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Was trying to reorganise the kitchen and pulled out all my booze. There is more than i realised..
Ive a nice little collection there and no doubt folk seeing it will say..alky...he i hardly ever drink now
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Think i need to have a high class music party
walpurgis
29-07-2017, 16:37
I'd celebrate finding that lot by having a snifter Grant. :D
theres a nice bottle of champers there which i got a long time ago. wonder if its ok. gave my mate a couple of bottles too. spiced rum and grain whisky
having a dalwhinnie winters gold tonight...first whisky for some time
very nice
Hatherwood Ginger Grizzly, Craft Ginger Beer. top notch(Lidl)
Pierre De Grenoble
04-08-2017, 20:13
White Rum with a splash of that Polish Cherry syrup concentrate, lemonade and cola jubbly ice cubes.. yum yum ... hic..
A small Jack Daniels and a Ginger Beer at moment... very nice:D might help the pain
Deffo late Saturday now so having a pint of Stella.
Ninanina
07-08-2017, 19:33
I'm either a bit late or very early for a Saturday tipple... :cheers:
walpurgis
07-08-2017, 19:37
I'm either a bit late or very early for a Saturday tipple... :cheers:
Not had one for a couple of weeks. Could be tempted. :)
Ninanina
07-08-2017, 19:46
Go for it Geoff... my tipple is going down very nicely indeed... :)
still recovering from the shower so will stick to water i think. but enjoy yourselves:cool:
having a can of Bud tonight. There is 5 in fridge and been there since xmas:cool: cheers
But it's only Thursday! ;)
But it's only Thursday! ;)
could be deid by Saturday... make hay :D
Chasing down some Chivas Regal with Guiness tonight. Cheers :cool:
walpurgis
16-08-2017, 21:39
Yes. I fancy a beer tonight. Not had one for weeks. :drinking:
can of Bud and a Dalwhinnie Winter Gold. a great combo:cool:
A very small Laphroaig to wash down dinner
late Friday a nd a Churches Ginger beer for me.. lovely, although a little sweeter than a Grizzly:cool:
I prefer the Grizzers for that reason, however, enjoy :)
Marco.
I prefer the Grizzers for that reason, however, enjoy :)
Marco.
yeah i prefer the big bad Griz too, but this is nice in its own way and a change as Ive been on Griz for a while and was in Aldi tonight after babysitting
Bottle of Hoegaarden, mmm, premium, and now on the Holsten pils.
Wanted Stella but it has been a warm day so they were sold out.
walpurgis
25-08-2017, 21:43
I'll be opening a beer shortly. Cheers! :cool:
(no sign of Bev on here lately, hope all is well)
Bottle of Hoegaarden, mmm, premium, and now on the Holsten pils.
Wanted Stella but it has been a warm day so they were sold out.
Have you ever tasted Stella in Belgium? Different animal altogether.... Rather like Guinness in Dublin, so I'm told :)
Marco.
Have you ever tasted Stella in Belgium? Different animal altogether.... Rather like Guinness in Dublin, so I'm told :)
Marco.
No, but I buy the pint cans if I can as they are smoother, not sure if they are brewed in Belgium but they are a different brew.
Re Guinness, the London brewery closed about 15 years ago so all Guinness you can buy in the UK is brewed in Dublin, and yes, it is noticeably better. Of course you've got your Foreign Extra that they also brew themselves out in the Caribbean, Nigeria, a few other places I think. You can get it here too. That has a belt to it.
Interesting on the last bit. In terms of Guinness (Snapper's a big fan), all the stuff you can buy in the UK may be brewed in Dublin, but the difference is drinking it in a pub in Dublin, especially where they know how to treat it and serve it :)
The Stella in Belgium is just awesome, so smooth and creamy, unlike in comparison with the acrid cats piss you get here, under the same name (sorry)! I couldn't believe just how good it was on draught over there this year, when we stopped for lunch at a little village in the country, en-route to Germany. Pure nectar! :cool:
Marco.
Interesting on the last bit. In terms of Guinness (Snapper's a big fan), all the stuff you can buy in the UK may be brewed in Dublin, but the difference is drinking it in a pub in Dublin, especially where they know how to treat it and serve it :)
Marco.
There is the issue of 'travel' I agree, no doubt the best pint of anything is always the one you have in the brewery. As for treating it, well it is almost 30 years since I last worked as a cellarman, but there is nothing to it, you just plug into it the same as any keg beer.
walpurgis
25-08-2017, 22:40
The Stella in Belgium is just awesome, so smooth and creamy, unlike in comparison with the acrid cats piss you get here
Marco.
Stella used to be like that here Marco. I just don't understand how the British manage to adulterate decent lagers once they get licensed to brew them here. Do they really think we are that undiscerning?
Fosters was a nice drop until it was brewed here. Stella, as you suggest is now crap. Holsten was a lovely drink thirty or more years ago, it's shite now. The last time I had a lager that tasted the way it should, was in an Indian restaurant and that was Tuborg Export. I believe an Indian company has the Tuborg import concession, as the only place you see it in the UK these days is in Indian shops and eateries!
