To keep the all-country pub crawl going, I stopped at a bar that caught my eye over by Parliament. There are tons of bars in NY and Boston called the red Lion, it seems, so I wanted to investigate if this was the original.
Obviously a charming pub. I'd someday like a basement that looks like this. I asked the bartendress if this was the original Red Lion. It went something like this:
Me: So I am from the New World, and we have many Red Lion pubs there. Is it possible this is the original?
Her: Hmmm. I don't know. There are many pubs named Red Lion. We like lions
Me: I know. But no idea if this is the original? Like Original Rays Pizza, you know?
Her: I couldn't tell you, sorry! But we do have a pretty famous division bell. Its right there
Me; What's a division bell, besides a late Pink Floyd album?
Her: I don't know. Its right there though.
It wasn't that exciting. Just a rather plain looking electric bell. I looked up on the interweb what a division bell is. Its a late Pink Floyd album.
Here's my beer pick for the day. Let me know if you have any ideas for gimmicks to spice up my bar reviews. I'm struggling here. I figured British bartenders would really carry this segment and its just not working out that way.
This is called 'bitter' and it has the hops on the tap, so I felt pretty good that I'd get a little flavor, but I was again, disappointed. I do love the way the taps are all cask-pulls though. I'm going to have to find a bartender who will let me get behind the bar and screw around a bit and see how it works.
PS: A division bell is just a bell that's in the bars around Parliament that buzzes to tell the legislators that its time to wrap up the pub session and get back to work
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