What Are You Drinking?

[igor_balis]

I don't hate all cheap scuzzy lager but fosters really is horrible.

[Shindig]

I feel like I've drank too much of that over the years. I'm not going to say it's alright but it's everywhere and usually cheap. Tastes ok but I've since realised how gassy it is.

[Adamski]

http://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/12-best-scottish-craft-beers-chosen-experts/

Only had two of these.

[Ian]

I've had:
Big Raspberry Dog Chew, which is wonderful.
The Cone, which I liked quite a lot.
Bomber IPA - bangin'.
Marmalade on Rye which I recall being interesting without being weird for the sake of it.
Ossian, which is absolutely not as good as being in that list would suggest but it's fine.
And both of the Fallen ones are thoroughly decent IPAs.

I have had the chance to have Mexicake but I'm not keen on chilli stouts/porters.

As much as they're bastards there isn't enough Brewdog in that list.

[Ian]

I lie, I haven't had New World Odyssee before but I had a can in the fridge, that's why I thought I had. Just opened it and it's okay but a bit average. More exciting reviews as I write them,

[Giggles]

Just popped into the pub and you can hardly get in the door so I've got my self a bag of Smithwicks Blonde.

[Adamski]

Why would they make the door so small?

[Giggles]

Why would they make the door so small?

Planning permission I'd say.

[Ian]

http://i.imgur.com/XrA6GJk.jpg

Doghouse going Irish.

Had any Giggles?

[Ian]

Plumped for a third of the Boundary. It's smashing.

[Baz]

Off out for tea. "I don't mind if you have two or three." Yes! But Ale or go Guinness while it's Paddy's "weekend"?

[Dquincy]

Off out for tea. "I don't mind if you have two or three." Yes! But Ale or go Guinness while it's Paddy's "weekend"?

Where are you going?

[Offshore Toon]

Do you need permission from your wife to drink?

[Giggles]

http://i.imgur.com/XrA6GJk.jpg

Doghouse going Irish.

Had any Giggles?

1st and 3rd.

[Baz]

Do you need permission from your wife to drink?No but if she's driving I prefer to ask.

Had two pints of London Glory cos they didn't have Guinness.

[igor_balis]

RIOJA. I'm not a huge fan, but there's nowt else here. G&T at the pub probably.

[Ian]

1st and 3rd.

I almost went for Black Bucket. How is it?

Also: Sweet Jesus that image didn't look that big on my phone. Lesson learned.

[Magic]

Had Ciroc Snap Frost. As initially strong as Smirnoff or some other shit vodka but has a really bizarre lovely aftertaste. Strangely it tastes...mild (?) After the initial ethanolness.

[Danny]

I almost went for Black Bucket. How is it?

Also: Sweet Jesus that image didn't look that big on my phone. Lesson learned.

:D

Pretty massive

[Giggles]

Bailey's and brandy is not a good mix, no matter what they say.

[Baz]

Going round my mates to see his new house and taking these, which are leftover from Christmas:

http://i.imgur.com/RuSKx54.jpg

All four have the word 'refreshing' on the label. I'ma be soooo refreshed. :youpi:

[Ian]

Got some Irish ones in to discuss with Giggles later.

#RacialProfiling

[Giggles]

Got some Irish ones in to discuss with Giggles later.

#RacialProfiling

I've been debating whether to get a few myself and you've just convinced me to.

[Ian]

You're welcome. :cool:

First up is Eight Degrees' "Knockmealdown" which is....... alright. Nowt special but perfectly quaffable.

EDIT: next is The White Hag's "The White Sow." It's alright. Bit disappointing.

[Giggles]

You're welcome. :cool:

First up is Eight Degrees' "Knockmealdown" which is....... alright. Nowt special but perfectly quaffable.

EDIT: next is The White Hag's "The White Sow." It's alright. Bit disappointing.

I quite like that one. I've done a bit of work in their brewery in Cork before and was given a few. The whole range isn't bad.

I've ended up with some of these. €18 for three of each.

[IMGTOOBIG]

[leedsrevolution]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8LAb79-MHo&ab_channel=tbrrynem

[John]

Ian gets some Irish booze, Giggles trumps Ian's massive image. Good job, lads. A nice little exchange.

[Giggles]

Ian gets some Irish booze, Giggles trumps Ian's massive image. Good job, lads. A nice little exchange.

I never know because on mobile they all look the same size. For such a popular image site, you'd think imgur would have resizing options anyway.

[Giggles]

Revenge good, Cloughmore meh.

[Dquincy]

I like ales but I've realised the marketing on the bottles affects my choice more than I would like to admit. Bastards!

[Disco]

Something called Wolf Rock, chosen because it looked like the only thing that wasn't lager. Rather nice.

[Magic]

I tried basic honey Mead yesterday at a market. It wa stunning. He said you can mix it with gin. :drool:

[Giggles]

What's mead?

[Ian]

Honey-booze. it's quite nice.

[Giggles]

Would it be anything like that honey Jack Daniels then?

[Magic]

:harold:

[Giggles]

:harold:

Well when it came from you I was dubious it was of any quality. All fur coat and no knickers.

[Ian]

Would it be anything like that honey Jack Daniels then?

"Mead is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alcoholic content ranges from about 8% ABV to more than 20%. "

[Kikó]

I was drinking hackney lager the other night. Not bad but nothing amazing. I'm actually trying to give up drinking so have dabbled with a few alcohol free beers. So far, not great.

[Giggles]

"Mead is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alcoholic content ranges from about 8% ABV to more than 20%. "

I can't even imagine what it tastes like, as fermented honey probably doesn't taste like honey any more. I'll ask next time I'm in the pub seeing as all the wankers have ruined G&T.

[Adamski]

Brockmans, rose lemonade and burnt grapefruit peel for me tonight.

[Giggles]

Exhibit A (even if it was deliberate).

[Adamski]

A happy coincidence that both ways you can take that apply.

