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Title: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 December, 2009, 08:46:46 pm
Here at chez Pingu, a not bad wee Gewurtztraminer, mmm...lychees. Not something we drink all the time, but it makes a change from sauv blanc.
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Post by: SteveC on 30 December, 2009, 08:48:46 pm
At this precise moment, nothing.

But I do have an interesting collection of beers downstairs, mostly dark and heavy with the odd Belgian one for good measure.  Some of these will be broached from 9.00   :smug:

S
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Post by: Bledlow on 30 December, 2009, 08:52:58 pm
Herb tea. Delivered to me a while ago by Mrs B. The remnants are now getting cold. I'd better finish them.

Done.
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Post by: Aidan on 30 December, 2009, 08:55:12 pm
   hot chocolate in half an hour, ready for bed :thumbsup:
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Post by: border-rider on 30 December, 2009, 08:55:41 pm
Chilean Cabernet, at Mrs MV's parents' house
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Post by: kyuss on 30 December, 2009, 08:56:31 pm
Lemsip Max Strength. I've got a cold.  :(
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Post by: Sergeant Pluck on 30 December, 2009, 09:00:22 pm
Tea: Earl Grey.
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Post by: Polar Bear on 30 December, 2009, 09:00:31 pm
Sainsbury's 12yo Islay single malt.   Not something I would have bought myself but it was a gift and is surprisingly good.  
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Post by: little miss mac on 30 December, 2009, 09:00:59 pm
Macon Villages. I've got a cold.

 :D
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Post by: border-rider on 30 December, 2009, 09:01:23 pm
Tea: Earl Grey.

Hot ?

<Make it so>
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Post by: Sergeant Pluck on 30 December, 2009, 09:02:05 pm
Tea: Earl Grey.

Hot ?

Indeed  :)
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 30 December, 2009, 09:02:29 pm
Merlot. It's not great.
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Post by: citoyen on 30 December, 2009, 09:05:21 pm
Here at chez Pingu, a not bad wee Gewurtztraminer, mmm...lychees. Not something we drink all the time, but it makes a change from sauv blanc.

I love Gewurztraminer. Well, no... actually I love saying Gewurztraminer. It rolls off the tongue so nicely. I also quite like saying Trockenbeerenauslese - more than I enjoy drinking the stuff.

To be fair, a decent Gewurztraminer can be very pleasant when paired with the right food.

Anyway, I am currently drinking a bottle of Hopdaemon Skrimshander (http://www.hopdaemon.com/skrimshander.html), having earlier enjoyed a bottle of Weihenstephan Hefeweiss (http://www.brauerei-weihenstephan.de). Very pleasant.

Having spent most of the afternoon/early evening building kitchen cupboards then cooking the family meal, I feel I have earned these treats.

d.
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Post by: hellymedic on 30 December, 2009, 09:05:35 pm
Nothing right now.
May attack the apple & mango juice later... or water.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 30 December, 2009, 09:05:40 pm
Amontillado followed by a couple of glasses of Lindeman's Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 and now a bottle of Ringwood Old Thumper.

I might finish off with a gentleman's measure of A Bunadh.

I haven't got a cold but I might sleep well.
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Post by: perpetual dan on 30 December, 2009, 09:06:01 pm
Cocoa. Feeling ropey still.
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Post by: longers on 30 December, 2009, 09:06:52 pm
My first ever whisky mac. Nice way to get rid of a free litre of Bells I think.
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Post by: woollypigs on 30 December, 2009, 09:10:27 pm
A pint or two of Stella Artois for once.
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Post by: Gus on 30 December, 2009, 09:11:29 pm

Tuborg Squash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kkHHpdMttQ&feature=related)
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Post by: John Henry on 30 December, 2009, 09:14:13 pm
Belgian beer. Sint Bernardus 6. I bought a case a while back, and still have about half of it to get through.

Plus a bottle of the 12 awaits a really special occasion.
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Post by: citoyen on 30 December, 2009, 09:19:39 pm
My first ever whisky mac. Nice way to get rid of a free litre of Bells I think.

If you have any Drambuie knocking about, might I recommend a Rusty Nail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_duo_and_trio_cocktails#Rusty_Nail) as another good way to use up the Bells.

d.
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Post by: woollypigs on 30 December, 2009, 09:25:16 pm

Tuborg Squash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kkHHpdMttQ&feature=related)
Not this ?
      YouTube
            - Reklame - Tuborg Squash #2
    (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh6-u4Vvb2g&feature=related)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 December, 2009, 09:26:30 pm
Anyway, I am currently drinking a bottle of Hopdaemon Skrimshander (http://www.hopdaemon.com/skrimshander.html),
mmm, that sounds right up my street :P (i.e. immensely hoppy) nom.
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Post by: Graeme Wyllie on 30 December, 2009, 09:27:30 pm
A very nice 10 year old Laphroaig.

Slainte.  
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Post by: longers on 30 December, 2009, 09:30:10 pm


If you have any Drambuie knocking about, might I recommend a Rusty Nail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_duo_and_trio_cocktails#Rusty_Nail) as another good way to use up the Bells.

d.


I did think of that but the Stones was cheaper and it feels vaguely medicinal.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 30 December, 2009, 09:33:01 pm
Just poured a glass of Glenlivet Nadurra.
I need to get the water addition sorted then I'm off to bed to read.
The electric blanket is already switched on  :thumbsup:

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Post by: andygates on 30 December, 2009, 09:37:46 pm
Pepsi Max. ;D
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 December, 2009, 09:55:23 pm
And now time for a bottle of lovely Jurancon Sec wot we brought back from the Pyrenees :P
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Post by: longers on 30 December, 2009, 09:56:45 pm
My third ever whisky mac. I try not to post after a bevvy so goodnight  :thumbsup:
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Post by: citoyen on 30 December, 2009, 09:59:52 pm
My third ever whisky mac.

Are you aiming to get rid of the Bells in one sitting?  ;D

d.
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Post by: longers on 30 December, 2009, 10:40:51 pm
My third ever whisky mac.

Are you aiming to get rid of the Bells in one sitting?  ;D

d.



It's the discovery of the year I think I'll regret having made.
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Post by: Blade on 30 December, 2009, 10:41:41 pm
Mixture of Lemsip Max and Bells whiskey.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 December, 2009, 10:51:10 pm
A lot of peeps with the cold I see!
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Post by: longers on 30 December, 2009, 10:57:05 pm
Quote
What are you drinking right now?

A big glass of water.
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Post by: Notsototalnewbie on 30 December, 2009, 11:01:24 pm
Lindisfarne mead. I keep getting colds and sore throats so it is medicinal, you see  O:-)
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Post by: Fab Foodie on 30 December, 2009, 11:02:37 pm
Laphroaig, straight.
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Post by: Charlotte on 30 December, 2009, 11:15:40 pm
Rochester Ginger. 

"With the kick of two very angry mules"

:D
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Post by: Tewdric on 30 December, 2009, 11:20:18 pm
Laphroaig, straight.

Snap!  I got a bottle for Christmas.
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Post by: longers on 30 December, 2009, 11:25:10 pm
Rochester Ginger. 

"With the kick of two very angry mules"

:D

My mum will like that, ta!
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Post by: Torslanda on 30 December, 2009, 11:30:39 pm
Relentless and vodka, after that depends whether I can see or not ...
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Post by: Basil on 31 December, 2009, 12:07:05 am
Laphroaig, straight.

Snap!  I got a bottle for Christmas.

Double snap.  :thumbsup: :P
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Post by: Torslanda on 31 December, 2009, 08:14:46 am
Run out of Laphroaig . . .

WAAAAAAH!
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Post by: jogler on 31 December, 2009, 08:22:24 am
black coffee
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Post by: SandyV on 31 December, 2009, 09:05:33 am
Guava juice (with our New Year's Eve dinner) - Happy new year everyone (less than 4 hours away for us)
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Post by: Ray 6701 on 31 December, 2009, 09:06:47 am
A cup of tea looking stuff from the vending machine at work  :sick:
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Post by: Gandalf on 31 December, 2009, 10:25:01 am
Just ground some beans and sitting here with a cafetiere of good stuff  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 31 December, 2009, 11:55:02 am
Tea
Earl Grey
Hot
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Post by: Gus on 31 December, 2009, 12:17:26 pm

Tuborg Squash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kkHHpdMttQ&feature=related)
Not this ?
      YouTube
            - Reklame - Tuborg Squash #2
    (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh6-u4Vvb2g&feature=related)

There can be only one  :D

but now I'm drinking Ginger-lemon tea
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Post by: citoyen on 31 December, 2009, 01:37:23 pm
Tea
Earl Grey
Hot

Do Star Trek fans drink Earl Grey for the same reason that Big Lebowski fans drink White Russians? I mean, I can't imagine anyone drinks Earl Grey because they actually like it. ;)

I went to a colleague's wedding about a month ago. At the reception, about 100 White Russians were laid out buffet style on a table. By the end of the evening, there were still about 95 left.

d.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 31 December, 2009, 01:40:09 pm
A Nice Cup of Tea! :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 31 December, 2009, 01:52:30 pm
I love Early Grey, and it's nothing to do with ever having watched Patrick Stewart boldly going with number two.  ;D
In fact, Earl Grey chocolate must be my second favourite flavour of chocolate after nutty pralines.

I keep meaning to try making an earl grey cake, but haven't got round to it yet. :P

[edit: I'm also a big fan of the Coen bros films, but have never had a white russian]
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Post by: L CC on 31 December, 2009, 03:37:54 pm
I keep meaning to try making an earl grey cake, but haven't got round to it yet. :P

I've made Earl Grey Cake. Don't bother. There's a lot nicer cakes in the world. I mean, it's ok, but...
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Post by: peliroja on 31 December, 2009, 03:39:28 pm
A Nice Cup of Tea! :thumbsup:
Same here!
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Post by: FatBloke on 31 December, 2009, 03:51:18 pm
water
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Post by: onb on 31 December, 2009, 04:03:31 pm
Tea (coop) milkless :thumbsup:
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Post by: rogerzilla on 31 December, 2009, 04:22:14 pm
Stone's Green Ginger Wine.
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Post by: John Henry on 31 December, 2009, 04:29:18 pm
To continue the Earl Grey theme, but with a twist:

Rooibos Earl Grey.

Poncey, but nice.
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Post by: SteveC on 31 December, 2009, 04:39:11 pm
To continue the Earl Grey theme, but with a twist:

Rooibos Earl Grey.

Poncey, but nice.
That sounds interesting.  Where do you get it?

S
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Post by: Wowbagger on 31 December, 2009, 04:39:19 pm
Another Nice Cup of Tea.
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Post by: nicknack on 31 December, 2009, 04:49:07 pm
Dark rum and pineapple juice. Got a gig later (gotta lift  :thumbsup: ) in a pub with decent local beer (Goachers, Hop Daemon, Whitstable Brewery, etc.) and I'm starting on the looseners. I hope, by the end of the evening, that I'll actually think I'm playing well (assuming I can still stand).
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Post by: John Henry on 31 December, 2009, 04:51:18 pm
To continue the Earl Grey theme, but with a twist:

Rooibos Earl Grey.

Poncey, but nice.
That sounds interesting.  Where do you get it?

Waitrose. It's made by Dragonfly teas. I've not seen it anywhere else, but I don't think it's exclusive to Waitrose. My whole family is now addicted to the stuff!
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Post by: SteveC on 31 December, 2009, 04:53:49 pm
Rooibos Earl Grey.
That sounds interesting.  Where do you get it?
Waitrose. It's made by Dragonfly teas. I've not seen it anywhere else, but I don't think it's exclusive to Waitrose. My whole family is now addicted to the stuff!
Thanks -- I need to go to our local-ish Waitrose soon.  I shall have a look!
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Post by: Flying_Monkey on 31 December, 2009, 04:54:02 pm
I tried to be as local as possible this year and discovered that Ontario makes fabulous white wines in German, Alsace, Burgundy and even Champagne styles - we had a great champagne from Henry of Pellham, a nice Sauvignon Blanc and a great Icewine, which Ontario does better than anywhere  else in the world - but it can't make red wine at any price. All the reds we had were vinegary and without depth or character. I almost cried when I tried a supposedly good Syrah, a grape which makes up a good portion of my favourite Languedoc wines, it was such a travesty of the varietal.

This was made up for by the fact that Ontario and Quebec are making fabulous microbrewed beers and some ciders too. I was most pleasantly surprised by a Belgian-style peach beer from St Ambroise, and have drunk more than a few of their Oatmeal Stouts too...

Right now though, I am just drinking a nice breakfast tea we blend ourselves from teas from a great little tea shop owned by a Japanese woman we met out here.
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Post by: jogler on 31 December, 2009, 06:35:18 pm
white wine
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Post by: GruB on 31 December, 2009, 06:56:30 pm
Americano from my espresso machine.
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Post by: SteveC on 31 December, 2009, 06:56:49 pm
I tried to be as local as possible this year and discovered that Ontario makes <snip> a great Icewine, which Ontario does better than anywhere  else in the world.
Thanks for that FM.  Reminded me to put the sparkling Icewine our Canadian niece brought us for Christmas into the fridge.  We will drink it tomorrow evening.

Steve
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 31 December, 2009, 07:23:07 pm
Woodforde's Champion Norfolk Beers - Norfolk Nog (http://www.woodfordes.co.uk/html/nog.html)
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Post by: Torslanda on 31 December, 2009, 07:28:19 pm
A cup of tea looking stuff from the vending machine at work  :sick:

<Arthur Dent>

'Listen, you stupid machine, it tastes filthy! Here! Take this cup back!'

</Arthur Dent>
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 31 December, 2009, 07:43:49 pm
Sure. I was going to send you a pic but Bob's laptop is refusing to speak to my phone.
They sell it by the box on teh interwebs y'know.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 31 December, 2009, 07:47:57 pm
A cup of tea looking stuff from the vending machine at work  :sick:

<Arthur Dent>

'Listen, you stupid machine, it tastes filthy! Here! Take this cup back!'

</Arthur Dent>

Not entirely unlike tea?
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Post by: bobb on 01 January, 2010, 08:07:54 pm
Premium lager beer from Leuven  :)
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Post by: Gus on 02 January, 2010, 12:07:35 am

Champagne  :thumbsup:
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Post by: goatpebble on 02 January, 2010, 09:06:42 pm
A Gerwurztraminer, but not from Alsace. It's from a Greek wine maker, and it is impossibly delicious. The bottle is the classic Alsace flute, but a sensible half litre size.

The Gewurz spicyness is there, but it is different. This is an apotheosis of everything you would hope for from this grape. Bloody hell, this makes me want to go back to the wine trade!
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Post by: border-rider on 02 January, 2010, 09:10:47 pm
Ooh yes

We had a Greek Gerwurztraminer in, of all places, Northern Sweden a few months ago and it was impressive.

I'm drinking grapefruit juice & water tonight though :(
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Post by: Oaky on 02 January, 2010, 09:11:06 pm
The last of my Mighty Oak X Mouse Ale (at least I assume it's the last --- the polypin can't last much longer surely!)
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Post by: goatpebble on 02 January, 2010, 09:22:03 pm
Ooh yes

We had a Greek Gerwurztraminer in, of all places, Northern Sweden a few months ago and it was impressive.

I'm drinking grapefruit juice & water tonight though :(

You probably drank the same one as I did. Tselepos!

If you get a chance, try their Moschofilero. Absolute classic Mantinia.

Yiannis Tselepos is a truly great winemaker.
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Post by: border-rider on 02 January, 2010, 09:23:16 pm
Ok, thanks, duly noted :)
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Post by: jogler on 02 January, 2010, 09:23:59 pm
Grolsch
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Post by: goatpebble on 02 January, 2010, 09:26:53 pm
Ooh yes

We had a Greek Gerwurztraminer in, of all places, Northern Sweden a few months ago and it was impressive.

I'm drinking grapefruit juice & water tonight though :(

I forgot to ask, where in Sweden were you?
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Post by: border-rider on 02 January, 2010, 09:28:06 pm
Umeå in late October.  It were bloody cold even then.
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Post by: goatpebble on 02 January, 2010, 09:34:10 pm
Umeå in late October.  It were bloody cold even then.

We had a nice 400km walk in September, a sort of big circle around Staloluokta. It was my first vist, and I want to go back!
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Post by: border-rider on 02 January, 2010, 09:34:58 pm
Yes, my first time in Sweden as well.  Very impressed.
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Post by: jogler on 02 January, 2010, 11:06:11 pm
more Grolsch
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Post by: Ian H on 02 January, 2010, 11:21:53 pm
Back on the Grants after the Laphroaig, preceded by a 'fruitjuice' Australian wine. Prior to that to that there was the  Ossian (4.1%), and the Darkmoor (4.6%).
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Post by: Wowbagger on 02 January, 2010, 11:23:40 pm
That's a point. Nothing yet, but there's one more bottle of beer on the dresser...
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Post by: Fab Foodie on 02 January, 2010, 11:40:39 pm
May I go against the flow and tell you what I'm not drinking?

I'm not drinking alcohol, for 3 months, nor is Mrs FF and we're being joined by another known here. 
Hopefully weight-loss, improved vitality, better bank balance and a new relationship with alcohol will emerge...

Cheers  ::-)
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Post by: border-rider on 02 January, 2010, 11:42:24 pm
I'm not drinking alcohol, for 3 months,

That's my plan also, but as Sgt Pluck suggests I'm going to take it day by day.
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Post by: L CC on 02 January, 2010, 11:54:10 pm
Damson Vodka. At my mate's over Christmas I polished hers off, and now I'm settling into mine. Her's was very nice.... Mine's a bit, erm, vicious...  :-\
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Post by: Fab Foodie on 03 January, 2010, 12:10:58 am
I'm not drinking alcohol, for 3 months,

That's my plan also, but as Sgt Pluck suggests I'm going to take it day by day.

Stout fellow!
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Post by: border-rider on 03 January, 2010, 08:09:24 am
Stout fellow!

That's one of the issues, yes ;)
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Post by: border-rider on 03 January, 2010, 08:10:00 am
Damson Vodka. At my mate's over Christmas I polished hers off, and now I'm settling into mine. Her's was very nice.... Mine's a bit, erm, vicious...  :-\

We've got a cupboard full of damson gin & vodka.  Oh well.
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Post by: fred the great on 03 January, 2010, 08:56:35 am
I'm drinking cold water, at least six glasses per day as per Doctors orders.

Does that count?

I got a quiet rollicking last time I had a urine test. The Doc even asked "what size are your glasses?"

Grrr humbug :demon:
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Post by: L CC on 03 January, 2010, 12:52:55 pm
Damson Vodka. At my mate's over Christmas I polished hers off, and now I'm settling into mine. Her's was very nice.... Mine's a bit, erm, vicious...  :-\

We've got a cupboard full of damson gin & vodka.  Oh well.

It keeps.
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Post by: SteveC on 03 January, 2010, 12:58:07 pm
Damson Vodka. At my mate's over Christmas I polished hers off, and now I'm settling into mine. Her's was very nice.... Mine's a bit, erm, vicious...  :-\

We've got a cupboard full of damson gin & vodka.  Oh well.

It keeps.
It even matures...
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Post by: nicknack on 03 January, 2010, 01:06:08 pm
Mine never lasts long enough to mature.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2010, 01:07:10 pm
Stout fellow!

That's one of the issues, yes ;)

I am a stout fellow, but usually consider myself to be more of an ale-fellow-well-met.
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Post by: Fab Foodie on 03 January, 2010, 08:58:40 pm
Stout fellow!

That's one of the issues, yes ;)

I am a stout fellow, but usually consider myself to be more of an ale-fellow-well-met.
:thumbsup:
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Post by: robbo6 on 03 January, 2010, 09:34:36 pm
Father-in-law's Pineau, 1991.
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Post by: mike on 03 January, 2010, 09:38:07 pm
I'm not drinking alcohol, for 3 months,

That's my plan also, but as Sgt Pluck suggests I'm going to take it day by day.

+1, but I'm only aiming to be dry for a month.
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Post by: dasmoth on 03 January, 2010, 10:02:43 pm
Rum  :).
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Post by: Snakehips on 03 January, 2010, 10:04:38 pm
The remains of a cheapo bottle of Port obtained from Sainsbury's just before Xmas

Snake

 My Library  (http://www.yudu.com/library/6690/Snakehips-s-Library)
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Post by: jogler on 03 January, 2010, 10:25:21 pm
white wine
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 03 January, 2010, 11:24:30 pm
Sauv blanc, followed by Vouvray, possibly followed by a little taste of the white port Pingu got me for chrimbo :P
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Post by: Jaded on 03 January, 2010, 11:55:24 pm
Laphroig.

Thank you very much.
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Post by: hellymedic on 03 January, 2010, 11:59:05 pm
Options low-cal hot chocolate.
Central heating's hors de service buggrit!
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Post by: Oaky on 04 January, 2010, 12:02:54 am
Red wine (Hardy's Crest)
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Post by: IanDG on 04 January, 2010, 12:12:06 am
A can of Deuchars IPA
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Post by: perpetual dan on 04 January, 2010, 09:46:14 pm
A glass of red, from the donations by the family at Christmas. Rather nice, but needs to warm up a bit.
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Post by: jogler on 04 January, 2010, 10:21:13 pm
white wine,again
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Post by: toekneep on 04 January, 2010, 10:23:38 pm
Me too.
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Post by: MSeries on 04 January, 2010, 10:26:18 pm
Yorkshire Water
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Post by: IanDG on 05 January, 2010, 12:12:32 am
Laphroig.

Thank you very much.

Ardbeg - cheers Ja ded
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Post by: L CC on 05 January, 2010, 01:31:28 am
Calpol.
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Post by: simonp on 05 January, 2010, 01:35:27 am
Innocent Smoothie No. 6.
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Post by: kyuss on 05 January, 2010, 02:47:16 am
Still on the Lemsip max strength, but added some cough syrup to the equation (the chesty kind). And a touch of vodka and coke. I've a feeling I'm going to sleep well tonight.  ;D
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Post by: hellymedic on 05 January, 2010, 09:01:09 am
Tropicana orange juice with bits.
Instant coffee/decaf mix in a pint mug.
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Post by: urban_biker on 05 January, 2010, 09:05:05 am
A nice cup of tea. Black, no sugar. In my Audax UK mug.
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Post by: spesh on 05 January, 2010, 09:28:59 pm
Fuller's Jack Frost.

It seemed appropriate for some reason. ;D
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Post by: Gandalf on 07 January, 2010, 06:00:27 pm
Nice big mug of mulled wine.
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Post by: nicknack on 07 January, 2010, 06:05:33 pm
G&T
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Post by: andygates on 07 January, 2010, 06:11:12 pm
A great big mug of tea! :thumbsup:
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Post by: Spinners on 07 January, 2010, 06:16:14 pm
Tea!

(I will be have a tipple later - probably red wine)
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Post by: Wowbagger on 07 January, 2010, 06:17:52 pm
I have a bottle of Old Thumper on one side and a Nice Cup of Tea on the other.
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Post by: Basil on 07 January, 2010, 06:34:44 pm
G&T
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Post by: JohnP on 07 January, 2010, 07:50:41 pm
A cup of #9 Nespresso.
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Post by: nicknack on 07 January, 2010, 07:53:09 pm
Adnams Lighthouse
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Post by: keepontriking on 07 January, 2010, 07:54:42 pm
Just had a mug of tea in my new china pint beer mug Christmas pressie, and now off to enjoy some Arkell's Noel Ale down my local.
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Post by: jogler on 07 January, 2010, 11:02:45 pm
Horlicks
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Post by: Wascally Weasel on 07 January, 2010, 11:10:41 pm
Unchilfiltered 12 year old Poit Dhubh.

Is nice.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 07 January, 2010, 11:11:54 pm
I think I'll have an A Bunadh.

Thank you!
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Post by: Gus on 08 January, 2010, 06:08:52 pm

Pepsi Max
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Post by: Andrij on 08 January, 2010, 06:18:36 pm
Glenfiddich 15yo Solera.  Very easy drinking.   :D

This will be followed by a bottle of 2000 Lieur Gaillard Bordeaux with our steaks.  Just like we had last night with our venison.

I so love the holidays.  ;D   (Yes, some of us are still celebrating/on holiday.)
 
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Post by: Wowbagger on 08 January, 2010, 06:20:44 pm
I've just had a pre-prandial sherry. Dinner will be soon and is sausage & mash, therefore requiring beer.
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Post by: FatBloke on 08 January, 2010, 06:21:19 pm
Sloe Gin. My cockle is extremely cold after my ride home and I'm attempting to warm it!  :thumbsup:

Dinner is a slap-up celebratory meal at the local curry house in honour of my daughter's 16th birthday, which will inevitably require beer, including my daughter's first legal alcohol on licensed premises!
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Post by: Polar Bear on 08 January, 2010, 06:21:44 pm
Tea ATM but there is a choice between the pub and a couple of pints of Loddon, or staying in with a frisky pinot grigio courtesy of BT.    
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Post by: Wowbagger on 08 January, 2010, 06:25:35 pm
Sloe Gin. My cockle is extremely cold after my ride home and I'm attempting to warm it!  :thumbsup:

Dinner is a slap-up celebratory meal at the local curry house in honour of my daughter's 16th birthday, which will inevitably require beer, including my daughter's first legal alcohol on licensed premises!

Ah yes! I have a daughter with a birthday today. MHR to your issue!

Mrs. Wow asks why you have only the one cockle to warm.

Dez says "One cockle does not a pawn film make!" I think perhaps he was being rude, although what that's got to do with chess I don't know.
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Post by: mike on 08 January, 2010, 06:27:11 pm
jasmine tea. 

god I want a glass of wine.
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Post by: FatBloke on 08 January, 2010, 06:28:16 pm
Mrs. Wow asks why you have only the one cockle to warm.
Well.......it's actually the entire genital area wot is freezing, I was just trying to maintain a modicum of decorum.   ::-)
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Post by: Moloko on 08 January, 2010, 06:28:48 pm
Sloe Gin. My cockle is extremely cold after my ride home and I'm attempting to warm it!  :thumbsup:



Brandy.








Dip it in brandy.
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Post by: FatBloke on 08 January, 2010, 06:30:13 pm
god I want a glass of wine.

Ok, you can have some!    :smug: :smug: :smug:


(I might not be god, but my daughter says that when the weather's cold and me gammy knee is playing up I do indeed move in a mysterious way!  :-\ )
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Post by: Wowbagger on 08 January, 2010, 06:30:29 pm
Mrs. Wow asks why you have only the one cockle to warm.
Well.......it's actually the entire genital area wot is freezing, I was just trying to maintain a modicum of decorum.   ::-)

Well, I'm shocked! May I remind you, Sir, that we are in mixed company?

We were under the impression that you were warming the cockles of your heart.
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Post by: FatBloke on 08 January, 2010, 06:30:58 pm
Sloe Gin. My cockle is extremely cold after my ride home and I'm attempting to warm it!  :thumbsup:



Brandy.








Dip it in brandy.
David Niven I AM NOT!!   ;)
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Post by: Moloko on 08 January, 2010, 06:32:44 pm
Sloe Gin. My cockle is extremely cold after my ride home and I'm attempting to warm it!  :thumbsup:



Brandy.








Dip it in brandy.
David Niven I AM NOT!!   ;)

Ah, you've read "The Moon's A Balloon" as well?  :thumbsup:
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Post by: rogerzilla on 08 January, 2010, 06:33:09 pm
Port.
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Post by: Moloko on 08 January, 2010, 06:33:47 pm
Cat.
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Post by: nightrider on 08 January, 2010, 07:16:10 pm
A pint of Marstons,old empire :P
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Post by: perpetual dan on 08 January, 2010, 09:17:01 pm
A rather agreeable glass of red. I may join Roger at the port bottle later.
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Post by: oncemore on 08 January, 2010, 09:46:24 pm
Green tea. With a dizzie as a sleeper I find it gives quite hallucinatory dreams!

Acid is just so old skool.
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Post by: rogerzilla on 08 January, 2010, 09:49:21 pm
Cat.
Wee, blood or population paste?
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Post by: Andrij on 08 January, 2010, 10:03:22 pm
Port.

Starboard.


Sorry, couldn't resist.

 
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Post by: Wowbagger on 08 January, 2010, 10:07:10 pm
Port.

Starboard.


Sorry, couldn't resist.


Who brews that?
 

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Post by: nicknack on 08 January, 2010, 10:26:13 pm
Finished the red wine now on Wernesgruner.
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Post by: perpetual dan on 10 January, 2010, 05:01:23 pm
A post snow-shovelling earl grey.
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Post by: Charlotte on 11 January, 2010, 10:52:21 am
Coffee.  Strong and black.  Dozy Charlottes for the waking of.

From one of these. (http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/im-not-a-paper-cup/index.html)
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Post by: spen666 on 11 January, 2010, 10:54:42 am
Well as i'm not at work, it seemed wrong not to crack open a bottle of vodka to start the day right

Anyone fancy joining me?
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Post by: Moloko on 11 January, 2010, 11:28:23 am
Cat.
Wee, blood or population paste?

No, I meant let the cat sit on his lap like a pseudo water bottle.

You and your Swindon ways.
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Post by: Andrij on 11 January, 2010, 11:28:47 am
Well as i'm not at work, it seemed wrong not to crack open a bottle of vodka to start the day right

Anyone fancy joining me?

Yes!  But, sadly, I'm at work.  :(   This office is fairly relaxed, but not that relaxed.
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Post by: IanDG on 15 January, 2010, 01:53:43 pm
green tea with lemon
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Post by: Andrew Br on 15 January, 2010, 04:04:40 pm
Milky coffee with a piece of Christmas cake and stilton.
Yum.

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Post by: jogler on 15 January, 2010, 04:05:27 pm
Black coffee with a slice of farmhouse cake
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Post by: Basil on 15 January, 2010, 06:06:57 pm
Instant coffee.
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Post by: Deborah on 15 January, 2010, 06:37:08 pm
Very soon we shall be indulging in Bellinis.
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Post by: Snakehips on 15 January, 2010, 08:44:56 pm
Right now , it's a large glass of Vina Maipo Gran Reserva Shiraz from Sainsbury's , can't grumble at £4.49.

Snake

 My Library  (http://www.yudu.com/library/6690/Snakehips-s-Library)
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Post by: goatpebble on 15 January, 2010, 10:56:14 pm
Cheap industrial French plonk, to wash down seriously garlicky stuff. No one complained, as I put it in old decanters. They looked very pretty, all frosted with condensation.

Lesson: set the table with a big white cloth, and fill random old cheap decanters and carafes with basic but decent white wine, well chilled. The added plus, it made sure that everyone had enough wine, without the bother of hovering to top up.
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Post by: Basil on 16 January, 2010, 01:19:25 am
I'm going to read you lot while I finish the very last of my Christmas Laphroaig.
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Post by: SandyV on 16 January, 2010, 05:30:39 am
soda lime and (angostura) bitters

(It's 35 here today and looking like a storm is coming)
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Post by: gordon taylor on 16 January, 2010, 05:34:08 am
Strong instant coffee.
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Post by: tonycollinet on 17 January, 2010, 11:29:29 pm
Grants family reserve.  ;D
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Post by: Mike J on 17 January, 2010, 11:34:39 pm
Redbush Tea
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Post by: jogler on 21 January, 2010, 02:04:09 pm
Black coffee with shortbread biscuits :thumbsup:
Weight watching?
Yes,I'm watching it go up ::-)
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Post by: nicknack on 21 January, 2010, 03:35:00 pm
Spicy lentil cup-a-soup
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Post by: Moloko on 21 January, 2010, 03:37:26 pm
Spicy lentil cup-a-soup


I'm sure they're actually giving it the thumbs up (http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/g1-12-album-slade-slayed.jpg).
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 22 January, 2010, 07:49:26 pm
Pinot Grigio. I don't often drink white wine, but I had to open the bottle because I was making French onion soup, and well, it wouldn't do to let the rest go to waste, would it? It's quite nice, despite my blocked nose and depleted sense of taste.
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Post by: Polar Bear on 22 January, 2010, 07:55:17 pm
Fentimans ginger beer.

I've put myself on a 'one night a week' regime for alcohol.   Have to say that I'm sleeping better, feel more alert, and am losing a bit of weight with no other associated effort.

Sunday is our Burns Night supper so I'll be having a wee dram then.   

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Post by: toekneep on 22 January, 2010, 07:59:46 pm
Nothing, having just come back from the pub where two pints of Bishop's Finger went down very nicely thank you. I suspect the bottle of red that is warming on the radiator will be open soon. Do I have to post again or can I log the fact that I will be drinking it now?
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Post by: jogler on 22 January, 2010, 08:15:45 pm
we'll take it as red read that the wine has limited life expectancy
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Post by: border-rider on 22 January, 2010, 08:16:59 pm
Rooibos tea
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Post by: Dinamo on 22 January, 2010, 08:18:36 pm
Kronenbourg 1664 ;D
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Post by: Deborah on 22 January, 2010, 08:20:55 pm
Green tea with lemon grass.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 22 January, 2010, 08:26:36 pm
Nothing, but just leaving to get a pint of Ginger Marble (or two  ;) )

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Post by: mike on 22 January, 2010, 10:09:12 pm
just back from an evening in a munich beer hall having drunk nothing but water which was quite difficult.

My new years resolution might not survive a second night here....
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Post by: border-rider on 22 January, 2010, 10:12:53 pm
just back from an evening in a munich beer hall having drunk nothing but water which was quite difficult.

Very, very well done.

Stay firm

I've got a long haul flight in a couple of weeks.  That's always booze temptation onna stick for me.
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Post by: Oaky on 22 January, 2010, 10:20:38 pm
soda lime and (angostura) bitters

(It's 35 here today and looking like a storm is coming)

I used to drink something vaguely similar in Nigeria when I was a kid, known as "Chapmans" IIRC.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 23 January, 2010, 10:57:05 am
A nice cup of Earl Grey after many beers last night  :hand:
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Post by: Mike J on 23 January, 2010, 05:42:41 pm
Cherry Flavour Vimto  :P
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Post by: Kathy on 23 January, 2010, 06:02:36 pm
Sainsbury's English Vintage Cider (actually Westons' Vintage by any other name).  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Polar Bear on 23 January, 2010, 06:14:10 pm
Rooibos tea.
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Post by: clifftaylor on 23 January, 2010, 06:18:27 pm
A rather recherche Semillon Chardonnay. And eating peanuts. :smug:
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Post by: jogler on 23 January, 2010, 06:19:29 pm
Water.
I have recently tried to make a habit of drinking at least a litre of water a day,in addition to the coffee & soft drinks(& occassional beer & wine).
Not only is it upping my fluid intake but it takes away some of the hunger pains & reduces my gannet-like food consumption .some of which is not of the good-for-you variety
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Post by: Wascally Weasel on 23 January, 2010, 06:26:46 pm
Lech - one of the Polish beers the local corner shop now stocks.
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Post by: Fab Foodie on 23 January, 2010, 06:29:52 pm
Tomato Juice, Ice, Worcestershire sauce, coarse ground black pepper and a large squeeze of fresh lime.
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Post by: toekneep on 23 January, 2010, 06:38:54 pm
Shiraz. Could do with being a couple of degrees warmer really but never mind.
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Post by: Deborah on 23 January, 2010, 06:40:26 pm
Bellinis
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Post by: toekneep on 23 January, 2010, 06:43:20 pm
Bellinis

Cor you're posh.  ;)
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Post by: Deborah on 23 January, 2010, 06:50:47 pm
Not 'arf ;-)
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Post by: bobb on 23 January, 2010, 06:57:17 pm
soda lime and (angostura) bitters

(It's 35 here today and looking like a storm is coming)

I used to drink something vaguely similar in Nigeria when I was a kid, known as "Chapmans" IIRC.

There must be a million and one variations of that and an equal number of names.

Lemonade, ginger beer and angostura bitters = Malawi shandy

Replace the lemo with soda = Rock shandy.

I think I might order something similar next time I'm in a pub and not drinking beer  :)
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Post by: mike on 23 January, 2010, 08:52:50 pm
just back from an evening in a munich beer hall having drunk nothing but water which was quite difficult.

Very, very well done.

Stay firm

I've got a long haul flight in a couple of weeks.  That's always booze temptation onna stick for me.

i survived my second night on water only, so only 8 days to go till the end of the resolution.  I've got a long flight on the 1st and plan to spend all of it pissed :)
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Post by: Valiant on 23 January, 2010, 08:53:05 pm
Caffreys
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Post by: Frenchie on 23 January, 2010, 08:55:06 pm
Guarana Antartica.
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Post by: Julian on 23 January, 2010, 08:58:26 pm
Sumatran coffee.

*zing*
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Post by: Wowbagger on 23 January, 2010, 08:59:29 pm
My second glass of a rather nice Spanish red.
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Post by: jogler on 23 January, 2010, 09:26:58 pm
Grolsch
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Post by: nicknack on 23 January, 2010, 10:43:54 pm
Finished the Rioja.

Finished the beer (yes, I know, a bit careless to run out of beer)

Tried a G & T.

Thinking about the rum.
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Post by: Basil on 23 January, 2010, 11:41:41 pm
Just driven back from a nice meal out.  Time to catch up with Mrs. B who is a bit giggley.
Arrived home to find that #2 had found my Hobgoblin, but wasn't aware of my stash of Old Speckled Hen.

Mmmm. That's nice.
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Post by: toekneep on 24 January, 2010, 07:57:49 am
Yorkshire tea. Well it's in the pot mashing anyway.
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Post by: jogler on 24 January, 2010, 06:58:31 pm
A white wine.Is 10.5% vol a lot of alcohol or not?
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Post by: Deborah on 24 January, 2010, 07:01:22 pm
In finishing off last night prosecco
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Post by: Mike J on 24 January, 2010, 07:14:05 pm
Guinness  :P
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Post by: SteveC on 24 January, 2010, 08:11:39 pm
apple juice and ginger ale.

S
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Post by: Julian on 24 January, 2010, 08:36:11 pm
Dandelion & burdock.
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Post by: citoyen on 25 January, 2010, 12:11:30 am
A steaming mug of low-alcohol Twinings. Craving a beer but I've given my liver the weekend off.

A white wine.Is 10.5% vol a lot of alcohol or not?

Only if you're drinking it by the pint.

apple juice and ginger ale.

A splendid combination - even more so with a dash of lime juice.

d.
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Post by: jogler on 25 January, 2010, 09:04:17 am
A steaming mug of low-alcohol Twinings. Craving a beer but I've given my liver the weekend off.

A white wine.Is 10.5% vol a lot of alcohol or not?

Only if you're drinking it by the pint.





that's o.k. then,I drank the bottle in little wine glasses :)
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Post by: Andrij on 25 January, 2010, 07:16:48 pm
A pre-dinner Laphroaig.  The haggis is almost ready.  :)

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Post by: Wowbagger on 25 January, 2010, 07:24:40 pm
We've had the haggis, neeps & tatties followed by a good slice of flapjack.

I have a cask-strength a bunadh to hand (in case I meet a snake).
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Post by: toekneep on 25 January, 2010, 07:59:27 pm
Water. Spinning class just finished.  :sick:
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Post by: perpetual dan on 25 January, 2010, 11:19:24 pm
Water. Spinning class just finished.  :sick:

Water here too, from the tap. No reason.  O:-)
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Post by: andygates on 26 January, 2010, 12:13:31 am
moar tee :smug:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 January, 2010, 10:17:24 pm
Rjoja :P
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Post by: Rhys W on 29 January, 2010, 10:48:33 pm
Marston's Pedigree.
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Post by: Thor on 29 January, 2010, 10:55:50 pm
Badger First Gold
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Post by: Jaded on 29 January, 2010, 11:01:14 pm
Wine.

The taxman and Companies House have their bits of paper.

If they believe me I'll have a whisky in a few weeks time.  :-\
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Post by: rogerzilla on 30 January, 2010, 05:46:01 pm
Sherry, because it's there.
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Post by: Phil on 30 January, 2010, 06:28:40 pm
Guinness Foreign Extra.

Not sure about it so far, I'll have another glass to help me decide.  
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Post by: clifftaylor on 30 January, 2010, 06:30:31 pm
It's a bloody awful name, whatever it tastes like...
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Post by: Phil on 30 January, 2010, 06:36:38 pm
I bought it thinking it was one of their slightly posh guinness brands.  In fact it appears to be their tramp juice.  It's like a slightly bitter barley wine, and I've just spotted (too late) it's 7.5% ABV.
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Post by: clifftaylor on 30 January, 2010, 06:39:20 pm
I bought it thinking it was one of their slightly posh guinness brands.  In fact it appears to be their tramp juice.  It's like a slightly bitter barley wine, and I've just spotted (too late) it's 7.5% ABV.

Hic   :P
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 January, 2010, 09:23:42 pm
Kir Royale made with cava :P
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Post by: IanDG on 30 January, 2010, 11:23:21 pm
Marston's Pedigree - on offer at Tescos.

Staffordshire brew  :P

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Post by: goatpebble on 30 January, 2010, 11:25:44 pm
Kir Royale made with cava :P

I am drinking  cheap cava (the only thing in the fridge) but it's not 'Royale'.

It's pretty crap, but it's cold, and alcoholic.

I just need something to help me sleep.

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Post by: Oaky on 01 February, 2010, 12:01:55 am
I bought it thinking it was one of their slightly posh guinness brands.  In fact it appears to be their tramp juice.  It's like a slightly bitter barley wine, and I've just spotted (too late) it's 7.5% ABV.

IIRC, that's the export stuff that is mixed with condensed milk to make a popular Caribbean drink.
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Post by: JohnP on 01 February, 2010, 07:02:28 am
a double shot of Nespresso #9
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Post by: perpetual dan on 06 February, 2010, 09:49:11 am
The co-op's Ethiopian coffee. Picked up in a hurry, I think I mistook the black packet for a stronger, more flavoursome sort. It's ok, but not quite what I had in mind.
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Post by: citoyen on 06 February, 2010, 12:53:14 pm
A magnificent pint of HopDaemon Incubus in my favourite pub, with my team playing on the telly. Life is good. :)
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Post by: SteveC on 06 February, 2010, 07:16:50 pm
Ricard.

The first one two since last summer.
I'd forgotten how nice they are.

S
Where's the falling over and having difficulty in typing smiley?
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Post by: spesh on 09 February, 2010, 12:03:57 am
Finishing off the bottle of 2005 Cuvée Mythique Syrah/Grenache that I started last night.

Schmooooooooooooooooth....

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Post by: her_welshness on 12 February, 2010, 05:59:28 pm
Kopparberg Premium Cider with Mixed Fruit. I don't know where its been all my life  :thumbsup:
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Post by: citoyen on 13 February, 2010, 09:39:01 pm
Crabbie's alcoholic ginger beer.

Crikey. It's very sweet. But not unpleasant. Maybe could do with a bit more of a ginger kick though.

d.
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Post by: longers on 13 February, 2010, 11:02:22 pm
^ I've often wondered about trying that stuff. Shame it's so sweet.

There's been plenty of advertising and branding for Barefoot wines in offies and shops round here* so I tried a Shiraz tonight on offer. It was tasty, smooth and went to my head so I give it an eight out of ten.

I had a Cuvee Mythique but different to Spesh's earlier this week and give that an eight as well. That wasn't on offer.

* more than I remember seeing for any other wine.
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Post by: andygates on 13 February, 2010, 11:03:58 pm
Vanilla protein shake with peanut butter. :thumbsup:
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Post by: Bledlow on 13 February, 2010, 11:16:13 pm
Crabbie's alcoholic ginger beer.

Crikey. It's very sweet. But not unpleasant. Maybe could do with a bit more of a ginger kick though.

d.

I drank a bottle once. Too, too sweet! I like the Fentiman's Traditional Ginger Beer, & if there was a properly alcoholic version (it has a little alcohol in it, but not enough to be classed as an alcoholic drink) I'd happily drink that as well, but I'll never touch Crabbies again.
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Post by: andrew_s on 14 February, 2010, 01:33:08 am
Grandma's Weapons Grade (http://www.whealmaidenbrewery.com/) ginger beer is good. Unfortunately Southsea is the nearest place you'll find it (probably).
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Post by: clarion on 14 February, 2010, 06:35:29 pm
Dandelion coffee
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Post by: citoyen on 14 February, 2010, 07:02:33 pm
Had a splendid pint of Harveys in the Rose & Crown in Perry Wood (http://www.roseandcrownperrywood.co.uk) at lunchtime. Lovely pub. Hadn't planned to visit but it was only a short diversion off my route...

Got a bottle of Meantime London Porter lined up for this evening's refreshment.

d.
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Post by: jogler on 14 February, 2010, 07:21:24 pm
The second bottle of white wine
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Post by: Gandalf on 14 February, 2010, 08:41:31 pm
London Pride, soon to be followed by the glass of wine I saved from last night.
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Post by: Martin on 14 February, 2010, 08:45:06 pm
Had a splendid pint of Harveys at lunchtime.

stopped off in Lewes and had forgotten all about Kiss; their Valentine's special beer brewed to commemorate Rodin who I believe lived in Lewes for a while (The Kiss was exhibited in the town a few years ago).

It's not often one has to pass on a pint of Old...
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Post by: longers on 14 February, 2010, 09:52:27 pm
Dandelion coffee

That sounds interesting. Is it?
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Post by: tonycollinet on 14 February, 2010, 10:19:42 pm
Grants family reserve.

It's not single malt - but it's warming.

Mmmm
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Post by: recumbentim on 26 February, 2010, 07:35:28 pm
Cheap gin and T.gona watch Rugby and contimplate A DIY 200 on Sunday?
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Post by: Rig of Jarkness on 28 February, 2010, 06:45:50 pm
Sainsbury's organic Soave.  V pleasant indeed !
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Post by: FatBloke on 28 February, 2010, 07:00:12 pm
Just finished a can of Stella, so I think I'll wash it down with another can of Stella!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: clifftaylor on 28 February, 2010, 07:18:21 pm
I think you should spend less on beer, and start saving for New Domestic Appliances   :-*
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Post by: oncemore on 28 February, 2010, 08:48:51 pm
Green tea.
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Post by: Aidan on 28 February, 2010, 09:13:39 pm
lemon tea
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Post by: L Hedley on 02 March, 2010, 06:10:12 pm
Council pop! ;)  With a tea bag and milk added!
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Post by: Wowbagger on 09 March, 2010, 06:53:37 pm
A bottle of Shepherd Neame Spitfire. When did this stop being a naturally conditioned bottled ale? It's pasteurised now. Not unpleasant, but a decided retrograde step.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 09 March, 2010, 07:15:40 pm
Finishing off the bottle of Isle Negra Red I opened on Saturday night. I'm breaking my no drinking during the week rule. Cant bear to chuck it away.
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Post by: Deborah on 09 March, 2010, 07:24:01 pm
Sparkling blackcurrant and spring water. Mr Deborah is drinking it too in support of my no alcohol situation.
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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2010, 10:31:32 pm
A bottle of Shepherd Neame Spitfire. When did this stop being a naturally conditioned bottled ale? It's pasteurised now. Not unpleasant, but a decided retrograde step.

Eh? As far as I know, 1698 is the only Sheps beer ever to have been available as a BCA.

But I could be wrong.

d.
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Post by: border-rider on 15 March, 2010, 10:34:02 pm
Rooibos

:)
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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2010, 10:48:15 pm
Yorkshire Tea.

d.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 16 March, 2010, 05:35:06 pm
Nothing. Norwegian hotels have no kettle! Arrghhh!
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Post by: Deborah on 16 March, 2010, 07:37:25 pm
Nothing. Norwegian hotels have no kettle! Arrghhh!

I can email you some hot chocolate made with milk and a dash of Mint Baileys (although I am not allowed the Baileys in mine  >:()
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 20 March, 2010, 09:17:40 pm
Ewwwh. I picked up a Baileys from the free selection after the 'big dinner' - it was either that or Drambuie (yuk) or cognac, and I didn't think I'd like the cognac. I didn't finish it, it was too sweet. I am officially getting old.

Tonight I am drinking some McGuigan's red wine. I don't know what variety cos Pingu didn't read the label.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 31 March, 2010, 08:22:18 pm
A bottle of Shepherd Neame Spitfire. When did this stop being a naturally conditioned bottled ale? It's pasteurised now. Not unpleasant, but a decided retrograde step.

Eh? As far as I know, 1698 is the only Sheps beer ever to have been available as a BCA.

But I could be wrong.

d.


I'm sure Spitfire used to be bottle conditioned. There were bits of yeast floating around in the bottles and IIRC it said "bottle conditioned" on the label.

I'm drinking Spitfire atm actually: I was on duty at Maidstone Girls' Grammar School Medieval Fayre yesterday, and my daughter over-ordered the beer by an order of magnitude. At the end of the evening I was filling former mineral water bottles for staff members to take away. I must have the best part of a gallon of Spitfire here.
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Post by: citoyen on 03 April, 2010, 12:54:25 am
I'm sure Spitfire used to be bottle conditioned.

I've never seen it, which is clearly not the same as "it never existed", so I'm sure you're right.

Thinking about it, I've not had a pint of Sheps for a while, which is an oversight on my part. There's a pub on my route home from the station that sells Kent Best, but I've not been in there for ages - been far too good at resisting the temptation. More fool me. Must do something about it.

d
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Post by: rogerzilla on 02 June, 2010, 09:48:05 pm
Cheap three-star brandy, because that's all there is.  On the bright side, no-one would ever want more than one small measure of it.
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Post by: spesh on 02 June, 2010, 11:56:30 pm
Highland Park.

I'm not entirely sure if it's a good idea, seeing as I've already sunk a bottle of a rather nice Bordeaux tonight...

Aw hells, it's only work tomorrow... :demon:
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Post by: L CC on 03 June, 2010, 10:25:17 am
Coffee.
For the first time in 5 years. This is testament to the quantity  quality of the Essex water last night.
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Post by: IanDG on 05 June, 2010, 08:27:29 am
Tea
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Post by: Butterfly on 05 June, 2010, 08:29:40 am
Tea
Me too :)
Leaf tea in a BIG mug :D.
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Post by: IanDG on 05 June, 2010, 08:34:14 am
Tea
Me too :)
Leaf tea in a BIG mug :D.

Scottish Blend, Moo and Two  ;)
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Post by: Aidan on 05 June, 2010, 08:52:31 am
tesco instant coffee. I know not why ???
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Post by: Gus on 05 June, 2010, 09:25:39 am

black coffee :thumbsup:
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Post by: clarion on 05 June, 2010, 09:49:35 am
Ooh - need to pour another tea.
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Post by: tiermat on 05 June, 2010, 10:30:29 am
Strong black coffee, after a visit from little bro and his gf last night resulted in mucho cerveza drinking.....

Mrs T is still in bed with a hangover....

Although I think the guy outside building our decking might have just put pay to her lie in....
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 June, 2010, 11:11:52 am
Earl Grey. After last nights' beer festival drinkies.
Moar Earl Grey.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 05 June, 2010, 04:42:37 pm
Nothing, but later I will be enjoying a juicy Posado del Rey.
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Post by: rogerzilla on 05 June, 2010, 04:50:44 pm
Water, in oceanic quantities.  I got through at least 2.5 litres on my afternoon ride, and I'm still peeing Tizer.
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Post by: gordon taylor on 05 June, 2010, 05:47:28 pm
Lots of cold, non-alchoholic stuff.

We have a recovering alchoholic staying with us this week, so it's no booze for anyone.

 :thumbsup:
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Post by: Dinamo on 05 June, 2010, 05:51:36 pm
chilled Croft Orginial  ;D
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Post by: Domestique on 05 June, 2010, 06:04:20 pm
A cup of coffee thats been in the perculater since this morning  :sick:  ;)
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 06 June, 2010, 10:53:54 am
Coffee.
For the first time in 5 years. This is testament to the quantity  quality of the Essex water last night.


Doesn't caffeine turn you into a complete ever-ready bunny?  ISTR that you said it made you go entertainingly fast on the Easter Arrow.  Hope you recovered from the effects of your overindulgence quickly :)
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Post by: jane on 06 June, 2010, 04:14:52 pm
A glass of Biddendens vineyard Ortega white wine- surprisingly good, well chilled, after a ride to and from Central London.
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Post by: rafletcher on 07 June, 2010, 04:55:44 pm
A large Kir
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Post by: CommuteTooFar on 07 June, 2010, 05:02:26 pm
Water
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Post by: Jaded on 09 June, 2010, 12:06:11 am
Malted barley juice.
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Post by: Oaky on 09 June, 2010, 12:10:11 am
cheap, but relatively innocuous, white wine
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Post by: tiermat on 09 June, 2010, 07:33:35 am
Starbucks....
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Post by: Oaky on 10 June, 2010, 01:10:12 am
cheap but relatively innocuous blended whisky.

(Mental note to restock with malts)
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Post by: LindaG on 11 June, 2010, 09:22:10 pm
Tesco special offer Rioja. Not too shabby at all, surprisingly.  Perhaps not ideal preparation for the Sportive tomorrow, but hey, who's counting?   :D
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 11 June, 2010, 10:23:27 pm
Ultima Edizione di Farnese Cinque Uve. It's so intense it's just about chewable.
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Post by: mike on 11 June, 2010, 10:33:38 pm
Kingfisher.  Too sweet by far, but nice with curry  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Jaded on 11 June, 2010, 10:50:55 pm
Water.
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Post by: Mike J on 11 June, 2010, 11:07:49 pm
London Pride
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Post by: goatpebble on 11 June, 2010, 11:13:21 pm
Something odd and intense from a small winemaker in Greece.

This guy is using classic indigenous varieties to make a serious desert wine. He makes amazing Gewurtztraminer stuff, which I think is better than anything from Alsace, but his new 'experiment' is rather wonderful.
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Post by: Rhys W on 11 June, 2010, 11:50:35 pm
Discovery. Is it Fullers?

I'm partial to a good IPA, and my latest find is Fullers Bengal Lancer. Very nice indeed.
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Post by: jogler on 12 June, 2010, 12:26:49 am
horlicks
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Post by: RJ on 18 June, 2010, 09:56:23 pm
A cold bottle of Flensburger Pils.
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Post by: tiermat on 19 June, 2010, 07:14:54 pm
Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, nom nom nomm, trouble is I only haz one bottle of it :(
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Post by: Gus on 19 June, 2010, 07:22:23 pm
buttermilk with lemonjuice and sugar
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Post by: Basil on 29 June, 2010, 08:35:36 pm
A glass of my Father's day whisky.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 19 July, 2010, 09:34:22 pm
A beer  :o

Well, half of one.  Splitting a bottle with  Dearly_Beloved.

I drink boozahol once in a blue moon, as it generally doesn't agree with me these days and I've been known to get a 48 hour hangover on the back of a couple of pints.  But it's a bit warm, and I'm putting away ten tonnes of shopping, and a cold fizzy lager seemed fairly appealing.  And anyway, I needed to make space in the fridge....
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Post by: toekneep on 19 July, 2010, 09:45:40 pm
Holden's Golden Sunset.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 28 July, 2010, 07:49:32 pm
Fursty Ferret - special offer at Waitrose; £1.35 for a 500ml bottle. offer ends 24th August.

Last week their best beer offer was 3 bottles of Brakespear for £3!
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Post by: toekneep on 28 July, 2010, 08:04:13 pm
I have six bottle of Wold Gold from the Wold Top Brewery courtesy of Booths at £1 a bottle. I'm not actually drinking one though, I am thinking one. Or two.
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Post by: Basil on 28 July, 2010, 11:06:14 pm
Omg!
We've just won the quiz.  We won by a huge margin. 
So we gambled.  We won again! 100 worth of BEER.
 
I may be some time.
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Post by: Wascally Weasel on 28 July, 2010, 11:07:34 pm
Leffe blonde.  Contemplating a bottle of Hoegaarden.
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Post by: Regulator on 29 July, 2010, 05:13:28 pm
I have become rather partial to Badger (Hall & Woodehouse) Golden Glory.  Perfect for a warm summer day.
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Post by: andrewc on 30 July, 2010, 06:35:16 pm
I'm sitting in a field in Suffolk, all on my lonesome apart from 2 bottles of Fullers Bengal Lancer and 2 of Harviestouns Bitter and Twisted....
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 July, 2010, 07:16:22 pm
G&T :P
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Post by: citoyen on 01 August, 2010, 09:45:58 am
I'm sitting in a field in Suffolk, all on my lonesome apart from 2 bottles of Fullers Bengal Lancer and 2 of Harviestouns Bitter and Twisted....

I had a bottle of Bengal Lancer last night. Lovely stuff.

Just a nice cup of tea for now though.

d.
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Post by: DrMekon on 01 August, 2010, 08:06:54 pm
Hogs Back Arromas over Tongham. It's 9%, but really suffers if chilled. Goes all thin and watery. Warm, it's nice, albeit still not the mouthfeel you usually get off something this weighty.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 01 August, 2010, 08:14:34 pm
Holden's Golden Sunset.

How dya get hold of that in your neck of the woods?
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 01 August, 2010, 08:29:41 pm
Lovely delicious wine. Aymura Carmenere 2008. It's tasty.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 01 August, 2010, 08:31:11 pm
Tea.
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Post by: andrewc on 01 August, 2010, 08:33:53 pm
Cold milk.
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Post by: citoyen on 04 August, 2010, 09:55:42 am
Hogs Back Arromas over Tongham. It's 9%, but really suffers if chilled. Goes all thin and watery. Warm, it's nice, albeit still not the mouthfeel you usually get off something this weighty.

We had some of that at the Kent Beer Festival last week. It was on the section of the bar where I was serving so naturally I sampled it. Didn't like it. Too harsh. It seemed to be very popular with the students though.  ::-)

One chap actually complained that more people were drinking it than the splendid Hawkshead beer that was next to it. I didn't care - more Hawkshead left for me at the end of the evening.   ;D

d.
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Post by: Mike J on 04 August, 2010, 09:59:47 pm
Drinking a nice glass of Badger Golden Glory  :P
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Post by: Mobbsy on 05 August, 2010, 01:03:25 pm
McDonalds Banana milkshake (large)
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 06 August, 2010, 05:34:38 pm
Robinsons' Old Tom, Guinness Foreign Export, Duvel and a bottle of Westons' cider. Nothing less than 7.5%.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 06 August, 2010, 10:14:42 pm
La Chasse du Pape red wine :P
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Post by: Wowbagger on 06 August, 2010, 10:15:57 pm
This evening, I have consumed:-

2 pints of Greene King IPA, which unusually for a BSE bitter, was quite pleasant.
2 pints of Cobra, washed down with a jalfrezi.
3 cups strong Indian restaurant coffee
some instant coffee
a pint of water
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 06 August, 2010, 10:18:21 pm
I'm not sure, but I know I like it. Some sort of Australian chardonnay. LFW 2009.
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Post by: spesh on 10 August, 2010, 12:27:48 am
A very nice Torres Viña Sol 2008.

Just as well I'm on late shift this week. ;D
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Post by: jogler on 10 August, 2010, 09:19:56 pm
Guiness
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Post by: Aidan on 10 August, 2010, 09:20:31 pm
red tea mmmm
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Post by: citoyen on 10 August, 2010, 09:50:58 pm
A bottle of St Austell Tribute. Very pleasant.

d.
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Post by: YahudaMoon on 10 August, 2010, 09:53:36 pm
Tesco's ground coffee (hate Tesco) the coffee is nice though.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 11 August, 2010, 11:18:41 am
Tesco's ground coffee (hate Tesco) the coffee is nice though.

Lidl do a 200g tin of espresso grind coffee that is actually rather good, especially @ £1.49 for a tin.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 11 August, 2010, 11:19:32 am
A bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Manzanilla

La Gitana it ain't, but it'll do...
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Post by: Andrew Br on 11 August, 2010, 01:39:17 pm
A bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Manzanilla



Sherry in the morning ?  :o
I'm not sure whether that's civilised or debauched  ;)

Coffee for me. I'm not sure of the brand 'cos it's from a plastic container in the freezer (didn't keep the packet or snip a bit of the label off  :facepalm: ).
I think it's some Spanish supermarket stuff that my mum got me last time she came over here. Knowing her, it's probably cheap stuff but it tastes pretty good, especially when it's made quite strong.

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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 11 August, 2010, 04:06:56 pm
Ikea alcoholic pear cider stuff. *classy*
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Post by: Andrew Br on 11 August, 2010, 04:30:22 pm
Ikea alcoholic pear cider stuff. *classy*

Everyone's at it  :o :o
Except me  :( :(

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Post by: CAMRAMan on 12 August, 2010, 08:51:42 am
A bottle of Sainsbury's own brand Manzanilla

Sherry in the morning ?  :o
I'm not sure whether that's civilised or debauched  ;)

Coffee for me. I'm not sure of the brand 'cos it's from a plastic container in the freezer (didn't keep the packet or snip a bit of the label off  :facepalm: ).
I think it's some Spanish supermarket stuff that my mum got me last time she came over here. Knowing her, it's probably cheap stuff but it tastes pretty good, especially when it's made quite strong.

The LIDL stuff I mentioned above is quite good at whatever strength. I'm off there today to stock up. The only downside is it's in one of those tins that don't let tou get the last few grains out and you can't pour them into the new tin.

I'm advised on the Manzanilla bottle to finish it a.s.a.p., so I am only obeying instructions. Being a sort of Fino, it's only 15%, so I'll say it's civilised.
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Post by: cometworm on 12 August, 2010, 07:56:59 pm
Water. Thames Water.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 12 August, 2010, 08:01:48 pm
I've just had a glass of nice Welsh water, courtesy of the Victorians (& Severn Trent).
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Post by: jogler on 12 August, 2010, 08:07:49 pm
From Lake Vyrnwy?
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Post by: border-rider on 12 August, 2010, 08:12:33 pm
From Lake Vyrnwy?

I pissed in that on the Mille Cymru.  Enjoy  :thumbsup:
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Post by: jogler on 12 August, 2010, 08:15:59 pm
From Lake Vyrnwy?

I pissed in that on the Mille Cymru.  Enjoy  :thumbsup:

I was there Monday just gone :demon:

great minds think alike MV ;)
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 17 August, 2010, 05:04:46 pm
Nice to know you're thinking of our water levels...
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Post by: nicknack on 26 August, 2010, 06:32:35 pm
G&T.

Replacing fluids lost by giving blood this pm. Up to 8 gallons now over the years (yes, I know it's not exactly a pint but it's near enough).
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Post by: IanDG on 28 August, 2010, 01:29:45 pm
Ginger Beer
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Post by: Zoidburg on 29 August, 2010, 02:21:44 am
Asahi - Super Dry.

 :P
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Post by: DrMekon on 30 August, 2010, 09:41:16 pm
Our local shop has started doing Carlsberg Special Brew in little 275ml bottles. I love barley wine and stronger beers, and thought it'd make a change from the Aromas over Tongham that I usually get. It wasn't bad, but if you obey the "serve extra chilled" instruction, it tastes disappointingly thin. Although fuller when warmed up, it's a bit of a one dimensional taste. I'd get bored if I drank it regularly.

Nice to see them making an effort to move away from the street drinkers market.
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Post by: border-rider on 30 August, 2010, 09:44:53 pm
Chilean Pedro Ximinez

Much better than I expected.
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Post by: Blade on 30 August, 2010, 09:54:21 pm
Ouzo and water in maxi strength.....yammas :thumbsup:
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Post by: Wowbagger on 06 October, 2010, 11:54:22 pm
A bottle of 2007 Thomas Hardy ale. It's pretty good but I should probably have kept it a bit longer.
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Post by: Feline on 06 October, 2010, 11:56:53 pm
An irish coffee I made myself in my cafetiere with Fairtrade coffee, Glenfiddich whiskey and double cream  :smug:
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Post by: Andrew Br on 06 October, 2010, 11:59:29 pm
A small Glenlivet Nadurra.
I'm too hyped up after football to go to bed yet and a cup of tea didn't seem so attractive.

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Post by: rower40 on 16 October, 2010, 07:27:45 pm
Some Banrock Station Cab Sauv that I'd left on the radiator too long, so it's body-temperature rather than room-temperature.  Almost Mulled.  Feckit.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 16 October, 2010, 07:38:11 pm
A really nice Chardonnay. Then I might open a red. But I won't drink enough to have lustful thoughts about Simon Cowell this week.
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Post by: rogerzilla on 16 October, 2010, 07:43:57 pm
A really nice Chardonnay. Then I might open a red. But I won't drink enough to have lustful thoughts about Simon Cowell this week.
I take it that required a Chardonnay and a red wine box.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 16 October, 2010, 07:49:23 pm
Our local shop has started doing Carlsberg Special Brew in little 275ml bottles. I love barley wine and stronger beers, and thought it'd make a change from the Aromas over Tongham that I usually get. It wasn't bad, but if you obey the "serve extra chilled" instruction, it tastes disappointingly thin. Although fuller when warmed up, it's a bit of a one dimensional taste. I'd get bored if I drank it regularly.

Nice to see them making an effort to move away from the street drinkers market.

Not sure if you can get it in the UK, but have you tried their Elephant Beer? Sort of Special Brew strength, but with a flavour like proper beer instead of treacly alcohol.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 16 October, 2010, 07:49:31 pm
Sadly, most of a bottle of red, and the thought of all his money.  :-[
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Post by: Wascally Weasel on 16 October, 2010, 07:51:18 pm
Lech.

(I'm drinking Polish beer not commenting on Simon Cowell)
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Post by: JohnP on 16 October, 2010, 08:05:37 pm
A bottle of Hardys Crest red wine ("come dancing" compatible) followed by a glass of white port with a ripe Brie.

Best to try for a few extra miles tomorrow.
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Post by: Clandy on 16 October, 2010, 08:07:41 pm
A nice cold pint of Guinness.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 16 October, 2010, 08:57:49 pm
A Nice Cup of Tea.
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Post by: rower40 on 16 October, 2010, 09:14:32 pm
A Nice Cup of Tea.
I'm sure Kim will join me in claiming that that's a contradiction in terms.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 16 October, 2010, 09:16:53 pm
A Nice Cup of Tea.
I'm sure Kim will join me in claiming that that's a contradiction in terms.


What if it comes from a French Mediterranean town close to the Italian border?
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Post by: rower40 on 16 October, 2010, 09:39:34 pm
My understanding was that tea came from Sri Lanka, China, India or er, Lgray.

Or are you in a French Mediterreanean town dot dot dot, and crowing it over the rest of the ex-pats that you've found a decent cup of tea?
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Post by: Wowbagger on 16 October, 2010, 10:07:30 pm
I'm afraid I'm in Saarfend.
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Post by: Rhys W on 16 October, 2010, 10:48:26 pm
A £7 bottle of Cotes du Rhones from Sainsburys. At 14.5% it would give Nigella Lawson a run for her money in the "full-bodied" stakes.
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Post by: rower40 on 21 October, 2010, 07:21:31 pm
My local supermarket had a bottle of something that looked nice; 2006 Chateau le Bonnat Graves.  It didn't have a price, nor did their computer know.  So the checkout drone took the bottle away for what felt like ages, and came back with the query "£8?"
Which seemed a lot for a bottle of red.  Anyway, I bought it.
On getting home and checking the interwebs, it seems that the going rate for a bottle is £12.70.
I'll let you know if it's any good.   After I've gone back to the supermarket with my trailer to clear them out of the stuff.
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Post by: rower40 on 21 October, 2010, 07:58:17 pm
My local supermarket had a bottle of something that looked nice; 2006 Chateau le Bonnat Graves.  It didn't have a price, nor did their computer know.  So the checkout drone took the bottle away for what felt like ages, and came back with the query "£8?"
Which seemed a lot for a bottle of red.  Anyway, I bought it.
On getting home and checking the interwebs, it seems that the going rate for a bottle is £12.70.
I'll let you know if it's any good.   After I've gone back to the supermarket with my trailer to clear them out of the stuff.

Not nice at all.  Tastes metallic and chemical.  I may not even finish the bottle.
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Post by: LindaG on 21 October, 2010, 10:47:01 pm
Tesco Ogio wot came with the £9 meal deal.

That'll do me. 
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Post by: Wowbagger on 21 October, 2010, 10:57:10 pm
Bombardier.
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Post by: Jules on 21 October, 2010, 11:01:42 pm
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,
Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around,
And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
Throws up a steamy column, and the cups
That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,
So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Post by: Basil on 22 October, 2010, 12:38:41 am
Hot chocolate.
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Post by: Hummers on 22 October, 2010, 07:29:31 pm
Co-op free trade Malbec.

H
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 22 October, 2010, 07:39:22 pm
Milk
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Post by: RW on 22 October, 2010, 10:28:05 pm
Waitrose Armagnac.  Just finished off a bottle of Burgundy Grand Ordinary €1.50 from Noz our favourite shop.
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Post by: DrMekon on 22 October, 2010, 10:42:38 pm
Big bottle of Kwak.
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Post by: gordon taylor on 22 October, 2010, 11:21:23 pm
Hot water and honey. There should be some whisky in the mug too, but there's not a drop left in the house.
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Post by: Clandy on 22 October, 2010, 11:29:25 pm
Halfway through a bottle of Laphroaig.
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Post by: RW on 23 October, 2010, 05:02:24 pm
Lem-sip and armagnac
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Post by: nicknack on 23 October, 2010, 06:44:20 pm
Gin and tonic and diclofenac. Just warming up for a gig with a back that's being somewhat uncooperative.
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Post by: Clandy on 23 October, 2010, 06:48:29 pm
Tea*



*this may change as the evening progresses.
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Post by: Andrij on 23 October, 2010, 07:02:03 pm
Water.  This follows Hobgoblin (barrel emptied), Bombardier (barrel emptied) then Courage Best Bitter (we left some for whoever else might visit this evening).
 
