Lager

[Diabeticliberty]

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!!!

Thank you ever so much for this reply. Just hold on a second while I wipe away the spluttered coffee from my computer screen 😛

 

[Copepod]

Always look at the alcohol % before choosing a real ale. 3.0 to 4.5% are considered session ales, although I never drink more than 2 pints in an evening. Beer festivals are good, as you can have a taste before deciding, then drink half pints, so more variety for the same amount of alcohol.

 

[Diabeticliberty]

Always look at the alcohol % before choosing a real ale. 3.0 to 4.5% are considered session ales, although I never drink more than 2 pints in an evening. Beer festivals are good, as you can have a taste before deciding, then drink half pints, so more variety for the same amount of alcohol.

I don't do it like that. I look at all of the pretty and alluring bottle colours and shapes and then gorge myself on about 11 crates if them before stripping naked and singing Tom Jones songs at the top of my voice. I have woken up in police cells the entire length of the British Isles

 

[Martin Canty]

Always look at the alcohol % before choosing a real ale. 3.0 to 4.5% are considered session ales

Don't I know it, got in a lot of trouble one evening drinking the Christmas Ale (back in the mid 80's) in one of the Firkin pubs in Bethnal Green (Can't remember which one it was now)

 

[robert@fm]

Beer festivals are good, as you can have a taste before deciding, then drink half pints, so more variety for the same amount of alcohol.

I don't know if it's still their practice, but when Wetherspoons did beer festivals, they had special one-third pint glasses, for even more variety for the same amount of alcohol (and same price).

 

[Matt Cycle]

There was a pub in Sheffield on Division Street (@Northerner ) will probably remember it 😉 called the Frog and Parrot. In the 1980's long before it became the fashionable thing it is now the owner there used to brew some of his own beers on site. One such beer was called Roger and Out and at the time verified by the Guinness World Records was the strongest beer in the world. It was only sold in third of a pint glasses and once you had finished it you were given a certificate - very popular with students.

 

[Northerner]

There was a pub in Sheffield on Division Street (@Northerner ) will probably remember it 😉 called the Frog and Parrot. In the 1980's long before it became the fashionable thing it is now the owner there used to brew some of his own beers on site. One such beer was called Roger and Out and at the time verified by the Guinness World Records was the strongest beer in the world. It was only sold in third of a pint glasses and once you had finished it you were given a certificate - very popular with students.

Ha! I was going to mention that! 😱 🙂 The 'ordinary' beer there was Old Croak. I seem to remember

 

[Mark Parrott]

I was up in Sheffield a few years back & could still get roger & out. They sold it in thirds only. Admittedly, it was pretty wretched.

 

[Diabeticliberty]

Not exactly lager well actually not lager at all but if you want the vilest foulest tasting alcoholic drink in the universe then buy yourself some Gold Label barley wine. I once drank 8 cans of it at a party to show how cool I could be. God I am so bloody stupid at times it makes even me cringe. It did get me incredibly, stupidly stinking drunk though

 

[Alan.tnh]

I don't do it like that. I look at all of the pretty and alluring bottle colours and shapes and then gorge myself on about 11 crates if them before stripping naked and singing Tom Jones songs at the top of my voice. I have woken up in police cells the entire length of the British Isles

Does this mean you found a cell 800 miles long?

 

[Neety41]

I don't do it like that. I look at all of the pretty and alluring bottle colours and shapes and then gorge myself on about 11 crates if them before stripping naked and singing Tom Jones songs at the top of my voice. I have woken up in police cells the entire length of the British Isles

Hhahahahahahaa

 

[Neety41]

Not exactly lager well actually not lager at all but if you want the vilest foulest tasting alcoholic drink in the universe then buy yourself some Gold Label barley wine. I once drank 8 cans of it at a party to show how cool I could be. God I am so bloody stupid at times it makes even me cringe. It did get me incredibly, stupidly stinking drunk though

Strong stuff that!!

 

[Superheavy]

Not exactly lager well actually not lager at all but if you want the vilest foulest tasting alcoholic drink in the universe then buy yourself some Gold Label barley wine. I once drank 8 cans of it at a party to show how cool I could be. God I am so bloody stupid at times it makes even me cringe. It did get me incredibly, stupidly stinking drunk though

You sound like our younger selves would have caused a fair amount of mischief....when I was a student I despised white wine, but where there were no other mixers available I'd put it on top of vodka, in a pint glass, for an absolutely foul concoction. However, it sounds like I missed a trick not knowing about the barley wine! I also had a rather raucous night with some rakshi (I think that's what they called it) - poured out of one of those five liter containers you get car oil in, which I think was either barley or millet - with a few hikers and the porters who bought enough to knock out around fifty horses for two or three quid. The hangover the following day, especially for a five hour bus ride back to Kathmandu in the baking heat was pretty horrendous.

 

[Diabeticliberty]

You sound like our younger selves would have caused a fair amount of mischief....when I was a student I despised white wine, but where there were no other mixers available I'd put it on top of vodka, in a pint glass, for an absolutely foul concoction. However, it sounds like I missed a trick not knowing about the barley wine! I also had a rather raucous night with some rakshi (I think that's what they called it) - poured out of one of those five liter containers you get car oil in, which I think was either barley or millet - with a few hikers and the porters who bought enough to knock out around fifty horses for two or three quid. The hangover the following day, especially for a five hour bus ride back to Kathmandu in the baking heat was pretty horrendous.

HA, ha, ha love it. Absolutely love it 🙂

 

[Richard Kent]

Holstin Pils is the best as it has no sugar

 

[Val999]

I often take my dogs down on the beach at Happisburgh and in the village there is a pub with a micro brewery. For those who are familiar with the Sherlock Holmes stories there is one called The Dancing Men which is set in Norfolk and was written from this pub. The current landlord has called his micro brewery The Dancing Men after the story. I had a pint of one of his beers called Soggy Seagull yesterday after our walk. They welcome dogs there too. I thought real ale was better for diabetics than lager but in any case I don't drink it much. I usually have a glass of dry white wine and soda with my dinner.

 

[MarkT]

Don't I know it, got in a lot of trouble one evening drinking the Christmas Ale (back in the mid 80's) in one of the Firkin pubs in Bethnal Green (Can't remember which one it was now)

"Firkin 'Ell"

 

[Mark Parrott]

Not exactly lager well actually not lager at all but if you want the vilest foulest tasting alcoholic drink in the universe then buy yourself some Gold Label barley wine. I once drank 8 cans of it at a party to show how cool I could be. God I am so bloody stupid at times it makes even me cringe. It did get me incredibly, stupidly stinking drunk though

I actually like Gold Label, though haven't had it for years. I'm going to sound like a right tramp now, but I also like Special Brew.

 

[Northerner]

I actually like Gold Label, though haven't had it for years. I'm going to sound like a right tramp now, but I also like Special Brew.

I used to be a fan of White Lightning 😱

 

[Diabeticliberty]

I actually like Gold Label, though haven't had it for years. I'm going to sound like a right tramp now, but I also like Special Brew.

Note to self: Never, ever pick a fight with Mark Parrott