Lager

[Mark Parrott]

I'm not really much of a lager drinker, but when the weather warms up an ice cold can goes down well. I have tried Kronenburg 1664 & it doesn't seem to affect my BG at all, so I'll stick with that.🙂

 

[Martin Canty]

The one thing I really miss about the UK is the Real Ale..... The craft beers over here do not match up at all.....

 

[Mark Parrott]

I love real ale. Need to try some to see how they affect me. I've tried Old Speckled Hen & Abbott & my bloods were fine with them, but they are not proper real ales in my opinion. I prefer the ones from the micro breweries.

 

[Martin Canty]

Ah, Abbot... Grew up on the edge of Greene King country.....

 

[Mark Parrott]

Had a tour of the Greene King brewery. It was great. Lots of free tasters.

 

[stephknits]

I live just outside bury at edmunds and pass the brewery on a daily basis 🙂

 

[Martin Canty]

Mark, I noticed that you are from Cambridgeshire, myself I grew up in Bishop's Stortford myself..... If I remember correctly, it used to boast the most Pubs for a market town... Alas I guess that's probably no longer true.

Beer is a luxury, reserved for probably once a month, these days a fine Merlot goes down pretty well.

 

[Martin Canty]

I live just outside bury at edmunds and pass the brewery on a daily basis 🙂

So many fond memories, (of the area as well)..... Might take the Wife over to the UK again & revisit the area! One of Mum's treats was for Dad to take us 3 boys away for a day... Went to Grimes Graves a few times.

 

[Mark Parrott]

Mark, I noticed that you are from Cambridgeshire, myself I grew up in Bishop's Stortford myself..... If I remember correctly, it used to boast the most Pubs for a market town... Alas I guess that's probably no longer true.

Beer is a luxury, reserved for probably once a month, these days a fine Merlot goes down pretty well.

I live north of Cambridge near March. Have been to Bishops Stortford a few times but not for many years so don't know how it's pub population is doing. If its anything like round here, then probably not very well. I tend to mainly stick to wine these days. Used to be a regular at Peterborough beer festival.🙂

 

[Mark Parrott]

I live just outside bury at edmunds and pass the brewery on a daily basis 🙂

That must be painful 😉

 

[Northerner]

I always found Stella to be fine for me, but real ale would hoist my levels pronto 😱 Starting to think of myself as an ex-drinker now though, after 122 days alcohol-free! 🙂

 

[Diabeticliberty]

I always found Stella to be fine for me, but real ale would hoist my levels pronto 😱 Starting to think of myself as an ex-drinker now though, after 122 days alcohol-free! 🙂

That is a bit ironic for me. I used to drink quite a lot and Friday nights usually descended into absolute chaos. I found that in the vast majority of cases I could drink pretty much anything and making only minor allowances I was able to keep on the diabetic straight and narrow even when absolutely upside down and craving kebabs. The only thing which ever really absolutely blew my control off the planet was Stella. After trying it on 3 different occasions I woke up on Saturday morning with blood sugars of 20+ mmols 😱 Hmmmmmmm.............kebabs not had one for ages

 

[DeusXM]

You probably don't want to hear this but you can make an awesome doner kebab at home in the oven with lamb mince - tastes just as good,and if you shape it right you can even do the whole 'shaving an elephant's leg' thing.

I don't know if it's healthier than the one you get from a takeaway (it probably is though!), but it does come with the virtue that you know what's in it.

 

[Stitch147]

I love real ale. Need to try some to see how they affect me. I've tried Old Speckled Hen & Abbott & my bloods were fine with them, but they are not proper real ales in my opinion. I prefer the ones from the micro breweries.

I spent easter weekend helping to move a local brewery (Wibblers brewery, if you see there stuff, try it!), I had a few beers over the weekend with no adverse effects on my bg levels.

 

[Superheavy]

You probably don't want to hear this but you can make an awesome doner kebab at home in the oven with lamb mince - tastes just as good,and if you shape it right you can even do the whole 'shaving an elephant's leg' thing.

I don't know if it's healthier than the one you get from a takeaway (it probably is though!), but it does come with the virtue that you know what's in it.

It's not a lamb doner if you know that it has actual lamb in there!

With regards to lager, I usually drink Coors light or Holsten Pils which seem to be the main brands with relatively low carbs, not found any BG issues with either.

 

[Mark Parrott]

Hmmmmmmm.............kebabs not had one for ages

I do occasionally fancy a kebab. I just don't eat the pitta & it's fine.

 

[Diabeticliberty]

It's not a lamb doner if you know that it has actual lamb in there!
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I think you have walked a mile in my shoes.

 

[Copepod]

I don't really like lager, much prefer real ale or bitter or stout, but had some free samples of Erdinger alcohol free lager when working on triathlons last couple of years and it was quite palatable on hot days with long hours of physical work.

 

[Diabeticliberty]

Real ale? blimey o'reilly that real ale stuff is not for the faint hearted. I once had an evening drinking a wonderful product by the name of Wobbly Bob. A most apt name really for it made me wobble and it made me bob until I could wobble and bob no more upon which I retired under a nice table in the corner of the bar wretching violently and crying for my poor long dead mummy.

 

[Martin Canty]

I think you have walked a mile in my shoes

I think there were at least 10 pubs within a mile of the house I grew up in, problem is remembering which one you were in at closing time!!!