Pubs I frequented both in Dublin especially but Belfast too they poured it constantly. And I mean the tap never stopped.
Guinness never travelled well and Dublin stuff it by far the best Ive tasted
walpurgis
25-08-2017, 22:50
Pubs I frequented both in Dublin especially but Belfast too they poured it constantly. And I mean the tap never stopped.
Guinness never travelled well and Dublin stuff it by far the best Ive tasted
Did they put a shamrock pattern in the foam head for you? Used to be the thing in my local (Irish pub, great folk!).
Stella used to be like that here Marco. I just don't understand how the British manage to adulterate decent lagers once they get licensed to brew them here. Do they really think we are that undiscerning?
Fosters was a nice drop until it was brewed here. Stella, as you suggest is now crap. Holsten was a lovely drink thirty or more years ago, it's shite now. The last time I had a lager that tasted the way it should, was in an Indian restaurant and that was Tuborg Export. I believe an Indian company has the Tuborg import concession, as the only place you see it in the UK these days is in Indian shops and eateries!
No doubt proper Fosters and Tuborg were a good drop, I think the Fosters came in on the back of Paul Hogan and 'Crocodile Dundee'. The proper one is slightly rich and very smooth, the UK version is like fizzy piss.
No time for that. Always got a glass of water with your dram too. Most used table service too and the lassies were run off there feet but got good tips. Or was that had good. ......Oops. Ner
walpurgis
25-08-2017, 22:57
I think the Fosters came in on the back of Paul Hogan and 'Crocodile Dundee'
No. Long before, same as Castlemaine XXXX. Not seen that for a long time. They buggered that up too brewing it here. Was a great drop!
walpurgis
25-08-2017, 23:03
Anybody remember Lamot lager. That disappeared from general availabilty in the UK donkeys years ago. Don't even know if the brand is still going, but it was my favourite lager, dryish flavour, velvet smooth and nectar like, with a Champagne like aftertaste on the palate. Just gorgeous. Strong too. Three pints and you knew you'd had a beer.
Maybe down south you had Fosters for years but it was brand new in Liverpool in about 1985. :D
Anybody remember Lamot lager. That disappeared from general availabilty in the UK donkeys years ago. Don't even know if the brand is still going, but it was my favourite lager, dryish flavour, velvet smooth and nectar like, with a Champagne like aftertaste on the palate. Just gorgeous. Strong too. Three pints and you knew you'd had a beer.
Used to buy it from Bargain Booze half price. They had pallets of it. It was drinkable. That was 26 years ago, though.
walpurgis
25-08-2017, 23:08
Maybe down south you had Fosters for years but it was brand new in Liverpool in about 1985. :D
Yeah. I know it takes you lot up there a while to catch up. You were still wearing flares in the eighties. :lol: (sorry ;))
Lamot. Not sure it made it up here. There was a strong smooth one which was lethal but can't remember the name
Used to like this muck
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There is the issue of 'travel' I agree, no doubt the best pint of anything is always the one you have in the brewery. As for treating it, well it is almost 30 years since I last worked as a cellarman, but there is nothing to it, you just plug into it the same as any keg beer.
Indeed, and that adversely affects the flavour - no question.
In terms of 'treatment', what I was referring to was in terms of pouring and settling. I'm reliably informed that in Dublin pubs it takes a good 5-6 mins, or so, before each (lined up in a row) pint of Guinness is ready to be served to a customer, as the glass is half filled, allowed to settle, then slowly topped up and allowed to settle once more, to ensure the thickest, creamiest head :)
All these things matter, to a connoisseur (or simply someone wanting to enjoy the perfect pint of Guinness). If I drank Guinness, that's the sort of stuff I'd value, as someone who likes things to be as good as they possibly can. In terms of cellar management, there's also the issue of how clean landlords keep their pipes - but that's another matter.
I also like drinking ales in a proper thick pint pot with a handle. Lagers/Pils I prefer in a nice thin, fluted glass, like this, which I was frequently drinking beer from in Germany. Bitburger is also one of my favourite Pils-style beers:
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Now *that* is how you serve Pils-style beer (ice-cold in small glasses, to keep it cool), with a proper creamy head, not how 'lager' is usually served here in the UK, in mundane looking pint glasses, flat-looking and filled up to the brim, and not always exactly chilled. Quality, not just quantity!
I also bought some of those glasses direct from the brewery/museum in Bitburg, and brought them home: https://www.bitburger.de/brauerei-tradition/besuchen-sie-uns/
Fascinating place :cool:
Marco.
No. Long before, same as Castlemaine XXXX. Not seen that for a long time. They buggered that up too brewing it here. Was a great drop!
Castlemaine XXXX, now there's a blast from the past! I totally agree with you about buggering it up, by brewing it here. The same applies with pretty much any Pils-style lager/beer, including Kronenbourg 1664. That's another one that tastes like cats piss here, compared with what you get on draught in France!
