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Giggles
25-09-2015, 09:34 PM
After falling in love with both recently, especially the latter, I am currently enjoying some tins of Zywiec and Okocim.

Tomorrow shall be spent on pints of Peroni.

What alcoholic (or non alcoholic) beverages is TTH enjoying?

Mike
25-09-2015, 09:36 PM
I've got some Kronenbourg in.

Davgooner
25-09-2015, 09:37 PM
Tetleys.

Disco
25-09-2015, 09:39 PM
English Breakfast.

Pepe
25-09-2015, 09:39 PM
Nothing, still in the lab. A Taddy Porter shall be enjoyed later though.

Waffdon
25-09-2015, 09:40 PM
Water.

I'll be on Peroni on the train in the morning before pints of vodka.

Danny
25-09-2015, 09:43 PM
Has two of these at lunch for my birthday.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23108/72305/

Probably have some Guinness tonight.

Baz
25-09-2015, 09:46 PM
I had an awesome weissbier (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/142/80167/) yesterday.

Had a bottle of Hobgoblin before.

Got a barrel of the Hobgoblin Gold stuff to drink at Christmas too. Never had it and purposely avoiding it til Christmas Day.

Lewis
25-09-2015, 09:47 PM
I bought some Pepsi Max earlier.

Giggles
25-09-2015, 09:49 PM
I bought some Pepsi Max earlier.

That stuff is like crack. I drink 3 of those fat 50% free (forever seemingly) bottles a day.

Giggles
25-09-2015, 09:49 PM
Has two of these at lunch for my birthday.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23108/72305/

Probably have some Guinness tonight.

The local has the Dublin Porter Guinness on tap which is pretty nice for a change.

leedsrevolution
25-09-2015, 09:57 PM
I drank a 3 litre bottle of Frosty Jacks last night. Not really feeling anything tonight though.

John
25-09-2015, 10:00 PM
Has two of these at lunch for my birthday.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23108/72305/

Probably have some Guinness tonight.


I had this on tap at Moxie in the Town Center Mall. Glad to see they offer about 8 local beers on tap.

It was served in a large tulip glass. The beer is a hazy yellow with an off-white skim off foam. Big clove and spice nose.

Lots of clove and banana esters. It is spicy with a bit of grains. I would personally like to see the spice dialed down a notch as the beer is in danger of being a one trick pony.

Mouth is excellent with a bit of heft and it is crisp.

Not my favorite offering from a great local brewery, but it is worth seeking out to have a few.

Lol at that.

I bought my grandad a fairly expensive bottle of whisky for an anniversary recently but I've ended up with two so I'm having one myself. It's a 15 year old Glendronach and it's quite lovely.

A shitty little shop near me has started selling Peroni Red, which I hadn't seen being sold here before, so I've stocked up on that.

leedsrevolution
25-09-2015, 10:02 PM
Lol at that.

I bought my grandad a fairly expensive bottle of whisky for an anniversary recently but I've ended up with two so I'm having one myself. It's a 15 year old Glendronach and it's quite excellent.

A shitty little shop near me has started selling Peroni Red, which I hadn't seen being sold here before, so I've stocked up on that.

What's Peroni Red?

My favourite larger is Estrella. Lovely stuff.

Giggles
25-09-2015, 10:03 PM
Lol at that.

I bought my grandad a fairly expensive bottle of whisky for an anniversary recently but I've ended up with two so I'm having one myself. It's a 15 year old Glendronach and it's quite lovely.

A shitty little shop near me has started selling Peroni Red, which I hadn't seen being sold here before, so I've stocked up on that.


Never even knew there was a Peroni Red. I'll need to have a hunt for that :thbup:

EDIT: Ah I see that's just another name for the normal lager. Was hoping they did some kind of an ale. Lovely stuff anyway though.

Magic
25-09-2015, 10:06 PM
1664. Those smaller bottles are a quite excellent size.

Sir Andy Mahowry
25-09-2015, 10:07 PM
Somewhat surprisingly, Coke Zero.

Danny
25-09-2015, 10:09 PM
Lol at that.

I bought my grandad a fairly expensive bottle of whisky for an anniversary recently but I've ended up with two so I'm having one myself. It's a 15 year old Glendronach and it's quite lovely.

A shitty little shop near me has started selling Peroni Red, which I hadn't seen being sold here before, so I've stocked up on that.

I didnt even read that :lol:

Decent wheat beer with a name to raise a small smirk.

phonics
25-09-2015, 10:28 PM
Tyskie is grand stuff, The only thing I'll buy internationally.

Spoonsky
26-09-2015, 12:51 AM
I had a banging cherry limeade with nerds in it at Sonic yesterday, and went back to get one today. Might have to get one every day from now on.

I'll tell you what I'm not drinking, American beer. Shit is disgusting. My parents have made my alcoholic tastes too sophisticated and ruined me for frats forever.

Lewis
26-09-2015, 12:54 AM
I would like to place a request for a sound recording of 'I had a banging cherry limeade'.

igor_balis
26-09-2015, 12:55 AM
Got some cheap Bulgarian wine tonight. Pretty decent.

7om
26-09-2015, 12:56 AM
A Canadian geezer I know always said the beer here is shite so he gets his dad to ship him some cans every so often. I'm not sure if he's a sad bastard or an alcoholic but I never looked at him the same after he told me.

Ian
26-09-2015, 01:04 AM
I'll tell you what I'm not drinking, American beer. Shit is disgusting. My parents have made my alcoholic tastes too sophisticated and ruined me for frats forever.

What do you mean by "American beer"? Do you mean horrid watery American lagers in the Coors/Bud mould? If so... well yeah, that's understandable, but there's lots of good American stuff if you find you like beer from elsewhere.

Anyway, tonight for me was initially some Kronenbourg and then at the point when I was about to go to bed, about three hours ago, I decided I'd have a glass of Monkey Shoulder. And here I still am. :moop:

Pepe
26-09-2015, 01:04 AM
Plenty of quality beer over here, just not from the mainstream producers. Even then, Sam Adams is pretty good.

