On 10/11/2018 09:45, Paul Carmichael wrote:
On 09/11/2018 14:51, newshound wrote:

In the old days, a bad pint of Wadworth's 6X was virtually unknown,
because it was produced by a relatively small Somerset brewery and not
shipped very far. Now it is produced by one of the big brewers, and
afficionados do not consider it to be the same thing.

Wow. Parallel threads.

I used to like 6X, but it must have had un unusually short shelf life.
Froma a fresh barrel it was lovely, but too many times it was quite
simply off. So I stopped drinking it.

I sometimes see the "new" stuff, usually as a guest beer, and often have
one for nostalgic reasons. I can't recall having a really bad one. To
me, it's a sign of a good pub if they replace a dodgy pint without argument.