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Post by: LindaG on 23 October, 2010, 08:32:25 pm
Tea.
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Post by: vorsprung on 23 October, 2010, 08:51:40 pm
Chianti
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Post by: pcolbeck on 23 October, 2010, 08:53:27 pm
Chianti

+1
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Post by: RW on 24 October, 2010, 12:11:07 am
Three Jenlains followed by half a bottle of Tariquet ugni blanc & columbard 2005
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Post by: JohnP on 24 October, 2010, 12:31:24 am
Glenlivet.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 24 October, 2010, 02:12:28 pm
Nothing, but there is a delicious Pinot Noir open so later I will have some of that.
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Post by: Gus on 25 October, 2010, 03:21:58 pm

Skimmed milk.
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Post by: Basil on 26 October, 2010, 09:12:46 pm
Whiskey from a wine glass.  (Don't tell Wowbagger)
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Post by: mike on 26 October, 2010, 10:22:06 pm
Aberlour. The end of the bottle [sad face]   

But mines in a 15 yr old ikea tumbler....
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Post by: Manotea on 27 October, 2010, 08:40:13 pm
Some nameless bourbon I found in the cupboard to mask my toothache.
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Post by: Blade on 27 October, 2010, 09:59:29 pm
A VERY large birthday Pernod...soon to be followed by more of the same.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 28 October, 2010, 11:21:47 pm
Nairn's oatcakes, buttered and with Maasdam cheese.

Very good indeed!

Edit: I think I put this post in the wrong thread. Perhaps i should find the food thread and tell it about my beer.
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Post by: andrew_s on 29 October, 2010, 12:34:31 am
Duchess Grey tea, just to dilute the beer - Pitchfork, Old Slug porter, Double Header (pub's on an RCH do this week, just by chance).
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Post by: Dinamo on 29 October, 2010, 02:46:18 am
Strong black coffee   ;D
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Post by: Oaky on 29 October, 2010, 07:19:02 am
My second cup of black coffee.  Pesky kids got me up at 0630.  I have today booked off work, and was planning a lie-in!  :-\
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 October, 2010, 05:10:24 pm
Gin and tonic. Yes I know it's early but I'm worth it.
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Post by: Androcles on 29 October, 2010, 10:28:08 pm
Nice refreshing appley beverage. 

It's got to be healthy coz it's fruit - and 91.6% alcohol free
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Post by: David Martin on 29 October, 2010, 10:33:57 pm
A herbal tea of some pinkish hue. It might contain nettles but most certainly does not contain peppermint.
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Post by: vorsprung on 30 October, 2010, 07:37:22 am
Columbian coffee
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Post by: Andrij on 30 October, 2010, 03:48:02 pm
Balvenie DoubleWood, 12 yo
 
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Post by: Pippa on 30 October, 2010, 04:58:04 pm
Is it too early for wine?
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Post by: Adam on 30 October, 2010, 05:13:54 pm
Is it too early for wine?

Certainly not - I'm having some Waterford Rose Mary (http://www.waterfordestate.co.za/waterfordrosemary.html) right now.
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Post by: Andrij on 30 October, 2010, 05:38:07 pm
Is it too early for wine?

Of course not!  What else is one to drink with lunch? Wine is fine from lunch time onwards.  It is uncouth to drink wine with breakfast, that is when one opens the champagne.  8)
 
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Post by: RW on 03 November, 2010, 10:10:35 pm
German red wine.  Spatburgunder.  It's pale, very see though, like Ribena; and very drinkable.
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Post by: JohnP on 03 November, 2010, 10:41:38 pm
1st time in years - a Drambuie with a double expresso.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 04 November, 2010, 02:31:33 pm
A liquid almost, but not entirely, unlike tea.  The Nutrimatic Drinks Dispenser here has a lot to learn.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 04 November, 2010, 02:49:18 pm
I am NOT going to be drinking home distilled, Hungarian palinka (fruit brandy) made from dried redcurrants. No sir!
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Post by: Wowbagger on 04 November, 2010, 02:50:56 pm
I am drinking something entirely like tea. A nice cup thereof.
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Post by: JohnP on 04 November, 2010, 03:11:47 pm
Just made a cup of Yorkshire to revive me after my 18 mile ride - seemingly, all in to the wind.
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Post by: L CC on 04 November, 2010, 07:52:20 pm
San Pellegrino
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Post by: mike on 04 November, 2010, 08:47:15 pm
Quilmes. 
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Post by: jogler on 04 November, 2010, 11:28:36 pm
Horlicks
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Post by: Andrew Br on 04 November, 2010, 11:30:37 pm
Glenmorangie.
I really shouldn't be since I've just got in after having a couple of pints earlier...................

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Post by: citoyen on 05 November, 2010, 12:54:50 am
A tasty new beverage called "Notalcohol", principally comprising two parts hydrogen to one part oxygen, lightly seasoned with carbon dioxide. Mmmmm!

I'm trying to lay off the booze for a bit. It's been eight days since my last beer, which is a good start, though my resolve has not really been tested yet.

Might see if I can last until the office Christmas party (no way am I putting myself through that ordeal sober).

d.
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Post by: Aidan on 05 November, 2010, 02:31:44 am
lemsip    which doesnt bode well for a 100 miler on saturday
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Post by: Feline on 05 November, 2010, 03:24:10 am
Hot chocolate  :)
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Post by: Gus on 05 November, 2010, 08:17:19 am

There is nothing like a big glass of cold chocolate milk after training  :smug:
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Post by: LindaG on 07 November, 2010, 11:14:23 pm
Tea.
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Post by: Oaky on 07 November, 2010, 11:16:19 pm
Claret.

(I'm out of ale, having quaffed my last OP and Badger earlier).
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Post by: JohnP on 08 November, 2010, 07:28:42 am
A nice mug of warm water to bide me over for a few hours - I foolishly made a 10:45 appointment for a fasting blood test.

11:00 could be good - there is a cake shop 100 yds from the phlebotomist.
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Post by: LindaG on 08 November, 2010, 09:18:47 pm
Duvel.
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Post by: andrew_s on 08 November, 2010, 09:52:20 pm
Thomas Hardy's (O'Hanlon's version)
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Post by: Andrew Br on 08 November, 2010, 10:05:35 pm
Lukusowa potato vodka, straight from the freezer.

Note to self:- just the one.

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Post by: DrMekon on 08 November, 2010, 10:23:14 pm
Fuller's Golden Pride (8.5%) - 2 for £3 at Waitrose. Glad that tonight, I finished the shelf off in my local branch. That promotion was a bit much for me.
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Post by: Sergeant Pluck on 08 November, 2010, 10:23:35 pm
Milo  :)

Hadn't heard of this stuff until I was working near Lyon years ago - this was one of the choices at breakfast, to be drunk from a bowl.
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Post by: JohnP on 08 November, 2010, 11:41:10 pm
Duvel.

I've none left.  Maybe I could visit Mechelen tomorrow?  O.K. maybe Tesco.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 10 November, 2010, 11:07:05 pm
A can of John Smiths Extra Smooth - slightly out of date. Not what I would normally choose to drink but I found a three out of a four pack that someone left at our BBQ last summer in the garage tonight when I was cleaning up the paint things after painting the ceiling. Not sure if I will keep the other two or chuck them away.
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Post by: jogler on 10 November, 2010, 11:26:44 pm
Horlicks
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Post by: Wowbagger on 11 November, 2010, 09:16:26 am
A can of John Smiths Extra Smooth - slightly out of date. Not what I would normally choose to drink but I found a three out of a four pack that someone left at our BBQ last summer in the garage tonight when I was cleaning up the paint things after painting the ceiling. Not sure if I will keep the other two or chuck them away.

I'd use them to wash the paint brushes.
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Post by: L CC on 11 November, 2010, 10:38:49 am
A can of John Smiths Extra Smooth - slightly out of date. Not what I would normally choose to drink but I found a three out of a four pack that someone left at our BBQ last summer in the garage tonight when I was cleaning up the paint things after painting the ceiling. Not sure if I will keep the other two or chuck them away.

I'd use them to wash the paint brushes.
Makes lovely gingerbread. Cooking beer.
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Post by: jogler on 12 November, 2010, 10:24:40 pm
Horlicks
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Post by: David Martin on 16 November, 2010, 11:56:27 pm
A stubby of Mackesons stout, left over from the christmas pudding manufacture.

It is probably my only alcohol this month.

..d
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Post by: RJ on 18 November, 2010, 09:25:14 pm
Yogi tea.  Liquorice.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 18 November, 2010, 09:30:43 pm
Bath Ales' "Gem".
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Post by: epa611 on 18 November, 2010, 10:22:12 pm
Campo Viejo Gran Reserva 2003 :thumbsup: (On offer in Costco ATM)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 19 November, 2010, 05:13:35 pm
Bath Ales' "Gem".
Nomnomnom

Lime & soda. Thirsty. Beer later.
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Post by: Pingu on 19 November, 2010, 08:13:13 pm
Mmm...lambic  :P

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5190481818_f21eaf640f_z.jpg)
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Post by: bikenerd on 19 November, 2010, 08:14:29 pm
Grimbergen Dubbel.
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Post by: mike on 19 November, 2010, 08:45:04 pm
a lovely pinot grigio.  Much more depth than normal, went quite well with the chicken curry.
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Post by: andrew_s on 20 November, 2010, 12:11:47 am
Caol Ila
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Post by: Gus on 20 November, 2010, 09:57:59 pm
Caol Ila

Jealous  :-[

Ohh and I'm  drinking water .
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Post by: Andrij on 21 November, 2010, 07:53:50 pm
Peach & mango juice with vodka.  Not my usual, but I'm on holiday. :)


I am NOT going to be drinking home distilled, Hungarian palinka (fruit brandy) made from dried redcurrants. No sir!
Not drinking homemade palinka? :o  Stuff like that shouldn't go to waste, so I'll do a good deed and volunteer to take it off your hands. ;)  (assuming you haven't givien in and finished it off)
 
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Post by: Pippa on 21 November, 2010, 08:35:49 pm
Peach & mango juice with vodka.  Not my usual, but I'm on holiday. :)

Now that sounds like a PROPER manly drink.

Is it in a pint glass? ;D
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 21 November, 2010, 08:42:11 pm
Peach & mango juice with vodka.  Not my usual, but I'm on holiday. :)


I am NOT going to be drinking home distilled, Hungarian palinka (fruit brandy) made from dried redcurrants. No sir!
Not drinking homemade palinka? :o  Stuff like that shouldn't go to waste, so I'll do a good deed and volunteer to take it off your hands. ;)  (assuming you haven't givien in and finished it off)

I'm normally a fan, but it really isn't the best, despite being 58% abv. I suspect that's because it's made of dried fruit. It's still sitting there waiting for an excuse to be drunk. I shall put it in the freezer when I can find space.

I have two bottles of Sainsburys Porter in the fridge. It's attraction is beginning to wane after my initial enthusiasm for it. Burton Bridge is THE porter of choice for me, but a bugger to get hold of.
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Post by: Andrij on 21 November, 2010, 09:01:14 pm
Peach & mango juice with vodka.  Not my usual, but I'm on holiday. :)

Now that sounds like a PROPER manly drink.

Is it in a pint glass? ;D

Sadly not.  Must remember to bring my parents some pint glasses (I have approximately TOO MANY in London).

OTOH, I've had around a pint's worth of the cocktail so far. :-D
 
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 21 November, 2010, 09:11:53 pm
A nice glass of Jack Daniels over ice.

I know it's not a posh/'good' whisky but I bought a bottle (on offer) recently as I've only liked whisky the past couple years (my Dad having introduced me to Bushmills 10yr Old) and thought I'd revisit JD having only had it with coke or as hastily downed shots when younger.

And I like it, not as smooth as others but the harshness has it's own je ne sais quoi.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: spesh on 21 November, 2010, 11:01:26 pm
A wee dram of Bailie Nichol Jarvie (http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-414.aspx) before bed.

It's the only decent blended whisky I've ever drunk.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 21 November, 2010, 11:09:23 pm
A nice glass of Jack Daniels over ice.

I know it's not a posh/'good' whisky but I bought a bottle (on offer) recently as I've only liked whisky the past couple years (my Dad having introduced me to Bushmills 10yr Old) and thought I'd revisit JD having only had it with coke or as hastily downed shots when younger.

And I like it, not as smooth as others but the harshness has it's own je ne sais quoi.  :thumbsup:

JD is OK. American Whiskey is a completely different drink to Scotch though. Irish is different too  but a close relation. I prefer Irish to Scotch these days ( I know I'm a philistine). I'd rather have a decent port or brandy though.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 21 November, 2010, 11:17:01 pm
Oh man, JD & coke is what I used to drink in the pubeh when Pingu & I were first a courting ;) (I was underage and he was a durty ol' man).  Can't drink anything sweet & fizzy like that now.

Tonight I am scoffing a nice Taste the Diff NZ Sauv Blanc :P
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 21 November, 2010, 11:19:43 pm
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I have two bottles of Sainsburys Porter in the fridge.
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Who makes that then?
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Post by: pcolbeck on 21 November, 2010, 11:23:44 pm
Not drinking tonight as I went out last night. Had a guiness and port for the first time in ages last night. Lovely drink.
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Post by: spesh on 21 November, 2010, 11:28:02 pm
A nice glass of Jack Daniels over ice.

I know it's not a posh/'good' whisky but I bought a bottle (on offer) recently as I've only liked whisky the past couple years (my Dad having introduced me to Bushmills 10yr Old) and thought I'd revisit JD having only had it with coke or as hastily downed shots when younger.

And I like it, not as smooth as others but the harshness has it's own je ne sais quoi.  :thumbsup:

JD is OK. American Whiskey is a completely different drink to Scotch though. Irish is different too  but a close relation. I prefer Irish to Scotch these days ( I know I'm a philistine). I'd rather have a decent port or brandy though.

When it comes to the American stuff, I prefer Kentucky straight bourbons such as Jim Beam or Four Roses to standard JD which is actually a Tennessee Whiskey due to the charcoal filtration process used before maturation. That said, I do like the single barrel  and Silver Select editions of Jack Daniels, which tend to be smoother than the bog-standard stuff.
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Post by: Oaky on 21 November, 2010, 11:28:54 pm
53.141 (http://www.connosr.com/whisky/islay/caol-ila/smws-53141-chinese-food-in-an-old-fashioned-hote/)

Superb!  The bottle is nearly empty though.
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Post by: jogler on 22 November, 2010, 12:39:14 am
Horlicks

again
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 22 November, 2010, 10:35:19 am

I have two bottles of Sainsburys Porter in the fridge.
Who makes that then?

Shepherd Neame, as it happens...
It's not bad for a southern beer ;)
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Post by: LindaG on 22 November, 2010, 10:39:14 am
Coffee with Rice Dream.
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Post by: Gaseous Clay on 22 November, 2010, 04:31:55 pm
Freshly filtered and bottled blackberry whisky. 

Mmmmm very nice.

Very smashed.
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Post by: Tail End Charlie on 22 November, 2010, 10:02:43 pm
Cumberland Ale from Aldi. Tasty.
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Post by: andrew_s on 22 November, 2010, 11:19:12 pm
Bowmore (http://www.connosr.com/whisky/islay/bowmore/bowmore-15-year-old-darkest/)
(with apologies to Oaky)
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Post by: Tom B on 23 November, 2010, 10:15:20 am
Pu-erh tea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%27erh)  :)
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Post by: PaulF on 23 November, 2010, 10:24:14 am
Champagne. One benefit of what has become a weekly commute to Toronto is the lounge
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Post by: Andrij on 24 November, 2010, 08:13:32 pm
(http://www.mightyschneidy.com/images/beer/yuengling.jpg)
 
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Post by: jogler on 24 November, 2010, 08:41:16 pm
Diet Coke
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Post by: jogler on 24 November, 2010, 09:42:57 pm
Horlicks
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Post by: Tom B on 24 November, 2010, 10:00:11 pm
Penderyn
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Post by: jogler on 25 November, 2010, 06:53:04 am
black coffee,no sugar
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Post by: mike on 25 November, 2010, 08:34:10 am
Last night:  Rather a lot of free wine.

Free because we made a beer-fuelled fuss when the crap christmas decorations in the restaurant fell on my dining partners head, coating him in glitter.   The third bottle was a triumph of hope over reality.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 25 November, 2010, 12:11:17 pm
Penderyn

Whoa !
I bought a botle of Penderyn yesterday- they were on special offer in Tesco.
It was opened last night as well, 'though for quality control purposes only  ;)

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Post by: Andrij on 25 November, 2010, 11:06:58 pm
Pouilly-Fuisse Le Clos, 2006. Glad this is the only bottle, as I'd be tempted to open another bottle or two.
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Post by: jogler on 25 November, 2010, 11:12:27 pm
Horlicks
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Post by: robbo6 on 28 November, 2010, 02:20:18 pm
Home brew 2005.
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Post by: ludwig on 02 December, 2010, 07:03:14 am
a bucket of lavazza
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Post by: Tom B on 02 December, 2010, 09:23:29 am
Quote
I bought a botle of Penderyn yesterday

What did you reckon to it? I find it quite drinkable but a little raw around the edges
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Post by: Andrew Br on 02 December, 2010, 05:51:01 pm
It wasn't as smooth as I remembered it when I'd had it in a pub.
In fact, it was so different that I checked whether I'd got the standard and not some with a different "finish".

I'm still enjoying it although I don't think that I'll be buying another bottle for a long time.

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Post by: nicknack on 02 December, 2010, 06:28:48 pm
Aldi's pineapple orange and mango juice diluted with Aldi's Old Hopking dark rum.
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Post by: Oaky on 03 December, 2010, 10:33:55 pm
Old Speckled Hen.

When I finish that I'm going to indulge a guilty passion for very cold "crap cider".  I have a can of Strongbow sitting outside the back door where the thermometer was reading -7C or -8C earlier.  (this was prompted by me noticing how warm the same can felt in the fridge after I'd been handling stuff outside).
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Post by: ian on 09 December, 2010, 08:55:44 pm
Well, I'm not drinking the two cases of Goose Island IPA that are sitting by the front door, after the beer man delivereth earlier. Because I was ordered not to.

They are whispering seductively though...
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Post by: Andrij on 09 December, 2010, 09:28:38 pm
Redoxon.  :(
 
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Post by: tiermat on 09 December, 2010, 10:04:36 pm
San Miguel, whilst laid in bed.

I know, I know, one small step to eating Cheetos and weighing 30 stone....
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 10 December, 2010, 08:09:34 pm
Oude Kriek Boon.
Full of soor cherry goodness mmmmm.... :P
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Post by: Jaded on 10 December, 2010, 11:48:45 pm
Water.
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Post by: Blade on 11 December, 2010, 12:45:24 am
Bells, after a night out with the local B.U.G. drinking various real ales.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 11 December, 2010, 07:10:26 am
Water.

Yeah.... bet you are still recovering from that party on thursday
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Post by: Feline on 11 December, 2010, 11:26:01 am
I am about to cycle to Bristol to collect the YACF baton  :D
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Post by: jogler on 11 December, 2010, 11:30:59 am
are you drinking en-route?
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Post by: Feline on 11 December, 2010, 11:32:24 am
are you drinking en-route?

Yes definitely, mulled wine in my bidon!
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Post by: Tom B on 12 December, 2010, 09:53:43 pm
Somerset Pomona (http://www.waitrosewine.com/230221158/Product.aspx)
Was enticed by the label. No regrets, tho. Like a well-balanced and extremely strong scrumpy  :)
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Post by: LindaG on 12 December, 2010, 10:47:44 pm
Sloe gin.

Mmmm.
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Post by: padbeat on 12 December, 2010, 11:25:50 pm
Doom Bar, one of the better beers down here where 80/- doesn't grow and OPS IPA (bloody autocorrect) is in short supply.
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Post by: Torslanda on 13 December, 2010, 12:41:16 am
Calvados. I've run out of malt but I think I'll manage ok for a bit.
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Post by: CommuteTooFar on 13 December, 2010, 01:43:31 pm
Oude Kriek Boon.
Full of soor cherry goodness mmmmm.... :P
Try a peach lambic.  Just like the syrup from a tin of peachs with added alcohol.
 
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Post by: geoff on 14 December, 2010, 02:22:48 pm
Couldn't resist Sainsbury's Highland Single Malt at around £17 for 70 cl. Haz proper cork in neck. Contents are proving delicious too.
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Post by: CommuteTooFar on 14 December, 2010, 10:03:56 pm
A few hours ago.

L'Ostal Cazes 2007 possibly the best wine from Minevois (La Lavinière)

L'Ostal Cazes (http://www.ostalcazes.com/)
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Post by: bloomers100 on 14 December, 2010, 10:06:22 pm
Home made slow gin makes me feel rubbery.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Jaded on 14 December, 2010, 10:22:07 pm
Nothing, I'm on the loo!
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Post by: MattH on 20 December, 2010, 12:40:21 am
Home made Salmiakkikossu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmiakki_Koskenkorva).
Yum  :)
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Post by: Regulator on 20 December, 2010, 06:50:10 am
Milo  :)

Hadn't heard of this stuff until I was working near Lyon years ago - this was one of the choices at breakfast, to be drunk from a bowl.


[Football Chant]
M..I...L...O
M.I.L.O
Milo
[/Football Chant]

That brings back memories.  We used to drink Milo as kids in NZ>
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Post by: LindaG on 20 December, 2010, 09:40:03 am
Hot chocolate.
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Post by: mondobongo on 20 December, 2010, 12:06:02 pm
The first coffee of the day.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 20 December, 2010, 08:42:34 pm
Oude Kriek Boon.
Full of soor cherry goodness mmmmm.... :P
Try a peach lambic.  Just like the syrup from a tin of peachs with added alcohol.
 

Sounds like a horrible nasty gurls lambic to me (yes, Timmermans, I'm looking at you)
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Post by: Dinamo on 20 December, 2010, 08:48:55 pm
The Beeknees from Great Western Brewery Company.
A Premium Honey Bitter 4.2% ABV  ;D

Passed the brewery shop on way home from work today and couldn't resist stopping.
Only bought a 1 litre bottle straight from the barrell, but will be back for more before Christmas  ;D
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 20 December, 2010, 09:02:05 pm
King's Ginger liqueur with lemonade.
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Post by: andygates on 20 December, 2010, 09:28:01 pm
Posh mulled ribena.
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Post by: jellied on 20 December, 2010, 09:50:24 pm
Milk- and some rennie with an eat by date in the last century.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Basil on 20 December, 2010, 10:55:53 pm
Old Speckled Hen (or four)
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Post by: andrew_s on 20 December, 2010, 11:18:43 pm
Powers Gold Label
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Post by: itsbruce on 21 December, 2010, 12:36:21 am
Since a nasty cold has been lurking at the back of my throat (and the top of my head) for several days, I have just administered a hot toddy.  Had to find an inferior whisky (present from a well-intentioned relative).  May repeat the dose, after this nice cup of tea.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 21 December, 2010, 11:49:50 am
Had a couple of pints of Loddon bitter. Never tried it before, but what a gorgeous pint it is...
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Post by: gordon taylor on 22 December, 2010, 09:40:47 pm
GLAYVA ( a present from my boss)

OMG!!!

On ice.  The last time we opened a Glayva I think we got pregnant!
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Post by: Wowbagger on 22 December, 2010, 09:42:33 pm
GLAYVA ( a present from my boss)

OMG!!!

On ice.  The last time we opened a Glayva I think we got pregnant!

Try Horlicks as an antidote...
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Post by: jogler on 22 December, 2010, 11:04:36 pm
GLAYVA ( a present from my boss)

OMG!!!

On ice.  The last time we opened a Glayva I think we got pregnant!

Bloody hell,we got some in for Xmas :o I shall give it away tomorrow ;D
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Post by: Oaky on 22 December, 2010, 11:38:34 pm
lager
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Post by: Adrian on 22 December, 2010, 11:41:25 pm
GLAYVA ( a present from my boss)

OMG!!!

On ice.  The last time we opened a Glayva I think we got pregnant!

Bloody hell,we got some in for Xmas :o I shall give it away tomorrow ;D

Send it here, I had my tubes done years back.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 23 December, 2010, 12:02:58 am
Cocoa.
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Post by: Feline on 23 December, 2010, 12:44:40 am
Cocoa.

+1
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Oaky on 23 December, 2010, 12:54:31 am
Still, more  lager.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Jaded on 23 December, 2010, 02:22:13 am
Nothing now.

Was filling up earlier.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Oaky on 23 December, 2010, 02:26:41 am
Still on the lager
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Post by: jogler on 23 December, 2010, 08:23:32 am
black coffee
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Post by: Wowbagger on 23 December, 2010, 09:52:23 am
A Nice Cup of Tea.
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Post by: Tim Hall on 23 December, 2010, 08:12:23 pm
Williams and Humbert Pedro Ximinez 12 yo sherry.

Almost opaque, toffee coloured and toffee flavoured.

Yum.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 23 December, 2010, 08:13:55 pm
Ginger beer.

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Post by: nicknack on 23 December, 2010, 08:15:36 pm
Lots.
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Post by: JohnP on 23 December, 2010, 09:33:44 pm
Grand Marnier.
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Post by: Oaky on 23 December, 2010, 09:42:21 pm
Banrock Station
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Post by: Oaky on 24 December, 2010, 09:01:50 pm
Mighty Oak "Bingle Jells".

My polypin has dropped clear, and it's lovely!  :thumbsup:

No more  lager (or Banrock Station) for the foreseeable future :)
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Post by: Tom B on 24 December, 2010, 09:18:26 pm
Brewdog IPA (http://www.brewdog.com/hardcore_ipa)
Good stuff!
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Post by: Martin on 24 December, 2010, 09:28:09 pm
Gluhwein (home made)

the Spanish Savers red you normally use to clean the toilet was all sold out at Sainsbury's so had to buy perfectly drinkable Merlot from Aldi  :(
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Post by: Lotum on 24 December, 2010, 09:31:01 pm
Ferreira Port.
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Post by: mondobongo on 24 December, 2010, 11:04:36 pm
Glenmorangie saving the Ardbeg for the New Year.
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Post by: Oaky on 24 December, 2010, 11:14:31 pm
now onto the Madeira  :thumbsup:, but purely in my temporary, one night only, capacity as Santa (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=25).

I deny any involvement in the decision that led to Madeira being left out instead of, e.g., warm milk.  :P
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Post by: Adrian on 24 December, 2010, 11:58:09 pm
Amaretto. It is Christmas, so I can. OK?
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Post by: jogler on 25 December, 2010, 12:44:30 am
Grolsch
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 25 December, 2010, 12:57:46 pm
Cappuccino.

Yes, I know it's past 11.30am
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Post by: keepontriking on 25 December, 2010, 02:52:10 pm
Laphroaig - with a Cropwell Bishop Stilton

While waiting for lunch to cook.
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Post by: Adrian on 25 December, 2010, 03:00:57 pm
I've had my bucks fizz for breakfast and my  Bengal Lancer for lunch. I might have a nice cup of tea before cooking the dinner and moving on to the wine, the port and cheeses, and then the cointreau and chocolate.
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Post by: andygates on 25 December, 2010, 03:29:28 pm
It's minus doublebastard out there, earth as hard as iron/water like a stone stuff, so I'm on hot chocolate with rum.  Which I was expecting to be less glorious.

*sings rum songs*
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Post by: Psychler on 25 December, 2010, 06:10:02 pm
Bucks Fizz this morning, couple of pints of Guinness and mulled wine at the pub lunchtime, on the cobra at the moment, Amarone with dinner [we have a late one], port and brandy to follow and more wine later, much more.....

hic....
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Post by: mondobongo on 25 December, 2010, 09:52:31 pm
Nice cup of earl grey tea with 1 sugar and a dash of milk.
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Post by: PrettyBoyTim on 25 December, 2010, 09:55:40 pm
I'm about to have a 'Capitial Madiera'.
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Post by: Julian on 25 December, 2010, 10:02:12 pm
Sloe gin.  Home-made alcopop FTW.  :D
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Post by: Wowbagger on 25 December, 2010, 10:03:18 pm
A Nice Cup of Tea.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 25 December, 2010, 10:04:09 pm
I'm contemplating a second glass of port.
Helen still asleep and not dribbling.................

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Post by: Andrew Br on 25 December, 2010, 10:07:25 pm
A second glass of port.

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Post by: Lotum on 25 December, 2010, 10:08:08 pm
Benchmark {Grant Burge} Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 from South Australia... not bad at all.
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Post by: woollypigs on 25 December, 2010, 10:08:16 pm
water as we are out of ale
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Post by: Paul on 25 December, 2010, 10:24:20 pm
10 year old Islay single malt. My roots are Irish, not Scottish, but to judge by the smell/taste of this stuff, the Scots must have peat bogs just like the ones they have in Ireland. I'm just not sure that the Irish have seen the alcoholic potential yet, foolishly wasting peat on such fripparies as making fire rather than keeping warm...
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Post by: Tom B on 26 December, 2010, 01:56:02 pm
Dunham Massey Brewery (http://www.anthony-costello.webspace.virginmedia.com/dunham/aboutus.html) white barley wine
Very good indeed  :)
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Post by: Paul on 26 December, 2010, 02:00:35 pm
10 year old Islay single malt...

Oh dear gods - now I remember why I don't drink whisky.
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Post by: her_welshness on 26 December, 2010, 04:12:15 pm
Just had (with our nommy ham lunch) a bottle of Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2009. That was a lovely bottle of wine!
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Post by: border-rider on 26 December, 2010, 04:17:40 pm
^Good stuff, that :)

We had a half-decent white Burgundy (Pouilly-Something) at lunch, then a mouthful of Penderyn's whisky-cream liqueur, which is not really my thing.  Just tucking into a bottle of Manzanilla and some pistachios now
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Post by: Wobbly John on 26 December, 2010, 04:22:36 pm
Just bottled the wine that I brewed in the spring - 5 bottles of redcurrant, 5 bottles of plum and 1 bottle 3/4 plum and 1/4 redcurrant.  :D

Currently sipping a taster of rather young (and therefore slightly sharp) plum rose' wine.  :smug:

Hopefully they will be quite drinkable by the summer.
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Post by: Canardly on 27 December, 2010, 06:58:07 pm
Glass of port
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Post by: itsbruce on 27 December, 2010, 08:12:23 pm
On Christmas Eve it was a 30 year old Banff single malt.  On Christmas day it was a 10yo Teaninich.  Yesterday there was 15yo Glenburgie and 14yo Longrow.  Giving it a rest tonight.
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Post by: gordon taylor on 27 December, 2010, 08:39:34 pm
The last of a bottle of red wine that was opened on Christmas day.
But I'm eating peppered cheese so I've no idea what it tastes like!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 27 December, 2010, 09:19:13 pm
Pelorus (sparkling Cloudy Bay chardonnay) with a drop of Creme de Cassis.
Some sort of Kir Kiwi Royale then.
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Post by: LindaG on 27 December, 2010, 11:16:41 pm
A somewhat insipid Chablis, brought home from the restaurant tonight.

It cost a bomb, so I am determined to drink the bugger.
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Post by: Adrian on 28 December, 2010, 12:12:18 am
Dow's Renown, a gift from someone.
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Post by: Jaded on 28 December, 2010, 04:43:59 pm
We had some sloe gin last night. First tasting. Lovely.

Im now making sloe Vodka with the lees sloes  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Basil on 05 January, 2011, 07:36:49 pm
Bugger me.  They've got Ola Dubh on tap in the pub.   
This is going to hurt in the morning.
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Post by: Tail End Charlie on 05 January, 2011, 09:15:35 pm
Baileys, or rather the Aldi equivalent at a fraction of the price.
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Post by: Feline on 06 January, 2011, 11:44:35 pm
I ran out of wine  :'(
ASDA are delivering me 6 more tomorrow with my shopping though  ;D
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Post by: Oaky on 07 January, 2011, 01:23:39 am
Tobermory 10 y.o.

I'm about to have another to celebrate that 3-1 Ashes win (and, belatedly, the Newcastle 5-0 win last night).
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Post by: Oaky on 07 January, 2011, 02:08:44 am
Tobermory 10 y.o.

I'm about to have another to celebrate that 3-1 Ashes win (and, belatedly, the Newcastle 5-0 win last night).

Oh dear...  another one can't hurt, can it?  I'm still up and wide awake in any case...  :-\
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Post by: thorny on 07 January, 2011, 06:04:17 am
Jura 10 y old. Not the greatest, but relatively cheap of what's available in Canada.
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Post by: jogler on 07 January, 2011, 08:13:44 am
Tobermory 10 y.o.

I'm about to have another to celebrate that 3-1 Ashes win (and, belatedly, the Newcastle 5-0 win last night).
[/i]

that's the important bit  ;D
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Post by: giropaul on 07 January, 2011, 01:20:23 pm
I ran out of wine  :'(
ASDA are delivering me 6 more tomorrow with my shopping though  ;D

Dozen, cases or van loads?   ;)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 07 January, 2011, 08:15:05 pm
G&T :P
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Post by: Adrian on 07 January, 2011, 11:54:11 pm
Cointreau
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Post by: tonycollinet on 09 January, 2011, 12:01:42 am
Asbach Uhrbrand

Asbach Uralt - Produkte - Asbach Br&auml;nde - Asbach Urbrand (http://www.asbach.de/html/english/produkte/asbach_braende/asbach_urbrand.php)
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Post by: Mobbsy on 12 January, 2011, 01:31:30 pm
Banana milk from Waitrose, lovely
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 14 January, 2011, 06:53:18 pm
Someone gave me a bottle of Chilean Gewurtztraminer for my birthday and I opened it the other night to add to a risotto, but didn't drink any otherwise. Just poured myself a glass. Egads! The label says "perfumed" but I think what they mean is "tastes like lychees." Far too sweet for me.  :-\ Will have to make more risotto.
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Post by: nicknack on 14 January, 2011, 06:55:20 pm
Duvel.

Lovely stuff.
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Post by: Rig of Jarkness on 14 January, 2011, 06:55:33 pm
G&T  (Bombay Sapphire)
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Post by: rogerzilla on 15 January, 2011, 12:44:13 pm
A large glass of Sainsbury's Cabernet Sauvignon (about the cheapest they do, but quite drinkable) with some French bread and Roquefort.  Which is the best lunch, if you have the constitution.

I suppose I'd better go for a hard ride later so i feel self-righteous again.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 15 January, 2011, 01:57:27 pm
Sainsbury's own brand Czech lager. Sad to say, but not a patch on Tescos' equivalent. There's not enough of anything in the taste and it's just bland.

A far cry from the Budvar and Urquell I treated myself to over the Solstice break.

Now, Sainsbury's (brewed by Shepherd Neame) Porter is another matter and that's rather good.
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Post by: fin on 15 January, 2011, 07:14:37 pm
Brew Dog Trashy Blonde

Quote
"A titilating, neurotic, peroxide punk of a pale ale."
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 15 January, 2011, 07:25:50 pm
New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.
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Post by: andrew_s on 15 January, 2011, 08:21:55 pm
Orkney Skullsplitter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorfinn_Turf-Einarsson,_Earl_of_Orkney)

(there's a new beer shop in Cheltenham)
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Post by: Jord on 16 January, 2011, 12:46:41 am
Quote
Orkney Skullsplitter

Class beer.

I'm on the McEwan's Champion Ale  :P ;) :D
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Post by: Simonb on 16 January, 2011, 12:54:58 am
Wells Bombardier -- 3 pints at the Everybody's Inn, Margate.

 :thumbsup:
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Post by: jogler on 16 January, 2011, 02:12:17 am
Horlicks.
& eating Eccles cakes
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Post by: Jaded on 16 January, 2011, 05:04:31 am
Hot chocolate, to try and quell the fire in my gut.
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Post by: mondobongo on 16 January, 2011, 08:43:30 am
Earl Grey with milk and 1 sugar.
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Post by: jogler on 21 January, 2011, 04:02:27 am
horlicks
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 21 January, 2011, 09:25:45 am
cheap nasty instant coffee.
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Post by: andrew_s on 21 January, 2011, 01:07:32 pm
a pinta
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Post by: mike on 21 January, 2011, 01:13:34 pm
For Goodness Shakes chocolate malt.  Yum.
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Post by: Regulator on 21 January, 2011, 07:35:58 pm
Part way through a bottle of Beyers Trutter Pinotage.  Curently available as part of the Tesco Finest range.

Very nice !  :thumbsup:

I can heartily recommend it.
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Post by: jezzasnr on 21 January, 2011, 08:14:09 pm
Mug of black clipper tea
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Post by: jogler on 21 January, 2011, 08:15:46 pm
Grolsch
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 22 January, 2011, 11:44:41 am
I went to five pubs in Chipping Camden last night and, aside from a decent pint of Westons Perry, all of the beers I had were at best passable, at worst rancid. It is not the entertainment hub of the Cotswolds, I can report.

Oh, and I got a bottle of De Kuypers cherry brandy and manzanilla for me burfday. That would make an interesting blend...
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 23 January, 2011, 06:13:20 pm
A really tasty Macabeo Chardonnay.
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Post by: andrew_s on 23 January, 2011, 07:31:47 pm
just recovered enough from a lunchtime session on Otley O8 to report the fact
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Post by: spesh on 23 January, 2011, 09:44:35 pm
Angove's Shiraz Carignan 2008, which went very nicely with my roast beef dinner.
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Post by: Marco Stefano on 27 January, 2011, 09:28:37 pm
Soberano - Spanish brandy, great name.  ;D  Raisin & vanilla flavours to the fore.

Since my father died last year, my mother worries about all sorts of things, including having a kitchen cupboard full of drink, and insisted I take it all away (oh, alright). I think this one (and a couple of single malts) would have been presents to him which he didn't get around to.

So, here's to Dumb & Mad.        Cheers!
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Post by: Marco Stefano on 28 January, 2011, 07:59:28 pm
And due to tonight's taxi service for teenagers, it's water or rooibos.

Until I get back... 
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 28 January, 2011, 08:27:52 pm
Brew Dog Trashy Blonde

Quote
"A titilating, neurotic, peroxide punk of a pale ale."

On Weds, in the BrewDog pub, we got a free sample (the end of the keg they couldn't get rid of by the looks of it) of Tokyo*, 18.2%, about 50ml between us. That was a) plenty but b) surprisingly good. But you had to hold it in your mouth, let it warm up & the flavour develop & then it was like drinking nice port. It didn't make us inclined to try the 30%+ stuff though, that was way strong enough.

Tonight, just finished a G&T & wondering what Pingu will make next...
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Post by: andrew_s on 28 January, 2011, 11:57:51 pm
Chateau du Tariquet Armagnac.
A nice change from whisky.


On Weds, in the BrewDog pub, we got a free sample (the end of the keg they couldn't get rid of by the looks of it) of Tokyo*, 18.2%, about 50ml between us. That was a) plenty but b) surprisingly good. But you had to hold it in your mouth, let it warm up & the flavour develop & then it was like drinking nice port. It didn't make us inclined to try the 30%+ stuff though, that was way strong enough.

I would have thought that the main reason for not trying the 30%+ stuff would be the £35 - £40 per bottle cost.
I tried some 16% stuff at a beer festival once (ended up with about 3/4 pint because the barrel was a bit lively). That was surprisingly pleasant too, provided you took your time. I'd expected something a lot more treacley.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 January, 2011, 10:35:24 am
You can by the stronger stuff by the nip in the pub, so it's a bit less of an outlay.....still too strong though.
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Post by: jogler on 29 January, 2011, 02:20:18 pm
Caffeine-free diet coke
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Post by: mike on 29 January, 2011, 05:18:31 pm
leffe blonde.

When in belgium..
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Post by: Wowbagger on 29 January, 2011, 05:19:42 pm
Rather manky coffee.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 January, 2011, 06:23:41 pm
Lime & soda. Might catch a couple of brews when we go out to a gig later.
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Post by: Andrij on 29 January, 2011, 06:29:16 pm
My usual winter 'cocktail': whiskey and ginger ale.

There's nothing wrong with making one's drinks a pint at a time, right? (http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/100/c/2/whistling_smiley_by_Broni123.gif)
 
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Post by: Pingu on 29 January, 2011, 06:33:55 pm
leffe blonde.

When in belgium..

...at least try to find something decent  :P
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Post by: Jaded on 29 January, 2011, 07:23:38 pm
beer
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Post by: Rig of Jarkness on 29 January, 2011, 08:04:48 pm
Just polished off a very enjoyable McGuigan Estate Shiraz. 
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Post by: pcolbeck on 31 January, 2011, 03:01:54 pm
Tea.
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Post by: woollypigs on 31 January, 2011, 03:11:13 pm
A pint of milk
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Post by: andrew_s on 31 January, 2011, 08:05:05 pm
Gulden Draak
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Post by: Clandy on 31 January, 2011, 08:13:08 pm
Monkey Shoulder.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 31 January, 2011, 08:16:20 pm
A cheap but surprising nice Spanish red. I don't usually drink on a Monday but my body clock as got a bit out of kilter and I need a few glasses of wine to send me to sleep very early to reset it.
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Post by: LindaG on 31 January, 2011, 10:01:45 pm
Jura 10yo
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Post by: Feline on 31 January, 2011, 11:28:29 pm
Nescafe  :sick: because I don't have any means to make proper coffee at the moment, and I can't drink wine because I am on call. Sucks to be me tonight!
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Post by: jogler on 01 February, 2011, 11:42:26 pm
horlicks
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 02 February, 2011, 09:42:43 am
Tesco (I know, I know...) have an own brand IPA made in Scotland - by Harviestoun, I think - that's labelled as a double IPA. It's on special at the moment at £1 for a 330ml bottle. I bought a couple of bottles last night, got it home & saw it's 9.2%!!!

It's one of the hoppiest beers I've ever tasted. I know there's a scale for hops, but this must be near the top of the scale. It's definitely not a quaffing beer, but worth a try, if that's your bag.

They also do a porter, also brewed in Scotland. "Only" 6% ABV! Not as nice as Sainsbury's own brand, as it lacks a sweetness I expect in a porter.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 02 February, 2011, 07:30:37 pm
Mmmm hops :P
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 02 February, 2011, 07:34:31 pm
Duca Petraccone Salento - it's delicious.
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Post by: Deano on 03 February, 2011, 11:21:06 pm
A bit of Inverey which someone got me for Christmas.  Not bad, actually.  It also came with a wee hip flask and funnel  :thumbsup:
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Post by: fred the great on 06 February, 2011, 03:37:56 pm
A nice cup of Bangladesh tea :thumbsup:
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Post by: simonp on 06 February, 2011, 05:06:02 pm
Blue Mountain Jamaican cappuccino.
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Post by: Pingu on 11 February, 2011, 10:04:21 pm
This week I am mostly drinking Belgian:

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/5436685061_1c075a514d.jpg)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5437298070_337fe36124.jpg)
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Post by: Rhys W on 11 February, 2011, 10:38:16 pm
Leffe Brune, only £2.38 for 750ml at Tesco  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 11 February, 2011, 10:39:41 pm
LFW Chardonnay 2009. It's perfectly drinkable, but it's not the best white I've ever had. *classy bird*
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Post by: bobb on 11 February, 2011, 10:42:29 pm
Sainsbury's Red Label tea. Rock on!!
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Post by: Tewdric on 11 February, 2011, 10:47:50 pm
Sainsbury's Red Label tea. Rock on!!

Yeahbut you're probably snorting it!  ;)
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Post by: bobb on 11 February, 2011, 10:50:18 pm
I did try smoking tea once. It didn't work....
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Post by: Tewdric on 11 February, 2011, 10:59:55 pm
I did try smoking tea once. It didn't work....

Works with duck - seriously!
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Post by: Oaky on 11 February, 2011, 11:04:38 pm
Wells Bombardier Burning Gold.

Had a Badger Poacher's Choice just before - a very interesting brew flavoured with a little bit of liquorice.

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Post by: RW on 12 February, 2011, 01:20:56 am
Dalwhinnie
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Post by: itsbruce on 13 February, 2011, 09:38:55 pm
This week I am mostly drinking Belgian:

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/5436685061_1c075a514d.jpg)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5437298070_337fe36124.jpg)

Mmm, Geuze. Very popular in Bruges, where I have sampled many varieties.
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Post by: andrew_s on 13 February, 2011, 11:01:19 pm
I did try smoking tea once. It didn't work....
The first time I was in the Antarctic, the two smokers made a pact to give up, just after the ship had gone north (March), and put all their fags on the bonfire. As there was no possibility of resupply until December they jolly well had to give up.
It didn't work - they tried smoking tea, mixed herbs and anything else they could think of, and mined the ice under the base looking for  the old ration ciggies that someone mentioned had been seen once (and even found a couple of tins).
In the end the base commander took pity on them and gave them a meagre ration from those he'd surreptitiously rescued from the bonfire and stashed in the safe.
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Post by: citoyen on 14 February, 2011, 04:26:58 pm
This week I am mostly drinking Belgian:

Er, did I mention that I'm coming over to yours later? ;)

Not drinking right now, but it's been a weekend of beery delights.

Walking past Oddbins at London Bridge on Friday evening, I noticed a display promoting the wares of the Kernel brewery (http://www.thekernelbrewery.com/). They're a local outfit (ie Southwark), apparently. Never heard of them before but was intrigued so couldn't resist the temptation to get a few bottles to enjoy over the weekend.

The Centennial Pale Ale and Porter were both superb. Wasn't quite so keen on the IPA, which just seemed a bit too gratuitously alcoholic for my liking (6.8% abv and tasted like it).

Also visited the Swan at West Peckham (http://www.swan-on-the-green.co.uk/) on Saturday and had a pint of their splendid Fuggles to wash down my excellent lunch.

d.
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Post by: itsbruce on 14 February, 2011, 10:34:48 pm
Dom Perignon (2002)
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Post by: rower40 on 16 February, 2011, 09:00:12 pm
Gallo Family Five Oaks 11% Cabernet Sauvignon.  Like making love in a canoe.


Clicky for those who don't know the Python joke.

(click to show/hide)
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Post by: JohnP on 16 February, 2011, 09:21:14 pm
Just shared a bottle of Malbec with SWMBO now finishing off with a double expresso.
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Post by: mike on 16 February, 2011, 09:23:05 pm
A bloody lovely chilean cab. sauv.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 16 February, 2011, 11:44:33 pm
Chase marmalade potato vodka (made in Herefordshire) straight from the freezer.
OMG it's absolutely delicious, possibly the best vodka that I've ever had (and I've had a few  ;) ). It's certainly the best flavoured vodka.
The flavour is a great balance of tart and sweet, as I'd hoped it would be when I ordered it, and it has a depth that I've not tasted in flavoured vodkas before.
Shitty-wanky-bollocks Pretentious twaddle I know, but I think this stuff is excellent. It's so good that I'm already thinking about ordering another bottle since Chase have sold out of their limited bottling.

I've also got a bottle of their standard vodka in the freezer (I had 3 bottles delivered today, the other is Luksusowa potato vodka. I would have to take some food out of the freezer to fit that in  ;)) and I'll have to try some of that to compare it to the Marmalade. I'd not tried Chase vodka until today.
I know Luksusowa 'cos I've had it before (but, strangely, not when I travelled regularly in Poland). It's lovely and it's much cheaper than Chase. I'll report back  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Andrew Br on 17 February, 2011, 12:22:26 am
Chase potato vodka.
It seems rather bland compared to the marmalade version.
I need to try it in isolation (but not tonight  ;) ) or, maybe, in comparison with the Luksusowa (but not tonight  ;) ).
From memory, they are pretty equal on taste but the Luksusowa would win hands down on value.
Further reports to follow   ;D
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Post by: andrewc on 25 February, 2011, 09:04:17 pm
Liverpool Organic Brewery , Chocolate & Vanilla Stout, gorgeous
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Post by: nicknack on 25 February, 2011, 09:18:42 pm
Planter's Punch.

Takes me back to pre kids days when me and Mrs n used to meet at the cocktail bar for happy-hour half-price cocktails after work.
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Post by: Clandy on 25 February, 2011, 09:20:54 pm
Scotch and coke.
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Post by: keepontriking on 25 February, 2011, 10:28:45 pm
RCH Old Slug Porter.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 25 February, 2011, 10:32:10 pm
El Bombero.
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Post by: Oaky on 25 February, 2011, 10:32:52 pm
Bishop's Finger
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 25 February, 2011, 10:34:37 pm
Rioja.
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Post by: RJ on 25 February, 2011, 10:42:19 pm
Brains SA Gold
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Post by: Pingu on 25 February, 2011, 10:46:33 pm
RCH Old Slug Porter.

Nom  :P
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Post by: Rhys W on 25 February, 2011, 11:22:12 pm
Brains SA Gold

I don't rate this actually, it sounds (and tastes) like an attempt to infiltrate the vertical drinking establishment market - stick with SA or Dark if you can find it.

Just finishing off a nice Rhymney Export. Tesco stocks it, but probably not outside South Wales.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 25 February, 2011, 11:26:36 pm
Chase potato vodka.
Best vodka in the world 2010. Apparently.

I haven't tried all the vodkas in the world (yet) but it's pretty darned good.

Not sure whether to have another or got to bed.
Big day tomorrow.

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Post by: RJ on 25 February, 2011, 11:43:40 pm
Brains SA Gold

I don't rate this actually, it sounds (and tastes) like an attempt to infiltrate the vertical drinking establishment market - stick with SA or Dark if you can find it.

Just finishing off a nice Rhymney Export. Tesco stocks it, but probably not outside South Wales.

Here in Embra it's not a question of the Brains you want, rather the Brains you can get!  There are certainly many better local brews that carry off the same hoppy, light-coloured thing off much better (Deuchars; Schiehallion; Williams Bros Gold/Joker) - but sometimes an exile just can't resist a hint of a taste of home.

The best Welsh-brewed equivalent that I've tried to the Scottish beers listed above is probably Cwrw Haf.  But then I don't get out much  ;)
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Post by: Mike J on 25 February, 2011, 11:46:51 pm
JD & Coke  :P
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Post by: Rhys W on 26 February, 2011, 12:21:17 am
Brains SA Gold

I don't rate this actually, it sounds (and tastes) like an attempt to infiltrate the vertical drinking establishment market - stick with SA or Dark if you can find it.

Just finishing off a nice Rhymney Export. Tesco stocks it, but probably not outside South Wales.

Here in Embra it's not a question of the Brains you want, rather the Brains you can get!  There are certainly many better local brews that carry off the same hoppy, light-coloured thing off much better (Deuchars; Schiehallion; Williams Bros Gold/Joker) - but sometimes an exile just can't resist a hint of a taste of home.

The best Welsh-brewed equivalent that I've tried to the Scottish beers listed above is probably Cwrw Haf.  But then I don't get out much  ;)

I lived in Embra in the mid-late 90s, I remember seeing Brains SA as a guest ale in a couple of pubs (one opposite EBC somewhere springs to mind). Nice to see a Welsh beer there, but not really a taste of home as I'm from 200 miles north of Cardiff originally! Deuchars IPA was one of my faves when I was there, along with Caley 80 shilling... do they still brew Gillespie's Stout?
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Post by: andrew_s on 26 February, 2011, 08:48:00 pm
Cantillon Gueuze

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4703391231_c227e0d6d3.jpg)
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Post by: L CC on 26 February, 2011, 09:17:25 pm
Waitrose Farm Cox's cider.

Not great. But doing the job.
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Post by: Pingu on 26 February, 2011, 09:39:14 pm
Cantillon Gueuze

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4703391231_c227e0d6d3.jpg)

Double nom  :P :P
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Post by: RJ on 26 February, 2011, 09:44:50 pm
Brains SA Gold

I don't rate this actually, it sounds (and tastes) like an attempt to infiltrate the vertical drinking establishment market - stick with SA or Dark if you can find it.

Just finishing off a nice Rhymney Export. Tesco stocks it, but probably not outside South Wales.

Here in Embra it's not a question of the Brains you want, rather the Brains you can get!  There are certainly many better local brews that carry off the same hoppy, light-coloured thing off much better (Deuchars; Schiehallion; Williams Bros Gold/Joker) - but sometimes an exile just can't resist a hint of a taste of home.

The best Welsh-brewed equivalent that I've tried to the Scottish beers listed above is probably Cwrw Haf.  But then I don't get out much  ;)

I lived in Embra in the mid-late 90s, I remember seeing Brains SA as a guest ale in a couple of pubs (one opposite EBC somewhere springs to mind). Nice to see a Welsh beer there, but not really a taste of home as I'm from 200 miles north of Cardiff originally! Deuchars IPA was one of my faves when I was there, along with Caley 80 shilling... do they still brew Gillespie's Stout?

Gillespie's was a 90s flash in the pan: basically S&N trying to cash in on the Murphy's market, but it was quite drinkable given the standard choice (out in the country) of yellow-keg, brown-keg or black-keg.  I still have a Gillespie's t-shirt ...
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Post by: Rhys W on 26 February, 2011, 10:44:45 pm
I still have a Gillespie's glass! One of the guys in my club at the time worked for S&N and had a monthly allowance of cans. He was in a teetotal serious racer phase at the time, so he used to give them away... good times!
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Post by: andrew_s on 27 February, 2011, 09:26:31 pm
Double nom  :P :P
Double bottle opener too - caplifter AND corkscrew

Gouden Carolus tonight
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Post by: Rhys W on 28 February, 2011, 12:03:16 pm
Tesco (I know, I know...) have an own brand IPA made in Scotland - by Harviestoun, I think - that's labelled as a double IPA. It's on special at the moment at £1 for a 330ml bottle. I bought a couple of bottles last night, got it home & saw it's 9.2%!!!

It's one of the hoppiest beers I've ever tasted. I know there's a scale for hops, but this must be near the top of the scale. It's definitely not a quaffing beer, but worth a try, if that's your bag.

I bought a couple of bottles of this last week - American Double IPA, brewed by Brewdog, not Harviestoun. I quite like the American microbrewery take on IPA so I had to try it. It is unbelievably hoppy! It's hard to produce a beer stronger than 6% say without it tasting like Tennents Super, so maybe the extreme hops just mask it - I dunno. Definitely one to be taken slowly, and you won't be going straight back to the fridge for another as you finish the last sup. Nice though.
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Post by: Feline on 28 February, 2011, 12:15:42 pm
My first cup of coffee made with beans I ground myself in my new Dualit coffee grinder. It is a Kenyan Blue Mountains bean. Very smooth  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 March, 2011, 09:00:18 pm
A rather nice Vacqueyras :-P
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Post by: mike on 04 March, 2011, 09:04:55 pm
a malt from Arran.  Lovely and light, quite fine. 
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Post by: itsbruce on 05 March, 2011, 08:10:06 pm
Earlier, it was St Peters Honey Porter.  Now it's a very nice Chilean Malbec.
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Post by: andrew_s on 05 March, 2011, 08:22:21 pm
Tripel Karmeliet
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Post by: Rhys W on 05 March, 2011, 09:05:14 pm
Tesco Finest Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.

I don't know much about wine, but I know what "Any 2 for £10" means.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 09 March, 2011, 09:35:58 am
Tesco Boheme Czech lager - not half bad - is on sale at my local Tesco at £2 for 3 500ml bottles. That's a bargain, though I suspect it means they're clearing it out, as they don't sell the cans there any more.
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Post by: Martin on 09 March, 2011, 10:30:35 pm
Jagermeister (birthday present)

my god it's been many years! still hits the spot though. I understand there are other ways of drinking it than from a glass  :hand:  :demon:
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 19 March, 2011, 07:57:21 pm
Chapel Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2009 - not bad.
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Post by: woollypigs on 19 March, 2011, 07:59:56 pm
Betty Stogs a rather fine ale
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Post by: andyoxon on 28 March, 2011, 10:59:37 am
(Well, yesterday) Leitz Riesling Kabinett 2009 from Waitrose.  Very drinkable.  :)
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 29 March, 2011, 09:31:40 pm
Tasty delicious Cabalié 2010.
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Post by: LindaG on 29 March, 2011, 09:33:05 pm
Stella
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Post by: Simonb on 29 March, 2011, 09:34:16 pm
Jura
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Post by: clifftaylor on 29 March, 2011, 09:34:53 pm
PG Tips decaff  ::-)
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Post by: Torslanda on 02 April, 2011, 11:21:58 pm
Creme de cassis and Calvados

Oooh! Lethal!
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Post by: pcolbeck on 02 April, 2011, 11:30:00 pm
Lidl Vin de pays de Oc. Not bad and very cheap.
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Post by: Oaky on 03 April, 2011, 09:02:00 pm
Old Hooky.  A sole bottle left over from the visit of my Father-in-Law.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 03 April, 2011, 10:41:38 pm
Creme de cassis and Calvados

Oooh! Lethal!

Sounds like a recipe for vomit.

Tonight:  kit royale (made with Nz fizz, not champagne) and now Chablis.
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Post by: Blade on 03 April, 2011, 11:30:31 pm
Vodka and Iron Bru...the perfect drink to compliment a corned beef sandwich  :thumbsup:
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Post by: YahudaMoon on 03 April, 2011, 11:34:16 pm
Vodka and Iron Bru...the perfect drink to compliment a corned beef sandwich  :thumbsup:

Is this a Scottish thing lol ?
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Post by: itsbruce on 05 April, 2011, 09:51:47 pm
A very nice cider called "Thatcher's Heritage". Wondering if the name is a joke, an earnest statement of political alignment or quite innocent.
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Post by: Adrian on 05 April, 2011, 11:00:09 pm
A very nice cider called "Thatcher's Heritage". Wondering if the name is a joke, an earnest statement of political alignment or quite innocent.

What, you tip the bottle and David Cameron falls out?
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Post by: tonycollinet on 05 April, 2011, 11:08:35 pm
Asbach Uralt - Produkte (http://www.asbach.de/html/english/produkte0.php)


Mmmmm
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Post by: RW on 05 April, 2011, 11:26:18 pm
12 year old Bowmore
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Post by: citoyen on 05 April, 2011, 11:42:44 pm
Gadds Dogbolter. Marvellous.
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Post by: Simonb on 05 April, 2011, 11:45:13 pm
Gadds Dogbolter. Marvellous.

A Ramsgate beer!  :thumbsup:

Took two cases of DB to a friend's wedding in Devon last summer. Went down a treat.
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Post by: citoyen on 07 April, 2011, 01:29:47 am
Gadds Dogbolter. Marvellous.

A Ramsgate beer!  :thumbsup:

Well, since the brewery moved to Pysons Rd, it's technically a Broadstairs beer... ;)

Quote
Took two cases of DB to a friend's wedding in Devon last summer. Went down a treat.

Yup, it's a great beer, a real classic.

I had a bottle of Gadd's No.3 tonight, which is possibly my favourite beer in the world right now. Eddie Gadd is a craftsman who knows how to make supremely well-balanced beers - he has a modern palate but a respect for the traditions of brewing, unlike some of the more fashionable, image-conscious brewers whose beers I tend to find too aggressive and often disappointingly one-dimensional (yes, I'm looking at you, Brewdog - all mouth and no trousers).

That said, I had a bottle of Kernel Export Stout last week and I loved it - a beer with a huge wow factor.

d.
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Post by: Andrij on 09 April, 2011, 02:35:43 pm
A Dopplebock (http://www.stewartbrewing.co.uk/beers/Bottles_Dopplebock_194_0_2219_0.html) from Stewart Brewing.  :thumbsup:
 
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Post by: Tim on 09 April, 2011, 08:42:41 pm
hot chocolate in my left hand  :) cognac in my right  ;D
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 09 April, 2011, 08:45:13 pm
Just finished an Oude Beersel Oude Kriek Vielle.
About to start a Kriek Girardin.
:P :P :P :P
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Post by: Rhys W on 09 April, 2011, 10:15:41 pm
Lussac St Emillion 2009 from Sainsburys. Normally £13.99 a bottle, they had a "2 for £10" deal. So I got two bottles of nice wine for a tenner, and I saved a whopping £17.98!
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Post by: Gus on 09 April, 2011, 10:31:31 pm

Green tea with ginger and lemon.  :smug:
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Post by: Pingu on 10 April, 2011, 04:38:42 pm
I'm going to find a sunny spot in the garden & have a gueuze  :P
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Post by: DrMekon on 10 April, 2011, 05:55:25 pm
Grain Blackwood Stout again. It´s very drinkable.
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Post by: andrew_s on 10 April, 2011, 07:02:38 pm
Just finished an Oude Beersel Oude Kriek Vielle.
<translates>
Old Beersel Old Cherry Old

Is something as old as that still OK?



It's a bilingual label - the beer is either Oude Kriek (Dutch) or Kriek Vielle (French)
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Post by: Julian on 10 April, 2011, 07:03:35 pm
Badgers Golden Champion.
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Post by: rower40 on 10 April, 2011, 07:13:08 pm
Orange Squash.  First day in a (kind-of) new (kind-of) job tomorrow; but it IS safety-critical, so I really shouldn't go out and get a skinful.

(kind-of) (1): I've done signalling before, so it's not that new.
(kind-of) (2): I'm not being paid.  I'm on my holiday!
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Post by: mike on 10 April, 2011, 08:36:29 pm
beautiful bottle of south african viognier.  going down a bit too quick, to be honest...
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Post by: andyoxon on 10 April, 2011, 10:39:05 pm
Cup of Earl grey tea...
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Post by: rower40 on 11 April, 2011, 09:23:45 pm
A Stottle of Bella that's 11 months beyond its "Best Before" date.  Mind you, a sentence with "best" and "Stella" in, has "Logical Inconsistency" written all over it before we even start.
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Post by: vorsprung on 12 April, 2011, 03:33:59 pm
Mug of tea and it's ruddy marvellous.

I love tea
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 12 April, 2011, 04:18:54 pm
I am anticipating drinking myself silly in Cleobury Mortimer on Friday at the Kings Head - the Hobsons brewery tap in the town. Their mild is splendiferous. And, entirely by coincidence (really!), there's a beer festival in town as well where they are serving lots of Shropshire ales...
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Post by: Feline on 13 April, 2011, 05:24:46 pm
Carp I am clean out of wine. I will now have to start on that 12 pack of lager I was saving for BBQ season!
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Post by: PaulF on 13 April, 2011, 06:44:14 pm
Whitstable Bay Organic Ale. Reminds of taking a pint of it into the cinema when I lived there.

 It seems the further you are from Kent the easier it is to find. This batch came from Norfolk where I cleaned out Morrisons in Cromer of their stock.
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Post by: LindaG on 13 April, 2011, 06:47:09 pm
Nightmare.  A rather drinkable Hambleton Ale.  I don't know why it's described on the label as a 'winter' ale though.  I'm not leaving it for December!
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Post by: citoyen on 13 April, 2011, 08:20:41 pm
In Whitstable but not drinking Whitstable Bay... I'm on a bottle of Thornbridge Wild Swan. Seriously yummy.

d.
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Post by: nicknack on 13 April, 2011, 08:33:17 pm
A Julio Bourchon Sauvignon Blanc from Chile. I was going to offer it to my daughter and partner but I seem to have drunk it all myself. Oh well...
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 13 April, 2011, 08:45:00 pm
Nightmare.  A rather drinkable Hambleton Ale.  I don't know why it's described on the label as a 'winter' ale though.  I'm not leaving it for December!

Crikey, I haven't had one of those for years.  It's good stuff, if memory serves.
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Post by: LindaG on 13 April, 2011, 09:24:12 pm
Nightmare.  A rather drinkable Hambleton Ale.  I don't know why it's described on the label as a 'winter' ale though.  I'm not leaving it for December!

Crikey, I haven't had one of those for years.  It's good stuff, if memory serves.

You need another trip to Roots.  Lots of good local ales.  Fallen Angel from the Durham Brewery is marvellous.
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Post by: andrew_s on 16 April, 2011, 08:42:24 pm
I get Fallen Angel from the cask, Church End brewery

Currently drinking Fullers Golden Pride -very nice  (BBE 07/01/06, but we ignore that bit)
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Post by: andygates on 16 April, 2011, 09:32:55 pm
A slug of the old Campo Viejo.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: citoyen on 17 April, 2011, 08:33:50 pm
Kernel IPA Citra. Seriously good beer.
The Kernel India Pale Ale Citra (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/the-kernel-india-pale-ale-citra/137414/)

And I've lined up a bottle of Kernel Imperial Märzen for later.
The Kernel Imperial Märzen (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/the-kernel-imperial-marzen/141036/)

d.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 17 April, 2011, 11:16:26 pm
A slug of the old Campo Viejo.   :thumbsup:

we is drinking dat tonight
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Post by: itsbruce on 19 April, 2011, 12:19:53 am
A 19yo Glen Garioch.  Mildly peated.  mmmmmm.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 20 April, 2011, 01:19:49 pm
I am anticipating drinking myself silly in Cleobury Mortimer on Friday at the Kings Head - the Hobsons brewery tap in the town. Their mild is splendiferous. And, entirely by coincidence (really!), there's a beer festival in town as well where they are serving lots of Shropshire ales...

Had a good weekend and drank the Hobsons Mild. It's by far their best beer, although the others are more than passable.

Shame the pub was shut for a wedding all afternoon/evening on Saturday.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 22 April, 2011, 09:14:28 pm
Chablis
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Post by: interzen on 22 April, 2011, 09:17:21 pm
Unleaded Dr.Pepper.
What's the worst that could happen?
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Post by: border-rider on 22 April, 2011, 09:19:24 pm
A very fine Hungarian rosé
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Post by: Julian on 23 April, 2011, 02:45:23 pm
Grapefruit juice.

With gin in it.  :D
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Post by: MikeFromLFE on 23 April, 2011, 04:53:36 pm
Ice tea (peach flavour). Liptons. Out of a tin.
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Post by: hellymedic on 23 April, 2011, 06:04:22 pm
Ice tea (peach flavour). Liptons. Out of a tin.

Nice but beware sugar content...
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Post by: Billy Weir on 23 April, 2011, 07:31:39 pm
Sainsbury's Biere des Flandres.  10x25cl bottles for £3.  2.6% ABV, stubby bottles.  For the money, passable.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 23 April, 2011, 07:34:59 pm
Williams Bros. Harvest Sun :P
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Post by: valkyrie on 24 April, 2011, 07:49:33 pm
A very nice Chinon Red from Sainsburys. Lightly chilled.
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Post by: rower40 on 26 April, 2011, 10:49:23 pm
Hot White Chocolate.
Or is it
White Hot Chocolate?

In any event, it's a Snoozy-Choc Sleepy-time drink.
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Post by: jogler on 26 April, 2011, 10:55:51 pm
Grolsch
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Post by: citoyen on 27 April, 2011, 01:19:34 pm
Sainsbury's Biere des Flandres.  10x25cl bottles for £3.  2.6% ABV, stubby bottles.  For the money, passable.

Passable? What, like piss?  ;)

d.
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Post by: giropaul on 27 April, 2011, 03:17:28 pm
Sainsbury's Biere des Flandres.  10x25cl bottles for £3.  2.6% ABV, stubby bottles.  For the money, passable.

Passable? What, like piss?  ;)

d.


In Flandres 2.6% ABV would not be considered as being for grown-ups!
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Post by: perpetual dan on 28 April, 2011, 08:55:42 pm
A rather pleasant bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 28 April, 2011, 09:11:38 pm
Earl Grey.
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Post by: mike on 28 April, 2011, 09:13:50 pm
macallan.  God i love macallan.

edit - not this one:
   Macallan 1928 / 50 Year Old : The Whisky Exchange
 (http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/selection/macallan_1928_50_yo_whisky.aspx)

but imagine...
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Post by: Tourist Tony on 28 April, 2011, 09:18:48 pm
Red label tea
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Post by: RJ on 28 April, 2011, 09:21:30 pm
Large glass of water  O:-)
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Post by: Psychler on 29 April, 2011, 12:13:59 am
Tonight, six pints of Cobra at the Indian and now I'm started on the Morgan Spiced
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Post by: Gattopardo on 29 April, 2011, 12:34:22 am
grants whiskey as I really fancy getting drunk.
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Post by: Adrian on 29 April, 2011, 12:44:44 pm
A dark Budweiser,treacle scented
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Post by: Gus on 29 April, 2011, 01:12:01 pm
Strong black coffee
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 29 April, 2011, 07:38:28 pm
Vina Tarapacá Sauvignon Blanc. It's delicious.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 April, 2011, 07:52:45 pm
Williams Bros Harvest Sun.
I haz some tasty Oude Krieks lined up for later too :P
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 April, 2011, 09:19:48 pm
Mort Subite Oude Kriek.
OMG that is sooor! I obviously haven't got my lambic tongue in yet.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 April, 2011, 12:43:26 pm
Brewdog Punk IPA followed by Southern Tier - Phil & Matt's Pale Ale
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Post by: L CC on 30 April, 2011, 10:38:41 pm
Quite a lot of Calpol.
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Post by: IanDG on 01 May, 2011, 07:22:01 pm
Beck's Blue - I'm on-call
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 01 May, 2011, 07:36:42 pm
Finished a bottle of Fraoch, now on the Grozet.
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Post by: Jaded on 02 May, 2011, 01:04:37 am
Just finished some whisky.