[Giggles]

Never doubt you. The world has gone mad on poncing it up. If it gets any worse it'll near be impossible to get a pint.

[Adamski]

Also, sort it out Keeks. I don't want to give up booze.

[Magic]

Brockmans, rose lemonade and burnt grapefruit peel for me tonight.

Oh my days. :drool:

[Giggles]

The Scots trying to be all cosmopolitan :harold:

Cute.

[Raoul Duke]

Goose Island: 312 - quite lemony wheat beer. Nice enough for a Spring evening

[Mike]

I had that in a pub in Liverpool, it was pretty good.

Tonight I have 4 cans of Bud Light as it was all was in the fridge at the shop :cool2:

[Giggles]

Mike knows.

Cold > flavour.

[Giggles]

Had a few Smithwicks Pale Ale when I was in town earlier so I got a few bottles to bring home. Not bad stuff at all.

Few Leann Folláin for later.

[Spikey M]

I've got 4 cans of Scrumpy in for tonight. Worked my bollocks off in the garden and got a bit of a tan today. Has to be a Cider after a day in the sun.

[Adamski]

http://i68.tinypic.com/168smfd.jpg

Kickstarted my subscription again so tonight will consist of a homemade balti and most of these bad boys :cool:

[igor_balis]

Some pretty gash white wine. My mate is playing music at a pub tonight, and I'm not really arsed about going. My other mate, his girlfriend and some other random lad are considering coming, in which case I'll have a few tonight. Caffreys possibly, as I quite like that and it is the only pub in Rugby that sells it. If not I'll stay in, have some cointreau, listen to the KLF then go to bed.

[Magic]

Ciroc, garnished with a slice of lemon and mixed with real lemon lemonade.

It helps with the pain of my terrible decision making and cowardice.

[Mike]

Aldo's own Pilsner beer. 99p a bottle, it's not bad.

[Raoul Duke]

Rum, ginger beer and lime :cool:

[Dquincy]

Camden Pale Ale is nice.

[Ian]

Bought some "Co-Op own brand" ales (they're not, they're brewed by Robinson's) today. Went for the one that promised to be dodgiest first and sure enough the "Golden Ale" is fucking rotten.

Got some nicer ones from Good Spirits Co. and had on Friday, though. Magic Rock's "Human Cannonball" is mega.

[Magic]

Had a dry martini last night. Very nice.

[John]

Drinking Ciroc with eighty quid in your account must be the council estate version of owning an Escalade you can't put fuel in.

[igor_balis]

I drank lots of lager and ale yesterday, and didn't even shit myself! A random headcase who looked like a fatter, hairier and older version of me bought me a shot of sambuca at one point too.

[Magic]

Drinking Ciroc with eighty quid in your account must be the council estate version of owning an Escalade you can't put fuel in.

I know. £25 for three fucking drinks last night too.

[Mike]

Tonight I have 4 cans of Bud Light as it was all was in the fridge at the shop :cool2:

GF has a friend round tonight, she arrived with beer for me..... more Bud Light :D

[Ian]

Sainsburys have got a bunch of new cans in near me. Started on Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (this is a stronger version than the one I've had on tap previously and it's fucking magnificent.) They have some Drygates I've not had before, another one that I forget who it's brewed by and cans of Orinoco stout by Drygate. I was gutted when they got rid of Manchester Star Ale given it was the best dark beer they had but this makes up for it.

[Magic]

Had some Gordons tonight. You know, it wasn't utterly terrible.

[Giggles]

I've just grabbed a few for tonight for myself, with the BH and all. Aldi really have expanded their range in a big way.


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[Dark Soldier]

Alternating between ice water, and Strongbow with the odd cheeky bifta

[Giggles]

The Ulster Black oatmeal stout is lovely, tastes very like Dungarvan oatmeal stout. Would definitely get it again.

The JJ's stout, not so much. It's like that XX Guinness: basically black water.

[Ian]

I went for "Skeleton Blues" next, an American 'wheat ale' by Stewart Brewing. In trying to do something between a wheat beer and a hoppy American thing it doesn't really do either and suffers for it.

Not bad though.

[Giggles]

My O'Sheas wheat beer tastes (and looks) like Budweiser.

33% hit rate so far and three IPA's to go. Doesn't bode well.

[Raoul Duke]

Weird Beard: Mariana Trench
Edgebrewing: Plutonium Typhoon
Some Swedish 'Sitrus' IPA
BBNo: Witbier Orange

...for me over the last couple of evenings. In ascending order of niceness. The first two were kinda tasteless. Citrus stuff is more up my street.

[Giggles]

The Stony Grey IPA is gorgeous. Will definitely be checking out more of the Brehon Brewhouse stuff (they made the Ulster Black too).

[Ian]

Onto Drygate "Chimera" which I forgot I've had before. Seriously bitter in the aftertaste. Not so keen on it this time but last time was a couple of years ago.

I really like BBNo. Only that it was fucking heaving I might have stopped there for a swift second when I did the Bermondsey beer mile.

[Giggles]

I need to try this. Seems to be a seasonal one though.

http://www.brehonbrewhouse.ie/shanco-dubh.html

[Ian]

I'm on The Kernel's "India Pale Ale Nelson Sauvin Centennial." I love these hop mix-IPAs by the Kernel. they're taste without having that harsh, punch-in-the-mouth aspect that some of the stronger American ones where they go all-out for a harsh, hoppy hit.

Got a couple of other new ones still to try too, including a stout called "Bourbon Milkshake" by Siren that I have high hopes for.

[Adamski]

Few Beavertowns tonight. Very pleasant.

[Ian]

What ones you got? I like me some Beavertown. Never had a bad one.

EDIT: I've got Cloudwater's "DDH Southern Passion Pale" now and it's smashing. Cloudwater are fucking great. Haven't had one of theirs that I wasn't a big fan of.

