gib beer - salt & vinegar?
kevin77
decided to visit the local 'taverns'
What a dissapointment.
On my first visit, looking forward to a pint of traditional English
bitter, I was given a Fosters 'aussie' lager that tasted like monkey
piss.
The pattern continued and eventually the truth was told ; its sent
from UK in brewkit form and we add the local water! OK, I thought
Guiness do the same thing with some success in England, but then I
heard the truth about the Gib water ie. recycled saltwater from the
refinery bay or stagnant shit from the rock tanks.
I later ran into a bewildered stag party who had just flown in from
Manchester.
Needless to say, they were on Cruzcampo by the end of the weekend.
Comments anyone?
Has Gib beer won many awards at real ale festivals for instance?
Jim Watt
wrote:
Some people believe any old rubbish - I hope nobody is foolish enough
to believe that load of nonsense.
The Government of Gibraltar states:
"The potable water sold complies with the provisions of the Public
Health Ordinance which incorporates the EEC Directive 80/778/CEE
regulating the quality of water to be used for dietetic purposes."
Read all about Gibraltar's water :
http://www.lyonnaise.gi/gibraltar_water_supply.html
The beer arrives in kegs, bottles and cans. In the same way
as anywhere else and tastes identical.
http://www.sacconeandspeedgibraltar.gi/
>Has Gib beer won many awards at real ale festivals for instance?
As there is no longer a brewery in Gibraltar, no. Although we
probably have the best and safest water in the world, its not
the cheapest and running a brewery requires lots of cheap water
with typically a 20:1 ratio of water to beer output, allowing for
washing, steam cleaning and other processes.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com
Ken
"kevin77" <kevinsev...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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While there are no doubt some folk in Gib who drink to excess, the level of
interest in beer and alcohol generally does not reach the giddy heights it
does in the UK. People do not wax lyrical about the virtues of their
favourite pint, comparing it endlessly to their non-favourite variety. CAMRA
is looked upon as an odd bunch. It is also the case that, unlike certain
sectors in the UK, the average Gibraltarian is NOT of the opinion that 1.
you have to get drunk in order to enjoy yourself and 2. if you can remember
it, it wasn't a good enough night.
What makes for good times is good friends, and better friendship.
K
Ken
The water that is added to the brewkit (I have no idea whether this is true
or not) would be the same water that comes out of the taps for drinking and
cooking and everything else you may wisgh to do with it (wash, gargle water
plants, clean cars etc) and is the same water that is sold to shipping. If
it were in any way substandard you would have widespread illness, followed
by widespread action.
K
jim.gm4dhj
> I bet Jim Watt (that man with the scary hair and 80's jumpers) will
> now Give me a 2 page essay on the transportation of beer from the uk...
>
For his own personal consumption...........
S
not the case of what beer is being sold in Gib, it's more of how that
beer is kept. I have had many a pint in many a bar, and for the most
it's better drinking out of can's.
At least you get a head on a pint of beer bitter out of a can.