End of a really hot day on the Meseta, friend took this video in a bar

David

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• Jan 11, 2024

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It was over 40C all day, a long and hot day on the Meseta and the refugio was still closed so we staggered into a bar in the small village of Alexios- a friend of mine took this video of us - you will know this moment!

 

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• Jan 11, 2024

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G'Day David - I recall this movie - a great English made film. It was beer weather in Sydney yesterday. Cheers

 

David

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Saint Mike II said:

G'Day David - I recall this movie - a great English made film. It was beer weather in Sydney yesterday. Cheers

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Film? What film? That is in a bar on the Meseta!

 

alexwalker

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• Jan 11, 2024

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Been there, done that, a few times...

 

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• Jan 11, 2024

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Heck, *I* was in Berducedo in September. Still true...

 

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David said:

It was over 40C all day, a long and hot day on the Meseta and the refugio was still closed so we staggered into a bar in the small village of Alexios- a friend of mine took this video of us - you will know this moment!

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I remember Sylvia Syms talking about this. They had to use real lager and it took fourteen "takes" to get it right - you can see the level rise and fall only to rise again - after which "Johnny (Mills) had to go for a little lie down . . . . "

When Carlsberg used the clip in an advertising campaign years later the actors were paid more for the advert than they got paid for the film!

 

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• Jan 13, 2024

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If a barman poured a beer like that - and with a head like that - in Oz, he would be hounded out of the bar!!!

 

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• Jan 13, 2024

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Saint Mike II said:

G'Day David - I recall this movie - a great English made film. It was beer weather in Sydney yesterday. Cheers

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When isn't it beer weather in Sydney??

 

Jeff Crawley

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Geoff Shepherd said:

If a barman poured a beer like that - and with a head like that - in Oz, he would be hounded out of the bar!!!

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It's a northern Europe thing:

 

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• Jan 13, 2024

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Jeff Crawley said:

It's a northern Europe thing:

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Scum on top of your pilsener is a per-requisite for your beer in the Netherlands and Germany. A foamy head on top of your pint of beer is also required in Northern England (where oversize lasses are used) Only in the degenerate south of England do they serve beer without a head in smaller Pint glassses.

 

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David said:

Film? What film? That is in a bar on the Meseta!

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Was this in the same place where they film spaghetti sorry chorizo westerns?

 

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• Jan 13, 2024

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Marcus-UK said:

Scum on top of your pilsener is a per-requisite for your beer in the Netherlands and Germany. A foamy head on top of your pint of beer is also required in Northern England (where oversize lasses are used) Only in the degenerate south of England do they serve beer without a head in smaller Pint glassses.

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Spot the typo.

 

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• Jan 13, 2024

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omicko said:

Spot the typo.

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I didn't think it was a typo!

 

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omicko said:

Spot the typo.

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Yes in Dutch it should be spelt "Schuim" foam/froth or even respiratory failure. Dutch is economical with word re-use.

 

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Marcus-UK said:

Yes in Dutch it should be spelt "Schuim" foam/froth or even respiratory failure. Dutch is economical with word re-use.

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First came across the Dutch word shuim (sounds like SKUM) for the foamy head when I requested more beer and less froth in a bar in Nijmegen. I told him the preferred maximum head was 25.4mm. He obliged but asked if I was from Germany not sure why:-?

 

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Marcus-UK said:

in Northern England (where oversize lasses are used)

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Is this what you meant to say? ;-)

 

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• Jan 13, 2024

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David said:

It was over 40C all day, a long and hot day on the Meseta and the refugio was still closed so we staggered into a bar in the small village of Alexios- a friend of mine took this video of us - you will know this moment!

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I’ve been there but it was after a super long stretch walking into Cee (after Santiago)!!!

 

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• Jan 14, 2024

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omicko said:

Spot the typo.

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Yes missed a "G" however many barmaids from my youth were over muscled from using hand drawn pumps for the beer!
Previous to my retirement I also had a secretary who used to proof read my emails and correct when necessary. This helps when one is equally dyslexic, misogynistic and have bad habit of not checking the auto-spellcheck!