San Miguel is a different animal in Spain, Grolsch in Holland - the list goes on! Let's fact it, Brits are piss-poor at brewing decent 'lager', and simply can't replicate the proper flavour of the foreign Pils-style beers, even by following the recipe.
The best I've ever tasted, in that respect, is draught Wrexham lager, simply because the brewery here was built by Germans, and the beer produced to a special Pils recipe, which has been strictly adhered to for years. Honestly, if you're ever in Wrexham, go to one of the local pubs and order a pint of Wrexham lager. It'll be the nearest thing you'll get to proper continental lager in the UK :)
Where it's *at*, in the UK, is in brewing real ales, not lager, and there are (probably 1000s) of superb varieties of such, from craft breweries. But lager, leave that to the foreigners!! ;)
Marco.
never liked any of the Aussie beer...piss water as it was called up here :lol:(guess it all is really) Grolsch made in Holland was great, but the English stuff was putrid.
never liked any of the Aussie beer...piss water as it was called up here [emoji38](guess it all is really) Grolsch made in Holland was great, but the English stuff was putrid.Don't take the piss out of Aussie beer...
...it needs all the flavour it can get!
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Pierre De Grenoble
26-08-2017, 12:19
never liked any of the Aussie beer...piss water as it was called up here :lol:(guess it all is really) Grolsch made in Holland was great, but the English stuff was putrid.
A guy I used to work with and who lived in Holland 25-30 years ago maintained that Grolsch was the super market lager that the dutch only bought when they couldn't afford anything better. (that was everything else... :D)
Golsch was originally marketed as an upmarket product in the UK, anyone remember those white capped bottles??
A guy I used to work with and who lived in Holland 25-30 years ago maintained that Grolsch was the super market lager that the dutch only bought when they couldn't afford anything better. (that was everything else... :D)
Golsch was originally marketed as an upmarket product in the UK, anyone remember those white capped bottles??
yeah, the big stopper bottles. it liked it for some time and my local kept a few cases for me. when they started making it in this country its taste went down hill, or maybe it was just me
rmcin626
26-08-2017, 12:33
Indeed, and that adversely affects the flavour - no question.
In terms of 'treatment', what I was referring to was in terms of pouring and settling. I'm reliably informed that in Dublin pubs it takes a good 5-6 mins, or so, before each (lined up in a row) pint of Guinness is ready to be served to a customer, as the glass is half filled, allowed to settle, then slowly topped up and allowed to settle once more, to ensure the thickest, creamiest head :)
All these things matter, to a connoisseur (or simply someone wanting to enjoy the perfect pint of Guinness). If I drank Guinness, that's the sort of stuff I'd value, as someone who likes things to be as good as they possibly can. In terms of cellar management, there's also the issue of how clean landlords keep their pipes - but that's another matter.
I also like drinking ales in a proper thick pint pot with a handle. Lagers/Pils I prefer in a nice thin, fluted glass, like this, which I was frequently drinking beer from in Germany. Bitburger is also one of my favourite Pils-style beers:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/UoF0Tn.png
Now *that* is how you serve Pils-style beer (ice-cold in small glasses, to keep it cool), with a proper creamy head, not how 'lager' is usually served here in the UK, in mundane looking pint glasses, flat-looking and filled up to the brim, and not always exactly chilled. Quality, not just quantity!
I also bought some of those glasses direct from the brewery/museum in Bitburg: https://www.bitburger.de/brauerei-tradition/besuchen-sie-uns/
Fascinating place :cool:
Marco.
Always enjoyed a small glass of Bitburger when I lived in Germany for a couple of years.
Golsch was originally marketed as an upmarket product in the UK, anyone remember those white capped bottles??
Yes, 'Bros-ettes' (fans of the group Bros) used to put the white caps on their shoes! :mental:
Having visited holland this year, and stayed out in the sticks, I can indeed confirm that there are far better beers there than Grolsch. My favourite was Gulpener: http://www.gulpener.nl/onze-bieren/
Absolutely amazing stuff, and amongst the best I've tasted! :cool:
Marco.
Always enjoyed a small glass of Bitburger when I lived in Germany for a couple of years.
Nice one, Robin. You can get it in supermarkets here. I brought some back in the car, along with two sizes of glasses. I always like drinking beer out of a nice glass, preferably so that the beer matches with its own glass. They're big on that abroad. It's those little touches that for me add class! :)
Marco.
rmcin626
26-08-2017, 16:49
Nice one, Robin. You can get it in supermarkets here. I brought some back in the car, along with two sizes of glasses. I always like drinking beer out of a nice glass, preferably so that the beer matches with its own glass. They're big on that abroad. It's those little touches that for me add class! :)
Marco.
I agree
Ninanina
27-08-2017, 19:57
:cheers: to all
:cheers: to all
was just wondering whre you got to
Ninanina
27-08-2017, 20:05
was just wondering whre you got to
Been a bit busy Grant so not able to get on AoS :wave:
I trust everyone is doing ok?