Bad Jaded.
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Post by: andrew_s on 04 May, 2011, 09:39:02 pm
Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor
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Post by: Feline on 04 May, 2011, 09:55:05 pm
Too much white wine.
I think I ought to stop drinking for a couple of days before my long audaxes. Bugger :(
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Post by: citoyen on 04 May, 2011, 09:59:11 pm
Just finished a Fuller's Bengal Lancer and debating whether or not to open the Kernel Imperial Brown Stout (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/the-kernel-imperial-brown-stout-london-1856/141501/97528/).

d.
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Post by: barakta on 04 May, 2011, 10:05:25 pm
Tea with lactofree milk which is almost tea-like. 
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Post by: itsbruce on 04 May, 2011, 10:42:54 pm
Too much white wine.
I think I ought to stop drinking for a couple of days before my long audaxes. Bugger :(

I know I suffer if I drink the day before serious effort.  I'm trying to get back to the single-glass-of-wine-with-a-meal habit.  I find that much easier when I'm seriously cutting fat/carbs out of the diet, for the simple reason that alcohol affects me much more at those times.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 06 May, 2011, 09:05:55 pm
Oude Kriek Boon :P
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Post by: RW on 06 May, 2011, 09:53:28 pm
Bourgogne Grande Ordinaire - €1.50 from Noz
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Post by: her_welshness on 06 May, 2011, 10:06:53 pm
A Chilean Cabernet from the Co-op  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Feline on 08 May, 2011, 11:49:05 am
Lots of water! I weighed myself this morning and I am 1kg lighter than yesterday, which I suspect means I am dehydrated!
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Post by: jogler on 08 May, 2011, 01:25:30 pm
Grolsch.
& to provide a balanced diet with solids I'm scoffing pork pies with Branston pickle,grapes & prawns
It's what I call my HomeAloneDiet ;D
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 08 May, 2011, 05:49:11 pm
Sadly not I, but I gave my nephew his birthday pressies today: one bottle each of: Robinson's Old Tom, Guninness Foreign Export, McEwan's Champion Ale, Youngs - dunno the name, but bottle conditioned; and Marston's Old Empire, the latter of which was the weakest of the lot at a puny 5.7% ABV.

Just for the record, he's 26!
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Post by: tiermat on 08 May, 2011, 06:17:53 pm
Water! and lots of it...
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Post by: andrew_s on 08 May, 2011, 10:51:37 pm
Kwak, complete with the proper Kwak glass (glug).
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Post by: BrianI on 10 May, 2011, 02:19:05 pm
Pushed the boat out today and had a nice lunch at a local café / art gallery  after this mornings appointment in town.

Brie and Apple toasted sandwich with Cranberry Jelly, and a nice side salad.
A nice tasty café latte, and a very tasty slice of carrot cake which had an icing carrot on top!   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Snakehips on 10 May, 2011, 02:26:46 pm
A nice cup of Rosie Lee
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Post by: simonp on 11 May, 2011, 12:46:45 am
Bottlegreen Ginger & Lemongrass Cordial.

Mmmmmmm!
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Post by: andrew_s on 11 May, 2011, 09:44:49 pm
Tesco American Double IPA   £1.99/330ml, 9.2%
Seems like it's actually Brewdog Hardcore IPA

rather nice - I'll have to get some more for stocking up.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 11 May, 2011, 10:11:51 pm
Crabbie's alcoholic ginger beer.

It's too sweet really, and tastes very little different from non-alcoholic ginger beer. Actually, I think I prefer Fentiman's because it's much more gingery. This stuff is 4% though.
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Post by: Rhys W on 11 May, 2011, 10:13:10 pm
Tesco American Double IPA   £1.99/330ml, 9.2%
Seems like it's actually Brewdog Hardcore IPA

rather nice - I'll have to get some more for stocking up.

Hey, I have two bottles of that in the fridge. Must... resist...
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Post by: Jacomus on 12 May, 2011, 10:02:46 am
Tap Water. Because I am in London. In Britain. Which has one of the most comprehensive public drinking water distribution systems In. The. World.

*Glares at idiot colleague drinking some French mineral water, who is busy espousing the crapness of tap water ::-) *
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 12 May, 2011, 10:41:26 am
Westons Organic Cider - on special offer @ Tesco. £5 for 3 litres, though I shan't be imbibing the whole lot in one go @7.2%!
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Post by: Rhys W on 12 May, 2011, 02:08:27 pm
At 10:41am?  :thumbsup:
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 12 May, 2011, 04:59:52 pm
Actually earlier! There was some left in a glass from last night & it was so fruity and appley that I couldn't resist it!
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Post by: RJ on 12 May, 2011, 06:18:01 pm
Assam
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Post by: rower40 on 12 May, 2011, 07:43:36 pm
Overheard in a pub:
They've done a blend of the Skinners Ales; Betty Stoggs and Cornish Knocker.

Betty's Knockers?
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Post by: Wobbly John on 13 May, 2011, 12:28:32 am
I opened a bottle of home-made redcurrant wine to go with dinner (7pm). There has only been me drinking it and there's less than 1/4 left.  :o


... and I fancy another glass before bed.  ::-)
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Post by: Jaded on 13 May, 2011, 12:37:26 am
Hotty choccy
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Post by: jogler on 13 May, 2011, 08:35:13 am
Hotty choccy

I read that initially as hotty totty ;)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 13 May, 2011, 10:58:49 pm
Malbec
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Post by: Oaky on 13 May, 2011, 10:59:40 pm
Tempranillo
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Post by: jogler on 13 May, 2011, 11:00:25 pm
milk
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Post by: Rhys W on 13 May, 2011, 11:42:35 pm
Badger Hopping Hare. Very hoppy (unsurprisingly), quite different to their usual sweet, flowery brews.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 15 May, 2011, 06:26:32 pm
Hopping Hare is a lovely pint.

I'm drinking a rather good Nutty Black from Thwaites. Bottle conditioned.
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Post by: Dinamo on 15 May, 2011, 07:21:56 pm
The other evening cycled to the Rising Sun to sample some of GWB's fine ales

http://www.greatwesternbrewingcompany.co.uk/OurBeers.htm (http://www.greatwesternbrewingcompany.co.uk/OurBeers.htm)

The HPA - Hambrook Pale Ale was fantastic, and being the 'brewery tap' the prices were good as well  :thumbsup: well worth a visit if you are ever in the area.
The Brewery is only 5 minutes from the M32/M4 junction at the Frenchay traffic lights.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 15 May, 2011, 07:55:19 pm
G&T :P
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Post by: nicknack on 15 May, 2011, 08:03:45 pm
Rioja.

Shortly to be washed down with a curry.
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Post by: IanDG on 17 May, 2011, 10:00:32 pm
The remains of a bottle of co-op (Freeminer) 'Goldminer' bottle conditioned ale. It exploded when Iopened it and I lost about a 1/3 of the bottle :(
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Post by: RW on 17 May, 2011, 10:12:23 pm
The remains of a bottle of co-op (Freeminer) 'Goldminer' bottle conditioned ale. It exploded when Iopened it and I lost about a 1/3 of the bottle :(
That's v nice.  The co-op is only five minutes walk.  But the corner shop is only five houses away.  They sell Hepworths Prospect amongst others 2 for £4.
I'm finishing off a bottle of Blossom Hill.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 22 May, 2011, 11:04:23 pm
The Glenlivet. 15-year-old French oak reserve. Waitrose had them on special offer. I've just opened the bottle.

Magnificent.
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Post by: robbo6 on 23 May, 2011, 04:54:39 pm
Father-in-law's pineau, 1991. It is tasty and strong.
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Post by: Feline on 23 May, 2011, 06:50:36 pm
Chablis.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 23 May, 2011, 09:44:24 pm
Sainsbury's Marlbourgh Sauv blanc.
It's fecking terrible. Doesn't taste too awful but it feels like drinking battery acid on the way down.
I miss the old 'taste the difference' Sauv blanc
 :(
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Post by: TheLurker on 24 May, 2011, 07:44:43 am
Something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike coffee.
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Post by: tiermat on 24 May, 2011, 08:30:55 am
Monsoon Malabar coffee, due to doing an emergency run to Whittards on Sunday (ok, we needed to go and buy shoes for TLD, but Whittards are in the same shopping centre so it seemed daft not to stock up :) )
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Post by: RJ on 27 May, 2011, 11:53:14 pm
Williams Brothers' Joker
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Post by: citoyen on 31 May, 2011, 11:55:17 am
Café Familia Montaño from Bolivia via Borough Market.

This is the good shit.

d.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 31 May, 2011, 12:39:23 pm
Sainsbury's Marlbourgh Sauv blanc.
It's fecking terrible. Doesn't taste too awful but it feels like drinking battery acid on the way down.
I miss the old 'taste the difference' Sauv blanc
 :(

Their taste the difference stuff is a bit hit & miss. The Czech lager is a pale imitation of the real thing, whereas the porter is really rather good. I had their fino at Christmas & that was very crisp.
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Post by: itsbruce on 31 May, 2011, 09:46:55 pm
A single cask Enliven, courtesy of SMWS. Very nice.
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Post by: simonp on 01 June, 2011, 07:48:58 pm
Lime and soda. Rip-off.  >:(
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Post by: Feline on 01 June, 2011, 08:24:43 pm
A very nice wine I can't even remember the name of but have a whole case of in my study*


*the description 'study' is a very loose term. There is a desk there somewhere underneath all the piles of stuff. But it really describes a room in which 2 bikes are parked and a huge stack of plastic boxes containing all manner of different bike tools, accessories and spares.
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Post by: simonp on 01 June, 2011, 08:53:52 pm
Lime and soda. Rip-off.  >:(

On my second pint. £2! Robbery.

Pub down the road does it for 40p.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 01 June, 2011, 09:58:12 pm
Sainsbury's Marlbourgh Sauv blanc.
It's fecking terrible. Doesn't taste too awful but it feels like drinking battery acid on the way down.
I miss the old 'taste the difference' Sauv blanc
 :(

Their taste the difference stuff is a bit hit & miss. The Czech lager is a pale imitation of the real thing, whereas the porter is really rather good. I had their fino at Christmas & that was very crisp.

Actually it wasn't their TTD stuff after all, but another Marlborough SB, their previous TTD SB was my favourite but they seem to have done away with it....
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Post by: border-rider on 01 June, 2011, 10:44:53 pm
Lidl's cognac.  It's...adequate.
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Post by: itsbruce on 02 June, 2011, 06:42:35 am
Right now, I am drinking the milk in which I poached a smoked haddock for breakfast.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 02 June, 2011, 10:17:27 pm
^Ewwwh.

Black Isle Yellowhammer beer


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Post by: RJ on 02 June, 2011, 10:19:02 pm
About to crack a bottle of Black Sheep
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Post by: Feline on 03 June, 2011, 01:54:56 am
Hot milk with sugar in it. I can't seem to eat enough calories at the moment so I am now trying to drink them too  :D
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Post by: Gattopardo on 03 June, 2011, 02:21:19 am
Tea and maybe something stronger
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Post by: simonp on 03 June, 2011, 02:48:06 am
Water.
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Post by: barakta on 03 June, 2011, 04:53:45 am
TEA.  Suspect I will be drinking coffee & tea in parallel to survive the day.
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Post by: Feline on 04 June, 2011, 12:05:57 am
I just drunk well over 1 bottle of Wolfblass yellow label. This is the bare minimum to survive a parental visitation.
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Post by: citoyen on 04 June, 2011, 12:32:21 am
A bottle of Kernel Suke Quto Coffee IPA from the Bottle Shop in Canterbury. Wow! What a beer. Stunning. Hits you with a faceful of hops then develops a lingering espresso coffee bitterness. Never tasted anything like it before. Wonderful stuff.

d.
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Post by: simonp on 04 June, 2011, 12:37:54 am
Water.
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Post by: RJ on 04 June, 2011, 11:56:22 pm
Bitter & Twisted
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 05 June, 2011, 12:26:02 am
Beechams hot blackcurrant cold and flu.

It's fairly vile.
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Post by: citoyen on 05 June, 2011, 12:30:18 am
Orval
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 05 June, 2011, 07:13:21 pm
Ascencion Malbec. It's nice.
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Post by: nicknack on 05 June, 2011, 10:42:51 pm
G & T

After 8 pints of bitter and a bottle of very nice Sauvignon Blanc.

I may get round to eating something in a bit.

It's been a fine Sunday.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: interzen on 06 June, 2011, 08:22:35 am
Weapons grade coffee.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 06 June, 2011, 04:55:06 pm
I just drunk well over 1 bottle of Wolfblass yellow label. This is the bare minimum to survive a parental visitation.

If it were my Magyar M-i-L, it would need a case...
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 06 June, 2011, 05:00:47 pm
Beechams hot blackcurrant cold and flu.

It's fairly vile.

again.  bleurgh.
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Post by: Feline on 06 June, 2011, 05:49:49 pm
Now celebrating the end of parental visitation with a nice Sauvignon Blanc  :thumbsup:
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Post by: AndyH on 06 June, 2011, 09:04:37 pm
Chianti.
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Post by: AndyH on 06 June, 2011, 09:04:53 pm
Chianti.
:)
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Post by: LindaG on 07 June, 2011, 08:57:06 pm
Chianti.
:)


Ooh lovely, you lucky thing.

I am drinking Grouse-juice with diet economy cola  ::-)
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 07 June, 2011, 09:54:38 pm
Ascencion Malbec. It's nice.
Still this.
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Post by: andrewc on 07 June, 2011, 10:00:37 pm
Tesco Sauvignon blanc....    being used to wash down some nice bread with olive oil & balsamic vinegar.... think I've been eating in too many posy restaurants ..... :-[
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Post by: Andrew Br on 07 June, 2011, 10:34:56 pm
Malbec for me as well.
Not great. I opened it yesterday and I figured it might benefit from breathing.
It's no better today.

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Post by: Charlotte on 08 June, 2011, 08:30:35 am
Monmouth coffee's Finca La Fany Apaneca Red Bourbon (http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/Coffee/Central-America/El-Salvador/Finca-La-Fany), extracted in my Aeropress and diluted down to an Americano strength.  It took a little tweaking to get the brew method right (20g ground almost as much as you would if you were making espresso, toppped up with half a press of water at 85 degrees and left to steep for about thirty seconds, if you were wondering)

It's rich and full and chocolaty, without a single hint of bitterness.  I could drink it until it comes out of my ears.

In fact, given how little sleep I had last night - I just might  :D
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 10 June, 2011, 01:32:20 pm
In about 3 hrs I shall be drinking BEER at the BEERfestival  :P
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Post by: Adrian on 10 June, 2011, 09:13:26 pm
Nothing, but very soon curry house lager
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Post by: Dinamo on 11 June, 2011, 08:25:12 pm
My home brewed Cider  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 11 June, 2011, 08:51:47 pm
Seleccion del Rey 2005. It's ok.
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Post by: Dinamo on 24 June, 2011, 06:26:20 pm
Caledonian Deuchars IPA  :thumbsup:
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Post by: PaulF on 24 June, 2011, 06:38:02 pm
Spitfire
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Post by: DrMekon on 24 June, 2011, 08:32:51 pm
Gold Label No. 1 Barley Wine.
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Post by: andrew_s on 24 June, 2011, 08:54:19 pm
Gwatkin Golden Valley perry
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 25 June, 2011, 08:23:33 pm
I have a bottle of Weston's Vintage cider and 2 bottles of Brakspear's bitter in the fridge. Normally I wouldn't chill bitter, but I realise after trying a bottle why it was £1 a bottle and I'm trying to disguise the taste.

The cider is yummy, but 8.2%!
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Post by: spesh on 28 June, 2011, 10:43:13 pm
Rekorderlig Swedish apple and blackcurrant cider. I really should have bought another bottle...
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Post by: Jaded on 28 June, 2011, 10:46:45 pm
Water.

My body is a temple.
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Post by: jogler on 29 June, 2011, 10:59:52 am
this

A ruined temple, Greece | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/3588907374/)

or

Temple Golf Club, Berkshire Golf Course, Maidenhead Golf (http://www.templegolfclub.co.uk/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1)

 ;D

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Post by: interzen on 29 June, 2011, 11:00:53 am
Water.

My body is a temple.
As is mine, although I shudder to think what manner of God would be worshipped at such a temple ;)

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Post by: citoyen on 29 June, 2011, 11:12:54 am
The good shit. Monmouth Coffee : Tinganga Estate (http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/Coffee/Africa/Kenya/Tinganga-Estate)

d.
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Post by: interzen on 29 June, 2011, 11:17:41 am
The good shit. Monmouth Coffee : Tinganga Estate (http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/Coffee/Africa/Kenya/Tinganga-Estate)
No mail order that I can see from the website.
Fail for those of us who a) like good coffee and b) live in the provinces  :(
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Post by: citoyen on 29 June, 2011, 11:36:47 am
No mail order that I can see from the website.

I think you have to call or email them - they will do mail order but I hear they charge a lot for delivery (ie only worthwhile if you're buying bulk). Monmouth is great but I mainly go there because it's near work. There are some very good specialist online coffee retailers - eg hasbean.

If you can find some of this Tinganga Estate anywhere else, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

d.
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Post by: Rhys W on 29 June, 2011, 12:04:33 pm
Water.

My body is a temple.

What, ancient and in ruins?
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Post by: citoyen on 29 June, 2011, 02:39:53 pm
Water.

My body is a temple.

What, ancient and in ruins?

I was going to say "What, closed at weekends?" but that's Cannon Street I'm thinking of (London Underground joke).

d.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 29 June, 2011, 02:41:04 pm
A Nice Cup of Tea.
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Post by: Feline on 29 June, 2011, 02:43:23 pm
A very nice Union Hand Roasted Revelation coffee. I am wishing I had a proper coffee machine.
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Post by: Andrij on 01 July, 2011, 09:41:47 pm
G (http://www.hendricksgin.com/)&T, industrial strength.
 
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Post by: Jurek on 01 July, 2011, 09:45:21 pm
G (http://www.hendricksgin.com/)&T, industrial strength.
 

Hendricks eh?

A legion apart from the competition...

Enjoy.
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Post by: Andrij on 01 July, 2011, 10:23:20 pm
Lovely stuff.  Bought the bottle as a treat (as well as a bottle of something else for Sunday's ride).  Only enjoying one this evening as I need to be out the door at 06:30 tomorrow.  Ugh.
 
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 02 July, 2011, 12:16:33 am
this evening, I are mostly bin drinking prosecco. *hic*
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Post by: LindaG on 04 July, 2011, 11:05:22 pm
Finished the whisky.  On to the sloe gin now.  It's high time I went shopping.
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 05 July, 2011, 10:58:47 am
Iced coffee. I have a mini-cafetiere that fits in the freezer at work. So set a pot to brew, stick it in freezer. By the time I want another drink, it's getting to the point where ice is forming.
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Post by: nicknack on 05 July, 2011, 08:00:49 pm
G&T by Aldi of Sittingbourne.
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Post by: mike on 07 July, 2011, 08:23:18 pm
Leffe blonde.  Perfect, with my steak salad.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 08 July, 2011, 05:40:44 pm
Duche de Longueville cidre :-P
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Post by: LindaG on 08 July, 2011, 08:12:17 pm
Cabernet sauvignon.
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Post by: Andrij on 09 July, 2011, 07:06:48 pm
G (http://www.hendricksgin.com/)&T, industrial strength.
 

Encore performance this evening.
 
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 09 July, 2011, 08:59:09 pm
Rioja :P
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Post by: Wowbagger on 09 July, 2011, 09:10:08 pm
A Nice Cup of Tea.
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Post by: Jaded on 10 July, 2011, 07:54:32 am
Me too.

After a broken night, just right.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 10 July, 2011, 08:07:30 am
Tempted to make a cafetiere wih 10 year old coffee.

Well coffee powder tht the sell by date was 05/04.  The packet is still sealed so having a tea whie I think about it.
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Post by: Feline on 13 July, 2011, 07:40:07 pm
My first cup of coffee from my brand new Gaggia Titanium coffee maker. Blimey, it's strong! I now need to work out how to alter the cup size and things  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 22 July, 2011, 09:27:59 pm
Sauv blanc :P
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Post by: jogler on 23 July, 2011, 04:01:46 am
horlicks
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Post by: itsbruce on 28 July, 2011, 02:10:33 pm
No, she really was drinking Sauv Blanc.
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Post by: woollypigs on 28 July, 2011, 02:48:26 pm
Drinking a cold beer in southern  France.
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Post by: Feline on 29 July, 2011, 08:13:24 pm
Drinking white wine in teh pub. Wonder how drunk I wud need to be for them to not let me board the ferry onna bike later on!
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Post by: Gus on 29 July, 2011, 08:17:18 pm

I wish I had a beer, but it's only a protein shake  :-\
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Post by: border-rider on 29 July, 2011, 08:25:57 pm
Very fine Dos Valles Chilean Sauvignon Blanc/Cabernet rosé, courtesy of some good friends :)

Still a few bottle left, amazingly.  It's good.
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Post by: citoyen on 29 July, 2011, 10:45:14 pm
Cantillon Kriek. Mouthpuckeringly good. Love this stuff.

d.
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Post by: Canardly on 29 July, 2011, 10:55:16 pm
I never got the hang of cherries and bier but then I am an engelsman.
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Post by: BrianI on 30 July, 2011, 08:01:57 pm
Green & Blacks Organic Hot Chocolate Drink   :) :) :) :)
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Post by: Feline on 04 August, 2011, 11:02:22 pm
I am drinking a rlly nice cup of tea I just made with my Jetboil stove in the camp site bar (aka a tent with tables since they stop serving at 9pm) in a field in Flers, Normandy. It tastes great  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 August, 2011, 08:07:30 pm
G&T  redux :P
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Post by: her_welshness on 05 August, 2011, 08:09:03 pm
Champagne *hic*  :D
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 August, 2011, 08:14:07 pm
Champagne *hic*  :D
Quite right too! Enjoy! :P
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Post by: Dr.Doo on 06 August, 2011, 03:11:20 pm
Lidl instant coffee...time to go out for a half decent beverage methinks.
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Post by: citoyen on 09 August, 2011, 09:18:00 pm
I never got the hang of cherries and bier but then I am an engelsman.

Had a Girardin Kriek at the weekend, which was a lot more accessible than the Cantillon. One for the palate unaccustomed to hardcore Kriek, perhaps, but not as interesting as the  Cantillon. Also a Girardin Gueuze, which was just magnificent - in many ways more like champagne than beer.

Now drinking De Molen Amerikaans - a Belgian version of an American-style IPA. Bloody marvellous. Full of hops but much better balanced than some American beers I've tried.

d.
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Post by: Bairn Again on 09 August, 2011, 09:34:27 pm
A massive full bodied barossa shiraz wth a ribeye all courtesy of M&S.

ps - not right now, but worth a mention from Sunday

(i) the German rauchbier (smoke beer) in bottle from the Bow Bar Edinburgh.  I had an 18 yo Ardbeg Islay malt with it and other customers had to cut a hole in the reek.  Kippers and chewing tobbaco.

(ii) the tap offerings at the new(ish) Brewdog pub in the Cowgate.  Sadly not real ale but still good.   

Reasons to be cheerful.   
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Post by: LindaG on 19 August, 2011, 11:26:43 pm
Youngs 'Special' at the Penny Black in Leatherhead. Beer, but not as we know it. Should've had a half. Yeck :-(
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Post by: iakobski on 20 August, 2011, 12:45:02 am
More coffee.

Got up at 0430 Yesterday. Not likely to finish work until 0500....
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Post by: Adrian on 21 August, 2011, 10:39:15 am
Youngs 'Special' at the Penny Black in Leatherhead. Beer, but not as we know it. Should've had a half. Yeck :-(

Or mixed.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 25 August, 2011, 10:10:52 pm
Bath Ales' Wild Hare.
Did I mention we're on holiday? ;) :D
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Post by: LindaG on 25 August, 2011, 10:11:54 pm
Bath Ales' Wild Hare.
Did I mention we're on holiday? ;) :D

Ooh, that's a lovely beer that is.

On holiday?  Y'don't say?!   ;)

How much fun are you having?
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 25 August, 2011, 10:15:21 pm
Well, we're not actually away yet (have to get up at disgusting o'clock tomorrow to drive to Hull for the ferry) but it beats working :)
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Post by: LindaG on 25 August, 2011, 10:16:53 pm
Well, have a marvellous time.  I hear they have BEER on the continong.  Plz to try lots of them and make recommendations upon ur return  :)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 25 August, 2011, 10:18:17 pm
I never got the hang of cherries and bier but then I am an engelsman.

Had a Girardin Kriek at the weekend, which was a lot more accessible than the Cantillon. One for the palate unaccustomed to hardcore Kriek, perhaps, but not as interesting as the  Cantillon. Also a Girardin Gueuze, which was just magnificent - in many ways more like champagne than beer.

Now drinking De Molen Amerikaans - a Belgian version of an American-style IPA. Bloody marvellous. Full of hops but much better balanced than some American beers I've tried.

d.

That reminds me, we brought back some Cantillon Kriek last year that I haven't tried yet. I wasn't that keen the first time I had it, but that was a long time ago and my sweet tooth has shrunk quite a bit since then. That begs the question of whether I should buy more when we come past Zeebrugge in a fortnight or not......
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 25 August, 2011, 10:19:09 pm
Well, have a marvellous time.  I hear they have BEER on the continong.  Plz to try lots of them and make recommendations upon ur return  :)
Last time we was there, they had this in the hotel http://www.la-grihete.com/index2.html
:P
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Post by: padbeat on 25 August, 2011, 11:49:37 pm
Deanston Virgin Oak - a lovely smooth dram, un-chill filtered at 46%. Slightly sweet and not a hint of vanilla.
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Post by: Andrij on 28 August, 2011, 05:43:32 pm
Bourbon (http://www.woodfordreserve.com/).
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Post by: border-rider on 02 September, 2011, 11:07:12 pm
Bas Armagnac.  I took a punt on a bottle in the supermarket the other day, and it's excellent :)
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Post by: RW on 04 September, 2011, 08:57:18 pm
And to lower the tone a bit, Blossom Hill Red
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Post by: Wowbagger on 05 September, 2011, 06:38:09 pm
It's Monday so it's only Beck's Blue I'm afraid.
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Post by: itsbruce on 09 September, 2011, 03:34:58 pm
Cocoa.  Just ran four miles and it's like ambrosia, I tell you.
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Post by: jogler on 09 September, 2011, 08:16:42 pm
Stone Road (the label with a cylist) red wine,Shiraz Grenache
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Post by: Paul on 09 September, 2011, 10:14:50 pm
Glenmorangie.

I've dipped my toe into whisk(e)y drinking before, and never really got the taste for it. Some have been okay, some terrible, and now and again interesting, but not worth really pursuing.

But this stuff is very drinkable.

Very.

Drinkable.
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Post by: jogler on 09 September, 2011, 11:52:05 pm
have you tried Glenfiddich?
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Post by: Paul on 10 September, 2011, 12:21:47 am
have you tried Glenfiddich?

Nope. Ought I?
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Post by: andygates on 10 September, 2011, 12:26:40 am
My first pink gin.

Not my last.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: jogler on 10 September, 2011, 01:34:36 am
have you tried Glenfiddich?

Nope. Ought I?

I too like Glenmorangie but reckon Glenfiddich is superoir :thumbsup:
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Post by: perpetual dan on 10 September, 2011, 06:51:19 pm
A quite pleasant Indian merlot. A generous glassful, but for that price it'd have to be.
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Post by: jogler on 10 September, 2011, 06:53:36 pm
Stone Road (the label with a cylist) red wine,Shiraz Grenache

I am intending to empty the bottle this evening
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 11 September, 2011, 01:30:54 am
Fat Tire Amber Ale.  Only three two bottles left in the fridge.  I may have to go shopping soon.
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Post by: Feline on 13 September, 2011, 09:53:06 pm
Breakfast bomb coffee with Glenfidich and floating double cream  :smug:
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Post by: interzen on 13 September, 2011, 09:57:44 pm
Breakfast bomb coffee with Glenfidich and floating double cream  :smug:
Obviously not planning on sleeping any time soon, then ...

Tonight I will mostly be drinking decaf tea, 'cos I do want to sleep having got precious little last night.
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Post by: border-rider on 13 September, 2011, 10:00:26 pm
Tricastin
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Post by: Feline on 13 September, 2011, 10:05:38 pm
Breakfast bomb coffee with Glenfidich and floating double cream  :smug:
Obviously not planning on sleeping any time soon, then ...

Tonight I will mostly be drinking decaf tea, 'cos I do want to sleep having got precious little last night.

I got up at 3pm today having just done a block of nights, and I'm on again on thursday night, so no point trying to pretend I'm a normal member of the human race rlly  ;D
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Post by: Andrij on 15 September, 2011, 07:37:06 pm
The very last of my 30 year old Ardbeg.   :'(
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Post by: Basil on 15 September, 2011, 07:41:43 pm
My first pint of Felinfoel Best for a while.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 15 September, 2011, 09:07:17 pm
Modelo Escpecial.  Mexican BEER.
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Post by: Canardly on 15 September, 2011, 09:17:37 pm
The very last of my 30 year old Ardbeg.   :'(

Strewth.........
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Post by: interzen on 15 September, 2011, 09:24:26 pm
Horlicks, although I really shouldn't as even the 'light' version contains a distressingly high amount of sugar.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 17 September, 2011, 04:39:53 am
Dos Equis Amber.  Another Mexican BEER.
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Post by: tiermat on 17 September, 2011, 07:50:19 am
Monsoon Malabar coffee, from a cafetiere as i borked the espresso machine on Thursday, and the replacement parts haven't arrived yet.

It's nice, but not as nice as from the espresso.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 17 September, 2011, 11:20:55 pm
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.  Yum yum :thumbsup:
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Post by: jogler on 24 September, 2011, 05:41:48 am
Horlicks
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Post by: tiermat on 24 September, 2011, 07:17:00 am
coffee, coffee and more coffee in an attempt to stave off the dozies caused by only having 6 hours sleep (I was woken @ 04:00 by next doors' phone ringing)
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Post by: jogler on 24 September, 2011, 08:17:45 am
Strewth Tiermat,either you have very thin walls or they have a loud ring-tone.

I find six hours is normally enough sleep & deteriorating hearing does have some advantages.

ymmv
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Post by: Gus on 24 September, 2011, 10:13:43 am

water
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Post by: woollypigs on 24 September, 2011, 11:18:54 am
Last night: Single Highland Malt, 12 years, from the co-op. Rather enjoyable dram
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Post by: border-rider on 24 September, 2011, 10:55:50 pm

Encore du Tricastin

 :)
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 25 September, 2011, 04:19:10 pm
Last night, a bottle of St Peter's Stout I got from the newly expanded Warwick Tesco. I was quite amazed/impressed to see 9 different stouts on offer there, excluding the usual Guinness muck, but no Guinness Foreign Export. Anyway, it was jolly good and at 6.5% ABV a very decent nightcap.
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Post by: LindaG on 28 September, 2011, 09:09:17 pm
A rather drinkable Merlot. I went round my friend's to babysit (no hardship since I adore all 4 of them). Turns out she didn't need me after all but insisted I take the bottle of 'thank you' wine she'd bought. Didn't object too strenuously. Result. :)
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 30 September, 2011, 07:36:00 pm
Vodka & tonic. I almost never drink spirits in the house; if I'm drinking at home I drink wine. I've had the same bottle of Absolut Citron on the top shelf of the fridge for several years now. It was so hot today I really fancied a v&t so when I was out shopping I got a little bottle of Fentimans tonic water and put it in the freezer for an hour. It froze more quickly than I was expecting and for a few minutes I had vodka with tonic slush puppy.  :D

I also couldn't work out why there was so little vodka in the bottle, 'cos like I said, I hardly ever drink it. Then I remembered a while ago I made a mushroom risotto and substituted the dry madeira needed with a mixture of Absolut Citron and dry white wine on the grounds I actually had them.  ;D
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Post by: border-rider on 30 September, 2011, 08:47:41 pm
Just finished a ver' decent Chablis from the stock left over from Mrs MV's sister's wedding in June.

I'm eyeing up the Bas Armagnac again...
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Post by: rogerzilla on 30 September, 2011, 08:49:26 pm
A lot of water, 'cos it's hot out there.

I seriously hope the bogs are open at Oxford station.
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Post by: Canardly on 30 September, 2011, 08:51:38 pm
Malt. Went for a curry last night with colleagwys and had a large cold cobra was luverly.
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Post by: andygates on 30 September, 2011, 09:10:55 pm
Vin de Tesco.

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Post by: LEE on 30 September, 2011, 09:14:18 pm
Bottle of Bergerac red although it tastes better when I'm closer to Bergerac
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 September, 2011, 09:17:02 pm
Rioja. It's not the best tho.
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Post by: border-rider on 01 October, 2011, 10:33:18 pm
Touraine SB.  Compares very well to yesterday's Chablis, and that was excellent.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 01 October, 2011, 10:36:50 pm
Alphand Blond, a BCB from the French Alps.
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Post by: Rhys W on 01 October, 2011, 11:34:56 pm
Whatever Rioja Tesco was selling for £4.99 last week, with some San Pellegrino.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 02 October, 2011, 08:33:23 pm
Chablis.
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Post by: tiermat on 04 October, 2011, 07:29:08 pm
A very nice Ron Matusalem Gran Reserva 15 yr old Cuban rum, that I got as a birthday present from my Bil and his wife.

yum :)
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Post by: Basil on 04 October, 2011, 07:51:11 pm
A Vera, as my mate always calls it. (A Vera Lynn Bionic)

I've even popped across the road and bought a lime.
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Post by: nicknack on 04 October, 2011, 09:19:36 pm
I'm making do without.
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Post by: Rhys W on 07 October, 2011, 11:13:51 pm
A Tomos Watkin Cwrw Gaeaf. Yes I know it's premature but it's more appropriate than Cwrw Hâf in this weather.

I have a fine selection in the fridge, Tesco had almost all of their interesting British beers at 4 for £5 today. Can't argue with £1.20 per pint (almost).
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Post by: Basil on 07 October, 2011, 11:19:59 pm
Pedigree.
Not great.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 October, 2011, 09:02:24 pm
Sauv Blanc :P
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Post by: mcshroom on 14 October, 2011, 10:53:07 pm
I'm getting in the mood for my Scottish trip next week, so it's Johnnie Walker Black Label :)
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Post by: Oaky on 14 October, 2011, 11:10:18 pm
Wychwood Hobgoblin.

(Following on from Shepherd Neame Kentish Ale and Bishop's Finger).
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Post by: border-rider on 10 December, 2011, 09:46:50 pm
Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon 2005.

astonishingly good; we've had this bottle for years and have run out of everyday wine, so cracked it tonight. It's not an outrageously expensive wine, but it tastes like one.
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Post by: RJ on 10 December, 2011, 09:50:07 pm
Williams Brothers Caesar Augustus (http://www.williamsbrosbrew.com/contemporaryales.php?id=255#top).  Not bad ...
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Post by: Andrew Br on 10 December, 2011, 09:57:15 pm
I'm thinking about having a vodka but I can't decide between Koskenkorva (Finnish, barley) or Luksusowa (Polish, potato).

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Post by: Aidan on 10 December, 2011, 09:57:47 pm
Hot chocolate. Mmmmmmm
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 10 December, 2011, 09:57:54 pm
A nice cup of tea.
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Post by: Aidan on 10 December, 2011, 10:02:45 pm
A nice cup of tea.
How many is that tonight? :-)
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Post by: Canardly on 10 December, 2011, 10:19:31 pm
Whyte and Mackay.....
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Post by: DrMekon on 11 December, 2011, 04:25:46 pm
Earlier, Kwak; now, old speckled hen; later, Badger Champion.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 11 December, 2011, 05:18:01 pm
Thwaites Tavern Porter. I haven't tried this before but I'm enjoying it enough to think about getting a few bottles in for Christmas.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 11 December, 2011, 08:19:17 pm
Chilean Merlot.
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Post by: mike on 11 December, 2011, 08:21:50 pm
water.  Quite a long evening last night..
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Post by: Wowbagger on 11 December, 2011, 08:22:32 pm
Golden Sheep.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 11 December, 2011, 08:57:03 pm
Sainsbury's Porter - Brewed by Shepherd Neame - rather a decent drop - and on special offer at the moment.

Tesco has a 4 for £5 offer on ales at the moment. I know, I know, but the offer includes all the expensive stuff they normally don't discount, so I'm off there tomorrow to splash out a little for my impending 2 1/2 weeks of peace & quiet...
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Post by: LindaG on 16 December, 2011, 12:32:21 am
Mmm, I may join you AWL.

Right now?  Hot lemonade with whisky in it.  It was recommended at work last night by someone I'd never met before, who said, "Hi, I'm Lindsay.  I don't want to be rude, but you look like shit."

I like her a lot, 'specially as her recommendation is really really nice.  I still have a cold.  I just don't mind so much.
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Post by: woollypigs on 16 December, 2011, 12:35:04 am
the last drops of Royal Lochnagar, which is rather good.
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Post by: andrew_s on 16 December, 2011, 12:40:37 am
Tonight I have been slurping...
a) RCH Pitchfork 4.3% -  v.nice, clean and bitter, as always (on since Tuesday, at least)
b) Art Brew Smokey Bastard 5.5% - disappointing, flat, no body (fresh barrel)
c) RCH Double Header 5.3% - last pint, not as good as Sunday or Tuesday, but in fine fettle nevertheless
d) Hoggley's IPA 5% - A bit more body and a bit less bitter than (a), good enough for another (replacement for c)

50% strike rate on "does it exist in the 2011 GBG?"
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Post by: IanDG on 16 December, 2011, 07:55:59 pm
Innis & Gunn Blonde  :P

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Post by: Julian on 16 December, 2011, 08:01:17 pm
Shepherd Neame "Up and Under Ale."  Nom.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 17 December, 2011, 09:52:10 am
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
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Post by: Basil on 17 December, 2011, 10:06:01 am
Cross Country trolly coffee.
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Post by: Kim on 17 December, 2011, 04:57:50 pm
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Ah, the Picard manoeuvre.
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Post by: delthebike on 17 December, 2011, 05:00:53 pm
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Ah, the Picard manoeuvre.
Meanwhile in the Arthur Dent zone...
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Post by: DrMekon on 17 December, 2011, 07:54:38 pm
A couple of Gold Label no1 barley wines and now on to Robinsons old Tom. It claims to be the worlds best beer. Its not, and I can't think of many beers at 8.5% with less flavor, but its not bad.
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Post by: jimbhoy on 17 December, 2011, 07:57:41 pm
A Smirnoff and coke, from a bottle that was given to me by a supplier that i deal with  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Juan Martín on 18 December, 2011, 05:17:19 pm
Shepherd Neame Late Red
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 18 December, 2011, 06:07:33 pm
PVA flavoured G&T :(
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 18 December, 2011, 09:25:46 pm
Crement de Die with a splosh of Supercassis :P
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Post by: Dinamo on 18 December, 2011, 09:44:34 pm
No. 18
Black coffee ( strong ) from vending machine  :sick:
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Post by: Oaky on 18 December, 2011, 09:47:04 pm
Stella
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Post by: Redjeep! on 20 December, 2011, 10:10:53 pm
Mirassou Pinot Noir

Yummmmmm.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 21 December, 2011, 09:00:09 am
2nd americano from the machine at work...and the haze begins to clear.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 23 December, 2011, 08:30:00 pm
Nothing. This is not a state of affairs I particularly wish to continue....
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Post by: Juan Martín on 23 December, 2011, 08:31:59 pm
Fuller's Discovery. It's very nice; I wish I had bought more of it.
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Post by: andygates on 23 December, 2011, 09:04:50 pm
Lyme Bay's lightly-spiced Christmas Mead.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Feline on 23 December, 2011, 10:52:59 pm
Bailey's on the rocks.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 24 December, 2011, 05:17:31 pm
Thwaites Tavern Porter. Again.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 24 December, 2011, 05:28:59 pm
Vratislav Czech Lager from the tax avoiding gits, a.k.a. tesco.

Very passable and 66p/500ml bottle.

Robinson's Old Tom is waiting for me.
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Post by: lou boutin on 24 December, 2011, 05:35:59 pm
Buck fizz - once I've had one I struggled to ask for another with out making Spoonerisms.
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Post by: rafletcher on 24 December, 2011, 06:24:58 pm
Tap water :-)
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Post by: tonycollinet on 24 December, 2011, 06:31:12 pm
G & Indeed, T
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Post by: Andrew Br on 24 December, 2011, 06:43:28 pm
Marmalade vodka, my big discovery of 2011.

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Post by: L CC on 24 December, 2011, 07:19:03 pm
Marmalade vodka, my big discovery of 2011.
Doesn't that taste a lot like cointreau?
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Post by: jogler on 24 December, 2011, 07:22:24 pm
nothing.
I'd better try harder
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Post by: mike on 24 December, 2011, 07:26:57 pm
now joined MrsMike on the champagne, having finished off the Wainwright. 
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Post by: rafletcher on 24 December, 2011, 07:42:40 pm
A Chilean chardonnay - Catena Alta.  Lovely (and so it should be that that price! Check Majestic, I'd recommend both them and the wine)
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Post by: Canardly on 24 December, 2011, 07:58:50 pm
Trying some of that alcoholic ginger beer.
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Post by: perpetual dan on 24 December, 2011, 08:02:14 pm
A rather tasty red from "Ventoux".
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Post by: Dinamo on 24 December, 2011, 08:09:52 pm
Great Western Brewery's  'Old Higby'  4.8% ABV
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Post by: Andrew Br on 24 December, 2011, 08:10:52 pm
Marmalade vodka, my big discovery of 2011.
Doesn't that taste a lot like cointreau?

Not as far as I can remember; it's been a long time since I had Cointreau.
The vodka is less sickly sweet and more bitter, more orange.
Having said that, I wouldn't like to drink a pint of it.
It's not a brown drink  ;)

Now, if I can wake Helen up, we're off to the pub. The Ginger Marble is calling.

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Post by: Oaky on 24 December, 2011, 08:22:46 pm
G&T.

I have a nice Chilean Carmenère breathing for after that.
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Post by: Julian on 24 December, 2011, 08:27:32 pm
Hopping Hare.

We are quite well equipped for this Christmas.  I will also later be having some of the Yamazaki which Phil bought me for my birthday.  Mr L's noted indifference to the stuff notwithstanding, I really like it.  :)
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Post by: Wowbagger on 24 December, 2011, 08:31:10 pm
I've had a sherry and a pint of London Pride, which was enough for me to fall asleep after 20 minutes of HIGNFY on Iplayer, which was a shame: I think the past 2 programmes have been amongst the funniest for ages. I woke up and watched the last 10 minutes.

I must now find a recording of Piers Morgan at the Leveson enquiry.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 24 December, 2011, 09:59:31 pm
Mulled beer, ie St Peter's Best Bitter (that's the "organic" one in the pretty, green, oval bottles, they had it 20% off in Waitrose, don't you know, darlink) heated with five cloves per mugfull and a dash of honey.
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Post by: TimC on 24 December, 2011, 10:01:16 pm
Star lager. In a hotel in Accra. Happy Christmas.
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Post by: Domestique on 24 December, 2011, 10:05:50 pm
Nice glass of chilled Shloer  :smug:
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 24 December, 2011, 10:54:10 pm
Coffee.  But I'm thinking about gin....
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Post by: gordon taylor on 24 December, 2011, 11:03:38 pm
Home made "Baileys" from an internet recipe.

It's delicious, alcoholic and very cheap!
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Post by: nicknack on 25 December, 2011, 01:21:02 am
Pea and ham soup. Loverly.
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Post by: tiermat on 25 December, 2011, 08:59:55 am
Coffee, in an attempt to wake myself up, after a restless nights "sleep" and being woken at 5:30 by a rather excited TLD.....
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Post by: lou boutin on 25 December, 2011, 01:35:43 pm
Home made "Baileys" from an internet recipe.

It's delicious, alcoholic and very cheap!

Ooh I really must google that.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: why1040 on 25 December, 2011, 04:09:56 pm
Julmust! 

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6569140981_8c7a1022a2.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65398243@N06/6569140981/)
IMG_1291 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65398243@N06/6569140981/) by Chrisando74 (http://www.flickr.com/people/65398243@N06/), on Flickr

Completely non-alcoholic yet malted, only available at Christmas and YUMMY!
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Post by: gordon taylor on 25 December, 2011, 05:38:10 pm
Home made "Baileys" from an internet recipe.

It's delicious, alcoholic and very cheap!

Ooh I really must google that.   :thumbsup:

Because we didn't have any chocolate syrup, we melted some dark chocolate for blending with the condensed milk. That doesn't really work, because it solidifies out too quickly. The only solution is to glug it all down as quickly as possible, in big tumblers...

 :-[ ;D :o
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Post by: Juan Martín on 26 December, 2011, 12:43:05 pm
Thwaites Tavern Porter. In broad daylight.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 December, 2011, 04:39:11 pm
Tea. Earl....  well, you know the rest.
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Post by: lou boutin on 26 December, 2011, 05:25:31 pm
Home made hot chocolate with all the trimmings.
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Post by: Canardly on 26 December, 2011, 05:54:56 pm
Cognac
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Post by: Juan Martín on 26 December, 2011, 07:01:39 pm
Fino del Puerto from Waitrose. Recommended, although I expect I'll have a headache in the morning as I have had two glasses. Later, I will mostly be drinking Pacharán.
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Post by: jogler on 26 December, 2011, 08:22:48 pm
Grolsch
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Post by: Jurek on 26 December, 2011, 08:26:25 pm
Sauvignon Blanc. From Marlborough NZ. Oyster Bay. That kind of thing.

While my chilli-con-carne cooks.
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Post by: LindaG on 26 December, 2011, 08:46:09 pm
Abbot's Ale.                                                                                           While my guitar gently weeps.
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Post by: Butterfly on 26 December, 2011, 08:59:05 pm
Mint Baileys. Rather enthusiastically poured by the big lad. It might last a while :D.
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Post by: Vernon on 26 December, 2011, 09:05:28 pm
Meantime Chocolate Porter, because we can't get the cork out of the Leffe Blonde!
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 26 December, 2011, 09:54:43 pm
Bath Ales Festivity Porter. Claims that "hints of rum mingle with coffee and vanilla" but just tastes like porter to me. Good, though!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 December, 2011, 09:57:37 pm
Kir Royale avec Supercassis.
Not just any old cassis, but supercassis :P
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Post by: Julian on 26 December, 2011, 09:59:06 pm
Is that a Gillian McKeith superfood cassis then? :)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 December, 2011, 10:00:52 pm
Is that a Gillian McKeith superfood cassis then? :)
Gah, do not speak her name, Pingu will be minded to launch the laptop out of the window!
(at the same time as spitting "farking nutcase!")
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Post by: Julian on 26 December, 2011, 10:11:42 pm
I'm waiting for the (Dr) G****** M*K**** Superfood Goji Berry Liqueur to come out and the universe to implode as a result  ;)
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Post by: Lotum on 27 December, 2011, 11:08:40 pm
Matua Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2010.
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Post by: LindaG on 28 December, 2011, 02:21:14 am
Nescafe. Huh. I am not in charge of coffee purchasing at Bluddy Werk.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 28 December, 2011, 02:44:23 pm
A glass of 5 star Tokaji to go with the left over Christmas pudding I am eating.
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Post by: Andrij on 28 December, 2011, 02:47:42 pm
Hot water with honey & lemon.  :'(  As I'm at work I can't even spice things up by adding a shot of brandy.  Perhaps I'll make up for it when I get home.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 28 December, 2011, 08:16:52 pm
A glass of 5 star Tokaji to go with the left over Christmas pudding I am eating.

Bugger! You're just reminded me I was going to buy some of that from Majestic, but I forgotted :(


G&T
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Post by: Dinamo on 28 December, 2011, 08:18:40 pm
H.P.A.   Hambrook Pale Ale

...from the Great Western Brewery   :thumbsup:
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Post by: tiermat on 28 December, 2011, 08:40:31 pm
Nescafe. Huh. I am not in charge of coffee purchasing at Bluddy Werk.

Pop into ours on the way, I shall make you a cup to take with you. :)

We all know that THoFC makes everything better :)

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Post by: ian on 29 December, 2011, 08:13:04 pm
Gabriel Boudier saffron gin martini. Practicing for my New Year's Eve cocktail lab (I am nothing if not dedicated to my art). I estimate casualties in the 10–15% range with long term symptoms of hallucinations and tingly appendages for the survivors. It's going to be long evening, I have 16 different types of gin alone, and a few hundred other bottles of esoteric booze. I may finally get someone drunk enough to finish the Unicum. Yes, a crude spit/swallow joke will be involved, as per tradition.

Nice gin, anyway. Heavy on the saffron, but works quite well. Professor Cornelius Ampleforth's Bathtub gin next, then I am under orders to practice restraint.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 December, 2011, 09:23:19 pm
That sounds fun Ian, where do we come? ;)

We're on Cotes du Rhone for want of something more interesting.
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Post by: Oaky on 29 December, 2011, 09:28:44 pm
Mighty Oak Captain Bob.  I'm amazed there is still some left after Christmas.
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Post by: Thor on 30 December, 2011, 11:18:33 pm
Brazin Old Vines Zinfandel.  15% alcohol  :o
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Post by: mcshroom on 31 December, 2011, 12:43:34 am
Glenfiddich neat :)
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Post by: jogler on 31 December, 2011, 11:22:02 am
Grenache Rose
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Post by: jogler on 31 December, 2011, 01:36:53 pm
Tempranillo:a full red wine.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 31 December, 2011, 05:01:21 pm
I discovered a bottle of Robinson's Old Tom today, so I'll use that to toast in the New Year. Otherwise it's tinned Bombardier - 4.3% as opposed to the 5% strength of the bottled stuff - boo! Will be round a mate's place & he tells me he has some Belgian treats awaiting my attention :)
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Post by: Juan Martín on 31 December, 2011, 05:10:34 pm
Butcombe Bitter.
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Post by: peevafred on 31 December, 2011, 05:33:04 pm
At this precise moment, nothing.

But I do have an interesting collection of beers downstairs, mostly dark and heavy with the odd Belgian one for good measure.  Some of these will be broached from 9.00   :smug:

S
Me too starting at 2100hrs
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Post by: Bartonflyer on 31 December, 2011, 05:51:08 pm
A stiff G&T - with Plymouth Gin, my favourite
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Post by: PaulF on 31 December, 2011, 06:10:48 pm
A pint of CooP Goldminer
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Post by: Pingu on 31 December, 2011, 08:09:25 pm
Will be round a mate's place & he tells me he has some Belgian treats awaiting my attention :)

Nom  :P (As long as it's not Stella bleedin' Tortoise)
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Post by: Pingu on 31 December, 2011, 08:10:08 pm
Bath Ales Dark Side  :thumbsup:
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Post by: jogler on 31 December, 2011, 08:12:24 pm
redredwine
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Post by: ian on 01 January, 2012, 05:16:24 pm
Hmm, the Unicum is still there. All out of pisco though, which is terrible, since the best cocktail in the known universe is, of course, the pisco sour. Which might explain the empty bottle and the broken egg shells.

On the plus side, I did find a very nice bottle of reposado tequila hiding at the back of one of the booze cupboards. I may find a use for that later. And a litre of Becherovka that will undoubtedly spawn a unseasonal if appreciated round of betons later.

For now, a cup of tea and biccies after a wet walk in the park.

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Post by: nicknack on 01 January, 2012, 05:58:13 pm
The last of the Christmas beer. A bottle of Czech Mate from the Old Dairy Brewery. Bottle conditioned lager - very nice.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 01 January, 2012, 06:05:30 pm
Fino del Puerto
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 01 January, 2012, 06:47:13 pm
G&T
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Post by: jogler on 01 January, 2012, 07:00:16 pm
redredwine

same again
same bottle
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Post by: Rhys W on 01 January, 2012, 07:03:05 pm
While I was cooking (and eating sliced jalapenos straight from the jar) I supped a bottle of Sainsburys Taste The Difference IPA. 5.9%, brewed by Marstons and very hoppy - probably my favourite type of beer.

The pinto bean enchilladas are in the oven, now I'm going to open a Blandford Flyer. Why did they rename it from Blandford Fly?
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Post by: nicknack on 01 January, 2012, 07:08:23 pm
redredwine

same again
same bottle

How is that possible?
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Post by: jogler on 01 January, 2012, 07:20:43 pm
For the purposes of clarification.....
I continue my endeavours to drink the whole of the contents of the last bottle of wine wot Ihopened

 :)
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Post by: Juan Martín on 02 January, 2012, 04:48:01 pm
Holt's Maple Moon.
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Post by: jogler on 02 January, 2012, 05:42:59 pm
For the purposes of clarification.....
I continue my endeavours to drink the whole of the contents of the last bottle of wine wot Ihopened

 :)

action replay.
I reckon I'll win  finish this particular bottle of  wine tonight.
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Post by: Ariadne on 07 January, 2012, 07:09:14 pm
Wow, you're a slow drinker, jogler! Never offer to share a bottle with me, you'll end up dismayed and thirsty.

Right now, I'm drinking a delicious pisco sour. Yuuuuuuum.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 07 January, 2012, 07:15:40 pm
This house is devoid of ale.*

Several years have passed since this situation last presented itself. I know this to be true because on his last night with us, Woolly and I each consumed a bottle of Thomas Hardy 2008, which I have had since then. It was too young. In my opinion, Thomas Hardy ale should be at least 5 years old before it is consumed.

*So I'm about to open a bottle of wine.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 07 January, 2012, 07:19:59 pm
This house is devoid of ale.*

Several years have passed since this situation last presented itself. I know this to be true because on his last night with us, Woolly and I each consumed a bottle of Thomas Hardy 2008, which I have had since then. It was too young. In my opinion, Thomas Hardy ale should be at least 5 years old before it is consumed.

*So I'm about to open a bottle of wine.

I'm lying. I've just checked the cupboard and there's another bottle of Thomas Hardy 2008 lurking at the back. I will keep that at least until their return and then I think I'll drink it on my own.  ;)
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Post by: Rapples on 07 January, 2012, 07:26:36 pm
I'm lying. I've just checked the cupboard and there's another bottle of Thomas Hardy 2008 lurking at the back. I will keep that at least until their return and then I think I'll drink it on my own.  ;)

That would be far from the madding crowd I suppose O:-)
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Post by: tiermat on 07 January, 2012, 07:41:58 pm
Havana Club Anejo Especial and diet coke.

On my own, as I seem to have completely pissed off the rest of the family....
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Post by: Juan Martín on 08 January, 2012, 05:46:10 pm
The last bottle of Thwaites Tavern Porter from my Christmas stock. I shall have to brave the chavfest that is Morrisons in Maidstone and pick some more next weekend.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 14 January, 2012, 06:31:43 pm
Fino del Puerto. Still.  One third of a bottle left in the fridge. Must try harder.
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Post by: Ariadne on 14 January, 2012, 06:33:54 pm
Pisco sour, again. Yum.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 16 January, 2012, 10:39:37 pm
I've just had a cup of tea I made 7 hours ago. Thermos flask ftw.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Juan Martín on 22 January, 2012, 06:12:16 pm
St Peter's IPA.
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Post by: lou boutin on 22 January, 2012, 06:44:47 pm
Hot lemon, ginger and honey - again.  :(
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Post by: GruB on 22 January, 2012, 06:45:45 pm
Decaf coffee this time of night.
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Post by: LindaG on 22 January, 2012, 06:46:58 pm
Sauvignon blanc.  First alcohol for ten days, and very nice it is too.
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Post by: seraphina on 22 January, 2012, 06:48:56 pm
A lovely Raspberry wheat beer from Meantime brewery. 
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Post by: Wowbagger on 22 January, 2012, 06:50:20 pm
Sauvignon blanc.  First alcohol for ten days, and very nice it is too.

I shared a bottle of SB with my daughter yesterday when she came to visit. It is indeed excellent stuff.

I'm on the Old Thumper now, though, which Waitrose have on special offer (less than £1.50 a bottle).
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Post by: LindaG on 22 January, 2012, 06:50:48 pm
Sauvignon blanc.  First alcohol for ten days, and very nice it is too.

I shared a bottle of SB with my daughter yesterday when she came to visit. It is indeed excellent stuff.

I'm on the Old Thumper now, though, which Waitrose have on special offer (less than £1.50 a bottle).

Fermented rabbit?   ;)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 22 January, 2012, 08:00:06 pm
Again...... G&T :P
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Post by: ian on 22 January, 2012, 10:00:19 pm
Williams Bros Seven Giraffes. According to the ingredients list it doesn't actually contain any giraffe at all but don't let that put you off, it's rather splendid, if a tad summery for a dark January evening. I will offset this premature outbreak of summer with a more seasonally appropriate March of the Penguins stout next.

Been shopping on their website, have I.

Pisco resupply mission was also successful.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 22 January, 2012, 10:32:58 pm
Mmm, I like 7 Giraffes. And that hybrid IPA one... Caesar Augustus
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Post by: Basil on 23 January, 2012, 07:56:14 am
The second of what may have to be three cups of coffee before I drive #2 son to Pencader for his bus.
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Post by: why1040 on 03 February, 2012, 08:35:29 pm
A bottle of Hardy's Crest Australian sparkling rosé-it was on special offer when I went shopping this evening!  Knew Valentine's was good for something!  LOL  It happens to be my favourite tipple and I don't indulge often, so this is going to be interesting!   ;D
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 03 February, 2012, 08:49:37 pm
.... that hybrid IPA one... Caesar Augustus

redux
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Post by: Oaky on 03 February, 2012, 08:53:21 pm
Water, but not for too much longer, I think.  Time to pour a glass of wine...
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Post by: jogler on 03 February, 2012, 10:42:58 pm
horlicks
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Post by: Rhys W on 03 February, 2012, 11:50:39 pm
And that hybrid IPA one... Caesar Augustus

I've tried that - it sounds like a great idea but disappointing in practice. I think if you're brewing an IPA you have to go the whole hog and hop it up. Diluting it down doesn't work.
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Post by: jogler on 04 February, 2012, 09:03:41 am
I've put too much milk in the mix so I'm not sure if I'm eating or drinking m'porridge
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Post by: lou boutin on 04 February, 2012, 09:10:48 am
Coffee, good strong coffee!
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 08 February, 2012, 09:40:44 am
"Coffee".  Cheap, rubbish coffee. 
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Post by: interzen on 08 February, 2012, 09:56:51 am
Coffee - Illy espresso, served in my MySQL developer's mug.
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Post by: GruB on 14 February, 2012, 03:22:45 pm
Grumpy Mule organic Columbian - very very nice.

http://www.grumpymule.co.uk/

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Post by: mike on 14 February, 2012, 09:43:46 pm
bowmore.  Wonderful stuff.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 15 February, 2012, 10:11:58 am
Large amounts of coffee.
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Post by: PaulF on 15 February, 2012, 10:16:12 am
A dark liquid that comes out the the 'coffee' dispenser :sick: Evidently there is a semantic difference between the Flemish word for coffee and the English
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Post by: ian on 17 February, 2012, 09:30:22 pm
Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale.

Good God, give me a bath full of this stuff and a straw.

(OK, it's not the best IPA on the planet – which is Goose Island btw – but it's black, hoppy, and good. Tastes better in California, of course. People drink Guinness when there are beers like this?)

Odell's Myrcenary Double IPA next. I call this just recompense for keeping a poorly wife company rather than going to the pub.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 18 February, 2012, 08:24:25 am
My fave IPA last weekend was Brewdog IPA Is Dead Simcoe. It was this: NOM.
I also had a hangover in the morning.
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Post by: Marco Stefano on 18 February, 2012, 05:52:43 pm
Not quite right now, but went to Ely Beer Fest last night, approriately enough in the Maltings. Blimey - queues & everything.

We were up the end of the alphabet of beers. One gorgeous one was Tynebank 'Piccolo Black', but described as a 'black IPA'. Eh? Black pale ale?  ???  Still, it were  :thumbsup:.

As was Tring 'Odd Job' (beer for throwing bowlers hats), Wilson Potter 'Ruby Red', and particularly Raw 'Fletcher!' Oat Stout, lovely liqouricey goodness.

Oh, and a brilliant notice about availability of beers: 'No Redemption - replaced by Death or Glory'.    ;D
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 18 February, 2012, 08:44:14 pm
Rioja
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Post by: border-rider on 18 February, 2012, 08:52:28 pm
Spanish for us too

A very nice bottle of Sangres de Toro, the one with the little bull attached to it.

It's doing a decent job of fighting the flu I acquired on a plane to Lyon this week.  That and the huuuge French aspirins; 500 mg  :o  (no they're not suppositories)
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Post by: JohnP on 18 February, 2012, 09:26:48 pm
A small(ish) glass of Talisker. May well be followed by another while I watch the recorded cycling.
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Post by: Simonb on 18 February, 2012, 09:39:24 pm
Ginger Tea.
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Post by: pixieannie on 18 February, 2012, 09:45:15 pm
Drinking a very sweet cocktail. 
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Post by: PAC on 18 February, 2012, 09:55:49 pm
Red wine :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 19 February, 2012, 07:30:49 pm
Again with the G&T.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 04 March, 2012, 06:43:06 pm
Woodforde's Wherry - my first homebrew in twenty eight years! OK, so it was just a taste while I was just checking the gravity to see if it's stopped fermenting, but man alive! I can't believe how much like pub-beer it's turned out. And it's not even conditioned yet.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 04 March, 2012, 06:54:12 pm
Red Dragon Jamaican stout, Marstons Old Empire & Westons Vintage cider. I shall be choosing from between them, not partaking of all of them - I have to work tomorrow...
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 March, 2012, 07:50:48 pm
Sauv blanc :P
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 05 March, 2012, 10:24:09 am
Dragon Jamaican stout, Marstons Old Empire & Westons Vintage cider. I shall be choosing from between them, not partaking of all of them - I have to work tomorrow...
Avoid the Dragon Stout, if Tesco sell it near you. Sweet and insipid compared to Guinness Foreign Export.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 05 March, 2012, 04:20:01 pm
I made French onion soup at the weekend and bought cheap white wine to make it with rather than use good stuff. Unfortunately I now have half a bottle of it left.  :-\
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Post by: andrewc on 06 March, 2012, 07:13:58 pm
Cains Double Bock 7.5% and dangerously more-ish.
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Post by: IanDG on 06 March, 2012, 07:16:34 pm
I've just downed 2 solpodine in a glass of water followed by a G&T ;)
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Post by: MattH on 06 March, 2012, 07:38:06 pm
A rather nice Klosterbryg in the Sogaard brewery in Aalborg. This might take some effort to stick to the plan of one beer,  some food and an early night.
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Post by: tiermat on 06 March, 2012, 07:47:09 pm
Stella :(

Only because:
a) I am down South
b) the only bitter the bar has is Boddies on draught.
c) I can't see me being able to find Copper Dragon anywhere down here (go to a pub anywhere past Birmingham and ask for it, you are almost gauranteed blank looks)
d) The last time I tried a Southern beer, it was pants, and actually tasted better when it had travelled (this is going back some 20 years, the beer in question was Exmoor Gold, tasted like the liquid run-off from a recently fertilised field down in Exmoor, but was nectar when tried back up in Ripon, go figure)
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Post by: andrew_s on 07 March, 2012, 12:39:39 am
RCH Pitchfork, Green Jack Old Cock and Saltaire Blonde
We've been promised BBF Milk Stout for Thursday Pending list (http://boatinn.wordpress.com/beers-on-tap-waiting/)


the beer in question was Exmoor Gold, tasted like the liquid run-off from a recently fertilised field down in Exmoor, but was nectar when tried back up in Ripon, go figure)
which just goes to show that some landlords will keep on selling even a local beer when it's gone off, especially in a touristy area where they know that most of the customers won't be back whatever.
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Post by: LindaG on 09 March, 2012, 09:51:05 pm
Glenfiddich.


Hm.
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Post by: jogler on 09 March, 2012, 10:05:44 pm
Because I'm not audaxing tomorrow I'm making an impression on the Grolsch stock. :)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 09 March, 2012, 10:07:52 pm
Primitivo
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Post by: tiermat on 09 March, 2012, 10:08:01 pm
Hamilton Estate 12 year old.

I am being heathen and adding diet coke, but what the hell, you are only young once :)
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Post by: andrewc on 09 March, 2012, 11:06:00 pm
Cains Double Bock again...

If you are ever in Liverpool the best pub for beer is the Ship & Mitre (http://www.theshipandmitre.com/)  :thumbsup:

They have just opened their own shop, selling beers from all over the world http://www.theshipinabottle.co.uk/ (http://www.theshipinabottle.co.uk/)

This is on my morning walk to the office... I fear for my wallet.....not to mention my liver !
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Post by: Juan Martín on 10 March, 2012, 06:01:45 pm
Everards' Beacon.
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Post by: Noodley on 10 March, 2012, 06:06:56 pm
Black Sheep Ale...slurp, now finished...so Scrumpy Jack cider next
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 10 March, 2012, 07:19:21 pm
Pingu has just brought me a bottle of Mort Subite Oude Kriek  :thumbsup:  :P
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Post by: WhizzBang on 10 March, 2012, 07:24:30 pm
Mrs Pingu, you have just bought back memories of some very heady days in the Mort Subite in Brussels  ;D 
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 10 March, 2012, 10:33:58 pm
:)
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 10 March, 2012, 11:43:35 pm
This unbelievably smooth, hoppy, malty and boozy homebrew again. Not so much sudden death, more of a slow, lingering decline into unconsciousness.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 11 March, 2012, 07:50:52 pm
Tonic.






and gin.
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Post by: Dinamo on 16 March, 2012, 06:44:33 pm
Maiden Voyage brewed by the Great Western Brewery in Hambrook.
Sat in the George & Dragon in Winterbourne approx. 2 kms from the brewery.
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Post by: Basil on 16 March, 2012, 06:50:45 pm
Cwrw.
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Post by: mike on 16 March, 2012, 06:56:21 pm
Wainwright

from a bottle, sadly.
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Post by: Snakehips on 16 March, 2012, 07:02:56 pm
Just about to open a bottle of Muriel , a Spanish red from Majestic.
What with the budget coming up I figure that booze is only going to get more expensive in the short term. It might be worth stocking up with stuff you like if you can get it at a decent price at the moment.
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Post by: Gus on 16 March, 2012, 07:05:18 pm
.....
Raspberry soda...
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Post by: jogler on 16 March, 2012, 07:30:29 pm
I found a bottle of Pinot Grigio amongst the bike bidons stored in one of the cardboard wine boxes you get from the supermarket.So.....
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 16 March, 2012, 09:15:13 pm
Just about to open a bottle of Muriel , a Spanish red from Majestic.
What with the budget coming up I figure that booze is only going to get more expensive in the short term. It might be worth stocking up with stuff you like if you can get it at a decent price at the moment.

Or start making your own! (Beer that is. I'd still rather leave the grapey stuff to the pros). Nowadays it can be as good as, or better than the beer you buy in the boozer.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 16 March, 2012, 11:23:19 pm
Koskenkorva from the freezer.
Just the one mind, busy day tomorrow.

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Post by: ran doner on 17 March, 2012, 12:06:50 am
In honour of St Patrick. I'm drinking Guinness.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 18 March, 2012, 05:41:49 pm
Shepherd Neame Late Red. How very autumnal.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 18 March, 2012, 06:23:40 pm
Champagne of course.
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Post by: nicknack on 18 March, 2012, 06:56:11 pm
Gouyasse Triple
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Post by: gotnobrakes on 20 March, 2012, 03:21:29 pm
I nice, hot cup of coffee ... Irish coffee :D Starting early today  ::-)
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Post by: Tewdric on 20 March, 2012, 07:26:56 pm
Cwrw.

Evan Evans?  good beer!
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Post by: why1040 on 20 March, 2012, 09:13:43 pm
Cranberry juice...

Lots of it...

 :-\
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Post by: Feline on 21 March, 2012, 12:52:39 pm
Cranberry juice...

Lots of it...

 :-\

Oh dear, sounds miserable .. hope it works for you!
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Post by: spesh on 21 March, 2012, 09:19:01 pm
Fallen Angel "Fire In The Hole" chilli beer.

Interesting, but I don't think I'll be drinking the whole 500ml bottle. Fortunately, I didn't have to pay for it... ;)
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Post by: Juan Martín on 31 March, 2012, 06:04:31 pm
Old Golden Hen.

(Wasn't that a film with Henry Fonda?)
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Post by: Noodley on 31 March, 2012, 06:13:28 pm
Bloody nothing  :-X
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Post by: Dibdib on 31 March, 2012, 06:15:16 pm
Ribena!

(also the drink of choice in my cycling bottles. so delicious :D)
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 31 March, 2012, 07:44:17 pm
Fizzy white. Hic.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 01 April, 2012, 06:09:16 pm
Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted.
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Post by: jogler on 01 April, 2012, 10:00:33 pm
water
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Post by: Katie on 01 April, 2012, 10:31:50 pm
Vimto  ;D
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Post by: LindaG on 01 April, 2012, 10:32:54 pm
Tea.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 04 April, 2012, 12:33:38 pm
Black tea with lemon and dill. It's a combined accident-experiment. Mostly, it tastes of lemon, but there's quite lovely a dill aroma.
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Post by: tiermat on 04 April, 2012, 12:35:53 pm
Vimto  ;D

That reminds me of when I worked @ HSBC near Sheffield.

the best part of the job was that the vending machines dispensed Vimto, either fizzy or still :)
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Post by: Katie on 04 April, 2012, 01:52:47 pm
Diet Barq's root beer.

I'm grumpy that when they made the diet version, they scrapped the caffeine content as well. But it's oh so tasty...
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Post by: nicknack on 04 April, 2012, 07:36:21 pm
La Chouffe
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Post by: Katie on 04 April, 2012, 11:20:34 pm
A nice big mug of Earl Grey.
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Post by: andrewc on 04 April, 2012, 11:21:44 pm
Jura Superstition  :P
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 April, 2012, 08:16:33 pm
guess....
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Post by: mcshroom on 05 April, 2012, 09:19:56 pm
A Spanish red that I got as a present yesterday - not bad actually :)
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Post by: Juan Martín on 07 April, 2012, 07:07:24 pm
Thwaites IPA. Bought accidentally in place of porter, but not bad for all that.
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Post by: Oaky on 07 April, 2012, 09:20:17 pm
Thwaites Double Century.