EDIT: Check Anchor Brewing in San Francisco Spoons, they make a beastly Porter.

igor_balis
26-09-2015, 01:05 AM
What do you mean by "American beer"? Do you mean horrid watery American lagers in the Coors/Bud mould? If so... well yeah, that's understandable, but there's lots of good American stuff if you find you like beer from elsewhere.

Anyway, tonight for me was initially some Kronenbourg and then at the point when I was about to go to bed, about three hours ago, I decided I'd have a glass of Monkey Shoulder. And here I still am. :moop:
Sounds like perfect haxball time...

Guido-
26-09-2015, 01:06 AM
Had a bottle of Sprit that's gone now got Fanta Fruit Twist almost gone though xx

Spoonsky
26-09-2015, 05:12 AM
What do you mean by "American beer"? Do you mean horrid watery American lagers in the Coors/Bud mould? If so... well yeah, that's understandable, but there's lots of good American stuff if you find you like beer from elsewhere.

Anyway, tonight for me was initially some Kronenbourg and then at the point when I was about to go to bed, about three hours ago, I decided I'd have a glass of Monkey Shoulder. And here I still am. :moop:

Stuff like Bud Light, PBR, IPA, I find all pretty shit. But that's the thing, I don't know if it's an American beer problem or just a beer problem.

Fanta Fruit Twist is one of my favorite drinks ever. Though that's probably in part because you can only get it in Europe, so it has good associations for me. But it is so good.

Adamski
26-09-2015, 07:29 AM
What do you mean by "American beer"? Do you mean horrid watery American lagers in the Coors/Bud mould? If so... well yeah, that's understandable, but there's lots of good American stuff if you find you like beer from elsewhere.

Anyway, tonight for me was initially some Kronenbourg and then at the point when I was about to go to bed, about three hours ago, I decided I'd have a glass of Monkey Shoulder. And here I still am. :moop:

Monkey Shoulder :cool:

It was my birthday yesterday so I got suitably stocked up on single malts which should see me through to Christmas. Went out for dinner and sunk more Drygate Gladeye than I care to remember.

Ian
26-09-2015, 07:47 AM
Need to have a trip up to Drygate again one day, not been in ages. Maybe once I'm back from holiday.

Adamski
26-09-2015, 07:54 AM
I haven't been in a year or so either, Ian. It's just a little too out of the way although it is excellent.

Lee
26-09-2015, 08:22 AM
When I drink at home it will be some sort of ale. I like Badger stuff but try to have a go at local ones if I can find them. When I'm out I embarrass my mates by sitting there with any flavour of brightly coloured Daiquiri.

Waffdon
26-09-2015, 08:29 AM
Peroni red is majestic, but I can't really find anywhere that sells it here. </3

Vim
26-09-2015, 08:34 AM
Calimocho is my drink. Ice, red wine and coke. Sounds disgusting, tastes great.

Adamski
26-09-2015, 08:45 AM
Red wine and Coke? Jesus Christ.

Giggles
26-09-2015, 08:47 AM
Why is it called Peroni 'red' in Scotland anyway?

And Shiner Bock at least means there is some good beer in the US.

Toby
26-09-2015, 09:14 AM
I've never heard of it, but it's not the same as the standard Peroni even though it's also a lager.

Vim
26-09-2015, 10:01 AM
Red wine and Coke? Jesus Christ.

Try it before you knock it, I was skeptical at first too but it really won me over.

Benny
26-09-2015, 10:15 AM
Stella later, because it was on offer.

Adamski
26-09-2015, 10:16 AM
No thank you. Why would you ruin a red wine by messing with it?

Magic
26-09-2015, 10:19 AM
Unless it's a cheap red wine.

Giggles
26-09-2015, 10:24 AM
Improve it by leaving out the wine.

Adamski
26-09-2015, 10:30 AM
Irish in lack of class shocker.

Vim
26-09-2015, 10:42 AM
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130730223944/winordie/images/b/b1/Vino-don-simon-tinto-brick-1-litro-12-5-.jpg

Super cheap.

Giggles
26-09-2015, 10:45 AM
Irish in lack of class shocker.

Aren't you Scottish? :D

Adamski
26-09-2015, 11:54 AM
Aren't you Scottish? :D

Yes. Scum but definitely marginally less scummy.

Giggles
26-09-2015, 11:57 AM
Yes. Scum but definitely marginally less scummy.

All na matter of opinion. Give me anyone over a Scot any day of the week for the most part.

Adamski
26-09-2015, 07:26 PM
Aberlour 10 year old :cool:

Giggles
26-09-2015, 07:27 PM
Back on the Pepsi Max.

Davgooner
26-09-2015, 07:50 PM
http://www.deebee.co.uk/images/products/eancode/large/5000/11/26/5000112600568.jpg

Baz
26-09-2015, 07:57 PM
I'm about to get myself a jar of lemonade.

Giggles
26-09-2015, 08:03 PM
A jar? Does it come with a free beard?

Baz
26-09-2015, 08:11 PM
Kept smashing glasses when doing the dishes, but jars seem more sturdy. I've a hotdog one, a gherkin one and a pickled egg one. The latter is 510ml of greatness.

I've got this beast (http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=280068606) waiting in the cupboard but I can't get the bloody lid off. :D

Adamski
26-09-2015, 08:28 PM
Actual jars and not hipster jars :D

Giggles
26-09-2015, 08:52 PM
Not so bad when the lemonade wasn't bought in the jar.

Reg
26-09-2015, 08:59 PM
Had a Pepsi Max earlier.

Now on camomile and honey tea.

Giggles
26-09-2015, 09:01 PM
The only thing I'm finding lately, which I presume is a side effect of medication I'm on, is that all drinks taste flat now. I don't know if I'm more disappointed in the beer or the Pepsi :(

Raoul Duke
26-09-2015, 09:32 PM
Big fan of these currently: http://www.theredchurchbrewery.com and http://pressuredropbrewing.co.uk (Pale Fire especially) :drool:

Dan
26-09-2015, 09:35 PM
Just about to have some Jim Beam Red Stag with the last bit of coke I have left.

