But wouldn't the answer to that one be something a bit dull like Wetherspoon's. Surely strongest beer, or even most-expensive-but-worth-every-penny beer, would be more fun?
You're right, that was nagging me as I wrote it.
Kinda linked 2:
1: Colne - birthplace and burial place of Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster who supposedly went down with the Titanic as his band played on. Curiously, since he is I think the town's most famous son and there is a bust of him in the main street, there are no signs that I am aware of to the cemetary where he is buried (just past the top of the town) or, once you get to the cemetary, to his place within it, He takes a bit of finding and last time I was there, second time, it took me ages to find him again - I asked a few locals and they wondered what I was wittering on about. Once you find it (with a wonderful view of the back of Pendle), after all your walking up and down the cemetary slopes to find him you can retire to yes, the local Spoons named after him, which is particularly cheap even for a spoons - well under £2 a pint.. Like many of their pubs has little character but decent. And when I was last there a few weeks ago they had an impressive line up of particularly strong beers - when I commented on this the barman said they liked them and that they sometimes had a beer called Titanic Wreckage. The name sounded a tad tasteless, particularly in view of it being Colne, but I'm a fan of strong beer and having since googled it I find that it has a pertty fine reputation.
Colne also has a lot of cycling associations - the late lamented Karrimor was in that area and a stage of the Tour ends there next week. Not too far away, in a small lane at the back of Pendle (details if you want them) is an original Clarion Club hut.
More strong beer and may qualify for the most expensive grail you seek.
http://www.blackhorse.robinsonsbrewery.com/
Wondeful old fashioned interior, the building is listed I think - great place to spend a dark winters afternoon in one of its cosy corners.
I only discovered it relatively recently, along with Robinson's Old Tom on draught - a beer so wondrous and strong that they would usually only let you buy it in halves. The effects of a pint, or more if you can manage it, are bordering on psychedelic
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Tragically, a few weeks ago I wandered in anticipating the holy handpump and couldn't see it. They were only selling it in bottles (why go to a pub for a bottle?) as they said that Robinsons had raised the price of a barrel to a point where they say they would have to charge £8 a pint to make any money. They said that they might get the odd barrel in.