After yesterday/today's exertions (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=55640.msg1203980#msg1203980), it would be more appropriate if i had a second bottle of that.   As things stand, I'll be moving on to the Lancaster Black next.
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Post by: Mike J on 07 April, 2012, 09:22:06 pm
Guinness :P
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 07 April, 2012, 09:22:42 pm
Kir Royale :P
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Post by: lou boutin on 07 April, 2012, 09:47:53 pm
Decaf coffee.  :sick:
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 11 April, 2012, 06:56:27 pm
A superbly balanced and refreshing 6%abv DIY American Pale Ale hopped with zingy, citrusy Amarillo. Only ten litres left unfrotunately.
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Post by: Andrij on 12 April, 2012, 07:34:21 am
Hotel room instant coffee.  :sick:
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 12 April, 2012, 09:55:41 pm
Right now I'm drinking Bristol Hefe, which is a wheat beer - I'm finding it a little thin, I'm sorry to say - but more curiously, I had a coffee today! An Americano, whatever that is. That's my second in less than two weeks, and I think it's my third this year! I hope this isn't the start of the slippery slope. I did rather enjoy it.  :-\
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Post by: metformin on 13 April, 2012, 06:18:41 pm
Fresh cup of Rosey Lee  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 13 April, 2012, 07:30:24 pm
Tea, Earl Grey, hot.
Slightly miffed I got that while Pingu got a pastis, but beggars can't be choosers I spose ....
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Post by: Bairn Again on 13 April, 2012, 10:26:33 pm
talisker 10 yr old being consumed about 5 miles from the distillery

 :) :)  :thumbsup:  :)
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Post by: JohnP on 13 April, 2012, 11:02:33 pm
Tobermory.
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Post by: jogler on 14 April, 2012, 11:06:41 pm
Diet Coke
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 April, 2012, 11:08:25 pm
Primitivo
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Post by: a lower gear on 21 April, 2012, 06:38:11 pm
Great Orme Brewery 'Orme' bitter. Jolly good. Never seen it before; might not see it again as supermarkets tend to have short promotions on regional microbreweries.
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Post by: Dibdib on 21 April, 2012, 06:42:17 pm
Ribena. The proper full-fat stuff, as I've done a decent ride today and deserve a treat.
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Post by: giropaul on 21 April, 2012, 09:34:49 pm
A choice of Chimay Blue or Tripel Karmeliet.

Or why not both?
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Post by: Julian on 21 April, 2012, 09:41:30 pm
Banana bread beer.  :)
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Post by: andrewc on 21 April, 2012, 09:58:35 pm
Cambrinus Herald. A locally brewed light coloured beer. Rather good.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 22 April, 2012, 05:15:27 pm
Right now I'm drinking a mug of Pukka Three-ginger tea wot Mrs Cudzo has just made me.
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Post by: interzen on 22 April, 2012, 05:18:33 pm
Whittard's Moroccan Mint tea (or 'green tea with mint' for the plebs ;) )

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Post by: Juan Martín on 22 April, 2012, 06:34:00 pm
Ringwood Boondoggle - it's really rather nice. Well, it was.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 22 April, 2012, 07:26:16 pm
A homebrew London Pride clone. Waited patiently for three weeks for it to condition, Not half bad, but not quite hoppy enough.

A choice of Chimay Blue or Tripel Karmeliet.

Or why not both?

It would have to be both! (though I prefer trappist dubbels)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 22 April, 2012, 07:51:12 pm
G&T :p
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 22 April, 2012, 11:17:58 pm
Right now I'm drinking a mug of Pukka Three-ginger tea wot Mrs Cudzo has just made me.

Good idea that, so I just made some (of the one ginger variety). Luvverly!
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Post by: Dinamo on 25 April, 2012, 11:04:19 pm
Badger's Poachers Choice

... with notes of Damson & Liquorice  :-\

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Post by: Oaky on 26 April, 2012, 11:53:13 pm
Affligem Blond
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Post by: LindaG on 28 April, 2012, 09:24:11 am
Tea in bed. But last night I was drinking sloe whisky and it was divine -a queen amongst beverages in its pink tart deliciousness.
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Post by: citoyen on 28 April, 2012, 09:32:11 am
Working my way through a pot of Bewley's Irish Breakfast Tea. Most satisfying.

d.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 28 April, 2012, 06:06:19 pm
JW Lees Brewer's Dark. One of these low powered beers. It just sort of tastes wet. I wish I hadn't bought two bottles. Not recommended.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 28 April, 2012, 10:47:17 pm
Fitou. I wanted a Faugères to celebrate booking a hamlet nearby but the only one they had in Morrisons was £10 ! A bit rich for a cheap Saturday night bottle of plonk.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 29 April, 2012, 01:10:54 pm
Fitou. I wanted a Faugères to celebrate booking a hamlet nearby but the only one they had in Morrisons was £10 ! A bit rich for a cheap Saturday night bottle of plonk.

Surely if you have the financial means to hire your local small village in its' entirety, then a tenner for a bottle of wine is a drop in the ocean?  ;)

(Or do you rent your cigars?)
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Post by: interzen on 29 April, 2012, 01:21:36 pm
Tea (specifically, Assam tea) in industrial quantities.
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Post by: Fab Foodie on 29 April, 2012, 05:09:38 pm
Affligem Blond

May I just say (even though I don't know you from Adam) what exquisite taste you have.
I've only 1 bottle left and a few Affligem Triples, unfortunately I cannot make my next French customer meeting and my chance to re-stock.  :(

So instead, I'm doing my expenses and drinking a G&T.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 29 April, 2012, 06:25:12 pm
Wadworths IPA. Better than last yesterday's effort.
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Post by: BrianI on 09 May, 2012, 10:47:26 am
Vanilla Chai Latte!

Very very yum.

http://www.drinkmechai.co.uk/range.html (http://www.drinkmechai.co.uk/range.html)
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Post by: Feline on 10 May, 2012, 10:04:34 pm
I'm drinking Mocha Java coffee from Rave Coffee near Hot Flatus's place. it is really nice  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 11 May, 2012, 08:18:17 pm
Seeing as the sun's finally out - my DIY summer ale (and I won't bore you all with the ingrediments).

Mmmmm. Homebrew! </homersimpson>
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 11 May, 2012, 10:29:15 pm
Kirsberry & tonic :P
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Post by: Julian on 11 May, 2012, 10:43:31 pm
Hopping Hare.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 12 May, 2012, 11:14:16 am
Coffee.  And more coffee.  Then a touch more coffee!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 12 May, 2012, 09:02:37 pm
Kir royale. With either cassis or creme de cerises or creme de mure.
Nom nom nom
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Post by: Juan Martín on 19 May, 2012, 06:47:28 pm
Hook Norton Hooky Gold.
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Post by: Torslanda on 26 May, 2012, 07:18:49 pm
Grenadine champagne slush puppies. With vodka and added stuff.

Lethal. I'm going to be typing fluent bollox for the rest of the night . . .
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Post by: Andrew Br on 26 May, 2012, 11:09:01 pm
I'm going to be typing fluent bollox for the rest of the night . . .

No change there then  ;)

Green Mark vodka from the freezer for me.
Oh, and a side of tonic water to help prevent cramps tomorrow.
Preparation. That's where I'm at.
And more vodka, as you do.

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Post by: her_welshness on 27 May, 2012, 04:18:57 pm
Started feeling very sleepy just now so have made a DIY-Latte, with a couple of drops of vanilla.
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Post by: nicknack on 27 May, 2012, 05:10:08 pm
"Woolly Pig" - Brogdale's (http://www.brogdalecollections.co.uk/) very own cider.

It's jolly good.

Named after these:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/IMG_0204.jpg)
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 27 May, 2012, 09:01:57 pm
Black Rat cider from Melksham, what Mrs Cudzo bought. It's not bad in fact.
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Post by: Feline on 27 May, 2012, 09:34:46 pm
Black Rat cider from Melksham, what Mrs Cudzo bought. It's not bad in fact.

Some factions of Bristol CTC and BTOTC specifically favour pubs that have Black Rat on their rides!
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 27 May, 2012, 10:21:32 pm
Mrs Cudzo says she's "had better" but didn't mention what. I rather liked it though. More than I expected.
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Post by: Lowdy on 30 May, 2012, 01:50:03 pm
Just bought a bunch of cranberry juice (http://www.purenature24.co.uk/shop/a2398/pure-cranberry-juice-unsweetened.html), now I have to decide whether to drink it for breakfast or with vodka/ice a little later
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Post by: Juan Martín on 10 June, 2012, 05:25:21 pm
Bath Ales Wild Hare.
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Post by: Rhys W on 10 June, 2012, 06:44:10 pm
Marston's Old Empire. My favourite style of beer in recent years - a very hoppy IPA.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 10 June, 2012, 07:54:37 pm
G&T redux
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Post by: Gus on 10 June, 2012, 09:06:19 pm
Carlsberg : Carls wheat
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Post by: Gus on 12 June, 2012, 09:11:48 pm
Pilsner Urquell : The original pilsner from pilsen(according to the label)

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Post by: Paul on 14 June, 2012, 09:12:37 pm
I'm going through a big tomato juice phase. It started innocently enough a few years ago as an inspired non-alcohol drink in pubs (that is, if I have to not drink alcohol, like at lunchtime say). But recently I've added it to the shopping, and I now find that I really want one every night, maybe even two.

I add worcestershire* sauce, tabasco, salt and pepper. And one cube of ice (any more, and it just gets too wet).

Delicious.

And after my rubbish commute home tonight, when I would previously have decided that I was due a big glass of wine, I wanted a TJ instead.

Funny how these addictions creep up on you.

(* there's at least 8 redundant letters in that word - that's more than half of them!)
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Post by: Andrij on 14 June, 2012, 09:18:25 pm
25ml of BBotE  :o
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 June, 2012, 09:27:03 pm
Sort of kir royale, but made with creme des griottes instead of cassis.
Nom nom nom
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Post by: JohnP on 14 June, 2012, 09:29:59 pm
Twinings Lemon & Ginger with a tad of honey.
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Post by: Dinamo on 15 June, 2012, 08:07:02 pm
Bavaria 0.0 % Wheat Beer ......  like Hoegaarden but without the alcohol  :o
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Post by: Paul on 15 June, 2012, 08:07:51 pm
A Rioja.

Rarely happier.
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Post by: why1040 on 15 June, 2012, 08:54:20 pm
Ribena...lol
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Post by: Juan Martín on 16 June, 2012, 07:45:08 pm
Thwaites Triple C - my current favourite. Highly recommended!
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Post by: Marco Stefano on 16 June, 2012, 09:10:55 pm
Rodolfo Sadler Argentinian Malbec.
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Post by: tiermat on 16 June, 2012, 09:18:55 pm
Leffe Ruby it that there France, very nice it is too (the Leffe that is, not France) :-)
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Post by: FA on 16 June, 2012, 11:24:40 pm
Vina Berri Rioja. Tasty
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Post by: lou boutin on 17 June, 2012, 12:59:19 am
Camomile tea with a little honey, which I hope will help me sleep.
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Post by: Paul on 17 June, 2012, 05:36:11 pm
The remains the fino sherry that we had with the paella for lunch.

Camomile tea with a little honey, which I hope will help me sleep.

Did it?
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Post by: lou boutin on 17 June, 2012, 10:02:15 pm
The remains the fino sherry that we had with the paella for lunch.

Camomile tea with a little honey, which I hope will help me sleep.

Did it?

I am afraid not :( but thanks for asking.
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Post by: RJ on 17 June, 2012, 10:26:02 pm
Schiehallion
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Post by: Wowbagger on 17 June, 2012, 10:30:16 pm
A nice up of tea.
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Post by: Gus on 18 June, 2012, 07:19:02 am
Coffee, black & strong
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 18 June, 2012, 09:17:00 am
Tesco Vracislav Czech lager. 99p a bottle and very drinkable - unlike Sainsburys' attempt 36p a bottle dearer.
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Post by: why1040 on 19 June, 2012, 07:58:18 pm
Kopparberg alcohol-free pear cider :)
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Post by: lou boutin on 19 June, 2012, 08:16:05 pm
Orange peko tea. (I'm not sure I've spelt that right)

OK, just been told it's pekoe.
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Post by: Paul on 19 June, 2012, 09:29:41 pm
Orange peko tea. (I'm not sure I've spelt that right)

OK, just been told it's pekoe.

Sweet dreams, baby.

I'm drinking La Metropole (http://www.midlands.coop/food-and-drink/wine-offers/red-wine-offers/#6), and very lovely it is too.
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Post by: lou boutin on 19 June, 2012, 09:40:17 pm
Orange peko tea. (I'm not sure I've spelt that right)

OK, just been told it's pekoe.

Sweet dreams, baby

 ;D
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Post by: Rhys W on 21 June, 2012, 08:42:30 pm
Marks and Spencers Wheat Beer. A Hooegarden clone, judging by the label, but actually quite different and very nice indeed. Brewed by Huyghe (of Delirium Tremens fame) - just had a look at their website... man, I really need to go to Belgium!  :P
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Post by: Gaston Lagaffe on 21 June, 2012, 08:54:02 pm
A cheekly little Rosé from Provence.  Not bad for 2.79 Euros
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Post by: Canardly on 21 June, 2012, 09:07:01 pm
Major retail outlets here seem to have dropped fractions of a pound. Unless they want to slip in a 20% increase.  Everything is a pound (supposedly a bargain) or multipliers of (not a bargain). Strewth do they think we are stupid? mmmmmm don't answer that.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 24 June, 2012, 06:53:21 pm
Castle Rock Harvest Pale.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 24 June, 2012, 08:30:11 pm
Primitivo
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Post by: rafletcher on 24 June, 2012, 10:13:06 pm
Bandol from the south of France
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Post by: jogler on 25 June, 2012, 06:07:39 pm
Pinot Grigio
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Post by: ian on 25 June, 2012, 06:23:10 pm
Budweiser, the American stuff.

I have a case of 24 bottles (it was a gift, someone heard I liked American beer, but didn't check on my definition of American beer). I am using it kill slugs and snails in the garden, but I thought I'd taste some just to check that it was as bad as I remembered. Good god, it's a travesty to even call it beer.

I almost feel sorry for the slugs. Until I see what they've done to my cauliflowers. I've a good mind to upgrade to MGD.
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Post by: Hillbilly on 25 June, 2012, 10:19:04 pm
Root beer.  Once you get past thinking "medicine" its a pleasant change to coke and other fizzy softies.
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Post by: jogler on 26 June, 2012, 07:11:32 pm
Pinot Grigio

action replay
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Post by: RJ on 26 June, 2012, 09:19:33 pm
About to crack a bottle of Harvieston's Bitter & Twisted  ;)
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Post by: Andrij on 03 July, 2012, 12:01:02 pm
Lemsip  :(
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 12 July, 2012, 08:43:53 pm
Butcombe Brunel. Finished it now actually, I drank it while watching yesterday's TdF stage on itvplayer.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 31 July, 2012, 11:15:03 pm
And now Butcombe Gold. Mmm, it's good.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 09 August, 2012, 08:21:21 pm
Tesco Vratislav pilsener. Again.
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Post by: Ham on 11 August, 2012, 12:03:27 am
It is cask strength

Very, very, special

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7xyjJ58s02U/UCWS4fXHP4I/AAAAAAAAiX4/vN8UdHhSAoM/s640/20120810_235818.jpg)
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 11 August, 2012, 12:32:47 am
Haven't drunk whisky for years, but I remember Talisker being particularly peaty. Does that taste mellow over the decades, or is it just as medicinal?

I've discovered a 'Simply' range of beers in Tesco. £1.33 for 500ml. Just had a 5% IPA which tastes much like Pedigree but with the just discernible taste of lemony American Cascade hops (probably post-boil), and their Dark Ale made with chocolate malts with the usual Fuggles and Goldings with added Styrians. Very, very good value. I've been making my own beer over the last year, and though my attempts are pretty good, I really appreciate how far off perfection I am!
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Post by: jogler on 11 August, 2012, 07:40:05 am
coffee,neat.
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Post by: Rhys W on 11 August, 2012, 09:08:17 pm
I've discovered a 'Simply' range of beers in Tesco. £1.33 for 500ml.

I haven't seen those, must look harder... Sainsburys have a similar range of own-brand beers, basically commissioned from small independent breweries. Freed from the possibility of tainting their own reputation, I think they try something a bit riskier. The IPA is very good.
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Post by: Feline on 16 August, 2012, 07:07:44 pm
I'm on my 4th cup of tea in 2 hours. I am still making up for all the tea I didn't drink in France!
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Post by: iainj837 on 02 September, 2012, 12:43:54 am
Mug of tea  ;D
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Post by: andyoxon on 02 September, 2012, 12:56:01 am
Tap water.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 02 September, 2012, 02:05:09 am
I've discovered a 'Simply' range of beers in Tesco. £1.33 for 500ml.

I haven't seen those, must look harder... Sainsburys have a similar range of own-brand beers, basically commissioned from small independent breweries. Freed from the possibility of tainting their own reputation, I think they try something a bit riskier. The IPA is very good.


The Tesco ones are brewed by Marston's and the IPA tastes like Pedigree.

I'm drinking my homebrew clone of Westmalle Dubbel now. All I can say is that The Belgian Trappist monks have nothing to worry about.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 02 September, 2012, 03:28:22 am
Red wine. Oops!
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Post by: Valiant on 02 September, 2012, 04:27:39 am
Holsten Pils
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 02 September, 2012, 09:31:27 pm
Gigondas. And ver' nice it is too.
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Post by: iainj837 on 03 September, 2012, 12:10:49 am
Nothing but going to put the kettle on
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 03 September, 2012, 08:36:40 am
A few days ago I was in Bamberg's Faessla brewery drinking their divine lagerbier. It was so far removed from the pish we call lager as is possible. Straight from the wood too. Shame the Spezial over the road was shut. Get yourselves there some time...
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 03 September, 2012, 03:52:41 pm
Mmm.....Bamberg :P
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Post by: jogler on 09 September, 2012, 07:06:26 pm
Asti Spumanti to go with fresh strawberries,meringue & double cream all of which Asti Spumanti to go with Carbonara(sp)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 09 September, 2012, 08:42:46 pm
Diois biere. Blonde. Was the weakest one I could find in the box and it's over 5%.
Pingu's got the hiccups.
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Post by: Feline on 09 September, 2012, 09:22:51 pm
Lots. Don't wanna think.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 19 September, 2012, 09:28:23 pm
I'm working my way through a 75cl bottle of Leffe Blonde beer. It's too strong really at 6.6%.

It's strange stuff and whenever I've drunk it before, it has reminded me of something and I've just identified what: the mouthwash on offer at the dentist's whenever I have my teeth drilled.
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Post by: padbeat on 19 September, 2012, 11:52:07 pm
One (1) 330ml bottle only of Guinness Foreign Extra Stout @7.5%, out of the fridge for a pair of hours before opening to let it warm up to the right flavour. A special treat when I need to decompress after a particularly ... challenging night at Scouts.
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Post by: Torslanda on 20 September, 2012, 02:27:42 am
A single malt Balvenie or something.  A birthday present in a wooden tube.

Not bad. It's not Lagavulin but it is peaty so its an acceptable substitute.
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Post by: tiermat on 20 September, 2012, 08:50:03 am
I'm working my way through a 75cl bottle of Leffe Blonde beer. It's too strong really at 6.6%.

It's strange stuff and whenever I've drunk it before, it has reminded me of something and I've just identified what: the mouthwash on offer at the dentist's whenever I have my teeth drilled.

It's nothing at all like that, I love it!

A single malt Balvenie or something.  A birthday present in a wooden tube.

Not bad. It's not Lagavulin but it is peaty so its an acceptable substitute.

 :sick: Whilst in Edinburgh the other week, the hotel suite we stopped in had a free decanter of whisky.  We were in the Ardbeg suite, so guess what we got? Yup, TCP disguised with alcohol.  No wonder there were only little shot-like glasses to drink from!
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Post by: Julian on 20 September, 2012, 09:54:40 am
M..m...m....mOAR coffeeeeeeee. 
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Post by: Torslanda on 20 September, 2012, 11:52:59 am
Tiermat, this is the bottle Phil & Dianne got me for my birthday.  :thumbsup:

BTW I've never stayed in a hotel room where there was a decanter of anything other than corporation pop!
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Post by: L CC on 20 September, 2012, 01:20:36 pm
Oxo. Yum.
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Post by: jogler on 20 September, 2012, 01:24:11 pm
Linda Bellingham :thumbsup:
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Post by: John Henry on 20 September, 2012, 09:23:22 pm
Laphroaig (iPad wants to correct this to 'lap growing') Quarter Cask.
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Post by: padbeat on 22 September, 2012, 01:02:11 am
Quarter Cask is ver ver nice!

Tullibardine 1488 tonight, a 7% after dinner beer from the distillery of the same name, made with malted barley and then conditioned in ex-whisky barrels.
I've just noticed I get a 10c refund when it's sold in S.A.
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Post by: jogler on 22 September, 2012, 05:25:05 pm
I've just opened a bottle of Merlot & I am going to sup my thru the bottle between now & bedtime
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Post by: Marco Stefano on 22 September, 2012, 07:34:37 pm
Nothing. Mrs & Ms Marco are in London & 'have just realised the time'.  ::-)

I am on station pick-up duty.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 22 September, 2012, 07:52:08 pm
Westons Vintage Cider. 8.2% and, at £1.25/bottle, about the cheapest decent kick you can get.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 22 September, 2012, 07:56:56 pm
G&T
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Post by: lou boutin on 23 September, 2012, 11:09:27 am
Sage and elderflower tea.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 23 September, 2012, 10:25:16 pm
No more sauv blanc sadly, cos i've got a stupid o clock video con with SVG tomorrow, so now I'm on kirsberry with tonic.
Except I got confused and made it with soda instead of tonic  :-\
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Post by: ian on 27 September, 2012, 04:08:33 pm
No beton. Booze over 20% currently banned here in Czechnoslovakia which rules out Becherovka.
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 27 September, 2012, 08:25:59 pm
Bananabread beer. Is rather tasty and was bought for me as a surprise.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: reddo on 01 October, 2012, 06:45:43 pm
A rather nice Pinot Grigio by Hardy's.

Ooh top tip folks. For those who frequent Tesco's and you don't mind champagne,  very occasionally they have Dom Perignon for £46. True! Normal price is around £95. We do think it was a pricing error...  :demon:
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Post by: Dinamo on 19 October, 2012, 06:35:58 pm
A pint of 'Forest Hare' from Bath Ales in the George & Dragon, Winterbourne.
( ..... waiting for the queue in the chip shop to go down a bit ..... )     ;)
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Post by: Basil on 19 October, 2012, 06:44:16 pm
Cwrw.
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Post by: GruB on 19 October, 2012, 07:31:08 pm
Espresso  :thumbsup:
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Post by: tiermat on 19 October, 2012, 08:16:04 pm
Estrella (the Damm one, not that other shite)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 19 October, 2012, 08:23:19 pm
Nothing. My glass is empty and that penguin hasn't filled it yet...
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Post by: Butterfly on 19 October, 2012, 09:06:51 pm
Rooibos tea :)
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Post by: Rhys W on 19 October, 2012, 11:27:27 pm
Cwrw.

A fi!
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Post by: Wascally Weasel on 19 October, 2012, 11:29:07 pm
Laphroaig.

You would think by now I could spell that without looking at the bottle (the curse of Islay malts)...
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Post by: Wowbagger on 19 October, 2012, 11:34:19 pm
A'Bunadh. I have to check the spelling as well, even though I've had a succession of bottles of this liquid fire. It's the spaces and apostrophes, combined with the cask-strengthiness of it, which all conspire to jumble my brain.
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Post by: Wascally Weasel on 19 October, 2012, 11:37:29 pm
A'Bunadh. I have to check the spelling as well, even though I've had a succession of bottles of this liquid fire. It's the spaces and apostrophes, combined with the cask-strengthiness of it, which all conspire to jumble my brain.

See, what we really need to do is do a late night skype single malt pronunciation conference call.  After 11.30pm, if you can still pronounce the name of what you are drinking, you're disqualified on style grounds.
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Post by: Tewdric on 19 October, 2012, 11:41:21 pm
Cwrw.

A fi!

Fi hefyd!
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Post by: Wowbagger on 19 October, 2012, 11:41:53 pm
A'Bunadh. I have to check the spelling as well, even though I've had a succession of bottles of this liquid fire. It's the spaces and apostrophes, combined with the cask-strengthiness of it, which all conspire to jumble my brain.

See, what we really need to do is do a late night skype single malt pronunciation conference call.  After 11.30pm, if you can still pronounce the name of what you are drinking, you're disqualified on style grounds.

That'sh jusht shilly.
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Post by: Wascally Weasel on 19 October, 2012, 11:45:17 pm
A'Bunadh. I have to check the spelling as well, even though I've had a succession of bottles of this liquid fire. It's the spaces and apostrophes, combined with the cask-strengthiness of it, which all conspire to jumble my brain.

See, what we really need to do is do a late night skype single malt pronunciation conference call.  After 11.30pm, if you can still pronounce the name of what you are drinking, you're disqualified on style grounds.

That'sh jusht shilly.

The Second Rule Of Late Night Whisky Pronunciation Club is:  No Sean Connery Impressions.
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Post by: Gus on 20 October, 2012, 01:50:50 am
black very strong coffee, a long night at work is starting now.
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Post by: SandyV on 20 October, 2012, 03:49:09 am
Lots of refreshing, cool drinks - it's 37 here today!
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Post by: Ham on 20 October, 2012, 01:45:30 pm
Tea, in a pub. Just wrong.
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Post by: jogler on 20 October, 2012, 03:17:18 pm
I'm having a wee cuss 'cause I cannot find the handlebar bracket that fits to a Cannondale bar bag I own >:(
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Post by: SandyV on 21 October, 2012, 02:16:54 am
I'm having a wee cuss 'cause I cannot find the handlebar bracket that fits to a Cannondale bar bag I own >:(

Yebbut what are you drinking while you do that?
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Post by: mike on 21 October, 2012, 09:54:56 pm
1 yr old Suffolk "whiskey" and it's ruddy lovely.

Adnams Spirit, strongly recommend.
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Post by: Illegal Combat Ant on 23 October, 2012, 04:55:11 pm
A'Bunadh. I have to check the spelling as well, even though I've had a succession of bottles of this liquid fire. It's the spaces and apostrophes, combined with the cask-strengthiness of it, which all conspire to jumble my brain.

Aye, I've just picked up a bottle of Batch 42 of that at Waitrose for an excellent £27.15*. A bargain dram. That'll go very nicely  with a couple of squares of very dark chocolate this evening - and probably even better with a mug of hot chocolate just before bed.  ;D

* Offer on until 6/11/12. Holds good for Ocado too. I'll be needing a couple of more of those before it ends.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 23 October, 2012, 06:50:15 pm
Dragon Stout. A bit insipid compared to Guinness Foreign Export, but £1 a bottle @ Tesco...
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Post by: Tewdric on 28 October, 2012, 05:07:20 pm
Champagne.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 28 October, 2012, 05:20:51 pm
Thwaites Wainwright ale.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 28 October, 2012, 05:26:50 pm
Sainsbury's Best London Porter - pretty good actually!
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Post by: John Henry on 28 October, 2012, 05:30:59 pm
Not right now, but earlier it was RCH Old Slug Porter. Very fine, and better than some products of Weston-super-Mare (Jeffrey Archer).

And to impinge on the 'forumite spotting' thread, I was sitting next to andrew_s OTP. But that's quite common.

To impinge on the 'interesting and unusual bikes' thread, there was a stainless steel Moulton with a Rohloff and Gates belt drive in the bike park. Very spendy.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Jaded on 28 October, 2012, 07:10:40 pm
Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted.

Because I earned it.
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Post by: interested on 30 October, 2012, 05:12:17 am
G&M Imperial 1991 Speyside Whisky. I really like it. I think I'll have another one. Cheers!
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 30 October, 2012, 07:12:53 am
Sainsbury's Best London Porter - pretty good actually!
Yes, very tasty. Avoid their Czech lager, though, it's rather a pale imitation of the proper stuff.
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Post by: Rhys W on 31 October, 2012, 09:12:21 pm
I've probably said this before upthread, but their IPA is also exceedingly tasty. They're quite open about who brews them for them, I think this is done by Marstons.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 03 November, 2012, 12:41:05 am
Marstons do the 'Simply' brews for Tesco whose IPA is very similar to Pedigree*, but with added citrusy, late-boil hops for aroma. But I'm not sure who does the Sainsburys house brand, though it'll almost certainly be one of the big boys.

*Aldi selling this for £1.25 a bottle at the moment. Hardly worth the effort of brewing my own at that price!
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Post by: pcolbeck on 03 November, 2012, 03:01:03 pm
Sainsburys used to do a fantastic Weisse Bier about five years ago. It had more than a hint of coriander in the after taste. I don't think they do it anymore though.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 03 November, 2012, 05:22:29 pm
Thwaites Tavern Porter. The first one I have had for ages, I do enjoy porter as a winter pint!
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Post by: docsquid on 03 November, 2012, 06:02:25 pm
A really rather tasty tot of home made, one year old sloe gin. Mmmmmm!  Fruity!
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Post by: Basil on 03 November, 2012, 06:58:15 pm
Butty Bach.  (Wye Valley Brewery)
If like me, you don't like your ale too hoppy, this is quite acceptable.
(For the Country Girl values of acceptable)
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Post by: Canardly on 03 November, 2012, 07:01:17 pm
Butty Bach is lovely stuff as introduced to several otp by Mal Volio.
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Post by: Basil on 03 November, 2012, 07:17:05 pm
That's it!  I knew I'd come accoss it before, but couldn't remember where.
Now the Country Girl's permanent guest ale.
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Post by: Tinez on 03 November, 2012, 07:24:14 pm
Flying Dog Brewery Raging Bitch. Delicious.
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Post by: John Henry on 03 November, 2012, 07:37:07 pm
Butty Bach.  (Wye Valley Brewery)

Snap. I had a pint earlier. Also a pint of their Wholesome Stout. Delicious.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 06 November, 2012, 09:55:29 pm
Right now, the half of a bottle of Fuller's London Pride that mrs Cudzo didn't drink earlier. It's better than I thought it would be. More interestingly, this morning I had a coffee - that makes two coffees in three days and I haven't gone hyper! It's unheard of (for me)!  :o Mind you, the one this morning didn't even taste like coffee, I think it was warm milk with some coffee colouring. They called it 'latte', isn't that meant to be coffee with, um, coffeeness in it?
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Post by: jogler on 07 November, 2012, 01:39:24 am
Horlicks
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 08 November, 2012, 02:41:48 am
I'm sure Cudzo's telling the truth.
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Post by: DrMekon on 08 November, 2012, 11:13:54 am
Breakfast bomb, via aeropress inverted method. I got them to grind it, but I definitely need a grinder.

Aeropress - gateway drug, no doubt.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 08 November, 2012, 08:45:12 pm
coffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

CL _will_ not fall asleep instead of going to the station to collect orange cardboard.  *steely determination mustering*
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 08 November, 2012, 09:43:09 pm
Well I had a couple glasses of Ogio merlot earlier and was meant to be going to bed but then I saw sloe gin mentioned so now have a glass of that. Not homemade though I'm afraid.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 08 November, 2012, 09:48:19 pm
Vinsobres. Nom Nom Nom
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Post by: JohnP on 08 November, 2012, 09:56:41 pm
Ledaig with a drop of water.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 11 November, 2012, 05:55:57 pm
Greene King IPA Gold. V. nice!
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Post by: Wowbagger on 15 November, 2012, 05:24:51 pm
While I was cooking (and eating sliced jalapenos straight from the jar) I supped a bottle of Sainsburys Taste The Difference IPA. 5.9%, brewed by Marstons and very hoppy - probably my favourite type of beer.

The pinto bean enchilladas are in the oven, now I'm going to open a Blandford Flyer. Why did they rename it from Blandford Fly?

Mrs. Wow found some Badger beer on special offer yesterday at Waitrose and bought some. I noticed the name change too. No idea why they did it. Perhaps the fact that the nasty biting insect has been in the news occasionally during the past couple of years had something to do with it.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 15 November, 2012, 06:08:19 pm
In response to Rhys, IPAs and their black brother (BIPA)  seem to be bang on trend at the moment. Must track down some Magic Rock 8 Ball and see what the fuss is about.

I have a stinking cold and thinking ingesting ginger would be helpful somehow, I'm quickly sinking a Tesco Simply Ginger Beer. Bloomin' lovely - and I'm sure it would be even better if I could actuallly taste it. Now I'm rooting around the www looking for a decent looking recipe as I want to make some.
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Post by: hatler on 15 November, 2012, 06:55:23 pm
Three hours off treating myself to the best whisky in the house. (Precisely what that is depends on how I feel when I get to the drinks cupboard.)

After 14 months effort we have just successfully upgraded an application used by 50,000 employees. We've had a few 'moments' on the way, mostly in the last five days (while it's been down).
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Post by: Butterfly on 15 November, 2012, 09:20:55 pm
Fanta fruit twist, on the grounds that opening a can should get my bosses to turn up so I can go home. It hasn't worked yet though.
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Post by: Butterfly on 15 November, 2012, 09:35:10 pm
Well, that didn't work.

*wanders off to try putting the kettle on to see if hot tea does the trick*
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Post by: nobby on 15 November, 2012, 09:41:50 pm
Sherry - dulls the pain of the Hatfields and McCoys
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Post by: padbeat on 15 November, 2012, 10:40:27 pm
I had some chaps fitting double glazing for me this week. In return for a couple of no-effort fettling jobs on two of their bikes for which I refused payment they turned up with a 1.5 liter bottle of Bells. It didn't have Bells in it though.

It had 10yo Macallan. Apparently a barrel of the stuff had 'fallen off the back of a lorry on the way to the bottling plant in Alexandria'.

No, no, begone from my door with your ill-gotten goods, I said after tasting it and agreeing that it was what they claimed.

Honestly, I did. It sits would have sat very nicely beside the Leffe Bruin I'm sipping.

[edit] On thinking back, I do believe it hadn't been watered down from cask strength either.
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Post by: Rhys W on 15 November, 2012, 11:31:40 pm
In response to Rhys, IPAs and their black brother (BIPA)  seem to be bang on trend at the moment. Must track down some Magic Rock 8 Ball and see what the fuss is about.

Yes, I was reading about those the other day. I like the occasional mittel-european dark lager, but it seems a difficult trick to pull off, chocolate malt and loads of hops. I tried Brains' "craft brewery" double hopped IPA last week - it's called Barry Island IPA and I was underwhelmed.

Good to see my local Tesco is stocking Blandford Flyer again, they always have a few Badgers but this had been missing for a long time.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 17 November, 2012, 03:41:56 pm
Aldi Cotes du Rhone. Worryingly good for £3.65!
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Post by: Juan Martín on 17 November, 2012, 05:03:11 pm
Cotes du Rhone? In broad daylight??!!!

The sun's well over the yard here, and the horizon come to that. So time for a Fuller's London Porter.
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Post by: Marco Stefano on 17 November, 2012, 05:55:56 pm
And a Badger's Fursty Ferret for me.

Cheers.
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Post by: Snakehips on 22 November, 2012, 09:16:55 pm
A drop of Glayva , and not the first one either ! But then it is nearly Christmas , and it's on offer at Sainsbury's.
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 23 November, 2012, 11:55:51 am
Pukka vanilla chai
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Post by: andygates on 23 November, 2012, 11:00:16 pm
A pint of Sandford Orchard's Old Kirton (http://www.sandfordorchards.co.uk/products-page/cider/old-kirton/).  Made about half a mile away on the farm.

Dry as anything, big and scrumpish with an enormously long sour finish and a hint of barn-dust.  Proper job.  :thumbsup:  This would be devastatingly good with a serious cheese toastie or some pulled pork.
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Post by: Tinez on 23 November, 2012, 11:33:17 pm
Williams Brothers Ceaser Augustus. Delicious.
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Post by: docsquid on 24 November, 2012, 08:45:14 pm
A bottle of cheap rose wine. I normally wouldn't mention it, but this was a free gift with my weekly shop, so it tastes a lot better in the light of not having to pay for it.
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Post by: Basil on 24 November, 2012, 08:50:04 pm
I don't know, but the entire left side of my body won't work.
Better go to bed, I think.
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Post by: rogerzilla on 24 November, 2012, 08:59:04 pm
A dry martini made my little finger throb once.
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Post by: Efrogwr on 25 November, 2012, 04:54:20 pm
Thwaites  Wainwright. A grand beer!
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Post by: andrew_s on 28 November, 2012, 12:43:26 am
Tonight I have been drinking Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout, having failed to drink the deliciously hoppy Tiny Rebel Fubar on account of the water level being 20cm below the pub back room window, and there being no sign of life other than Ron watching the telly next door.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 01 December, 2012, 04:43:38 pm
Hot blackcurrant squash.  With honey in.  To wash down the paracetamol.  It's a bit like lemsip, but less nasty and cheaper.
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 01 December, 2012, 11:14:24 pm
Lochlan whisky. Tis rather tasty.
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Post by: STMS on 01 December, 2012, 11:16:56 pm
PInt of vodka & pepsi  ;D
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Post by: Illegal Combat Ant on 01 December, 2012, 11:22:28 pm
A wee drop of Glenmorangie Lasanta. With a chunk of 80% cocoa solids dark choc and hot chocolate drink chaser. nom,nom,nom.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 01 December, 2012, 11:55:39 pm
Some wine. It's red, and tastes of er, wine.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 02 December, 2012, 12:07:20 am
Instant coffee.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 02 December, 2012, 04:17:23 am
Lemsip. Run out of real paracetamol....
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 02 December, 2012, 09:53:13 am
Tea with two sugars. Contemplating breakfast. Putting off essay writing.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 09 December, 2012, 04:41:58 pm
St Peter's Best Bitter.

Having developed rather a taste for Thwaites Triple C and their porter I find that I can no longer get it. Curses. However, I visited Tesco in Tenterden yesterday and they had a good selection of bottles from Langhams amd Arundel Breweries in Sussex, neoither of which I am familiar with so I have a selection to try over the next couple of weeks.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 09 December, 2012, 07:09:09 pm
Sherston's Truly Scrumptious Vintage Quality Cider. It's not bad but not that special really - and opening the bottle was a task! Plastic screwtop seemed to have been shrunk on to the bottle - had to cut it off with a penknife, stabbing my finger in the process.
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Post by: velosam on 13 December, 2012, 03:28:44 pm
Nothing, as half of glass of the stuff totally knocks me out!
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Post by: bloomers100 on 13 December, 2012, 09:35:14 pm
Mateus Rose!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Basil on 13 December, 2012, 11:21:16 pm
Old Crafty Hen.

Gosh, like Old Speckled Hen, but more so.
One bottle is definitely enough.
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Post by: Jaded on 13 December, 2012, 11:22:34 pm
A Lagavulin 16.

Angels urinating on my tongue.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 14 December, 2012, 07:39:26 am
Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee......
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Post by: tiermat on 14 December, 2012, 07:47:54 am
Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee......

This^10
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Post by: pcolbeck on 15 December, 2012, 01:55:14 pm
Coffee -  lots of it. I went to my first beer festival for about 20 years last night.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 15 December, 2012, 05:23:02 pm
T. EG.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 15 December, 2012, 09:02:59 pm
Horlicks, for the 1st time in, probably, over 30 years.
I'm hoping that it will help me sleep better than I normally do before an Audax  :-\

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Post by: rogerzilla on 15 December, 2012, 09:07:19 pm
Cherry brandy, which was a gift to Mrs Z.  It's possible to drink it as long as you don't inhale the odour.
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Post by: Oaky on 15 December, 2012, 09:08:30 pm
Water.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 16 December, 2012, 07:04:37 am
Horlicks, for the 1st time in, probably, over 30 years.
I'm hoping that it will help me sleep better than I normally do before an Audax  :-\

It didn't work.

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Post by: Wowbagger on 16 December, 2012, 07:18:42 am
I just had a large dollop of A'Bunadh 60% single malt, purely for medicinal purposes, you understand.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 16 December, 2012, 06:24:22 pm
Geene King IPA Gold. really quite nice, better than their standard offering.

I stocked up a little yesterday for Christmas, laying in a stockette of my favourite Thwaites Tavern Porter; there was a good deal on Jennings' ales at Lidl where they were knocking them out at 99p a bottle against £1.89 at Morrisons.

(Edited to avoid offending Liverpudlians)
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Post by: Rhys W on 16 December, 2012, 06:57:18 pm
Celt Experience Brewery "Bleddyn 1075". Read the label "strong pale ale... generously hopped..." Boom! Full-on American-style hoppy IPA. Very nice indeed.
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Post by: Arry-R on 19 December, 2012, 02:54:13 pm
Yes, IPA Gold is the best one going - give me another please! :-[ :)
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 19 December, 2012, 03:05:07 pm
Kourtakis retsina is working its way out of my system. Slowly. Pine resin causes headaches.
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Post by: Thor on 21 December, 2012, 09:58:00 pm
Slovenian Sauvignon Blanc
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Post by: jogler on 24 December, 2012, 01:12:02 pm
Glen Moray;tis delightfully smooth. :thumbsup:
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Post by: nicknack on 24 December, 2012, 05:13:53 pm
Glen Moray;tis delightfully smooth. :thumbsup:

On offer from Asda?
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Post by: jogler on 24 December, 2012, 05:28:57 pm
No.It is a gift from a yacfer.
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Post by: nicknack on 24 December, 2012, 05:46:46 pm
Glad it's good - I've bought a bottle for my brother.  :thumbsup:

Anyway...

Kasteel Tripel
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Post by: Hillbilly on 24 December, 2012, 09:19:41 pm
First bottle from my Xmas wine collection.  Pinot Gris (alte Reben) 2010 from the Pfalz region of Germany (vinters Stepp & Gaul).  For those whose experience of German wine sounds like Grue Some, or Liebfraumuck, this is a Germanic white of the type that you have to hunt a little for or travel to the old country, but worth the effort.  Dry, and judging by the amount of saliva in my mouth quite acidic.  Citrus but with something tropical in the background.

And at 14%, 3/4 of a bottle has had the desired numbing effect after two days of consecutive cycling that left the muscles a little sore.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 24 December, 2012, 10:27:43 pm
Went to the pub for a quick one and got talking to friends. 3 1/2 pints of Theakston's Christmas Ale slipped down very easily.
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Post by: Valiant on 25 December, 2012, 01:06:15 am
St Peters Ruby Red Ale.

It's 'orrible.
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Post by: jogler on 25 December, 2012, 07:28:19 am
Vitamin C.
I live life on the edge,me ;D
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Post by: Butterfly on 25 December, 2012, 07:40:07 am
Fruit tea
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Post by: rafletcher on 25 December, 2012, 09:33:19 am
Yorkshire tea.
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Post by: jogler on 25 December, 2012, 09:58:58 am
coffee
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Post by: Domestique on 25 December, 2012, 11:24:39 am
Tea break at work, fruit tea and a mince pie
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Post by: delthebike on 26 December, 2012, 11:23:27 am
Guinness, because it felt too early for a third whisky!  ::-)
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Post by: Domestique on 26 December, 2012, 12:16:41 pm
Tea break at work, fruit tea and a slice of mederia cake mmmm
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Post by: hellymedic on 26 December, 2012, 02:18:14 pm
Had Sainsbury's red grape juice with extract of cinnamon and cloves (sort of mulled non-wine) with our late Christmas meal last night.
Drank it cold.
It was YUM (if you like pudding in a glass).
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 December, 2012, 08:40:02 pm
Vinsobres. Nom.
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Post by: Tewdric on 26 December, 2012, 10:22:13 pm
Penderyn Madeira single malt whisky. 
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Post by: Paul on 28 December, 2012, 11:17:40 pm
M&S cherry liqueurs (a whole cherry soaked in liqueur & covered in dark chocolate, apparently).

Quite lovely.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 29 December, 2012, 05:14:02 pm
Langham's Hip Hop.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 December, 2012, 09:05:51 pm
M&S cherry liqueurs (a whole cherry soaked in liqueur & covered in dark chocolate, apparently).

Quite lovely.
I've got the delectable Coco of Bruntsfield version of those, wot Pingu got me for xmas. They are this - nom.

Right now I'm drinking Harbour Brewing Co IPA. Also nom.
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Post by: Kim on 29 December, 2012, 09:39:05 pm
All the fluids.
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Post by: andrewc on 29 December, 2012, 09:52:53 pm
Just about to start on a pint of Orkney Northern Light
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Post by: andrewc on 29 December, 2012, 10:18:09 pm
And now Roosters Londinium Porter....very nice.

I can feel a session coming on   :-)
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Post by: Basil on 29 December, 2012, 10:35:53 pm
Bottled Old Speckled Hen.
Well I went to the pub tonight (come on, give me a break.  First time in eight days), but due to it being 5 miles of lumpiness each way (which is OK) and it STILL BLOODY RAINING (which is not), I drove.
So only one pint of Cwrw allowed.
Picked up the Speckled from the local Spa.

Wood burner's up to heat, some crap TV on over the other side of the room, some wine drinking woman making improper suggestions - Hey, it's just like being in the pub.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: andrewc on 29 December, 2012, 10:45:40 pm
Changed pub to the Roscoe Head. Now on Milk St Brewery's Winter Spice...

Downside, I'm standing opposite a mirror and the weight I lost in the USA appears to have returned....
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 29 December, 2012, 10:47:38 pm
And now Roosters Londinium Porter....very nice.

I can feel a session coming on   :-)

Roosters make some nice beer.  I (just) remember when Sean used to make the original Franklins, and drinking it in the JB.  And he did us a special brew under the Roosters label for the last night party called Last Chance or Last Night or summat like which I vaguely recall was popular enough to make it into the range but with a less topical name.  And another (Penultimate? maybe...) that we sold in the last couple of weeks.  As did someone else - possibly Marston Moor, but I could be wrong - for the campaign against the pub being knocked down. John Bull Campaign Bitter, or JCB.

I could just do with a nice pint of Yankee now.  But will settle for more coffee :)
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Post by: andrewc on 29 December, 2012, 10:58:44 pm
Roosters sell a lot in Liverpool. Phoenix is also very popular.  Liverpool Organic & Wapping are good local brews.
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Post by: andrewc on 29 December, 2012, 11:00:20 pm
Currently in the Roscoe Head. Tiny place, it's been in _every_ edition of the Good Beer Guide...
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Post by: jogler on 29 December, 2012, 11:12:38 pm
Grolsch,& eating Pringles while lozzocking on the sofa watching MotD.
Olympic gold standard lounge-lizard performance ;D
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Post by: Moose57 on 29 December, 2012, 11:20:36 pm
Bishops Finger whilst watching QI XL
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Post by: andrewc on 29 December, 2012, 11:26:09 pm
Bragdy Celebration. Now in The Swan, probably my favourite pub in the world. Been drinking here for 30 years! Scary!

I'm fairly smartly dressed tonight, I'm one of the few people here who doesn't have tatts or facial piercings!

Iron Maiden on the jukebox....

A woman has just asked me if I'll watch her drink while she goes outside for a smoke, and made me promise not to put anything in it....!
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Post by: andrewc on 30 December, 2012, 12:53:23 am
Green & Blacks Hot Chocolate...... :P

An interesting night, bumped into a former boss who "took early retirement" (he used to have a coke can on his desk which he'd top up from a bottle of vodka) and a couple of ladies I spectacularly failed to get off with about 15 years ago...
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Post by: Baggy on 30 December, 2012, 12:56:21 am
A snowball ;D
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Post by: Torslanda on 30 December, 2012, 12:58:14 am
Black Grouse with Becks chaser.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 30 December, 2012, 01:59:53 am
Green & Blacks Hot Chocolate...... :P

At 12.53am I was drinking exactly the same hoping it would send me off to sleep. It's clearly worked.

(After twenty years of semi-skimmed, I've now gone back to full fat, full time. Calories be damned!)
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Post by: hellymedic on 30 December, 2012, 01:14:05 pm
Green & Blacks Hot Chocolate...... :P

At 12.53am I was drinking exactly the same hoping it would send me off to sleep. It's clearly worked.

(After twenty years of semi-skimmed, I've now gone back to full fat, full time. Calories be damned!)

Calories in milk don't add up to much if you only drink half a pint a day. (In round figures half a pint of full cream 200kcal, semi-skimmed 150 kcal, skimmed 100 kcal. Full cream is rather nice...)
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 30 December, 2012, 01:37:02 pm
Whittards breakfast blend coffee, from my Christmas selection box.
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Post by: citoyen on 30 December, 2012, 02:40:26 pm
Recent drinking has been mostly:

Gadd's Little Cracker - had the whole family round yesterday and my dad brought a pin over, straight from the brewery. We polished most of it off between us. Marvellous stuff.

Snowballs - following a discussion with my wife last week, I realised that a) I've never had a snowball, and b) I was under a misapprehension as to their contents - for some reason, I thought advocaat was a banana-based concoction, so had always avoided it until my wife clarified that it's actually more like custard with brandy in it. Which sounds right up my street. So I bought a bottle of Warninks, made myself a snowball and discovered I rather liked it. So I had another one. And another...

Coffee - which isn't particularly interesting except for the fact that it's been made using the Aeropress my sister bought me for my birthday.  :thumbsup:

d.
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Post by: Adam on 30 December, 2012, 04:57:42 pm
On Christmas Day, we had a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne from 2000 (it was a freebie).  Supposedly vintage.  Pah!  It was exceedingly dry.  I had to force myself to finish the bottle.  If I'd really wanted fizzy wine, then Prosecco would have been much nicer.

A much nicer tipple on Boxing Day was a bottle of Eden Gold from the Eden Brewery in Penrith.

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Post by: CrinklyLion on 30 December, 2012, 11:01:08 pm
G&T.

Perhaps I should confiscate my own phone now, since my responsible adult has now left the Den...
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 30 December, 2012, 11:06:25 pm
Amongst several others, I had a Purity Mad Goose. I thought it tasted rather lemony - in a good way - and this was confirmed by the tasting notes. For the first time, I have filled one of my recycling boxes with empties. Hic!
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Post by: perpetual dan on 03 January, 2013, 03:49:08 pm
Tea.
Which wouldn't normally merit comment, but this is the last of the tea that I brought back from India.
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Post by: citoyen on 03 January, 2013, 05:46:25 pm
It was exceedingly dry. 

Possibly served too cold? That will kill what sweetness there is. Champagne shouldn't be served fridge-cold. But in any case, dry is good in my book - most sparkling wine is too sweet for my taste.  Hence I tend to prefer champagne to prosecco.

Also, I've just looked up the 2000 Dom Perignon and...  :o

Clearly it was wasted on you. :facepalm:

Quote
I had to force myself to finish the bottle.

My heart bleeds. ;D

d.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2013, 08:08:51 pm
Black Sheep, which is a pleasant enough ale, but is not a patch on Fuller's ESB. I don't think I've tasted a better bottled beer than ESB, with the exception of well-matured Eldridge Pope "Thomas Hardy" ale. This is now unobtainable and also 11% alcohol and therefore not to be imbibed in large quantities. I have just one bottle left, dating form 2008 I think, so it's not ready yet.
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Post by: Julian on 03 January, 2013, 08:52:39 pm
Not usually a lager type, but currently drinking "Chti" which is rather nice.  Named after the dialect (and the pejorative / affectionate term, depending on your perspective, for the inhabitants of) the Nord-Pas-De-Calais.
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Post by: citoyen on 03 January, 2013, 08:58:30 pm
ESB is a very fine beer indeed.

Black Sheep is also a fine beer - but only from the cask. The bottled version, not being bottle conditioned, lacks body and depth of flavour.

d.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2013, 09:03:51 pm
Is ESB bottle-conditioned?

I'm sure the label, in years gone by, described it as a bottle-conditioned ale, but I don't think it does any more.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 03 January, 2013, 09:07:48 pm
Black Sheep, which is a pleasant enough ale, but is not a patch on Fuller's ESB. I don't think I've tasted a better bottled beer than ESB, with the exception of well-matured Eldridge Pope "Thomas Hardy" ale....

Possibly the most perfect, readily available English ale, if you ask me (and any large cohort of homebrewers).
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Post by: citoyen on 03 January, 2013, 09:15:52 pm
Chesil "pilsner ale" from the Dorset Brewing Co.

Bit of an oddity - an ale made with lager malt. Not really a pilsner - more like a kölsch in character, perhaps. Pleasantly refreshing, but would have been better on a warm summer day than a cold winter evening.

d.
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Post by: citoyen on 03 January, 2013, 09:17:10 pm
Is ESB bottle-conditioned?

I'm sure the label, in years gone by, described it as a bottle-conditioned ale, but I don't think it does any more.

As far as I know, ESB is still bottle conditioned. If not, I'll be very disappointed. I've not had it for a while though, tbh.

d.
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Post by: Basil on 03 January, 2013, 09:21:40 pm
My favourite cheap wine.  Romanian Prairie Merlot.
Available from the Co-op for £6ish and not entirely horrible.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 03 January, 2013, 09:41:13 pm
Is ESB bottle-conditioned?

I'm sure the label, in years gone by, described it as a bottle-conditioned ale, but I don't think it does any more.

As far as I know, ESB is still bottle conditioned. If not, I'll be very disappointed. I've not had it for a while though, tbh.

d.

Fuller's website boasts about their 1845 ale being bottle conditioned but I could find no mention of ESB so being. I'm sure that a few years ago it was. If it is pasteurised, it still tastes really good.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 04 January, 2013, 12:05:46 am
Miso soup from a packet

re ESB being bottle conditioned - istr a discussion on a brewing forum fairly recently about harvesting Fuller's yeast from bottles in order to make an ESB clone (choice of yeast having a massive impact on the resulting taste). I can't imagine anyone trying this with pasteurized beer. Although some of the big American labs produce decent approximations, Fuller's yeast strains are not commercially available, so the only way to get hold of them is by trying to scavenge minute amounts from the bottle. But then some brewers (esp Trappist) introduce a different yeast for secondary fermentation from that used with primary - which makes things even more complicated....
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Post by: pcolbeck on 05 January, 2013, 10:54:04 am
Filter coffee made from ground coffee from Lidl. Its not at all bad, certainly as good as that from Salisbury's. Chalk up another one on the nice from Lidl list (I have another Lidl list of things that are just  :sick:)
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Post by: madcow on 05 January, 2013, 09:04:02 pm
Not usually a lager type, but currently drinking "Chti" which is rather nice.  Named after the dialect (and the pejorative / affectionate term, depending on your perspective, for the inhabitants of) the Nord-Pas-De-Calais.

The makers of this  beer were  one of the sponsors of the Semaine Federale at St Omer in 2009. It was the before, during and after ride beer for a whole week.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 January, 2013, 10:44:49 pm
Plymouth gin and tonic
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Post by: Juan Martín on 06 January, 2013, 05:25:57 pm
Adnams' Ghost Ship - not bad, although I may need to practice with this one. If I can remember where I bought it.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 08 January, 2013, 11:24:25 pm
Quite a lot of Suffolk pubs have been selling this recently. I like the draft version very much. Does it also come in bottles?

I have a glass of red wine on the go.
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Post by: Tim Hall on 08 January, 2013, 11:26:48 pm
On the advice of a dear friend, a mug of hot chocolate to help me sleep.  Takes the place of a glass of malt.
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Post by: geraldc on 09 January, 2013, 05:47:19 pm
Trying to cut down on my diet Cola intake,  so no having random fruit juices at lunch. .

Yesterday: Prune juice. I was drinking it as I liked the taste, seems everyone else who drinks it does so,  because their bowels don't work.

Slightly worried about what 'stool softeners' do (the carton of prune juice says it may act as one, so today I had tomato juice with my lunch. The first time I have had tomato juice on the ground.  For some reason I only have it on airplanes.
Added a lot of tabasco to add kick.

At home I'm drinking genmaicha. It's a Japanese tea with roasted rice in it. It's like tea that has had rice crispness or sugar puffs steeped in it. Currently addicted to it.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 10 January, 2013, 06:44:54 pm
Coffee.

Lots and lots of coffee.
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Post by: Oaky on 11 January, 2013, 11:51:57 pm
Westmalle Dubbel
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Post by: Oaky on 11 January, 2013, 11:56:08 pm
On the advice of a dear friend, a mug of hot chocolate to help me sleep.  Takes the place of a glass of malt.

Any friend of mine that advises hot chocolate instead of malt as a nightcap may run the risk of falling off the bottom of my Christmas card list
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Post by: interested on 11 January, 2013, 11:56:51 pm
1981 Millburn, single cask 46%, Mackillops Choice, Sherry wood. Superb whisky.
After that, a Flensburger Pilsener, one of my favourite beers. Celebration time for decision I made today.
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Post by: Oaky on 13 January, 2013, 12:12:13 am
Wittekerke Winter White Ale.

Very tasty it is too.  It's not a session beer though at 7.5%
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Post by: Juan Martín on 13 January, 2013, 06:10:12 pm
Earlier, Golden Sheep. Now, St Peter's Organic Best Bitter...later, who knows? (although there is a bottle of Robinsons Dizzy Blonde in the fridge).
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Post by: hellymedic on 13 January, 2013, 09:03:12 pm
A HYOOGE mug of 'mocha'. Decaf coffee and lo-cal hot chocolate.
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Post by: andrew_s on 19 January, 2013, 09:26:24 pm
Bunnahabhain
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Post by: Juan Martín on 20 January, 2013, 05:47:15 pm
Castle Rock Harvest Pale  :thumbsup:
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Post by: giropaul on 20 January, 2013, 08:41:15 pm
Trappistes Rochefort 10 (11.3% if that sort of thing interests you). Dark, dense and liquoricey - just the thing for a snowy night.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 27 January, 2013, 09:21:08 pm
Kir royale, except it's cherry and Crement de Die.
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Post by: Pingu on 02 February, 2013, 10:05:09 pm
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Post by: Pingu on 02 February, 2013, 10:05:59 pm
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IMG_1240 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8439519710/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 02 February, 2013, 10:25:05 pm
A pint of water but that's following a bottle of Tesco's Simply IPA (rather nice), a couple Appletinis and a couple of glasses of The Godfather (whisky and amaretto, biased towards the whisky). All tasty.
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Post by: mcshroom on 02 February, 2013, 10:28:50 pm
A bottle of Aspall Premier Cru, and considering following it with a dram of Glenfiddich
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Post by: interzen on 02 February, 2013, 10:50:04 pm
Lemonade (diet, naturally)
Sometimes being teetotal is a real bummer, especially when I see pics of Belgian beers  :'(
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Post by: jogler on 02 February, 2013, 11:02:19 pm
Grolsch
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Post by: Pingu on 02 February, 2013, 11:17:21 pm
Lemonade (diet, naturally)
Sometimes being teetotal is a real bummer, especially when I see pics of Belgian beers  :'(

Sorry  :-[
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Post by: Tim Hall on 02 February, 2013, 11:18:51 pm
Not right now, but earlier, Wolf Blass Yelllow Label cabernet sauvignon. 1/3 off at Mr Sainsbury's Emporium earlier this week.
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Post by: nicknack on 03 February, 2013, 12:52:22 am
Harbour Brewing Co.  Double IPA No. 3
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Post by: Jaded on 03 February, 2013, 01:51:18 am
Lemsip.
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Post by: LindaG on 03 February, 2013, 06:13:53 am
A wonderful cup of tea.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 03 February, 2013, 07:09:10 pm
A pint of water but that's following a bottle of Tesco's Simply IPA (rather nice), a couple Appletinis and a couple of glasses of The Godfather (whisky and amaretto, biased towards the whisky). All tasty.

Pretty much Marston's Pedigree (it has its characterisic butteriness) but with added Cascade hops for extra zing. Beer snobs go 'meh' and look down their noses at it, but it's a good value ale if you ask me. Sainsbury's sell something similar under their own brand, and as it's also brewed by Marston's and has the same hop profile, I'd say it's the same stuff but costs thirty pence more a bottle.

I've just cracked open a home-made Pinot Noir.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 03 February, 2013, 07:13:17 pm
A pre-prandial G & T. I'm off for a round of golf in a bit.
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Post by: Basil on 03 February, 2013, 07:19:42 pm
Butty Bach.
Nice pint. (Or four)
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Post by: Lordy on 03 February, 2013, 07:24:32 pm
Thatchers cider, having been down in pompey today, is was calling me all the way back to Brizzle.  Gurt Lush!
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 03 February, 2013, 08:31:43 pm
There's another Tesco Simply beer in the fridge, not another IPA but something else I can't remember. I think I'll drink that whilst watching Brian Cox's new show and report back later.  :thumbsup:

Especially as we had a pub lunch earlier but could only have orange juice as I was driving.
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Post by: tiermat on 03 February, 2013, 09:24:33 pm
Just for a change, Estrella (Damm not that god-awful Galicia)
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Post by: citoyen on 04 February, 2013, 11:38:58 am
<Girardin Kriek 1882>
<Cantillon Iris>

How was the Iris? I've never had that one but I've heard good things about it. It sounds intriguing.

The Kriek is a standard bona fide classic, of course. Can't go wrong there.

d.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 09 February, 2013, 06:20:37 pm
Innis & Gunn Spice Rum Finish Oak Aged Beer - given to me by a work colleague as a recommendation.  Quite pleasant but at 7.4% a bit stronger than I my usual - nice as a winter warmer though.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 09 February, 2013, 08:06:55 pm
<Girardin Kriek 1882>
<Cantillon Iris>

How was the Iris? I've never had that one but I've heard good things about it. It sounds intriguing.

The Kriek is a standard bona fide classic, of course. Can't go wrong there.

d.


The kriek was mine, all mine!

No doubt himself will be along to discuss in a mo, but I thought the Iris was pretty good, once I'd got over the first mouthful.
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Post by: Rhys W on 09 February, 2013, 09:19:11 pm
Innis & Gunn Spice Rum Finish Oak Aged Beer - given to me by a work colleague as a recommendation.  Quite pleasant but at 7.4% a bit stronger than I my usual - nice as a winter warmer though.

I like the original Innis & Gunn, but the one aged in a rum cask was too overpowering and cloying for my taste, and I found the extra strength a struggle.

I'm on a Tesco Finest 2009 Chianti, down from £7.99 to £5.99 and an additional £1.25 off courtesy of a Clubcard voucher.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: clifftaylor on 14 February, 2013, 04:21:43 pm
Tea   :)
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Post by: Vince on 14 February, 2013, 05:08:59 pm
Currently drinking a Choco-delux from the coffee machine... Later I think I may drink the bottle of Ruddles I was given at Christmas.
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Post by: Bairn Again on 17 February, 2013, 07:26:52 pm
Schneider Weisse Tap 7

5.4% wheat beer, perfectly balanced.

if i had to drink only 1 beer ever it might be this. 
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 17 February, 2013, 07:30:14 pm
Schneider Weisse Tap 7

5.4% wheat beer, perfectly balanced.

if i had to drink only 1 beer ever it might be this. 
They sometimes have that on draught at the Dog of Brew.

G&T for me :P
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 18 February, 2013, 12:16:00 pm
LIDL has Ringwood Boondoggle on offer at £1.29 a bottle, so I bought a mini crate of 8. Very nice too. The Badger Fursty Ferret was a good contrast, bursting with maltiness. That was last night.

This morning, I sat outside in the sun with a capuccino made from Monsoon Malabar. Went down very well with a chunk of carrot cake.
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Post by: Jaded on 21 February, 2013, 12:57:58 am
Auchentoshan 3 wood
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 21 February, 2013, 10:19:47 am
Thatcher's Katy cider at Lidl for £1.29/bottle (7.4%!!!) and three Brains' ales at the same price.

Edit: have just returned with six Katys, two Brains Reverend James & a Brains Dark Ale.

Oh, Schloer was on offer at 99p/bottle too.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 21 February, 2013, 11:02:14 am
ANCOT.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 23 February, 2013, 08:32:42 pm
Some rosé, as supplied last week by the curry house.

It really is absolutely ghastly.
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Post by: itsbruce on 25 February, 2013, 08:56:36 pm
The tail end of some Gavi di Gavi that wasn't finished on Sunday. Eyeing up the marmalade vodka but I am going to be good.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 02 March, 2013, 05:35:45 pm
Arundel ASB Bitter. New to me and not bad!
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Post by: Littlesox on 02 March, 2013, 07:26:20 pm
Sainsbury's "Taste the difference" Kentish Ale.

More hops than the Easter Bunny.

Very nice though,
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Post by: Wowbagger on 02 March, 2013, 09:34:58 pm
ANCOT.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 03 March, 2013, 04:58:44 pm
Theakston XB.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 17 March, 2013, 05:16:40 pm
Shepherd Neame Double Stout - like Guiness but from Faversham; not bad actually. :thumbsup:
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Post by: Tinez on 20 March, 2013, 07:51:55 pm
Magic rock salty kiss. I've never tried a gose beer before. It's very odd and very tasty.
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Post by: Vince on 21 March, 2013, 08:50:18 am
Effervescent orange vitamin C drink!
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Post by: andyoxon on 23 March, 2013, 07:00:39 pm
Spitfire...   

2x 500ml for £2 at Waitrose.
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Post by: Littlesox on 28 March, 2013, 07:21:51 pm
Assam
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Post by: andrew_s on 29 March, 2013, 01:40:25 am
ANCOT, preceded by BBF Double Acer, BBF Independence & Oakham JHB
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Post by: Pedal Castro on 29 March, 2013, 11:11:20 pm
Tripel Karmeliet
followed by:
Trappistes Rochefort 10
St Bernadus Abt 12
Westvleteren 12
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Post by: DrMekon on 30 March, 2013, 08:31:29 am
Tripel Karmeliet
followed by:
Trappistes Rochefort 10
St Bernadus Abt 12
Westvleteren 12

*applause*

Had troeg hop back, Otley O-garden, and a porter whose name escapes me, plus some Bacchus, and a framboise kriek. My pub does beer in1/3 pint glasses, which is lucky as they get interesting new beers in too regularly.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 30 March, 2013, 04:30:03 pm
Shepherd Neame Double Stout - like Guiness but from Faversham; not bad actually. :thumbsup:

And it's only a pound a bodl in Lidl!
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Post by: giropaul on 30 March, 2013, 06:42:33 pm
Tripel Karmeliet
followed by:
Trappistes Rochefort 10
St Bernadus Abt 12
Westvleteren 12

Westvleteren - the holy grail - are you in Belgium, or have you found someone to go to the Monastery for you?
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 30 March, 2013, 07:18:54 pm
Albarrada 2011. 'Snice.
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Post by: Pedal Castro on 30 March, 2013, 07:46:01 pm

Westvleteren - the holy grail - are you in Belgium, or have you found someone to go to the Monastery for you?

I was - now back in Blighty thawing out from a week camping in sub-zero temps. Actually, although all three beers were most excellent, in an ab hoc blind tasting, all three of us picked the Rochefort 10 as the best one, and two of us put the Westvletetern in 3rd place (but only after much "deliberation").
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 30 March, 2013, 08:25:20 pm
The Sint B 12 is meant to be a pretty good substitute for Westy 12 (it's just not listed as an official Trappist ale). They share a history; without looking, I think that Westvleteren used a larger brewery down the road at Poperinge pre-WWII, before they moved operations back to within the confines of the monastery. That brewery (the one down the road) became the St Bernardus one and pretty much stuck to the Westy recipe. Or something like that.
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Post by: DrMekon on 30 March, 2013, 08:49:39 pm
Duchesse de bourgogne
Kirkstall drop hammer imperial stout (10%)
Kernel Export Stout (7.2%)
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Post by: Dinamo on 30 March, 2013, 09:35:28 pm
Thatchers Gold Cider  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Pedal Castro on 31 March, 2013, 01:16:48 pm
Started the day with a Chimay tripel @125km to go in the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Will soon move on to a Piraat 10.5.
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Post by: Bairn Again on 31 March, 2013, 07:43:26 pm
Schneider Weisse Tap 7

5.4% wheat beer, perfectly balanced.

if i had to drink only 1 beer ever it might be this.

I'm back on a few of these, its a fantastic brew. 

I went for a short 10k leg stretch ride yesterday evening and popped into the wee shoppe in Tollcross en route & stocked up   


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Post by: Pingu on 31 March, 2013, 09:15:44 pm
Four kinds of IPA. Hops l to r: El Dorado, Goldings, Waimea, Dana:

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8379/8607616084_a8ba6b8a46_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8607616084/)
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Post by: tiermat on 02 April, 2013, 07:40:40 pm
A trio of badgers, started with Hopping Hare, now on Golden Champion and I have a Fursty Ferret for dessert :)
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Post by: DrMekon on 03 April, 2013, 11:02:24 pm
van Honsebrouck Bacchus
Marble Brewery Pint
Hop Studio Porter (mega choc and vanilla)
Black Sheep Brewery All Creatures
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Post by: Paul on 04 April, 2013, 10:56:46 pm
Almost anything by the Derby Brewing Co (http://www.derbybrewing.co.uk/) but, especially, their Dashingly Dark.

It's bloody gorgeous.
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Post by: DrMekon on 05 April, 2013, 02:58:54 pm
hel & verdoemenis
De Molen Hemel & Aarde
Anchor Zymaster Series No. 3: Flying Cloud San Francisco Stout

On 50 minutes sleep...
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Post by: valkyrie on 05 April, 2013, 08:16:14 pm
A fine bottle of my local brew-pubs best ale - Kinneil Brew Hoose Kincardinshire Sunset. Lovely.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 April, 2013, 09:10:02 pm
Where's dat den?
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Post by: Wowbagger on 06 April, 2013, 10:37:58 pm
A trio of badgers, started with Hopping Hare, now on Golden Champion and I have a Fursty Ferret for dessert :)

I'd have left the Hare until last.