[Ian]

a stout called "Bourbon Milkshake" by Siren that I have high hopes for.

Oh my, this stuff is wonderful.

[Adamski]

What ones you got? I like me some Beavertown. Never had a bad one.

EDIT: I've got Cloudwater's "DDH Southern Passion Pale" now and it's smashing. Cloudwater are fucking great. Haven't had one of theirs that I wasn't a big fan of.

Neck Oil and Gamma Ray. Excellent.

[Magic]

Tanq 10. It really is great no wonder Snoop loves it. Garnished with cucumber of all things as I have no fruits that are acceptable.

Half way through now so on the hunt for the next gin to try (whatever is on offer at Amazon lolo)

[niko_cee]

This (https://wheadonsgin.co.uk/) is top quality stuff, but I don't think you can get it anywhere off the island and posting alcohol isn't allowed (no amazon booze for me, which sucks).

It's obviously loaded with pure BS, but that's par for the course with modern gin. Shits all over this (http://www.bluebottlegin.gg/) which it seems you may be able to get hold of.

[Magic]

Thanks for that Niko...

[niko_cee]

Here to help.

[Magic]

£42. Jesus. Looks nice though.

[Spikey M]

I need to try this. Seems to be a seasonal one though.

http://www.brehonbrewhouse.ie/shanco-dubh.html

:drool:

[Adamski]

This months Beer52 delivery looks like a good haul however there's one called Fruit Loop from The London Beer Factory. It's described as a mango cream ale, sounds horrific.

Giggles Ian have you tried this?

[Ian]

I've only had one by them and it was decent.

Fruit beers are fine as long as they're not a sugary nightmare. Get that mango-y bugger nice and cold first. It might surprise you.

One of the best "beer garden"-type beers I've ever had was a German apricot beer. Fruit beers can be fucking magic.

[Ian]

Got a 500ml bottle of Yorkshire Stingo for £1.49 earlier. An absolute steal.

Starting my beer night off with 144 Roman Heads, a Slovak imperial IPA. Pretty tasty.

[Ian]

You had anything by 8 Degrees, Giggles ? From some place in Ireland I've never heard of called Mitchelstown. This is called "Full Irish IPA" and it's a bit of an American-y ALL THE HOP type but it's quite nice.

[Giggles]

You had anything by 8 Degrees, Giggles ? From some place in Ireland I've never heard of called Mitchelstown. This is called "Full Irish IPA" and it's a bit of an American-y ALL THE HOP type but it's quite nice.

Yeah I do a good bit of work in the area. Used to always drink their Barefoot Bohemian Pilsner before I got more of a taste for the pale ales. Never seen that one though, might be only for the overseas market. The IPA of theirs I've had is Howling Gale but it could be the same thing. The stout, name escapes me, is lovely too.

EDIT: Ah I see it now. This one? http://www.eightdegrees.ie/thefullirish/ Never had that one, must keep an eye out for it.

[Giggles]

I'm getting more of that Brehon stout and IPA for tomorrow night :drool:

[Magic]

Is it inappropriate to be lying in a lounger sunbathing drinking G&T in the back garden the day after my neighbour's husband has died?

Edit: in my back garden, not theirs #inb4disco

[Giggles]

Not really. I wouldn't go firing up the tunes or anything but if you're lying back minding your own business then fuck it.

[Baz]

I'm getting more of that Brehon stout and IPA for tomorrow night :drool:I thought you were off the booze til the big day?

[Giggles]

I thought you were off the booze til the big day?

I think I did indeed say that way back. It didn't last. Few months away anyway.

[Giggles]

Case of Prazsky. Because it was in the cooler.

[Magic]

Is it inappropriate to be lying in a lounger sunbathing drinking G&T in the back garden the day after my neighbour's husband has died?

Edit: in my back garden, not theirs #inb4disco

Funeral was today. Not invited so I lounged outside with a lovely G&T playing happy summer folk songs on my phone.

Fuck em.

[Giggles]

Funeral was today. Not invited so I lounged outside with a lovely G&T playing happy summer folk songs on my phone.

Fuck em.

You don't get 'invited' to a funeral you twat :D

[Waffdon]

Jesus :D

[John]

Fucking hell, Magic. :D

Were you expecting a 'Save the Date' card through the post?

[Magic]

No, just even a fucking knock to say btw it's this date. She only let us know at fucking 7 in the morning after dropping off a parcel. Oh btw my husband died last night lol bye.

[Ian]

At least you're not a spiteful shit who actively pretended to be loving life, during one of the worst moments of somebody's life, while secretly seething your balls off.

KUTGW.

[Boydy]

I wouldn't invite Magic to my funeral either, tbf.

[Pepe]

I would just so there would be something else to pity.

[SvN]

Magic, you really are a social retard.

[Magic]

Always take the side of the dead guy ffs.

[Magic]

At least you're not a spiteful shit who actively pretended to be loving life, during one of the worst moments of somebody's life, while secretly seething your balls off.

KUTGW.

I think she's senile so really, who's the winner here.

[Mazuuurk]

Jack Daniels

[Baz]

I had a code for a free 8-pack from Beer52, which somehow then upgraded to a 10-pack, and I just had to pay £5.95 postage. But I went through quidco for £5 cash back so it was ten beers for less than a quid. Is right!

Gonna give them my dad for Father's Day though so can't even enjoy them. :( I may not last til then though.

[Ian]

Mostly lager today. A rubbish Indian one called Lal Toofan, then one by Staropramen called "Pravha" which isn't as good as Staropramen but it's alright, then a load more of that, and now a load of Staropramen. Need to go a shop and get some good stuff before I go to Lithuania on Thrsday because I imagine that's going to be a lagerfest as well.

[igor_balis]

I had a staropramen last night, I don't really like it.

[Mazuuurk]

I never cared much for Staropramen either, or any Czech lagers actually for that matter. They all have this buttery - for lack of a better word - taste that I can't quite get over.

