On 29-Jul-23 18:37, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
> Richard Robinson wrote:
>
>> And the ecilops don't necessarily do the necessary when asked anyway.
>
> Apparently the arj policy is "All crimes matter"

But some pigs are more equal than others?

(Not sure I got that right.)

--
Sam Plusnet

On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 12:56:16 +0100
"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> In article <20230729120854.4baf886c657f8220d76460a7@eircom.net>, Ahem A
> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 12:08:54 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
> >On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 09:53:22 +0100
> >"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 23:20:23 +0100
> >> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Nor has the traditional mild into which all the overflow from glasses
> >> > and the other additives from driks of all types any attractions for me.
> >> > It mightjusthve eRd aBrrlel in it, or some old dribler's leavings.
> >> >
> >> (Most) Mild was dark, so some sins could ber covered up, but lacking in
> >> bitterness it would be a big giveaway if it tasted bitter from erm Bitter
> >> beer slops.
> >
> > Nonetheless pouring the contents of the drip trays into the mild
> >barrel was standard practice when the barrels were wooden - my father
> >followed it until metal barrels and pressure replaced wooden barrels and
> >pumps.
>
> I have also seen it done. The landlord made little effort to hide it.
> These days I suspect any switched on landlord would not do it. If
> caught there would be numerous acts of HP Sauce which would lead to a
> loss of license.

Sadly re-using spilt beer is still legal and "standard" practice in parts
of the UK, especially around Otley.

Use a FWSE for 'Return Tray' and 'AutoVac' (tm) ffi.

> > He also told of the time that the mild barrel turned out to contain
> >winter ale instead of mild - he sold it at mild prices since that's what he
> >paid and mild became very popular until it ran out.
> >
> There is a law which makes the 'spiking' of drinks illegal. IANAL but I
> suspect that selling a stronger drink as if it were a weaker drink would
> fall foul of that.
> --
> 0sterc@tcher -
>
> "Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 30/07/2023 11:28, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> especially around Otley.

Are you in Otley?

Tone

On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 11:48:28 +0100
Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

> On 30/07/2023 11:28, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
(AutoVacs)
> > especially around Otley.
>

> Are you in Otley?
>
No. But I've been there once.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

Kerr-Mudd, John said:
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 11:48:28 +0100
> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30/07/2023 11:28, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> (AutoVacs)
>> > especially around Otley.
>>
>
>> Are you in Otley?
>>
> No. But I've been there once.

All the pubs seem to be The Coloured Quadruped.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 29/07/2023 21:32, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 29-Jul-23 0:50, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <1qelt2f.uewxov11g67thN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
>> <snipeco.2@gmail.com> on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 00:30:39 awoke Nicholas
>> from his slumbers and wrote
>>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Julian Macassey said:
>>>>> On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:13:08 +0100, RustyHinge
>>>>> <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> Sounds about right - at that time best bitter was 1/11d
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Was there a not-so-good bitter?
>>>>>
>>>>> It was called Watneys.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the West Country, you could by draught cider, 6d a
>>>>> halp pint and 11d a pint.
>>>>
>>>> "A pint of your worst bitter, Landlord" doesn't have the same
>>>> I-have-no-idea about it, does it ?
>>>
>>> We called it "cooking bitter" wheniwerealad.
>>>
>> Grotneys, when I were an anklebiter
>
> When (& where)IWAL, you were required to despise Tetley bitter.
>
> When I finally tasted it, it seemed OK to me.
> But by then I'd moved, & if I hadn't, I wouldn't have dared to challenge
> the lore.
>

Which Tetley's?
Yes, there were two* - one drinkable, the other not so.

*Yorkshire and Lancashire

--

Chris Elvidge, England
I WILL NOT DO THE DIRTY BIRD

On 30/07/2023 12:04, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 11:48:28 +0100
> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30/07/2023 11:28, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> (AutoVacs)
>>> especially around Otley.
>>
>
>> Are you in Otley?
>>
> No. But I've been there once.
>

Northern music town

Tone

On 28/07/2023 23:02, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Julian Macassey said:
>> On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:13:08 +0100, RustyHinge
>> <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Sounds about right - at that time best bitter was 1/11d
>>>
>>> Was there a not-so-good bitter?
>>
>> It was called Watneys.
>>
>> In the West Country, you could by draught cider, 6d a
>> halp pint and 11d a pint.
>
> "A pint of your worst bitter, Landlord" doesn't have the same
> I-have-no-idea about it, does it ?