In non-alcoholic drink news, I've been drinking oceans of Volvic Juiced. They're on a long term 2 for £1.60 at Boots (one is £1.50), so I've been all over that. The Lemon one is a staple, and the Orange & Apple are pretty solid too.

Magic
26-09-2015, 09:39 PM
Can I just say Schiehallion is absolutely disgusting.

Adamski
26-09-2015, 09:57 PM
Big fan of these currently: http://www.theredchurchbrewery.com and http://pressuredropbrewing.co.uk (Pale Fire especially) :drool:

Have tried a couple of the red church ones. Lovely stuff.

Baz
26-09-2015, 10:02 PM
Can I just say Schiehallion is absolutely disgusting.Yeah. Only ever had it once and the pint cost nearly a fiver. Fuming.

Charlie
27-09-2015, 07:09 AM
A strange metal cup of incredibly weak Korean tea. Not good.

In other news however, I haven't drunk anything alcoholic for around 3 months. It's boring and I can't understand the people who finish work and need to have a beer.

Pen
27-09-2015, 07:42 AM
Try it before you knock it, I was skeptical at first too but it really won me over.

It's utter shit. There's a reason why only Spanish kids and you drink it. Only thing worse mentioned in this thread is Pepsi Max that is simply the worst fizzy drink there is. Back to red wine though. I opened a bottle I got a a present quite a while a go yesterday and the wine is from Tenerife (not the most common wine area in Spain) as I always ask my dad to bring me something local food stuff or wine when he travels and he usually comes through with something decent. This wine was weird though as it needed to be open for a few hours before it actually came any good (I know wines should be opened in advance, but the difference between one and two hours was astonishing here).

So, in short, I was drinking a red wine from Tenerife and since it's now morning I'm on Berocca and coffee.

Pen
27-09-2015, 07:51 AM
Red wine is the best kind of wine in my opinion. Unless it's merlot :sick:

Giggles
27-09-2015, 07:54 AM
Don't know why tinypic keeps landscaping my photos :moop:

Only pissing about the wine. Most I've drank from a shop have been rank but I've had a few nice ones on the hols. Friend used to bring me an epic one back from Portugal every year too. Think it was homemade.

Mike
27-09-2015, 08:58 AM
Kept smashing glasses when doing the dishes, but jars seem more sturdy. I've a hotdog one, a gherkin one and a pickled egg one. The latter is 510ml of greatness.

I've got this beast (http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=280068606) waiting in the cupboard but I can't get the bloody lid off. :D

All about the Ragu jars lad.

I'm about to get up and drink coffee

Giggles
10-10-2015, 07:13 PM
I bought some O'Haras stout. Didn't see the chocolate and vanilla written on the neck label :sick:

John
10-10-2015, 07:17 PM
Just about to have some Jim Beam Red Stag with the last bit of coke I have left.

In non-alcoholic drink news, I've been drinking oceans of Volvic Juiced. They're on a long term 2 for £1.60 at Boots (one is £1.50), so I've been all over that. The Lemon one is a staple, and the Orange & Apple are pretty solid too.

They were doing those for 75p in Tesco, so I bought about ten. The orange is comfortably the best.

Kikó
10-10-2015, 07:18 PM
I had a punk IPA before which is absolutely great. Nice fruity taste to it without having that overly fermented taste.

Now a glass of white to go with a fish curry.

Mike
10-10-2015, 08:41 PM
Lots with Baz

igor_balis
10-10-2015, 09:01 PM
In the 3 months or so i've lived in Scotland, I've gone from hating whiskey to really enjoying it. Probably helps that I'm being introduced to stuff other than shit house whiskey and coke. Particularly enjoying the peaty stuff, and got myself a bottle of Laphroaig the other day. Lovely stuff.

Giggles
10-10-2015, 09:06 PM
The pale ale I got is going down much better than the stout.

John
10-10-2015, 09:08 PM
In the 3 months or so i've lived in Scotland, I've gone from hating whiskey to really enjoying it. Probably helps that I'm being introduced to stuff other than shit house whiskey and coke. Particularly enjoying the peaty stuff, and got myself a bottle of Laphroaig the other day. Lovely stuff.

You should go to 'The Whisky Shop' and try some of the smaller batch stuff they keep barrelled in store. It's quite expensive, about thirty quid for a half litre I think, but generally very good.

Giggles
10-10-2015, 09:11 PM
£30 for 500ml of a good whiskey wouldn't be too bad at all as it would last a while. If you're beating it into you with coke in it then you might as well get tesco value.

igor_balis
10-10-2015, 09:22 PM
You should go to 'The Whisky Shop' and try some of the smaller batch stuff they keep barrelled in store. It's quite expensive, about thirty quid for a half litre I think, but generally very good.
Cheers, I will do. Anything in particular you'd recommend? I wouldn't dream of putting coke in this shit.

Magic
10-10-2015, 09:30 PM
They all have distinctive features depending on where they come from. Go for a taster sesh, find one you like and invest (15 yr+). It's too expensive to try different types per bottle.

Giggles
10-10-2015, 09:35 PM
Done one of those with vodka earlier this year and got a couple of great ones out of it.

Toby
10-10-2015, 09:43 PM
Bow Bar on Victoria St near Grassmarket is another good bet, Igor.

Kikó
10-10-2015, 09:47 PM
I'd like a new bottle of whiskey to add to my collection. I've got a 12 year Glenfiddich, a vintage cask Glenfiddich and a standard Glenlivet (assume it's a 12 year).

mugbull
10-10-2015, 09:52 PM
tonight's a taaka night for sure

Toby
10-10-2015, 09:53 PM
I haven't had much whisky since a couple of years ago, when the girlfriend's dad and I powered through a bottle and a half of Macallan on Christmas Eve and I could still barely eat on Boxing Day...