Of course it's still beer, so.

[Magic]

I got my bottle of Dark Matter, finally. Apparently it's best drunk neat with no ice, however an acceptable mixer is ginger beer (which I have bought to try it with).

On another note, Fever Tree really is the best tonic but fuck it's expensive in an already expensive Gin.

[phonics]

I had a staropramen last night, I don't really like it.

Staro is crap. It's all they sell here if you don't want a 1664-like. Crap stuff.

[John]

I bought my uncle a bottle of swanky gin at Christmas and the recommended tonic for it was Fever Tree. I think it was about three quid for four little bottles in Tesco, which doesn't seem over the line.

[Magic]

I bought my uncle a bottle of swanky gin at Christmas and the recommended tonic for it was Fever Tree. I think it was about three quid for four little bottles in Tesco, which doesn't seem over the line.

Compared to? Schweppes? It's twice the price. Fentimens is equally as expensive.

[John]

Compared to nothing. I don't drink gin but if I did I wouldn't object to paying three quid for good stuff, particularly if the alternative was spoiling a lovely bottle with rubbish.

[Magic]

Hmm, well it's £4.25 for 8 small tins, so basically 8 G&Ts, that's not too bad really if you look at it that way, however you can get 12 tins of Schwepps.

The rose lemonade and shit is another level.

[Ian]

Beer in bars in Lithuania (the bit I was in, anyway) isn't especially cheap.... in shops it's daft for decent local stuff though. 5% and 6% beers in pint bottles for either just under or just over a Euro.

[Giggles]

I'm staying away in Cork tonight so I'm hoping the hotel has a drop of Murphy's.

[Giggles]

Better again, Beamish :drool:

[Mazuuurk]

Girlfriend is away and kid is asleep. But I've been on a few (or more) steady beers a day for about 5 straight days or something now, and I feel like I should refrain. What a little shit.

[Giggles]

Pale ales from Galway Bay, Jack the Lad, and Kinnegar for later. Starting with Carlsberg though, because it's cold.

[Mike]

Bud Light is on offer in the shop, so I have that in the fridge.
Got a bottle of water now. :cool2:

[Adamski]

Pale ales from Galway Bay, Jack the Lad, and Kinnegar for later. Starting with Carlsberg though, because it's cold.

I quite like a Carlsberg. Of the shite beers it's definitely near the top

[Giggles]

I quite like a Carlsberg. Of the shite beers it's definitely near the top

It's surprisingly ok, someone left them here a few weeks ago when there was a few round. I think I'd still rather a Canadian out of the normal ones though.

[Magic]

I spent €100 on Bulldog gin, Ciroc and Bombay Sapphire and Fever Tree tonic. Lol at my life.

[Raoul Duke]

Asian/Indian lagers are the dons though. Asahi/Tsingtao/Cobra etc. :drool:

[John]

I bought Sapporo a while back out of pure curiosity and admiration for the shape of their cans. It somehow tastes exactly the same freezing cold as it does at room temperature.

[Giggles]

I could stay on this Carlsberg rightly, the IPA's are going to taste like petrol after it. Might nip down for a few pints instead of opening them.

[Spikey M]

I've been given a nice bottle of Scotch as my Father's Day present (a day early so I can have some tonight) but it couldn't be less Scotch weather right now. Might get some cider in, always fancy it in the summer.

[Giggles]

I always love the idea of cider until my teeth start to hurt and I feel like I've a stomach ulcer. Though that's Bulmers (Magners over there), so it'd be the shittiest of shit cider.

[Spikey M]

I usually Old Rosie or Aspall. Less on the sweet end.

[Giggles]

There's one here now in all the pubs called Orchard Thieves and if you melted down brown sugar it wouldn't taste as sweet.

[Giggles]

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[Ian]

I'm trying a coffee IPA by Stone Berlin. It's unusual but an otherwise nice beer is somewhat spoiled by the aftertaste.


I bought Sapporo a while back out of pure curiosity and admiration for the shape of their cans. It somehow tastes exactly the same freezing cold as it does at room temperature.

I went to a beer festival in Motherwell many moons ago and one of their world beers was Sapporo. Came in a screwcap bottle "for your busy lifestyle!"

[Giggles]

I'm on the pints of Canadian down the pub now so I might leave my bottles til next weekend. Tried a McGargles pale when I came in and it was too twangy for the weather.

[Ian]

Went to Brewdog tonight. First of all I had their new Abstrakt (22), which was delicious. And I assumed that was going to be my favourite beer of the night. Then I had one by an Ohio brewery called Rhinegeist, "Double Barrel Aged Mastodon." Fucking hell. Wonderful stuff.

[Giggles]

The local used to have the regular McGargles IPA and the cider on tap, but they've swapped the cider for the 7.1% IPA version. I'm fucked.

[Ian]

Decided to keep my friend company on the cocktails she was drinking tonight.

I didn't realise the extent to which a Long Island Iced Tea contains much booze.

Glasgow Real Ale Festival tomorrow. :drool: Any of the Weegie Beer Nerd Crew going? I can't actually remember how big that "crew" is on the new board....

[niko_cee]

I never really understood the long island iced tea. What is the point of it other than trying to get off your tits/ill as quickly as possible?

[Ian]

This is why I tend not to drink cocktails. Not out of not liking them and certainly not out of any perceived "cocktails aren't manly" thing (probably because I'm a beta cuck) but because I feel like I'm getting a soft drink / juice / shake to get me wankered when getting wankered really isn't my end game.

[niko_cee]

I'm no cocktail hater, although I've largely grown out of them, it's just the long island iced tea specifically I never got. It's like some pseudo-student top shelf number which has somehow become a mainstream thing.

We used to have one at UCL called the Johhny Maze Special, which was 6 shots of white spirits (may as well have been white spirit) orange and blackcurrant. It was dreadful stuff, but highly effective (£3 a pint on Saturday nights) but you'd never countenance it beyond your early twenties, let alone open a chain of high street bars dedicated to it (those places are long gone now, admittedly, as is the the idea of 50p a drink specials, I guess).

