just got mine today, can't open till Christmas - it's a present from the missus

Finally got round to tasting a solitary pint last night after watching James in Manchester.

My mate had one the other day and said it was awful, I thought it was rather nice and deemed it a shame that we only found a pub with it on, where it was our last before we headed home.

The head of it stuck to the sides of the glass as the ale was being supped - very good news.

I'll, for research means only, be tackling a few more yards of it in the very near future.

It's been a very Build-beery day:

1) I was working in Ulverston today which happens to have a Robinson's warehouse/ex-Hartley's Brewery and been wondering if they had any there, rather than all their stock in - erm - Stockport. Result! One case bought, but not loads left at the moment if anyone fancied following suit. Most of the decent pubs in the town also have it on draught, apparently.

2) Swinging by their Booths for a cheeky Mumtaz Samosa, they'd also got it, though it seems to be selling well:


Meanwhile...
3) @ElbowBeer mentioned on their site recently that it's now available in all North-West Morrisons stores: Linky

At last......got a pint on draught. Picadilly Gardens on a sunny afternoon. Mrs sparky n Emma are shopping so I am doing a little beer and culture tour.....Night and Day, Kro bar, The Cathedral and John Rylands Library (the last two aren't pubs!). Having a lovely time but feeling a bit "billy no mates" till 4pm meetup so I thought I'd report in

I ordered 2 cases, and I've not had a confirmation that they've been purchased yet

Going to see Coldplay in Manchester in two weeks so will try to buy some Elbow ale.

Does anyone know where there's any bottles in stock please?
There's none in Booths (Chorley & Penwortham) and none in Morrisons
Had a pint at the Kro Bar before the Cherry Ghost gig on Monday but it would be nice if I could find a few bottles for Christmas Day.

Have received 2 Elbow beers some weeks ago because a kind guy on Twitter sent me them as they are impossible to find here in France, but not the mood to taste them yet. At the moment, thinking of Elbow and every Elbow related things make me depress more than everything so I wait that things go better (if they do) before tasting them.

had a bottle after us christmas dinner , i do like a good english bitter

Silly reason to register on here I guess, but the pub / restaurant where I work is a free house and we took delivery a couple of weeks ago of a cask of BARB. Looking at the pump clip, it appears that there is some data / audio 'burnt' on the CD. Is anyone able to confirm if there is anything on the disk? As the label covers the centre hole on the pump clip I don't want to put it in the computer until after in case it destroys the pump clip...

Thanks in advance!

Was checking the net for LOTF & COT deluxe editions and thought I'd try Tesco. They didn't stcok the CD's, however they do sell Build! beers @ 4 for £6. Here is the link http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=272582026

Only valid till tomorrow though.