Beer stockists

Gate · Post by **Gate** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:46 pm

Call me sad if you like, but I like Everards Tiger, and would happily drink it at home if I could get any. Can't get the stuff in Lannan for love nor money, so I'm thinking of getting a bagful next time I'm up at WR. Any tips for a reasonable offy not too far from the railway station?

DCat · Post by **DCat** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:58 pm

Try 'The Offy' just near Vicky Park - they have a website & are an award winning offy. The owner apparently is a complete nutter, possibly due to the amount of product testing, but the selection is second to none, I'm told. Opening hours can be a bit haphazard, so call first to see when he's open. Apparently they might sell McMullens, if your form of transport runs out of fuel. :shock:

DCat · Post by **DCat** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:59 pm

Link now attached

http://www.the-offie.co.uk/

Cornish Tiger · Post by **Cornish Tiger** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:17 pm

There are some pubs in town that stock Tiger. Check first but these used to: Sutton Arms Gt Sutton St EC1; The Lord Moon of the Mall, Whitehall; The King's Head, E4, Chingford. There may be some nearer you. Not sure where you are. There used to be a great real ale place off Trafalgar Square too that stocked just about everything, but I can't remember the name. I'm sure someone will know it.

Iain · Post by **Iain** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:41 pm

I'm not sure how readily available it has Everards as I tend not to buy it, but my local offy, the Drinkz Box on Narborough Road is the cheapest off licence in the history of the world I think! Have a look there!

redtiger · Post by **redtiger** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:45 pm

[quote="DCat"]Try 'The Offy' just near Vicky Park - they have a website & are an award winning offy. The owner apparently is a complete nutter

he may be a nutter but originality is not his strong point, if he were a true nutter he would have called his offy "joe's mad dog straw cat hyper baby fly beverage joint". us true nut jobs know best.

TigerTimmy · Post by **TigerTimmy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:42 pm

Its a good off licence though. He's very friendly. Last time i went i was there for about 1/2 hour chatting to him. He has millions of belgium beers as well as english ones which is good for belgium beer fans (like me). He does also deliver.
He can be a bit pricy though. A supermarket might be best if you want it cheap, there's a Sainsburys in the town centre.

Kinoulton · Post by **Kinoulton** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:40 am

Go one better. Go to Bruges. Lovely old town, more makes of beer than you can shake a stick at, and the only place I've ever visited where my missus felt that the horses were well looked after.

(They pull tourists round on picturesque carriages. This will get Cornish T full of wrath because it's exploitation of animals.)

Cornish Tiger · Post by **Cornish Tiger** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:54 am

Wrath wrath wrath wrath wrath! And I'm having a scrap with Sim over chocolate comments What a morning!

I like Bruges too, used to live near Maastricht in the Netherlands, and we often used to stop off in Bruges on the journey back to the UK, as it was kind of half way. But they wont sell Tiger surely. It'll be all Trappist monk stuff etc (very lovely though).
In Boston, the horses used to have these little bags attached to their rear ends so they could carry their own poo about and not litter the streets. It would be a great idea for cats. And horsey people :twisted:

TigerTimmy · Post by **TigerTimmy** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:12 pm

I was in Bruges only last week. Is a very lovely place. Lots of belgium beer but no Tiger.
Plus its a long way from Leicester train station!!

DCat · Post by **DCat** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:43 pm

Trappist beer - Chimay - yum.

Gate · Post by **Gate** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:53 pm

Bruges is a cracking place. Just a little bit out of the way from WR to the railway station. Sainsbury's sounds like a fair bet for Tiger - but I'll have to give the Offie a spin for something a more weird and wonderful. I had a beezer ale at the beer festival made with gooseberries and bog myrtle. No, really. Called "Grozet" - try it if you see it.