I am imbibing port.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 07 April, 2013, 05:45:11 pm
A DIY Chardonnay from a kit. I don't really have enough knowledge of whites to wax lyrical, but it is incredibly drinkable after three whole months of ageing.
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Post by: rafletcher on 07 April, 2013, 06:22:12 pm
"Belleruche" Cotes du Rhone, Chapoutier. Nice.
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Post by: DrMekon on 07 April, 2013, 09:16:13 pm
Out with MrsMekon. Between us, we've tasted

O'Kell's IPA
a ruby ale by Ryburn Brewery
Kirkstall Framboise
Hop Studio Blonde
Northumberland Brewery Whitby Wobbler
Bacchus
Brunswick 50 Shades of Ale

For me, the Whitby Wobbler or the Ryburn. She went for the Bacchus.
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Post by: Paul on 08 April, 2013, 01:58:04 pm
Out with MrsMekon. Between us, we've tasted

O'Kell's IPA
a ruby ale by Ryburn Brewery
Kirkstall Framboise
Hop Studio Blonde
Northumberland Brewery Whitby Wobbler
Bacchus
Brunswick 50 Shades of Ale

For me, the Whitby Wobbler or the Ryburn. She went for the Bacchus.

Do you happen to know whether the 50 Shades came from the Brunswick pub/brewery in Derby?

Where did you find it?
And how did you find it?
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Post by: tiermat on 08 April, 2013, 02:12:26 pm
I remember (bleerily) when Whitby Wobbler was made in Whitby.

It was available at my local (the previously mentioned One Eyed Rat in Ripon)

A couple of pints and you find out why it's called Whitby Wobbler....
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Post by: rafletcher on 08 April, 2013, 02:41:04 pm
I remember (bleerily) when Whitby Wobbler was made in Whitby.

It was available at my local (the previously mentioned One Eyed Rat in Ripon)

A couple of pints and you find out why it's called Whitby Wobbler....

Ah a "Wobbler".  I'm sure thats one of the brews available from time to time (not the same as the Ripon one of course) at the Gribble in Oving, near Chichester.  It was afrer a couple of pints that your lips started to go numb. And brewed on the premises.

http://www.gribbleinn.co.uk/
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Post by: itsbruce on 08 April, 2013, 03:48:16 pm
Tonight there will be some Pol Roger.  Guessing I don't need to explain why champagne, but this specific marque was Churchill's favourite, which appeals to my funny bone.
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Post by: DrMekon on 08 April, 2013, 11:49:27 pm
Do you happen to know whether the 50 Shades came from the Brunswick pub/brewery in Derby?

Where did you find it?
And how did you find it?

Yes it does. It was nice enough - struggled to stand out. TBH, my preference is for stronger ales, so I'm struggling to pull anything from the memory banks. On the other hand, I can still taste that De Molen Hemel & Aarde I had recently.

It's a guest ale at my local, which is a http://www.markettowntaverns.co.uk/ pub. Suspect a few of their places have it.

My wife bought me a bottle of Leeds Brewery Hellfire, which she thought funny.
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Post by: DrMekon on 09 April, 2013, 01:13:16 pm
The sixth extremely late night in the last ten days working on a big grant proposal resulted its completion. Celebratory lunch in the Bradford sparrow bier cafe. What a lovely place. Second only to North Bar in Leeds on my list of places I would be  delighted to be trapped during a zombie apocalypse.

Thornbridge wallonia
Saltaire triple chocolate stout
Marble Vuur & Vlam
Bristol beer factory bitter kiwi



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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 10 April, 2013, 03:02:23 am
Where are you getting all this good beer DrMekon? I'm well jealous.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 10 April, 2013, 03:05:27 am
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8118/8636640088_fbd4aa7983_n.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8636640088/)
IMG_20130409_184734 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8636640088/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
(no, the Corona is nothing to do with me)

Then:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8256/8636639974_49d6d53c45_n.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8636639974/)
IMG_20130409_191121 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8636639974/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr

Then:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8383/8636639576_74947f8f2c_n.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8636639576/)
IMG_20130409_204224 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8636639576/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
(my least fave of the night, poss cos it was too warm (!)

Maybe followed by:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8120/8636639480_97361c4f0a_n.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8636639480/)
IMG_20130409_204245 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8636639480/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr

OTOH I might just save that for tomorrow in the Boonies...
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Post by: DrMekon on 11 April, 2013, 07:59:14 pm
I live in Otley. I can't say its fame as a cycling town and a beer town didn't influence my decision to move here.

And north bar are coming here too!

Delirium Tremens
Ilkley's Mary Jane
Hop studio xs
Northumberland firkin freezing
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Post by: DrMekon on 11 April, 2013, 08:22:33 pm
And a cheeky Timmermans Peche Lambicus...
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Post by: DrMekon on 12 April, 2013, 06:49:33 pm
At the risk of appearing to be the forum lush...

La Trappe Quadrupel
Lindemans Cassis

I will leave the Orval and Saison Dupont I have in the fridge alone.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 12 April, 2013, 07:00:44 pm
All the beers you are scoffing sound excellent.... except I don't get your choice of lambics. Timmermans and Lindemans?
(Sorry, I'm a lambic snob) :P
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Post by: Basil on 12 April, 2013, 07:01:31 pm
Butty Bach.
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Post by: DrMekon on 12 April, 2013, 07:44:44 pm
All the beers you are scoffing sound excellent.... except I don't get your choice of lambics. Timmermans and Lindemans?
(Sorry, I'm a lambic snob) :P

Just trying stuff I haven't before. Cantillion and Duchesse de Bourgogne are the extent of my experience so far. I guess I should try 3F's stuff (I've seen it on the shelf). Any other stuff I should look out?

TBH, there's no rhyme or reason behind my choices - actually, scratch that. I'm not really choosing. It's whatever I see at the bar.

BTW, I ride past Beer-ritz  (http://www.beerritz.co.uk/)every other day. I suspect them being around may explain some of the availability locally. If there's something on their list (http://www.beerritz.co.uk/dept/beer-by-abv_d01270.htm) I really should try, do let me know.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 12 April, 2013, 08:36:46 pm
Well you if can drink Cantillon without turning your mouth inside out you should manage 3F - Pingu's favourite. I like Boon and Girardin Krieks but YMMV. Mikkeler stuff from Denmark worth a look, but not much of their range on that list.
Kipper beer? - Schlenkerla
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Post by: DrMekon on 12 April, 2013, 08:53:03 pm
Mikkeler stuff from Denmark worth a look, but not much of their range on that list.

I've had a couple of different Mikkeler stouts in Northbar (including a 13% that seemed to hit me from the first sip), but not seen anything else yet. I'll keep an eye out.

Thanks for the tips.
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Post by: Julian on 12 April, 2013, 09:07:16 pm
Badger Golden Champion :D
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Post by: Juan Martín on 13 April, 2013, 06:09:57 pm
Timothy Taylor's Landlord. I could do with a slightly larger pint to be honest.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 13 April, 2013, 06:36:12 pm
This - http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/madame_rose/142.php
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 13 April, 2013, 09:16:07 pm
Mikkeller Spontankriek.
Or at least what didn't escape all over the kitchen floor in an overly frisky manner.

It could do with less frisk and more soor  cherries.
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Post by: jogler on 13 April, 2013, 10:56:57 pm
Red wine.A Merlot & I'm now not entirely sober. ::-)
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Post by: Tinez on 14 April, 2013, 12:40:47 am
Tempest long white cloud (from a mixed case of their beers that the lovely maw and paw tinez got me for my birthday) after an awfy challenging port navigation  200
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Post by: Wowbagger on 14 April, 2013, 12:42:19 am
Glenmoray Single Malt. Pretty good at £20 a bottle.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 14 April, 2013, 05:46:51 pm
Speckled Hen - on offer in Morrison's yesterday and very nice today.
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Post by: Somnolent on 14 April, 2013, 07:36:58 pm
Gull beer. Would be quite pleasant if it wasn't so chuffin expensive in its country of origin.

Where am I?

Answers on a postcard.....
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Post by: Paul on 15 April, 2013, 12:07:49 am
Timothy Taylor's Landlord. I could do with a slightly larger pint to be honest.

I think I know what you mean. Another 1/4 or so would be just the ticket.
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Post by: Paul on 15 April, 2013, 12:11:22 am
Red wine.A Merlot & I'm now not entirely sober. ::-)

But tolerable posting, nonetheless.

Perhaps:

"Red wine; a merlot. And now I'm not entirely sober.  :thumbsup:"

But 9/10 for inebriated comms.
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Post by: Pingu on 15 April, 2013, 01:08:03 pm
All the beers you are scoffing sound excellent.... except I don't get your choice of lambics. Timmermans and Lindemans?
(Sorry, I'm a lambic snob) :P

Just trying stuff I haven't before. Cantillion and Duchesse de Bourgogne are the extent of my experience so far. I guess I should try 3F's stuff (I've seen it on the shelf). Any other stuff I should look out?

TBH, there's no rhyme or reason behind my choices - actually, scratch that. I'm not really choosing. It's whatever I see at the bar.

BTW, I ride past Beer-ritz  (http://www.beerritz.co.uk/)every other day. I suspect them being around may explain some of the availability locally. If there's something on their list (http://www.beerritz.co.uk/dept/beer-by-abv_d01270.htm) I really should try, do let me know.

Rodenbach Grand Cru (http://www.beerritz.co.uk/buy/rodenbach-grand-cru-33cl_284.htm) has to be tried. It's a Belgian red beer aged in oak and blended with a bit of lambic to give it a slightly sour edge  :P £3.05 a bottle seems a bit steep, though.
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Post by: Dibdib on 15 April, 2013, 01:11:17 pm
On my desk right now: a 750ml bidon of water and a can of Dr Pepper Zero. I know, I know, but it gets me through the day :)
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Post by: DrMekon on 16 April, 2013, 03:03:34 pm
G. Schneider & Sohn Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock (12%)

I could happily give up eating and live off beer like this.

Kernel Table Beer 2.8%

Delicious.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 16 April, 2013, 05:51:06 pm
G. Schneider & Sohn Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock (12%)

I could happily give up eating and live off beer like this.

Kernel Table Beer 2.8%

Delicious.

I'm enjoying reading about this obscure beer competition between you and the Pingus, but sometimes I do wonder if you're making the names of some of them up, just for shits 'n' giggles!
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Post by: Vince on 17 April, 2013, 02:54:05 pm
It does remind me of a meal in a Belgian Restaurant in Stockholm. No wine list, but they did have a beer menu, with recommendations for every dish. They turned their noses up with the selection of Belgian beers I requested (Palm, Jupiler, and Duvel). Lots of monastery brews with exotic sounding names.

The food was entirely unmemorable though
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Post by: DrMekon on 17 April, 2013, 04:53:18 pm
heh - I have no expertise, I just frequent a few pubs that are particularly geeky about beer and chat to their very geeky bar staff.

The eisbock was phenomenal.  You can get it in bottles, but this was on draft.

I would never ever turn my nose up at Duvel. In fact, give me a 4 pack of No1 barley wine and that's me set for the evening.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 17 April, 2013, 07:19:32 pm
I regret to say I rather enjoyed the Greene King Gold IPA I had the other day. In mitigation it was only £1 a bottle at Sainsburys.
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Post by: DrMekon on 18 April, 2013, 05:23:17 pm
Early for the train, so a cheeky Westmalle dubbel at the flying pig in Cambridge.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 18 April, 2013, 05:31:47 pm
Early for the train, so a cheeky Westmalle dubbel at the flying pig in Cambridge.

Heavenly, bananaey, estery stuff.
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Post by: DrMekon on 18 April, 2013, 08:37:25 pm
Back home to a half of flying dog green tea imperial stout.


A treat
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Post by: Dibdib on 18 April, 2013, 08:39:15 pm
A couple of bottles of Hoegaarden. Yum.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 18 April, 2013, 09:30:16 pm
Back home to a half of flying dog green tea imperial stout.


A treat


Does it taste of tea?
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Post by: DrMekon on 18 April, 2013, 11:07:28 pm
I don't drink much green tea, so couldn't really say I went in to it knowing what I was meant to be looking for. It was more "ooh a 10% stout!" and the giddy "it's so lovely, I'm going to walk to work tomorrow so I can have a few" comment from the bar person that made the i-don't-really-want-to-admit-it price a non-factor. I've never paid more for a half, or if I have, it was ~13% and someone had bought me one already so I wasn't counting the pennies.

I think if you didn't know it was a green tea stout, I would suggest an average punter would say "ooh, that's a nice imperial stout. Interesting aftertaste. What is th... ooh another sip. Yum yum".

The bar staff were pretty much freaking out about having it on, but I'm not a discerning punter when it comes to higher abv stouts. They are by definition teh awesome.
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Post by: padbeat on 19 April, 2013, 01:42:32 am
A holiday memento - Tunisian Eau de Vie made from figs. You know what? At £7/litre it's not half bad!
Lovely aroma, a little harsh initially in the mouth, but a nice long fininsh and a bit warming too.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 19 April, 2013, 07:22:12 pm
Cold tea, again. Bugger.
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Post by: RJ on 19 April, 2013, 10:06:26 pm
Willliams Brothers' Alba - "hopped" with pine and spruce.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 19 April, 2013, 10:10:21 pm
G&.....
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Post by: Juan Martín on 20 April, 2013, 06:39:17 pm
Courage Best - £1 a bottle at Morrisons...and probably worth it.
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Post by: MattH on 20 April, 2013, 10:22:03 pm
Courage and Best in the same sentence? Sorry, that doesn't make sense.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 21 April, 2013, 05:29:38 pm
Fair comment. Sadly I have another bottle. But now, Admans Sole Star - really not bad for a low energy drink.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 21 April, 2013, 07:36:08 pm
Something red and Portuguese from a supermarket. 'Sallright I s'pose. More tannins than I get from the homebrew vino in any case.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 21 April, 2013, 09:07:44 pm
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8396/8669780012_458776c098_n.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8669780012/)
IMG_20130421_202906 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/8669780012/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 21 April, 2013, 10:36:44 pm
Taras Boulba, by this lot: http://www.brasseriedelasenne.be/bieres.html
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 22 April, 2013, 12:00:38 am
Taras Boulba, by this lot: http://www.brasseriedelasenne.be/bieres.html

"houblonée". What a lovely sounding french word for "hopped".
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Post by: Jaded on 22 April, 2013, 12:03:49 am
Auchentoshan 3 Wood.
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Post by: Crumbling Nick on 24 April, 2013, 01:13:03 am
Hereford Bull cider, which was a perfect match to a feast of smoked mackerel a lots of saladiy stuff, all enjoyed outside after a long ride home from "work" which had emptied my water bottle.

I feel a need to go cycling around the Herefordshire cider & perry producers ;)
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Post by: Juan Martín on 27 April, 2013, 07:13:45 pm
Marston's Oyster Stout. Yummy!
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Post by: Mike J on 27 April, 2013, 10:27:56 pm
Guinness :)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 27 April, 2013, 10:39:11 pm
Running low on French holiday wine, so some sort of Rjoja type supermarche affair.
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Post by: tiermat on 01 May, 2013, 11:36:52 am
Only about a week or more late...

Whilst in La Seu d'Urgell we found "The Cafe of the Witch" near our hotel (if you are ever in the area, look it up, it is brilliant!).  they had a beer fridge, 6' high, like a Coke fridge but full of beer from all around Spain and Europe.

We (myself and Ham) enjoyed a few from this brewer:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Opt5GNO9F2E/UXelT14PuLI/AAAAAAAAD1g/0HJJCP0YRag/w437-h583/20130419_194047.jpg)

They were all lovely, even the one that had a subtle hint of Elderflowers (not something I would normally like, but this was just the right amount of flowers in it).

The numerous bottles of red we consumed on that trip were all good too.
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Post by: RJ on 01 May, 2013, 01:16:02 pm
Kenyan AA+
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Post by: Vince on 01 May, 2013, 01:17:04 pm
A week late? I don't feel so bad about posting what I was drinking last night.

A special edition Grolsch... in an orange tin. The beer tasted exactly the same though.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 01 May, 2013, 08:31:04 pm
Only about a week or more late...

Whilst in La Seu d'Urgell we found "The Cafe of the Witch" near our hotel (if you are ever in the area, look it up, it is brilliant!).  they had a beer fridge, 6' high, like a Coke fridge but full of beer from all around Spain and Europe.

We (myself and Ham) enjoyed a few from this brewer:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Opt5GNO9F2E/UXelT14PuLI/AAAAAAAAD1g/0HJJCP0YRag/w437-h583/20130419_194047.jpg)

They were all lovely, even the one that had a subtle hint of Elderflowers (not something I would normally like, but this was just the right amount of flowers in it).

The numerous bottles of red we consumed on that trip were all good too.

Sounds nom!
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Post by: Julian on 01 May, 2013, 08:46:49 pm
Cheap Pinot Grigio with a glug of creme de peche in it.  I'm well classy, me.
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Post by: Ham on 01 May, 2013, 09:01:20 pm
Only about a week or more late...

Whilst in La Seu d'Urgell we found "The Cafe of the Witch" near our hotel (if you are ever in the area, look it up, it is brilliant!).  they had a beer fridge, 6' high, like a Coke fridge but full of beer from all around Spain and Europe.

We (myself and Ham) enjoyed a few from this brewer:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Opt5GNO9F2E/UXelT14PuLI/AAAAAAAAD1g/0HJJCP0YRag/w437-h583/20130419_194047.jpg)

They were all lovely, even the one that had a subtle hint of Elderflowers (not something I would normally like, but this was just the right amount of flowers in it).

The numerous bottles of red we consumed on that trip were all good too.

Sounds nom!

Most truly was, especially with the addition of the unexpected pork scratchings!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iMYyyU-33YU/UXhVfUEUR3I/AAAAAAAAnDY/AsDjSJ6kz7U/s400/DSCN0056.JPG)

Bar lady - "they're not crisps, you know"
Us - "We know!!!"
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Post by: Basil on 01 May, 2013, 11:13:19 pm
Butty Bach.  Prolly one too many.
Didn't win the quiz.
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Post by: Bairn Again on 02 May, 2013, 06:53:28 pm
18 year old Talisker

Being consumed about 5 miles from the distillery.

Its warming me up after todays snow on the hills. 
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 May, 2013, 09:59:56 pm
Just finished a growler of Brewdog Punk Monk. Now on Cantillion Kriek 100% Lambic Bio.
Pingu has De Cam Oude Gueze. The cork nearly took my head off as it exited the bottle as I removed the wire. New pants please!
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Post by: Pingu on 05 May, 2013, 11:14:45 pm
18 year old Talisker

Nom  :P
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Post by: Vince on 06 May, 2013, 10:54:19 am
COFFEE
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Post by: Katie on 06 May, 2013, 01:20:21 pm
Tea, milk, no sugar :D
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Post by: tiermat on 06 May, 2013, 01:23:21 pm
COFFEE

Ditto to counter the after effects of last night's alcohol excess. Pale Ale, lager (sorry!), red wine and rum was consumed, all over the oeriod of about 8hours.
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Post by: LindaG on 06 May, 2013, 08:45:08 pm
The bottle of red I didn't take to Tiermat's last night.
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Post by: Katie on 06 May, 2013, 09:12:26 pm
Pepsi Max
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Post by: Vince on 06 May, 2013, 09:28:19 pm
Pepsi Max
:sick:
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Post by: Katie on 06 May, 2013, 09:56:45 pm
Yeah, I'm wrong. Wrong and proud.
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Post by: Dibdib on 06 May, 2013, 09:58:08 pm
Yeah, I'm wrong. Wrong and proud.

You've got a friend in me. *hugs his bottle of calorie-free caffeinated chemicals*
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Post by: Julian on 06 May, 2013, 09:58:25 pm
Extremely cheap white wine with a slug of creme de peche to make it drinkable.  Tashtes quite classhy by the second glass. :D
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Post by: Rhys W on 06 May, 2013, 10:23:08 pm
There's a bottle of Brains Dark in the fridge crying out to me "it's the end of the bank holiday weekend..."
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 06 May, 2013, 10:40:04 pm
A cheeky little Wilko's IPA kit homebrew. Dry-hopped with el-cheapo, orangey Dana and bottle conditioned for two months yadda yadda. It's actually incredibly drinkable (and smoother than some extract brews I've knocked up) but more to the point it's only 70 pence per litre !!!!  :P Will have to get another batch on soon.
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Post by: DrMekon on 06 May, 2013, 11:00:20 pm
Old friends up from Brighton. Thwaites Triple C, Delerium Nocturnum (didn't do as much for me as Delerium Tremens) and some more of the delicious Flying Dog Green Tea Imperial Stout that my local still has on (I could live off this).
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Post by: Ham on 09 May, 2013, 02:52:26 pm
Extremely cheap white wine with a slug of creme de peche to make it drinkable.  Tashtes quite classhy by the second glass. :D

If you like that, keep an eye out for Peche de Vigne, made from the peaches that grow wild (supposedly) in the vinyards around Provence etc. In fact, if you are in France around the end of August/beginning of September keep an eye out for the fruit themselves in the markets. Worth putting yourself to some trouble to get.
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Post by: woollypigs on 09 May, 2013, 03:25:50 pm
Builders tea, without the milk. Ok I know that is really not builders tea. BUT I'm pretty darn close I'll say - spend the last four hours taking the wallpaper off the walls with Peli in the bathroom, so we are pretty much builders and we are now on our fourth tea break, this time with chocolate mints. And we have had a real builder in doing other builder stuff in the house, whom we also gave a cuppa. So therefore my Honour I rest my case regarding that my milkless cup of tea is a builders tea.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 10 May, 2013, 12:45:12 pm
Peppermint tea.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 11 May, 2013, 05:59:58 pm
Fuller's Bengal Lancer IPA. It's well scrummy and highly recommended! :thumbsup:
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Post by: Andrij on 11 May, 2013, 07:05:08 pm
Connemara (http://www.connemarawhiskey.com), cask strength.
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Post by: Vince on 11 May, 2013, 07:19:19 pm
Heineken  :facepalm:
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Post by: Jurek on 11 May, 2013, 07:23:01 pm
Sauvvy Blanc...
There'se  a surprise....
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Post by: pcolbeck on 11 May, 2013, 08:15:41 pm
Cote de Nimes
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Post by: clarion on 13 May, 2013, 08:58:00 pm
Sauvvy Blanc...
There's  a surprise....

Black tea...
There's another...
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Post by: DrMekon on 15 May, 2013, 01:18:41 pm
Had a Flying Dog Gonzo porter and a G Schneider& Sohn Tap 5 wheat beer last night. Amazed to find that the local off license (Rhythm & Booze - not promising) has a decent array of imported beers much cheaper than the local specialists.
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Post by: numbnuts on 15 May, 2013, 03:19:24 pm
Tea without sugar  :sick:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 15 May, 2013, 07:49:01 pm
Williams Bros. Roisin :P
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Post by: benborp on 21 May, 2013, 02:20:52 am
I'm loving my Fitou. I have no one to share it with - boo hoo.
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Post by: Oaky on 22 May, 2013, 11:00:55 pm
raspberry gin with prosecco
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Post by: Feline on 23 May, 2013, 01:27:45 am
Lemon flavoured citrate, it is foul  :sick:
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 23 May, 2013, 07:19:04 am
Tomato juice.
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Post by: Vince on 23 May, 2013, 07:23:51 am
Tea with milk
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 24 May, 2013, 10:23:21 pm
raspberry gin with prosecco
Oooh- and how was the morning after?
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Post by: andrewc on 30 May, 2013, 06:50:27 pm
Imperial Russian Stout from Liverpool Organic Brewery. 8.1%

Looks like crude oil,  tastes rather nice.. :P
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Post by: ian on 02 June, 2013, 10:45:38 pm
Maui Big Swell IPA that I smuggled in from Japan. Marvellous. Will probably have to go to Hawaii to get more though. Worse things have happened.

Before that: Scottish Craft Lager from M&S (it's closer than Japan). I wasn't expecting much but it was really rather nice too.

Reminds me, last Sunday I was at Oktoberfest, swilling the usual Bavarian staples, along with Hitachino Nest Beer. It's got a owl on the glass. A really cool owl. And it gets cooler the more you drink.
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Post by: Gus on 03 June, 2013, 07:13:02 pm

Chilled Elderflower cordial
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Post by: Pedal Castro on 06 June, 2013, 08:51:52 pm
Deus (Bruit des Flandres), a beer made by the Champagne method, expensive but delicious!
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 07 June, 2013, 02:18:33 pm
Ringwood Boondoggle and Forty-Niner that I got from Lidl for £1.29/bottle.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 07 June, 2013, 02:31:21 pm
Had a pint of that Boondoggle a couple of Wednesday Nighte Pubbe Ridees ago. It didn't cost much more than that in the pub - community pub FTW! (village hall, volunteer bar staff, etc)  :thumbsup:
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 07 June, 2013, 04:16:26 pm
A sneaky lunchtime bottle was very refreshing! I saved the Forty-Niner for later.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 11 June, 2013, 07:57:01 am
coffee coffee coffee coffee

Tuesday, here I come...
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 12 June, 2013, 07:06:13 pm
Custard.  ;D
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Post by: daeno on 12 June, 2013, 07:07:46 pm
Apfelschorle
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Post by: Rhys W on 14 June, 2013, 11:01:28 pm
Tomos Watkin's Cwrw Brâf.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 15 June, 2013, 09:21:44 pm
Dead Pony Club
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Post by: RW on 15 June, 2013, 09:56:53 pm
Affligem de Noel
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Post by: Tinez on 15 June, 2013, 11:28:38 pm
Dead pony club in a milk carton from the vino wines keginator
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Post by: Kim on 16 June, 2013, 12:18:52 am
Endless amounts of fluids.  It's getting dull.
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Post by: Peter on 16 June, 2013, 12:20:34 am
You crook again, Kim?  all the best if so.
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Post by: Kim on 16 June, 2013, 12:35:45 am
I've had my bladder proddled.  Need to keep the fluids up for a few days to prevent infection.
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Post by: Peter on 16 June, 2013, 07:27:58 am
Ah, hope you're soon mended!
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 16 June, 2013, 08:25:09 am
Vratislav Czech lager from Tesco. As good as Urquell, IMO, but £1/bottle. Though, I should add, that was 12 hours ago!
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Post by: Pedal Castro on 17 June, 2013, 09:23:05 pm
Trappistes Rochefort 10, possibly the last one of these I have left after my last trip to Belgium :-(

Still have a few St Bernadus 12 left though :-)
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Post by: Wowbagger on 17 June, 2013, 09:45:25 pm
raspberry gin with prosecco
Oooh- and how was the morning after?

He hasn't answered. Should we send out a search party?

For my part (fnarr) I am drinking Fuller's ESB.
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Post by: IanDG on 17 June, 2013, 09:55:27 pm
Windswept Brewing APA (http://www.windsweptbrewing.co.uk/beer.html)

One of 4 ales received as Fathers Day Presents  :)  :P
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 20 June, 2013, 02:13:12 pm
Windswept Brewing APA (http://www.windsweptbrewing.co.uk/beer.html)

One of 4 ales received as Fathers Day Presents  :)  :P

We had some of the Blonde in one of our locals last week, made a nice change from Ossian.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 15 July, 2013, 11:42:32 pm
Friday:
Mrs Cudzo- I'm going shopping for blah blah. Shall I get a beer?
Mr Cudzo- That's a good idea. Something dark, please.
...
Mrs Cudzo- I got Budweiser.
Mr Cudzo- Czech or American?
Mrs Cudzo- I don't know. It was all they had.
<glug glug glug>
Mr Cudzo- American.
...
Mr Cudzo- What did you think of that Budweiser?
Mrs Cudzo- I didn't like it.
Mr Cudzo- Neither did I.
Mr Cudzo-
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 19 July, 2013, 09:59:42 pm
Pure Ubu Premium Amber Ale.
The weak pun in the name is the best thing about it.  :(
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Post by: Julian on 19 July, 2013, 10:08:36 pm
Hendricks.


<------- tragic hipster in training
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Post by: IanDG on 19 July, 2013, 10:31:47 pm
Beck's Blue/Ginger Beer Shandy (I'm on-call)
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Post by: L CC on 20 July, 2013, 06:36:08 pm
Crabbie's ginger beer with strawberry and lime.

Now, I'm a big fan of alcoholic ginger beer, which is quite surprising as a) it's beer and therefore b) it's brown, and I don't usually touch brown drinks. I prefer Ginger Joe's, Crabbie's is a bit too macho Scots for me. I also quite like (being as I don't really like proper drinks, like, erm, beer and wine) fruity ciders, alcopops for the over 18s. So I thought this would be quite nice- it sounded like something I'd like.

This is pink. Sorry, red. It's absolutely ming. It's kind of like cider and black. Or the nasty squash you got at your friends house, summer berries really cheap stuff, nastier than your mum's really cheap stuff and made too concentrated.

Consider yourselves forewarned.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 20 July, 2013, 06:39:56 pm
Sounds minging, but then I've yet to find an alcoholic ginger beer that is a) gingery enough and b) not disgustingly sweet.
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Post by: Dibdib on 25 July, 2013, 07:35:41 pm
Jim Beam and diet coke.

(I have no class.)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 27 July, 2013, 11:02:25 pm
Kir Royale with Mûre, Griotte and Cassis. And Cremant de Die, not Champers.
Zzzzz
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 03 August, 2013, 12:09:55 am
Aspall Premier cru @ £1.72

Bottle #2

<hic>
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Post by: andrewc on 03 August, 2013, 01:01:49 am
Nice cold, ice cold milk.....

After several pints of good ale in a nice pub http://www.thecaledonialiverpool.com/ (http://www.thecaledonialiverpool.com/)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 03 August, 2013, 07:40:27 pm
Vinsobres. Nomnomnom. Good job we're going back soon as last year's supply is just about gone.
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Post by: jogler on 03 August, 2013, 07:44:28 pm
The white wine that didn't go into the carbonara
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Post by: andrew_s on 04 August, 2013, 08:12:15 pm
Sounds minging, but then I've yet to find an alcoholic ginger beer that is a) gingery enough and b) not disgustingly sweet.
Try Grandma's Weapons Grade ginger beer, if you can find any in your part of the world.
http://www.whealmaidenbrewery.com/

It's traditional ginger beer made with a ginger beer plant, rather than regular beer with added ginger.
I tried some similar from Fentimans the other day, but that was considerably sweeter and less gingery.
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Post by: Oaky on 04 August, 2013, 09:32:05 pm
Leffe Ruby.

Quite an interesting variant on the red fruit beer, with the usual red fruit flavours plus what the label describes as "bois de rose" (which I take to be rosewood, but which actually seems to give a hint of rosewater type flavour).
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Post by: Gus on 13 August, 2013, 07:48:55 pm
Crabbies Ginger beer, it's bloody expensive here but worth it.
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Post by: Oaky on 13 August, 2013, 11:24:47 pm
Jean Doussoux VSOP Cognac.  Brought back from holiday (we were staying 3 miles from the producer, so I forced myself to go round and extensively taste their range of wares).

Very, very lovely.

I also have a bottle of their XO single cask which I plan to save for a while.  I'm not sure how long I'll be able to resist opening it for though.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 August, 2013, 08:40:54 pm
First G&T of the holiday...  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Oaky on 24 August, 2013, 01:25:19 am
Jean Doussoux VSOP Cognac.  Brought back from holiday (we were staying 3 miles from the producer, so I forced myself to go round and extensively taste their range of wares).

Very, very lovely.

I also have a bottle of their XO single cask which I plan to save for a while.  I'm not sure how long I'll be able to resist opening it for though.

Drinking a glass of the XO now and it's bloody heavenly.

I have been banished to the spare bedroom though since mrs_o is unduly sensitive to the aroma of good spirits.
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Post by: Vince on 24 August, 2013, 02:10:09 pm
I enjoyed a nice bottle of Adnam's Southwold bitter last night. 3 left and a bottle of Broadside
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Post by: Ruth on 08 September, 2013, 03:19:03 am
A caesar. Beer, vodka, something forrin, worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, celery salt, slice of crispy bacon.
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Post by: The_Mikey on 08 September, 2013, 07:42:24 am
A cup of tea.
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Post by: Ham on 10 September, 2013, 09:48:42 pm
Chateau bottled Chinon. Chilled.

Stupid sod I am I forgot I had bought it in April (in the Loire)  for the summer.

Too much bloody wine, I say.
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Post by: Tinez on 21 September, 2013, 01:24:21 pm
Alpha state Mette L smoked porter with an order of  Very hot chicken wings.
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Post by: nicknack on 21 September, 2013, 02:18:55 pm
St. Feuillien blonde
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 21 September, 2013, 09:50:04 pm
Gigondas. Nom.
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Post by: Pingu on 21 September, 2013, 09:56:13 pm
St. Feuillien blonde

Belgetastic  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Pingu on 21 September, 2013, 09:57:04 pm
Alpha state Mette L smoked porter with an order of  Very hot chicken wings.

Where?
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Post by: Tinez on 21 September, 2013, 10:02:41 pm
Alpha state Mette L smoked porter with an order of  Very hot chicken wings.

[color=purple
]Where?[/color]

The Hanging Bat in Embra. Boy do they have an exciting selection of beer and lots of it - they have 12 kegs and 6 casks on almost all the time and lots of good bottles and cans.
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Post by: Andrij on 22 September, 2013, 01:08:24 am
After the day I've had?   H2O!
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Post by: jsabine on 22 September, 2013, 01:59:03 am
Armagnac.

I like armagnac.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 22 September, 2013, 08:51:05 pm
Cremant de Die and Creme de Mure.
That would be Kir Royale if it were champers & cassis.
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Post by: andrew_s on 22 September, 2013, 08:53:00 pm
Thomas Hardy's Ale (2007)
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Post by: tiermat on 28 September, 2013, 04:53:04 pm
Conde de Calatrava Crianza.

Very very nice it is, too.
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Post by: andrew_s on 28 September, 2013, 10:58:40 pm
Armagnac (Chateau du Tariquet XO)

I like Armagnac too
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Post by: Ruth on 28 September, 2013, 11:02:26 pm
Tempranillo. Really not bad. It goes well with Hitchcock.
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Post by: interzen on 29 September, 2013, 07:20:58 am
Coffee.
Black.
So strong you could float a lead bar in it.

If my brain insists on waking me up at dumbass o'clock on a Sunday then I'm going to make the most of it ...
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 29 September, 2013, 08:24:56 am
Last night was Westons Vintage cider. Deceptively strong at 8.2%. This morning, it's monsoon malabar coffee with a slightly longer roast. Very smooth.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 29 September, 2013, 09:31:39 am
Coffee.
This

Quote
If my brain brats insists on waking me up at dumbass o'clock on a Sunday then I'm going to make the most of it ... be grumpy and whinge about it on the internet

Especially when it's the same never-ending argument about computer time that they use to wake me up...
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Post by: Gattopardo on 29 September, 2013, 09:37:43 am
Coffee too,

Thought the cubs had a laptop adn a desktop
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Post by: interzen on 29 September, 2013, 10:52:18 am
Coffee too,

Thought the cubs had a laptop adn a desktop
I had the situation explained to me, on Thursday night I think .... it's Complicated.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 29 September, 2013, 11:23:15 am
For a start, the EC's linux netbook has gone to his dad's to get sorted, since I don't actually have a working account on it and can do nowt with it so he is now computerless.  And the games he is currently obsessing about are windows ones which will only work on his brother's desktop.  There's a lot of politics.

And the wii remotes, keyboard, mouse, and mobile are currently all confiscated.

More coffee, btw.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 29 September, 2013, 02:58:13 pm
Whilst drinking the coffee I fell asleep. 

:(
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Post by: Vince on 29 September, 2013, 05:57:16 pm
Has someone substituted decaf?
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Post by: spesh on 29 September, 2013, 07:51:37 pm
La Patrie de Cahors Malbec, which should go nicely with the rack of lamb and ratatouille I'll be having shortly...
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Post by: Rhys W on 29 September, 2013, 08:25:37 pm
Harviestoun Schiehallion.

Just found their website, and they have an 8% Porter aged in Highland Park whisky casks  :o
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Post by: Ruth on 30 September, 2013, 09:10:12 pm
Laphroaig.

Oh, my.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 30 September, 2013, 09:46:40 pm
Golden Pride. Ruddy Nora! - it's like a trappist ale. Except it's not brewed by monks. Or Belgians.

(Will shortly be cooking up an ESB clone so getting myself into a Fullers frame of mind.)
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Post by: TimC on 30 September, 2013, 09:52:41 pm
Laphroaig.

Oh, my.

The only whiskey I can ever bring myself to drink - and the last time was maybe 15 years ago! But I do like the peaty flavour. Right now, I have a rather nice Shiraz...
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Post by: Wowbagger on 30 September, 2013, 11:14:54 pm
Laphroaig.

Oh, my.

It is very, very good. I am, however, prejudiced against it because I understand that it is the favoured malt of one Antony Charles Lynton Blair and drinking it reminds me of him. If I want to do really peaty, I go for Lagavulin.

Anyway, if it wasn't Monday* I would raise a glass of Glenlivet (the only malt I currently possess) in your direction! Cheers!

*Each Monday I poison my liver with 17.5 mg of methotrexate, so I tend to give that shrivelled organ** a couple of days off the ethyl alcohol at the beginning of the week. By Wednesday I tend to be past caring.

**to distinguish it from any other that I might possess. O:-)
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Post by: interested on 01 October, 2013, 05:03:39 pm
A small Pilsner Urquell in a tall glass, with a tiny Springbank on the side.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 02 October, 2013, 06:46:42 pm
My last bottle of Thomas Hardy ale, dated 2008.

Unless someone starts brewing it again it may well be my last bottle ever.
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Post by: Vince on 03 October, 2013, 07:44:09 am
A mug of PG tips.
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Post by: Basil on 06 October, 2013, 08:38:00 pm
Tomos Watkin's OSB.

Oh my!  It's delish!

Normally, I stock up on bottled Old Speckled Hen for home consumption.  On the occasions the Spa in Llandysul lets me down, I'll buy the local Tomos Watkin Haf or Braf.  (To be honest, I can never remember which one I prefer - they're both quite acceptable).
Anyway, today - no Speckled Hen to be had.  I was just reaching for the Braf, when I noticed
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pPfupqKOJPY/T_Rc13lf3mI/AAAAAAAAAdM/sxKZRlKj7RE/s1600/Tomos+Watkin+OSB.JPG)

As I say.  Oh my!  :D
And - Oh I say!

And - AND - I bought two bottles.  So there's another after this.  :D
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 06 October, 2013, 10:22:00 pm
Gin!
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Post by: Wowbagger on 10 October, 2013, 06:04:32 pm
Just to be fashionable, I'm culling a Badger.
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Post by: Jaded on 10 October, 2013, 07:03:49 pm
Laphroaig.

Oh, my.

I am getting through some Laphroig Quarter Cask. Scrummy.
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Post by: Basil on 10 October, 2013, 07:17:46 pm
Just to be fashionable, I'm culling a Badger.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BLlR73rCcAAJrqC.jpg)
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 10 October, 2013, 07:48:49 pm
In an effort to avoid swilling the unchilled Christmas manzanilla, I'm tempted to dash to the local corner shop for four Becks. About the best they have on offer.
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Post by: Julian on 12 October, 2013, 07:11:02 pm
Rooibos chai.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 12 October, 2013, 07:42:57 pm
Coffee. Master Pcolbeck has gone to an 18th party and I need to pick him up at midnight.
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Post by: Gus on 12 October, 2013, 07:44:07 pm
sancerre 2004
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Post by: Andrew Br on 19 October, 2013, 12:11:39 am
A Martini whilst watching Lone Star.
Possibly my favourite cocktail and one of my favourite films.
Delightful.

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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 October, 2013, 08:03:23 pm
Cairanne. Nomnomnom
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Post by: Basil on 26 October, 2013, 10:02:40 pm
Butty Bach.
I left the house at ten to nine this morning.   I can't believe that it took me thirteen hours to get here.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 26 October, 2013, 11:40:32 pm
A really rather nice Chilean Malbec. On offer at Morrisons +25% off if you buy six bottles. Should have bough six of these. I seem to have drunk the whole bottle tonight oops. Mind you I did start it with a meal at 7:00 so a bottle in 4 1/2 hours isnt too bad.
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Post by: Valiant on 27 October, 2013, 02:06:16 am
I was drinking Cutty Shark Storm but now doing some Assam Joonktollee
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 27 October, 2013, 02:11:38 pm
Free first class coffee  :D
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Post by: interzen on 27 October, 2013, 02:18:55 pm
Rooibos.

I had my RDA of caffeine in the form of Assam tea earlier this morning, so we're now in decaf space. Not that I think I'll need any help sleeping, mind.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 27 October, 2013, 10:40:56 pm
Root ginger tea with honey. Why don't I have this more often?
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Post by: Andrew Br on 29 October, 2013, 08:05:56 pm
Butty Bach in a bottle.
It's one of the best bottled bitters that I can remember having; generally I prefer lager from bottles (the opposite to my draft beer preference).
I learned about Butty Bach from this forum.
Thanks for that  :thumbsup:

Wish I'd bought two.....................

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Post by: Ruth on 29 October, 2013, 08:23:12 pm
Pomegranate juice  :)
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Post by: Tinez on 29 October, 2013, 08:48:03 pm
Chasing cold and flu tablets with Tempest Marmalade on Toast orange IPA
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Post by: Pingu on 29 October, 2013, 08:50:40 pm
Seems reasonable  :thumbsup:

I've just finished a Rodenbach Grand Cru and I'm now on a Boon Gueuze Mariage Parfait  :P
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 29 October, 2013, 09:41:39 pm
Butty Bach in a bottle.
It's one of the best bottled bitters that I can remember having; generally I prefer lager from bottles (the opposite to my draft beer preference).
I learned about Butty Bach from this forum.
Thanks for that  :thumbsup:

Wish I'd bought two.....................
Butty Bach's best bottled bitter's back, Buddy's back to a better bit o' bottled bitter.
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Post by: Marco Stefano on 30 October, 2013, 10:40:54 am
Not drinking quite right now, but off to the Norwich Beer Fest tomorrow for lunchtime with Mrs Marco. Have not been for some years, so looking forward to it.
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Post by: interzen on 30 October, 2013, 10:42:33 am
Green tea with peach.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 30 October, 2013, 10:45:41 am
Sainsburys Fair Trade sun dried Tanzanian Fairtrade Peaberry coffee. Its really nice.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 30 October, 2013, 06:55:32 pm
Wychwood King Goblin. Malt forward followed by a buttery middle and ending with zingy Cascade. Covers lots of bases. 8/10

Must admit, I'm intrigued by this Butty Bach stuff. Will keep a lookout (and a welcome in the hillside) for it.
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Post by: Basil on 30 October, 2013, 07:08:56 pm
Hey.  I'm drinking Butty Bach right now.
It's for those (me) who don't like hoppy ales.
Ymmv
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 30 October, 2013, 07:21:33 pm
Hey.  I'm drinking Butty Bach right now.
It's for those (me) who don't like hoppy ales.
Ymmv

Bloody Americans, discovering IPA, overhopping it, and making it trendy... ;)  I hope tastes eventually come full circle and people (especially youngsters) will rediscover how delicious, smooth, and more balanced traditional British ales can be.
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Post by: Jaded on 30 October, 2013, 07:25:40 pm
Rioja instead of swimming.
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Post by: ian on 30 October, 2013, 08:15:22 pm
Geranium gin. But I'm supposed to leave it alone till the weekend. Bah.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 October, 2013, 08:44:04 pm
Geranium gin. But I'm supposed to leave it alone till the weekend. Bah.
Explain plz?
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Post by: tiermat on 31 October, 2013, 07:39:11 am
Hey.  I'm drinking Butty Bach right now.
It's for those (me) who don't like hoppy ales.
Ymmv

Bloody Americans, discovering IPA, overhopping it, and making it trendy... ;)  I hope tastes eventually come full circle and people (especially youngsters) will rediscover how delicious, smooth, and more balanced traditional British ales can be.

I am sorry, but you are wrong, an IPA SHOULD be strong and hoppy.

IPA comes from the days of the Raj, where the troops stationed over there could do without their beer, and were unable to get the materials locally to make their own.  A brew was invented that could withstand the long trip from UK to India on a tea clipper.  To make it able to survive it needed to have a high alcohol content and lots of hops to prevent it going sour.

The stuff you get these days is a pale imitation.  IPA should be, at least, 5%, not 3.4% FFS!
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Post by: billplumtree on 31 October, 2013, 01:31:53 pm
Geranium gin. But I'm supposed to leave it alone till the weekend. Bah.
Explain plz?

Ooh!  I couldn't wait, so googled: http://www.theginblog.co.uk/home/2011/09/geranium-gin/ (http://www.theginblog.co.uk/home/2011/09/geranium-gin/)

What's the verdict, ian?
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 31 October, 2013, 02:04:04 pm
I am sorry, but you are wrong, an IPA SHOULD be strong and hoppy.

IPA comes from the days of the Raj, where the troops stationed over there could do without their beer, and were unable to get the materials locally to make their own.  A brew was invented that could withstand the long trip from UK to India on a tea clipper.  To make it able to survive it needed to have a high alcohol content and lots of hops to prevent it going sour.

The stuff you get these days is a pale imitation.  IPA should be, at least, 5%, not 3.4% FFS!

Tiermat. There are other types of British ale apart from IPA - that was the point of my post.  Americans took IPA and redesigned it using fairly high alpha-acid, new-world citrussy hops, e.g., Galaxy, Cascade, Amarillo, from the start of the boil to flame-out. Building up a culture of their own, they call them quite rightly A(merican)PAs. We latched onto this American micro-brewing revolution, imported  them and now highly hopped citrussy beers have become the new norm (Black IPAs for example). some of which just don't work and taste awful. Even Marston's Old Empire IPA adds american Cascade at the end and hops like these didn't exist at the time of the Raj. But thanks for telling us the story about how the Victorians used to whack in a ton of hops to keep the beer stable over long journeys (in the field it was watered down for the men - of course, the officers got the good stuff)!

I've made a couple of batches of IPA, but the novelty has worn off somewhat. Don't get me wrong - they're very refreshing on a hot day, but can be too in-yer-face and one-dimensional.  Hence the brews I'm into at the moment tend to have more of a malt profile and a bit more colour and body - classic balanced British ales, you might call them. I go for beers using crystal malts in the mash as these give more body and sweetness to the end product (providing this sweetness isn't obliterated with a high-attenuating yeast of course!), using old-skool hops like good old Fuggles and EKG(oldings). Which is pretty much what Butty Bach is.

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Post by: tiermat on 31 October, 2013, 02:11:59 pm
I am sorry if I came across a little "you don't know what you are on about" Goldilocks.  I didn't intend it to come out that way, and obviously you do know you (beer) onions! :)

I had, also, mis-read what you said previously.

The whole IPA which tastes only slightly better than a lager thing irks me (as you might have noticed), it ranks up alongside Porters that are really stouts, milds that really are nothing of the sort and bitters that, well, just aren't.

Unfortunately we have a lot of this sort of thing in the UK, and yes, I think you are right, a lot of it comes from the leftpondians taking our brews, adjusting them to their market then the recipes being brought back over here.

For my money I enjoy beers by Daleside, Roosters and Copper Dragon.  I despise Sam Smiths (but then I always have), John Smiths is bitter for lager drinkers and the S&N brews are not even worth considering, now.

I think I need to go and visit my weekday "local" The White Swan in Quy, to see what they have on tap at the moment :)
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 31 October, 2013, 02:57:15 pm
Cheers T. Perhaps the common theme between us is cynicism with beer fashions?  To me, you're coming at things from a 'let's call this lager an IPA, this stout a porter etc' angle, which irks because giving any old brew trendy 'heritage' names like these shifts units by creating the impression that the drinker is re-engaging with tradition, conjouring up images of leathery old artisans using skills handed down through generations, as opposed to the reality being some clean-cut young bloke with a brewing degree from Heriot-Watt in charge of an array of enormous stainless steel tanks and associated processes. My take is the fact that too many beers are over-hopped or are too citrussy these days (and calling them IPAs), perhaps trying to capture a new generation of beer-drinkers brought up on a diet of Europiss and alcopops.
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Post by: ian on 31 October, 2013, 10:03:51 pm
Geranium gin. But I'm supposed to leave it alone till the weekend. Bah.
Explain plz?

Ooh!  I couldn't wait, so googled: http://www.theginblog.co.uk/home/2011/09/geranium-gin/ (http://www.theginblog.co.uk/home/2011/09/geranium-gin/)

What's the verdict, ian?

Weekend, fools. My wife predicts a precipitous slide into alcoholism if I deviate from path of red wine during the week. She's probably right. I am curator of a rather large collection of gins.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 01 November, 2013, 06:09:03 pm
Geranium gin. But Iw'm supposed to leave it alone till the weekend. Bah.
Explain plz?

Ooh!  I couldn't wait, so googled: http://www.theginblog.co.uk/home/2011/09/geranium-gin/ (http://www.theginblog.co.uk/home/2011/09/geranium-gin/)

What's the verdict, ian?

Weekend, fools. My wife predicts a precipitous slide into alcoholism if I deviate from path of red wine during the week. She's probably right. I am curator of a rather large collection of gins.

Does red wine not count as alcohol then? *prepares to install wine rack under desk at work*
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Post by: ian on 01 November, 2013, 07:25:41 pm
Red wine is good for you. I read it on the internet. People who drink as much red wine as me regularly live forever.

Trust me, I'm a doctor™
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Post by: Rhys W on 01 November, 2013, 08:11:00 pm
I quite like the American "double hopped" IPAs - Sierra Nevada Torpedo and some Goose something from Chicago I get from Tesco. I have a couple of bottles of Deuchars IPA waiting in the fridge for me tonight though.
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Post by: ian on 04 November, 2013, 12:12:31 pm
I quite like the American "double hopped" IPAs - Sierra Nevada Torpedo and some Goose something from Chicago I get from Tesco. I have a couple of bottles of Deuchars IPA waiting in the fridge for me tonight though.

The Goose Island IPA is very good – probably my favourite IPA. I like IPAs but, indeed, some of the hopping is a tad overly enthusiastic at times (and I'm a big fan of hops and US craft beers). Sadly, this weekend saw my last bottle of Great Divide Colette Saison quaffed.

Geranium gin was nice. The geranium is quite subtle but still noticeable, so doesn't overpower, and it complements the juniper well. It could have perhaps used a bit more complexity on the back-end, but I'll reserve judgement till I've tasted more.
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Post by: Ewan Houzami on 04 November, 2013, 11:29:25 pm
My home-made dandelion wine. Six months in and it still burns like whisky! Down the sink it goes.
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Post by: Oaky on 05 November, 2013, 10:35:00 pm
Water, with just the tiniest, almost homeopathic-concentration, hint of blackcurrant squash.
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Post by: Basil on 05 November, 2013, 10:52:55 pm
Salentein.  An Argentinian Malbec.

Hmm, just another glass before bed. <repeat>
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Post by: Wowbagger on 05 November, 2013, 11:46:08 pm
Adnams Broadside. Wonderful stuff.
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Post by: RW on 11 November, 2013, 05:06:21 pm
BrauStar ZerO%.  As beer free beers go it's ok.  I bought quite a bit of it at Noz, a French end of line shop that makes Trago Mills look classy.  Six 500 ml cans at 79 euro cents works out prettycheap.  Most of the writing on it is in Chinese.
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Post by: markcc on 12 November, 2013, 11:46:01 am
Not now of course, but last night. Pannepot Reserva and Black Albert from De Struise. Both excellent ales.
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Post by: shyumu on 21 November, 2013, 06:13:58 pm
Hofbräu Dunkel. Yay.
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Post by: shyumu on 21 November, 2013, 06:22:24 pm
Augustiner Hefeweißbier. Double yay.
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Post by: Julian on 21 November, 2013, 06:33:27 pm
Glenlivet.  It can only improve my drafting skillz, right?
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Post by: shyumu on 21 November, 2013, 06:53:18 pm
Edelstoff. Something light to wash down the pigs knuckles, duck and... shortly, apple strudel mit ice cream and whipped cream.  Tomorrow morning I shall probably be enjoying a breakfast of gout.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 21 November, 2013, 07:53:30 pm
Glenlivet.  It can only improve my drafting skillz, right?
All the most advanced and dedicated wheel suckers drink Glenlivet. That is what you meant, right?
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Post by: Basil on 21 November, 2013, 08:43:08 pm
Washington Hills Merlot.  Very good for its price range.  £6.99 from the Co-op in Brum.

But WHY is it £8.99 in the Co-op in Lampeter?  >:(

There again, there's a lovely Oyster Bay that is always around the £11 mark in Brum, but is usually about £7 in the Llandysul Spar.  :D

Very odd.
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Post by: Vince on 21 November, 2013, 11:43:46 pm
Last of the Southwolds :) :( Just a bottle of Broadside to go.
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Post by: shyumu on 22 November, 2013, 12:03:47 pm
Glühwein. Feeling very Griswald in Europe.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 22 November, 2013, 10:05:10 pm
Nothing. My glass is empty...
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Post by: andrew_s on 22 November, 2013, 10:55:31 pm
Fuller's Vintage Ale (2003)
"Although we are obliged to state a best before date of 2006, like a fine wine or whisky, this mellow and golden ale will improve with age for many more years"

Came home with a couple of bottles of the 2013 version, and had to make room - such a hardship  ;D
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Post by: spesh on 22 November, 2013, 11:54:44 pm
A 1972-vintage 25 year old Macallan, which I bought at the end of 1999 and only opened this year, to mark my [REDACTED] birthday.

I foolishly had a look at what it goes for these days, and nearly had a heart attack (http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-12942.aspx).  :o

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Post by: RW on 22 November, 2013, 11:55:17 pm
Penderyn
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Post by: Ham on 22 November, 2013, 11:57:22 pm
A 1972-vintage 25 year old Macallan, which I bought at the end of 1999 and only opened this year, to mark my [REDACTED] birthday.

I foolishly had a look at what it goes for these days, and nearly had a heart attack (http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-12942.aspx).  :o



<gulp>
http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/B-40-Talisker.aspx?filter=true

after that....

<very small gulp>
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Post by: nicknack on 27 November, 2013, 08:48:18 pm
Dry martini.
Dry martini.
Dry martini.
dried marconi
macaroni
drmcrcccnn.....
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Post by: Wowbagger on 27 November, 2013, 09:52:01 pm
Waitrose bottled mineral water from the Stretton Hills.

I apologise for this. My sis-in-law gave us three bottles for our journey home yesterday. She is one of the few people I know who has a good reason not to drink her tap water: they are not on the mains and have their own bore-hole/sludge pit up the hill. The water is laced with quite a few chemicals which make it rather unpleasant to drink straight from the tap. She does make tea with it though.
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Post by: Gus on 27 November, 2013, 10:01:54 pm
A gift : French carbonated organic apple juice, surpricingly fresh & tasty
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Post by: nicknack on 27 November, 2013, 10:05:25 pm
Neat Campari.

Well I say "neat" - I've actually diluted it with gin. It's one of those nights.
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Post by: IanDG on 27 November, 2013, 10:57:08 pm
Deuchars (out of a bottle)
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Post by: Jacomus on 28 November, 2013, 02:38:42 pm
Bud Light :facepalm:
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Post by: interzen on 28 November, 2013, 02:47:15 pm
Weak (by my standards) black tea.
It's about the only thing I can keep down at the moment :(
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Post by: bikenrrd on 28 November, 2013, 09:32:08 pm
Pink gin fizz. Or more accurately, a gin (Tanq 10) sour with bitters and fizzy water.  Nice!
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Post by: shyumu on 29 November, 2013, 12:00:20 am
The minibar.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 30 November, 2013, 08:27:02 pm
Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer  :D.
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Post by: T42 on 07 December, 2013, 01:28:59 pm
Cuppa
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 07 December, 2013, 08:06:41 pm
Merlot.
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Post by: interzen on 07 December, 2013, 08:13:05 pm
Rooibos.
Too close to bedtime for 'proper' tea.
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Post by: Gus on 07 December, 2013, 09:48:24 pm
Erdinger Weissbier  :D
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Post by: Snakehips on 07 December, 2013, 10:51:11 pm
Glayva, it's been on offer recently in many supermarkets.
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Post by: Vince on 08 December, 2013, 06:42:03 pm
Badger Ales Fursty Ferret
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 08 December, 2013, 08:27:59 pm
The Botanist G&T.
Or at least I was until I finished it...
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Post by: pcolbeck on 08 December, 2013, 09:35:33 pm
Nothing. I have finished the bottle of wine so that's it until next Friday. Hic ...
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Post by: Moose57 on 08 December, 2013, 09:39:05 pm
Chilean Shiraz, verrr, verry nice. Hicc.
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Post by: Basil on 08 December, 2013, 10:26:54 pm
Washington Hills Merlot.  Again.  Def my Co-op fav at the moment.
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Post by: nicknack on 08 December, 2013, 10:33:51 pm
Apple Eau de Vie
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Post by: shyumu on 14 December, 2013, 05:16:31 pm
Nothing alcoholic if you are on any of tonight's east coast trains to Newcastle, Sunderland or Hull.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 December, 2013, 10:11:03 pm
Caesar Augustus. Not v exciting but I been drinking Belgian Xmas beers this arvo...
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Post by: T42 on 16 December, 2013, 09:58:52 am
Nowt, but I'll be having a cup of coffee in ten minutes or so.
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 21 December, 2013, 08:52:53 pm
King's Ginger liqueur.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 21 December, 2013, 09:18:36 pm
We have just finished a bottle of Tinto. I think we have the bluest tongues we've ever had. Now on the Rasteau.
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Post by: Paul on 22 December, 2013, 03:00:42 am
Lovely Cotes du Rhone from the co-op, followed by a few not-at-work-for-the-next 16-days beers.

 :thumbsup:
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Post by: tiermat on 22 December, 2013, 06:42:32 am
Coffee.

Later shall by one of the selection of Rojas I seem to have amassed! I seem, somehow to have bottles of Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva, all from different vineyards and vintages.

Where to start?
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Post by: Ham on 22 December, 2013, 06:50:33 am
Tea. Watching the sun rise over the mountains looking forward to a days skiing.
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Post by: Gus on 22 December, 2013, 07:33:48 am
Blackcurrant Apple Juice, watching a grey dull morning, enjoying that from now on days get lighter again.
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Post by: perpetual dan on 24 December, 2013, 06:37:04 pm
Campbell's Rutherglen Muscat
Rather nice with a mine pie, and I predict a good partner to pud tomorrow.
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Post by: Aidan on 24 December, 2013, 08:58:40 pm
Liquorice tea. Yummy .
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Post by: sg37409 on 24 December, 2013, 09:04:02 pm
Last of the summer wine. Our last of fizz from samur.
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Post by: Julian on 24 December, 2013, 11:07:29 pm
Monkey Shoulder.
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Post by: Oaky on 24 December, 2013, 11:12:04 pm
It is precisely the time of year when I answer the question in the subject with: "Have some Madeira m'dear!"
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Post by: Wowbagger on 24 December, 2013, 11:17:06 pm
Cocoa. Then I'm off to bed. I've spent a good deal of the past couple of hours asleep in a chair.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 24 December, 2013, 11:22:26 pm
Monkey Shoulder.

Good call; it's my favourite blended malt.
So far.
 I haven't tried them all yet.

I've just called a halt after a mixture of beer (Timothy Taylor's Golden Best in the child infested pub), vodka (English, made from milk), Chablis and S. Australian Viognier.

Or maybe I'll have a night-cap.

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Post by: Torslanda on 25 December, 2013, 07:49:17 pm
Right now a very nice 2009 Rioja . . .

There are so many names on the label (and my Spanish so non-existent) that I couldn't tell you its name. \it has a whiff of port on the nose and is quite dry. Interesting flavour.

Latter we have both apple and cinnamon vodka to try.
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Post by: Ruth on 25 December, 2013, 08:45:01 pm
Elbow 'Build a Rocket Boys' beer from Robinson's brewery, presumably down Salford way.

It's rather nice  :)

Also the song is very good.  Guy Garvey's voice is fab.
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Post by: barakta on 25 December, 2013, 08:50:41 pm
Southern comfort, not had any in in ages so I got Kim to grab some from Sainbury's who do very decently priced boozahol at Xmastime.
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Post by: Julian on 25 December, 2013, 09:55:27 pm
Wychwood's Bah Humbug. 
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Post by: andyoxon on 25 December, 2013, 10:13:33 pm
Loosen Blue Slate Riesling    :)
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Post by: tiermat on 26 December, 2013, 09:34:03 am
Right now a very nice 2009 Rioja . .

I had a very nice 2009 rioja with lunch yesterday. £6/bottle from lidl! Very fruity and light, but not watery. Yum!

Then followed it with Xmas spiuced vodka and rum. I had overdone the spicing, so adding of mixers was required.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 26 December, 2013, 10:02:48 am
Elbow 'Build a Rocket Boys' beer from Robinson's brewery, presumably down Salford way.

It's rather nice  :)

Also the song is very good.  Guy Garvey's voice is fab.

Robinsons are in Stockport.
Try the Trooper that they also make; it's made in conjunction with Iron Maiden.

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Post by: JonBuoy on 26 December, 2013, 12:58:40 pm
The water is off due to a burst 'very large water pipe'.

"Let them drink G&T."

 :P
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Post by: mike on 26 December, 2013, 09:39:32 pm
Nikka 'all mait' whiskey from Japan.  Absolutely lovely.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 December, 2013, 11:22:44 pm
Pingu wanted another drink, but after 3 G&T's I didn't want another so now he's on Goose Island Pepe Negro and I'm having kirsberry and tonic.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 26 December, 2013, 11:41:27 pm
I'm about to make some cocoa.

Edit:  I was somehow intercepted by a bottle of Laphroaig on my way. I am now drinking Laphroaig with cocoa chasers.
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Post by: CrinklyLion on 27 December, 2013, 08:01:04 am
Coffee.  Need to start getting organised for our trip over to t'other side of those hills...
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Post by: andrew_s on 28 December, 2013, 11:48:57 pm
Oliver's 3 Counties perry (http://www.bristolcidershop.co.uk/product.php?product=41), having finally got round to visiting the Ledbury cider shop (http://www.onceuponatree.co.uk/visit/three-counties-cider-shop.html) with bottle transport.
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Post by: Ham on 29 December, 2013, 07:49:08 pm
Macon Rouge out of my 10L Bag in box brought back yesterday from the winemaking coop in Charnay Les Macon, at £3 / litre. You would not be unhappy paying about £7 a bottle for it.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 December, 2013, 09:58:13 pm
http://www.thewinesociety.com/shop/productdetail.aspx?section=pd&pl=&pd=SP8551&pc=&prl=
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 December, 2013, 11:18:57 pm
Port, LBV.
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Post by: David Martin on 29 December, 2013, 11:35:07 pm
killepitsch
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Post by: Feanor on 30 December, 2013, 01:26:46 am
Singletrack  copper ale.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 December, 2013, 11:48:50 pm
Port, LBV.

Now on The Wine Society Exhibition Tawny port. I prefer it to the LBV which was a bit too syrupy for my taste.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 31 December, 2013, 12:08:02 am
Doom Bar and Old Thumper. Though not at the same time...
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Post by: Wowbagger on 31 December, 2013, 07:34:51 pm
I have just finished my TT Landlord. I now have Broadside to rely on.
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Post by: tiermat on 31 December, 2013, 07:43:18 pm
Nothing, yet. Need to ferry food and family to a party, then bring the car home. After that, though, all bets are off!
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Post by: Vince on 31 December, 2013, 09:43:37 pm
Having an early and solitary New Year's Jupiler, due to being on taxi duties for Boy Wunja past midnight.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 31 December, 2013, 10:27:32 pm
Hello My Name Is Mette-Marit
Mmm lingonberry IPA
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Post by: IanDG on 31 December, 2013, 11:31:43 pm
Licorice and Cinnamon Tea - The joys of being on-call on NYE
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Post by: Wowbagger on 01 January, 2014, 12:12:38 am
Laphroaig
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Post by: andrewc on 01 January, 2014, 12:31:43 am
The shiraz has gone, it's the last of the Jura, then onto the Spiced Hot Chocolate (http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/spiced-chocolate-abyss) ,  highly recommended  :P
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Post by: tiermat on 01 January, 2014, 11:57:15 am
Weapons grade coffee, in a vain attempt to get over the hangover from last night's, not one but two, new year's eve parties.

One was full of screaming kids (more kids than adults) and then other was a black tie do, which I had not been informed of, so turned up in (admittedly nice) dark brown jeans, checked shirt and my thick Howies jacket.

The only thing that got me through both was large amounts of alcohol.

We did have a very nice drop of Johnnie Walker Gold Label on our way home, though, as we dropped in on the FiL
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Post by: Juan Martín on 18 January, 2014, 05:41:24 pm
Marston's Oyster Stout. Very nice too!
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Post by: Ruth on 06 February, 2014, 08:26:24 pm
Vidal ice wine.

Oh.  My.  Goodness.  This is incredible stuff.  Layer on layer of sweetness, tartness, fruit, honey, oh wow.

And then I googled it to see how much it is to buy  :o

My daughter's in-laws are truly generous people.
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Post by: Pedal Castro on 09 February, 2014, 08:53:43 pm
Vidal ice wine.

Oh.  My.  Goodness.  This is incredible stuff.  Layer on layer of sweetness, tartness, fruit, honey, oh wow.

And then I googled it to see how much it is to buy  :o

My daughter's in-laws are truly generous people.

Was the Inniskilln one? That is expensive!
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Post by: delthebike on 16 February, 2014, 05:37:16 pm
Sainsbury's London Porter, brewed by Shepherd Neame.
It is a very nice beer.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 16 February, 2014, 07:17:04 pm
G&T
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Post by: Oaky on 16 February, 2014, 07:46:49 pm
Becks!
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Post by: Ruth on 23 February, 2014, 05:52:51 pm
Bateman's Dark Lord.

My, but there's a lot of liquorice in this.

Mmmm.  Liquorice.   :P
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Post by: ian on 23 February, 2014, 06:38:56 pm
Rhubarb, strawberry, and a banananananana smoothie. I'm consuming about 18 portions of fruit and veg a day at the moment. At this rate of consumption I shouldn't just be healthy, I should have superpowers.

As I'm wading through pictures of bathroom fittings and tiles, I need a real drink soonish. Firstly, there's millions of them, secondly I know nothing about bathroom fittings, thirdly I don't want to know anything about bathroom fittings. But I would rather have a proper hot bath again, which is the most decent, decadent, and downright righteous use of a Sunday evening, which involves choosing taps and showers.

£500 for a mixer tap. Now I really need a drink.
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Post by: spesh on 23 February, 2014, 10:11:06 pm
Marqués de Montino Rioja. Dangerously drinkable stuff...
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 02 March, 2014, 10:06:02 pm
Cairanne. I'm sick of beer for the moment.
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Post by: Dibdib on 02 March, 2014, 10:33:04 pm
Ribena, because it's amazing.
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Post by: DrMekon on 02 March, 2014, 11:23:38 pm
Lots lately. Tonight...

Chimay Triple
Haviestoun Bitter and twisted

and because I'm up late working after having done 2hrs at the BMX track at Machester with my club, and deserve a treat

Mikkeler ...Zest Please.
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Post by: phantasmagoriana on 03 March, 2014, 03:37:36 pm
Salted caramel green tea.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 03 March, 2014, 06:23:27 pm
I'm back on the Tossco Vratislav Czech lager, now they have reverted back to the 5% ABV version instead of the watery 4.2% version.
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Post by: tiermat on 04 March, 2014, 02:12:54 pm
Copious amounts of coffee, due to 1) it being week 11 and b) there be gremlins in them thar databases...
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Post by: rachel t on 06 March, 2014, 06:52:44 pm
M&S Belgian Cherry Beer, not impressed much too sweet & lacking cherry flavour  :( :( :( :(
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Post by: andrew_s on 06 March, 2014, 11:15:36 pm
Thomas Hardy's Ale (O'Hanlon's)
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Post by: ian on 07 March, 2014, 04:31:24 pm
A genuine Kriek is not sweet at all, rather with a sour-ish taste and a hint of cherry stones... An acquired taste.. The real stuff is usually wrapped in paper and is expensive.

I'm guessing your M£S version has aspartame or similar fake sugar?

Many krieks are sweetened (Bellevue, Timmermanns, Morte Subite) and not to my taste (I'm guessing the M&S one is probably one of these or something similar). Good sour lambics are better - Cantillon, 3 Fonteinen etc are fantastic. But not cheap. I think I bought a pint (I was thirsty) and it cost me £8.

I was in a cafe in Belgium the other day (ironically, for someone familiar with SE London, called Du Penge) and forced to sample a wide range of exotic beers. Barman's choice. Best one was apparently brewed by 'lady monks' or possibly 'ninja lady monks' though that was my suggestion.

Been unable to find that brew again though, so it could just have been a byproduct of my fermenting imagination.
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Post by: Dibdib on 07 March, 2014, 07:09:07 pm
"This is not the greatest beer in the world, oh, no, this is just a Tribute"
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Post by: epa611 on 07 March, 2014, 08:26:38 pm
McEwan's Export :-D
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Post by: rachel t on 07 March, 2014, 10:18:31 pm
A genuine Kriek is not sweet at all, rather with a sour-ish taste and a hint of cherry stones... An acquired taste.. The real stuff is usually wrapped in paper and is expensive.

I'm guessing your M£S version has aspartame or similar fake sugar?

Many krieks are sweetened (Bellevue, Timmermanns, Morte Subite) and not to my taste (I'm guessing the M&S one is probably one of these or something similar). Good sour lambics are better - Cantillon, 3 Fonteinen etc are fantastic. But not cheap. I think I bought a pint (I was thirsty) and it cost me £8.

I was in a cafe in Belgium the other day (ironically, for someone familiar with SE London, called Du Penge) and forced to sample a wide range of exotic beers. Barman's choice. Best one was apparently brewed by 'lady monks' or possibly 'ninja lady monks' though that was my suggestion.

Been unable to find that brew again though, so it could just have been a byproduct of my fermenting imagination.