Ninanina
27-08-2017, 20:09
good your ok lass:)
I'm absolutely super, thanks Grant, you ?
walpurgis
27-08-2017, 20:12
Hi Bev! :wave:
May join you with a drink later.
I'm absolutely super, thanks Grant, you ?
been better, but still plugging away. just had a ginger grizzly beer. very good it was.... watch a film and off to bed
Ninanina
27-08-2017, 20:15
Hi Bev! :wave:
May join you with a drink later.
Hiya Geoff :wave:
Yes indeed come and join in with a little drinky poo....:D
Ninanina
27-08-2017, 20:17
been better, but still plugging away. just had a ginger grizzly beer. very good it was.... watch a film and off to bed
Sorry to hear that Grant..... :(
Is that the Lidl ginger beer ?
Sorry to hear that Grant..... :(
Is that the Lidl ginger beer ?
yes, lidl. nice spicy drop.. just finished alas:eyebrows:
ginger beer tonight :cool: the new term will be "Skinning a Griz":D
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Yay - the old faithful returns! :cool:
Marco.
walpurgis
02-09-2017, 22:13
Having a beer. Cheers! :cool:
Cheers Geoff. I'm having a Stella before bed I think.
Ninanina
03-09-2017, 18:29
Catching up tonight as I didn't touch a drop yesterday after a 30 mile bike ride... :cheers: to all
walpurgis
03-09-2017, 21:25
Well I had a beer last night, but I fancy one tonight as well, so I'm going to have one. Sod it! Cheers! :cool:
(no work tomorrow after all :))
Just a bottle of Peroni tonight.
Been looking forward to this
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Cheers
walpurgis
09-09-2017, 18:40
Too early yet, but I'm definitely having a beer later. Cheers! :cool:
Having an early ginger grizzly before early lie down. A bit sore today
walpurgis
09-09-2017, 21:42
About to have that drinkie now! :D
Been looking forward to this
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Cheers
That's a proper drop. I prefer the Foreign Extra, though. Just on the normal stuff tonight.
A single lonely can of Carlsberg for me. Couldn't be arsed to carry any more home when I went shopping.if I come back as an animal it's gonna be a sloth.
Wee nip of Jura Superstition before bedtime, been one of those days so ending on a good note. :)
jollyfix
09-09-2017, 23:46
That's a proper drop. I prefer the Foreign Extra, though. Just on the normal stuff tonight.
Yep my fave ,the foreign extra, every corner shop in these parts sell it . Small and large bottles.
Ninanina
10-09-2017, 14:08
I've had so little over the last week I am starting very early today... :cheers: to all....
I've had so little over the last week...
So little what? :eyebrows::eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
14-09-2017, 20:21
Having a beer a bit later tonight. No particular reason, just fancy one. Cheers! :cool:
Just got in and having a nightcap, cheers!
Ninanina
16-09-2017, 18:29
:cheers:
enjoy Nina. Not had anything for a while...
Jack Daniels and Coke here. Plenty ice.
walpurgis
16-09-2017, 19:30
Nothing for me............yet. Will join in after ten. Cheers! :cool:
gonna have a ginger beer(crabbies this time). they were out of Grizzlies.:doh:
walpurgis
16-09-2017, 22:07
Just started my beer. :glug: :D
Bavaria Holland Shandy(small can) 1%... very nice too:D
Ninanina
20-09-2017, 20:23
A little one tonight for me... ;)
walpurgis
20-09-2017, 20:35
A little one tonight for me... ;)
Who's "little one" might that be? ;)
Ninanina
20-09-2017, 20:38
Who's "little one" might that be? ;)
:rfl::rfl:
walpurgis
22-09-2017, 21:59
Right. I'm going to open a beer. Cheers! :cool:
southall-1998
22-09-2017, 22:05
Go easy on the beer, Geoff. ;)
S.
walpurgis
22-09-2017, 22:14
Go easy on the beer, Geoff. ;)
S.
Not much choice really. I've only got the one! :)
Had my rest so now...
...Having a beer tonight although this one is alcohol free. Franziskaner Weissbier. (wheat beer) Very nice it is too.
https://www.konsument.at/MungoBlobs/205/906/franziskaner.jpg
walpurgis
24-09-2017, 20:11
It's Sunday, but I rather fancy a beer, so I shall have one in a while. Cheers! :cool:
Ninanina
29-09-2017, 20:06
Friday is close enough for me tonight.... :cheers:
walpurgis
29-09-2017, 21:46
Just remembered it's Friday. So I'm thinking, 'why not have a beer?'. So I'm going to. Cheers! :cool:
walpurgis
01-10-2017, 21:54
Having a beer tonight. I need cheering up, 'cos I've got a touch of the aches and shivers from a cold. It'll make me feel a bit better (that's my excuse anyway). Cheers! :cool:
Yes, I might have a drop of something medicinal :cool:
first drink for a while.. A ginger grizzly :D
A drop of Bells chased down by a Guinness, cheers! :cool:
[Then a right good FHART]. Job's a good 'un :D
quick one for me. lovely drink
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walpurgis
07-10-2017, 21:32
Yes. The thought of a beer has crossed my mind too. I'll open one soon. Cheers! :cool:
Well, it's not Saturday night, but I'm having a beer! One of the German 'craft' variety, a pale ale, brought back from our recent trip to Berlin, in a rather nice Belgian Orval glass:
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:cool:
Marco.