I have taken a love to bourbon-based Old Fashioneds though.

Kikó
10-10-2015, 09:54 PM
Yep, a well made old fashioned is my favourite tipple. Shame it's hit and miss the one you buy is any good.

Toby
10-10-2015, 09:58 PM
You can't go too far wrong if you use good bourbon and don't fuck around by adding soda.

John
10-10-2015, 10:31 PM
Cheers, I will do. Anything in particular you'd recommend? I wouldn't dream of putting coke in this shit.

The barrelled stuff comes in bottles with standardised labels and only the name of the distillery written on it, none of which I remember, but the staff in that shop are uniformly excellent. Tell them what sort of stuff you like and they'll machine gun about ten recommendations at you, all of which will be perfect.

I still have the dregs of a bottle of fifteen year Glendronach that I've enjoyed in a big way recently, so I'd recommend that. It's sherry cask, so it's a bit different, and it's fifty quid a bottle, but it's absolutely brilliant.

igor_balis
11-10-2015, 01:31 AM
Bow Bar on Victoria St near Grassmarket is another good bet, Igor.

Aha! That was the location a young lady set for our date last week...before she cancelled on me 2 hours before. :moop:

Thanks for bringing back those bitter memories, Tobez.

Ian
11-10-2015, 10:13 AM
As well as some bottled beers I'd got in Good Spirits Co. (Tsar by Buxton brewery is so good) my brother-in-law then cracked the Lagavulin 16 we'd got him for his birthday.

Ron Swanson's not wrong.

Giggles
11-10-2015, 10:15 AM
Those were all a little strong for me last night, ended up too drunk and with too much of a hangover. I really need to stick to 4% stuff as opposed to the 6/7%.

Benny
11-10-2015, 10:37 AM
Was on Krombacher last night, feel a bit shit today but it was lovely to drink.

Bob Sacamano
12-10-2015, 12:28 AM
Dirt cheap Danoff Vodka, it's actually not as bad as imagined.

The Merse
12-10-2015, 01:27 AM
It's utter shit. There's a reason why only Spanish kids and you drink it. Only thing worse mentioned in this thread is Pepsi Max that is simply the worst fizzy drink there is. Back to red wine though. I opened a bottle I got a a present quite a while a go yesterday and the wine is from Tenerife (not the most common wine area in Spain) as I always ask my dad to bring me something local food stuff or wine when he travels and he usually comes through with something decent. This wine was weird though as it needed to be open for a few hours before it actually came any good (I know wines should be opened in advance, but the difference between one and two hours was astonishing here).

So, in short, I was drinking a red wine from Tenerife and since it's now morning I'm on Berocca and coffee.

Pepsi Max Cherry is my soft drink of choice, after full sugar Irn Bru, but I never drink full sugar drinks these days so Pepsi Max Cherry it is.

Finished this last night -
http://i2.cdscdn.com/pdt2/o/l/d/1/700x700/macallangold/rw/macallan-gold-70cl.jpg

Jerez cask whiskeys and beers truly are special.

Magic
12-10-2015, 06:47 AM
Can people really taste apple etc when they drink whisky?

Ian
12-10-2015, 07:24 AM
I don't much beyond like it/don't like it when I taste whisky. I'm sure I read that there is a logical reason for it but I did lol when buying a whisky for my dad and one of the comments on the website mentioned sticking plasters.

Reg
02-11-2015, 10:35 PM
Chocolate milk. It's bloody great. Also dissolvable vitamin C, apparently good after exercise.

edit- While I'm here, coconut water on sale. :drool: http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=289573302

elth
02-11-2015, 11:41 PM
A rather delicious Sumatran espresso the hipster coffee shop down the road roasts on premises. Home ground and brewed of course.

Giggles
08-01-2016, 10:35 PM
Found a new favourite.


https://untappd.akamaized.net/photo/2015_10_24/72ef5b5b2be9f94d5453cb34f7df5866_320x320.jpg

leedsrevolution
08-01-2016, 11:12 PM
Sober tonight. Got myself in a right mess last 3 days. Think a 4th would ruin me.

Magic
08-01-2016, 11:16 PM
Presumably you've married her, got her pregnant and then murdered them both?

leedsrevolution
08-01-2016, 11:19 PM
Nah nothing bad. Just feeling knackered.

Chrissy
09-01-2016, 12:29 AM
Iv'e been off the drink since November. I am seething at anyone having fun. Enjoy the booze you bastards.

Manc
09-01-2016, 12:33 AM
That just water weight you're carrying then?

Bartholomert
09-01-2016, 01:15 AM
I'm technically a functioning alcoholic despite significantly cutting down on my consumption relative to college. A casual 4-5 drinks deep tonight for no reason, which has been par for the course for the entirety of my time at home.

Yolo.

Dark Soldier
09-01-2016, 01:16 AM
Well at least you're speeding up the best solution for all of us, good on ya lad.

Chrissy
09-01-2016, 03:12 AM
That just water weight you're carrying then?

It's actually the weight and expectations of all your unacheived dreams and hopes. I thought i'd carry them for you seeing as youv'e trading them in for liveleak and self loathing.

Chrissy
09-01-2016, 03:12 AM
I'm technically a functioning alcoholic despite significantly cutting down on my consumption relative to college. A casual 4-5 drinks deep tonight for no reason, which has been par for the course for the entirety of my time at home.

Yolo.

Good lad. Hope you enjoyed it.

Baz
05-03-2016, 11:12 AM
705819855614824449

Had a pint of Phonics last night. Was really REALLY nice. :)

Giggles
02-04-2016, 04:38 PM
Sampling some of this N17 this evening. Very nice stuff indeed.


https://untappd.akamaized.net/photo/2016_03_06/2d6aee046c4c1faf7914cd000c7f5109_320x320.jpg

Boydy
02-04-2016, 04:57 PM
N17 is hipster territory, I hope you know.

Giggles
02-04-2016, 04:59 PM
N17 is hipster territory, I hope you know.