Thanks for the information, Having drunk Bellevue quite a bit in Belgium it is my prefered Kriek I find Timmermans too sweet, the M&S one was sweeter than this as well as having very little flavour of anything. I was recommended Samuel Smiths Cherry Beer, will have to try & find a source, I am not too bother if it is a little sweeter but it must have some cherry flavour  :)
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Post by: mcshroom on 07 March, 2014, 10:23:39 pm
If it's like other Sam Smiths then it will also leave you with a stinking hangover and strange coloured pee IMHO. Still it was dirt cheap :)
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Post by: Pingu on 08 March, 2014, 11:14:02 am
A genuine Kriek is not sweet at all, rather with a sour-ish taste and a hint of cherry stones... An acquired taste.. The real stuff is usually wrapped in paper and is expensive.

I'm guessing your M£S version has aspartame or similar fake sugar?

Many krieks are sweetened (Bellevue, Timmermanns, Morte Subite) and not to my taste (I'm guessing the M&S one is probably one of these or something similar). Good sour lambics are better - Cantillon, 3 Fonteinen etc are fantastic. But not cheap. I think I bought a pint (I was thirsty) and it cost me £8.

I was in a cafe in Belgium the other day (ironically, for someone familiar with SE London, called Du Penge) and forced to sample a wide range of exotic beers. Barman's choice. Best one was apparently brewed by 'lady monks' or possibly 'ninja lady monks' though that was my suggestion.

Been unable to find that brew again though, so it could just have been a byproduct of my fermenting imagination.

Thanks for the information, Having drunk Bellevue quite a bit in Belgium it is my prefered Kriek I find Timmermans too sweet, the M&S one was sweeter than this as well as having very little flavour of anything. I was recommended Samuel Smiths Cherry Beer, will have to try & find a source, I am not too bother if it is a little sweeter but it must have some cherry flavour  :)

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=74659.0  :thumbsup:
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Post by: madcow on 08 March, 2014, 11:58:16 am
Leven IPA in the Halfway House, Fleshmarket ,Embra.very nice pint.
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Post by: Marco Stefano on 08 March, 2014, 08:29:54 pm
Fullers London Porter. OK - bit thin.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 09 March, 2014, 07:55:03 pm
A rather splendid Fitou from Morrisons.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 09 March, 2014, 08:19:55 pm
The Wine Society's Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.
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Post by: Phil W on 09 March, 2014, 09:24:28 pm
Doom Bar
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Post by: tiermat on 10 March, 2014, 11:08:15 am
Copious amounts of coffee, due to 1) it being week 11 and b) there be gremlins in them thar databases...

Redux, but $WEEK=$WEEK+1
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Post by: Pingu on 16 March, 2014, 10:34:21 pm
Remains of a Gigondas:

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/13203814184_4ccc739b3c_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/13203814184/)
IMG_2937 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/13203814184/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr

Followed by a Cairanne:

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/13203624543_d266ab6a38_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/13203624543/)
IMG_2939 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/13203624543/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Post by: IanDG on 21 March, 2014, 10:36:21 pm
Alco-coffee

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/13317078753_672c998116.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/13317078753/)
IMG_1312a (https://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/13317078753/) by windy_ (https://www.flickr.com/people/acf_windy/), on Flickr
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Post by: pcolbeck on 22 March, 2014, 05:18:08 pm
Yorkshire tea.
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Post by: tiermat on 22 March, 2014, 05:20:20 pm
About to have a beer, it's been one of THOSE days :(
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Post by: JenM on 22 March, 2014, 06:44:21 pm
Adnams French Red out of a plastic glass..........well I am camping.
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Post by: nightrider on 27 March, 2014, 07:38:11 pm
A bottle of Asda extra special vintage cider 7.3%.Not bad either!
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Post by: jogler on 27 March, 2014, 07:48:46 pm
Peroni
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Post by: fuzzy on 28 March, 2014, 02:53:39 pm
Cornish Cyder Farm medium dry scrumpy (http://thecornishcyderfarm.co.uk/shop/cornish-scrumpy-medium-dry/)

or

Cornish Cyder Farm Rattler (http://thecornishcyderfarm.co.uk/shop/rattler-original/)

all washed down with a Crantocks Bakery traditional pastie (http://www.crantocks.com/we-make/) followed by one of their scones topped with Cyder farm raspberry jam and Rodda's Cornish clotted cream (http://www.roddas.co.uk/clotted-cream).

Diet? What diet?
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Post by: nicknack on 28 March, 2014, 06:26:47 pm
St Feuillien blonde again.

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Post by: Basil on 28 March, 2014, 06:36:35 pm
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10706.msg1647252#msg1647252
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Post by: ian on 28 March, 2014, 09:04:56 pm
Blanche de Namur that I found at the back of the fridge. Have several bottles Beavertown stuff next that I acquired on my day off and has been vigorously shaken by the many potholes of Walworth Road (there's fewer potholes on the far side of the Moon). If my wife doesn't hurry back from Gatwick soon...

Ha ha, Bloody 'Ell, a blood orange IPA they say. Intrigued, it'll either be gimmicky or good. She'll kill me if I drink both bottles.
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Post by: Ruth on 28 March, 2014, 09:37:08 pm
Last night I was drinking something by Theakstons that was utterly bloody lovely.  I think between the 30 of us we must've exhausted the bar's supply.  Good night that.

Cresset's Ale, I think it was.  Mmmm.

Tonight I'm just drinking too much because I feel sorry for myself.
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Post by: mcshroom on 30 March, 2014, 08:59:01 pm
Thwaites Wainwright. Probably going to follow it up with a Jennings Cock-a-hoop :)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 07 April, 2014, 08:09:17 pm
This http://www.beernorway.com/2012/03/12/beer-review-lervig-brewers-reserve-rye-ipa/
I didn't realise it was 8.5% when I ordered, but it's only a wee bottle...
It is quite hoppy, though I've had hoppier <thus speaks the self-styled queen of the hops>
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Post by: fuzzy on 08 April, 2014, 08:37:01 am
PG Tips :thumbsup:
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Post by: Ruth on 08 April, 2014, 12:00:54 pm
My first cup of Instant coffee since before Italy  :sick:
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Post by: Torslanda on 25 April, 2014, 08:24:56 pm
Leffe Nectar. Bloody fantastic! Shame there's only a six-pack . . .
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Post by: Andrew Br on 26 April, 2014, 05:33:53 pm
.... there's only a six-pack . . .

You've got a six-pack Tor ?
You've been working out since I last saw you  ;)

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Post by: Dibdib on 26 April, 2014, 06:28:02 pm
Last cup of coffee of the day. I wouldn't usually have it after 5pm ish but I ground it earlier and didn't want to leave it until tomorrow.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 26 April, 2014, 07:05:20 pm
Monsoon Malabar from my Bialetti. It's not as nice as through the Gaggia though. :(
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Post by: falcon on 29 April, 2014, 08:57:42 pm
A cheap bottle of isla negra red, does the job! !
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Post by: fuzzy on 29 April, 2014, 10:49:30 pm
Nescafe decaff.

Needs must :-\
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Post by: Andrew Br on 29 April, 2014, 10:55:26 pm
Luksusowa direct from the freezer.
Since I'm planning to audax tomorrow, this probably isn't the wisest thing to be doing.

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Post by: tiermat on 30 April, 2014, 02:20:41 pm
Coffee, Nescafe Azera, to be precise.

Need to wake up at some point today, preferably before I head home....
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Post by: woollypigs on 30 April, 2014, 10:55:30 pm
King of the Dales  - Hetton Pale Ale - Dark Horse Brewery. Special Tour de France brew, with chain ring and king of the mountain flat cap on the label.

Enjoyed this hoppy and fryity drink. Need to hunt out more samples of this local brewery.
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Post by: phantasmagoriana on 08 May, 2014, 06:24:54 pm
A cardamom chai teabag infused in chocolate almond milk. Wasn't sure it would work, but it does!
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Post by: nicknack on 08 May, 2014, 06:51:02 pm
A good slug of Aldi's dark rum with Morrison's fresh pineapple juice (with a hint of lime) and topped up with Aldi's diet tonic. Refreshing.
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Post by: Basil on 08 May, 2014, 06:59:58 pm
Oh dear.  The Country Girl are doing two ales for a fiver. (Instead of £6.30 or whatever)
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Post by: spesh on 09 May, 2014, 12:42:35 am
The last of my Highland Park. Damn, that stuff is just a little bit too drinkable...
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Post by: fuzzy on 09 May, 2014, 07:32:32 pm
Last night I supped a pint of a Kona Brewery golden ale infused with pineapple. It sounds soooooo wrong but, after a day walking around in humid heat, it really hit the spot. Lovely stuff!
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Post by: Basil on 09 May, 2014, 07:42:25 pm
Last night I supped a pint of a Kona Brewery golden ale infused with pineapple. It sounds soooooo wrong but, after a day walking around in humid heat, it really hit the spot. Lovely stuff!

Oi, what are you doing here?  Get back and tend to Mrs. Fuzzy.
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Post by: Ruth on 09 May, 2014, 10:49:00 pm
A good slug of Aldi's dark rum with Morrison's fresh pineapple juice (with a hint of lime) and topped up with Aldi's diet tonic. Refreshing.

Ooh, that sounds really lovely.

I'm drinking Hooper's Raspberry and Elderflower.  I bought it because I thought it was some kind of craft fruit beer, it looks like a beer bottle, but it's not beer.  It's really delicious though.  I can imagine drinking it outside the Blue Bell in Kettlewell after a day's sweaty summer cycling, lightly flavoured, refreshing, cool.

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Post by: Dibdib on 09 May, 2014, 10:52:18 pm
Tonight has been:

Badger Blandford Flyer
Greene King IPA Gold
Fuller's Honey Dew

*hic*
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Post by: Ham on 11 May, 2014, 06:30:50 pm
Airport poured hoegaarden. At nearly £7 a pint. Strangely there is no perceptible improvement to the flavour. Maybe it is just me.
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Post by: spesh on 12 May, 2014, 11:52:45 pm
Airport poured hoegaarden. At nearly £7 a pint. Strangely there is no perceptible improvement to the flavour. Maybe it is just me.

At £7 a pint, I'd want a neck'n'shoulder rub by a dusky maiden thrown in as well.  :demon: ;D :demon:
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Post by: Ruth on 16 May, 2014, 09:44:42 pm
Black Sheep.

Mmmm.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 16 May, 2014, 09:55:08 pm
gin!
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Post by: Ham on 19 May, 2014, 06:16:02 pm
That there £7 a pint aeroplane fuel. You might have thought I had learnt my lesson, you would have been wrong.
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Post by: billplumtree on 22 May, 2014, 09:05:31 pm
The Botanist, Islay gin from Bruichladdich.  Well, if Mohammed can't go to the mountain, the mountain will have to come to Mohammed;  if it has to be distilled to 46% proof and put in a rather pretty bottle to facilitate its travel, so be it.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 23 May, 2014, 12:26:54 am
McGuigan Classic Merlot while I'm listening to the election stuff on 5 Live (and posting on here obv.).
It's not great (the wine); their Cab. Sav. is much better.

I bought it at a discount on Morrisons.
The discount wasn't enough ............

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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 23 May, 2014, 10:21:34 pm
I don't think Merlot on it's own is v good.

I'm at the parental unit and big brother has on offer Gordon's with a spot of Elderflower.  I'd like a taste but i'd like a taste of someone else's before I commit....
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Post by: Andrew Br on 24 May, 2014, 12:26:09 am
I don't think Merlot on it's own is v good.


It can be but don't ask me to give a recommendation because I can't remember.

Earlier I was drinking Tesco's Finest Garnacha; it's currently on sale and it would be (IMO) worthy of inclusion on Bazil's "Cheap but not horrible ...." thread.

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Post by: tiermat on 24 May, 2014, 09:08:29 am
Last night was a bottle of Lidl's Batturrica Gran Reserva 2007. Very good for (IIRC) £5/bottle.

It went superbly well with the tapas.
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Post by: Snakehips on 24 May, 2014, 09:31:53 am
Still feeling a trifle languid after last night's bottle of Kanonkop Kadette , normal price £10 a time , but with Sainsbury's current 25% off 6 bottles or more it's a gift at £7.50
Great for a discount hound like me. I think I'll nip round for some more if/when the rain stops.
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Post by: DrMekon on 24 May, 2014, 09:38:27 am
Got a couple of bottles of Mikkeller beer geek breakfast
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Post by: pcolbeck on 25 May, 2014, 12:45:52 pm
Black Yunnan with a little drop of milk.
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Post by: spesh on 25 May, 2014, 09:11:33 pm
A dangerously drinkable 2006-vintage Carta Roja Monastrell Gran Reserva, which was just the thing for washing down tonight's medium-rare lump of ribeye steak.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 25 May, 2014, 09:20:16 pm
Vinsobres
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Post by: Jaded on 25 May, 2014, 10:04:23 pm
Sloe Vodka
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Post by: mcshroom on 25 May, 2014, 10:23:35 pm
Black Sheep Riggwelter :)
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Post by: spesh on 25 May, 2014, 10:31:47 pm
Black Sheep Riggwelter :)

Riggwelted yet?  ;D
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Post by: mcshroom on 25 May, 2014, 10:32:30 pm
Not yet :)
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Post by: perpetual dan on 26 May, 2014, 09:15:30 am
Coffee, for the first time in a fortnight I've actually felt like a coffee in the morning.
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Post by: T42 on 26 May, 2014, 10:09:10 am
Pint of instant decaff.  Sure it's crap but a pint of espresso would be a little too much.
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Post by: fuzzy on 27 May, 2014, 09:30:52 am
Kona macadamia and vanilla coffee.

Scrummy :thumbsup:
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Post by: David Martin on 28 May, 2014, 11:50:30 pm
Greene King IPA. Bit watery isn't it?
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Post by: ian on 29 May, 2014, 12:15:47 am
Greene King IPA. Bit watery isn't it?

It's homeopathic IPA.
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Post by: David Martin on 06 June, 2014, 11:09:58 pm
Black Wolf Big Red. I was bought a variety four pack as a thank you present. It is all right but a bit artificially gassy (rather than live yeast gassy). Still think my first IPA home brew was pretty dammed good compared to filtered sterile craft beer.
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Post by: itsbruce on 06 June, 2014, 11:20:10 pm
Made myself a Negroni.  Mmmm.
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Post by: nicknack on 07 June, 2014, 12:10:44 am
Old Engine Oil
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Post by: Pingu on 07 June, 2014, 10:43:17 pm
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5038/14344219146_70ea473b77_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nRxSBd)
IMG_3274 (https://flic.kr/p/nRxSBd) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
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Post by: David Martin on 07 June, 2014, 10:58:57 pm
Testing the home brew. Quite bitter and citrus, absolutely perfect for a hot summer evening after a good ride. It's tipping it down and I've not been out on the bike.
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Post by: itsbruce on 07 June, 2014, 11:41:18 pm
Old Engine Oil

A lovely drink but a bit hard to find.
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Post by: fields5069 on 11 June, 2014, 12:00:59 pm
I really like spritz at the moment - 1/3 Aperol (11% alcohol campari-type stuff), 1/3 Proseco, 1/3 soda, with a slice of orange.

Other than that, anything hoppy for beer - Hopping Hare etc.

FUBAR from Tiny Rebel in Newport is lovely stuff with rose-flavoured hops and has just won Welsh beer of the year 2014.
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Post by: madcow on 17 June, 2014, 01:01:58 pm
Saligo ale(4.4%) , a lager type beer from Islay Ales. Sitting on the seafront on Gigha, sun shining ,food on the way. Nice.
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Post by: Pingu on 26 July, 2014, 10:51:25 pm
Rodenbach Grand Cru - nom  :P :thumbsup:
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Post by: mcshroom on 30 July, 2014, 09:02:51 pm
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FTRnZnQPPJo/U9lOxt6-QPI/AAAAAAAAGh8/nRW_ZiGaX5k/w415-h553-no/IMG_20140730_205905)
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Post by: Oaky on 05 August, 2014, 02:56:38 am
Monkey Girl: a rather authentic tasting dunkelweizen brewed locally here in pittsburgh by the East End Brewing Company

Yum.   I had to order a second!
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Post by: Ruth on 07 August, 2014, 07:25:54 pm
EchoFalls Soft Red Berries and Plums wine.

To go with my lamb chops and veg.

It's nice.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 07 August, 2014, 09:16:51 pm
Cairanne nomnomnom
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Post by: tiermat on 07 August, 2014, 09:27:15 pm
Estrella (Damm, not piss Galicia). Leftovers from the weekend.
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Post by: fuzzy on 09 August, 2014, 10:55:03 pm
I have been given a bottle of Captain Morgan (Yarrrrrr!) spiced rum as a belated birthday present.

I don't do spirits. I can't even eat rum and raisin chocolate or ice cream ::-)
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Post by: Juan Martín on 10 August, 2014, 06:07:43 pm
Aurelio from the Two Fingers Brewing Co. A beer for mankind; all profits to Prostate Cancer UK. How could I not!

Rather nice actually although the bottle could be bigger...but it was ever thus.
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Post by: Basil on 10 August, 2014, 08:46:30 pm
I've just been to the bar.
Me:  "Half a dozen eggs please"
New Bar Kid:   ???
Me:  "Six eggs please"
NBK:   ???  :(
Me:  "A pint of Wadsworth's 6X please"
NBK:   :facepalm:  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 10 August, 2014, 10:17:16 pm
Red wine.
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Post by: Ruth on 10 August, 2014, 10:28:48 pm
Lemon, ginger and manuka tea from a bag  ;)
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Post by: Juan Martín on 17 August, 2014, 05:33:25 pm
Yardbird; American style IPA, and very nice too. From Greene King I think.
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Post by: Basil on 22 August, 2014, 01:37:05 pm
Right now, I are currently drinking; a larger shandy.
*waits patiently for pointing, laughing and other general derision to die down*

Actually, it's rather refreshing after a bike ride.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 September, 2014, 09:33:38 pm
White Chateauneuf de Pape. Along with the red I had earlier in the week, IMO over rated.
Still, I didn't pay for it - well, not directly....
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Post by: lisat on 05 September, 2014, 09:45:00 pm
Decaf tea, accompanied by a cheeky chocolate muffin
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Post by: Dibdib on 06 September, 2014, 11:08:12 pm
Erdinger weißbier.   Sehr gut.
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Post by: fuzzy on 18 September, 2014, 10:50:01 pm
Just popped a substantial bottle of Hoegarden in the fridge ready for tomorrow evening :thumbsup:
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Post by: madcow on 04 October, 2014, 09:38:01 pm
Otter Bitter , deep in the wilds of Devon.
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Post by: woollypigs on 04 October, 2014, 09:45:40 pm
A home brew that I truly am surprised that I brewed up, 6.2% Authentic IPA.
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Post by: Dibdib on 04 October, 2014, 10:07:54 pm
Badger's Fursty Ferret. Quite nice.
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Post by: Tinez on 04 October, 2014, 10:11:21 pm
Beavertown Black Betty
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Post by: madcow on 05 October, 2014, 09:55:33 pm
Tribute Pale ale , St Austell Brewery. 4.2%.
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Post by: fuzzy on 05 October, 2014, 11:20:17 pm
Nothing at the moment but I have just read an Esquire article about a long weekend Belgian beer exploration in Brussels.

I am now egging Mrs F on to do bad things like book trips to that there furrin.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 11 October, 2014, 10:20:39 pm
Goan!
You need to go to Moeder Lambic Fonteinas and Restobieres :P
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Post by: Pingu on 11 October, 2014, 10:48:15 pm
Chez Moeder Lambic, Nuetnigenough, Poechenellekelder.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 12 October, 2014, 10:01:59 pm
^ ooh yes, that one there in the the middle (it's phlegm for Never enough). That was a very nice bar with very nice beer.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 13 October, 2014, 04:38:01 pm
I have convinced friends that a trip to Bamberg next summer is in order. Rauchbier hier komme ich!
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Post by: Pingu on 14 October, 2014, 10:32:47 pm
I have convinced friends that a trip to Bamberg next summer is in order. Rauchbier hier komme ich!

Hell yeah  :thumbsup: And 'U' at Mahrs Brau  :P
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Post by: Pingu on 14 October, 2014, 11:47:48 pm
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IMG_4151 (https://flic.kr/p/oJfTiD) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/people/36539950@N00/), on Flickr
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Post by: Paul on 29 October, 2014, 09:58:07 pm
The Kraken rum. It's pretty good, but I wonder if it's a bit overpriced at £32 per litre.

That's a fair bit less than some of the fancy whiskies, though, and it tastes lovely.
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Post by: andrew_s on 31 October, 2014, 08:37:27 pm
pendle witches' brew (seemed appropriate to the season)
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Post by: Basil on 31 October, 2014, 08:45:35 pm
Back from the man creche, dinner appears to need to stay in the oven a bit longer, so a bottle of co-op Argentinian fair trade Malbec has been deployed.
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Post by: rafletcher on 31 October, 2014, 09:02:32 pm
A Bandol
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Post by: Oaky on 01 November, 2014, 12:50:41 am
Night of the living stout, by Full Pint.

A local brewery.  For values of local close to Pittsburgh, that is.
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Post by: Oaky on 01 November, 2014, 01:47:41 am
And now, another relatively local brew.  Great Lakes Nosferatu. Very interesting.
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Post by: Dibdib on 01 November, 2014, 08:15:10 pm
Tesco's own-brand "Revisionist Wheat Beer", brewed for them by Marston's.

It's pretty nice, and an acceptable substitute as neither Erdinger nor Franzikaner was included in the "4 for £6" offer.

(edit: on a slightly related note, noticing that it's brewed by Marston's is making me really hanker after a pink of Banks's Mild.)
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Post by: interzen on 02 November, 2014, 11:53:48 am
(edit: on a slightly related note, noticing that it's brewed by Marston's is making me really hanker after a pink of Banks's Mild.)
After spending 8 years in Wales when I was at university, if I never see Banks' beer again it'll be too soon - practically every bloody pub in Aberystwyth had Banks' Mild (or bitter, or both if you were really lucky) and Worthingtons. And in a lot of cases very little else.

*shudder*

Anyhow ...

On Wednesday night I had possibly the best beer I have ever tasted - "Great Yorkshire Brewery Blackout" which, as it turns out, is brewed by the Cropton brewery so is fairly local. It's a chocolate stout which manages to smell and taste like ... chocolate. Really.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 02 November, 2014, 07:58:33 pm
I am drinking a pint of St. Austell Tribute. I am thinking how thin and insipid it is. This could be becaue recently I have been spoiling myself on ESB and Golden Pride, both from Fullers, which are much stronger, fuller-flavoured beers.

I have a number of bottles of a naturally-conditioned ale from St. Austell, called "Proper Job". It really is, compared to this, and I might follow up with one later.
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Post by: Ham on 02 November, 2014, 10:18:20 pm
I am drinking a pint of St. Austell Tribute. I am thinking how thin and insipid it is. This could be becaue recently I have been spoiling myself on ESB and Golden Pride, both from Fullers, which are much stronger, fuller-flavoured beers.

I have a number of bottles of a naturally-conditioned ale from St. Austell, called "Proper Job". It really is, compared to this, and I might follow up with one later.

I followed up with Proper Job to start with ( ??? ) and I can confirm it is rather good. And at £1.50 (4 for £6  @ Waitrose ) somewhat sweeter than the hoppy flavour would suggest
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Post by: Pingu on 02 November, 2014, 11:33:01 pm
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Post by: interzen on 07 November, 2014, 08:22:28 pm
Kasteel Rouge - 8% ABV and inhabits the intersection of fruit beer and unleaded petrol.

Actually, it's not that bad. In fact, it's really rather good - if, like me, you go for anything that's vaguely cherry flavoured then this is dangerously drinkable. Even worse, at least for my remaining synapses, I found another bottle of it in the 'collection' on top of my bookcase  ;D
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Post by: woollypigs on 07 November, 2014, 08:53:18 pm
One of my own IPAs, I must say it is a very good drink. Though next time less sugar for the carbonation.
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Post by: Paul on 08 November, 2014, 01:16:17 am
(edit: on a slightly related note, noticing that it's brewed by Marston's is making me really hanker after a pink of Banks's Mild.)

I think that Banks's mild might have been the first beer I bought for myself. And I think it might have been about 60p a pint in the Brown Derby in Brum.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 15 November, 2014, 10:32:56 pm
Broadside.

The first beer I bought was 1/2 - as in 1s 2d -  a pint.
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Post by: Dibdib on 16 November, 2014, 03:31:25 pm
(edit: on a slightly related note, noticing that it's brewed by Marston's is making me really hanker after a pink of Banks's Mild.)

I think that Banks's mild might have been the first beer I bought for myself. And I think it might have been about 60p a pint in the Brown Derby in Brum.

I was born in the Black Country, but I almost never see it down here in Wiltshire. Not that I can remember spotting, anyway.

Not right now, but last night and I might have another tonight - Fursty Ferret and Old Golden Hen. Cheap in Tesco, innit.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 16 November, 2014, 05:34:27 pm
Sherry. I might graduate onto red wine and/or ale later.
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Post by: a lower gear on 06 December, 2014, 06:37:54 pm
Bateman's Hazlenut Brownie beer. The most chocolately beer I've ever tasted. I look at the rear label revealed why: its 1% Belgian chocolate. Nummy but definately not a session beer.
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Post by: DrMekon on 12 December, 2014, 11:08:01 am
Went to first "beer club" night at my local beer shop, then on for some more. Feeling it today.

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio by Brasserie Cantillon
Rodenbach Grand Cru by Brouwerij Rodenbach
Faro Lambic by Brewery John Martin & Brewery Timmermans
Kriek by Brouwerij Boon
Tuverbol by Brouwerij Loterbol
Sequoia by Thornbridge Brewery
Peanut Butter Brown Ale (Charlie Brown) by Thornbridge Brewery
India Pale Weizen (w/ Weihenstephan) by BrewDog
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 December, 2014, 09:02:15 pm
Please tell me you didn't drink them in that order?
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Post by: giropaul on 14 December, 2014, 09:30:38 pm
Went to first "beer club" night at my local beer shop, then on for some more. Feeling it today.

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio by Brasserie Cantillon
Rodenbach Grand Cru by Brouwerij Rodenbach
Faro Lambic by Brewery John Martin & Brewery Timmermans
Kriek by Brouwerij Boon
Tuverbol by Brouwerij Loterbol
Sequoia by Thornbridge Brewery
Peanut Butter Brown Ale (Charlie Brown) by Thornbridge Brewery
India Pale Weizen (w/ Weihenstephan) by BrewDog

Where do you live? I need to find such a shop!
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Post by: DrMekon on 16 December, 2014, 09:02:53 am
Where do you live? I need to find such a shop!

Otley - The Curious Hop (http://leeds-list.com/food-and-drink/independent-leeds-the-curious-hop/)

Last night was a work do with pre-dinner drinks in North Bar.

Yellow Monster by Birra Toccalmatto
Clown Juice by Magic Rock Brewing
Monumental by Alechemy Brewing Ltd
Human Cannonball by Magic Rock Brewing
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Post by: ian on 16 December, 2014, 09:13:33 pm
I forgot to mention, but I have a Ginvent calendar. Behind every door is a 30 ml measure of junipery goodness.
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Post by: Ruthie on 16 December, 2014, 11:34:13 pm
Tea.  Lovely.
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Post by: T42 on 17 December, 2014, 07:19:20 am
An excellent inch of Yrgacheffe.  Except that it's gone now.
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Post by: tiermat on 17 December, 2014, 09:46:37 am
Lots of coffee, in an attempt to feel human.

This is due to, last night, having drunk;
2 pints Celtic Pride (very very nice)
4 glasses Vina Sol.
2 glasses Rioja.
1 very large rum (Mathusalem 7 year old*)

I refused the Sambuca and Tequila shots.

*I ordered it in English to make sure I asked for 7yr old, not 7 arseholes.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 17 December, 2014, 07:53:21 pm
I forgot to mention, but I have a Ginvent calendar. Behind every door is a 30 ml measure of junipery goodness.

You sir, are a lucky bastard. Humph.
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Post by: ian on 18 December, 2014, 09:49:01 am
I forgot to mention, but I have a Ginvent calendar. Behind every door is a 30 ml measure of junipery goodness.

You sir, are a lucky bastard. Humph.

Blame my wife, she bought it for me. I got her a bottle of Ungava gin (http://www.ungava-gin.com/en/) because it looks a bit like reindeer pee, and so I feel is justly festive.
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Post by: Pingu on 19 December, 2014, 11:31:11 pm
I forgot to mention, but I have a Ginvent calendar. Behind every door is a 30 ml measure of junipery goodness.

You sir, are a lucky bastard. Humph.

Blame my wife, she bought it for me. I got her a bottle of Ungava gin (http://www.ungava-gin.com/en/) because it looks a bit like reindeer pee, and so I feel is justly festive.

That's Xmas 2015 sorted  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Juan Martín on 21 December, 2014, 05:41:02 pm
A bottle of Wychwood Black Wych. I enjoy drinking porter in the winter and this one isn't bad at all, a lovely warming smoky flavour. Recommended.



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Post by: Ruthie on 21 December, 2014, 06:43:20 pm
Pomegranate juice and tonic water.  Tart with a bit of a fruity something on the back of the tongue. 
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Post by: Pingu on 25 December, 2014, 05:39:17 pm
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Post by: Wowbagger on 25 December, 2014, 05:50:30 pm
Adnams Broadside
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Post by: tiermat on 25 December, 2014, 08:16:19 pm
Last year's blckberry vodka. Very nice it is, too. The yearnof maturing has made it lose its woody edge.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 25 December, 2014, 08:26:33 pm
ANCOT.
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Post by: woollypigs on 25 December, 2014, 08:39:32 pm
Had one of my crimbo beer, pretty good, not one I would drink often or a lot off. Let's say if I got it served in a pub I would drink it, but not order it again. Though that said others have said they really enjoyed it.
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Post by: TimC on 25 December, 2014, 08:45:10 pm
Instant coffee.
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Post by: tiermat on 25 December, 2014, 08:50:03 pm
Earlier I really enjoyed a couple (or so) bottles of Frredom lager. A very nice Pilsner style beer, brewed in Staffs.

As an Xmas pressie my FiL bought me 2 large bottles of Estrella Damm, a bottle each of Moretti, Erdinger, Franziskaner and Amigos (  :sick: )

Apart from the last one I look forward to testing all of them (though the Estrella is the export version, at 4.6%, not the domestic version at 5+%)
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Post by: cycleman on 25 December, 2014, 09:20:07 pm
A nice original Bailey's  :)
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Post by: Wowbagger on 25 December, 2014, 09:25:31 pm
Fuller's ESB. ESB used to be one of my favourites. I'm sure it used to be bottle conditioned, which now it isn't, and I think the draught version is considerably better than the bottled. I definitely prefer Broadside now.
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Post by: DrMekon on 25 December, 2014, 11:48:13 pm
Today went...

Brass Castle Christmas Kitty
Mikkeller Red/White
Deus
Delirium Noel
Rodenbach Grand Cru
Brewdog Paradox Heaven Hill

I did the dinner and the dishes, so felt like if earned it. Highlight was the paradox, which was luscious, but Deus is a treat.


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Post by: barakta on 25 December, 2014, 11:59:00 pm
Glass of southern comfort - without ice as the ice shelf in freezer is full of smoked salmons :)
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Post by: TimC on 26 December, 2014, 11:38:29 am
Fuller's ESB. ESB used to be one of my favourites. I'm sure it used to be bottle conditioned, which now it isn't, and I think the draught version is considerably better than the bottled. I definitely prefer Broadside now.

Broadside is a damn fine pint. Unfortunately, the Henny Swan is out of it (and practically closed pending ownership change), so I have to go elsewhere for it. It's 6 miles to the nearest pint!
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Post by: DrMekon on 26 December, 2014, 05:49:58 pm
Brewdog/ Tool Hardcore Maelk
Leffe Blonde

Next is a choice between Siren limoncello IPA, weird beard sorachi face plant, de molen spanning & sensatie and a brewdog dead pony club. The de molten is looking good.
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Post by: Marco Stefano on 26 December, 2014, 08:42:13 pm
Several glasses of Pigassou, a lovely French red.
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Post by: rafletcher on 26 December, 2014, 09:36:27 pm
A large Glenfuddich 12yr old. Ok, not the king of malts, but a thoughtful present from my wife nonetheless.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 December, 2014, 09:47:38 pm
I'm doing a taste test between Scottish gins. Eden and Pickerings.
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Post by: lou boutin on 27 December, 2014, 05:13:28 pm
Tea. A accompanied by gorgeous polish gingerbread.
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Post by: ian on 28 December, 2014, 05:17:34 pm
Christmas pudding gin martinis. I wasn't convinced much of the pud would make it over to the final distilled gin, but it actually is quite christmas pudding-y.

Since we started collecting gins it makes for easy present giving, people keep n+1ing our gin collection. (Though they can stop buying us Bombay Sapphire, because it's not that great, I'd rather have Beefeater which at least makes an better G&T.)

Finished the case of Stone Brewing odds and ends we liberated from them a while back. And the last bottles of Great Divide Saison. The fridge looks like a beer shop (partly a symptom of my wife working opposite Bottledog).

I got a homebrew kit for Christmas which might be dangerous. I can't have an alembic still until I master beer. Apparently.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 28 December, 2014, 08:01:35 pm
What is a Christmas pudding gin martini?

We are having Chambord & G&T.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 28 December, 2014, 08:03:17 pm
I'm doing a taste test between Scottish gins. Eden and Pickerings.

To conclude Eden (standard, sea buckthorn) is not very ginny, while Pickerings is really quite ginny.
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Post by: fuzzy on 29 December, 2014, 10:33:26 am
Tea- Tesco original, medium strength- bag in a mug stylee. Basic but very nice (and warms the hands up).
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Post by: ian on 31 December, 2014, 06:04:59 pm
What is a Christmas pudding gin martini?

We are having Chambord & G&T.

This stuff. (http://sacredspiritscompany.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=75). Shaken with ice and a splash of dry vermouth. Quite nice, though I suspect the bottle will now remain in the cupboard till next Christmas.

I've not tried Eden, but I believe we have a bottle of Pickerings somewhere. G'Vine Nouaison tonight.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 January, 2015, 07:09:58 pm
I got a belated xmas present of 10 gin tasters  :thumbsup:
Last night was Darnell's Spiced. Couldn't say I tasted much after the tonic was added, but the spice was apparent when I tried it neat. Tonight is Spirit of Hven organic. Very nice! Very smooth gin neat and nice and citrussy smell and flavour. Still quite tasty when diluted with tonic. Would have this one again.  :P
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Post by: Basil on 08 February, 2015, 07:29:02 pm
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Bloke_on_a_bike/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150208_191125_zps1699af19.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Bloke_on_a_bike/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150208_191125_zps1699af19.jpg.html)

"I live on the Teifi...".  </The Clash>
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Post by: Ham on 08 February, 2015, 07:47:00 pm
Sitting waiting for Martin Simpson in walthamstow folk club. Someone please reassure me - what decade is it now? 70s?
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 08 February, 2015, 07:54:23 pm
I have convinced friends that a trip to Bamberg next summer is in order. Rauchbier hier komme ich!

Hell yeah  :thumbsup: And 'U' at Mahrs Brau  :P
Spezial also do an Ungespundet beer. I really liked that one, so I shall endeavour to try the Mahrs' one too. The week after Bamberg some other friends and I are off to Wainfleet, Lincs, to camp in Bateman's back garden. Salem Porter is one of my all time favourites, so I'm looking forward to August.

On a more recent note, whilst in Budapest, I went to one of the surrounding villages, Pilisvörösvar, and went to the Rotburger micro-brewery. All I can say is that is served me one of the best beers I have ever tasted: a full-bodied, malty lager, proper lager mind, that was really liquid gold. Must go back for more than one!
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Post by: Ham on 08 February, 2015, 11:44:24 pm
Sitting waiting for Martin Simpson in walthamstow folk club. Someone please reassure me - what decade is it now? 70s?

Ho hum, that should have been in the "doing" rather than "drinking", but they were selling CDs of artists there..... alongside cassettes.
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Post by: menthel on 09 February, 2015, 10:00:45 pm
I had a Surrey Hills Brewery Shere Drop, a decaf coffee and finally some water!
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Post by: Feline on 09 February, 2015, 10:31:15 pm
Lots.
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Post by: andyoxon on 16 February, 2015, 10:06:13 am
Cafedirect Macchu Picchu coffee with some homemade bread toast & strawberry jam - contemplating (a bit) the painting of a bedroom we're about to do.
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Post by: menthel on 20 February, 2015, 08:48:05 am
Had a bottle of Lambeth Walk London Porter from By The Horns last night. Superb beer, as good in the bottle as it is fresh at the brewery tap- if you can get hold of a bottle do ASAP!
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 20 February, 2015, 08:51:22 am
Cafedirect Macchu Picchu coffee with some homemade bread toast & strawberry jam - contemplating (a bit) the painting of a bedroom we're about to do.

I bought some of that there Macchu Picchu stuff back before Christmas and then rather wished I hadn't.
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Post by: andyoxon on 20 February, 2015, 08:59:39 am
Cafedirect Macchu Picchu coffee with some homemade bread toast & strawberry jam - contemplating (a bit) the painting of a bedroom we're about to do.

I bought some of that there Macchu Picchu stuff back before Christmas and then rather wished I hadn't.

I probably don't test out different brands enough - though at work I've got a strength 5 cafedirect which I prefer taste wise.   I guess grinding the beans is always better, but I haven't done that for a while.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 20 February, 2015, 09:55:48 am
Monsoon Estates Monsoon Malabar coffee. Seeing as my Iberital grinder is about as easy to adjust to different beans as Red Robbo was to industrial relations, I tend to stick with this bean.
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Post by: andyoxon on 06 March, 2015, 08:23:52 pm
Well a few minutes ago - pint of Turf, in the Turf Tavern, Oxford.  Very busy, sitting outside.
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Post by: Ruthie on 19 March, 2015, 09:59:45 am
Freshly ground Lazy Sunday.

That'll do nicely, thanks.
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 19 March, 2015, 11:57:43 am
What I'd like is a whole bottle of whisky. I'm not fussy, Grouse will do.
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Post by: Ruthie on 19 March, 2015, 12:03:38 pm
What I'd like is a whole bottle of whisky. I'm not fussy, Grouse will do.

Crikey, things must be pretty bad  :(

Not even a Laphroaig?
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 19 March, 2015, 01:47:55 pm
I'd even settle for a bottle of rum, preferably dark.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 12 April, 2015, 02:51:29 pm
I have discovered Guinness' West Indies Porter. It is really rather good. It is almost as treacly as Foreign Export, but with more volume. 6% ABV, so not a session beer! £1.50 a bottle at Tossco at the moment.
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Post by: Ham on 15 April, 2015, 08:06:57 pm
Jonge Jenever

Extra points and a small slurp if you can pronounce it proper like.
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Post by: Pingu on 15 April, 2015, 09:01:51 pm
When the cat's away...  :P

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7660/16972341530_a98b592d81_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rRMFQ7)
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Post by: interested on 17 April, 2015, 01:03:55 am
A small tipple of Elijah Craig 12 yo. bourbon followed by a very small glass of "Western Gold" bourbon (Lidl re-brand). Wrong order since the "Western Gold" is quite a bit lighter. Still, they both taste really good.

This tiny tasting session ends with a small "Aalborg Taffel Akvavit" 45%. Brilliant stuff with an awesome taste of cumin/caraway.

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Post by: woollypigs on 17 April, 2015, 06:36:05 am
That is a first. Never heard about someone drinking my home town drink without rollmops or karrysild. But good to see that someone like the "water of life" aka the Akvavit. If you can get hold of the Christmas edition or any specials much better.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 17 April, 2015, 02:32:54 pm
Woolly, do they still sell Nordsjøøl or whatever it's called? That really dark, thick drink. Rather nice, I thought.
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Post by: woollypigs on 17 April, 2015, 02:45:11 pm
Do you mean Nordsø Olie? A bitter like Gammel Dansk? I haven't had that horrid stuff for years :)  A quick search it looks like it is no longer in production. An alternative drink is Westerhavs olie, equally horrid.

It was a big thing to drink on a night out when I was young just before Tequila and Sambuco became the thing to drink to get rat arsed.
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Post by: numbnuts on 17 April, 2015, 02:47:55 pm
Tea with a mince pie
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 17 April, 2015, 02:59:58 pm
Woolly, I remember it being sweeter than the awful Gammel Dansk. I say awful, as I had an embarrassing episode on a sleeper to Sweden following excessive intake of GD. Unicum is the Hungarian equivalent.
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Post by: woollypigs on 17 April, 2015, 03:24:30 pm
I don't mind getting drunk and is know to knock a few beer down. But I never got why my friends loved the idea of throwing down a few (read many) shots in a session. It is really the worse it taste the "better", the taste just lingers and ruin the rest of the night. The idea of a Jagerbomb, I would rather go for jab in the eye with a sharp covered in chilli thing, than endure redbull with anything.

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Post by: billplumtree on 17 April, 2015, 04:51:28 pm
Unicum is the Hungarian equivalent.

I've still got a bottle of that, 12 years on.  It's one of those three-quarters full, very dusty bottles at the back of the cupboard...
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 17 April, 2015, 04:59:22 pm
Is it in the anarchist-bomb-style bottle? Don't let the contents near your bike paintwork. Revolting stuff that sort of suits the Magyars very well. Bitter.
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Post by: Jakob W on 17 April, 2015, 10:38:42 pm
Thanks to my dad the vicar going on retreat at the monastery where it is brewed, I have a six-pack of Westvleteren  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: ian on 20 April, 2015, 11:30:24 am
Thanks to my dad the vicar going on retreat at the monastery where it is brewed, I have a six-pack of Westvleteren  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

God indeed works in mysterious ways.

In other news, Unicum, it's an experience. There's a spit-or-swallow joke in there somewhere, but I'm far too couth to make it. Nice bottle.

I'm getting over Portuguese beer. It's not very good.
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Post by: menthel on 20 April, 2015, 09:37:43 pm
Crafty Lager from By The Horns Brewery. Nice!
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Post by: tiermat on 21 April, 2015, 09:23:36 am
I'm getting over Portuguese beer. It's not very good.

The family Tiermat visited a tapas place on Saturday.  The food was very very good, and loads of it.  The beer choice, however consisted of relabelled Heineken in all it's forms available on the Iberian peninsular (Estrella Galicia, Cruz Campo and St Michael*). No Estrella Damm! I had to settle for Mahou as the others are just too horrible to contemplate.

*No, not M&S
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 24 April, 2015, 08:55:39 pm
White Rjoja. It's weird!
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Post by: pcolbeck on 25 April, 2015, 12:51:03 pm
Just finished a whole jug of filter coffee made from Illy beans. Had a T-Bone and far too much Amstell in the pub last night and the coffee has made me feel just about human again. Now to sort out the mess that is my garage.
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Post by: woollypigs on 25 April, 2015, 01:00:35 pm
Yorkshire finest tea, fourth or the fifth this morning ... erm still morning I have been up since 6.30am, ok I'm on go slow.
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Post by: andrewc on 30 April, 2015, 07:00:13 pm
One for the tandemists.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8867/17321931122_56e756d361_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/soFqCS)
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Post by: fuzzy on 30 April, 2015, 11:02:38 pm
SWMBO and I have just polished off a bottle of Leffe Nectar.

I'm really developing a taste for this beer :thumbsup:
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Post by: andrew_s on 02 May, 2015, 09:54:22 pm
some sipping ale, courtesy of Mark for the samples.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/n0qmspewhfng6g1/bismark_zpsdct7h7xz.jpg?raw=1)
41% abv, freeze distilled
smells like an IPA, tastes nothing like, but quite good so long as you approach from the direction of an unusual whisky rather than a beer (not that it's really like a whisky either).
Wickwar Station Porter to wash it down with.
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Post by: Ruthie on 13 May, 2015, 10:59:44 pm
Clipper instant hot chocolate. It's lovely.
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Post by: menthel on 18 May, 2015, 09:09:37 pm
Second can of Brewdog Punk IPA. Popped in to Majestic yesterday to refill the wine stocks and it was £3.20 for 6 cans with a short date. There are only 3 left!
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Post by: Ruthie on 03 July, 2015, 09:03:07 pm
That San Pellegrino  lemonade with mint infusion.  It's delicious.
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Post by: Pedal Castro on 03 July, 2015, 09:08:01 pm
Too much, opened a thrid bottle of bubbles and a 200 to ride tomorrow...still it almost the end of term :-)
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Post by: spesh on 05 July, 2015, 11:05:22 pm
Red Hunter - a rather nice beer from across the county line, brewed to commemorate one of the many times a BRITON broke the world airspeed record.

http://www.hammerpot-brewery.co.uk/red-hunter/
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Post by: menthel on 16 July, 2015, 08:35:52 pm
A bottle of Black Sheep Brewery All Creatures. It's very nice and even tastier given it is only my 3rd beer since the van headbutt incident at the end of May!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 16 July, 2015, 10:21:46 pm
Crossbill gin & tonic. Made in Scotland from girders.
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Post by: Efrogwr on 16 July, 2015, 10:24:10 pm
Lidl currently has Herold Bohemian Black Lager. I'll get some more tomorrow, before they run out and don't restock.
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Post by: fuzzy on 17 July, 2015, 11:11:06 am
SWMBO had a colleague go to Italy last week. Colleague got issued with a €50 note and instructions to return with Limoncello. Colleague did as required. Chilld limoncello. Yum :thumbsup:
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Post by: tiermat on 17 July, 2015, 01:22:16 pm
SWMBO had a colleague go to Italy last week. Colleague got issued with a €50 note and instructions to return with Limoncello. Colleague did as required. Chilld limoncello. Yum :thumbsup:

YUM! There is a cafe, in Spain, where they make their own.  I knows where it is and I am not telling ANYONE :)
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Post by: ian on 30 July, 2015, 10:09:28 pm
Not drinking, but I just opened a box and found within a bottle of Citadelle Reserve Gin.

Must. Resist. Temptation.

At least until my wife gets home.

The French do do some very good gins. G'Vine is splendid (I prefer Floraison, but Nouaison is worth a punt).
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Post by: SteveC on 31 July, 2015, 07:27:45 pm
SWMBO had a colleague go to Italy last week. Colleague got issued with a €50 note and instructions to return with Limoncello. Colleague did as required. Chilld limoncello. Yum :thumbsup:

YUM! There is a cafe, in Spain, where they make their own.  I knows where it is and I am not telling ANYONE :)
It is possible to make limoncello at home. MrsC has done it once. It's not as good as her cassis though.
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Post by: woollypigs on 31 July, 2015, 07:35:41 pm
My home brew IPA, I'm very happy how it turned out :)
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Post by: lou boutin on 31 July, 2015, 07:39:59 pm
Home made Limoncé Limon Blush. Yummy!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 31 July, 2015, 08:17:18 pm
Not drinking, but I just opened a box and found within a bottle of Citadelle Reserve Gin.

Must. Resist. Temptation.

At least until my wife gets home.

The French do do some very good gins. G'Vine is splendid (I prefer Floraison, but Nouaison is worth a punt).

I didn't really get the G'Vine sample I had for Xmas.
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Post by: mcshroom on 31 July, 2015, 08:23:07 pm
Tea, Earl Grey Yorkshire, Hot! :)
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Post by: madcow on 02 August, 2015, 09:29:20 pm
Petwood Bomber in the Petwood Hotel,Woodhall Spa,  Lincolnshire, which was the officer's mess for 617 Squadron, RAF during WW2.
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Post by: PaulF on 03 August, 2015, 08:40:47 am
Waiting in massive queue for immigration
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Post by: ian on 03 August, 2015, 07:00:43 pm
Not drinking, but I just opened a box and found within a bottle of Citadelle Reserve Gin.

Must. Resist. Temptation.

At least until my wife gets home.

The French do do some very good gins. G'Vine is splendid (I prefer Floraison, but Nouaison is worth a punt).

I didn't really get the G'Vine sample I had for Xmas.

I really like Floraison, Nouaison is less jauntily floral, but I still like.

The Citadelle was lovely. I've not really gone for the aged gins since the idea doesn't seem to work, but it was subtly done and extremely smooth. It didn't really need the tonic, so I made a martini. Then another. This was to dilute my disappointment that on having acquired all the ingredients for a vat of Pimms, I discovered I had no actual Pimms.

Instead I risked my La-Lager homebrew which I didn't have much hope for given my haphazard approach to sterilization (it's named La-La after my cat, aka Bad Cat, who I discovered in the fermentation vat just after I'd sterilized it (she loves chlorine)). As a first attempt, and considering I don't really follow instructions, it's actually surprisingly drinkable, tastes and looks like lager, is perfectly carbonated and I didn't die or go blind. A good job really, as I have another 40 or so bottles in the garage.
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Post by: Basil on 31 August, 2015, 05:39:01 pm
I had just poured Mrs. B and I a rather large Vera Lynn Bionic in advance of the yummy fish pie I've built, when I hear this on R4
Quote
Gin, cursed Fiend, with Fury fraught, Makes human Race a Prey. It enters by a deadly Draught And steals our Life away.
Rev James Townley, 1751

Yeah.  wotevva.  Think we should have another.  :D
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Post by: billplumtree on 31 August, 2015, 05:48:26 pm
Yeah, I heard the 30 seconds-in-advance trailer for that, and quickly went and poured myself one to have while I listened.  Do you think it was secretly sponsored by $GIN_CO?
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Post by: Basil on 31 August, 2015, 05:55:12 pm
Good egg!  You having another?
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Post by: billplumtree on 31 August, 2015, 05:57:11 pm
I should have me tea, really...
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Post by: billplumtree on 31 August, 2015, 06:01:41 pm
*cough*  Are you havin' another, Baz?
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Post by: Basil on 31 August, 2015, 06:06:24 pm
Well... *checks oven*
I'm sure Mrs. B likes the potato top to be browner and crispier than that.

Ahem.  New piece of lime, or can I just refresh your glass as it is?
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Post by: billplumtree on 31 August, 2015, 06:14:59 pm
However it comes, mate.  Alltheverybest.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 31 August, 2015, 06:19:24 pm
Although Pingu went back to work today, I didn't, so should be able to get a 'weekend' G&T today, eh?
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Post by: ian on 31 August, 2015, 07:04:43 pm
The weekend has been officially extended. Which is good because a bottle of rhubarb gin has appeared on my desk (we have a gin faerie). I like rhubarb and I like gin. It's also 7 pm which means it's booze o'clock. And I need it because I had to go to Ikea to get a plate. Don't ask. A retributive measure for breaking the original and it was too rainy to do anything useful today. I would have godzillaed the entire the place if they not had a replacement. I can't go to Ikea without that scene from Fight Club playing through my head.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 31 August, 2015, 07:18:44 pm
The weekend has been officially extended. Which is good because a bottle of rhubarb gin has appeared on my desk (we have a gin faerie).

Gin is delivered by the Gin Puffin.  Trufax.  My grate frend Dai Infidel told me all about it years ago and she's a lawyer and wouldn't tell lies...
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Post by: IanDG on 14 September, 2015, 08:06:27 pm
(https://scontent-ams2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11990408_10153616174317486_7051847728438203130_n.jpg?oh=d8041cc12c9af1ed2841492fab6b5cc3&oe=566022E1)
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 14 September, 2015, 08:08:54 pm
Tossco have Sadler's Mud City Stout, 6.6%, at £1 a bottle. I only bought two for later.
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Post by: fuzzy on 14 September, 2015, 08:20:07 pm
One of the parents at the school went to Poland recently. She bought me back some of this (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=polish+mint+vodka&biw=1024&bih=667&tbm=isch&imgil=amY9DBa5xEWElM%253A%253BOt-cJo0CtqecXM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.wine-searcher.com%25252Ffind%25252Fzoladkowa%2525252Bgorzka%2525252Bmint%2525252Bvodka%2525252Bpoland&source=iu&pf=m&fir=amY9DBa5xEWElM%253A%252COt-cJo0CtqecXM%252C_&usg=__Lv8miJRZEeS_ag4xmFnrWdWerUI%3D&ved=0CDUQyjdqFQoTCJ7by-Oe98cCFQI9FAodl4sFBQ&ei=Zx33Vd6LOIL6UJeXlig#imgrc=amY9DBa5xEWElM%3A&usg=__Lv8miJRZEeS_ag4xmFnrWdWerUI%3D) as a thankyou for being a good traffic control bod at drop off and pick up o' clock. Tis currently chilling in the freezer :thumbsup:
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Post by: tiermat on 14 September, 2015, 08:34:16 pm
Estrella Damm, or at least I was until I had to go into the office.

Officially lager of the gods...
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Post by: Pingu on 03 October, 2015, 09:59:33 pm
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/770/21730218358_ef28fcaa64_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/z7e3Rd)
IMG_5769 (https://flic.kr/p/z7e3Rd) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Post by: Jaded on 03 October, 2015, 10:18:20 pm
Anything I can get my hands on.

I've been watching rugby.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 10 October, 2015, 06:40:58 pm
Sainsbury house red wine from a 1.5 litre plastic bottle.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 10 October, 2015, 08:59:48 pm
Rasteau
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Post by: nicknack on 10 October, 2015, 10:33:05 pm
Drowning my embarrassment at being in on a Saturday night with Aldi's Andara Chilean merlot.
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Post by: fuzzy on 11 October, 2015, 11:42:25 pm
An unfinished bottle of white and 3 unfinished bottles of red ( all about 1 glass short of being full). The wages of sin (or doing the washing up after a 50th birthday party).
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Post by: lou boutin on 16 October, 2015, 09:44:09 am
Citrus tea with a little Shropshire honey.
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Post by: Juan Martín on 18 October, 2015, 05:29:09 pm
A bottle of Oakham's Scarlet Macaw as a reward for a 45 minute bash on the turbo.
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Post by: Jakob W on 18 October, 2015, 07:03:28 pm
Fuller's Black Cab.
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Post by: madcow on 18 October, 2015, 09:01:34 pm
Theakstons Lightfoot which will then be followed by home made sloe gin 2014 vintage.
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 18 October, 2015, 09:05:55 pm
Cheap rum
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 19 October, 2015, 04:02:10 pm
The cheap rum was preceded by witchcraft ginger beer. No, not the kids drink, this is 4.2% proper ginger beer.

Well gingery, almost a bit sweet; definitely needs chilling. Might have to buy some more, it's cheap in Lidl atm.
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Post by: fuzzy on 22 October, 2015, 01:51:47 pm
Healy's medium dry Cornish Scrumpy Cider. Perfick for washing down a Crantocks Bakery steak pasty and chips :thumbsup:
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Post by: L CC on 22 October, 2015, 02:26:58 pm
The cheap rum was preceded by witchcraft ginger beer. No, not the kids drink, this is 4.2% proper ginger beer.

Well gingery, almost a bit sweet; definitely needs chilling. Might have to buy some more, it's cheap in Lidl atm.
I can't get any google hits on that, can you clarify?
Sweet gingery ginger beer is just the kind of thing I like. I'm not a fan of Crabbies- too beer-y. I used to drink Stones Ginger Joe but it's been removed from the shelves (seemingly mostly by me, and Mr Smith at my request) at our local Tescos.
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 22 October, 2015, 02:44:18 pm
The cheap rum was preceded by witchcraft ginger beer. No, not the kids drink, this is 4.2% proper ginger beer.

Well gingery, almost a bit sweet; definitely needs chilling. Might have to buy some more, it's cheap in Lidl atm.
I can't get any google hits on that, can you clarify?
Sweet gingery ginger beer is just the kind of thing I like. I'm not a fan of Crabbies- too beer-y. I used to drink Stones Ginger Joe but it's been removed from the shelves (seemingly mostly by me, and Mr Smith at my request) at our local Tescos.
I confused things by typing witchcraft when I should have typed wychwood.
It was this one, but from Lidl ('cause I'm a lidle shopper and only go into waitrose under protest)
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317--175366-Wychwood+Brewery+ginger+beard (http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317--175366-Wychwood+Brewery+ginger+beard)
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Post by: Feanor on 23 October, 2015, 06:44:20 pm
Just taken delivery of a couple of bottles of Scottish Gin:

The Botanist, from Islay, and
Caorunn, from Cromdale.

We're cracking open The Botanist tonight.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 23 October, 2015, 07:31:29 pm
I like the Botanist (which is what we are drinking right now). Found the Caorunn a bit meh.
Going to a gin festival tomorrow...
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Post by: Jakob W on 23 October, 2015, 09:57:24 pm
Lidl limoncello from the freezer; bit sweet, but does the trick with dessert and a coffee.
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Post by: ian on 24 October, 2015, 08:11:53 pm
For some reason, probably because I'd drunk too much of it, we have two bottles of the The Botanist. It's not bad. Caorunn is indeed OK, but nothing special. For a Scots-ness, I like Pickerings or Darnley's View.

As I'm just back from dropping the wife off at Croydon's finest musical venue, I'm nursing a glass of my very own homebrewed lager, which remains surprisingly unfatal and dare I say, drinkable. I'm going to try brewing an IPA next.
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Post by: Basil on 24 October, 2015, 08:35:31 pm
A bottle of malbec. All of it.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 24 October, 2015, 09:52:38 pm
The gin festival was good, except for the fact it was sponsored by Fever Tree and therefore that was the only tonic.
Came home with a bottle of Cotswold (which we'd already had but liked) and some Dutch stuff called Bobby's, which was pretty interesting.
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Post by: Feanor on 24 October, 2015, 10:34:49 pm
Sounds good.

Our Botanist G+Ts have been with Fever Tree tonic, and I have no complaints.



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Post by: L CC on 24 October, 2015, 10:40:35 pm
The cheap rum was preceded by witchcraft ginger beer. No, not the kids drink, this is 4.2% proper ginger beer.

Well gingery, almost a bit sweet; definitely needs chilling. Might have to buy some more, it's cheap in Lidl atm.
I can't get any google hits on that, can you clarify?
Sweet gingery ginger beer is just the kind of thing I like. I'm not a fan of Crabbies- too beer-y. I used to drink Stones Ginger Joe but it's been removed from the shelves (seemingly mostly by me, and Mr Smith at my request) at our local Tescos.
I confused things by typing witchcraft when I should have typed wychwood.
It was this one, but from Lidl ('cause I'm a lidle shopper and only go into waitrose under protest)
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317--175366-Wychwood+Brewery+ginger+beard (http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317--175366-Wychwood+Brewery+ginger+beard)

I didn't like it. Too beery. Mr Smith had it instead. I also get some Hatherwood Ginger Grizzly which was much more like the thing. He reckons I'm going to be suffering tomorrow though, as it was a bit chemically astringent and cloudy. Whatevs, as the kids say.
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Post by: T42 on 25 October, 2015, 06:44:18 am
Just finished my post-breakfast espresso, slightly over-roasted (for me) Esperanza from Colombia.
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Post by: lou boutin on 25 October, 2015, 05:33:55 pm
Ive just found that the Cooperative has sugar free dandelion and burdock pop.  I have had D&B since the 70s.
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Post by: Andrew on 25 October, 2015, 06:05:11 pm
Morgan.
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 26 October, 2015, 10:44:27 am
The cheap rum was preceded by witchcraft ginger beer. No, not the kids drink, this is 4.2% proper ginger beer.

Well gingery, almost a bit sweet; definitely needs chilling. Might have to buy some more, it's cheap in Lidl atm.
I can't get any google hits on that, can you clarify?
Sweet gingery ginger beer is just the kind of thing I like. I'm not a fan of Crabbies- too beer-y. I used to drink Stones Ginger Joe but it's been removed from the shelves (seemingly mostly by me, and Mr Smith at my request) at our local Tescos.
I confused things by typing witchcraft when I should have typed wychwood.
It was this one, but from Lidl ('cause I'm a lidle shopper and only go into waitrose under protest)
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317--175366-Wychwood+Brewery+ginger+beard (http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317--175366-Wychwood+Brewery+ginger+beard)

I didn't like it. Too beery. Mr Smith had it instead. I also get some Hatherwood Ginger Grizzly which was much more like the thing. He reckons I'm going to be suffering tomorrow though, as it was a bit chemically astringent and cloudy. Whatevs, as the kids say.
It is definitely beer flavoured with huge amounts of ginger, rather than ginger beer.
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Post by: T42 on 06 November, 2015, 07:23:07 am
Basking in the afterglow of a perfect shot of Huehuetenango, 8 days past roasting and getting better all the time. (Heaven)7.
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Post by: Denis99 on 22 November, 2015, 08:03:37 pm
A generous glass of Aberlour single malt

 :smug:
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Post by: Jakob W on 22 November, 2015, 10:56:35 pm
Kriek.
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Post by: ian on 04 December, 2015, 09:44:41 pm
West Winds Broadside Navy Strength Gin. Day four of the Ginvent Calendar. A breathy 58% boozahol. Quite nice, if a wee bit flammable.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 December, 2015, 09:55:29 pm
I don't have a ginvent calendar, humph  >:(
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Post by: ian on 04 December, 2015, 09:58:15 pm
Blame my wife. She makes me share though, so I'm not entirely sure it's unadulterated altruism on her part...
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 December, 2015, 10:02:40 pm
I got a miniature of Hotel Chocolat Cocoa gin. It's been sitting untouched since October waiting for me to find the balls.
Tonight I opened it. Smelled it - yuk! Tasted it -yuk!
Pingu gallantly agreed to drink it, so I got to taste it with tonic in it. Slightly less disgusting than neat, but still so wrong.
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Post by: Ruthie on 04 December, 2015, 10:15:38 pm
A cup of mango and lychee green tea.

 O:-)

Very refreshing.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 December, 2015, 10:39:14 pm
Blame my wife. She makes me share though, so I'm not entirely sure it's unadulterated altruism on her part...

I want pics, show me what's in it.
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Post by: woollypigs on 04 December, 2015, 10:46:36 pm
A drop of Old Pulteney.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 05 December, 2015, 12:38:39 am
Blame my wife. She makes me share though, so I'm not entirely sure it's unadulterated altruism on her part...

Call it payback for the whole Taylor Swift atrocity
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Post by: runsoncake on 06 December, 2015, 12:25:50 am
Just finishing off a bottle of Rioja, and I can feel the h*ngover starting already  :facepalm:
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Post by: woollypigs on 06 December, 2015, 12:40:39 am
water, liver packed it in an hour ago. Damn you local home brew festival !!! :)
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Post by: Ham on 06 December, 2015, 03:45:14 pm
Had a rummage through the cellar for something to go with an xmas dinner I'm cooking tonight. It seems my investment of about £12/bottle a few years back has come good (http://www.wine-searcher.com/wine-42411-2008-m-chapoutier-saint-joseph-les-granits-rhone-france). Rather looking forward to it, just decanting. Cheers folks!
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Post by: Katie on 06 December, 2015, 11:00:52 pm
Fentimann's Curiosity Cola.

Tastes like Kola Kubes but without the weird mouth-feeling after they've gone. Yum :)
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Post by: Jurek on 07 December, 2015, 10:37:08 am
Blame my wife. She makes me share though, so I'm not entirely sure it's unadulterated altruism on her part...

I want pics, show me what's in it.
This is in it. (https://www.masterofmalt.com/gin/drinks-by-the-dram/the-ginvent-calendar-gin/)
I thought he was making it up, until I went and looked.
 :o I'm seven days behind!!!!
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Post by: ian on 07 December, 2015, 12:35:32 pm
Blame my wife. She makes me share though, so I'm not entirely sure it's unadulterated altruism on her part...

I want pics, show me what's in it.
This is in it. (https://www.masterofmalt.com/gin/drinks-by-the-dram/the-ginvent-calendar-gin/)
I thought he was making it up, until I went and looked.
 :o I'm seven days behind!!!!

That's it. I don't know what's in it till I drink it all. I think you can build your own, but this a magical mystery tour, so far I've had a Blackwater number 5, West Winds, Helsinki Dry, Makar Glasgow, and Tarquin's Hedgerow Edition. I've included Taylor Swift for Larrers.

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn190/ianp_photo/IMG_0724.jpg)

I buy the best five for the gin collection...
(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn190/ianp_photo/IMG_0726.jpg)

That's, erm, just one of the cupboards. There is some Hotel Chocolate Gin there, I can't remember the taste. I prefer gin-y gins. The worst one is some kind of Heston Blumenthal Earl Grey Gin. A present from someone, but it's too foul to contemplate. Banished to the bad spirit cupboard (yes, I have one of those, where the Tia Maria and Cherry Brandy live). Once a year I decide to make cocktails. The aim is to get someone drunk enough that they finish the Unicum.
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Post by: Jurek on 07 December, 2015, 12:47:22 pm
............ The worst one is some kind of Heston Blumenthal Earl Grey Gin. .......

I saw that in Waitrose the other day.
I thought 'Gin? - Yes. Earl Grey? - Yes. A combo of the two? - That's just wrong inna  :sick: kind of way.'
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 07 December, 2015, 07:52:12 pm
I am in awe of ian's gin cabinet.

You have yet to have one of my favourite gins of the moment from your calendar. :P

I like the Makar, it's not subtle at all, but I quite got a taste for it in a 'once you've had Punk IPA everything else isn't hoppy enough' sort of way, but with juniper,  obviously.
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Post by: Pingu on 10 December, 2015, 01:16:26 pm
I am in awe of ian's gin cabinet.

Don't take it as a challenge  :hand:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 10 December, 2015, 09:54:07 pm
I am in awe of ian's gin cabinet.

Don't take it as a challenge  :hand:

Aww, you're no fun!
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Post by: cycleman on 11 December, 2015, 02:13:44 pm
O'Connors Irish county cream ☺ . like Bailey's but only £4 for 70c instead of £12 per liter .
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Post by: Katie on 11 December, 2015, 08:27:48 pm
Hot Vimto. Like a hug from the inside.
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Post by: runsoncake on 12 December, 2015, 12:04:00 am
Blodwyn's Beer from Tomos Watkins. Was on "Buy any 4" offer from Tesco, may have chilled it too much bit there doesn't seem to be too much to recommend it other than its 5% abv.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 12 December, 2015, 12:10:32 am
I posted elsewhere that I have too much whisky. Having seen Ian's gin cabinet, I am now not so sure.

In order to make inroads into my glut, I have emptied the last bit of a bottle of Glenlivet 12yo into a glass. I should have made it last 3 days. I winder if I can pour any back?
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Post by: Oaky on 12 December, 2015, 12:54:55 am
Port.  Cheap Ruby Port from Aldi.

Perfectly drinkable in my normal port modus operandi (i.e. move to the port as a last drink after a night out, then optionally finish off the bottle  :facepalm:)

I'm just at the "last drink" point right now...
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Post by: spesh on 12 December, 2015, 10:40:24 pm
Four Roses bourbon. For medicinal purposes, on account of teh lurgi, honest...
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Post by: andrew_s on 12 December, 2015, 11:56:31 pm
Jura "Superstition", following up Arran 14yo (also in aid of lurgie treatment)
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Post by: Andrew Br on 13 December, 2015, 12:05:11 am
Calvados for no other reason than I like it.

I blame the Fridays for introducing me to it. Bastards.

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Post by: runsoncake on 13 December, 2015, 01:42:28 am
special offer Rioja from T*sco, and very tasty it was too.
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Post by: T42 on 13 December, 2015, 07:46:09 am
M. Lugat's Peruvian El Mango.  Bloody marvellous.
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Post by: PaulF on 14 December, 2015, 06:30:13 pm
Batemans Mocha and Chocolate Beer. Let's just say it's not as good as it sounds :sick:
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Post by: Wowbagger on 15 December, 2015, 06:45:14 pm
Batemans Mocha and Chocolate Beer. Let's just say it's not as good as it sounds :sick:

My dog, it must be bad - it sounds absolutely dreadful!

Beer should taste of hops and malt. Anything else is an abomination unto the Lord.
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Post by: PaulF on 15 December, 2015, 10:35:03 pm
I could still taste it this morning :(
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Post by: runsoncake on 15 December, 2015, 11:39:08 pm
Thatchers Vintage 2014 cider, nothing wrong with it but I wouldn't pay the going rate for it  (multibuy offer in Jack Cohen's local suffermarket)
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Post by: Gattopardo on 16 December, 2015, 12:13:27 am
Ho ho ho mulled wine....
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Post by: fuzzy on 16 December, 2015, 02:05:31 pm
Tea, white, no sugar.
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Post by: ian on 16 December, 2015, 03:10:36 pm
My own snot. I have more than enough to go around if anyone wants some.
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Post by: jamesld8 on 16 December, 2015, 07:38:41 pm
I posted elsewhere that I have too much whisky. Having seen Ian's gin cabinet, I am now not so sure.

In order to make inroads into my glut, I have emptied the last bit of a bottle of Glenlivet 12yo into a glass. I should have made it last 3 days. I winder if I can pour any back?

is that the last bit to last three days or the bottle  :o
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 16 December, 2015, 08:27:52 pm
Vacqueryas :P
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Post by: Tigerrr on 17 December, 2015, 02:39:33 pm
Another pint of greeny reddish vegetable plop. It is all I drink or eat these days, having become a vegan slurper and shunning all but fruits, veg, nuts and seeds, raw.  Its great.
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Post by: runsoncake on 17 December, 2015, 10:47:12 pm
15yo Dalwhinnie single malt. Why?

'cause it's Thursday and

'cause I popped into the world lots of years ago TODAY  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Slainte
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Post by: Jaded on 17 December, 2015, 11:14:48 pm
Blame my wife. She makes me share though, so I'm not entirely sure it's unadulterated altruism on her part...

I want pics, show me what's in it.
This is in it. (https://www.masterofmalt.com/gin/drinks-by-the-dram/the-ginvent-calendar-gin/)
I thought he was making it up, until I went and looked.
 :o I'm seven days behind!!!!

