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    Quote Originally Posted by london calling View Post
    ...Youngs,Fullers and GK in London.
    We still are; throw in Gloom, the ubiquitous Landlord (one minor crumb of comfort) and this pretty much sums up the London drinking scene.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tris39 View Post
    We still are; throw in Gloom, the ubiquitous Landlord (one minor crumb of comfort) and this pretty much sums up the London drinking scene.
    London is pretty much Craft keg now (where there's plenty of variety) apart from the few oasis's of cask dotted around, other than that it's down to the micropubs in the outer reaches.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rpadam View Post
    It can get very samey, as can "Youngs, Fullers and GK". Variety is the spice of life.
    As a single hop it is very samey but its used in combination with other hops in most beers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    London is pretty much Craft keg now (where there's plenty of variety) apart from the few oasis's of cask dotted around, other than that it's down to the micropubs in the outer reaches.
    Yep craft keg is now the dominant beer style in London.I embrace it but try to stick to the cheaper end of the market.Still plenty of new beers around but you have to search them out.Was in twickenham ,Hampton and Brentford last night.Saw about 45 cask beers 15 new to me and about 50 craft keg beers.Central London has definitely become less interesting on the cask front but if you are changing £5+ you need to stick to beers most people recognise and will pay the.price.Hence landlord and doom on a lot of pumps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    London is pretty much Craft keg now...
    ...which allows pubs to flog the stuff for nearly £7.00 a pint when cask at quality outlets, Wenlock, Express, Cock, Southampton etc. can easily cost £2.50 less. London doesn't seem to have any true micros apart from the Little Green Dragon. All the hipster railway arch, nuclear bunker conversions and the like are all keg...Even the House of Hammerton, despite being the tap for the nearby brewery seems to have pumps just for decoration; their fantastic Penton oatmeal stout is knackered on their keg, yet far superior on cask at pubs, if you can find it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tris39 View Post
    ...which allows pubs to flog the stuff for nearly £7.00 a pint when cask at quality outlets, Wenlock, Express, Cock, Southampton etc. can easily cost £2.50 less. London doesn't seem to have any true micros apart from the Little Green Dragon. All the hipster railway arch, nuclear bunker conversions and the like are all keg...Even the House of Hammerton, despite being the tap for the nearby brewery seems to have pumps just for decoration; their fantastic Penton oatmeal stout is knackered on their keg, yet far superior on cask at pubs, if you can find it.
    Depends I suppose on what you call London, yet another list here. But whatever along with the Green Dragon the Dodo is well up there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    Depends I suppose on what you call London, yet another list here. But whatever along with the Green Dragon the Dodo is well up there.
    An interesting list, with London defined quite broadly. I remember the original Green Dragon (now Waitrose) which gives this micro its name, so a return to the area is overdue and I think the Dodo will beckon next week, along with W7's three heritage pubs.

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    Was in Barnet last week and intended to go to the Little Green Dragon but ran out of time.shame as there are few pubs worth visiting in that area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    My Mum has been making "Shepherd's Pie" with minced beef for years...
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