Alas I have ventured to the dark side. Got it in a growler and all :checkit:

Boydy
02-04-2016, 05:00 PM
A growler?

John
02-04-2016, 05:01 PM
Whatever it is, don't describe it like that if you're ever in Scotland. That word has a very specific meaning here.

Boydy
02-04-2016, 05:01 PM
Yeah, it has that same meaning here too. :D

Giggles
02-04-2016, 05:02 PM
A growler?

A glass 2 litre bottle that I bought in the off licence that they fill from the taps. They've 10 or so taps that they change about every month with various stuff.

Giggles
02-04-2016, 05:03 PM
And yes, that meaning also stands here too :D

Giggles
02-04-2016, 05:05 PM
1 litre also.

http://thetaste.ie/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/growler.jpg

John
02-04-2016, 05:09 PM
What's with the name? I can only think that maybe it makes a growling noise as it's being filled/emptied, but even then it's a daft name.

I bet there's a marital aid company marketing the 'Glass Growler'.

Kikó
02-04-2016, 05:09 PM
Tonight I'll be mostly drinking pink moscato my sister left over last time she stayed. I don't think that's hipster.

Giggles
02-04-2016, 05:15 PM
What's with the name? I can only think that maybe it makes a growling noise as it's being filled/emptied, but even then it's a daft name.

I bet there's a marital aid company marketing the 'Glass Growler'.

I've no idea really, as long as I've ever heard of it that's what they've been called. I only discovered it pretty recently when I seen it in the local place though.

Baz
02-04-2016, 07:33 PM
Porter is the black stuff, right? Like stout?

I either like really light or just plain black. Ruby and Dark (the inbetweeners) are my least favourite types of ale, I reckon.

Giggles
02-04-2016, 07:42 PM
Porter is the black stuff, right? Like stout?

I either like really light or just plain black. Ruby and Dark (the inbetweeners) are my least favourite types of ale, I reckon.

It is indeed. You're exactly same as myself. I like the likes of those above or really light like the pilsners. The hoppy pale ale type stuff is not for me at all.

Giggles
02-04-2016, 07:52 PM
That chocolate milk one is outstanding.

EDIT: and the turf smoked is odd.

Ian
02-04-2016, 08:15 PM
I'm not big on smoked ones. There's a couple I can drink but not any I'd go out of my way for.

I've made a start on a handful of bottles too. Actually, the first was a can. A stout called "Dark Arts" by Magic Rock which was ace. Now at the other end of the scale Howling Hops' Pale Ale.

Only 3.8% but surprisingly tasty. Could spend the afternoon on this.

Pepe
02-04-2016, 08:17 PM
Porters are my favorite type of beer. Not a big fan of IPAs either, or most other 'hoppy' shite.

Giggles
02-04-2016, 08:20 PM
Must see can I locate that dark arts. Few places I've found have rarer stuff.

Giggles
02-04-2016, 08:21 PM
Porters are my favorite type of beer. Not a big fan of IPAs either, or most other 'hoppy' shite.

The hops just overpower any other taste for me. Never liked them.


EDIT: This smoked one is better the further down I go.

Also, one of the more popular ones here (which might mean it's exported) here Ian is O'Haras Leann Follain. Well worth a try if you like a stout.

leedsrevolution
02-04-2016, 08:26 PM
As usual. EVERYTHING.

Ian
02-04-2016, 08:37 PM
One of the bottles sitting in the kitchen calls itself an "imperial mild", which seems like a bit of a contradiction in terms but I'm curious to try it.

igor_balis
02-04-2016, 08:38 PM
The super hoppy American style IPAs are fucking gross.

Ian
02-04-2016, 08:39 PM
I'm not sure there's a type of beer I uniformly dislike other than sour ones.

igor_balis
02-04-2016, 08:41 PM
I fucking love sour beer! Lambic beers are brilliant. But yeah, largely I'm with Baz and Giggles on super pale or super dark and nowt much between. Adnams Ghost Ship is one of my faves on the former.

Ian
02-04-2016, 09:14 PM
Just opened one I forgot I'd bought. A collaboration between Brewdog and Ilkley called "White Chocolate Stout" but is a clear, golden beer. It's a bit odd in truth. I guess you might be convinced it's a stout if you were trying it blindfolded but it doesn't properly match the description.

Lewis
02-04-2016, 09:19 PM
As usual. EVERYTHING.

Waaay.

leedsrevolution
02-04-2016, 11:06 PM
Waaay.

It..was a joke. I'm agonisingly sober. Guessing my self parody act ain't fooling you!

Pepe
02-04-2016, 11:22 PM
The hops just overpower any other taste for me. Never liked them.

Yes, that's my feeling too, although I've encountered a few hopy beers which I have actually quite liked. All of them winter beers of some sort.

Danny
02-04-2016, 11:37 PM
The hops just overpower any other taste for me. Never liked them.


EDIT: This smoked one is better the further down I go.

Also, one of the more popular ones here (which might mean it's exported) here Ian is O'Haras Leann Follain. Well worth a try if you like a stout.

I like them to an extent but some of the beer is ruined by the over the top hoppiness so I dont drink them too often. That and it gives me a massive headache the next morning.

Ian
03-04-2016, 08:32 AM
I don't feel that getting used to hoppy beers was any different to getting used to what I found to be an overwhelming malty flavour in stouts and the like. Now dark beers (stouts, porters, 'black IPAs') are probably my favourites nowadays but I still like a hoppy one as well.

Ian
03-04-2016, 06:08 PM
One of the bottles sitting in the kitchen calls itself an "imperial mild", which seems like a bit of a contradiction in terms but I'm curious to try it.

This is damn tasty.

Giggles
03-04-2016, 06:09 PM
I'm just finishing the few I didn't have last night. The Proclamation one (which I expect is just another one cash-in rebranded) is too hoppy for a porter. Eyes closed you'd think it was an IPA.

