretty close to the HP Sauce Factory and the Ansells Brewery and as a result of the "monday morning brew-up" when the smell from both of these was pretty pungent I hated the smell of beer and brown sauce and was always a ketchup user.
Fortunately after many years of practice I love the smell (and taste) of beer and whenever I pop the top on my HP Sauce it reminds me of my schooldays (Remembrance of Things Past as Proust wrote).
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Post by Fat Bob on Feb 29, 2012 18:39:34 GMT
As a kid we had neither red or brown sauce in the house, I too remember the pungent smell of hops when my father made his beer from scratch. My father had never been in a pub until he was 35 - since then we cannot get him out!
His beer was pretty bad but his elderberry wine was truly disgusting, he could very nearly have put me off booze - luckily he failed admirably.
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Post by Happy Baker on Feb 29, 2012 20:20:43 GMT
I lived in a village About 4 miles from Banbury as a kid - and as a result I couldn't drink coffee untill I was about 25 ..... a bit like you, but with that I now don't have a problem. I rather hoped the same could be said for the vinegar, but no matter how I tried the same didn't happen  I don't know what I would do if I hated the brewing smells and therefore beer though ;D Thankfully not a problem ... Ain't life fun? |
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Post by Fat Bob on Feb 29, 2012 23:49:28 GMT
The Banbury Coffee chemical plant is a worrying feature of the town. The Banbury Run for old motorcycles was an annual draw. The back road to Northampton however is a great roller coaster ride on a quick bike.
Also my favourite pub on earth is in Weston - Fullers ESB on draught and a midnight ride home on the back roads was amazing...
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Post by Happy Baker on Mar 1, 2012 7:43:02 GMT
The Banbury Run for old motorcycles was an annual draw. And still is! Starting at Spiceball still - a yearly event. not managed to be up there at the right time for it though! |
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I don't know what I would do if I hated the brewing smells and therefore beer though ;D Thankfully not a problem ...