That's it. I don't know what's in it till I drink it all. I think you can build your own, but this a magical mystery tour, so far I've had a Blackwater number 5, West Winds, Helsinki Dry, Makar Glasgow, and Tarquin's Hedgerow Edition. I've included Taylor Swift for Larrers.

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn190/ianp_photo/IMG_0724.jpg)

I buy the best five for the gin collection...
(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn190/ianp_photo/IMG_0726.jpg)

That's, erm, just one of the cupboards. There is some Hotel Chocolate Gin there, I can't remember the taste. I prefer gin-y gins. The worst one is some kind of Heston Blumenthal Earl Grey Gin. A present from someone, but it's too foul to contemplate. Banished to the bad spirit cupboard (yes, I have one of those, where the Tia Maria and Cherry Brandy live). Once a year I decide to make cocktails. The aim is to get someone drunk enough that they finish the Unicum.

That is good planning.

I'm not sure if I mentioned that I went for my first Christmas Works dinner earlier this month and there was an impromptu and obviously unplanned Gin-erfall. Lots of gin falling down over shelf after shelf. I knew it was impromptu on account of the mess, and the faces of the staff watching.

You are already set up for unplanned Gin-erfalls  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 19 December, 2015, 03:41:48 pm
I decided that the Pingu gin cupboard was getting a bit low for Xmas so have just been gin shopping:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/655/23822265406_a31a2dc197_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ci6kxU)Gin shopping (https://flic.kr/p/Ci6kxU) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Post by: billplumtree on 19 December, 2015, 08:44:33 pm
This:

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5834/23741488552_e10a2230a1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CaXkpw)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 19 December, 2015, 08:49:51 pm
Had some Pickerings G&T earlier, now on Ampleforth's Bathtub gin
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Post by: ian on 20 December, 2015, 11:38:46 am
Ooo, you have a gin I don't (the Hammer & Sons one). I've had it few times, I think we were knocking back some big G&Ts in Madeira the other year. Monkey 47 is one of my favourite gins. We seem to be acquiring quite a few very good German gins.

I was sadly forced to do the Bermondsey Beer Mile again yesterday. I may as well give up and become a beardy hipster. Once I was well-lined with grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate brownie bigger than my head, much beer was consumed, and there was much, much happiness because we were blessed, Prairie Pirate Noir (http://prairieales.com/beer/pirate-noir/) on tap at Bottle Shop. It's not quite as good as Bible Belt, but oh god, it's still unmeasurably gorgeous. Smooth, rich imperial stout aged in rum barrels. It's like liquid pudding. So what if it's 12% boozahol and at the time I most optimistically call post-breakfast

Unfortunately for my bank account, they had Bible Belt (and a few others) in bottles. At £14 a pop. Look, it's cheaper than flying to Tulsa to get them.

(Weirdly, we discovered Bible Belt in Paris, there's a fantastic craft beer brasserie opposite Gare de Leon.)
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 20 December, 2015, 04:50:59 pm
It's Jean Reno's local.
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Post by: ElyDave on 22 December, 2015, 10:02:30 pm
Tried the monkey 47 recently, very good indeed.

A little rec this evening, my last bottle of Waxed Bat 2010, malbec blend
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 23 December, 2015, 12:55:27 am
A little rec this evening, my last bottle of Waxed Bat 2010, malbec blend

Lt. Col. Larrington (retd.) once found a a large and very dead fly in a bottle of Waxed Bat :sick:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 24 December, 2015, 06:50:29 pm
Ian (and anyone else who cares),
Tonight we're going to do this year's scale of kriek evil.
The contenders:
 (https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1500/23948928575_e04b7e787b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Cuhw6D)The scale of kriek evil (note, not in any order as not tasted yet) (https://flic.kr/p/Cuhw6D) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr

I'm only letting Pingu share because we've already had a couple and I couldn't get through this lot on my own.
The baseline is Oude Kriek Boon :P
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Post by: Torslanda on 24 December, 2015, 07:18:38 pm
Have made a pact with Mrs. Torslanda, she of the horned helmet and heavy metal breastplate, that we won't open any new bottles this Xmas until we have consumed the contents of every part bottle that we currently have.

This isn't going to end well, is it...?
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Post by: IanDG on 24 December, 2015, 08:59:21 pm
Bavaria 0% Premium Wit
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 24 December, 2015, 09:20:33 pm
Ian (and anyone else who cares),
Tonight we're going to do this year's scale of kriek evil.
The contenders:
 (https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1500/23948928575_e04b7e787b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Cuhw6D)The scale of kriek evil (note, not in any order as not tasted yet) (https://flic.kr/p/Cuhw6D) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr

I'm only letting Pingu share because we've already had a couple and I couldn't get through this lot on my own.
The baseline is Oude Kriek Boon :P

So far, nothing is tasting very sour. Out of the Boon, 3 Fontainen & Oude Beersel I think the Boon was the sourest,  which is a bit of a surprise.
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Post by: lou boutin on 24 December, 2015, 09:25:23 pm
Bellini  ;D
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Post by: woollypigs on 24 December, 2015, 09:28:37 pm
A homebrew or two :)
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Post by: Torslanda on 25 December, 2015, 12:45:01 am
So far our quest has led to the finishing of a bottle of apple vodka, espresso bongo vodka & cinnamon vodka.

For the benefit of the shrinking reader, the first two yielded no more than about a std double each (& at 26% or so we aren't necking the hard stuff) The cinnamon will prove to be a challenge. There are more than one or two shots left but we will soldier on and we have Stilton, smoked Cheddar, Danish blue, houmous and crackers to help.
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Post by: Torslanda on 25 December, 2015, 12:46:30 am
Forgot to mention we also have The Hogfather - on deedle-deedle
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Post by: Pedaldog. on 25 December, 2015, 01:30:01 am
Ffffvoddka anna mixoffff sparkly water with some High 5 hYDRATIONISING tablet (hic)s
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Post by: Torslanda on 25 December, 2015, 01:41:26 am
<HIC>

<BURP!>
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Post by: Jakob on 25 December, 2015, 05:27:33 am
16 yo Macallan.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 25 December, 2015, 10:03:45 am
Bucks fizz and coffee.
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Post by: tiermat on 25 December, 2015, 10:19:32 am
Just about to start on the chef's prerogative, eg beer as you work and a glass of "Aunty Joan"  aka sherry, before service.
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Post by: lou boutin on 25 December, 2015, 11:14:05 am
Coffee with an orange juice chaser. It should have been the other way around but I haven't stopped since 8am.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 25 December, 2015, 11:45:06 am
Tea. That was quite a lot of beer last night.
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Post by: nicknack on 25 December, 2015, 12:27:28 pm
The ham's boiling, the goose is in the oven and I'm on St. Feuillien tripel.
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Post by: jamesld8 on 25 December, 2015, 12:52:57 pm
Hobson`s Old Henry . Following on from a bottle mid morning of Hobson`s Postmans Knock  ;D ;D
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Post by: SteveC on 25 December, 2015, 02:49:28 pm
We started (well, after the coffee which doesn't count) on Buck's Fizz, then went to the pub. Unfortunately they didn't have the Tally Ho! on so I was forced to drink the Palmers Best IPA instead. We're being quite restrained really.
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Post by: ian on 26 December, 2015, 06:55:51 pm
Kriek looks good. I'm trying to remember to good stuff I had in The Rake a while back. £8 a half and worth every penny. The Dogpatch Sour Cherry I had in Bottle Shop the other weekend was rather splendid and worth hunting down.

Have a mixed box of Wild Beer to tackle this evening (actually, if we don't tackle the beer mountain in the porch, we'll be exiting via the back door for the foreseeable future). Yesterday the wine didn't leave much room for beer.
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Post by: perpetual dan on 26 December, 2015, 07:24:36 pm
Some dessert wine. Only time of the year I indulge in that, and it is mostly a bottle just for me.
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Post by: ian on 26 December, 2015, 07:27:59 pm
Finally, the Christmas Pudding Gin (courtesy of Sacred) martini. Santa bought some Warner Edward's Rhubarb Gin too.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 December, 2015, 07:41:09 pm
I've just had a Hammer & Son gin.
Did you finish your advent gin ian?
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Post by: ian on 26 December, 2015, 07:43:48 pm
Oh yus. For some reason I thought there was a 25, but evidently in the advent world Christmas is a disappointment. Need to sit down and work out the scores on the doors, because I scribbled a rank (OK, my hyper-organised wife did) on each so we could acquire the favourites for our collection.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 26 December, 2015, 07:52:49 pm
Adnam's Broadside.
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Post by: barakta on 26 December, 2015, 07:56:03 pm
More tea cos I don't have and can't have Baileys #LactoseIntoleranceSucks... Plotting a 'make my own' using lactofree cream, whisky and other ingredients... Need to buy some whisky which isn't too nice to do that too ;)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 December, 2015, 08:12:36 pm
Oh yus. For some reason I thought there was a 25, but evidently in the advent world Christmas is a disappointment. Need to sit down and work out the scores on the doors, because I scribbled a rank (OK, my hyper-organised wife did) on each so we could acquire the favourites for our collection.

Did you like the Bobby's? That's one of my faves at the moment.
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Post by: Torslanda on 27 December, 2015, 12:34:33 am
Despite Woollypigs' entreaties to try Gammel Dansk my need for relief from this cough necessitated the purchase of a bottle of Jagermeister this afternoon. The cough has subsided somewhat but has now become a raging head cold.

Why is it that every time I get more than one day off I am immediately beset by snot . . . ?
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Post by: barakta on 27 December, 2015, 02:43:10 pm
Stress - teachers get it too.

My dad LOVES Gammeldansk, he was introduced to it by Danes he worked with and they were forever committed to bringing him new stash when they came to the UK.
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Post by: ElyDave on 27 December, 2015, 04:30:48 pm
I have a couple of Innis and Gunn rum cask beers for me and my dad this evening, plus additional stocks of others
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 December, 2015, 11:46:21 pm
Prof Cornelius Ampleforth's Sloe gin.
Was given a miniature of the Ltd edition Pickering's sloe gin, which was cloudy, and I didn't like that much.

The Ampleforth's is very nice, clear, very berry. Pingu thinks it tastes more of cherries than sloes. Possibly is why I like it. I like cherry boozeahol.

I had a quick taste of a friend's Monkey 47 sloe gin a couple of weeks ago. I would like a bottle of that....
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Post by: L CC on 30 December, 2015, 06:36:49 pm
My 2015 sloe gin is going down very nicely, thank you. I'm no gin connoisseur l, so it may not reach exacting Mrs Pingu standards. It's fruity, clear and delicious enough for me though.
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Post by: woollypigs on 30 December, 2015, 06:50:31 pm
Pale ale home brew, it's rather drinkable :)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 December, 2015, 06:50:52 pm
My 2015 sloe gin is going down very nicely, thank you. I'm no gin connoisseur l, so it may not reach exacting Mrs Pingu standards. It's fruity, clear and delicious enough for me though.


TBH, I only let sloe gin past my lips for the 2nd time in October. The first time, about a squllion years ago, was before the craft gin revival had been invented, and I really didn't like it. So I'm not really a sloe gin connoisseur, and I've never had homemade stuff (dunno if we get sloes up here?)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 December, 2015, 06:54:10 pm
Just now I'm drinking Strathearn Oaked Highland Gin.
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Post by: Ham on 30 December, 2015, 07:01:27 pm
The wine society's Corbiers. Rather nice it is, too.
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Post by: ElyDave on 30 December, 2015, 07:59:03 pm
A very dry, very cold martini. The rest are having espresso martinis, too sweet for me.

Introduced my dad to some of my home brewed cox's cider yesterday
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Post by: tiermat on 30 December, 2015, 08:10:07 pm
Hatherwood's Amber Adder. I got a selection of their beers for Christmas. Very nice it is too!
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Post by: lou boutin on 30 December, 2015, 08:52:18 pm
I'm revisiting my childhood and enjoying a sugar free dandelion and burdock
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Post by: barakta on 30 December, 2015, 09:49:33 pm
Attempt at home made lacto free Bailey's substitute... Definitely passable! :D
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Post by: ElyDave on 30 December, 2015, 11:20:15 pm
Worked through more of the malt collection. Maybe not the best idea with a 10k road race tomorrow
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Post by: spesh on 30 December, 2015, 11:38:13 pm
Worked through more of the malt collection. Maybe not the best idea with a 10k road race tomorrow

Intense carbo loading?  :demon:
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Post by: Chris S on 31 December, 2015, 04:58:34 pm
My 2015 sloe gin is going down very nicely, thank you. I'm no gin connoisseur l, so it may not reach exacting Mrs Pingu standards. It's fruity, clear and delicious enough for me though.

I wasn't the only one to think it tasted of cough mixture - but it does contain booze, so it's OK.
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Post by: ian on 31 December, 2015, 06:29:33 pm
My 2015 sloe gin is going down very nicely, thank you. I'm no gin connoisseur l, so it may not reach exacting Mrs Pingu standards. It's fruity, clear and delicious enough for me though.


TBH, I only let sloe gin past my lips for the 2nd time in October. The first time, about a squllion years ago, was before the craft gin revival had been invented, and I really didn't like it. So I'm not really a sloe gin connoisseur, and I've never had homemade stuff (dunno if we get sloes up here?)

Never been much of a fan either (flavoured gins in general – I'll accept things like the rhubarb gin because it's actual rhubarb in the botanicals rather than base gin with flavour added after the fact).

Tonight, as I'm staying in with my wife, the cats, a curry I've yet to make, and a box set of Back of the Future (too old to be schlepping into London to stand in the cold waiting for fireworks and watching people puke, and every where else involves weeks of travel and a taxi bill that would probably buy me a luxury flat in E8), I'll be doing some samplings from the back of the gin cupboard, and I've put my bottle of Tactical Nuclear Penguin in the fridge for a little bit of cooling. I'll switch off the internet before I get through that.
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Post by: cycleman on 31 December, 2015, 06:58:46 pm
I have just started a bottle of Bailey's ☺
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Post by: rafletcher on 01 January, 2016, 01:01:46 pm
Water
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Post by: tiermat on 01 January, 2016, 02:29:03 pm
Water

Ditto

Waiting for the sun to be well and truly over the yardarm before partaking today, maybe one of my Christmas beers, maybe a G&T. If I speak nicely to Mrs T, she might make me a cocktail from the book she got at Christmas, that being "Gone With the Gin"
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 01 January, 2016, 02:29:49 pm
My 2015 sloe gin is going down very nicely, thank you. I'm no gin connoisseur l, so it may not reach exacting Mrs Pingu standards. It's fruity, clear and delicious enough for me though.


TBH, I only let sloe gin past my lips for the 2nd time in October. The first time, about a squllion years ago, was before the craft gin revival had been invented, and I really didn't like it. So I'm not really a sloe gin connoisseur, and I've never had homemade stuff (dunno if we get sloes up here?)

Never been much of a fan either (flavoured gins in general – I'll accept things like the rhubarb gin because it's actual rhubarb in the botanicals rather than base gin with flavour added after the fact).

Tonight, as I'm staying in with my wife, the cats, a curry I've yet to make, and a box set of Back of the Future (too old to be schlepping into London to stand in the cold waiting for fireworks and watching people puke, and every where else involves weeks of travel and a taxi bill that would probably buy me a luxury flat in E8), I'll be doing some samplings from the back of the gin cupboard, and I've put my bottle of Tactical Nuclear Penguin in the fridge for a little bit of cooling. I'll switch off the internet before I get through that.

A couple of weeks ago I had some Lindeman's gin, supposedly flavoured with cherries for the kriek. It was rubbish.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 01 January, 2016, 03:12:17 pm
A bottle of kier royal, it is horrible.

Last night I was drinking horrible wine and coke.  So much for expensive wine being better.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 01 January, 2016, 06:59:45 pm
I thought "Kier Royal" was the Queen's bulders until I discovered yacf.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 02 January, 2016, 12:34:04 am
I thought "Kier Royal" was the Queen's bulders until I discovered yacf.

Fizzy cement water....
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Post by: Von Broad on 21 January, 2016, 11:17:59 pm
Cracking pint (http://www.greatheckbrewery.co.uk/images/GH-PC-VOODOO-01.jpg)...one of the best I've had for a while.
Happily have it for breakfast.
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Post by: ElyDave on 22 January, 2016, 08:21:23 pm
Home made perry, conference pears from the garden.

Saw the TNP reference upthread, go careful with that stuff, I had a bottle for Christmas a few years back, went down very well.
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Post by: Jakob W on 08 February, 2016, 08:42:55 pm
Whisky Mac, made with the rye whiskey I found at the back of the cupboard. Given my current lurgy I've not got much sense of taste or smell, but it seemed tasty enough, and of course it's highly medicinal...
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Post by: IanDG on 08 February, 2016, 08:57:31 pm
I've had a bottle of Brewdog  Punk IPA and a bottle of William's Joker IPA. A bottle of Deuchar's IPA to follow whilst watching the X-files
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Post by: giropaul on 08 February, 2016, 09:47:36 pm
Usually a bit of a Belgian beer freak, but McEwan's Champion fills a gap.

However, if I find a supplier of Anthony Martins Gordon's Scotch Titanium ( 14%) in the UK...............
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Post by: madcow on 08 February, 2016, 11:21:47 pm
If you are not sure if there are any blackthorn (sloe) bushes or trees in your neighbourhood, look out for the white blossom that is starting to appear now.


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Post by: ElyDave on 09 February, 2016, 08:26:13 pm
A fizzy water with lime juice this evening, may have a nightcap later.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 09 February, 2016, 08:53:05 pm
To-ØL Baltic Frontier.
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Post by: Katie on 09 February, 2016, 09:00:23 pm
Bundaberg Root Beer. Used to drink it all the time when I was at uni the first time round, not seen it for years, but spotted some in coffee shop today and grabbed a bottle to have with dinner. It's just as excellent as I remember :D
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Post by: ian on 12 February, 2016, 07:30:20 pm
Because of the Invisible Elephant Problem, I'm working on raising my blood alcohol content to something like disinfectant. A Beavertown Appelation, a bramley apple saison, at a rollicking 8.7%. Needs to warm up a bit, but very tasty when it gets going. Not appley. That alcohol only wanders in at the end like a drunk schoolchild trying not to be noticed. Should have bought more, one can won't shift an elephant.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 12 February, 2016, 07:59:39 pm
Invisible elephant?

I have an Eden golf gin. Not getting any hickory at all.
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Post by: ian on 12 February, 2016, 08:19:07 pm
Yes, I hadn't realised until yesterday how many invisible elephants there were. I think that's because they're invisible. Anyway, they keep doing the mighty, mighty elephant march on me until all my joints sing like Billy Ray Cyrus trapped in a car crusher. At least the cough hasn't gone anywhere and only occasionally gives out a half-heart hack. Yes, I am sickening.

So, instead of being at the theatre, I'm sat here listening to Torres (not entirely cheering, I may have to conjure up the joyful notes of Ms Swift), updating the old kitchen iPad that decided to forget all the music it had (3,617 of 4,603 left to copy) and self-medicating on booze and ibuprofen.

I have a couple of oak-aged gins. I'm never entirely convinced. Will be hitting the London Gin Festival in a couple of weeks (have to survive Craft Beer Rising first, thank god they're not the same weekend, at least I hope they're not).

Anyway, the Appelation is definitely a sipping beer, very Belgian now it's warmed up.
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Post by: ElyDave on 12 February, 2016, 08:46:47 pm
Oak aged gin sounds interesting, oak aged grappa yes please.

I have an unopened rhubarb gin on the shelf at the moment, it may not last the weekend.
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Post by: epa611 on 12 February, 2016, 09:05:33 pm
Water and Lemsip.  Got the beginnings of a cold  :'(. Hot toddy later before bed  :thumbsup:
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Post by: ElyDave on 13 February, 2016, 06:22:55 pm
Watching the Wales game, water for the first half as I was on the turbo while watching it

Tsingtao, for the second half
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Post by: menthel on 13 February, 2016, 08:05:24 pm
Bottle of By the Horns Old Smoke- its tea flavoured beer with a bit of bergamot. Its lovely!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 13 February, 2016, 08:39:27 pm
Hammer & Son G&T
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Post by: Ham on 14 February, 2016, 09:44:25 pm
Well, I would be drinking a VERY nice primitivo, only for some inexplicable reason nothing more appears to be issuing from the mouth of the bottle.  Why???
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 February, 2016, 10:29:44 pm
You drank it all....
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 February, 2016, 10:31:07 pm
Just finished a bottle of CdR Cairanne and now having a Cotswold G&T.
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Post by: Pingu on 14 February, 2016, 10:56:48 pm
Just finished a bottle of CdR Cairanne and now having a Cotswold G&T.

I think the gin is to clean the lips, teeth & tongue after the goats.
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Post by: fuzzy on 15 February, 2016, 09:01:04 pm
Last week was mostly San Miguel (the proper Spanish verison) and Cruz Campo. I did however sample a few of Bushys Gibraltar Barbary Ale (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bushys-gibraltar-barbary-beer/34014/) and Casablanca Beer (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/casablanca-casa-beer/9882/), bothe extremely nice. A good friend also poured a couple of hefty helpings of Smirnoff Gold cinnamon vodka liqueur (https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/18146/smirnoff-gold-cinnamon-vodka). Wow!
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Post by: tiermat on 15 February, 2016, 09:10:50 pm
Oh Fuzzy, San Miguel is, only just, allowable but honestly, how can you admit to drinking the pish that is Cruz Campo? It used to be almost OK, then Heineken bought the company and turned the beer into a poor imitation of the stuff they brew elsewhere. It does have one, and only one redeeming feature, that being that it isn't Estrella Galicia.

As any fule knows, the one true Iberian beer is Estrella Damm.
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Post by: fuzzy on 15 February, 2016, 09:14:42 pm
As pish beers go, Cruz Campo is far from bad. Plus it has contributed to some fond (though very hazy) memories.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 18 February, 2016, 04:07:39 pm
Last week was mostly San Miguel (the proper Spanish verison) and Cruz Campo. I did however sample a few of Bushys Gibraltar Barbary Ale (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bushys-gibraltar-barbary-beer/34014/) and Casablanca Beer (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/casablanca-casa-beer/9882/), bothe extremely nice. A good friend also poured a couple of hefty helpings of Smirnoff Gold cinnamon vodka liqueur (https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/18146/smirnoff-gold-cinnamon-vodka). Wow!

You called?  :D

Just coffee, I'm afraid. This dry January seems to be lasting a very long time.
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Post by: andrew_s on 18 February, 2016, 11:00:37 pm
Finished off with Baz's Bonce Blower (12%) at the Roundhouse in Derby, and got back to Tewkesbury to find that the White Bear had Green Jack Baltic Trader (10.5%) on hand pump. It seemed rude not to try it.
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Post by: ian on 18 February, 2016, 11:06:53 pm
My wife bought me some Strathearn Heather Rose Gin for Valentine. I've been too ill to try it. It's sitting in the kitchen. I am ian's pernicious resistance.

London Gin Festival this weekend and instead of training my liver I'm drinking elderflower tonic water. The shame, the shame.
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Post by: T42 on 19 February, 2016, 08:24:09 am
Some revoltingly thick and cloying liquid called Gaviscon, in the ongoing campaign to heal my iatrogenic oesophagitis, inflicted on me by the cardiologist in the form of aspirin. "Trust me, I'm a professional."
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Post by: offcumden on 19 February, 2016, 07:37:04 pm
Yorkshire Tea.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 19 February, 2016, 11:57:01 pm
We've finished 3 bottles of gin (Porter's,  Tarquin's and Pickerings) and now I'm on the Monkey 47 sloe gin.
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Post by: ElyDave on 20 February, 2016, 07:33:21 pm
Kangaroo Ale from the Red Brewery, a local out Huntingdon way.

Nicely hoppy, bitter, tart fruitiness, slightly on the sweet side for me, but nice to have tried it.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 20 February, 2016, 07:55:33 pm
Far too much.

After years of 6 units a week max, this week has been daily feasting courtesy of Morrison's well-stacked seafood counter and a large choice of cookery books. All washed down with a mixture of Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé, as well as some really nice Pinot Grigio that I think Adamski and Pippa gave me when they turned up on my doorstep with two huge Turbot on their valedictory tour of mates.

Had to restock as a result of this, and am currently tucking into some Passimento Pasqua from Majestic.
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Post by: ElyDave on 21 February, 2016, 07:59:46 pm
A Humpty Dumpty Brewery Porter,

Nice and rich and a goood fruitiness, slightly on the tart side, nice roast coffee-ish flavours.  I normally prefer a bit more body in a porter but I could drink this again.
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Post by: ian on 01 March, 2016, 06:36:03 pm
The gin festival proved to be a bad move. You've no idea how many bottles I have to buy now. Ironically, given a world of gin, my favourite turned out to be from Surrey (Silent Pool).

Going to Craft Beer Rising hasn't helped my bank balance (or liver) either.
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Post by: andrew_s on 04 March, 2016, 01:34:06 am
Tonight one has been a-slurping of OSB Absent, Brass Castle Bad Kitty, and Dark Ruby mild.
I hereby nominate the White Bear for POTY 2016. Given that the pub of the year for both 2015 and 2014 are fairly local, I think I've got a basis for judgement.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 March, 2016, 07:07:38 pm
Cotswold g&t :P
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Post by: fuzzy on 07 March, 2016, 01:53:10 pm
Visited my Mum on Sunday. Left her house with an unopened bottle of mead that was lurking in her cabinet. Apparently the brand has been out of production for 25 years or so.

Shall give it a try tonight (for scientific research purposes of course).
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 07 March, 2016, 02:24:43 pm
Visited my Mum on Sunday. Left her house with an unopened bottle of mead that was lurking in her cabinet. Apparently the brand has been out of production for 25 years or so.

Shall give it a try tonight (for scientific research purposes of course).

Porton Down is on standby.
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Post by: fuzzy on 08 March, 2016, 01:58:07 pm
It turned out to be a Merrydown Mead (https://untappd.com/b/merry-down-merrydown-mead/1200753) and was delicious.

Sadly, No.1 Son discovered it and has polished off the bottle.

Git.
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Post by: ElyDave on 10 March, 2016, 10:31:39 pm
Laphroaig, relaxingly medicinal.
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Post by: lahoski on 11 March, 2016, 09:29:48 am
The gin festival proved to be a bad move. You've no idea how many bottles I have to buy now. Ironically, given a world of gin, my favourite turned out to be from Surrey (Silent Pool).

Going to Craft Beer Rising hasn't helped my bank balance (or liver) either.
Oh God, the gin festival. I went to the Guildford one. I felt like such an oik for the first hour but I soon warmed up.

At the end my better half had to take away my credit card. Me + All the gin + delivery + credit card. No.

The Silent Pool one was a good 'un. I can't decide whether I preferred the gins with an exaggerated focus on a particular botanical or those with a more refined balanced character. I must admit my favourite gin was the one where after the tasting session there were quite a few samples left over. But I don't remember which one that was.
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Post by: andrew_s on 11 March, 2016, 11:12:38 pm
Sadly, No.1 Son discovered it and has polished off the bottle.
Git.
sounds like you need to get a tantalus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_(cabinet)).
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 12 March, 2016, 01:12:15 am
IRT "tarantula" would would certainly deter me from raiding the drinkohol cabinet :D
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Post by: ElyDave on 12 March, 2016, 06:36:52 pm
Opihr gin. Cinammony
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 22 March, 2016, 01:55:21 pm
Well not quite this minute

Famous grouse, with a bit of ice.

I'm really an Islay malt man, favouring lethal levels of iodine, but wallet won't stretch to that extravagance.

MrsC prefers bourbon. But she  ran away for 4 days, the grouse was on special . . .
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Post by: T42 on 22 March, 2016, 03:14:14 pm
Right now, saliva. Not long ago, a post-ride cuppa.
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Post by: ian on 24 March, 2016, 09:22:32 pm
My wife just came home and declared this evening to be an honorary weekend. No school night restraint. Even better, she's lugged a big bag of assorted gin from Munich duty-free. It's what Jesus and the Easter bunny would have wanted.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 24 March, 2016, 09:36:52 pm
Tell us about the gin, ian. Enquiring minds need to know.
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Post by: Andrew Br on 25 March, 2016, 12:30:45 am
Since gin has been mentioned, I'll just add that Helen and I are off to a gin festival on Easter Sunday before we dash home to watch Gent-Wevelgem.
Bike race watching is usually is accompanied by beer or Champagne drinking.
It could get messy.
We're both on holiday Monday.

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Post by: ElyDave on 25 March, 2016, 04:39:06 pm
coffee, and more coffee.  Working at the moment.

Need some water after just coffee all day and a lunchtime run.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 26 March, 2016, 11:42:38 pm
Pedro Ximenez sherry. I've never really done sherry before but as an experiment I bought some Amontillado at Xmas,  as I do like dry white wine.
Didn't like it so gave it to my sherry drinking friend. She repaid me with a bottle of PX.
Nomnomnom.

It *is* incredibly sweet, but much more complex than similar sweetness of port I have had.

Again, nomnomnom  :P
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Post by: Pickled Onion on 28 March, 2016, 01:01:45 pm
Well, it is a bank holiday, so…

(http://handsonit.co.uk/images/photos/Douro.jpg)

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Post by: T42 on 28 March, 2016, 01:21:47 pm
Nothing to do with a fecking bank.

I just finished a mug of tea.
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Post by: tiermat on 28 March, 2016, 02:22:18 pm
Pedro Ximenez sherry. I've never really done sherry before but as an experiment I bought some Amontillado at Xmas,  as I do like dry white wine.
Didn't like it so gave it to my sherry drinking friend. She repaid me with a bottle of PX.
Nomnomnom.

It *is* incredibly sweet, but much more complex than similar sweetness of port I have had.

Again, nomnomnom  :P

I experienced my first glass of PX, at a tapas bar*, the other week. Goes brilliantly with dessert.

In that centre of the Iberian world, Sheffield!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 28 March, 2016, 07:18:17 pm
Pineau des Charentes.
It's not exactly recovery drink, but what the hey.
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Post by: Tigerrr on 29 March, 2016, 07:49:28 am
Yesterday PM took the dog down to the local beach bar, where enjoyed a delightful Spanish gin&tonic. Ie about a pint in a huge glass with various seeds and stuff in it. Delicious but noticed I was unsteady on the bike as we rode back up the hill.
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Post by: T42 on 29 March, 2016, 08:16:10 am
Postientacular cuppa.
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Post by: ian on 29 March, 2016, 07:32:30 pm
Tell us about the gin, ian. Enquiring minds need to know.

Scheibel Gin (http://www.brennerei-scheibel.de/produkte/futureoftaste/original/), finished in cherry brandy casks. I'm always been in mixed minds about barrel aged gins, but it is quite smooth and nommy. The some Bavarka gin (http://www.lantenhammer.de/destillate/bavarka/bavarka-bavarian-gin/). Based on potato spirit so the goes milky with tonic. And finally, some Bobby’s Schiedam Dry Gin (http://bobbysdrygin.com/), which I had in the ginvent calendar and rather liked.

Fearing being short of gin after a global societal collapse (you can stuff your canned goods, I'm not signing off with a spoonful of cold baked beans) I let the bloke in a Sevenoaks offy convince a rather me to buy some Haswell Gin (http://www.haswellgin.co.uk/) at the weekend. I resisted another local gin on the grounds it was £60 and I figured I could get it online cheaper and whilst I can discuss gin at length, owing to the fact we'd just trudged through an epic rainstorm I was standing in cold puddle of my own making (not literally) and really wanted to go home, but lordy can I remember the name now? No. It was sixty per cent boozeahol and created by some local chemists who had chucked in the rat race to distill hooch. So the knowledgable chap behind the counter explained. Further googling is required.

In bad news on the barrel-aging front, I've run out of both Pirate Noir and Bible Belt (well, it was a long weekend, and given that Bible Belt is based on Even More Jesus stout, I felt it would be what He wanted at Easter time, what better way to celebrate a painful crucifixion). And I can't find more!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 March, 2016, 07:58:06 pm
Mmm, Bobby's is my favourite :)
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Post by: ElyDave on 30 March, 2016, 01:53:35 pm
Tell us about the gin, ian. Enquiring minds need to know.

Scheibel Gin (http://www.brennerei-scheibel.de/produkte/futureoftaste/original/), finished in cherry brandy casks. I'm always been in mixed minds about barrel aged gins, but it is quite smooth and nommy. The some Bavarka gin (http://www.lantenhammer.de/destillate/bavarka/bavarka-bavarian-gin/). Based on potato spirit so the goes milky with tonic. And finally, some Bobby’s Schiedam Dry Gin (http://bobbysdrygin.com/), which I had in the ginvent calendar and rather liked.

Fearing being short of gin after a global societal collapse (you can stuff your canned goods, I'm not signing off with a spoonful of cold baked beans) I let the bloke in a Sevenoaks offy convince a rather me to buy some Haswell Gin (http://www.haswellgin.co.uk/) at the weekend. I resisted another local gin on the grounds it was £60 and I figured I could get it online cheaper and whilst I can discuss gin at length, owing to the fact we'd just trudged through an epic rainstorm I was standing in cold puddle of my own making (not literally) and really wanted to go home, but lordy can I remember the name now? No. It was sixty per cent boozeahol and created by some local chemists who had chucked in the rat race to distill hooch. So the knowledgable chap behind the counter explained. Further googling is required.

In bad news on the barrel-aging front, I've run out of both Pirate Noir and Bible Belt (well, it was a long weekend, and given that Bible Belt is based on Even More Jesus stout, I felt it would be what He wanted at Easter time, what better way to celebrate a painful crucifixion). And I can't find more!

Never tried barrel aged gin - Any good?  I'm a fan of the barrel aged grappas.
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Post by: ian on 30 March, 2016, 06:48:17 pm
Hmm, well I like barrel-aged stuff in general (oh god, I'm thinking of Pirate Noir again, imperial oatmeal stout aged in Jamaican rum barrels, probably by actual godforsaken motherfucking pirates y'argh). Gin, on the other hand, I think should float on the subtle botanicals rather than be flattened by oak. Theory aside though, it's worth a punt, I have a couple and none of them are so overly oaked so that can't still taste the underlying botanicals.
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Post by: menthel on 31 March, 2016, 10:06:18 am
My wife went to the Ginstitute and concocted her own gin that tastes like parma violets. I think its bloody disgusting!
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Post by: Bairn Again on 03 April, 2016, 07:33:01 pm
Currently savouring a Talisker 18 yo, purchased from the distillery and being consumed a few miles away in front of a roaring open fire after a fine days walking on Skye.  Living the dream. 
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Post by: ElyDave on 03 April, 2016, 08:18:00 pm
Currently savouring a Talisker 18 yo, purchased from the distillery and being consumed a few miles away in front of a roaring open fire after a fine days walking on Skye.  Living the dream.

lucky you  :thumbsup: 

I don't by Talisker very often, but I have an opening for some peaty iodine-iness at the moment having just finished by Laprhoaig last night.

For me, tonight it's St Peters Organic Ale, on offer at Waitrose. 
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Post by: Basil on 04 April, 2016, 12:08:05 am
Hmm.  Let me see.
I has in the Bournville cellar:
A half full bottle of Laphroaig
About a third of a bottle of Dalwhinnie
Most of a bottle of Chivas Regal. (For guests  :demon:)
About a quarter of a bottle of Teachers (For other guests  :demon:  :demon:)

Do you know what?  I'm probably going to have a Teachers and coke as a night cap.   See?  I'm not proud.  It's the wrong time of night for a proper dram.
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Post by: andrewc on 07 April, 2016, 10:25:50 pm
I was looking forward to a nice cup of tea........    I just popped into the co-op to pick up a pizza for tomorrow as I have to be out early in the evening.

The had Bengal Lancer at £5 for 3 ........    I've not had that since Mildenhall a feww years ago  :P
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Post by: ian on 09 April, 2016, 07:13:02 pm
I'm so completely jetlagged that I believe the only cure is gin. Worth a try. It can't make the world more fuzzy than it already is.
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Post by: Bairn Again on 09 April, 2016, 11:19:05 pm
Birthday dinner at home, experimenting with twists on margaritas.  Best was a raspberry and ginger - tequila, chambord, crabbies green ginger lime juice topped up with Lindemans framboise. 
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Post by: fuzzy on 11 April, 2016, 02:13:27 pm
I picked up a bonus from the bike shop boss yesterday- reward for being a swot on Trek University. A mixed case of Rebellion Brewery bottled beers. 4 each of Red, Roasted Nuts Extra and Blonde.

Yum, yum and thrice yum :thumbsup:
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Post by: madcow on 14 April, 2016, 07:52:11 pm
Pint of Bowland  Gold  in the Station Tap at YRK.  Always a wait for train to THI so pity to totally waste the 25 minutes available. Pretty good beer.
There is so much choice that you could stay all night and  have a different beer for each round.
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Post by: Pedaldog. on 15 April, 2016, 01:26:08 am
Need a celebratory bottle of wine tonight for the 20th anniversary of my "Slapping the nut on mother Earth".
Must be fairly budget level, not too sweet and like being chilled to within 1 degree farenheit of slushy ice. No decent independent wine stockists local so it'll be a supermarket job.
Any suggestions?
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Post by: tiermat on 15 April, 2016, 07:36:14 am
Need a celebratory bottle of wine tonight for the 20th anniversary of my "Slapping the nut on mother Earth".
Must be fairly budget level, not too sweet and like being chilled to within 1 degree farenheit of slushy ice. No decent independent wine stockists local so it'll be a supermarket job.
Any suggestions?

Try a white rioja, Faustino V can usually be found at supermarkets, for not too much.
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Post by: ian on 15 April, 2016, 09:18:37 pm
A Partizan Negroni Saison. I have no idea where these things come from but I know where they go.

Peculiar idea, but it's really rather moreish. Sadly seems to be the only bottle of it in the beerium.
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Post by: ElyDave on 15 April, 2016, 09:26:18 pm
A lagunintas IPA

I also have a selection of St Peters products in the fridge, and If I'm brave enough a Norwegian Imperial IPA from this weeks travels, 500ml at 10%
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Post by: Jakob W on 15 April, 2016, 10:13:29 pm
And, being Norwegian, costs as much as a decent bottle of single malt?

I had an Erdinger Hefeweizen with my dinner, which was slightly disappointing - I remember it being tastier.
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Post by: Rhys W on 16 April, 2016, 08:38:19 pm
A Sicilian Nero d'Avola made with 10% Frappato (dried grape I think?). Since I stopped buying crap wine & beer in Tesco and have been going to my local friendly specialist emporium, my life has improved immensely. Why didn't I get round to this years ago?
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Post by: ElyDave on 16 April, 2016, 10:15:01 pm
St Peters IPA, not up to the Norwegian yet.

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Post by: Jakob W on 23 April, 2016, 02:05:40 pm
Lidl 'Festbier'. Every so often I succumb to one of their European brews, and am inevitably disappointed, with indifferent results at best. This is really not half bad, especially at 99p/500ml, and works very nicely with my lunch of wurst and potato salad; If there are any cans left next time I'm in I will grab a couple more.
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Post by: ElyDave on 07 May, 2016, 07:58:06 pm
Shared the Norwegian one with my dad, very nice very full flavoured and I doubt I'd want more than one full bottle at a time.

Tonight, Hitachino Nest white ale from Japan. The label caught my eye with a little red bird on it, I've always liked robins.  It's a bit like a Dutch witbier with some spices and a hint of orange. Nice chilled, if any complaint, a bit on the fizzy side.
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Post by: Jakob W on 22 May, 2016, 03:26:27 pm
Rhubarb Collins. Need to make another batch of syrup with the neighbour's allotment glut...
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Post by: fuzzy on 26 May, 2016, 04:41:45 pm
The beer cellar (shed) currently contains a selection of Belgian beers including Leffe Nectar and Ruby, Chimay, Hoegarden, Grimbergen, Jupiler, Bruges Zot, Duvel, Kwaremont and a couple of others I can't recall at the moment. They are accompanied by a few cases of wine incuding J.P. Chenet merlot and chardonnay, Banrock Station chardonnay, a couple of casesn that I can't recall and half a dozen loose bottles of various offerings.

A trip across the Channel can be very productive :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 May, 2016, 08:42:15 pm
We should be stocking up on Belgian next week, but they will be a bit more cruel & unusual than fuzzy's list.

For now, Muscadet.
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Post by: IanDG on 30 May, 2016, 10:17:01 pm
Elvis Juice

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Post by: andrewc on 01 June, 2016, 05:27:19 pm
I use one of those folding Sea to Summit cups when camping, my normal drink is Lapsang Souchong, which over the years has built up an impressive patina on the inside of the cup.

I've just poured some Breton Cidre Artisanal into it. 

It's doing such a good job of stripping the tannin stains that I'm quite concerned about drinking the stuff!

Glug glug & there goes my teeth enamel....
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Post by: ElyDave on 01 June, 2016, 09:23:41 pm
Home brew elderberry wine, 2013 vintage
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Post by: Jakob W on 01 June, 2016, 09:52:52 pm
Betty's tea room blend tea.
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Post by: Andrij on 02 June, 2016, 05:59:32 pm
Lemsip.  :(
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Post by: spesh on 02 June, 2016, 07:11:28 pm
Sadler's 'Hop Bomb'. Very refreshing, and went nicely with the salt'n'pepper calamari I've just nommed for starters.

Currently £1.25 a bottle in Aldi, along with 17 other beers on this week's special promotion.
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Post by: Jakob W on 05 June, 2016, 05:41:14 pm
A well-deserved shandy.
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Post by: billplumtree on 14 June, 2016, 08:34:02 pm
Rhubarb gin.  Bought, not made: by Warner-Edwards (https://www.theginboxshop.co.uk/victoria-s-rhubarb-gin.html), a recent Booths promotion.  I was expecting something pale and delicate, but no:  it's a rhubarb equivalent of damson gin, with a whacking great thump of rhubarb taste.  In a good way.  Very drinkable, dangerously so, with just a splash of ginger ale.
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Post by: Jakob W on 17 July, 2016, 05:21:53 pm
Enjoying the good weather and a day of jobs well done with a Pimm's and lemonade or three. Hic.
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Post by: Redlight on 18 July, 2016, 10:53:23 am
A sort of experimental smoothie - red and yellow peppers, cucumber, chick peas, sweetcorn, pineapple, mango and orange juice.

It's actually rather nice  :thumbsup:
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Post by: T42 on 18 July, 2016, 12:35:26 pm
Supermarket Twinings.  Insipid but it's the best we can get around here.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 18 July, 2016, 08:07:55 pm
Stella. It's rubbish. How could a country so renowned for excellent beer have got this one so wrong, and it sold so well?
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Post by: Redlight on 18 July, 2016, 08:09:21 pm
Stella. It's rubbish. 

Shouldn't you be in Arts and Entertainment?
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Post by: Wowbagger on 18 July, 2016, 08:10:34 pm
Stella. It's rubbish. 

Shouldn't you be in Arts and Entertainment?

Whoooosh, m'lud.
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 20 July, 2016, 07:13:38 am
Last night I had a couple bottle of Lindemann's cherry lambic. Yum.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 20 July, 2016, 07:07:05 pm
I have just consumed a pint of Adnam's "Ghost Ship". It has a very distinctive flavour, quite fruity, but with unidentifiable fruit. it is an odd kind of enjoyment. I don't think I like it as much as Broadside, but I do find it extremely interesting.
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Post by: IanDG on 20 July, 2016, 08:17:16 pm
Harviestoun - The Ridge
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Post by: giropaul on 20 July, 2016, 08:22:11 pm
Stella. It's rubbish. How could a country so renowned for excellent beer have got this one so wrong, and it sold so well?
The Stella in UK is nowt like the proper stuff from Belgium. UK stuff " brewed" in Wales, Belgian stuff in Leuven.
PS The UK stuff is known as "wife beater" around these parts
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Post by: Julian on 20 July, 2016, 09:06:16 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nRx09ansxg

For you, Mr Bagger.
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Post by: Julian on 20 July, 2016, 09:06:54 pm
I am drinking Tyskie, in order to toast our local xenophobe.
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Post by: ian on 21 July, 2016, 09:21:23 am
Stella must be one of the worst lagers there is (and lordy, does it have competition). Nasty, harsh lingering chemical taste. I can't say I've tried it in Belgium (though there's such a splendid array of beers available, I doubt I'd bother). As a rule never drink any foreign beer that isn't being made at its actual brewery. Nothing good will come of it.
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Post by: rafletcher on 21 July, 2016, 03:31:12 pm
I used to get decent Stella when I lived in Selsey about 20 years ago. It came over in the back of a white van. What's available now is awful.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 21 July, 2016, 03:55:18 pm
Stella is dreadful in the UK never tried it abroad. Leffe is the only Anheuser-Busch that seems to have survived being borged OK.
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Post by: Andrij on 21 July, 2016, 06:31:30 pm
2007 Saint Clair white colheita.
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Post by: tiermat on 21 July, 2016, 06:34:43 pm
Just about to attack the last bottle of Estrella Damm in the fridge. I have the day off, tomorrow and am Des for the weekend!
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Post by: epa611 on 21 July, 2016, 07:25:39 pm
A pint of Deuchars in the Drum and Monkey in Glasgow them a curry and catch up with my best man :-D

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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 22 July, 2016, 12:52:56 pm
As a rule never drink any foreign beer that isn't being made at its actual brewery. Nothing good will come of it.
The Fosters sold in the UK is better than the Fosters sold in Australia.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 22 July, 2016, 01:04:39 pm
As a rule never drink any foreign beer that isn't being made at its actual brewery. Nothing good will come of it.
The Fosters sold in the UK is better than the Fosters sold in Australia.

Strewth !
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 August, 2016, 09:33:13 pm
Just finished a very nice bottle of Vouvray from the Wine Society :P
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Post by: Torslanda on 05 August, 2016, 09:48:38 pm
A  bottle of Vieux Pineau des Charentes. A fortified wine but oak aged for 5 years.

Ver, ver, nice.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 August, 2016, 09:54:38 pm
Mmm, I do like a nice glass of PdC... that shall be my aperitif on holidays the week after next :P
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Post by: Torslanda on 05 August, 2016, 10:11:40 pm
This came from Intermarché (Les Mousquetaires) for around €7.

Why did we only buy one bottle when it's a 30k round trip . . . ?  :facepalm:
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 August, 2016, 10:43:47 pm
I still have 3 bottles in the wine cellar shed that we brought home last year. (It doesn't get drunk as much up here in the cold)

ETA - it's not 30k for us, and we're further away than you ;)
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Post by: Ham on 10 August, 2016, 08:54:59 pm
In honour of a soon to be happening burp day, I am imbibing a chateau bottled Fronsac, acquired at the chateau, to accompany my Heston Burger. I just can't understand why my street sign has changed to start p-s-e-u-d
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Post by: Jon on 11 August, 2016, 12:09:54 am
As a rule never drink any foreign beer that isn't being made at its actual brewery. Nothing good will come of it.
The Fosters sold in the UK is better than the Fosters sold in Australia.
Better in what way!? I'm intrigued.
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Post by: ElyDave on 11 August, 2016, 06:46:53 am
Rhubarb gin.  Bought, not made: by Warner-Edwards (https://www.theginboxshop.co.uk/victoria-s-rhubarb-gin.html), a recent Booths promotion.  I was expecting something pale and delicate, but no:  it's a rhubarb equivalent of damson gin, with a whacking great thump of rhubarb taste.  In a good way.  Very drinkable, dangerously so, with just a splash of ginger ale.

I have a bottle of that, very good isn't. I've been making martinis using it.
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Post by: T42 on 13 August, 2016, 04:23:24 pm
Cuppa.
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Post by: T42 on 14 August, 2016, 04:50:00 pm
Nuther cuppa.
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Post by: Ruthie on 14 August, 2016, 04:51:25 pm
A cup of BRITISH ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA from India.
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Post by: T42 on 14 August, 2016, 04:53:52 pm
Whereas mine is that nasty French stuff, Twining's.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 August, 2016, 05:21:39 pm
Have had my apertif, Pineau des Charentes. Then some water. Probably should have some moar water before dinner comes and we get on the wine...
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Post by: tiermat on 15 August, 2016, 01:00:29 am
This last 4 days has seen me try some of the best craft beers in Denver, none of which I can remember, but all of which I like! One was even had as breakfast after a bike ride!
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Post by: tiermat on 17 August, 2016, 04:43:39 pm
Continuing the theme, last night was a tour of four breweries, those being :

The Great Divide
Denver Brewing Company
Black Shirt Brewery
Urmmmm...

The best beer was had at Black Shirt, although the Oak Aged Yeti at Great Divide was very very nice.

Think I may need a new liver when I get back!
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Post by: ian on 17 August, 2016, 06:17:01 pm
Barrel Aged Yeti is fab. Up there with Pirate Noir (imperials stout aged in Jamaican rum casks) for scrummy barrel-aged prime booziness.

If you can get it Hitachino Nest XH. I had to go to Japan for that one. Now I have to go back for another.

I'm trying to remember what the barrel-aged barley wine I had the other week was, but for obvious reasons my recall is a bit hazy.
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Post by: ElyDave on 17 August, 2016, 08:56:48 pm
I had a Hitachino Nest the other week, very nice. Some very good beers in stockholm last week, but can't remember which.

Tonight a nice picpoul de pinet
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Post by: ian on 17 August, 2016, 09:18:06 pm
The XH is good - it's aged in shochu barrels which gives it a fairly unique taste. Never seen it in the UK. We got it in some little bar hiding under the Tokyo expressway in Shinbashi. Can't remember the name of the bar, though for some obscure reason that a mash-up of broken Japanese and English couldn't resolve, the bar had a nautical theme and a considerable quantity of potato salad.
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Post by: andyoxon on 23 August, 2016, 06:26:44 pm
Daleside Monkey Wrench
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Post by: Jakob W on 30 August, 2016, 09:47:50 pm
A negroni. Well, two if we're counting.
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Post by: tiermat on 09 October, 2016, 09:00:53 am
Not right now, but last night, I had:

Magic Rock Cannonball
Magic Rock Rapture
Yorkshire Heart Silverheart
Ainsty Ales Flummoxed Farmer.

In that order. Spot the problem? Yes the Cannonball is like a hoppy baseball bat to the mouth which affected the taste of all the others :(
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Post by: madcow on 26 October, 2016, 10:22:06 pm
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5478/29955151194_602f85cab8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MD2YQ3)IMG_0004 (https://flic.kr/p/MD2YQ3)

Home made,hand crafted Sloe gin, which has been developing over the last 12 months and has just been bottled tonight.Needed the sweetie jar for this year's batch.

Sloes are a lot poorer crop than last year. There must have been a frost at just the wrong time in  Yorkshire.
Are sloes more bountiful elsewhere?
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Post by: Pingu on 28 October, 2016, 08:27:21 pm
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IMG_7651_01 (https://flic.kr/p/NwosV2) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Post by: Pingu on 28 October, 2016, 08:40:08 pm
 La Shaman is a bit spicy  :P
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Post by: Pingu on 28 October, 2016, 10:22:40 pm
Defo vanilla from the Charbon.
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Post by: Pingu on 28 October, 2016, 10:24:25 pm
...Needed the sweetie jar for this year's batch...

What's the sweetie jar?
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Post by: nicknack on 28 October, 2016, 11:18:04 pm
Pistonhead Full Amber.
It's 4 for £6 at Morrisons.
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Post by: madcow on 29 October, 2016, 10:06:17 pm
...Needed the sweetie jar for this year's batch...

What's the sweetie jar?

Pingu, I don't know how old you are but up until the 1970's ,sweets were stored in big glass jars and the shopkeeper weighed out what you wanted.
I have one of those glass jars with a screw top lid and it will hold a couple of pounds of sloes,a pound of sugar and a litre of gin, with enough space (ullage is the technical term ) to allow agitating the contents .
The large diameter neck on the jar makes it easy to get the sloes in and out.
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Post by: Jakob W on 30 October, 2016, 02:02:35 pm
As the seasons turn I've moved from Negronis to Boulevardiers (rye/bourbon instead of gin; I used rye). Very tasty indeed.
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Post by: De Sisti on 30 October, 2016, 02:35:09 pm
Strawberry milkshake.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 November, 2016, 08:02:45 pm
Rasteau.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 05 November, 2016, 07:12:57 am
Mrs Pingu has become a Rasteau-fare-ian.

(http://legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/coat_48.png)
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 05 November, 2016, 09:56:10 am
Badoom-tish!
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Post by: Aunt Maud on 05 November, 2016, 10:15:15 am
Right now, this minute....fizzy tea, a poor excuse for what's supposed to be beer.
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Post by: Pingu on 05 November, 2016, 11:09:20 am
Mrs Pingu has become a Rasteau-fare-ian.

(http://legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/coat_48.png)

A fan of Bob Merlot.
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Post by: andrew_s on 08 November, 2016, 10:38:11 pm
Hartlands Farmhouse Perry (http://www.camra.org.uk/press-releases/-/asset_publisher/R16Ta0pf6w5B/content/cambridgeshire-and-gloucestershire-scoop-camra-s-best-cider-and-perry-awards)
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Post by: Legs on 10 November, 2016, 04:17:13 pm
Bell's Pholcodine Linctus.
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Post by: ElyDave on 10 November, 2016, 10:28:28 pm
A Brew Dog Pumpking Jack earlier, cheapo from tescos after halloween.

Now, a medicinal armagnac, cold can FOAD
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Post by: Von Broad on 12 November, 2016, 10:29:30 pm
Choir Porter[cask] by Salopian Brewery.

Nothing revolutionary, nothing you've not had before....but what an absolutely fantastic pint.
A beer like this I could easily have running instead of the mains.

A bit like a nicely-trued wheel that hasn't been reinvented.
Top notch.
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Post by: andrew_s on 15 November, 2016, 10:46:55 pm
Hartlands Farmhouse Perry (http://www.camra.org.uk/press-releases/-/asset_publisher/R16Ta0pf6w5B/content/cambridgeshire-and-gloucestershire-scoop-camra-s-best-cider-and-perry-awards)
and again
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Post by: andrew_s on 17 November, 2016, 10:52:20 pm
Hartlands Farmhouse Perry (http://www.camra.org.uk/press-releases/-/asset_publisher/R16Ta0pf6w5B/content/cambridgeshire-and-gloucestershire-scoop-camra-s-best-cider-and-perry-awards)
of which I've just started the final pint
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Post by: T42 on 20 November, 2016, 10:04:15 am
4th mug of tea since 8 o'clock.
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Post by: mcshroom on 20 November, 2016, 02:32:17 pm
Lemsip :(
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Post by: Basil on 20 November, 2016, 03:13:06 pm
G&T before dinner. 
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Post by: Wowbagger on 23 December, 2016, 07:27:18 pm
Meles meles lepus europaeus circumsiliens.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 24 December, 2016, 08:40:35 pm
A small glass of gout-juice.
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Post by: Oaky on 24 December, 2016, 11:24:39 pm
Madeira,  as is par for my course at this time of year.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 25 December, 2016, 01:45:23 pm
Tea at the moment, but I've just been out to the shed to get the cooking kriek and to assemble the bottles ready for this year's scale of kriek evil taste test.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 25 December, 2016, 04:37:25 pm
More gout-juice. Bloody lovely - taylor's 10-yo tawny gout-juice.
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Post by: hellymedic on 25 December, 2016, 06:49:57 pm
Prosecco.
Partner has hit the J2O.
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Post by: rafletcher on 25 December, 2016, 07:07:35 pm
Campari spritz.  1/3 campari, 1/3 white wine, 1/3 soda.
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Post by: fuzzy on 28 December, 2016, 09:29:21 am
Too much......
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Post by: Torslanda on 29 December, 2016, 09:18:18 am
Apols if this is BZZZZT! Repetition...

Smirnoff do an Espresso vodka. Add Baileys 50/50 and it's called Espresso Bongo.

Drink enough and your hangover will be just like mine . . .
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Post by: Thor on 29 December, 2016, 09:58:53 pm
Spanish brandy - Torres 10 year old
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Post by: Chris S on 29 December, 2016, 10:18:02 pm
All the contents of the cupboards. (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=100909.0)
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Post by: IanDG on 29 December, 2016, 10:20:46 pm
Intrepid Bear - there were a few glasses of last nights 'Racing Zeppelins' in the bottle too (with Thelonius Monk on the airwaves :)

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(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15726893_10154874900997486_3573644629727756193_n.jpg?oh=e19db9d2e1650942242ea5d3a10a0069&oe=58F5CA76)
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Post by: ElyDave on 30 December, 2016, 04:21:32 pm
plain old water so far, just been out doing the second session in the new gym.  Lots of nice Punk IPA, a nice porter, an ESB or a St Peters Orgnic best to choose from
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Post by: ian on 31 December, 2016, 08:22:48 pm
A BAD Slow Rider grapefruit pale ale, at an easygoing 2.8% abv it seems a good way to start the evening festivities (let's not mention that Brixton DIPAs I had earlier in the day to wash down a late breakfast*). Next up a Redwillow Shameless IPA.

*for my sins, I did do 50 lengths of the 50 metre pool at lunchtime, so I earned my huevos rancheros and boozy dessert.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 31 December, 2016, 09:01:37 pm
Having had
Victory kirsch gose
Weird Beard Safe Word (chokeberry IPA)
I'm now on Wild Beer Schnoodlepip :P
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Post by: Torslanda on 31 December, 2016, 10:33:02 pm
Sticking to 'Espresso Bongo'. 50:50 Smirnoff Espresso & Baileys.

Gonna feel like shit in the morning!
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Post by: ElyDave on 31 December, 2016, 11:18:17 pm
Bloody hell,

Now sticking to single malt in my case
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Post by: spesh on 01 January, 2017, 01:01:29 am
Cardhu Gold Reserve - quite the change from the Ardmore that I had just finished off. The Ardmore was peaty (though not extremely so), whereas the Cardhu is like drinking liquid toffee apples.
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 01 January, 2017, 01:02:30 am
Finishing a glass of champagne after an evening alternating between that and whisky sours
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Post by: T42 on 01 January, 2017, 09:10:18 am
Tea.  All you types tossing back the ethanol make my pancreas cringe.
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Post by: ElyDave on 01 January, 2017, 10:32:48 am
Tea.  All you types tossing back the ethanol make my pancreas cringe.

Doesn't seem to bother mine too much, except for beer with all those unfermentables.
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Post by: Chris S on 01 January, 2017, 12:28:38 pm
Lemsip  ::-)
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 01 January, 2017, 12:34:30 pm
Tea.  All you types tossing back the ethanol make my pancreas cringe.

It just makes me thirsty.

<== 1054 days
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 01 January, 2017, 01:00:08 pm
Well done that bear, too :)

Tea, Earl Grey,  hot.
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 01 January, 2017, 05:49:09 pm
Peppermint tea. S'alright.
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Post by: rafletcher on 01 January, 2017, 11:48:08 pm
Marsala.
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Post by: Gus on 02 January, 2017, 08:48:06 am
pineapple juice :)
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Post by: T42 on 02 January, 2017, 09:36:09 am
Just finished the cup of tea the missus suggested when we came back from a walk in the snow, only she forgot halfway and made instant decaff.
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Post by: Jakob W on 07 February, 2017, 05:51:35 pm
A negroni.
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 10 February, 2017, 04:28:19 pm
I'm going to pick up some Adnam's Ghost Ship or don't Abbott Ale in a moment. 
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Post by: Jakob W on 10 February, 2017, 07:16:19 pm
Belgian recovery drink. (Achille)
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Post by: andrewc on 12 February, 2017, 12:26:57 pm
Last night was Writers Tears "Red Head",   very nice but I didn't spot that it was 46%  Some water with it for the next dram!
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Post by: Ruthie on 21 February, 2017, 10:16:53 pm
 Cadbury's hot chocolate. Mmmmm.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 14 March, 2017, 09:45:52 am
Despite having drunk a bottle of this:
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551fe5abe4b0d8eff62d4cd7/551ff199e4b0f9cd71b3d02a/58371b58ebbd1a49b8c9475c/1480008519702/13901361_511652212362844_2633763576931712036_n.jpg?format=750w)
the other day, I have not become a hipster. Perhaps because I didn't quite finish the bottle; it wasn't really very nice.
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Post by: ElyDave on 27 March, 2017, 09:25:35 pm
just finished the last of my Bruichladdich Port Charlotte  :P
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Post by: Wowbagger on 01 April, 2017, 07:31:32 pm
G & T. I have become really poncey in my old age.
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Post by: tiermat on 22 April, 2017, 03:49:47 pm
Giving Big Eagle another chance.
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Post by: ian on 22 April, 2017, 07:22:48 pm
A pint of Dexter at the Half Moon Tavern in 'Ernie Hill.
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Post by: Pickled Onion on 22 April, 2017, 08:35:30 pm
Zagorka Special. It's nothing special.

(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zagorka_Special_beer.JPG)
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Post by: fuzzy on 25 April, 2017, 10:33:24 am
An cup of instant coffee. It is surprisingly chilly outside when waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
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Post by: Andrij on 11 June, 2017, 09:04:16 pm
Tesco's Finest Fine ruby port from Waitrose.

Perfectly drinkable.
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Post by: ElyDave on 12 June, 2017, 07:32:00 pm
A whisky barrel aged cider from Scotland followed by a Long White Cloud extra pale ale
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Post by: campagman on 12 June, 2017, 08:04:35 pm
A dandelion leaf infusion. I was recently shown how easy these are to brew. I had/have nettles, dandelion and sticky weed growing in my garden.
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Post by: Thor on 13 June, 2017, 06:37:54 pm
La Ina Fino sherry, in the sunshine.
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Post by: andrewc on 11 September, 2017, 06:27:29 pm
My local M&S has bottles of 10 year old South African brandy "Van Ryn's" for £20, so I took a chance.   Nice smooth drinking & a google shows me it's well regarded & wins awards & stuff.  I might pop back & buy a few more (for presents....)
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Post by: andrewc on 22 December, 2017, 10:43:06 pm
No more cheap Van Ryns so tonights tipple is Carlos Primero Gran Reserva.  It's like drinking Christmas cake  :P
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Post by: fuzzy on 22 December, 2017, 11:20:33 pm
Rebellion Humbug. Light and fruity. An 18 pint box being a festive gift from the boss :thumbsup:
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Post by: madcow on 25 December, 2017, 08:08:00 pm
McEwans Champion Whisky Edition 5.8%.
Nice dark ale with added whisky. Not too much whisky to overpower the beer flavours,and it's surprisingly mellow.
https://flic.kr/p/21wDiki (https://flic.kr/p/21wDiki)
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 25 December, 2017, 08:20:34 pm
Ben Riach 17 yr old Speyside Pedro Ximenez cask.

I poured a measure this morning and Ive been nursing it all day.
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Post by: Bairn Again on 25 December, 2017, 08:47:55 pm
Royal palace colheita 2001 port, with cheese.  I need to take it canny as im driving daughter #2 to the airport at 6am but im sure i can manage a Higland Park nightcap. (Pressie from my 89 yr old mum)
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Post by: Chris S on 26 December, 2017, 04:23:26 pm
Just tried a bottle of Proper Black. Yuk, not my kinda thing at all. Down the sink with that one.

Next!
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Post by: hellymedic on 26 December, 2017, 04:37:06 pm
Still nursing the pint mug of Breakfast Brown Liquid that some people could name 'coffee' but other might think this sacrilege.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 28 December, 2017, 09:21:19 am
A mug of very nice tippy Yunan. I have added a drop of milk but there again I am common.
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Post by: T42 on 28 December, 2017, 01:01:07 pm
A mug of pretty crappy Twining's Ceylon Sweepings. Or was, I've just finished it.
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Post by: Jakob W on 14 January, 2018, 07:57:04 pm
Laphroaig Whisky Mac for the cold - I know some might say it's a waste of a good Islay, but the sweetness and the peatiness work quite nicely together.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 15 January, 2018, 05:35:01 pm
Just waiting on a pot of second flush Margret's Hope Darjeeling to brew. The 2017 first flush was lovely, I have high hopes for this.

[edit - now its ready]

Well that's very different to the first flush. A strong family resemblance but a much more malty drink.
Some people like first flush and some second flush best. I am in the first flush camp I think.
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Post by: Bairn Again on 19 January, 2018, 09:52:59 pm
A lovely Aberlour single malt.  Quite why people waste good money on the vastly inferior Glenfiddich i dont know.  Well i do, its brand recognition. 
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Post by: Ham on 10 May, 2018, 11:23:53 pm
I nearly didn't try it because of its silly  (to English speakers) name. Found on the shelves of Mr Leclec's store of toothy comestibles and combustibles (amongst everything else) a bottle of Art Maniak. It was only when I noticed that Janneau was the brand that I read the label more carefully. It's a blended Armagnac, and a rather nice blended armagnac reminiscent in its way of Chivas, for round and about €20 a bottle, I commend it to the house.

If anyone can find it sold online, I would be interested, I haven't.
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Post by: Jurek on 25 May, 2018, 01:28:11 pm
I've just had an alcohol-free beer (It was a freebie, along with my delivery from Sainos).
That's a mistake which I cannot see myself repeating.

Alcohol-free beer. Why would you?
It's in the same realm as mild curry powder.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 25 May, 2018, 06:52:53 pm
Depends on the alcohol free beer. What did you have? I quite like Nanny State, and have taken to having one of those when I've already had a few drinks but am not ready for bed yet but don't want a hangover in the morning. It doesn't feel like not beer if I don't think about it too much.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/feb/20/prost-how-to-drink-beer-like-a-german-olympic-athlete
This one seems popular with the Graun alcohol reviewer...
https://drydrinker.com/product/big-drop-citrus-pale-ale-0-5-61224-x-330ml/
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Post by: ElyDave on 25 May, 2018, 09:04:54 pm
Ben Riach 17 yr old Speyside Pedro Ximenez cask.

I poured a measure this morning and Ive been nursing it all day.

You lucky man, I've only had the pleasure of that once.
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Post by: ian on 25 May, 2018, 09:12:24 pm
I've tried Nanny State, like all alcohol-free beer, it just seems to miss something. I suppose if you think of it as non-beer it might be OK (although this doesn't work for Carling and Stella). But as a substitute? Nah. If I'm not drinking booze I'd rather just have something else.
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Post by: rafletcher on 26 May, 2018, 07:45:36 pm
Pimms and lemonade. And birra Morretti.
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Post by: SteveC on 26 June, 2018, 11:51:53 am
Not right now cos at work but Sunday evening...
A really nice homemade plum and caramel vodka. Not usually my sort of thing but this had the balance between the sweet caramel and the tart plum to perfection.
Could have been very dangerous.
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Post by: T42 on 26 June, 2018, 12:57:33 pm
Just had a nice home-roasted Sidamo.
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Post by: Ham on 26 June, 2018, 02:15:56 pm
yesterday evening, nekkid laydees

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gnlmZ2qea74/WzI72dAsYsI/AAAAAAACqek/md8ZmhFwT0ooqYtZqvk-hBjfXOSb8SsAgCKgBGAs/s1600/MVIMG_20180625_191943.jpg)
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Post by: Jakob W on 26 June, 2018, 06:30:03 pm
Yesterday: Magic Rock Salty Kiss, and some black IPA thingy.*

Today: Aperol spritz, and the Fuller's and Friends Fullers/Fourpure collaboration - a nice dry-hopped lager.

*Do we have a better name for these yet - dark hopped ale or something?
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Post by: orienteer on 26 June, 2018, 08:36:22 pm
Just finished my last bottle of Japanese koshu wine; bought 12 from M&S online a year or more ago.

Just ordered 6 bottles, from a different vineyard, from another online wine supplier.
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Post by: T42 on 27 June, 2018, 07:59:12 am
Was going to say cuppa but I've finished it. Put the kettle on, love.
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Post by: lahoski on 27 June, 2018, 04:48:40 pm
Yesterday: Magic Rock Salty Kiss, and some black IPA thingy.*

Today: Aperol spritz, and the Fuller's and Friends Fullers/Fourpure collaboration - a nice dry-hopped lager.

*Do we have a better name for these yet - dark hopped ale or something?

Cascadian Dark Ale. At least if it has hops from the PNW.
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Post by: ian on 27 June, 2018, 05:03:19 pm
Habesha beer. If you think Oxon is a craft beer desert try an actual desert.* The first one I had was doubly disappointing as it turned out to be brewed by the usual suspects in the Netherlands. The second bottle was at least brewed locally.

*slight lie, though I'm sure there's one nearby.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 01 July, 2018, 10:28:12 pm
Draft Augustiner in a bar in Vienna.
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Post by: hellymedic on 02 July, 2018, 06:26:50 pm
Sainsbury's Basics Diet Lemonade.

Opened at last night's party.

Left over from some previous gathering.

Well past its 'BBE' date.

Of course...
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Post by: Chris S on 03 July, 2018, 09:03:08 pm
Well past its 'BBE' date.

"Best Before England's exit from the World Cup"?
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Post by: Kim on 03 July, 2018, 09:04:59 pm
I suspect the ingredient most likely to go off is the plastic bottle...
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Post by: T42 on 04 July, 2018, 09:00:53 am
Green tea with lime & ginger, which serves me right for not being more specific when Mrs T asked if I wanted a cuppa. I was expecting real tea, you know, the black stuff with milk in. Honestly, some people have no idea.
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Post by: hellymedic on 04 July, 2018, 12:28:51 pm
I suspect the ingredient most likely to go off is the plastic bottle...

 ;D ;D ;D

<pedant>

Isn't that an outgredient?

David doesn't like the lemonade; I suspect it's the sweeteners.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 04 July, 2018, 06:32:55 pm
Needing a bottle for other purposes this morning I emptied a litre or so of that down the sink.  It still had fizz in spite of bein last accessed three years ago.
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Post by: JennyB on 04 July, 2018, 06:46:40 pm
Instant apple shrub:  spoonful of sugar and enough cider vinegar to wetvit, in a long coldcglass of water.
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Post by: andrewc on 04 July, 2018, 11:22:21 pm
Calvados..... :P
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Post by: T42 on 05 July, 2018, 08:12:47 am
Funny stuff, Calvados.  I've had dirt cheap supermarket-checkout Calva and 20-year-old aged-in-the-wood Calva, and the former knocked the latter into a cocked hat.  The fruitiness was completely gone.