Henry
03-04-2016, 06:12 PM
I have a growing appreciation for English ale, the type that's produced locally and is sold at near room temperature.

Can't get it in Ireland, but whenever I'm over there I make a point of partaking.

igor_balis
03-04-2016, 06:13 PM
Nice glass of white wine this evening.

leedsrevolution
03-04-2016, 06:17 PM
Classy bastard.

Giggles
03-04-2016, 06:17 PM
I have a growing appreciation for English ale, the type that's produced locally and is sold at near room temperature.

Can't get it in Ireland, but whenever I'm over there I make a point of partaking.

That's one thing I can't do and don't think I'll ever be able to come round to. Most of these stouts and porters are supposed to be room temperature but for me beer needs to be cold.

igor_balis
03-04-2016, 06:23 PM
Actually, this white wine is fucking gross. Vinegary as shit.

leedsrevolution
03-04-2016, 06:25 PM
I'm a rose wine man myself. Red/white gives me really bad shits.

John
03-04-2016, 06:31 PM
Bad white wine is an awful thing. I had one in a restaurant a couple of weeks ago that tasted like it'd been cheap vinegary shit to begin with and had then been opened about a month prior to being given to me. Vina Sol is my go to white wine but it's rare to find it in a restaurant or bar.

Kikó
03-04-2016, 06:33 PM
My general rule of thumb is you can get away with a cheap red wine but never a cheap white. I put cassis into cheap white if we have it to kill the crap flavour.

igor_balis
03-04-2016, 06:34 PM
You can get away with cheap red when you drink it, but it always gives me the worst hangovers.

Boydy
03-04-2016, 06:38 PM
Red wine hangovers are the absolute worst. :sick:

Rosé is for chavs.

John
03-04-2016, 06:41 PM
Red wine hangovers are the absolute worst. :sick:

Rosé is for chavs.

Rosé is fine. That 'Blossom Hill' shit with fruit flavouring is the proper wankers' drink.

leedsrevolution
03-04-2016, 06:41 PM
It's the only one I can drink that doesn't give me terrible diarrhoea so what can you do?

Boydy
03-04-2016, 06:43 PM
It's just my oberservation from working in a bar. Rosé is drunk by the sort of people who drink alcopops. And they'll put ice in it.

Waffdon
03-04-2016, 06:44 PM
Grey Goose

leedsrevolution
03-04-2016, 06:45 PM
I just drink it cos it's more socially acceptable than whiskey on like a Monday night. Fuck beer as well, tastes lovely but don't touch the sides.

John
03-04-2016, 06:46 PM
Grey Goose is the most overrated drink there is. Belvedere and Ciroq are both much better, and I'm fairly sure they're both cheaper too.

Kikó
03-04-2016, 06:46 PM
The bison grass vodka is pretty nice as well.

Danny
03-04-2016, 06:47 PM
Currently in Chicago Midway Airport with a pint of Guiness.

Ian
03-04-2016, 07:47 PM
Red wine. :drool: Love a rioja.

Just opened my last beer of the evening (:(), called "Willamina." It's a 9% and has spent eight months ageing in whisky barrels. I can believe it. Smells mostly of whisky and the taste is pretty peaty as well. Brewdog do a superb one with a bit of a whisky hit to it but with this one I think I'd just rather have a whisky.

Giggles
03-04-2016, 07:50 PM
Jesus, 9% :sick:

I struggle with anything over 6.

Byron
03-04-2016, 07:52 PM
You lot all talking wine and I'm here with a pint of Aspall's. Absolutely lovely stuff mind you, probably better than Stowford Press.

Spikey M
03-04-2016, 07:54 PM
Currently sipping on a Jameson on the rocks. Back to work tomorrow after 9 days off, I need the good stuff. None of this noncey wine.

Mike
03-04-2016, 07:55 PM
I have a pint of Cobra :cool2:

leedsrevolution
03-04-2016, 07:55 PM
I prefer bourbon to whiskey although I'm not too fussy. Woodford reserve is lovely.

Spikey M
03-04-2016, 07:57 PM
Bourbon is ok but I can only drink it with coke. Scotch is by far the best, but Irish is decent too.

niko_cee
03-04-2016, 07:59 PM
£3 a bottle Aussie Chardonnay.

It's passable.

Cheap red wine is for proper wrong 'uns (a bit like expensive white wine).

leedsrevolution
03-04-2016, 07:59 PM
I prefer Irish to Scotch to be fair.

Ian
03-04-2016, 08:00 PM
Jesus, 9% :sick:

I struggle with anything over 6.

There's a lot of nice stouts at that sort of strength that don't really taste it. Fucking dangerous.

Spikey M
03-04-2016, 08:03 PM
St. Peters Stout snd Guinness West Indies are both 6ish% but don't taste it. Gorgeous stuff.

Waffdon
03-04-2016, 08:08 PM
Grey Goose is the most overrated drink there is. Belvedere and Ciroq are both much better, and I'm fairly sure they're both cheaper too.

Don't get them in pubs, though.

Jase
03-04-2016, 08:23 PM
Gardener's Tipple from Hogs Back Brewery. Keeping up their 100% success record of me liking anything of theirs I've tried. Not as good as T.E.A. or Hop though.

Ian
03-04-2016, 08:28 PM
TEA is a belter of a beer.

igor_balis
03-04-2016, 09:07 PM
My mate is getting back from France this evening so I'll have a couple of stupid 6% cloudy ciders if she can be arsed with the pub after travelling all day, else it might be down the garage to get a few cans to make wrestlemania more bearable.

John
03-04-2016, 09:10 PM
That's the sort of scenario where our ten o'clock booze curfew is a fucking shambles.

igor_balis
03-04-2016, 09:14 PM
Definitely worth me leaving Edinburgh to move back to Rugby if ya ask me. My terrible lack of foresight, compulsive nature and low-level alcoholism meant that caught me out far too often.

John
03-04-2016, 09:17 PM
You used to be able to buy booze from nine every morning but a Sunday, when it was midday, then it changed so that the window starts at ten every morning.

