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Pak_Doo_Ik said:
I'm on the Goose Island Midway tonight after finishing the La Virgen which was exceptional.
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Where are you based? Goose Island is a Chicago beer but I've never seen the Midway IPA anywhere here (doubly ironic as Midway is the name of the city airport).
 
HarryVegas said:
I honestly don't know what's happened to my musical tastes. Once on a time my heart slammed the blood round my body to the beat of the Pistols - that foot stomping, marching sound on Holidays In The Sun did funny things to my circulation. But I look at myself now, acoustic guitar hanging off my neck while I fumble around the elusive perimeters of harmonies to 19th century Northumbrian folk songs about coal mining disputes. It's f**king tragic!
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19th century Northumberland folk music about mining disputes? You name it, we've got it.
 
4 of us went to ibiza when the record was a big hit & Wham videoed the scenes on the island, George Michael was outside a few bars we were drinking in at the time, just having a few beers with his mates, 1981 back then
 
grumpyoldgit said:
19th century Northumberland folk music about mining disputes? You name it, we've got it.
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I'm 10 minutes drive from Delaval and know the song very well. The remains of the old mine are now scattered in woodland but at the time it was huge - the biggest mine in Europe, with 7 separate entrances. Why do I know this? Because I'm tragic.
 
HarryVegas said:
I'm 10 minutes drive from Delaval and know the song very well. The remains of the old mine are now scattered in woodland but at the time it was huge - the biggest mine in Europe, with 7 separate entrances. Why do I know this? Because I'm tragic.
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Not tragic Harry, just possessed of good musical taste. I saw RT perform this at the Sage as part of his 1000 years of popular music tour.
 
grumpyoldgit said:
19th century Northumberland folk music about mining disputes? You name it, we've got it.
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Jez Lowe did a great - and very poignant - job of weaving that old song into one of his about the '84 strike:

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This thread is like one of those rambling conversations in a pub. It ranges from the frankly surreal etiquette of armchair dancing to 19th century folk songs, and how they relate to current political situations. Where else could you find such a breadth of topics?
 
goalscrounger said:
Where are you based? Goose Island is a Chicago beer but I've never seen the Midway IPA anywhere here (doubly ironic as Midway is the name of the city airport).
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Sorry GS but I'm in the mighty American suburb Nottingham 😁

I get the kegs for my Perfect Draft from Beer Hawk, I had the IPA the other week, but at 5.9% it was going down far to easily so switched to the Midway for tonight.
 
grumpyoldgit said:
This thread is like one of those rambling conversations in a pub. It ranges from the frankly surreal etiquette of armchair dancing to 19th century folk songs, and how they relate to current political situations. Where else could you find such a breadth of topics?
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Get some crisps when you go to the bar will you please?
 
Pak_Doo_Ik said:
Sorry GS but I'm in the mighty American suburb Nottingham 😁

I get the kegs for my Perfect Draft from Beer Hawk, I had the IPA the other week, but at 5.9% it was going down far to easily so switched to the Midway for tonight.
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How strange!

It was Goose Island IPA that finally got me into IPAs actually, it's very drinkable. They do another called Next Coast IPA which is also very nice if you can get a keg of that.
 
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