The alternative to 'best' was 'a pint of cooking, please'
AIR
I also generally preferred it to 'best' at the time.

Chris

On 29/07/2023 18:22, Tone wrote:
> On 29/07/2023 14:13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> Not many places have wooden barrels these days and the ones that do
>> tend to have pretty fussy customers.
>
> Sam Smith's in Tadcaster still do, and the bitter in them is still crap.
>
> Tone

I have heard it said that the worst place to drink Sam Smiths is in
Tadcaster in the pub opposite the brewery - because they only have one
barrel at a time and roll it across the road as required.

I have not verified any of this

Chris

On 30/07/2023 14:06, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
> On 29/07/2023 18:22, Tone wrote:
>> On 29/07/2023 14:13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>> Not many places have wooden barrels these days and the ones that do
>>> tend to have pretty fussy customers.
>>
>> Sam Smith's in Tadcaster still do, and the bitter in them is still crap.
>>
>> Tone
>
> I have heard it said that the worst place to drink Sam Smiths is in
> Tadcaster in the pub opposite the brewery - because they only have one
> barrel at a time and roll it across the road as required.
>
> I have not verified any of this
>
> Chris

Quite a lot of the old Sam Smiths rural pubs around here are boarded up
now. Once it was the cheapest bitter you could buy, so we put up with it
for the price. Then after covid Humphrey added a pound a pint, making it
comparable with other brews.

He also banned music, smart phones, swearing and dogs so I think he lost
a lot of regulars.

Mined you, I usta drink his Extra Stout*. Better than Guinness!

That's prombably why I'm extra stout now

Tone

On 2023-07-30, chrisnd@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
> On 28/07/2023 23:02, Richard Robinson wrote:
>> Julian Macassey said:
>>> On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:13:08 +0100, RustyHinge
>>> <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Sounds about right - at that time best bitter was 1/11d
>>>>
>>>> Was there a not-so-good bitter?
>>>
>>> It was called Watneys.
>>>
>>> In the West Country, you could by draught cider, 6d a
>>> halp pint and 11d a pint.
>>
>> "A pint of your worst bitter, Landlord" doesn't have the same
>> I-have-no-idea about it, does it ?
>
> The alternative to 'best' was 'a pint of cooking, please'
> AIR
> I also generally preferred it to 'best' at the time.
>
> Chris

A friend, a farmer (Now confined to his bed) had a sick bullock, and was
advised to get him slops to drink, so the local pub obliged. For a
while, then they got a leetle suspicious.

--
greymausg@mail.com
God Damn the Influencers

On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:06:41 +0100
"chrisnd@privacy.net" <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:

> On 29/07/2023 18:22, Tone wrote:
> > On 29/07/2023 14:13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> >> Not many places have wooden barrels these days and the ones that do
> >> tend to have pretty fussy customers.
> >
> > Sam Smith's in Tadcaster still do, and the bitter in them is still crap.
> >
> > Tone
>
> I have heard it said that the worst place to drink Sam Smiths is in
> Tadcaster in the pub opposite the brewery - because they only have one
> barrel at a time and roll it across the road as required.
>
> I have not verified any of this
>
> Chris

I used to really like the (Old?) Museum beer, but Humphrey decided he
didn't like to pay tax on it or something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Smith_Old_Brewery#Beers

The Greyhound in Saxton is a great oldtime pub:
https://whatpub.com/pubs/YOR/257/greyhound-saxton

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 30/07/2023 14:06, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
> On 29/07/2023 18:22, Tone wrote:
>> On 29/07/2023 14:13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>> Not many places have wooden barrels these days and the ones that do
>>> tend to have pretty fussy customers.
>>
>> Sam Smith's in Tadcaster still do, and the bitter in them is still crap.
>>
>> Tone
>
> I have heard it said that the worst place to drink Sam Smiths is in
> Tadcaster in the pub opposite the brewery - because they only have one
> barrel at a time and roll it across the road as required.
>
> I have not verified any of this
>
> Chris

The Angel and White Horse fronts the Old Brewery.
I remember that story (above) about John Willie Lees in Middleton.
Beer didn't travel well, not even to the brewery tap.
It's a lot better now - well it was last time I had it.