The whole thing goes against logic.

Ian
03-04-2016, 09:38 PM
I remember deciding I did need more beer after all during England/Italy at the Euros, got to the shop and then NOPE, can't be trusted to buy after ten in alcoland. :(

Baz
03-04-2016, 10:28 PM
Guinness West Indies ... Gorgeous stuff.:sick:

Giggles
09-04-2016, 08:47 PM
Picked up some Trouble Brewing Dark Arts Porter for tonight. Can't open it yet though as it was shelf :(

Magic
09-04-2016, 08:49 PM
Has anyone drank plum brandy before?

Spikey M
09-04-2016, 09:12 PM
Badger Poachers Choice.

Giggles
09-04-2016, 09:16 PM
Picked up some Trouble Brewing Dark Arts Porter for tonight. Can't open it yet though as it was shelf :(

It's really nice stuff. I had a couple of Galway Hooker Stout while I was waiting but the Trouble is a lot nicer.

Ian
09-04-2016, 10:09 PM
No trip to a shop for anything more interesting so this evening it's been Caesar Augustus and Joker IPA out of the Co-Op. Both nice though.

Raoul Duke
09-04-2016, 10:13 PM
They sell Brewdog in my local Tesco now, which is pretty handy.

Ian
09-04-2016, 10:41 PM
Which ones have they got?

Raoul Duke
10-04-2016, 12:05 AM
Just the Punk IPA. It's nice, very drinkable.

Giggles
15-04-2016, 06:14 PM
The local spot got this in on the growler taps. Have a 2l for tonight, hopefully not too orangey.


https://www.obrienswine.ie/james-brown-chocolate-orange-stout-50cl-bottle.html

Magic
15-04-2016, 06:18 PM
Negra Modelo. Dece.

igor_balis
15-04-2016, 07:40 PM
White wine. It is nice and un-vinegary this time. Yummy.

Boydy
15-04-2016, 07:40 PM
You girl.

Giggles
15-04-2016, 07:41 PM
The chocolate orange strout is awesome. The Mrs is gone to get me more :drool:

Pepe
15-04-2016, 07:43 PM
Wait a second, there is a Ms. Giggles? Bloody hell. :D

Giggles
15-04-2016, 07:44 PM
Wait a second, there is a Ms. Giggles? Bloody hell. :D

Eh? I mentioned that loads of times I thought, especially round the engagement. Maybe it was on the old board.

Boydy
15-04-2016, 07:52 PM
Yeah, you did. Bit slow, Pepe.

I've got some Belfast Black dry stout. It's not bad.

Giggles
15-04-2016, 07:55 PM
Yeah, you did. Bit slow, Pepe.

I've got some Belfast Black dry stout. It's not bad.

That's very nice. Robinson's have that on draught and used to get it loads.

Ian
15-04-2016, 08:00 PM
The chocolate orange strout is awesome. The Mrs is gone to get me more :drool:

Had a "marmalade porter" once and it was astounding. Tonight I had a Manx bitter which was possibly one of the best sub-4% beers I've had. Really good.

Paisley beer fest next week. :drool:

Giggles
15-04-2016, 08:05 PM
What was the name of the marmalade one? Have to look that up :drool:

Boydy
15-04-2016, 08:14 PM
That's very nice. Robinson's have that on draught and used to get it loads.

Does it have a proper head from a tap? It didn't really from the bottle.

igor_balis
15-04-2016, 08:16 PM
You girl.

line my eyes and call me pretty

Giggles
15-04-2016, 08:20 PM
Does it have a proper head from a tap? It didn't really from the bottle.

Wasn't bad. Bit like a smithwicks/bass one. I'm near sure it was Robinsons, Kings Head if not.

Baz
05-07-2016, 09:09 PM
Been my wedding venue tonight an had a look at the "craft and special beer menu". Seems quite good:

Samuel Adams Boston Lager 4.8
Vedett Extra Blonde 5.2
Vendett White 4.7
Anchor Steam Beer 4.8
Goose Island Honkers 4.3
Innis & Gunn Original 6.6
Flying Dog Easy IPA 4.7
Goose Island IPA 5.9
Charles Wells IPA 4.5
Shipyard Pale Ale 4.5 (draught)
Vedett IPA 5.5

That's me on Honkers all day. :drool:

Magic
05-07-2016, 09:10 PM
Are you getting married in Wetherspoons?

Baz
05-07-2016, 09:11 PM
Of course.

Pepe
05-07-2016, 09:36 PM
Anchor makes some excellent beers. Never tried that particular one though.

Ian
05-07-2016, 09:54 PM
Anchor Steam Beer is nice. Anchor in general are pretty ace.

Had some rioja tonight. :drool:

Baz
06-07-2016, 07:21 AM
Best pint I've had lately was called Big Wave. It's Hawaiian, apparently. £5.50 a pint though!

-james-
06-07-2016, 08:40 AM
Lemsip.

Blackcurrant, obvs.

SvN
06-07-2016, 01:09 PM
Just got 8 free Budweisers - 4 from the Co-Op, 4 from Tesco.

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Pepe
06-07-2016, 01:26 PM
I wouldn't drink that shite even for free.

Magic
06-07-2016, 04:13 PM
Same, that and Miller, Coors etc can all get to fuck. Tasteless absolute shit.

Raoul Duke
06-07-2016, 07:37 PM
I've got a couple of Punk IPAs for the football. Lovely stuff.

Magic
06-07-2016, 07:39 PM
Brewdog is the only IPA I like.

Pepe
06-07-2016, 07:47 PM
I don't dislike IPAs, but they seem to make up something like 70% of the stock out there, which fucks me off as they are quite close to the bottom of the pile when it comes to beer style choice.

Raoul Duke
06-07-2016, 07:58 PM
It's pretty much all I drink nowadays

Pepe
06-07-2016, 08:01 PM
Not surprised. :baz:

igor_balis
06-07-2016, 08:26 PM
God I fucking hate the super hoppy American style IPAs. Each to their own though, like.