I had a salt caramel porter from the meantime mob the other day. Quite nice, but I can never really get over porters seeming a bit light. I don't want them to be stout, but I always feel they taste a bit watery. Harviestoun's old engine oil is probably my favourite dark of the year so far (I don't try that many). I think Barons Black Wattle Ale is still my all time favourite, but that may just be rose-tinting on my part seeing as it was retired may years ago, sadly.

[Adamski]

Decided to keep my friend company on the cocktails she was drinking tonight.

I didn't realise the extent to which a Long Island Iced Tea contains much booze.

Glasgow Real Ale Festival tomorrow. :drool: Any of the Weegie Beer Nerd Crew going? I can't actually remember how big that "crew" is on the new board....

Nah not going, my mates running a food truck at The Big Feed this weekend so hitting that up for free food on Sunday instead :cool:

[Ian]

I had a salt caramel porter from the meantime mob the other day. Quite nice, but I can never really get over porters seeming a bit light. I don't want them to be stout, but I always feel they taste a bit watery. Harviestoun's old engine oil is probably my favourite dark of the year so far (I don't try that many). I think Barons Black Wattle Ale is still my all time favourite, but that may just be rose-tinting on my part seeing as it was retired may years ago, sadly.

Meantime are pretty good. I know what you mean about porters though, there's a fine line where they can edge into just feeling like either a stout without the punch or a dark bitter that doesn't have the body.

Shilling in Glasgow have a deal on today to celebrate them being open a year and some new beers they're launching where you get a margherita for 5p (or a quid or something if you chuck a topping on) so that's my pre-festival lunch sorted. :drool:

[Mazuuurk]

I'm starting to drink cocktails more and more actually. If by cocktails that means standing at the bar going "ummm... fuck it I'll have an Old Fashioned again then".

Very occasionally I'll venture beyond Old Fashioned's, and then it'll likely be a Whisky Sour or a G&T (not sure if those actually qualify as cocktails really).
If someone hands me one of these fruity fuckers with umbrellas and leaves on them, I'll drink them, mind you.


Anyway, it's just that recently I've found that a whole day/night of drinking just beer gets me a bit tired after a while, the beer can get a bit tough to go down after you've had a few and starting to get a bit pissed, then it's nice with a bit of booze to sort of pick yourself up.

[Giggles]

A new black IPA to try :drool:
Anyone ever sample it?


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[Ian]

Drinking one by a brewery from Baltimore called Stillwater. Beer's name is "Surround" and they describe it as an 'oak smoked imperial wheat stout.' I'm not always keen on smoked beers but this stuff is magic.

[Giggles]

Beer :(

[Magic]

Tito's 6 times distilled American vodka.

Really (really!) quite smooth, so much so I'm not sure if I like it or not.

[Baz]

Beer :(Innit. :(

[Giggles]

Tito's 6 times distilled American vodka.

Really (really!) quite smooth, so much so I'm not sure if I like it or not.

I remember bringing that home from Austin the first time I visited. Did the factory tour and all. It's not bad for vodka.

[Magic]

It's unquestionably good for the £21 delivered I got it for.

[Giggles]

Yeah but it's still vodka which is just fuel for raging alcoholics.

[Magic]

Not really. It's a great drink. Had it with a slice of lemon, ice and some real lemonade. Fantastic.

[Ian]

Beer :(

Hmm?

[Giggles]

Hmm?

I'm giving this yeast intolerance thing a go for a month to see if it makes any difference or if it is indeed mumbo jumbo.

A week in, even if it is legit I think I'd rather just consume it and feel like shit.

[Ian]

Oof, that sucks.

[Giggles]

Oof, that sucks.

Gin and Magics alco juice are my only options now :(

The food options are far worse than the alcohol ones.


.

[Kikó]

Are there not yeast friendly beers?

[Giggles]

Apparently a lot of the 'macro' beers like Heineken and Carlsberg are pasteurised which kills nearly all the yeast in them but anything bottle conditioned is a big no, which rules out all the smaller batch IPA's, porters, etc. There's none of them totally free of it though so I'm going to give it the month to see if there's a difference.

The process also rules out wine and the likes of vinegar and soy sauce, etc. Anything fermented too. Cheese :(

[phonics]

Giggles, you can now only drink the most commerical and un-hipster of lagers, this must be a dream come true in some ways?

[Giggles]

Giggles, you can now only drink the most commerical and un-hipster of lagers, this must be a dream come true in some ways?

I would have drank the normal ones on a night out anyway, but I always liked one of the strong ones at home.

I can see more after a while anyway. Could be the best thing I ever did, could be a complete load of bollocks, or could be somewhere in the middle where I just need to stop eating bread or something to keep it at a certain level. I'm still of the mind it's (b) but I paid €200 to have it done so I might as well try it out.

[niko_cee]

Phobos and Deimos from the Atom Brewery (?) - 7% Rye IPA - strong kick of alcohol to start with but was quite pleasant from thereon. Would recommend.

[Ian]

Only one I've had by them was a brown ale called "Bunsen" which was also good. A brewery to keep an eye out for.

I'm going to a festival called "Beer Makes Glasgow" on Saturday that was meant to be being organised by Hippo until they went into liquidation but some other breweries have picked up the slack, as I understand it.

I've also just got my second Beer52 box. First I got because it was a fiver, this because when I went to cancel they gave me a tenner off so eight cans and bottles for £14. Probably gonna fuck it off for definite next month but there's some nice looking stuff in it including a couple of Sierra Nevadas that I've not had before.

[niko_cee]

I have a small suite of their various sciencey named ones, although not Bunsen I don't think. Schrodinger's something and a few others I can't presently recall.