--

Chris Elvidge, England
I WILL NOT ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO FLY

In article <ua5qcr$2uvsi$1@dont-email.me>, Chris Elvidge
<chris@mshome.net> on Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 14:59:53 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
>On 30/07/2023 14:06, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
>> On 29/07/2023 18:22, Tone wrote:
>>> On 29/07/2023 14:13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>> Not many places have wooden barrels these days and the ones that do
>>>> tend to have pretty fussy customers.
>>>
>>> Sam Smith's in Tadcaster still do, and the bitter in them is still crap.
>>>
>>> Tone
>>
>> I have heard it said that the worst place to drink Sam Smiths is in
>> Tadcaster in the pub opposite the brewery - because they only have one
>> barrel at a time and roll it across the road as required.
>>
>> I have not verified any of this
>>
>> Chris
>
>The Angel and White Horse fronts the Old Brewery.
>I remember that story (above) about John Willie Lees in Middleton.
>Beer didn't travel well, not even to the brewery tap.
>It's a lot better now - well it was last time I had it.
>
>
Marstons Pedigree used to travel well. Marstons used to deliver to the
old Winchester Brewery from where the beer was delivered to quite a few
old Winchester Brewery pubs. IMHO Martson's Pedigree was the best beer
around Winchester.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 30-Jul-23 13:34, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> On 29/07/2023 21:32, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 29-Jul-23 0:50, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <1qelt2f.uewxov11g67thN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
>>> <snipeco.2@gmail.com>  on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 00:30:39 awoke Nicholas
>>> from his slumbers and wrote
>>>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Julian Macassey said:
>>>>>> On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:13:08 +0100, RustyHinge
>>>>>> <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>> Sounds about right - at that time best bitter was 1/11d
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Was there a not-so-good bitter?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      It was called Watneys.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      In the West Country, you could by draught cider, 6d a
>>>>>> halp pint and 11d a pint.
>>>>>
>>>>> "A pint of your worst bitter, Landlord" doesn't have the same
>>>>> I-have-no-idea about it, does it ?
>>>>
>>>> We called it "cooking bitter" wheniwerealad.
>>>>
>>> Grotneys, when I were an anklebiter
>>
>> When (& where)IWAL, you were required to despise Tetley bitter.
>>
>> When I finally tasted it, it seemed OK to me.
>> But by then I'd moved, & if I hadn't, I wouldn't have dared to
>> challenge the lore.
>>
>
> Which Tetley's?
> Yes, there were two* - one drinkable, the other not so.
>
> *Yorkshire and Lancashire

Didn't know that. I would guess it was the Yorkshire version, since
this was a spot near the triple meeting-point of Derbyshire,
Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.

--
Sam Plusnet

Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> In article <ua5qcr$2uvsi$1@dont-email.me>, Chris Elvidge
> <chris@mshome.net> on Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 14:59:53 awoke Nicholas from
> his slumbers and wrote
> >On 30/07/2023 14:06, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
> >> On 29/07/2023 18:22, Tone wrote:
> >>> On 29/07/2023 14:13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> >>>> Not many places have wooden barrels these days and the ones that do
> >>>> tend to have pretty fussy customers.
> >>>
> >>> Sam Smith's in Tadcaster still do, and the bitter in them is still crap.
> >>>
> >>> Tone
> >>
> >> I have heard it said that the worst place to drink Sam Smiths is in
> >> Tadcaster in the pub opposite the brewery - because they only have one
> >> barrel at a time and roll it across the road as required.
> >>
> >> I have not verified any of this
> >>
> >> Chris
> >
> >The Angel and White Horse fronts the Old Brewery.
> >I remember that story (above) about John Willie Lees in Middleton.
> >Beer didn't travel well, not even to the brewery tap.
> >It's a lot better now - well it was last time I had it.
> >
> >
> Marstons Pedigree used to travel well. Marstons used to deliver to the
> old Winchester Brewery from where the beer was delivered to quite a few
> old Winchester Brewery pubs. IMHO Martson's Pedigree was the best beer
> around Winchester.