It is, mate. Cheers! :)
Marco.
It is Monday and I am having a ‘Train from London two course.’ Steak and Stilton pasty starter and 4 cans of Grolsch for a main. 40 mins to go, 2 cans left, easy. [emoji6]
What were you doing in London, Neil? :)
Marco.
Went for a meeting to discuss an approach for a big pitch coming up soon. Long trip (4 1/2hrs) for a couple of hours in a meeting room!
Having a BUD.. its been in fridge for long enough :D Ive acyually got a full unopened case sitting there that I will have to force down before it goes off,,... would be a waste;)
I've been buying out of date Guinness and it's fine.
I've still got a bottle of Concorde wine that I got free with a Chinese meal in 1999. I'm probably not going to drink that now. It was bad enough stuff when it was in date.
I've been buying out of date Guinness and it's fine.
I've still got a bottle of Concorde wine that I got free with a Chinese meal in 1999. I'm probably not going to drink that now. It was bad enough stuff when it was in date.
Dont blame you. This one is dated 2018 so ok. the other box isnt open so dont know but will likely be similar as was bought about same time,. First real beer for an age...I could get a taste for it;),..............
whisky collection, LOOK OUT!!! daddy's back:D
:lol:
Had a Guinness already tonight and might have another. Bitch of a day and an hour to get 6 miles home. One big traffic queue all the way.
Ninanina
14-10-2017, 20:38
:cheers: to everyone tonight...
Just got home from the Portsmouth Glow Ride which was a real hoot :D
cheers... i'm currently on water tho:D
walpurgis
14-10-2017, 20:53
I'm pondering a drink. Will likely open a beer a bit later. Cheers! :cool:
Been good this week so having a few Guinness tonight. Cheers all.
Intended having a beer too but not feeling great so wont. Shame as Ive had a good week... Cant win sometimes :D
walpurgis
14-10-2017, 21:19
Intended having a beer too but not feeling great so wont. Shame as Ive had a good week... Cant win sometimes :D
Take it easy mate.
(I still smell of bonfire a bit by the way :lol:)
Take it easy mate.
(I still smell of bonfire a bit by the way :lol:)
hate it when that smell wont go away. smells like a smokey whisky does just worse
walpurgis
14-10-2017, 21:49
hate it when that smell wont go away. smells like a smokey whisky does just worse
The dog was out there keeping me company. He pongs too! :D
decided to have an alc free beer... Becks Blue :D Riskye eh? :D
Having an early Ginger Grizzly.. yum.. not had one for soe time
walpurgis
21-10-2017, 21:36
Well I'm having a beer shortly. I'll let the others drink the non-alcoholic stuff! :) Cheers. :cool:
Ninanina
27-10-2017, 17:41
A little tipple for me tonight :cheers: to all
Having a ginger grizzly, see if it will put a heat in me:cool:
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Nice, Grant. Currently having a glass of this gorgeous stuff, which I think deserves the claims made!
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Awesome! :barrel:
Marco.
not seen that one before. looks nice anyway:D
It is, mate. Having it in that nice beer glass you like :)
Marco.
wll keep an eye out for it. ike new to me things
http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/tongerlo
£3 for a wee bottle... it needs to be good :doh:
walpurgis
02-11-2017, 22:41
Nice, Grant. Currently having a glass of this gorgeous stuff, which I think deserves the claims made!
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Awesome! :barrel:
Marco.
Looks just my sort of beer Marco. Trouble is, I've banned myself from drinking. :rolleyes:
First alcohol Ive had bar a glass of wine last week , for quite a while. Got taste for the alc free stuff.. wheat beer etc.
£3 for a wee bottle... it needs to be good :doh:
Yup, definitely one to 'sip and savour'... And that's what I'm into now: quality over quantity. However, if you enjoy the likes of Leffe, and think that's good, then Tongerlo will shatter that impression instantly, by moving things onto a totally different level! ;)
Yes, it's *that* good....
Marco.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7316/9650076410_86d4800229_z.jpg
A bottle of this tonight. 0% and isotonic but very nice all the same.
Also got a bottle of this in Aldi today. need to chill it and try.. Was a special and last bottle
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Ninanina
03-11-2017, 19:57
Beer... yuck... can't see how anyone can drink the stuff... :eyebrows:
Whisky and coke for me tonight and it's going down very nicely :D so :cheers: to all
Tonight's 'designer beer' again comes from Belgium:
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Lovely stuff! Certainly on a par with Tongerlo... Cheers! :barrel:
Marco.
walpurgis
04-11-2017, 20:54
Rather tempted to have a beer tonight. I've not bothered for a couple of weeks.
