29 pointsby gripfx8 hours ago7 comments
  • gnabgib3 minutes ago
    To read the remaining 3/4: https://archive.is/4EDsj
  • dash27 hours ago
    I reckon East Anglia has the best beer in England. There are so many great local brewers. Adnams is down the road in Southwold and keep putting out brilliant, innovative beers. Then there's Lacons in Great Yarmouth and a host of small names, from Nene Valley Brewery to Mr Winters. If you're in Norwich, check out the Trafford Arms: it's in a nondescript-looking building which was rebuilt after a WWII bomb, but it has a constantly rotating playlist of brilliant ales and a landlord couple who really know their stuff.
    • bombcar2 hours ago
      I’ve always felt beer should be taxed on distance - the further from the brewery, the more expensive.

      Beer is easy, every town should have their own.

    • jdsnape4 hours ago
      I love that I see this on hacker news of all places. As an east-anglian I would definitely second this opinion. Times are a bit harder now but there are still so many great breweries.
  • n4r97 hours ago
    > Walk around Burton and everything is named after beer: Cooper this, Brewer that.

    I recently learnt that a "cooper" is someone that makes wooden casks or barrels.

    • throwrioawfo7 hours ago
      "cooper" derives from the verb "coop", which likely derives from Latin "cūpa", from which we get the word "cup".
      • gerdesj5 hours ago
        Perhaps (citation needed)! Barrel usage in Britain is a lot older than the Roman occupation of Britain. A cup is not a barrel.

        If I was to bet, cooper is probably an anglicized form of a brythonic language word. Any Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Cornish or even Cumbric (int al) speakers hanging around here?

  • mmooss7 hours ago
    HN auto-title editor strikes again:

    "The best pint in England" is the title.

    • IndySun6 hours ago
      Why is the cropped title HN's fault?
      • airstrike5 hours ago
        HN auto edits some clickbaity/tropey titles in submissions.

        Submitters have a grace period of several minutes to edit them back to anything they want, which will not get autocorrected, but many fail don't. They may not realize it or be too lazy to care, we'll never know. (Personally, I think anyone who considers themselves a "hacker" would at least try to bypass such a primitive system, but I digress...)

        Some HNers complain every time that happens, gleefully oblivious to the countless other times the autoedit feature works as advertised.

      • ahartmetz6 hours ago
        Probably because "The best X" is generally clickbaity.
        • whynotisay6 hours ago
          One of the worst designed features of all time. More problems than solutions with that one
          • wartijn_5 hours ago
            Why did you create an alt account for this comment?
            • whynotisay3 hours ago
              I create a new account for every top-level comment, and have for years.

              The moderation is so childish on this site I just take their power away.

              They are not actually good enough to fully ban by IP or anything else.

  • pgisapedo3 hours ago
    > a landlord couple who really know their stuff

    Old boards with new lords?

    Splintered floors? Gaps in doors?

    Pay no mind – a fee will do!

    Abundance for all, or at least these two.

    Feudalism!

  • andybak7 hours ago
    If there's one type of beer I didn't associate with Burton on Trent it was lager.
  • nimchimpsky6 hours ago
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