Yep, Greedipee, RIP.

--
^Ï^. – Sn!pe – <https://youtu.be/_kqytf31a8E>

My pet rock Gordon just is.

In article <ua3nbc$2mdbq$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
<richard@qualmograph.org.uk> on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 18:55:40 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>Nicholas D. Richards said:
>> In article <20230729120854.4baf886c657f8220d76460a7@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 12:08:54 awoke
>>>
>>> He also told of the time that the mild barrel turned out to contain
>>>winter ale instead of mild - he sold it at mild prices since that's what he
>>>paid and mild became very popular until it ran out.
>>>
>> There is a law which makes the 'spiking' of drinks illegal. IANAL but I
>> suspect that selling a stronger drink as if it were a weaker drink would
>> fall foul of that.
>
>Not if it's a law against making additions to the original drink,
>shirley ?
>
People have been convicted after knowingly giving some one a different
drink than they ordered. You are buying a round and I ask you for a
vodka and orange and you give me a double vodka and orange without
telling me, something like that.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 30/07/2023 20:37, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> You are buying a round and I ask you for a
> vodka and orange and you give me a double vodka and orange without
> telling me, something like that.

Extremely unlikely in my case. I live in Yorkshire.

Tone

On 30/07/2023 19:55, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 30-Jul-23 13:34, Chris Elvidge wrote:
>> On 29/07/2023 21:32, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> On 29-Jul-23 0:50, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>> In article <1qelt2f.uewxov11g67thN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
>>>> <snipeco.2@gmail.com>  on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 00:30:39 awoke Nicholas
>>>> from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Julian Macassey said:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:13:08 +0100, RustyHinge
>>>>>>> <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Sounds about right - at that time best bitter was 1/11d
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Was there a not-so-good bitter?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      It was called Watneys.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      In the West Country, you could by draught cider, 6d a
>>>>>>> halp pint and 11d a pint.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "A pint of your worst bitter, Landlord" doesn't have the same
>>>>>> I-have-no-idea about it, does it ?
>>>>>
>>>>> We called it "cooking bitter" wheniwerealad.
>>>>>
>>>> Grotneys, when I were an anklebiter
>>>
>>> When (& where)IWAL, you were required to despise Tetley bitter.
>>>
>>> When I finally tasted it, it seemed OK to me.
>>> But by then I'd moved, & if I hadn't, I wouldn't have dared to
>>> challenge the lore.
>>>
>>
>> Which Tetley's?
>> Yes, there were two* - one drinkable, the other not so.
>>
>> *Yorkshire and Lancashire
>
> Didn't know that.  I would guess it was the Yorkshire version, since
> this was a spot near the triple meeting-point of Derbyshire,
> Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.
>

Before or after they moved it?

