The Championship
Saturday 12 March 2022
SUFC 2021/22 Game #62
First. Things. First. I'm going to push the Beer In The Ground KLAXON. Easy to miss. Not listed on any of the boards. (Sorry, all the pictures I took "failed"). The slight giveaway was that one bar was called the Purity Bar. One keg font had…
Purity Brewing Co (Alcester), Mad Goose IPA on Keg at 4.2%
Too diff to make notes. It was alright. But, more importantly, it was in the ground.
For those of you who don't know, there is a micro brewery yard within a couple of minutes of the turnstiles.
Dhillon's Brewery
Unit 14a, Hales Industrial Estate, Rowley's Green Ln, Longford, Coventry CV6 6AT
They've certainly made the best of what they've got. As well as the main unit, they've built two more covered, decking & picnic areas. There are three bars, a full wall projector screen, a DJ & a food truck parked outside. On home Saturdays, it becomes The Biggest Sky Blues Party On Earth. Fine. Get on with it. But, it rather spoils the Brewery Yard feel.
Carling. Dark Fruits. Two Pint "glasses". All the Ska & Indie Classics blaring. Lip Up Fatty & Shit On The Villa. I can't hear you. Make some noise. Fair play. A number of the Sky Blue Army were worried I couldn't see the lunchtime game on the "wall". No drama. No interest.
So, the beer experience was lessened. But, hey hey, this was the flow. Flow with it. There were three of their own on Cask. Two of their own lagers on Keg. And one of their own "non lager" on Keg. They basically gave up on that in the first 15 minutes, after pouring two pints of nothing but froth for the first punter. (At one stage, it seemed they expected him to go & drink the froth & take the hit). The two people who served me had absolutely no idea how to pull a pint of cask. Not even holding the "glass". Just standing it there on the drip tray and pulling for all their worth.
They'd got the bars organised all wrong. The only soft drinks were on the bar with the real ale. So, the lager for me, pop for the kids, firm were queuing with the nerdy beer geeks. While the lager & card only bars were empty.
There were bottles & cans, but getting the bar staff to tell you what was available was painful. That's the flow. Right. Recover. Recover. Look, it's an out of town stadium build, with a shopping centre developing alongside it, be thankful there's anything nearby. And, once navigated, the beers were OK.
Dhillon's Brewery, Bright Eyes GPA on Cask at 3.8%
Head a bit Soapy. Very easy drinking. More hops coming through than I expected. Slight toffee maltiness.
Dhillon's Brewery, The Amber Gambler, English Bitter on Cask at 4.8%
ps, not Amber. That came at me all at once. Some nice honey in the malt to lift it up a bit.
Dhillon's Brewery, Ghost Town Lager on Keg at 4%
No. Poor. I'm not even sure what they're trying to do here. It'd got that awful, cloying sugar thing going on. Jerry should sue.
Dhillon's Brewery, Fair Lady, Pale Ale from a tin at 4.5%
Best of my lot that one. From a tin an' all. Thick, cloudy & full on. Some tobacco in the smell. Bags of flavour. Rich. Some Tizer.
The game, you say? Back down to Earth with a bump. Bare bones as we've said previously. When we're on, we're on. But, today we were off. I felt we missed any sort of midfield enforcement. Berge has the physicality for that. But, not any of the other tools. We're "having to" use Osborn at right back. Brunt & Neal or out on loan. So, it was left to Arblaster to bench. Hourihane has to enforce really in that line up.
It's far from ideal. But, it's who/what we have. Some games we make the best of it, some we don't. Stay in the fight.
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