Ninanina
04-11-2017, 21:20
I'm joining in tonight... it is Saturday after all....;)
i'm having a shandy :eyebrows:
Ninanina
04-11-2017, 21:43
i'm having a shandy :eyebrows:
Enjoy Grant... :cheers:
Feel like a real beer tonight so having this
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Looks good, Grant. Where did you get it from? :)
Marco.
Looks good, Grant. Where did you get it from? :)
Marco.
it quite robust. enjoying it. em, Aldi were selling some Continentals recently.:cool:
Nice one. I'll see if they've still got some. I like German festival beer.
Have you tried any of the Oktoberfest beers? The Paulaner stuff, for example, is superb!
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Waitrose were doing a promotion last month of the above, with a free glass. Needless to say, I got some a) because I love the beer, but also b) to add to my glass collection - and that big one was a belter! I'll post a pic when I open the next can :)
Marco.
no, dont have a waitrose here alas. quite like ome of there stuff last time i was in one.
It's the only 'posh' supermarket we bother with, simply because some of the stuff they sell really is top notch, rather than pretending to be such, like M&S... Wish we had a Booths near us - now that really is fab!
https://www.booths.co.uk/food-and-drink/
The best supermarket in the UK, bar none. Our nearest one is in Knutsford, 40 miles away. Might take a trip out there sometime.
Anyway, if you see any beers around by Paulaner, just get them as they'll be superb :)
Marco.
was in a booths once... down manchester way i think. yeah it was very good gear. none up here that i know of. think they are north engalnd
Having a rather nice glass of this now:
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:barrel:
Marco.
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I used to buy these by the case in wealthier times, always loved the taste. A real treat of a beverage.
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Erdinger isotonic wheat beer.:cool:
Ninanina
18-11-2017, 18:16
A little one tonight... :cheers: to all
having a beer tonight for change :cool:
having a beer tonight for change :cool:
Good for you man. I am also indulging.
Good for you man. I am also indulging.
Enjoyed that bottle of Bud. One is enough for me nowadays.....very sad;) back to water.
A little one tonight...
That's unlike you! Didn't think you liked tiddlers? Heh-heh... :eyebrows:;)
Marco.
walpurgis
19-11-2017, 22:01
It may not be Saturday, but I'm having a drink tonight. Not bothered for a week or two, so maybe I deserve it :). Cheers! :cool:
This is a nice beer even tho its not got alcohol in.
http://www.franziskaner-weissbier.de/img/pages/unsere-biere/alkoholfrei.w4.jpg
walpurgis
20-11-2017, 21:24
This is a nice beer even tho its not got alcohol in.
There's no such thing as a nice beer that has no alcohol in! :D
Ninanina
24-11-2017, 20:29
Is it only Friday ? :doh:
Ah well who's counting... :cheers:
walpurgis
24-11-2017, 21:06
Think I may have one later too. Cheers! :cool:
Ninanina
24-11-2017, 21:27
Think I may have one later too. Cheers! :cool:
:cheers: Geoff
Mine is going down very nicely indeed :)
walpurgis
25-11-2017, 23:37
Well I'm having one. Got a bit of a cold (again :rolleyes:), so it's strictly medicinal. :eyebrows:
getting my lips round a ginger grizzly:eyebrows: was getting my 2 couches taken out.Alas they are now in driveway and going to the dumpGetting sexy new seats tomorrow...we hope
Nice one, mate. Are they pish-proof? :D
Marco.
walpurgis
01-12-2017, 20:02
was getting my 2 couches taken out.Alas they are now in driveway and going to the dump
Well it's Friday night, so chances are you'll find a couple of drunks kipping on them in the morning. :eek:
Well it's Friday night, so chances are you'll find a couple of drunks kipping on them in the morning. :eek:
thought about locking them up... someone would nick them then:lol: shame good brown leather in nice condition.. just too low for me. Tried selling them cheap but no one interested
Nice one, mate. Are they pish-proof? :D
Marco.
yes, you will be ok if you leak;)
walpurgis
01-12-2017, 20:11
I put an old settee in the front garden to dispose of about twenty years ago. Sure enough, by about eleven pm, there was a totally plastered Polish guy asleep on it. It was pouring with rain and bloody freezing. A quick prod and brandishing of a baseball bat saw him off!
lol. doubt it here. its a fairly quiet spot and they are not obvious. probably stay dry too
they carried the big one over to my neighbours big garage but it wouldnt go in the door doh. so had to come back again. was going to donate them to homeaid... cant give stuff away!!
I put an old settee in the front garden to dispose of about twenty years ago. Sure enough, by about eleven pm, there was a totally plastered Polish guy asleep on it. It was pouring with rain and bloody freezing. A quick prod and brandishing of a baseball bat saw him off!
How did you discover he was Polish - was he wearing a bus driver's uniform?
