harvey's mild

and so in our travels we came across a harvey's brewery-tied pub down the road. such a selection! what a collection! i hate the term 'old man pubs', but this place was full of a different set of people, not the ones found in our usual haunts.

the mild was 3% and by no means the most striking ale i've ever had, very drinkable and pleasant and i'd drink it again but maybe not more than a pint a night. it's very much a post-work drink, a classic mild. i'd like to try their 'light mild' next time. the bitter was again unremarkable but pleasant enough, quietly reliable.

Franciskaner hereweissbeir

A:cen eh hev eh hefeweissbeir, plis?

B: certainly sir. here you are: half a pint of weissbeir.

A: neh, eh hefeweissbeir! eh hefeweissbeir!

B: yes, half a weissbeir! who are you, ronny barker? fuck off.


hefe means yeast, so hefeweissbeir is unfiltered wheat/white beer. this beer was good. the other beer i drank in the same five minutes was old hooky. this was also a good beer of its ilk.

look, this shit is harder than it seems. i was curled up in a sleeping bag on the floor listening to raggaba, contorted with the force of my ankst, when i drank these. i wasn't paying that much attention to the taste.