I like it 'cool not 'cold' ... Like today I had a pint of 'cool' draught Guinness after a hot golf game... Fantastic... Now on cold white wine saluting Sir Lewis on a brilliant drive. Should not have had a penalty.
Used to work in Newcastle in the sixties and we used to call it idiots broth, it was that strong for a young lad. Never had one for donkeys years.
I drank NBA regularly in the late 70's & early 80's. Went night clubbing in Bristol and got absolutely mortaled drinking NBA. I was saved by a taxi driver who found me passed out in the middle of the road. Took me back to my B&B where I slept it off. Had the hangover from hell the next day and never touched it again. I've been teetotal for 18 years now and don't miss alcohol one bit.
Used to drink it in the days it was referred to as idiots broth and journey into space. There is an art to drinking it, according to devotees. It’s in the the timing and the pouring method. I just took it as it came, until I found I was losing my memory, then stopped. Some of the drinkers of yore claim it has been “civilised” and is not the same.
I’ve been to away matches on the brown ale special A bus from bishop auckland Although only a couple of times Some on the bus could not drink enough of the stuff I think it was a race to empty the crates This was in the early 80s Happy days I think
Tried it years ago and couldn’t see what all the fuss was about, like yourself I much prefer a bottle of Double, has a far superior taste to it. Was out last week and was drinking Double and they ran out, but said they had NBA, reluctantly bought one and was very disappointed with it after drinking Double. I was always led to believe that it was fighting man’s beer, but one thing I did notice is that the NBA was only 4.7 in strength. Has it always been like that or is now made weaker?
Brown ale has never been the same since the early eighties However double maxim hasn’t changed that much over the years and is a better drink Well that’s my opinion anyway
Think they did make it weaker. Can't remember where they brew it now tbh (Sheffield?). Wouldn't suprise suprise me if they have ****ed about with it. Everything else that isn't broke seems to get changed so it probably has been knocked down a % or so.
Just been doing a bit of digging around and apparently in the 1970’s it was 5% and was knocked down to 4.7% in 1984. It used to be around 6.7 but that was in the 1930’s. It’s now brewed in Holland and America, but the American version bears little resemblance to the original.
Was a Friday night for me, Zoots in Newcastle. We played Stoke at home the next day. I had to go in the seats, Steve Doyle won it with a screamer. Couldn't even celebrate it such was the illness.