Mike
06-07-2016, 09:02 PM
A woman in work got me 4 bottles of Brothers Toffee Apple cider for my birthday. Just opened one. It's not bad. Not something I would buy myself but I think I'll finish off my Wednesday with a second bottle.

Giggles
10-07-2016, 10:28 AM
We were offered a craft beer bar for ours at another 8 euro a head. Fuck that.

Giggles
10-07-2016, 10:30 AM
God I fucking hate the super hoppy American style IPAs. Each to their own though, like.

I know people have different tastes but I cannot fathom how people find that hoppy flavour of IPA's nice. They all smell like paint thinners.

Danny
10-07-2016, 03:12 PM
God I fucking hate the super hoppy American style IPAs. Each to their own though, like.

I quite like them but they give me a massive headache.

The beers snobs going on about them does my nut in though.

Magic
10-07-2016, 03:13 PM
Everything I've had from the Eden Mill brewery in St Andrews has been shit.

Magic
15-07-2016, 10:21 AM
Trying to find a low calorie drink. I was drinking Vodka, soda water and lime (or cordial) and it was fucking disgusting and I felt like a humongous poof (no slant on homosexuals, it's just how us straight guys equate to feeling like a tit).

I absolutely detest LITE beers so hit me up with some suggestions please.

SvN
15-07-2016, 10:24 AM
Gin and Slimline tonic is as low as you're going to get.

Magic
15-07-2016, 10:27 AM
Fuck Gin, I said less gay.

What about Kraken/Havana with soda water?

Dquincy
15-07-2016, 11:00 AM
Quit drinking. It will change your life...and possibly your attitude.

Pepe
15-07-2016, 12:04 PM
Water.

Waffdon
15-07-2016, 12:05 PM
Omw to arbroath, Johnson. Come and we can share some blue lagoon and shit

Magic
15-07-2016, 12:12 PM
At Doc Stewarts tonight m8

Waffdon
15-07-2016, 12:16 PM
Never been. Far too much out the road.

Giggles
15-07-2016, 12:17 PM
Water.

My doctor ate the face off me last week when I couldn't remember the last time I drank water but said it was easily over 2 months.

Magic
15-07-2016, 12:18 PM
My doctor ate the face off me last week when I couldn't remember the last time I drank water but said it was easily over 2 months.

God you really are a disgusting old cunt. I bet your breath smells like a thousand unwashed anuses.

Giggles
15-07-2016, 12:26 PM
God you really are a disgusting old cunt. I bet your breath smells like a thousand unwashed anuses.

The 2 litres of Pepsi keeps me refreshed.

Magic
15-07-2016, 12:26 PM
Eurgh. Your tongue is probably coated in a lavish layer of impenetrable halitosis.

Giggles
15-07-2016, 12:29 PM
Eurgh. Your tongue is probably coated in a lavish layer of impenetrable halitosis.

The fags keep that tip top.

Shindig
16-07-2016, 08:41 PM
Entering into the world of Rum. Honey Rum, to be precise. It's like children's medicine in a good way.

phonics
16-07-2016, 08:45 PM
Entering into the world of Rum. Honey Rum, to be precise. It's like children's medicine in a good way.

I'm half way through a litre of Cpt. Morgans and I've only been here two days.

Giggles
16-07-2016, 08:56 PM
White only for me. The ones like Morgans or Oakheart taste like treacley vanilla.

Raoul Duke
16-07-2016, 09:09 PM
Dark rum with ginger and lime is glorious.

I've got a few beers in this evening. First up is a Mad Hat Pale. Bit too hoppy for me. I mainly chose it because of the awesome artwork on the bottle.

phonics
16-07-2016, 09:09 PM
I'm not big on Rum but I figured drinking a couple of whiskey cokes while I finish off work for the next day was a bit hardcore and Vodka reminds me of clubbing too much to enjoy it.

Mike
16-07-2016, 09:24 PM
Went the shop. Got the cheapest they had. Last night I was on strongbow, tonight it's Carling. Baz favourite drinks ;)

Magic
16-07-2016, 09:34 PM
Morgans is fucking disgusting.

Danny
16-07-2016, 09:54 PM
I'm not big on Rum but I figured drinking a couple of whiskey cokes while I finish off work for the next day was a bit hardcore and Vodka reminds me of clubbing too much to enjoy it.

I have been having one or two whiskey sodas on an evening and these days I am quite the opposite of hardcore

Shindig
16-07-2016, 10:31 PM
I miss the bite of whiskey. Rum's not really going to do that at a quarter of the strength and rum's sweet enough by default. It's not quite sickly though, which is a plus.

Boydy
16-07-2016, 10:49 PM
Rum is a quarter of the strength of whisky? What incredibly weak rum or incredibly strong whisky are you drinking? They're both usually somewhere close to the 40% mark.

Shindig
16-07-2016, 10:58 PM
Sorry, it's 20%. For some weird reason I thought it was 10%

Boydy
16-07-2016, 11:07 PM
That still seems pretty weak. What is it?

phonics
17-07-2016, 12:42 AM
Rum is a quarter of the strength of whisky? What incredibly weak rum or incredibly strong whisky are you drinking? They're both usually somewhere close to the 40% mark.

Cpt. Morgans I'm looking at s 35%. Most whiskey is 40. No idea what Shinners tis talking about.

Giggles
18-07-2016, 09:11 AM
Feed of this yesterday. Not sure how I ended up on it but it wasn't too petroly. Not bad for a Pale.


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Ian
18-07-2016, 05:14 PM
Pint of Oakham's Green Devil before getting the train there. Always forget how easy going it is for a 6% IPA.

Baz
26-07-2016, 08:38 PM
Everyone should go to Brussels. :drool:

Foe
26-07-2016, 08:49 PM
Everyone should go to Brussels. :drool:

Delerium?

Giggles
26-07-2016, 08:50 PM
I'd go back for the Jupiler. Everything else tasted like methylated spirits.