[niko_cee]

So those Atom ones were as follows:

Pulsar, 4.4% Pilsner, nice (it was a hot day), clean and refreshing.
Schrodinger's Cat, 3.5% US Amber, meh, not much to it really which I guess is a product of the abv to an extent.
Quantum State, 4.2% Session IPA, decent, but quite strong for a session IPA, I would say, not as good as something like Dead Pony Club.

Also had a mint and green tea saison from some Northern Irish brewery which was interesting.

Currently on the Elvis Juice.

[niko_cee]

Just been given half a dozen beers so on the slate for this week are:

Lorita, 4.7% passion fruit pale ale
Nine to Five Wizard (Brewdog), 7.5% India Pale Weizen
Truth (Rhinegeist), 7.2% IPA
Hop Fiction (Brewdog), 5.2% American Pale
Tangerine Session IPA (Brewdog Prototype), 4.5%
Brouwerij'tij, 7% IPA

[Ian]

That Lorita sounds like it could be nice. I've had a few by Amundsen who make that and they've been a mixed bag but there's some good stuff.

Between a Beer52 delivery and birthday beers I've got some good stuff ready to go. I was also at the Beer Makes Glasgow festival on Saturday and had some great stuff there, The highlights were a barrel-aged cranachan stout from Drygate, a 10% stout from Gallus and a heather/honey saison that would have been perfect for a roasting day in a beer garden.

[niko_cee]

The Lorita is quite tangy. Probably too sour for my liking. Top marks for the can though.

[Ian]

I'm slowly but surely getting into the sour stuff. I'll have to try The Kernel's London Sour again at some point and see if it still makes my face crumple.

[niko_cee]

It was vaguely reminiscent of Blue Moon, which I've found a bit off in the past.

The tangerine IPA and the Hop Fiction both get a thumbs up.

[niko_cee]

I've ventured into 7% country with the Brouwerij'tij and I just find that the alcohol in these types of beer can be a bit overpowering. It has the feel of a tripel. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a Duvel as much as the next man when out and about on the continent but I'm not sure I can get on board with this one. Not sure it bodes well for the next two seeing as they are 7.2% IPAs . . .

[Ian]

I dunno if I'm becoming more attuned to that and therefore don't notice it or if it's just I've had enough really good ones where they genuinely mask it. I've had 10+% beers that I really don't think taste mega-boozy.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, it's not specifically the strength, as in other beer types (usually darker) stronger doesn't seem to make as much difference. It seems to be specifically in the strong pales (which I have now learned tripels are) that I notice it. I'm not talking Delirium levels (although looking that up I thought it was stronger than 8.5%), it just seems that a lot of the lighter flavours you get in a pale ale get nuked when the alcohol content gets to 7%. Maybe these other two will prove me wrong, although I don't think I'll try one tonight.

[Magic]

Can't believe this is exclusively a thread for beer paedos. Come on guys!

[John]

'Beer Children' was the Chinese title for 'NEDS'

[igor_balis]

Fucking love sour beers, lambics 4 lyf.

[niko_cee]

The 9 to 5 wizard was good (Brewdog have done well out of this batch) and the Truth (as a strong IPA there has to be a Jack Nicholson joke/reference in there somewhere) isn't bad either.

[Ian]

I've not had the Nine to Five Wizard but it sounds right up my street.

Last night I was drinking too much of Peerless' "Penny Red Rye."

Got some good shit for tonight too. :nodd:

[Baz]

Couple of Brewdog Jack Hammer's tonight.

[Foe]

Is Brewdog popular daawn saaaf?

There's a couple of brewdog pubs in Aberdeen, obviously since that's where they basically started, but not sure whether there's many elsewhere or whether it's just the chains selling their bottled (and now canned) beer.

[Baz]

I've never been in a brewdog pub. The one in Norwich looked rubbish.

[Ian]

Is Brewdog popular daawn saaaf?

There's a couple of brewdog pubs in Aberdeen, obviously since that's where they basically started, but not sure whether there's many elsewhere or whether it's just the chains selling their bottled (and now canned) beer.

They're big everywhere now. Glasgow has two, London has loads and I think they're in double figures for bars in other countries. And they're opening a brewery (which will then have a bar and restaurant and stuff) in Ohio.

[Foe]

Guy I worked with was suggesting I should buy shares in them back in 2014 so I guess I missed a trick there.

[Mazuuurk]

They're big everywhere now. Glasgow has two, London has loads and I think they're in double figures for bars in other countries. And they're opening a brewery (which will then have a bar and restaurant and stuff) in Ohio.

There's one here in Stockholm ffs.

[mugbull]

Pub chains? I was at a Wetherspoon's and it was god awful. Terrible idea

[mugbull]

I copped a hazelnut/caramel flavored whiskey (moonshine) from some shit today, the girl at the stand was cute and the free sample tasted good enough so I said fuck it and splurged but a 1-sip sample is different from having to drink an entire sesh purely of Nutella-tasting whiskey

[Ian]

Pub chains? I was at a Wetherspoon's and it was god awful. Terrible idea

Because of the pubs being the same or just because you hate Wetherspoons?

Brewdog is very different to Spoons. But the bars do all have pretty much the same look as each other.

[Ian]

Cigar City's Maduro Brown Ale is fucking delicious. :drool:

[niko_cee]

I had some Mezcal tonight. Was nice.

[mugbull]

Because of the pubs being the same or just because you hate Wetherspoons?

Brewdog is very different to Spoons. But the bars do all have pretty much the same look as each other.

Idk, i like the idea of each place having its unique dark vibe. Feelig you're part of something original when you go out instead of at an adult McDonald's.

[Boydy]

Wetherspoons is great. It's cheap, they've got plenty of beers (for the real ale wankers too) and the food is decent for the price. It's a national institution.

Obviously if you expect some sort of hipster 'experience' you're going to be disappointed.

