If I travel to Swallowcliffe, enter the Royal Oak, and sit down for a meal, will I be able to order Gin-Battered Beer?

Only James May would ever dare to try and improve the British national treasure and if anyone could actually succeed it's him

Next episode has gotta be: Can James May improve a giant block of cheese with gin? Looking forward to that! Time to drunkify the meme.

Well now that James has put it into the universe someone in the southern U.S. is gonna find a way to gin batter beer and deep fry it. Cant wait for that.

I miss seeing Lucy!!!! James & Lucy are a great duo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice to see Lucy still part of the crew.

Has this channel become a James May Gin commercial channel?

Who else is here for the taglines James comes up with for goods and services near and dear to his heart? Never thought there would come a line to replace, "Lurpak spreadable butter invented in 1901"

Just love when James calls himself, Jim.

Probably filmed last year. It’s a shame they don’t upload these more regularly. Say once a week or so.

I had the Fish & Chips at The Royal Oak a week ago ( no Gin one available ) the food was great and the staff very friendly. Highly recommend a visit

What Next? James May Try’s Solving The Economic Crisis With Alcohol!

I like how transparent James is about his products

Would love to come to The Royal Oak, but I've got no idea which A road it's near.

Only James could make an ad to any capacity seem so effortless and enjoyable, I'll be sure to pop by when I'm in the area

I had some Irish whiskey left over from a party...I discovered that it's great to use for battered scampi.

I ordered one of each. They are coming to Atlanta Georgia. Can't wait to try them.

Been to your pub and it’s fantastic.

that looked fantastic plated!

Well, if success is measured by the mutedness of the taster’s reaction, this one is a winner!

The most unbelievable thing just happened!!! I just bumped into James May near Blackfriars Bridge. Had a quick chat with him, lovely man and humble. Thanks James for the selfie too. 😊

My mom always told me a story where she was making fish and chips, my uncle poured beer in her batter telling her it tastes better. She was livid with him because thats all the ingredients for batter she had so she made the fish anyways. She swore me to secrecy because it did taste better, the best FnC she ever made but she was so angry at my uncle she refused to tell him.

I love whoever boosted the gain everytime he says BEER BATTERED FISH AND CHIPS in the intro

Nice to see Lucy back. And yes, more food videos please.

That Gin infused Tempura idea would fly high in Tokyo, I think.

Alternate title "Can James May continue to shill his gin?"

That tune seems fitting for James May, it's great. The video itself is nice too, thanks!

I cannot wait to get my James Gin here in Indiana USA I ordered a couple hours ago. Very much looking forward to it. Also very happy to see Lucy again, I miss Food Tribe so much with her and Rachel. I hope Rachel will be back, she was so awesome on Food Tribe.

Glad your ok James! Your really went hard down that tunnel.

hooray, Lucy is back!

I'm a car fan but I love this kind of content more please more

I really miss them in Top gear ⚙️

I am definitely going to visit this pub some day

Looks delicious

Haven’t been to this pub yet even though it’s not far from me. Hearing that dogs are welcome makes me want to visit

Nice video Bim!

Holy moly, this fish and chips looks really nice. Unfortunately, I'm not from t'UK so I don't think I'll be able to drop in.

Yankee here, and I purchased James Gin regular strength and I LOVED it!!

James is my favourite ginfluencer

Would love to try that.

1:47 "Flood the cowling!"

One day I will try and make it to this pub

First time we've seen Lucy in a while! Nice to see she's still around!

Wonderful food sir .

Although insanely expensive to import into Australia, it is an incredibly tasty gin that drinks well as a gin and tonic.

Well done James! Your own pub with the best fish and chips every day. You lucky sod!

I do like using gin (well, the proportions of a Gibson cocktail w/scallions instead of cocktail onions) as a marinade for lamb chops.

I've often found my chips to be a lot more mesmerizing on the way back from the pub tbf although they have a tendency to elude me and end up on the floor.

