Twigs in pints?

RickAns

RickAns

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Hi, was watching Jonny Smith on the Car Pervert youtube channel earlier. A person being interviewed mentioned skilled craftsmen and guys who drink pints with twigs in them. A quick googley search showed me pictures of mugs with sprigs of hops in them. Not super helpful as it did not bring up any articles on who or why people would do this. I like hoppy flavored beer as much as the next person. Reckon one would have to really like it to an extra bit in. Give me a Guinness any day.
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Anyone familiar with this that can shed some light on it for me? Here is a link to the vid it is about 2:10 where he mentions this.
 
I wonder if its a reference to Scrumpy [Cider] I am aware that the traditional home made scrumpy came with all sorts of bits floating in it , given its origins I wonder if Tony could add some detail given the location of his abode.
 
captain clutterbuck said:
I wonder if its a reference to Scrumpy [Cider] I am aware that the traditional home made scrumpy came with all sorts of bits floating in it , given its origins I wonder if Tony could add some detail given the location of his abode.
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Wow I never knew that's why it was called scrumpy! I always thought it was called scrumpy because you scrump for apples!?
 
I'm purely a spirit drinker these days but I did like a pint or ten of Guinness back in the day especially on my trips to the races at Naas and Punchestown in the Irish Republic , happy days !:)
 
To be sure the Like is for your quest to visit all racecourses and not that it has been halted because of the pandemic , what a great adventure to be on . I have been to a few in the UK pretty much all in the North and Musselburgh in Scotland but the Racing in Ireland was just different class mainly due to the socialising side of the trips . Sadly it was getting more and more expensive and my friends and I decided to go racing where there was effectively no racing and started to jet off to Spain instead.

We used to stay in Dublin in Blooms hotel on the edge of Temple Bar but the rooms were near 100 euros a night at the end and we were only in there a couple of hours due to the socialising. Our best coup ever was a few years back . We had always attended Sedgefield races on Cheltenham week , we hired a mini bus and it was free entry to the course plus a pound a pint . As the years went by the prices rose for the bus , no longer free entry and the beer prices rocketed.

One year we blagged a return flight to Dublin with Ryanair for £10 and it was 7 euros return for the shuttle bus to Dublin Centre and so we caught the first flight out and the last flight back on the Tuesday of Cheltenham week and we watched the Racing on a pub in Dublin not only was it a great day but it cost us less than going to Sedgefield! :)
 
I'd love to try racing in Ireland one day, an amazing craic no doubt!
Interestingly I've done most racecourses from the midlands southwards, but only have done Doncaster in the north. I've been past York a few times and have always wanted to attend a meeting there.
I'm assuming you've been to Chester before, the oldest racecourse in the UK and also the shortest? I love that course even though it's only about 8 furlongs long
 
I have been to Chester a few times and to York Countless times would have been at the Ebor meeting last week but for the pandemic really liked Musselburgh but none got close to the Irish trips , they just know how to socialise . A few years back we were at Punchestown and the honorary guests for the day were Larry Hagman and Linda Gray , JR and Sue Ellen from Dallas the crowds went wild .
 
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