Brewdog can fuck off though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I had breakfast at a spoon's in south Croydon yesterday. Top qual and no wankers poncing around, just real people (some well on their way to the great licky window in the sky but still real people). 10/10.

[Baz]

All day brunch and a pint of Tickety Brew. :drool:

[Kikó]

There are two weatherspoons near me. One is really nice, quite a nice building and decent people, the other is hell. Proper dregs of society (5 digit salary type).

Great one in the city actually, old bank conversion.

[mugbull]

I had breakfast at a spoon's in south Croydon yesterday. Top qual and no wankers poncing around, just real people (some well on their way to the great licky window in the sky but still real people). 10/10.

I'm glad you didn't beef with no fake bitches, only real dawgs, kapeesh

[Ian]

Wetherspoons varies so much. There are some I'm genuinely happy drinking in. There are others where I'd rather just get stabbed (probably by the staff) and be done with it.

[mugbull]

They all look like large ballrooms from the 1950s.

[Kikó]

Well the ones that were old ball rooms do at least.

[mugbull]

Well the ones that were old ball rooms do at least.

My apartment used to be a marshland back in the day but they don't have me sleeping on a peat bog anymore. You gotta move with the times

[igor_balis]

Spoons serves a purpose, especially in crap or expensive places. In crap places (i.e. Rugby) it is genuinely the only place to go for dinner that isn't totally disgusting for less than about a tenner, and if you're going for a big old sesh in an expensive city it is nice to get some cheap drinks in.

Also, if you want to go to a cosy atmospheric place you'd obviously be better off going to an independent pub, but actually if I'm catching up with old friends for example, the bright lights and no music is a real winner. Shite trying to have a proper conversation with some old bloke playing folk music in the background or whatevz. Wish they'd all have pub quiz machines though.

[Ian]

Having Stillwater's "A Saison Darkly" just now. This is the third beer of theirs I've had and they've all been really nice. I'll need to be sure to have more when the opportunity arises.

EDIT: Onto Marble's "Madame Cheron" now. Crikey, it's magic.

[Giggles]

I'm full to the absolute bollocks of gin and bitter.

[mugbull]

Spoons serves a purpose, especially in crap or expensive places. In crap places (i.e. Rugby) it is genuinely the only place to go for dinner that isn't totally disgusting for less than about a tenner, and if you're going for a big old sesh in an expensive city it is nice to get some cheap drinks in.

Also, if you want to go to a cosy atmospheric place you'd obviously be better off going to an independent pub, but actually if I'm catching up with old friends for example, the bright lights and no music is a real winner. Shite trying to have a proper conversation with some old bloke playing folk music in the background or whatevz. Wish they'd all have pub quiz machines though.

What's pub quiz? I see that on signs everywhere. Is that like, an actual quiz that people take? Or is it some nutty gambling thing?

[niko_cee]

For fuck's sake.

[Danny]

A pub quiz is a quiz held in a pub or bar. These events are also called quiz nights[1] or trivia nights[2] and may be held in other settings. Pub quizzes may attract customers to a pub who are not found there on other days. The pub quiz is a modern example of a pub game. Although different pub quizzes can cover a range of formats and topics, they have many features in common. The pub quiz was established in the UK in the 1970s by Burns and Porter and became part of British culture.[3] The Great British Pub Quiz challenge is an annual event.[3]

Quiz machine is a term used in the UK for commercial coin-operated video quiz games that offer cash prizes for winning performances. These machines are usually found sited in pubs, bars and other places of entertainment. The term quiz machine is often used interchangeably with the trade term SWP ("Skill With Prizes") although not all SWP games are quiz based.

[Boydy]

For fuck's sake.

:lol:

[mugbull]

I'm lookin on the Wiki and it looks like it's an actual trivia night? Everybody's on their phones guaranteed. Wtf is the point

[mugbull]

A pub quiz is a quiz held in a pub or bar. These events are also called quiz nights[1] or trivia nights[2] and may be held in other settings. Pub quizzes may attract customers to a pub who are not found there on other days. The pub quiz is a modern example of a pub game. Although different pub quizzes can cover a range of formats and topics, they have many features in common. The pub quiz was established in the UK in the 1970s by Burns and Porter and became part of British culture.[3] The Great British Pub Quiz challenge is an annual event.[3]

Quiz machine is a term used in the UK for commercial coin-operated video quiz games that offer cash prizes for winning performances. These machines are usually found sited in pubs, bars and other places of entertainment. The term quiz machine is often used interchangeably with the trade term SWP ("Skill With Prizes") although not all SWP games are quiz based.

Yee, thanks for the footnote citations, I'll read [3] later when i get the chance

[Boydy]

Because it's fun, you massive fanny.

Also, points will be deducted/teams disqualified if phones are seen to be used. And even if they're not seen, it's just shithead behaviour to use them.

[Danny]

Like fuck I was deleting them when copying and pasting from wiki :nod:

Caught on your phone? Disqualified! Lose with honour you plebs

[mugbull]

And to think your country makes fun of Americans for playing drinking games...

[Boydy]

Drinking games are for boring wankers.

[mugbull]

Drinking games are for boring wankers.

"Trivia night" is for nursing home wankers

[Lewis]

I'm the only person I've ever met who thinks pub quizzes are shit. Let's go and ruin one, mokkers.

[niko_cee]

Americans and drinking games should be a laugh.

We like to drink with Merty . . .

Sorry lads, Merty appears to be in a lite beer pong induced coma.

[Boydy]

I'm the only person I've ever met who thinks pub quizzes are shit. Let's go and ruin one, mokkers.

Yeah but you probably don't even like pubs.

[mugbull]

Americans and drinking games should be a laugh.

We like to drink with Merty . . .

Sorry lads, Merty appears to be in a lite beer pong induced coma.

Drinking games (snappa where it's at) are genuinely one of my favorite things. As pre-games for actual parties of course, not just on their own

[Lewis]

Yeah but you probably don't even like pubs.