Sounds fantastic, when can we have that in Australia? 😁

I agree the fish and chips at your pub is fab - am a bit of a foodie and the fish was by far the best I can remember having. Be careful with the seasoning of the peas was the only slight adjustment that might be worth considering. Otherwise perfect. And that was just my taste, anyway. One other thing. If you attempt the 50k Strava cycling loop from there, I suggest you get properly fit before attempting it. Several steep hills up the sharp face of the escapement which make it a wee bit more challenging than you might expect! But it’s a great route, and you return to a great, cleanly designed, stylish pub. Modern and yet traditional at the same time. A bit like an alpine hostelry in some way I can’t define, except not in the Alps, clearly.

I'd definitely try a whiskey batter soon... The smokey taste of the whiskey diffused in the cod could get very nice

as the alcohol is boiled off anyway so not part of the end product in this case could you reduce the duty by boiling off before shipping as "cooking gin"?

The subtitles on the Yorkshireman! 🤣🤣🤣

Lucy and James are the best combo on this channel. more plz

The bloopers 🤣🤣🤣

Best advert I've seen in a while.

I really miss the chip shop while studying in the UK. Now back in my country and the f&c here are prepackaged frozen battered fish barely the size of my palm when I used to have big portion the size of my forearm

The way the chef sprinkles the salt on the chips whilst flipping them in the bowl should be on a wall in an art gallery

I just reread the hidden message James May wrote in Autocar, it's absolutely funny

"Just wait a couple of seconds, do not get this slightly drying and stringent gin finish to the flesh of the fish?" Idk why but that sentence is just so funny

I really like fish and chips, I would love to try it!

nice to see lucy again 🥰

Nice video of What Next, but personally I really prefer the Foodtribe edition with Jame's kitchen and all the food experiments with Lucy and the team.

Gin battered beer should totally be a thing. I love all three, and if you can find a way, Ferran Adrià style, to put them together, I'll be down the A30 so fast the speed cameras will never catch me.

I think it would make a nice special

I love James 👍

British concept of food never fails to entertain.

This is quality television. 10/10

Waiting to see how the mussels come out - I wager that will be a winner.

Now THIS is content

Hi James, I am in the convict land of Australia, can I import the Gin? Love your work, cheers Paul.

They’re still adding subtitles for t’Chris😆

From fishing to fishgin

Nothing beats a piece of Cod and chips.

James May is such a likeable guy.

Oh no!!!! Poncey southern smashed up peas. If I ever go there for fish and chips remind me to take along a portion of my own marrowfat mushy peas. I suppose it could have been worse - southern skin-on fish.

I wonder if the batter would have worked with tonic instead of the soda water? It's just tonic often has that hint of lemon, which as we know goes well with fish.

One of Britain's finest treasures.

I would like to see a Yorkshire Pudding made with gin.

yesss, yummy creations, with gin!

You could make an "accompanying pairing dish" where the gin fish n chips come with a gin drink or shot etc. That one price for both may entice a patron to order it, split the duty - ?

I have to say, I would pay to try it definitely!

Could you use gin and tonic for the batter instead of gin and soda water?

Yes. Next!

You could subtlely marinade the fish in gin and lemon before the battering.

Just got my first bottle of James gin yesterday! Sadly it is now gone. The next 6 bottles will be here tomorrow!!!

Considering how often Lucy shows up, she may as well have a mic always hooked up.

Can't comment on how it tastes (obviously), but it looks delicious!

I thought it was all about the Haddock in Yorkshire some chippies don't even sell Cod as an option

I'm in the States and dream of planning a holiday JUST to stay & eat at this place for a week!

Just put the flavours into the batter, and skip the alcohol step. (Keep that for drinking...) I go passed that area often. Must pop in for a beer some time.

"Gin battered beer" 😂😅

Nice, and I would like to buy a bottle of navy strength but you don't ship to my country unfortunately.

Will it save some gin by first drying the fish and add gin directly to fish before dipping in batter?

What a chunky piece of fish! though I don't think the 6 chips would go far with the size of the fish :)

Lucy is the Simon Cowell of food and she liked it! Great to see her again and would like to see her "behind the scenes" or "the making of..." content again.

I would give gin flavoured f&c a try with marrowfat mushies , yum.

Yes, certainly. And now let’s see the video 😁

"Trial and error" yep I reckon thats it. Best places (?) for fish and chips on the planet are Streets Of London in West Sacramento, CA. and Masters Superfish 191 Waterloo Road London. Sorted. Happy fishing.

Absolutely