Norn Iron

Dunkel means dark. It is! The beer is exactly how the notes above describe. We're really knocked out about how good it is. A lager? Really? Yes, really!

I will bottling any left from tonight. However, last week I brewed another Dunkel but with this brew, I will be conditioning it in flip top bottles to see if there is a difference in taste and appearance. I'll know more next weekend!

BTW go to your local independent office. You should be able to get currently for £2 a flip top bottle. The Grolsch inside is free! They're needed for the Pinter....

Their latest offering is Bavarian Rhapsody. 

This is what the blurb says...

This thread proves that someone at BCFC Towers can not only read but is an Otib lurker!

Thanks Clevedon Red. Well spotted!

16 hours ago, Clevedon Red said:

Fixed it now but the attention to detail is absolutely appalling. Seriously amateur.

I wanted to write something similar in the initial post but bottled it!

There's obviously a fine line between diplomacy and speaking your mind!

16 hours ago, Sleepy1968 said:

The Fulham 0-0 games sticks in my mind as does a 4-2 (? win v Wimdledon in the 4th when I believe we took out their goalie, and another game in the 4th v York - I think Alan Hay was playing for them - it was a night game I think we got 10,000 (well, it was a big gate considering our plight) and a 1-0 win.

IIRC the Wimbledon game was on the day when we had created a piece of footballing history. We had gone from 5th in the old Div 1 to bottom of the professional football league in successive seasons. I think there were only 4,200 of us there that day as well. 

The York game was on a Friday night. An amazing atmosphere. Wasn't much of a game but we secured the points to go top.

Well done to Joe for a funny response. Maybe that's why Joe got booked just to make sure he wouldn't catch it!

Unless I'm missing something here, why would there be at least 2 references to TOWN (another one not on the screenshot)?

42 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Just taking a different view….what if he looks like and sounds like shit in a video….what does that do to help?

 

 

A lot Dave. It will confirm just how bad the sound-desk and microphones are plus the fact that BCFC need new video equipment. There are plenty of posts on otib to confirm the above!

When Mark was younger, in brewing terms, he would've been known as Mark Mashton.

30 minutes ago, marmite said:

I've still got one unopened but it surely would be awful now, and probably poisonous. . Probably gone flat just like our club since those heady days. Has anyone actually drank it, even when it was new?

Not at all Marmite. I'd happily drink it if opened before me. 

It's alcohol that preserves it. If there is any sediment in the bottle (yeast etc) then it will continue to develop and will become stronger in alcohol.

Fuller's London Pride often release beers that are several years old. Wow! They are amazing but then so is the price!

Continuing the footy analogy to the beer, it should develop like Bobby Reid ie the older it gets, the better it is.

Mine is still unopened but without the foil!

How times have changed. When the Courage brewery was there, Real Estate was an American term. 

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OTIB has been, like DaveFevs alluded, a lifeline especially during the past couple of years. 

What though has really irked me and  has shown up the social media faults (in this case OTIB) is that some on here  can't accept others have an opinion contrary to yours. There will be others who cannot or will not be able to have an informed, mature and intelligent debate on points that I have made. Just because you disagree doesn't mean you have to vent words of negativity at me as if I'm a useless and worthless individual who has alternative opinion. 

I have watched City through the thick and thin years since the 70s. If I say we have players in the academy not showing bite and aggression that's needed, then it is my opinion based on nearly 50 years of watching professional football. To then diss me because I'm not watching a game through rose (red) tinted spectacles is a shame and produces a slanging match instead of a discussion. 

OTIB shows how many of us care so much about this silly little team based in BS3. It's not the be all and end all in life. Start showing more respect to other posters, even if you disagree with their thought process. Respect will keep more people engaged in OTIB instead of leaving. 

Final question....if you had made a fortune would you re-invest money, tax dodge or otherwise, in BCFC? Steve and Maggie did.

Show some respect to show how much you care...in all walks of life, family and of course BCFC!

Great thread Spudski.

You nailed it regarding the TC years....and I was there.

Whether I was helping out the Junior Reds in the first 2 formative years as their steward or on Coach 2 or travelling by car....I was there. Why? Because BCFC was there.

I now live in Northern Ireland. In September I did what the photos below confirm. Why? Because it is in my blood. I'm not looking for acknowledgement.

There are a couple on here who can vouch for me but that's not the point. I went to all that planning 2 months ago because it's BCFC. I'm now a full time carer to my wife so extra planning was important.

Was it worth it? Yes.

A win was a bonus....and what a bonus at QPR.

Why though go to all that hassle? Because ever since the seventies this club has got into my blood. End of. 

It will always be the case.

PS are my shares from 1982 worth anything?

How many of the houses in the background are the same colour today?

Those were the days!

To celebrate today's victory, I have opened the Lockwood that has been bottled for a further 2 weeks. Ok, I'd have opened the bottle had we lost or Barnsley had equalised in the 90th minute!

The official description is spot on. The bottling has resulted in more depth and the fruit (apples) has mellowed. The carbonisation is superb courtesy of the carb drop. The Grolsch bottle has done its job brilliantly as well. Is it my kind of lager? Not really. Give me an ale any day. However my non-beer drinker has had a swig and declared it a winner!

Pic1 is the beer fully brewed and conditioned 2 weeks ago.

Pic2 is the beer straight out of the fridge having been chilled for last 48 hours.

Pic3 just poured. The clarity is great as well. Was cloudy a fortnight ago.

7 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

The same people moaning that a few youngsters are second best against bottom of the league would be fuming if say Sam Bell wasn’t available on Saturday because he got injured in an U23 match that we decided we really needed to win for some bizarre reason.

We had the same the last time our U23’s lost (our only defeat I think) against Peterborough. I know we all want things to be better at first team level but give 15 year old kids a break ffs!!

I wasn't moaning. Are your comments aimed at me?

7 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

But they are a very young team, that’s the whole point. We are using this game as learning for young kids. Would you rather we put out a strong team just to win a meaningless U23 match and not give a few kids some great learning experience against older lads so they can see where they need to get to?

Great question. Yes. Give all the youngsters a chance. I seem to be the target here for posting on what I am watching.  Am I supposed to watch this game with rred tinted glasses? I switched on not knowing that we were playing such a young team.

0-2

Wiles-Richards looks a promising keeper. 

7 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

15 this one, I am sure you can find plenty of things to criticise him for in the next 20 minutes.

Please explain. I haven't criticised any player merely the style of player. More than happy not to post any more 

Just now, Port Said Red said:

15 this one, I am sure you can find plenty of things to criticise him for in the next 20 minutes.

I don't tend to criticise.

1 minute ago, Numero Uno said:

Aren’t our Under 23’s top of the league? Isn’t this an exceptionally young team we’ve put out? There might lie the answer?

Yes, a very young team. It would be nice to see them play as well as QPR though who are bottom of the league

QPR are full of ideas and skilful players who can attack with the ball.

We can huff and puff but only in our own half! 

Reuben Mac just entered the field of play

1 minute ago, Port Said Red said:

In what way? 

Good question. Defence is holding up but no midfield bite. It's as if the team think we can score by catching QPR asleep. 

Qpr one up.
It's so like watching our current first team

14 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said:

The Great Rock n Roll Swindle is such a great record. I've got so many mermories of playing the LP in the 6th form common room and thinking we were so punk and so rebellious. We weren't    

1979, I was 18    **** if only I could turn back time

If I could find a way....

Cher. Not known for being a punk!