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Post by banjo on Dec 29, 2014 12:42:45 GMT
There are magnificent pale Belgian ales (and no doubt German ones too if I was to broaden my outlook.)
But then there's yellow beer. Lager. The more modern version of what Watney's Red Barrel represented to my dad's generation. He was born in Chiswick and to his dying day could not work out why the local youngsters (including himself) all eschewed Fuller's in favour of that new fangled miserable Watney's keg cr*p. We know better now of course and realise that youngsters need to create their own identity. Also, there are many folks who prefer the yellow stuff and it would be ignorant to deny them their obviously informed choice... In later life, Dad too took the yellow, but he redeemed himself in the last few years. He went and had his ear pierced bless him and even voted Labour at the scrag end of the last Tory epoch. Interesting considering he was a mason.
And then there's Fosters. Some people drink with the sole aim of getting drunk, otherwise Fosters would surely die out naturally?
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Dec 29, 2014 12:48:59 GMT
When I was lifeguarding in the 60s we used to describe fosters as dingo pee, it sure used to wind the visiting Aussies up.
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Post by nob on Dec 29, 2014 16:17:41 GMT
Just been into Tesco they have some interesting bottles one was called OMG old miserable git. Some others with equally good names.
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Post by Ratae on Dec 29, 2014 16:29:48 GMT
A real ale pub in Chester (forget the name of it for some reason...must be getting old) has a blackboard with the names of the guest ales. Under the lager category is "I can't believe it's not piss" Said pub doesn't sell lager!  The real ale brigade don't seem to like Lager. I must admit, I'm not keen myself.  Hmmmmm...for a start, it's not proper ale is it. We've been brewing ale in these islands since long before the USA, Oz and Holland were even countries, and now they have the nerve to criticise our beer! Pfffft...warm beer and wet change has been the tradition here since the middle ages, accept no substitutes!  |
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Post by uncleub on Dec 29, 2014 18:34:42 GMT
As well as loving my draught bitter I'm quite partial to a drop of cider(proper stuff,none of this Strongbow,Magners rubbish) Sheppys cider based in Somerset mad lovely cider,been brewing it for over 200 years www.sheppyscider.com/Also Dunkertons near Hereford,called there in September for a bit of a tasting. dunkertons.co.uk/Westons and Thatchers both make decent cider as well. |
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Dec 29, 2014 19:01:55 GMT
The stuff straight from the farm is always best if you can get it.
I used to get mine when I was in North Devon from Inches in Winkliegh. Until it closed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2014 19:02:25 GMT
Westons and Thatchers both make decent cider as well. That should keep Nob from ever becoming a cider drinker |
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Post by nob on Dec 29, 2014 20:14:26 GMT
Supped That brand and never gave the bitch a thought. TBH I love cider, first bottle was Bulmers at 15 I must admit I like the still scrumpy.
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Post by banjo on Dec 29, 2014 21:07:40 GMT
I do love cider too, especially the rougher stuff you referred to as "scrumpy"
I call it "screech" though! Dinky would understand...
I used to get through loads of French cidre. There were two brands; "Le Breton" and "Bayeux". One was dry and the other not quite so. It was naturally effervescent. Not at all like that gaseous fluid that you normally encounter. I haven't seen it in the offy for decades though.
There's a great cider focused pub somewhere near Bewdley/Kiddie in Salop, but I can't remember its name. Real screech on tap there!
I fancy going to a few of the cidreras on the northern Spanish border where the waiters pour the cider from one hand held high above their heads into a glass held as low as possible in the other hand. That's what all the sawdust strewn over the floor of a cidrera is for!
That and I'd love to see the Aurora Borealis before I give up the struggle.
e&oe
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Post by uncleub on Dec 29, 2014 22:30:06 GMT
The stuff straight from the farm is always best if you can get it. I used to get mine when I was in North Devon from Inches in Winkliegh. Until it closed. I remember Torquay 1970...a pint of rough,1 and 6 a pint,and by christ it was rough but after the first couple who gave a sh*t. Got a container from army stores and took me mam a few pints back,it kind of went like... What the bleedin ell is that,its enough to draw your arse up to your elbows...I didn't think she liked it..  |
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Post by Ratae on Dec 29, 2014 23:47:48 GMT
Went on a weekend fishing trip with two pals in in 1963,got pissed on cider. Never touched another drop since that day! Pffft...after how my guts felt,no woman need ever tell me what it's like to give birth!  |
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Post by nob on Dec 29, 2014 23:48:47 GMT
Cripple Cock, seen it made and bottled. Always fetched a gallon home when I holidayed in Cornwall in the rain. Lasted a couple of days but it was worth it. |
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Post by mojo1941 on Dec 30, 2014 3:48:27 GMT
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8 hours ago duyuthinkysaurus said:
The stuff straight from the farm is always best if you can get it.80I used to get mine when I was in North Devon from Inches in Winkliegh. Until it closed.
Yes very sad - when they closed - ? 1980 also used to be a WW2 RAF airfield at Winkleigh - now special dog food is made - pressure cooked - so its like offal - NB in the wild dogs / lions etc always go for the easy to swallow stuff first wheres as we lofty Humans now queue up for the choice cuts in sealed plastic trays = UK progress = going from good cider to special dog food = whats next in 2015?
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Post by nob on Dec 30, 2014 9:32:04 GMT
duyuthinkysaurus Avatar 8 hours ago duyuthinkysaurus said: The stuff straight from the farm is always best if you can get it.80I used to get mine when I was in North Devon from Inches in Winkliegh. Until it closed. Yes very sad - when they closed - ? 1980 also used to be a WW2 RAF airfield at Winkleigh - now special dog food is made - pressure cooked - so its like offal - NB in the wild dogs / lions etc always go for the easy to swallow stuff first wheres as we lofty Humans now queue up for the choice cuts in sealed plastic trays = UK progress = going from good cider to special dog food = whats next in 2015? Probably horse meat burgers.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 11:38:09 GMT
That and I'd love to see the Aurora Borealis before I give up the struggle. We've a forecast of clear skies this evening and a good forecast of a strong geo-magnetic storm brewing as well. The solar wind speed is already flowing at 663.2 km/sec. A good opportunity to see the aurora tonight, up here anyway. The only downside will be quite a bright moon. Anyway, fingers crossed, watch this space (pun intended).  |
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The real ale brigade don't seem to like Lager. 