I like Wetherspoons.

[Spikey M]

Ring of fire or gtfo tbh imo brb afk asl lol

[mugbull]

Ring of fire or gtfo tbh imo brb afk asl lol

Aw mate you ok? Is there a number i should call if this happens again?

[Giggles]

You wouldn't last ten minutes in a real pub.

[mugbull]

I would and I have. Fuck with me.

[leedsrevolution]

Omega White Cider. Stopped posting pretty much until tonight. There's a strange pattern emerging here.

[Danny]

Spoons serves a purpose, especially in crap or expensive places. In crap places (i.e. Rugby) it is genuinely the only place to go for dinner that isn't totally disgusting for less than about a tenner, and if you're going for a big old sesh in an expensive city it is nice to get some cheap drinks in.

Also, if you want to go to a cosy atmospheric place you'd obviously be better off going to an independent pub, but actually if I'm catching up with old friends for example, the bright lights and no music is a real winner. Shite trying to have a proper conversation with some old bloke playing folk music in the background or whatevz. Wish they'd all have pub quiz machines though.

Agreed with all of that. When I was home last year I met my mate at spoons one afternoon. We hadnt seen each other in a few years so it was perfect to have a pint in a somewhat quiet environment and at a decent price for the city center that we could actually converse and catch up.

10/10 would spoons again.

[Pepe]

Never done one of those pub quiz things but they sound shit. Drinking games are also woeful.

[niko_cee]

Pub quizzes (is that really the plural?) aren't shit in and of themselves, although the people that participate in them generally are, especially the competitive ones.

I had kind of assumed smart phones had killed them though.

[Lewis]

We should devise a TTH drinking game for Christmas. Whenever Floyd mentions cheese have a sip. Whenever 'Daws' ignores Waff trying for a meet do a shot. Whenever GS' Christmas jumper comes up eyeball a bottle of turps... Even you would enjoy that.

[leedsrevolution]

We should devise a TTH drinking game for Christmas. Whenever Floyd mentions cheese have a sip. Whenever 'Daws' ignores Waff trying for a meet do a shot. Whenever GS' Christmas jumper comes up eyeball a bottle of turps... Even you would enjoy that.

Bruh posts a meme : 2 fingers
Mok posts a meme: 3 fingers
LR starts talking shit: 3 fingers
Lewis tells "a joke" : 1 finger
Magics wife: 4 fingers, and a thumb.

[Lewis]

Maybe not.

[leedsrevolution]

1 finger everyone

[Lewis]

If you can't handle it just say.

[Pepe]

I was going to add something but now he went and ruined it.

[Boydy]

I like Wetherspoons.

Probably only because they love Brexit though, right?

[Lewis]

They're always reasonably quiet (I'm sure they're horrible at night, but I don't go at night) and normally big enough that you don't have to sit near people.

[Pepe]

How much do they charge for a milk?

[Lewis]

They are crap for milk. Places that do have it, once they have gotten over themselves, either put it through as a cordial (so like fifty pence) or let me have it for nothing. I went somewhere the other week and the woman not only gave it to me for free, but she let me in on her private stash of biscuits (oi oi). I reckon if I took a shoebox full of creepy shit in next time we could be married by Easter.

[Boydy]

You're going to turn into your avatar.

[Pepe]

Do you ever go fancy and do a chocolate milk or something, or do you always have it straight up?

[Lewis]

You're going to turn into your avatar.

He was nothing if not a victim of peer pressure, so I'm safe from going down that road.


Do you ever go fancy and do a chocolate milk or something, or do you always have it straight up?

Nobody has that. It's just milk they have for loser coffee drinkers.

[mugbull]

Drinking milk after nursing age is actually abominable, or so I've heard

[Raoul Duke]

Got some Brewdog 'Elvis Juice' - grapefruit-infused IPA. Really quite nice, never had it before.

Last week I went on the Bermondsey Beer Mile and had a fine ol' time. Went to a bunch of different breweries and sampled the wares. BBNO, Anspach & Hobday and some place called 'The Barrel Project'. Great mix of booze.

[Giggles]

I had a couple of bottles of Whitstable Bay.

[Ian]

Got some Brewdog 'Elvis Juice' - grapefruit-infused IPA. Really quite nice, never had it before.

Last week I went on the Bermondsey Beer Mile and had a fine ol' time. Went to a bunch of different breweries and sampled the wares. BBNO, Anspach & Hobday and some place called 'The Barrel Project'. Great mix of booze.

Is the Barrel Project new? Either it wasn't there when I went last year or I just didn't find a Beer Mile list that mentioned it.

Also did you do Eebria? It's right by Partizan but I overheard a few people sneering at it because it wasn't on whatever list they'd looked at. All it meant was it was quiet and I got my pint of 8% whatever served to me almost instantly.

[Raoul Duke]

Is the Barrel Project new? Either it wasn't there when I went last year or I just didn't find a Beer Mile list that mentioned it.

Also did you do Eebria? It's right by Partizan but I overheard a few people sneering at it because it wasn't on whatever list they'd looked at. All it meant was it was quiet and I got my pint of 8% whatever served to me almost instantly.

Nah it was new. There were a few I didn't get to so I'll definitely go back.

[niko_cee]

Just got a case of Jet Black Heart (https://www.brewdog.com/item/1085/BrewDog/Jet-Black-Heart.html) - should I chill it or drink it at room temperature?

[Magic]

Ordered a bottle of Bulldog for £16 off Amazon.

[Ian]

Just got a case of Jet Black Heart (https://www.brewdog.com/item/1085/BrewDog/Jet-Black-Heart.html) - should I chill it or drink it at room temperature?

Brewdog would serve it super cold for whatever that's worth. If I could be arsed being organised I'd probably bung a couple in the fridge for an hour then drink them but it'll really be alright however you do it. If you're settling in for a few have the first at room temperature then stick some more in the fridge and you'll try it at each way.