Sometimes I interview musicians in my local, if it's convenient for them; it's tucked away in a warren of streets, it gets no passing trade, and most of its regulars are real-ale drinking older men.
Farage's persona as an ale-drinking man of the people appears uncontrived, and the drinkers at the George are happy to serve as a weekly informal focus group.
Alas, any aesthetic ale-drinking allure was forsaken in the 1960s when the "nonik" glass, with its swelling beneath the rim, was introduced.
Few (bar those who sneer at Tolkien's writings as the preserve of cardigan-sporting, real ale-drinking fellows with lots of facial hair and a penchant for Clannad's back catalogue) are complaining that Peter Jackson is about to embark on his long-awaited two-film adaptation of The Hobbit, for instance.
And most intriguing of all is St James's Park painted by an anonymous artist in 1745 – a throng of music-making, ale-drinking, breast-feeding, joke-playing and general milling and scrumming alongside the oblivious cows: among the figures are a black woman in haute couture and Prince Frederick of Wales.
Drinking ginger ale, taking ginger root capsules, drinking ginger tea, or simply sucking on raw ginger are all options.
According to the Times, a fight ensued between Komisar and some regulars, drinking ale in their undershirts.
"I've never really liked sitting in pubs in the evening drinking ale, but I do like sitting around chatting with tea and scones.
For now, though, these men are a bunch of Testosterone Tommies, hanging out, drinking ale, showing off: Laurens: I'm John Laurens in the place to be! Two pints o' Sam Adams, but I'm workin' on three, uh!
