Castle

Verb (to castle)

The act of supplementing one’s pint of ale or stout with some form of hard spirit, traditionally a whisky. The glass containing spirit sits alongside the pint, separately.

A punter of a drinking establishment who has a pint and a separate spirit on the go, simultaneously, is said to be drinking "castle kingside".

The term is derived from the chess move of the same name, whereby the king is moved two squares towards a rook (castle) on the player's first rank, then the rook is moved to the square over which the king crossed. The outcome leaves the king and rook side-by-side.

Josh: “You getting another round in Tom?”

Tom: “Yeah mate, same again?”

Josh: “Yeah. Castle mine if you will. I’ll slip you a fiver later.”

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Castle Kingside

Noun

A supplementary glass containing some form of hard spirit, traditionally a whisky, which sits separately alongside one’s pint of ale or stout.

A punter of a drinking establishment who has a pint and a separate spirit on the go, simultaneously, is said to be drinking "castle kingside". The act of ordering this particular drinking setup — assuming the drinker is already on pints but wants an accompanying spirit — is known as “castling”, or “to castle”, from the verb castle.

The term is derived from the chess move of the same name, whereby the king is moved two squares towards a rook (castle) on the player's first rank, then the rook is moved to the square over which the king crossed. The outcome leaves the king and rook side-by-side.

Josh: “Is that Tim over there at the bar, drinking castle kingside?”

Tom: “Yeah mate, it’s not even 5 o’clock.”