TOPIC:

Yes, it's the same brewer. I vaguely remembered finding something about this a while back and your post prompted me to look through my bookmarks.

Real Ales, Irish Style[/url:wqidahys]

did we sample this before in the bull and castle?

"oblivious":1c5g6ssq wrote: did we sample this before in the bull and castle?[/quote:1c5g6ssq]

We got a small taste a last year along with some Messrs Porter and Bock

"Hendrixcat":30xda68f wrote:

"oblivious":30xda68f wrote: did we sample this before in the bull and castle?[/quote:30xda68f]

We got a small taste a last year along with some Messrs Porter and Bock[/quote:30xda68f]

I think the Messrs Porter won?

&amp;quot;TheBeerNut&amp;quot; wrote: They did. This is just their brand and recipe being used by someone else, which is why it's an under-the-counter members-only arrangement. Which we're discussing on the Internet <!-- s:roll: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt="" title="Rolling Eyes" /><!-- s:roll: -->

Good point. Also one the recent spamming had me thinking about. Any way we can make it so you have to register and sign in before you can even read the forums? Is this workable? If workable, is it something we should do or would it be overly restrictive for not-joined-yet newbies?

It's just from a security POV like. All the articles and all would still be open. Thoughts?

Take your point, and I'm sure it's possible, but I'd be agin it. If the stakeholders in the Black Pearl Limited Public Issue wish for discussion on it to be discontinued, then that's not a problem. But they were the ones who started this thread.

Bottom line: don't post stuff to ICB that you don't want the world to see.

My apologies if you were offended by the spam, and I'm still not 100% convinced that it falls into the "spam" category. "Shilling", yes sure, but that's a greyer area. I think a two-strikes model works best -- a second post advertising the same thing means deletion and banning.

Besides which, I don't think we've had so much of a spam problem that we even need such a formal editorial policy.

Now, would you like to buy some viagra?