Marco.
that ginger beer didnt last long..lovely. be off to bed soon as ive overdone things today.
walpurgis
09-12-2017, 22:14
Well it is Saturday and time's getting on, so I feel a beer coming on. Cheers! :cool:
Having a Ginger Grizzly tonight...cheers
Been laid up with manflu for most of the week, missed a couple of xmas drink ups, going to console myself with a wine or three & a nice single malt later :)
Some DAB lager then will be hitting the Punk IPA.
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A nice drop, cheers
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Ninanina
17-12-2017, 20:11
Just having a nice Irish Whisky... tastes totally different to Scottish.. it's lovely :)
walpurgis
17-12-2017, 22:42
Having a beer in a minute. Feel as though I deserve one, just spent a couple of hours wrapping xmas presents! Cheers!! :cool:
Get me something nice? [emoji23]
walpurgis
17-12-2017, 22:48
Get me something nice? [emoji23]
I dug a little something up for you, from one of the 'special' mounds in the garden. Comes in a large hat box! :eek:
I dug a little something up for you, from one of the 'special' mounds in the garden. Comes in a large hat box! :eek:
Wrapped in special branches?
Not Saturday night, but had a few pints of my favourite Italian beer last night (and a nice meal) with Del and friends, at one of our fav pubs in Chester, Telford's Warehouse, some pics:
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Awesome vibe at this place, nicely bohemian and chilled out, with great live music to listen to also, and the Menabrea beer is FAB.... Quality :cool: :barrel:
Marco.
Just enjoying one of these now, bought from Lidl, which are surprisingly gorgeous:
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Nice little glasses too, with which to fill afterwards with your own proper coffee! :)
Marco.
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Ice cold Bundaberg....
Just enjoying one of these now, bought from Lidl, which are surprisingly gorgeous:
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Nice little glasses too, with which to fill afterwards with your own proper coffee! :)
Marco.
never saw those. must have missed them
Ninanina
23-12-2017, 21:28
Having a pre Christmas tipple this evening :cheers: to all
walpurgis
24-12-2017, 22:34
:santa: The xmas presents were wrapped days ago and I've no last minute sorting to do, so I'm having a Christmas drinkie. Cheers and Merry Christmas! :christmas: :cool:
enjoy geoff. im on the water :lol:
walpurgis
24-12-2017, 22:42
enjoy geoff. im on the water :lol:
Ah. Gone sailing with Bev? :D
dantheman91
24-12-2017, 22:44
5 Beers tonight Budweiser 15 bottles and cans though whenever - Bottle of Bells for tomorrow not much back to work wednesday :steam: not appreciated whatever i do..sometimes think why bother
Ah. Gone sailing with Bev? :D
need more than a dingy to get me out on water now
walpurgis
24-12-2017, 23:12
:lolsign:
This is a warning to all those who enjoy something different now and then. I was in the beer section of the super market looking for something different. Then I spot this stuff called “Best Damn Root Beer”, so I think, “Hey I like Root Beer”, so I buy it for a tall price. And maybe you’ll like it, but I thought it was awful! It tasted like someone had poured root beer into a malt liquor, now I’ve got 5 more bottles of the stuff and don’t think I’ll ever drink it. How do you mess up root beer? Somebody must like it I guess? Or they wouldn’t sell it, would they? Let’s just say I can’t recommend it.
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Don't like root beer. Gave it a try but not for me. Shane loves it.
dantheman91
26-12-2017, 16:22
Couple of Buds today back to work at 4.45AM...:)
No getting Pi**sd this year...
:)
Finally finished the antibiotics
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walpurgis
28-12-2017, 09:11
Finally finished the antibiotics
Did you know that alcohol has no impact on the efficacy of most antibiotics and those you shouldn't mix drink with are generally the type prescribed for 'women's problems'? :)
Some of them will really screw you up if you mix them with alcohol. I was on them once, no boozing for 2 weeks. Thought that was a bit rough so checked with a friend who is a nurse. When I told her the type I was on she said don't drink on them whatever you do.
walpurgis
28-12-2017, 09:54
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130917-truth-about-drink-and-antibiotics
Alc free but brewed. A Bundaberg ginger beer. Great stuff
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After a longer than usual rest, im having a Budweiser Prohibition Brew :lol: its not bad actually...well drinkable anyway.
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walpurgis
29-12-2017, 22:35
Think I'll have a beer shortly too. :)
Ninanina
29-12-2017, 23:13
Ah. Gone sailing with Bev? :D
:eek::eek:
Just having a little nightcap :cheers:
I'm having one with yer Bev. Hardly had a drop over Christmas so far.
Ninanina
29-12-2017, 23:21
I'm having one with yer Bev. Hardly had a drop over Christmas so far.
Likewise I didn't have a lot over Christmas either... :D
After a longer than usual rest, im having a Budweiser Prohibition Brew :lol: its not bad actually...well drinkable anyway.
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Wasn't too bad that
Fancy a real beer tonight.
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Peroni Nastro Azzurro
Snapper, Del and I are currently enjoying a nice cocktail, called a 'Sorrento Sparkle', which consists of ice-cold Limoncello liqueur, ice-cold Prosecco and frozen lemon sorbet, into which is added some fresh lime:
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...for extra decadence, since it's New Year's Day, I've also popped in some fresh raspberries... Utterly gorgeous!! :cheers:
Marco.
