Fwd: June Social, Gunmakers EC1R, Clerkenwell. Thurs 4th June.

[James Laver]

Though it seems like little time has passed, there's another social  
tonight. Join us in festivities of beer drinking[1] and possibly a  
little after-beer scotch.

[1] if you don't like beer, s/beer/$your_drink_of_choice/

We have the back room from 6 ( well, a little before, if anyone makes  
it there then ).

I was there on tuesday (such good beer, I couldn't wait) and I have to  
confess there was no real cider on this time (unless addlestones,  
which I can't stand, counts), but there is some good stuff in bottles  
(I enjoyed a westons organic perry to make sure you'd be catered for).

Ales on tuesday were:
Aston bitter (very tasty)
Bitter and twisted (very tasty)
Tim Taylors Landlord (very tasty)
Harveys Bitter (very tasty)

One of the first two will be replaced with black sheep brewery 'golden  
sheep'. I think it's the Aston that's going. The other one might well  
have been drunk dry as well. Jeff the landlord claims to do the second  
best pint of Harvey's in town.

See you there!

--James

Begin forwarded message:

> From: James Laver <james.laver at gmail.com>
> Date: 14 May 2009 18:03:06 BST
> To: london.pm-announce at london.pm.org
> Subject: June Social, Gunmakers EC1R, Clerkenwell. Thurs 4th June.
>
> Thanks to everyone who came to the last social, we had a great  
> turnout (how much was down to the location, the call for newbies to  
> come out of the woodwork or the free beer, who can say?).
>
> Lets try somewhere new, somewhere I've enjoyed a good few pints of  
> delicious beer. In sunny clerkenwell.[1]
>
> Gunmakers
> 13 Eyre Street Hill
> EC1R 5ET
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Gunmakers,_EC1R_5ET
> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5227526345378,-0.110690079122893&z=15
>
> We have the back room from 6pm.
>
> This is a traditional real ale pub with excellent beer. Word is that  
> the landlord recently removed the lager taps, so lager is now of the  
> bottled variety only.[2]
>
> Every time I've been I've enjoyed my beer and there's been a real  
> cider on. There are bottles of gaymers or something else if you  
> prefer the taste of chemicals.[3]
>
> There's an extensive menu of pub food cooked by a french chef. I've  
> eaten here, it's quite nice.
>
> I seem to recall the scotch selection was somewhat lacking but then  
> I'm a scotch snob and perhaps others find it adequate.
>
> Tube links:
> Farringdon is nearest, on the everything-else line[4], one stop out  
> of kings cross
> Chancery lane is only a few minutes away too, on the central line.
> Russell square on the piccadilly is probably stretching it, change  
> at holborn and go to chancery lane.
>
> Experimentally, I'm not bothering to look up buses because it's  
> loads of effort. If you resent this, let me know so I fix it next  
> time.[5]
>
> Hope to see you there.
>
> --James
> [1] Sunlight not guaranteed. Refund not offered.
> [2] The landlord himself is a lager drinker, so they are still  
> catered for.
> [3] Mmmm mmm mmm... tasty e-numbers.
> [4] In this case of everything-else, metropolitan, hammersmith and  
> circle.
> [5] Patches welcome. Tell me how to find buses without engaging lots  
> of effort.