Tone

In article <ua6g51$30plv$2@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on
Sun, 30 Jul 2023 at 21:11:13 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 30/07/2023 20:37, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> You are buying a round and I ask you for a
>> vodka and orange and you give me a double vodka and orange without
>> telling me, something like that.
>
>Extremely unlikely in my case. I live in Yorkshire.
>
That does not make you a tyke.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 30-Jul-23 21:19, Tone wrote:
> On 30/07/2023 19:55, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 30-Jul-23 13:34, Chris Elvidge wrote:
>>> On 29/07/2023 21:32, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>> On 29-Jul-23 0:50, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>>> In article <1qelt2f.uewxov11g67thN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
>>>>> <snipeco.2@gmail.com>  on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 00:30:39 awoke Nicholas
>>>>> from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Julian Macassey said:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:13:08 +0100, RustyHinge
>>>>>>>> <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Sounds about right - at that time best bitter was 1/11d
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Was there a not-so-good bitter?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      It was called Watneys.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      In the West Country, you could by draught cider, 6d a
>>>>>>>> halp pint and 11d a pint.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "A pint of your worst bitter, Landlord" doesn't have the same
>>>>>>> I-have-no-idea about it, does it ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We called it "cooking bitter" wheniwerealad.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Grotneys, when I were an anklebiter
>>>>
>>>> When (& where)IWAL, you were required to despise Tetley bitter.
>>>>
>>>> When I finally tasted it, it seemed OK to me.
>>>> But by then I'd moved, & if I hadn't, I wouldn't have dared to
>>>> challenge the lore.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Which Tetley's?
>>> Yes, there were two* - one drinkable, the other not so.
>>>
>>> *Yorkshire and Lancashire
>>
>> Didn't know that.  I would guess it was the Yorkshire version, since
>> this was a spot near the triple meeting-point of Derbyshire,
>> Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.
>>
>
> Before or after they moved it?

Certainly before. I've no idea how things stand now.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 30/07/2023 21:54, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> Extremely unlikely in my case. I live in Yorkshire.
>>
> That does not make you a tyke.

The local habits are, well, habit forming.

Tone

On 30/07/2023 22:17, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> Didn't know that.  I would guess it was the Yorkshire version, since
>>> this was a spot near the triple meeting-point of Derbyshire,
>>> Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.
>>>
>>
>> Before or after they moved it?
>
> Certainly before.  I've no idea how things stand now.

Shireoaks then. The actual oak tree that stood at the junction of three
counties was in the grounds of Shireoaks Hall. The junction is now a few
miles to the south west of there.

There used to be, maybe still is, a great pub that operates from the
back of the non derelict part of Shireoaks Hall, run by the Laird
himself as a hobby. Had some great evenings in there with the locals
when moored in Shireoaks Marina. Later it was a good free overnight stop
with the campervan.

Happy daze.

Tone

Nicholas D. Richards said:
> In article <ua3nbc$2mdbq$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
><richard@qualmograph.org.uk> on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 18:55:40 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>Nicholas D. Richards said:
>>> In article <20230729120854.4baf886c657f8220d76460a7@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>>> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 12:08:54 awoke
>>>>
>>>> He also told of the time that the mild barrel turned out to contain
>>>>winter ale instead of mild - he sold it at mild prices since that's what he
>>>>paid and mild became very popular until it ran out.
>>>>
>>> There is a law which makes the 'spiking' of drinks illegal. IANAL but I
>>> suspect that selling a stronger drink as if it were a weaker drink would
>>> fall foul of that.
>>
>>Not if it's a law against making additions to the original drink,
>>shirley ?
>>
> People have been convicted after knowingly giving some one a different
> drink than they ordered. You are buying a round and I ask you for a
> vodka and orange and you give me a double vodka and orange without
> telling me, something like that.

Convicted for getting someone a double instead of a single ? Don't go
drinking with people like that.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 31/07/2023 03:08, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Nicholas D. Richards said:
>> In article <ua3nbc$2mdbq$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
>> <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 18:55:40 awoke
>> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>> Nicholas D. Richards said:
>>>> In article <20230729120854.4baf886c657f8220d76460a7@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>>>> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 12:08:54 awoke
>>>>>
>>>>> He also told of the time that the mild barrel turned out to contain
>>>>> winter ale instead of mild - he sold it at mild prices since that's what he
>>>>> paid and mild became very popular until it ran out.
>>>>>
>>>> There is a law which makes the 'spiking' of drinks illegal. IANAL but I
>>>> suspect that selling a stronger drink as if it were a weaker drink would
>>>> fall foul of that.
>>>
>>> Not if it's a law against making additions to the original drink,
>>> shirley ?
>>>
>> People have been convicted after knowingly giving some one a different
>> drink than they ordered. You are buying a round and I ask you for a
>> vodka and orange and you give me a double vodka and orange without
>> telling me, something like that.
>
> Convicted for getting someone a double instead of a single ? Don't go
> drinking with people like that.
>
Depends if they're paying and you notice.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.