Alc free Bud Prohibition brew here...:cool: HNY
walpurgis
12-01-2018, 21:46
I think I'll be having a beer soon. Not bothered for a while, but the idea appeals today. Cheers! :cool:
Not been boozing much recently but have just had 4 cans of Guinness and am feeling ,,, 'rosy'
Interesting how quickly tolerance decreases if you abstain.
walpurgis
12-01-2018, 22:16
I don't drink in any significant quantity these days. It's a long time since I drank four cans of anything. If I did, I'd be up a couple of times overnight for a piss and have a fuzzy head in the morning. My eight pinter nights down the pub are long behind me. :)
I don't drink in any significant quantity these days. It's a long time since I drank four cans of anything. If I did, I'd be up a couple of times overnight for a piss and have a fuzzy head in the morning. My eight pinter nights down the pub are long behind me. :)
I'm going that way. 20 years ago it was 8 cans on a Friday and Saturday night. Strong larger too, Tennant's Extra, Stella or Grolsh. If I tried that now I would probably die.
Ninanina
19-01-2018, 18:03
:cheers: to all :)
Ninanina
19-01-2018, 20:15
Slipping down nicely :D
Few halfs of this with a movie tonight...
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not seen that one... used to quite like isle of jura whisky
not seen that one... used to quite like isle of jura whisky
Picked it up in Copenhagen airport Grant, never seen it either so thiught Id take a punt.
Matured in sherry and burbeon barrels...had a whiff of Glava about it actually.
walpurgis
26-01-2018, 22:46
I know it's only Friday, but as I just finished painting the kitchen ceiling about ten minutes ago, I think I deserve a beer, so I'm going to have one. Cheers! :cool:
Skol Geoff. I'm in bed. Lol
walpurgis
26-01-2018, 22:59
:)
I know it's only Friday, but as I just finished painting the kitchen ceiling about ten minutes ago...
Bad boy... You can never make a great job of painting at night - defo a daylight only job (for optimal results)! :exactly:
Marco.
walpurgis
26-01-2018, 23:26
It'll be fine. I'm good at this stuff. :D
S'ok, I'll be down to examine all the nice 'patchy effects' tomorrow! :ner:;)
Marco.
RobbieGong
26-01-2018, 23:47
S'ok, I'll be down to examine all the nice 'patchy effects' tomorrow! :ner:;)
Marco.
Not to mention the dodgy cutting in cause thas dun it int night like :lol:
walpurgis
27-01-2018, 00:02
Not to mention the dodgy cutting in cause thas dun it int night like :lol:
Hmm. ;)
Hey, if you drink enough beer, it might negate the balls-up effect! :lol::D
;)
Marco.
RobbieGong
27-01-2018, 00:15
Hey, if you drink enough beer, it might negate the balls-up effect! :lol::D
;)
Marco.
Or give him an excuse for why it looks like it's been done in the night :D
walpurgis
27-01-2018, 00:18
Bollocks! :lol:
Well, can you see all the patchy bits you missed? :eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
27-01-2018, 13:08
Well, can you see all the patchy bits you missed? :eyebrows:
Marco.
Funny about that. The only slightly patchy bits are those I did in good daylight.:)
It's the dodgy light in London ;)
Marco.
RobbieGong
27-01-2018, 14:58
Funny about that. The only slightly patchy bits are those I did in good daylight.:)
Bonkers man :)
It might've been good daylight, but the curtains were closed! :D;)
Marco.
walpurgis
30-01-2018, 22:03
I'm in the mood for a beer tonight. I shall be opening one soon. Cheers! :cool:
Enjoy. Ive hit sack. Had a ginger beer earlier. Non alcoholic
walpurgis
03-02-2018, 23:17
Well it is Saturday, so I'm having a couple! Cheers!! :cool:
Nice one. After that it'll be the perfect time for some painting! :eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
03-02-2018, 23:40
Nice one. After that it'll be the perfect time for some painting! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Halfway through a still life of a bowl of fruit actually. :D
Ha - has your good lady got them draped over her in the nude - or would that put you off? :lol:;)
Marco.
walpurgis
03-02-2018, 23:56
Not seen her for months. :yay:
walpurgis
09-02-2018, 22:45
As I've been decorating on and off all day (just washed out the paintbrushes), I feel I deserve a beer, so I'm popping one open in a sec! Cheers!! :cool:
This bottle of Sangiovese I opened to have with my dinner is slipping down nicely, may as well finish the bottle, it'll only go off otherwise. Cheers :cocktail:
gonna risk some alkeyhol.... im down in mouth
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Ninanina
15-02-2018, 18:53
Damn it's not Saturday... ah well :cheers: anyway
Hope you feel better after Grant ;)
Damn it's not Saturday... ah well :cheers: anyway
Hope you feel better after Grant ;)
:cool: cherrs bev.. going down nicely
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