Veal collops sautéed with sliced apple, cream & cheap calva are excellent.

Mrs T once saw "escalope de volaille" translated as "foul collop".
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Post by: Basil on 04 August, 2018, 04:48:11 pm
Is it too early for a Vera Lynn Bionic?

Edit.  Ooh.  Apparently not.
*starts sawing at lemon*
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Post by: De Sisti on 04 August, 2018, 05:18:37 pm
Gin and tonic (with added juniper berries). Two and I'm shit-faced light headed and need
to lay down on the couch.
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 04 August, 2018, 05:27:14 pm
Just had two lots of two-thirds of a pineapple sour at our local crafty beer shop/tap room.

So delicious.

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Post by: ElyDave on 04 August, 2018, 06:12:32 pm
Let's just say, a tasting session at Bunnahabhain makes for an interesting g ride back down their access road :P

My fave was the 13 yo peated, finished in marsala casks. Bottled at cask strength.  I've made notes!
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Post by: Jakob W on 04 August, 2018, 07:06:32 pm
Aperol Spritz.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 04 August, 2018, 07:10:25 pm
Some pretty rubbish Californian wine.

Well, someone's got to...
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 August, 2018, 07:19:23 pm
Some pretty rubbish Californian wine.

Well, someone's got to...

No, no they don't.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 04 August, 2018, 09:44:10 pm
pastis
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Post by: T42 on 05 August, 2018, 07:30:57 am
I have eaten pastis.  They make a cake of that name in Les Landes.

Meanwhile, it being half-past breakfast, I am savouring the aftertaste of an excellent coffee.
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Post by: ElyDave on 05 August, 2018, 08:50:36 pm
Jarl, by the Argyll brewery, light, hoppy, nice for with a light dinner
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Post by: ian on 10 August, 2018, 04:01:02 pm
Last night, as it was getting late and I was bored waiting for my wife, I thought I'd have a glass of wine. I don't normally drink wine because I'm trying to get through all the beer first. So I found a box of cabernet sauvignon from the Christmas stores and poured a glass. Now I'm obviously a classy and sophisticated guy and this was surely quite a nice wine. I honestly should drink more. It had a depth of flavour I'd not anticipated. I mean, it was rich and fruity and had a note of coffee. Really, really good.

It wasn't until I noticed the empty wine glass on the kitchen worktop that I realised I'd poured the wine into a glass a third full of cold brew coffee that I'd forgotten about earlier in the evening.
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Post by: Ham on 10 August, 2018, 08:44:23 pm
Oy, there is a fully featured div thread that way --->>>> , I've been feeling a little lonely
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Post by: ElyDave on 10 August, 2018, 10:46:51 pm
Glenfiddich with an IPA cask finish.  Nicely citrussy and floral, definitely a hint of hoppy bitterness
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Post by: Paul on 11 August, 2018, 09:31:48 am
Pacharan/Patxaran
(Last night). Slows and (subtle) aniseed.
Really quite nice.
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Post by: ElyDave on 24 August, 2018, 10:20:42 pm
Bunnahabhain Moine, 13YO Finished in Marsala casks, a thing of exquisite beauty.

It was one of the 5 in my tasting at the distilery earlier this month, but being as I was en-velo, no luggage space to bring it back.  Arrived in the post Wednesday, surprised I waited so long.
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Post by: fuzzy on 24 August, 2018, 10:51:10 pm
Biddenden Vinyards Strong Kentish Cider. A tad nice :thumbsup:
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Post by: Andrij on 09 October, 2018, 01:19:46 pm
Goose Island IPA, while I wait for my flight to London.  Not at all bad, but considering the hour, and the day I have ahead of me, should have gone for a Bloody Mary.
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Post by: T42 on 09 October, 2018, 03:49:44 pm
Just finished a cuppa.
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Post by: pcolbeck on 18 November, 2018, 08:23:25 pm
A very nice Alsace Pinot Noir.
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Post by: ElyDave on 19 November, 2018, 07:10:14 pm
A nice cup of green tea, with a claret to follow
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Post by: ian on 30 November, 2018, 07:52:46 pm
OMG! I just realised it's Ginvent tomorrow. My wife built a custom one for added awesomes and off-piste selections.

Plus, she's coming back from Madrid tonight – the airport usually has some awesome gin for the collection... she'd better bring gifts if she doesn't want to spend the night in the porch.

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Post by: ElyDave on 30 November, 2018, 11:00:01 pm
Aged Dutch gin for me tonight
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Post by: nicknack on 30 November, 2018, 11:55:38 pm
HMS Victory Rum - Isle of Wight Distillery - 57%
Neat with a lump of ice.
Sublime.
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Post by: Ashaman42 on 01 December, 2018, 12:14:18 am
OMG! I just realised it's Ginvent tomorrow. My wife built a custom one for added awesomes and off-piste selections.

Plus, she's coming back from Madrid tonight – the airport usually has some awesome gin for the collection... she'd better bring gifts if she doesn't want to spend the night in the porch.
Isn't the porch where you keep your beer? Doesn't sound like such a hardship :)

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Post by: T42 on 01 December, 2018, 07:42:16 am
Super U's Twinings's something or other tea.
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Post by: andytheflyer on 01 December, 2018, 08:55:20 am
Well, last night, it was the last of my bottle of Caol Ila 12yo (a new one's on the way).

A fellow aero modeller OTP PM'd me to say he'd had a bad day with a model aeroplane build, so I offered to have a dram with him to show my sympathy and support.  Well, you have to, don't you.  It'd be rude not to.  Wouldn't it.  Yes.
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Post by: T42 on 01 December, 2018, 10:45:05 am
Funny coincidence, that: the last of my bottle of butane just went.
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Post by: ElyDave on 01 December, 2018, 01:22:09 pm
Do you want to correct that?
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Post by: lou boutin on 02 December, 2018, 10:08:44 am
Hot Ribena  ;D  I have a cold,  It makes me feel better, which is suspect is because it reminds me of childhood.

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Post by: ElyDave on 02 December, 2018, 11:25:55 am
Wait rose earl grey tea, the only one I could find made with China tea as it should be.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 02 December, 2018, 04:26:59 pm
Just slept off a couple of lunchtime pints of Siren 'Suspended in Mosaic'.

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Post by: bairn again on 25 December, 2018, 10:10:11 pm
Enjoying a 25YO Talisker as my final drink of a Christmas Day where the emphasis has been on quality not quantity.  Glad my tastebuds are in shape enough to appreciate it.  Its magnificent. 
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Post by: Gus on 30 January, 2019, 10:55:32 am
Yorkshire tea very strong with a small dash of Milk. :P
I Think I might be addicted. :smug:
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Post by: T42 on 30 January, 2019, 12:48:35 pm
Half a litre of Twining's Old & Filthy.
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Post by: hellymedic on 31 January, 2019, 02:03:48 pm
Cold Sainsbury's Gold Roast instant coffee.
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Post by: T42 on 31 January, 2019, 03:03:10 pm
Lemon/ginger "tea". Actually, I'm not; I'm screwing up the courage to.
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Post by: De Sisti on 31 January, 2019, 03:15:47 pm
Cup of Yorkshire Tea.
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Post by: andrewc on 01 February, 2019, 06:36:55 pm
Public Service Announcement.  Highland Park 12 year old single malt is on offer at the Co-op for £17.25 per bottle.  I may stock up on a few !
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Post by: Ham on 01 February, 2019, 09:50:12 pm
Glenlivet Nadurra.

Oh my.  It is interesting (especially as I picked it for around £20, inexplicably reduced in Waitrose). Matured in "First fill american white oak casks" I expected it to be light, and it is with a lemony hint, but there is a richness and depth with a fairly light peatyness. Slight sweet overtones, too. Exceptionally smooth for 60% abv (120+ proof). Very drinkable, unlikely to become a favourite though.
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Post by: ElyDave on 02 February, 2019, 06:52:49 pm
That Framboise I mentioned last night, very welcome after todays exertions.
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Post by: Andrij on 02 February, 2019, 08:32:36 pm
7 Ondas Dão (https://www.virginwines.co.uk/wine/Z38201102894/7-Ondas-Dao-Tinto).   :thumbsup:
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Post by: andrewc on 02 February, 2019, 09:05:36 pm
This place has very good prices for Portuguese wines.  The following are all made by the chap who did yours.https://www.portugalvineyards.com/en/search?orderby=price&orderway=asc&search_query=carlos+eduardo&submit_search=Search&p=2


I enjoyed this from M&S https://www.marksandspencer.com/quinta-de-fafide-estate-reserva-case-of-6/p/p21127281  and found the same stuff a lot cheaper on that site. https://www.portugalvineyards.com/en/wines/4635-quinta-de-fafide-reserve-red-2016-5609851524007.html?search_query=Quinta+de+Fafide&results=6


The website didn't like Safari, but when I ordered a case the delivery was fairly prompt.  Must order some more before Brexit  :(
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 02 February, 2019, 09:55:50 pm
Evil Twin - E Is for Elderberry.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 02 February, 2019, 10:38:00 pm
I've got a grumble. Brewers putting their wares out in tins that are 95% wishy washy design, that you can hardly find the brewer name, the beer name, the type on. And as for finding the %ABV? You need a magnifying glass and a treasure map.
Like thus:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7890/46238586214_f3d9d4e0dc.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2drWQKG)2019-02-02_10-12-07 (https://flic.kr/p/2drWQKG) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr

Yes, I know I sound like an old git. IDGAF.
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Post by: spesh on 02 February, 2019, 10:53:50 pm
No, that's a perfectly reasonable complaint IMHO, that can might just as well not have a label at all.
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Post by: Andrij on 03 February, 2019, 10:52:51 am
This place has very good prices for Portuguese wines.  The following are all made by the chap who did yours.https://www.portugalvineyards.com/en/search?orderby=price&orderway=asc&search_query=carlos+eduardo&submit_search=Search&p=2


I enjoyed this from M&S https://www.marksandspencer.com/quinta-de-fafide-estate-reserva-case-of-6/p/p21127281  and found the same stuff a lot cheaper on that site. https://www.portugalvineyards.com/en/wines/4635-quinta-de-fafide-reserve-red-2016-5609851524007.html?search_query=Quinta+de+Fafide&results=6


The website didn't like Safari, but when I ordered a case the delivery was fairly prompt.  Must order some more before Brexit  :(

Cheers!
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Post by: andrewc on 04 February, 2019, 07:38:14 pm
Public Service Announcement.  Highland Park 12 year old single malt is on offer at the Co-op for £17.25 per bottle.  I may stock up on a few !


I've just bought the last 3 bottles they had.  :facepalm:    I read elsewhere that this standard bottling is being discontinued & replaced by "Viking Honour"


They also had Glenfiddich 12 year old for £18 a bottle. 
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Post by: andrew_s on 09 February, 2019, 02:20:56 pm
This afternoon, I am in the Legion in Tewkesbury, with a choice of Sarah Hughes Snowflake (8%), Exmoor Beast (6.6%), or something weak and fluffy (Ludlow Gold 4.3).
One of each so far :)
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: rafletcher on 09 February, 2019, 05:54:10 pm
Bucks Fizz, well Prosecco and blood orange juice.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: andrewc on 07 May, 2019, 11:08:09 pm
No more cheap Van Ryns so tonights tipple is Carlos Primero Gran Reserva.  It's like drinking Christmas cake  :P


Carlos 1 Gran Reserva is about £36 for a 0.75l bottle, so I was quite pleased to find it at €29 for a litre in Hamburg duty free  :P
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Jaded on 08 May, 2019, 01:17:05 am
A Glenlivet Founders Reserve Marketing Blend that I found for half price yesterday on the ferry.

Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Gus on 08 May, 2019, 05:04:30 am
A big mug og steaming hot black coffee
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: andyoxon on 30 July, 2019, 06:17:56 pm
Trying some Butts Organic bottle conditioned ale.  Mrs ao has just walked through and poured the remains of the bottle, I'd left in the kitchen, into my 3/4 full glass, because 'I hadn't finished it'  I now have lumps of yeast and cloudiness...   ::-) ;D  Perhaps this should be in 1st world problems...  ;)
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 30 July, 2019, 06:50:47 pm
That's the vitamins...
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: T42 on 31 July, 2019, 02:19:03 pm
Cuppa.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Ashaman42 on 31 July, 2019, 08:38:11 pm
Fursty Ferret whilst lounging in the tub
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Post by: pcolbeck on 16 November, 2019, 09:14:01 pm
A very nice Fleurie. Went well with duck with and orange and maple sauce. Life's too short to drink new world wines.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: rafletcher on 16 November, 2019, 09:17:19 pm
Life's too short to drink new world wines.

I have to disagree  :)
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Wowbagger on 18 January, 2020, 09:26:14 pm
Something from Macedonia. It is really lovely. Heavy, dark, fruity, 14% and about £6 a bottle. Waitrose, of course.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Chris S on 19 January, 2020, 12:15:54 am
Something from Macedonia. It is really lovely. Heavy, dark, fruity, 14% and about £6 a bottle. Waitrose, of course.

You're such a Tory!  ;D
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: IanDG on 19 January, 2020, 12:17:21 am
Old Pulteney.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Rowan on 19 January, 2020, 12:33:28 am
Home brew stout - a bit too much head on it, must have over done the priming sugar, but give it time to let the head settle and it is just wonderful.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: T42 on 19 January, 2020, 08:27:04 am
Supermarket Twinings.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: pcolbeck on 29 May, 2020, 09:14:04 pm
A 2009 Châteaux Tour de Luchey Bordeaux.

The wine merchant was a tad worried that it might be corked and offered a full refund if it was. It isn't and its lovely.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Regulator on 03 June, 2020, 04:32:13 pm
Two new bottles of gin arrived today from the Wessex Distillery:

A bottle of Wyvern

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/3104/0296/products/WAVERN_S_GIN_-_70CL_-_13741_copy_540x.jpg?v=1575645597)


and a bottle of Alfred the Great

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/3104/0296/products/ALFRED_THE_GREAT_-_70CL_-_13743_copy_540x.jpg?v=1575644488)


I also ordered some of their hand sanitizer.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: T42 on 03 June, 2020, 04:39:40 pm
Just back from a ride, so: pint of Isostar with a cuppa for chaser.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: bairn again on 12 June, 2020, 05:40:53 pm
Tomorrows long bike ride has been cancelled due to crappy weather in Edinburgh.

Compensation arrived earlier in the shape of a couple of mixed cases of Stewart Brewing's Holyrood Pale, Edinburgh Gold and 80/. 

Im currently tucking into an Edinburgh Gold which is a lovely beer. 

Lately I've tired a bit of fancy super strength concoctions from the likes of Pilot and Brewdog and just want a no nonsense session beer.   

 
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: SteveC on 12 June, 2020, 07:26:37 pm
There is a box of Odcombe No 1 (http://"https://www.masonsarmskitchen.co.uk/product/odcombe-no-1/"), from the brewpub in the next village waiting downstairs for 9.00 o'clock.
(and we've just finished a couple of their pizzas for tea)
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: markcjagar on 12 June, 2020, 07:31:46 pm
I got a delivery from Magic Rock Brewery today.

I'm currently suppin' Dark Arts - Surreal Stout, it's very nice.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 12 June, 2020, 07:37:39 pm
Another Howling Hops mixed case, a case of Pressure Drop, and what's that, lurking behind the Tiny Rebel case, is it a Verdant I spy.

I'm not sure where to start. I think a Tropical Deluxe.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Socks on 12 June, 2020, 07:47:34 pm
Too much red wine.  Using the 'Naked Wines' on-line shop, good selection and home delivery.  Not so good for my fitness and audax aspirations though.
.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 12 June, 2020, 07:53:22 pm
Actually, I found a barrel-aged pale ale from 6° North in the fridge which is proving quite quaffable in a Belgish sort of way.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 12 June, 2020, 08:37:26 pm
Gerwurtztraminer.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Ashaman42 on 12 June, 2020, 11:23:04 pm
Gesundheit!  ;D

Brewdog punk IPA right now having had a few different beers this evening from my 48 can selection box that arrived yesterday.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Paul on 13 June, 2020, 07:07:51 am
I had some Corbieres last night. It's a long time since I had any. The last bottle I bought was such a disappointment, but this one was better (£7.50 from the Co-op). Still not a patch on the house version I had in a restaurant in Carcassonne 25+ years ago. How much of the flavour (perhaps in your memory) is down to where you were and who you were with, do you think? I'm going to say up to 100%
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: pcolbeck on 13 June, 2020, 10:15:23 am
I had some Corbieres last night. It's a long time since I had any. The last bottle I bought was such a disappointment, but this one was better (£7.50 from the Co-op). Still not a patch on the house version I had in a restaurant in Carcassonne 25+ years ago. How much of the flavour (perhaps in your memory) is down to where you were and who you were with, do you think? I'm going to say up to 100%

Quite a lot of the pleasure of wine is definitely the location. On the other hand the wine producers of SW France have really upped their game in the last 20 years or so. What gets shipped over hear at reasonably cheap prices will be a lot better than it used to be. They always had some good stuff they kept at home.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: markcjagar on 17 June, 2020, 08:54:59 pm
I got a mini-keg of Pardoner from Abbeydale today, I'm on my third pint, it's NIEC!
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: nicknack on 19 June, 2020, 06:56:33 pm
Two new bottles of gin arrived today from the Wessex Distillery:

A bottle of Wyvern

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/3104/0296/products/WAVERN_S_GIN_-_70CL_-_13741_copy_540x.jpg?v=1575645597)
Thanks for that! I couldn't resist a gin with my name on it. It's very good.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 19 June, 2020, 07:49:24 pm
After a two hour call about clustering algorithms, disgustingly organized to clash with beer o'clock on a Friday evening, I need something strong. Is it so wrong to start with barley wine?
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Ashaman42 on 19 June, 2020, 08:06:58 pm
Never!
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Post by: Gattopardo on 19 June, 2020, 08:11:15 pm
A cheeky 2011 sell by date Baileys Hazlenut.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Wowbagger on 19 June, 2020, 08:13:39 pm
Something red and Italian.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 19 June, 2020, 09:36:32 pm
Never!

Cloudwater. Rather nice. And a modest-sized bottle.

I remember the Sunday afternoon we spent at Rattle and Hum in NYC during a barley wine thing. Well, until about 3pm, after which things went a bit odd shaped. I am pretty sure we went back to the wrong hotel.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Jakob W on 19 June, 2020, 10:57:36 pm
My local's reopening Friday and Saturday evenings for takeaway BEER, so a couple of pints of Backyard Brewhouse coffee stout, to wash down one of their excellent pork pies.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Wowbagger on 26 June, 2020, 10:02:03 pm
Quinta do crasto 2015 late bottled vintage port, a birthday present from my younger son. I think it's possibly the best I've tasted - really heavy and dark.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: markcjagar on 27 June, 2020, 10:37:06 pm
Brewdog's Clockwork Tangerine a citrus session IPA at 4.5%, it's nice but I wanted it to be more tangeriney and I also have a glass of Old Pulteney on the side. Best way to recover from 200km around Yorkshire.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 27 June, 2020, 10:43:37 pm
We were drinking Clockwork Tangerine during the week and I found my burps to be very much more marmaladey than the beer.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: T42 on 28 June, 2020, 03:47:26 pm
Very inferior Darjeeling, the Ceylon having run out.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Wowbagger on 28 June, 2020, 07:18:54 pm
I just had a pint of London Pride - a click & collect substitution for the 1845 I ordered. It's very quaffable, but not in the league of 1845 for flavour. I normally restrict myself to 1 pint of 1845 when I drink it, so I only bought 4 bottles to last the week. I've got tye wine i opened yesterday which I think will last me the rest of the evening.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Basil on 20 August, 2020, 04:51:02 pm
Waiting to see son off from Aberystwyth station, we found a lovely little back street  independent pub.  I tried the Alpha State Smoked Mäzen. An absolutely lovely dark ale with good smokey nose and taste. Made in Kent apparently.
Mrs B is driving, obv. But still she says I may not have another.   :(
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: robgul on 22 August, 2020, 07:21:40 am
Cotswold Bitter from the North Cotswold Brewery.

The upside is being part of a group of neighbours that we joined up with when we moved to this house earlier in the year - each Tuesday the organiser gets a message from the brewery with this week's beer availability (usually 4 or 5 + a guest ale) - we tell him what we want, the brewery delivers to him on Friday and home delivery is made.

Standard package is a 4 pint plastic "milk container" type bottle - and it's £10 for the 4 pints.  Excellent value.   It keeps OK but needs to be consumed within 3 or 4 days.

Larger containers are available, again at knockout prices.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: SteveC on 22 August, 2020, 08:18:11 am
Cotswold Bitter from the North Cotswold Brewery.
We have been doing similar for the last month or so with Yeovil Ales.
Apart from bottles, their smallest container is a 5l bag in box. I've been getting 10 pint glasses full out of them (I suspect I don't quite fill to the full pint) and the prices start at £20. They do deliver, but the brewery is only a 10 minute drive away and after the last time we had a delivery, MrsC felt so sorry for the driver (he didn't get to us until about 8.00 pm) that we've been doing click and collect. This weekend we are on Lynx Wildcat. :)
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: nobby on 22 August, 2020, 01:50:19 pm
Tea. Waitrose Own referred to as Wuhan because we only started buying it when the Chinese virus arrived.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Gattopardo on 01 September, 2020, 09:49:36 pm
Is if bad if I'm drinking a nice muscadet from a pint glass, filtered through a coffee filter as I dropped the bottle and cracked the bottle.  One should not waste nice wine.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: markcjagar on 02 September, 2020, 08:49:40 pm
I'm drinking Deliverance from Abbeydale Brewery, it's a DIPA that comes in at 7%.

It's crazy hoppy, I like it.

Most notably, I was gifted 14 cans by a friend, which adds like 5% to the enjoyment.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Canardly on 02 September, 2020, 08:54:28 pm
Australian Shiraz. Not black unfortunately.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: MattH on 22 October, 2020, 09:24:04 pm
Salmiakki Koskenkorva (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmiakki_Koskenkorva) because it's cold and dark out, and it's been one of those days.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 02 November, 2020, 12:43:59 pm
Terrible coffee. Coffeebot evidently had a bad morning, I may need to clean her chute or the beans got stuck, but what I expected to be a Colombian themed Monday-morning coffee smash up of methamphetamine and adrenochrome came out tasting like conference coffee.
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Post by: GdS on 13 November, 2020, 05:53:21 pm
seems very appropriate!

(https://honestbrew.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,quality=85,format=auto,metadata=copyright,width=540,height=720/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Brewdog-Bernard-Castle-Eye-Test-Hazy-IPA-6-Can-330ml.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Pingu on 28 November, 2020, 06:57:06 pm
Pornstar martini.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 28 November, 2020, 08:45:38 pm
Pornstar passionfuit martini.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50657895076_852070015d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kbsXj5)2020-11-28_08-41-42 (https://flic.kr/p/2kbsXj5) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ElyDave on 01 December, 2020, 08:32:30 pm
 have ended up with two whisky advent calendars this year  :smug:

Todays were
1) a "world blend" whic I suspect had a lot of Japan, very light and dry, with strong orange peel and woody hints, very nice
2) a 25 year old Speyside, very marzipany on the nose, with a lot of esters, raisin, grapefruit, burnt caramel flavours

both very good :P
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: CAMRAMan on 01 December, 2020, 09:04:58 pm
Adnam's Broadside washed down with Marston's Old Empire. Neither BC, but still very drinkable.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 01 December, 2020, 09:09:44 pm
ElyDave has reminded me to break out the two ginvent calendars (one is off-piste stuff, the other standard, or so I'm informed). I'd actually forgotten it was the month of December.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Tim Hall on 01 December, 2020, 09:35:41 pm
Stout from a microbrewery in the 'Sham. Fittingly for an enterprise called "Chapeau" there's a 5% discount if you arrive by bike.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ElyDave on 01 December, 2020, 09:38:06 pm
I'm just hoping it goes quickly, I'm bloody knackered and we started another project today. Who'd'a thunk this climate change lark would catch on?
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ElyDave on 02 December, 2020, 09:28:59 pm
tonight's delights
1) MacDuff 10YO, light, floral with a bit of background earthiness/dryness, would be a good pre-dinner whisky
2) Mackyra Svensk Ek - spiced plum on the nose, nuts, dates and a little chocolate in terms of taste
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: T42 on 03 December, 2020, 10:18:00 am
Just had a cappuccino. Didn't enjoy it much - I made a short filter coffee as the basis rather than espresso.  MrsT can't even tolerate the caffeine in decaf so I foamed too much milk and she polished off the excess.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ElyDave on 19 December, 2020, 09:28:21 pm
I think I've just tasted my second most favourite whisky ever, as of today.

From the Netherlands, heavily peated, finished in Pedro Ximinex casks, MIllstone is the name. Might have to look and see how widely available it is.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Hot Flatus on 11 January, 2021, 07:50:28 pm
(https://anotherdreamytraveller.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/magic-rock-clairvoyance-fi.jpg?w=672&h=372&crop=1)

Magic Rock Clairvoyance IPA.

I notice that the larger Morrisons are now stocking a range of 7-8% unfined DIPAs in 440ml cans.  This is tonight's. It's pretty good.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Ham on 11 February, 2021, 06:21:39 pm
So much beer. So little time.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b8V6_yErRWM/YCV1a-z1TXI/AAAAAAADZWc/Gzumq5TZhBQmry-KEC7-wkb2A78p18_RwCPcBGAsYHg/s1024/PXL_20210211_172811244.jpg)

ETA The Simcoe IPA is the first to fall, and very very nice indeed. In the words of the hipster bunch who run the joint "the piney, lychee overtones of Simcoe stand out in this thick, juicy, fruity IPA, reminding us why we first went crazy for US craft beers all those years ago."

https://prettydecentbeer.co/collections/beer/products/simcoeipa

EATA - at case price (which can be mixed) that's £3.15/can and damn good value IMO
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: tiermat on 12 February, 2021, 08:08:01 am
Following in Ham's footsteps, these guys are local and I have a delivery arriving today ready for 4 o'clock Friday

https://wearebad.co/collections/shop

Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: T42 on 12 February, 2021, 09:09:51 am
3rd cuppa this morning.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 12 February, 2021, 05:23:14 pm
Nothing yet. Waiting for piña colada o'clock.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 12 February, 2021, 07:05:49 pm
Cloak + Dagger, apparently from Worthing, a place previously only known as Death's Waiting Room. Looks tasty, but I'm waiting for my wife to stop doing whatever the lycra-clad antipodeans are yelling at her to do from inside the TV.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 12 February, 2021, 07:08:17 pm
Drunk the piña colada. Now I have to wait for Pingu to finish making tea and finish his piña colada at a more decorous pace before the wine course appears.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Chris S on 12 February, 2021, 10:36:07 pm
... a great deal of wine. Dry January is over.

fboab is wisely hiding upstairs.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Wowbagger on 12 February, 2021, 10:37:14 pm
I just finished the bottle of chianti I opened on 6th January. I said it would last me a week...
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Ham on 13 February, 2021, 06:04:28 am
Following in Ham's footsteps, these guys are local and I have a delivery arriving today ready for 4 o'clock Friday

https://wearebad.co/collections/shop

They look a handy outfit, too but
Quote
Hipsters BRWKTPRJCT — BRUCE 6.1% NEW ZEALAND IPA
Bruce is a special IPA made with 3.42kg of dry hops per barrel of beer. The hops we used are a blend named Bruce, so how could we not call the beer that!
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

ETA turns out it is I who is the fule

I got it rong, Bruce hops are from NZ.

https://leagueofbrewers.co.nz/the-bruce-hops-pellets-nz.html
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: tiermat on 15 February, 2021, 01:12:10 pm
@Ham,  their BA range is outstanding and they are thoroughly nice chaps.  Forget the fact that the "standard" range has names taken from 70/80's rock songs (yes that is why they are called Bad Company).  Comfortably Numb, Love Over Gold etc
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: citoyen on 15 February, 2021, 02:18:34 pm
I notice that the larger Morrisons are now stocking a range of 7-8% unfined DIPAs in 440ml cans.  This is tonight's. It's pretty good.

Tesco likewise. I've not seen the Clairvoyance but my local Tesco stocks one of theirs called What Are The Odds? that I like.
https://www.magicrockbrewing.com/beer/what-are-the-odds

Salt Ikat is another I've enjoyed lately.
https://www.saltbeerfactory.co.uk/product/ikat-ddh-dipa/
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Hot Flatus on 23 February, 2021, 09:37:03 pm
Ordered a hand-picked selection of about 12 large beers from Vocation for my brother a couple of days ago.

So I had one myself.

It arrived today and I've just had the 11% Kirsch stout and OMFG  :o
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 23 February, 2021, 09:42:14 pm
We have a box from Vocation, which is very nice, but some of them are indeed brain-punchingly hefty brews.

The Cloak + Dagger stuff was also very good, not a brewery I'd encountered before, but some find hoppy stuff. I also found a case of Verdant, ho ho, in the porch. I am very much missing The Experiment (the taproom collab between Verdant and Pressure Drop).
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 23 February, 2021, 09:55:50 pm
While we were killing time all day (see OT Knowledge, some tradespeople were demolishing the entrance platform to Pingu Towers) we went to https://hopshopaberdeen.com, which is ostensibly a craft beer nerd corner of a petrol station grocers.

I spotted a whole load of interesting looking beer I hadn't seen before. From Cascade brewing in Portland, OR. So that was 3 at 15 a pop. And then more interesting stuff, some tasty sounding Berliner Weisses. And then I though I'd better stop looking or there would be no room in the box for Pingu beer.
I could easily have filled another box.

But right now I'm drinking a G&T made with Bobby's (Dutch) gin. Which I bought 3 or 4 bottles of in Schipol in late 2019 cos I really like it, and then I was glad I did...
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Hot Flatus on 23 February, 2021, 10:18:11 pm
We have a box from Vocation, which is very nice, but some of them are indeed brain-punchingly hefty brews.

The Cloak + Dagger stuff was also very good, not a brewery I'd encountered before, but some find hoppy stuff. I also found a case of Verdant, ho ho, in the porch. I am very much missing The Experiment (the taproom collab between Verdant and Pressure Drop).

I've went to the Vocation taproom in Hebden about 3 years ago, and I reckon their beers have really improved. I find the stronger 7 or 8% ones very drinkable. I think they rival Cloud water these days. Not had a beer from them I didn't like.

Got a Sour lined up next. Also caned a bitter that was fantastic.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 24 February, 2021, 11:08:46 am
I remember sitting out Cascade Brewing the last time I was in Portland. So it must have been early in the evening. There's some good drinking in Portland.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: citoyen on 27 February, 2021, 07:23:22 pm
The talk of Vocation upthread persuaded me to try the 15 Mile Round Trip double IPA (https://www.vocationbrewery.com/products/15-mile-round-trip) tonight... Most excellent!

And dangerously quaffable for an 8% beer.

Not so much hazy as opaque, with the colour and much of the flavour of mango juice - albeit a very boozy kind of mango juice.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 27 February, 2021, 08:03:58 pm
Those northern bastards are now trying to push me some barrel-aged stuff. Must. Not. Click. Buy. Too late.

Drinking a Brewdog Duopolis – an oat cream DDH IPA at a modest 4.7%. Very nice. There's a place called the Other Half Brewing in Brooklyn that I like to frequent, the do a load of oat cream IPAs, hazy beers for hazy nights, the last time I was there (remember travelling...) I don't think they had anything under 7.4%. My wife got carded on the way in which made her really happy. I'm sure we were the oldest people in the taproom. We're getting on to being a fine vintage.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 27 February, 2021, 08:21:41 pm
I like the Duopolis :P
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 27 February, 2021, 08:34:01 pm
It was very nice. I don't actually know what oat cream is, other than they were mad on it the last time I went to the Other Half (google tells me they've spread, two places in Brooklyn, one in the Finger Lakes, and one in DC – never seen their beer over here).

Have a Rustling Substance from Verdant now. Also very good.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Hot Flatus on 02 March, 2021, 08:49:24 pm
Those northern bastards are now trying to push me some barrel-aged stuff. Must. Not. Click. Buy. Too late.

Drinking a Brewdog Duopolis – an oat cream DDH IPA at a modest 4.7%. Very nice. There's a place called the Other Half Brewing in Brooklyn that I like to frequent, the do a load of oat cream IPAs, hazy beers for hazy nights, the last time I was there (remember travelling...) I don't think they had anything under 7.4%. My wife got carded on the way in which made her really happy. I'm sure we were the oldest people in the taproom. We're getting on to being a fine vintage.

I've put another Vocation order in.

I just can't get past it. It's so good. In particular the large cans of overstretch. Flawless.   Lots of people are doing the 5-6% West Coast IPA stuff really well now, so the fun is the more oblique stuff.

Cancelled my Beer52 subscription last month. Its meh in comparison
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: ian on 02 March, 2021, 08:57:24 pm
Get yourself some Verdant, Pressure Drop or Deya.
Title: Re: What are you drinking right now?
Post by: Hot Flatus on 05 March, 2021, 07:21:16 am
Deya is up the road (as are all the Bristol breweries). Can't remember if I've had Verdant. Not had Deya for about 3 or 4 years. Steady Rolling Man was the headline brew at the time. It was good, but things have moved on since then I expect.

In other news I've canceled my Beer52 subscription. I think over 6 months I had 3 delieveries from them. What finally confirmed the pointlessness was the 'American' box, of which half the contents were from Brooklyn Beer Co.I found this insulting. Akin to sending somebody Carling and charging them £3 per small can.  The Australian box was better, but I realised that when I liked a beer it wasn't because I actually liked it, more than I felt grateful that it wasn't as crap as the rest of the box.

Vocation delivered again, and that will have to be the last. Its been great, but a nightly 440ml can of 8% beer has become a habit, and that is not a habit I intend to keep.
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Post by: ian on 05 March, 2021, 09:58:09 am
I do save myself for the weekend. I am the master of my domain.
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Post by: sg37409 on 05 March, 2021, 10:30:34 am
The Vocation Coconut black IPA (11%!!) is very good, think they're sold out of that just now. I have 1 left.
Their "Life and Death" is a very nice beer.  330ml cans too, which I much prefer to the 440ml or pints.
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Post by: tiermat on 05 March, 2021, 01:09:19 pm
Last night I had a Crooked Wheel black IPA. Very nice it was too. Normally black ipas are too malty for me but this was lovely.

I have a couple of New Bristol brews in the fridge for tonight, one of which I have to hide as both Mrs T and TLD will drink it if I don't, that's the Cinder Toffee Stout
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 05 March, 2021, 04:52:10 pm
The Vocation Coconut black IPA (11%!!) is very good, think they're sold out of that just now. I have 1 left.
Their "Life and Death" is a very nice beer.  330ml cans too, which I much prefer to the 440ml or pints.

I didn't but any Coconut Stout, but I did have a few cans of the Kirsch Stout, which was fantastic, if a little OTT for a 440ml can. I've avoided all the other highly flavoured stuff because it could go a little coffee syrup territory for my tastes. I did try the Sherbet Lemon Sour, and TBH it was the first beer from Vocation that I didn't like.  I agree that Life and Death is good. Along with Northern Monk New World( or their Faith Hazy) or Siren Soundwave, its a flawless, entirely drinkable gold standard of a craft IPA.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 05 March, 2021, 07:23:08 pm
I lied.

I've just found a can of Coconut and Marshmallow Stout in the fridge. So I've opened it. It's like the cherry one, but with the cherry replaced with marshmallow. I'm not sure if I like it or not, but at 11% it's going to make me feel floaty.

Effectively its like drinking half a bottle of wine in the time it takes to drink 3/4 pint of beer
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 05 March, 2021, 07:28:43 pm
I feel floaty
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Post by: ian on 05 March, 2021, 07:35:29 pm
I have a Vocation Heart & Soul session IPA. A more modest 4.4%.

I am horrified to see it says gluten-free on the can. Now I'm going to have to find more gluten.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 05 March, 2021, 08:07:32 pm
4.4%?

Might as well just have a glass of water  ::-)
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 05 March, 2021, 08:10:22 pm
I mean that's mental really, isn't it.

A 'session' beer that is 4.4%. Session beers used to be 3.5%.
4.4% is just half a % away from what was 'export strength' beer in the 80s. Stella etc
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Post by: ian on 05 March, 2021, 09:47:55 pm
Everything is relative.

There's a Wiper & True Small Beer at 2.8% that's very, very quaffable. That's practically Barr Lemonade Shandy, the gateway drink of my childhood. Opened the door to two-litre bottles of Woodpecker behind the garage.

The barrel-aged Vocation stuff hath arrived. And the Imperial Kirsch Stout is marinating in the fridge. I might not get around to that tonight

A nice Burning Sky Saison d'Eté is riding me over while the curry fragrances the house in a way that I suspect will persist till Monday. Reminds me that I have a big bottle of Burning Sky Cuvée in the fridge too.
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Post by: Jakob W on 06 March, 2021, 10:14:01 pm
I picked up the Imperial Kirsch when it appeared in selected Tesco branches, which was a good excuse for a bike ride across Sutton Park; it is rather nice, but as with a lot of these silly ABV beers I do wish they were in smaller cans (or even nip bottles). The disadvantage of lockdown beer buying is that I've now got a cupboard of 10+% ABV beers that I'm not sure I want to crack open without someone to split them with...
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Post by: ian on 07 March, 2021, 05:43:01 pm
We had the imperial kirsch last night, it was good, but it didn't compare with the bottle of barrel-aged Great Divide Yeti that preceded it. That's a literal monster taste bomb, very complex. I'm not a great fan of the stouts that taste like someone liquidized a cake.

We're all out of Prairie Artisan stouts that moment (the sublime Pirate Noir, Bible Belt, and Bombe) which is making me sad. They had Bible Belt on tap in Ghost Whale the last time we were there. Oh my. And FFS, how long ago was that, now? Over a year. I want to go sit in a place that has other people in it and drink a beer.

For proper ABV danger zone territory, there are barrel-aged barley wines. I love these, but they often top 12% and up, so they're proper sipping beers. A couple of years back we went to a bar in NYC, and they had were doing a barley wine tasting. On a Sunday afternoon. Oh well, why not. It was quiet and the bar girl took a shine to us foreigners. Try this. And this. This one too. That was a long afternoon and I believe the evening was made out of marshmallow.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 07 March, 2021, 05:56:50 pm
If you ask Jaded he might remember a similar evening in the Jordaan in Amsterdam where assumptions were made about ABV that turned out to be not true.

Then again, he might not.

Sort of with you on the stouts. I don't really like stout; a small glass of the Imperial Kirsch one is OK as a sort of stunt beer, but it isn't something I'd do regularly (he says, eyeing up can of said stout in fridge)
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Post by: Wowbagger on 07 March, 2021, 06:05:28 pm
For reasons of tending the sick and walking their dog this morning, we are having our main meal this evening, rather than lunchtime, as has been our wont over the past 8 months or so. I think I might partake of a small glass of red - the first alcohol for about a month.
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Post by: citoyen on 08 March, 2021, 02:36:47 pm
I'm not a great fan of the stouts that taste like someone liquidized a cake.

I know what you mean. Just because a beer is dark, that doesn't necessarily mean it should be heavy, sweet and cloying.

The best stouts I've ever had have all, without exception, been made by The Kernel. There's a brewer who really gets what stout is all about.
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Post by: Jakob W on 08 March, 2021, 04:53:51 pm
I've generally got a bit of a sweet tooth, but pastry stouts all too often tip over into cloying in a way which other sweetish styles (dubbels etc.) don't. This goes back to my nip bottle point: a lot of pastry stouts are ok in a 1/3rd pint measure at your favoured hipster beer emporium, but in larger measures are horribly sickly by the time you hit the bottom of your glass and the beer's warmed up.
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Post by: ian on 08 March, 2021, 05:38:42 pm
Kernel do indeed do some decent stouts, I prefer my stout mostly dry and complex, the flavour should come from the malts and hops, not cupcakes. The Great Divide Yeti is a good one, it's got loads going on. They've not just thrown a black forest gateaux in a blender. OK, there's an occasional novelty, but take a sip and move on.

I do save some ire for Guinness though, for being an utterly awful yet stunningly popular stout that everyone raves about. It's not good, people, it's not.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 08 March, 2021, 05:48:15 pm
Beers come and go in terms of popularity.  I mean if you are offended by Guinness, just think back to that utterly inexplicable era in the late 80s when Newcastle Brown was all the rage.
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Post by: Socks on 08 March, 2021, 05:51:51 pm
A cheeky Argentinian Tannat, good value and very tasty.  On the other hand if I drank less red wine my cycling might improve.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 08 March, 2021, 06:05:58 pm
Last night, in fake beer (alcohol free) I had a Big Drop x Amundsen Rush Rider pastry sour (it was also gluten free).
It didn't taste like beer and the fruity flavours were a bit too fake plastic fruit as well. I wouldn't buy it again.
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Post by: ian on 08 March, 2021, 07:19:03 pm
Beers come and go in terms of popularity.  I mean if you are offended by Guinness, just think back to that utterly inexplicable era in the late 80s when Newcastle Brown was all the rage.

That shit was my 'Nam. I flashback now to my student days when we were regular imbibers of 'the Dog.' In the misplaced pursuit of nostalgia, a couple of years back I tried a bottle. It's a weird and unpleasant car crash of peculiar upfront sweetness with a sour aftertaste like it was somehow brewed after it's best-before date. It also makes you feel sticky after you've drunk it. It's weirdly and persistently popular in the US (along with the beers that time tried to forget like Harp and Bass).

Mind you, as students, our tastes were not especially refined. We even drank Boddingtons which is quite probably the worst beer in the world. We once made cocktails out of Santogen Tonic Wine and Night Nurse. Now that's the stuff will a launch a night, in much the same way as they launched the Titanic. Into an iceberg.

My gripe about Guinness, tbh, is more down the lectures you get about how good it is, and how you need to go to Dublin and drink it from the source at which point you will receive some heavenly stout-based revelation. It has the same watery, burnt taste it has everywhere else.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 08 March, 2021, 07:29:45 pm
I think the Dublin thing was true at one time. In the late 80s I often drank in the Half Moon just down from Archway, which, as well as staying open beyond midnight because it had a music licence, also served Dublin Guinness. I drank vast quantities whilst singing along to Republican songs. Good Times.

The Draught beer in cans was also noticeably superior, and it too came from Dublin.

I think the point about Guinness is that it is redundant, and has been for probably 15 years. But, prior to that it was always an acceptable option if you found yourself in a shite pub that only served keg bitter and lager.*

*most pubs in Scotland, now.
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Post by: John Stonebridge on 11 March, 2021, 07:27:49 pm
That ^ rings true.

While im lucky enough to live in Edinburgh with a really good choice of pubs with great beer, I’ll revert to Guinness when I go back home to Falkirk to my old local with my brothers and extended family.

 Its rather like retsina - by the 3rd one its fine - and the fact that we meet in a pub where it turns over quickly also helps a bit. The same will be true of pretty much every town outside Scotlands cities.   

Id still rather be in the Bow Bar mind you.....
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Post by: John Stonebridge on 14 March, 2021, 06:52:33 pm
Enjoying a pre dinner glass of Bellavista - Franciacorta Alma Gran Cuvee Brut purchased from the best deli in Edinburgh, Valvona & Crolla. 

Im sure that champers is generally overpriced and Im on a quest for fizz thats both value and quality. 
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Post by: rafletcher on 14 March, 2021, 07:47:25 pm
Pouilly Fume.
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Post by: jsabine on 14 March, 2021, 08:37:55 pm
Im sure that champers is generally overpriced and Im on a quest for fizz thats both value and quality. 

We've generally gone off prosecco and tend to drink crémant when we fancy fizz - plenty of different ones around and I'm sure that your favoured wine merchant will have their own preferences (do you have an opinion on Little Rascal?) but in terms of readily available ones we come back to the TtD Crémant de Loire and Prodiguer Crémant De Bourgogne from Sainsbury's, and the Cuvée Royale Crémant de Limoux from Waitrose. Years ago we also tried Roche Lacour Crémant de Limoux at the cave, then were pleased to find we could restock from Laithwaites.
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Post by: Feanor on 14 March, 2021, 08:43:28 pm
Enjoying a pre dinner glass of Bellavista - Franciacorta Alma Gran Cuvee Brut purchased from the best deli in Edinburgh, Valvona & Crolla. 

V&C is 2 minutes walk from our pad in Embra, and is a major source of our food and drink!

In happier times, it also has a nice cafe for lunch, where the waitress has already written my order on her pad before asking me!
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 14 March, 2021, 08:46:10 pm
Pouilly Fume.

One of my favorites. Been to the village.

By sheer coincidence, in my village here, there is a vineyard that produces an award winning Sauvignon Blanc, and it is more than reminiscent of a decent PF. All flinty and mineral.

I'm just drinking a large Vocation Riwaka. It's nice. Slight sour edge, making a change from their other output.
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Post by: John Stonebridge on 14 March, 2021, 11:02:49 pm
Enjoying a pre dinner glass of Bellavista - Franciacorta Alma Gran Cuvee Brut purchased from the best deli in Edinburgh, Valvona & Crolla. 

V&C is 2 minutes walk from our pad in Embra, and is a major source of our food and drink!

In happier times, it also has a nice cafe for lunch, where the waitress has already written my order on her pad before asking me!
Daughter #1 bought a flat in Dalmeny St before lockdown so its a bit of Edinburgh Ive rediscovered (was based in Blenheim Place for a year) and Ive enjoyed a couple of said lunches.  Its a bit of a cliche but the cafe at the back of the shop is a real hidden gem. 
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Post by: John Stonebridge on 14 March, 2021, 11:08:57 pm
Im sure that champers is generally overpriced and Im on a quest for fizz thats both value and quality. 

We've generally gone off prosecco and tend to drink crémant when we fancy fizz - plenty of different ones around and I'm sure that your favoured wine merchant will have their own preferences (do you have an opinion on Little Rascal?) but in terms of readily available ones we come back to the TtD Crémant de Loire and Prodiguer Crémant De Bourgogne from Sainsbury's, and the Cuvée Royale Crémant de Limoux from Waitrose. Years ago we also tried Roche Lacour Crémant de Limoux at the cave, then were pleased to find we could restock from Laithwaites.

Agrre with the “gone off prosecco” sentiment though i never really liked it to start with, If i were going for low cost fizz previously Id probably have gone for Cava. 

Anytime Im have had a decent Cremant ( moslty D’Alsace)  it has been good so maybe i should centre on that. 

Edit - re Little Rascle in EH12 - great to have a new vin cafe open but id say better for a sit down and a glass than a top quality take away.   Their lack of space means stock has to be limited. 
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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2021, 10:36:23 am
I think the Dublin thing was true at one time. In the late 80s I often drank in the Half Moon just down from Archway, which, as well as staying open beyond midnight because it had a music licence, also served Dublin Guinness. I drank vast quantities whilst singing along to Republican songs. Good Times.

Even average beer tastes OK in a decent pub.

Which is fine. One of my gripes with Camra is that they rate pubs exclusively on the quality of the beer. When I was actively involved in my local branch, I would get quite dismayed at some of my colleagues who would come to meetings and drone on for hours with their reports of all the pubs they had visited in the past month, all of which sounded like utterly soul-destroying experiences. Yeah, the cellarman knew how to keep a decent pint, but spending any time in there would suck the life out of any enjoyment you got from drinking it.
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Post by: ian on 15 March, 2021, 10:43:30 am
Enjoying a pre dinner glass of Bellavista - Franciacorta Alma Gran Cuvee Brut purchased from the best deli in Edinburgh, Valvona & Crolla. 

V&C is 2 minutes walk from our pad in Embra, and is a major source of our food and drink!

In happier times, it also has a nice cafe for lunch, where the waitress has already written my order on her pad before asking me!

I used to live just up from V&C (on Union Street) – if we were feeling posh, we'd have breakfast there (about 2pm, because we were students, of course).
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Post by: Pingu on 15 March, 2021, 11:18:04 am
I think we've still got a few bottles of Crémant de Die in the wine cellar shed  :P
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Post by: Jakob W on 15 March, 2021, 04:15:11 pm
I think the Dublin thing was true at one time. In the late 80s I often drank in the Half Moon just down from Archway, which, as well as staying open beyond midnight because it had a music licence, also served Dublin Guinness. I drank vast quantities whilst singing along to Republican songs. Good Times.

Even average beer tastes OK in a decent pub.

Which is fine. One of my gripes with Camra is that they rate pubs exclusively on the quality of the beer. When I was actively involved in my local branch, I would get quite dismayed at some of my colleagues who would come to meetings and drone on for hours with their reports of all the pubs they had visited in the past month, all of which sounded like utterly soul-destroying experiences. Yeah, the cellarman knew how to keep a decent pint, but spending any time in there would suck the life out of any enjoyment you got from drinking it.

Lord knows the CAMRA bore is a stereotype for a reason (I've sat through local branch meetings like that...), but I think the focus on beer quality makes sense; what people want from a pub varies so much that you're never going to be able to give a blanket recommendation, and the GBG capsule descriptions should hopefully give you a sense of what kind of pub it's likely to be. A lot of the gripes about CAMRA are proof that it's to some extent been a victim of its own success; for instance, the endless internal debates about craft are possible not least because real ale's future looks reasonably secure in a way that it wasn't when the campaign was founded (though it will be interesting to see what the Covid aftermath brings).
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 15 March, 2021, 04:52:33 pm
We know a song about that, don't we Billy? (https://youtu.be/djIXYW9X3Qg). I suspect citoyen can guess what it is without even manipulating the link :P
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Post by: ian on 15 March, 2021, 04:54:34 pm
My knowledge of CAMRA is based on the magazines I've found scattered in pubs, but the entire craft argument they seem unable to drop is mostly offputting. But enjoying a nice beer is a product of circumstance. Most assuredly, a bottle of Piton lager, while consumed in a dark corner of Lewisham is a foul thing, but the same beer consumed while kicking your feet off the back of a catamaran off the coast of St Lucia is ambrosial. I'm very much looking forward to going to a pub again.
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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2021, 05:25:32 pm
I suspect citoyen can guess what it is without even manipulating the link :P

I suspect I can!
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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2021, 05:36:47 pm
I think the focus on beer quality makes sense; what people want from a pub varies so much that you're never going to be able to give a blanket recommendation

Of course. And the focus on beer quality goes back to the core reasons Camra was founded in the first place.

I also agree that it's perhaps a sign of how successful they have been as an organisation - in that now there are usually enough pubs within a locality serving quality beer that they could afford to be more selective with additional criteria when choosing which ones go in the GBG (given that there isn't room to include all of them).

The real problem is that it's the local branch bores who get to choose which ones go in the GBG... I was involved in quite a few tedious discussions where certain drones would strongly advocate dingy, uninviting pub X because it scored 0.2 higher on their personal beer rating scale than lively, friendly pub Y.

On the 'craft' beer thing... yes, indeed. It's a tricky one. I agree with the principle of supporting cask beer as something worth treasuring. However, one of my two personal favourite local watering holes only serves keg beer. But it's always excellent keg beer. (It's also run by lesbians, which I know would cause all sorts of problems for some of my local Camra branch members.)
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 15 March, 2021, 05:45:42 pm
I think the Dublin thing was true at one time. In the late 80s I often drank in the Half Moon just down from Archway, which, as well as staying open beyond midnight because it had a music licence, also served Dublin Guinness. I drank vast quantities whilst singing along to Republican songs. Good Times.

Even average beer tastes OK in a decent pub.

There was nothing decent about the Half Moon.

The point being that in the 80s Guinness was brewed in London and was shit. But if you didn't mind being in a Provo pub you could get Dublin Guinness, and it was markedly better.
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Post by: ian on 15 March, 2021, 05:53:13 pm
My local micropub got a good write-up, but they elided the four most excellent keg lines (which he's upgraded to six, along with a dozen casks now, he's been busy).

Unfortunately, in a freak of circumstance, it's also the semi-regular of my new(ish) uber-boss.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 15 March, 2021, 05:55:29 pm

On the 'craft' beer thing... yes, indeed. It's a tricky one. I agree with the principle of supporting cask beer as something worth treasuring. However, one of my two personal favourite local watering holes only serves keg beer. But it's always excellent keg beer. (It's also run by lesbians, which I know would cause all sorts of problems for some of my local Camra branch members.)

'Craft' beer and real ale are different things, and I am now of the view that craft beer needs to be in a keg or it loses the very qualities it has over real ale, those sharp defined flavours.  Real ale benefits from its second fermentation in a wooden barrel.

We have what should be an amazing beer hall in town, but it is beset by two problems. Nigel, the landlord, looks like a 60 year old metal fan and hates people. He just about tolerates his customers most of the time. This is not conducive to a relaxed visit.

The second issue is that he is a real ale nut but half his bar (of about 15 pumps) is craft beer, and whilst he has an amazing selection with at least half being guest ales they are all cask, and there is always something not quite right about them...even the beers I know well.
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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2021, 06:45:57 pm
The point being that in the 80s Guinness was brewed in London and was shit.

I've always been a bit sceptical of this idea that people can tell the difference between Guinness from London and Dublin - but that's largely because it has become one of those clichés that people trot out even if they have no idea what they're talking about. And they still say it even though Guinness hasn't been brewed in London for years. Tossers.

However, I think I trust you to be a bit more discerning than those twats, so I'll take your word for it.

Also, I can believe that Guinness from Dublin probably was actually better in the 80s, in the pre-Diageo days. Even in Dublin, Guinness is a shit beer these days.

I did once meet an old bore who claimed Guinness has never been as good since it stopped being a cask beer in the 50s, or whenever it was.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 15 March, 2021, 06:55:18 pm
As I think I mentioned upthread, I remember remarking that when 'Draught Guinness in cans' first came out it was markedly better than Draught Guinness in a British pub. I then found out that the canned beer came from Dublin.

I know what you are saying when you say it sounds like a pretentious affectation, but  I'd draw your attention to how all those great tasting imported beers like Staropramen, Cobra, etc all now taste like shit. Because they are now brewed in London. I'm not imagining this. The only reason I find out they are 'brewed under licence' is when I notice that they taste different.

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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2021, 07:14:21 pm
Cobra beer has only ever been brewed in London, hasn't it? And it has always been shit.

I don't think it's being brewed in the UK per se that makes these lagers shit, it's the fact that ye olde original brewery has been bought up by one of the massive global operators and the recipe reduced to industrial lagerpop, more a marketing exercise than something you would actually want to drink for enjoyment.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 15 March, 2021, 07:29:32 pm
Cobra beer has only ever been brewed in London, hasn't it? And it has always been shit.

Wikinaccurate says it originated in Fulham and is now synthesised brewed in the UK, Belgium and – gasp – India.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 15 March, 2021, 07:34:05 pm
Cobra beer has only ever been brewed in London, hasn't it? And it has always been shit.

Initially it was imported from India, and personally I thought it was not too bad at all. Not sure when the UK brewing started, but if memory serves by 2000 it was pretty rank.

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I don't think it's being brewed in the UK per se that makes these lagers shit, it's the fact that ye olde original brewery has been bought up by one of the massive global operators and the recipe reduced to industrial lagerpop, more a marketing exercise than something you would actually want to drink for enjoyment.

Brewed under licence, so doesn't even mean that ye olde brewerye has even been bought up. But your point stands. It isn't that it is the UK, its just that the beers are not the same as those produced by original brewery.
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Post by: Davef on 15 March, 2021, 08:16:27 pm
Pretty much the only beer I have consumed for the last 40 years is Guinness which makes me boring but I would say i have a specialist skill here. The first pint of Guinness I had in Dublin was indeed different and in my opinion not as good. The next place I went it was identical to what I drink in England. After a pint elsewhere, I settled on the pub that served ‘English’ Guinness convincing myself there were in fact two slightly different varieties on sale. The reality I now believe is that landlords deviate more from the brewery’s instructions. There was definitely greater variety in Dublin but not to my taste.
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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2021, 08:34:23 pm
Brewed under licence, so doesn't even mean that ye olde brewerye has even been bought up.

It's a bit of both, I think - the licensing tends to come as a result of the original brewery being bought by one of the globals and turning it from a beer into a brand. Staropramen is a pretty good example of that. I've had Staropramen in Prague and it was nothing special there either. But that would have been post takeover.

Genuinely surprised to learn Cobra has authentic Indian origins. I could have sworn it was entirely ersatz Indian beer concocted by an English brewery marketing department. Maybe I'm thinking of something else. Do people in India actually drink lager with their dinner?
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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2021, 08:39:32 pm
Anyway, back to the matter in hand... tonight I'm quaffing a Goose Island IPA, because it looked like the best offering they had in the Co-Op when I was in there earlier.

Generic bland "modern" IPA with a one-dimensional citrus flavour, designed for people who don't actually like beer. Better than Greene King IPA - largely by virtue of the alcohol content being significantly higher.

Getting drunk should be less of a chore than this.
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Post by: ian on 15 March, 2021, 09:03:57 pm
A friend of my wife's used to work for InBev,  beers brewed under licence are either made industrially to the 'original recipe' (which likely didn't specify fifty hectolitre tanks) or simply supplied as a concentrated wort which is brewed locally using standard yeasts etc. So nothing much like the original. In some cases they don't even brew, they supply a ready-to-dilute concentrate – export Guinness stout in West Africa, for instance, is supplied as a dried flavour extract and diluted with local brewed sorghum beer.

I used to quite like Goose Island IPA back in the day, and their bar was in a rather scarely derelict couple of blocks of north Chicago where you could imagine being eaten by feral sewer people, but now it's a mostly generic and left behind beer. They used to do some fantastic beers (Night Stalker, an awesome stout) then they got bought out by Anheuser-Busch InBev (the corporate car-crash name tells you everything you need to know) and well, now they produce vast quantities of their dullest beers for the international market.

Though, for the record, Greene King IPA is probably one of the worst things I've ever tasted.
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Post by: citoyen on 15 March, 2021, 09:28:47 pm
then they got bought out by Anheuser-Busch InBev

I missed that but it's entirely unsurprising.... they hide the fact very well in the small print, but yep, the evidence is there on the label.

Must remember to take my glasses when I go beer shopping.

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Though, for the record, Greene King IPA is probably one of the worst things I've ever tasted.

It's pretty bad, but the worst thing about it is calling it an IPA when it has not a single characteristic you would associate with the style. This Goose Island stuff is the same, just with more booze in it. And that is literally the only thing in its favour.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 15 March, 2021, 09:34:23 pm
.

Genuinely surprised to learn Cobra has authentic Indian origins. I could have sworn it was entirely ersatz Indian beer concocted by an English brewery marketing department. Maybe I'm thinking of something else. Do people in India actually drink lager with their dinner?

There's a grain of truth here. It was a British Asian who wanted a lager that was a bit more suited to drinking with food. It was brewed in Bangalore. I quite liked it.

Do people in India drink lager with their food. Well, that depends. Sometime yes. The Sikhs prefer whisky. I've had Kingfisher served in a teapot into teacups because local sensibilities forbade drinking in public.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 15 March, 2021, 09:37:36 pm
An 'New York selection box from beer52, which largely featured Goose Island resulted in instant subscription cancellation.

How fucking dare they.
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Post by: ian on 15 March, 2021, 09:59:22 pm
That's a triple crime since there are many, many brilliant beers from NYC and Goose Island is in Chicago.

Back in the day, the bar was quite a good place if you were in Chicago (obviously impractical if you lived elsewhere – though I think they have a couple of bars in London now, one in Balham, one in Shoreditch Obviously, I've been to neither), but they're the worse face of corporate takeovers who are now basically selling the 'craft beer experience.' That said, I don't mind their Midway session IPA. It's not exactly good, but it's probably the best option in the average US airport bar. The 315, on the other hand, seems to be a homoeopathic wheat beer.
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Post by: Jakob W on 15 March, 2021, 10:40:12 pm
As far as I can tell, Goose Island have two strands to their brewing: - blandified versions of their original beers for mass production, and interesting specialty beers that they brew for their own edification, which InBev let them brew for the halo effect. When left to their own devices, they're bloody good brewers - the Sofie and Matilda saisons are as good as anything out of Belgium, the Bourbon County Stout is a classic, and Obadiah Poundage is an off-the-walls recreation of a trad porter, hornbeam-smoked malts, Bretted secondary fermentation and all...
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Post by: John Stonebridge on 17 March, 2021, 09:01:10 pm
Just polishing off the last glass of a very nice 2016 Trimbach Gewurtztraminer

Discovered Gewurtz when on family holiday in Turckheim in 2018 (along with very beautiful and inexpensive local Riesling)

The 2016 Trimbach is very much less sweet than I recall others and all the better for it. 
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 18 March, 2021, 12:33:02 am
Gewurztraminer d'Alsace is the tipple of choice to accompany Xmas dinner at Fort Larrington, though not one I have been able to sample since 2013 chiz.
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Post by: Ham on 19 March, 2021, 09:44:15 pm
I can tell you what I'm not drinking.

Back there <<< I was complimentary about my local microbrewery. Having need of fresh supplies last evening I went onto their website (https://prettydecentbeer.co/collections/cans) only to discover most of their beer was sold out. Still, thre were two IPA that were "in". Hit buy. Delivered. What could go wrong?

Milkshake IPA:  this IPA is packed with Passionfruit, Pineapple, and fruity hops, with extra lactose and oats for a hazy, creamy finish. They mean it. Not hop flavour. Fruit. Verging on the undrinkable for me

New England IPA: NEIPA showcases the power of Eclipse - one of the world’s newest hops. Expect Mandarin, Citrus peel and just a touch of pine. We backed this up with our biggest dry hop load ever - Mosaic and Simcoe adding the aroma here. A fruity, juicy celebration. Drinkable, but only just

:(
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 19 March, 2021, 10:17:36 pm
Just not your thing.

I had a can of Brewdog Light Speed the other night, not expecting very much but it was surprisingly flavoursome.
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Post by: Jakob W on 20 March, 2021, 08:52:40 am
I don't mind the fruit smoothie IPAs as an occasional thing (and with their typical ABVs, they are occasional) ; what puts me off is paying a fiver+ a can (or a fiver a half-pint in a bar; remember those?) for something that can be very hit and miss.

Relatedly, I've found dodgy NEIPAs and the like (unpleasant onion/garlic notes etc.) can sometimes be made more palatable with a slug of crème de pêche (presumably other fruit liqueurs will work as well).
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Post by: citoyen on 20 March, 2021, 12:02:28 pm
Yikes! I would instinctively steer well clear of anything calling itself 'milkshake IPA'. Sounds revolting.

Not a huge fan of Mosaic hops, tbh, and it's infuriating that they seem to find their way into so many half-baked trendy 'craft' beers.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 20 March, 2021, 04:44:06 pm
Yes, I'm not a fan of anything that has flavours from things that aren't hops. It's veering into Starbucks territory
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Post by: citoyen on 20 March, 2021, 06:37:27 pm
I was in Tesco earlier and they had Magic Rock Dark Arts stout reduced to clear - 99p a can. So that's what I'm drinking right now.

Best thing about it? It tastes of stout. It doesn't taste of cake or fruit or milkshake or anything else.

Very nice indeed. Nothing special but all the better for that.
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Post by: John Stonebridge on 20 March, 2021, 06:53:23 pm
Enjoying a few bottles from my Stewarts mixed case of Hollyrood Pale, Golden Ale and their 80 shilling.

No nonsense, all are around 4.5% abv and not a gimmick in sight. 

500ml bottles too.    :thumbsup:

https://www.stewartbrewing.co.uk/
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Post by: Ham on 20 March, 2021, 07:41:28 pm
Just not your thing.

I had a can of Brewdog Light Speed the other night, not expecting very much but it was surprisingly flavoursome.

Actually, the New England drunk on its own, not as a fruitloop chaser is OK, a modern IPA with a healthy bitterness.

I'll give the Milkshake another try when I'm in the mood. Mebbe.
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Post by: SteveC on 20 March, 2021, 07:44:50 pm
Latte Stout (http://"https://www.yeovilales.com/view_brand.php?sid=1cdabebdfa9687cffa6985658f39fc94&brand=1043"). It does contain both coffee and milk (or at least milk sugars). I can't tell that it contains coffee, but it's rather good (even if four and a half pints last night meant a bit of a slow start this morning).
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Post by: ian on 20 March, 2021, 09:04:13 pm
I don't mind the milkshake IPAs, done right they can be tasty. I wouldn't drink them all night.

Hyper-hopping IPAs, of course, especially the NEIPAs is a risky business, you're amplifying any flavour mistake.

I'll always vote for a plain stout – and Dark Arts is a good one.
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Post by: John Stonebridge on 14 April, 2021, 10:09:24 pm
Since its my birthday Im enjoying a post dinner Irish Coffee Baltic Porter courtesy of the Leith based Campervan Brewery, one of my favourite new-ish breweries in Edinburgh. 

375ml of 8.8% dark creaminess.  Dry and only ever so slightly sweet.  Bee - yootiful. 
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 15 April, 2021, 07:05:49 pm
Belated happy birthday!
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Post by: markcjagar on 15 April, 2021, 08:03:41 pm
Currently suppin' a can of Higher Grounds a 6% coffee porter from Burnt Mill Brewery

It's very ncie!
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Post by: Pingu on 15 April, 2021, 10:13:22 pm
IPA

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Post by: Blodwyn Pig on 15 April, 2021, 10:19:49 pm
Port and Ginger wine, if you must know.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 23 May, 2021, 10:35:10 pm
Monkey 47 Sloe gin on ice. :P
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Post by: nobby on 24 May, 2021, 05:31:46 am
Twinings English Breakfast
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Post by: markcjagar on 24 May, 2021, 02:27:18 pm
Bailey's in an Aeropress latte
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Post by: nobby on 26 May, 2021, 06:24:26 am
Twinings Everyday tea after a cup of English Breakfast on my daily progression to Wuhan (Waitrose own - we never started drinking it until Covid) and Yorkshire.
Interspersed with a couple of proper coffees.
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Post by: citoyen on 26 May, 2021, 07:48:42 am
Port and Ginger wine, if you must know.

That sounds fun. Must try it some time.

Currently off the booze though - instead I'm working my way through the selection I got from Cafepod on special offer, which inexplicably included decaf. I guess sneaking them into a multipack is the only way they can get rid of them. Wish I'd read the details more carefully!
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Post by: rafletcher on 27 May, 2021, 09:27:21 pm
One of M&S’s “found” wines, a “Gros Manseng” varietal from the Cote de Gascogne region. Not bad for under a tenner.
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Post by: chrisbainbridge on 02 June, 2021, 09:02:14 pm
1994 vintage port with hartington Stilton.
On top of 2/3 of a bottle of Alsatian Gewurtztraminer. Seriously drunk. And eating haribo!  Contemplating buying a seriously fast car!  eBay is very dangerous so I will buy a 11-34 cassette instead.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 02 June, 2021, 09:56:16 pm
On a school night too, tut. ;)
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Post by: ian on 05 June, 2021, 08:58:05 pm
I was so thirsty when I got home from a day cycling that I drank an entire litre of beer in one go because it was the coldest, wettest thing in the fridge.
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Post by: hellymedic on 05 June, 2021, 09:02:38 pm
Without drawing breath? That's awesome!
I've done a pint of squash, mind. Impresses the lads...
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Post by: ian on 05 June, 2021, 09:21:57 pm
It just kept going down. That said, I was seeing how long I could go without drinking. 1.5 km short of nice and round 100, drat. Then I drank another 330 ml bottle of Purdey's 'elixir' also in a single go.

At least it wasn't the 8% IPA or I'd be having a lie down (a 3.7% pale, cask so not too fizzy).

I'll be in trouble later when my wife asks hey where did that... especially as she went to the pub to buy it. She's attending the American Society for Clinical Oncology in virtual Chicago (her office upstairs) at the moment. I think she's missing the real Chicago. I'm going out in the garden later to shoot things, south-side style, for authenticity. Then I'm going to pretend to be a police cruiser. Whoop whoop woo woo.

The best whoopers are still the NYPD. Admittedly they occasionally damped my enthusiasm by giving me a ticket.
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Post by: John Stonebridge on 07 June, 2021, 10:04:50 am
I opened a bottle of this last night. 

Its from the Auchentoshan distillery and with about 50% water added was absolutely tremendous.

So it should be at that price (though in fairness its priced just above the branded multi cask 18 YO). 

My palate is definitely gravitating towards gentler Lowland/Speyside/Highland whiskies these days - mirroring my beer preference for a pale ale v. IPA perhaps. 

https://smws.com/a-dream-of-a-dram/




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Post by: Gattopardo on 13 June, 2021, 05:07:15 pm
Just stuck a bottle of red in the fridge!
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Post by: andrewc on 13 June, 2021, 05:24:40 pm
I’ve been offered lightly chilled red in backstreet Paris bistros... to accompany very decent food.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 13 June, 2021, 09:38:41 pm
With a tin of beans and some cheese and onion crisps is not the same ;)
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Post by: citoyen on 14 June, 2021, 11:58:31 am
Some reds are, frankly, better chilled. Mostly the cheaper ones.

I'm currently on the home-made ginger and lemon cordial. No added sugar, and no booze in it either, so all very virtuous, but it does have quite a powerful kick none the less. I used a *lot* of ginger.

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Post by: ian on 14 June, 2021, 01:09:55 pm
Nate, Canadian Weather Superstar, advises cooling your wine with frozen grapes.
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Post by: Canardly on 14 June, 2021, 01:20:05 pm
Not had it yet, but looking forward to a gifted Barons de Rothchild Lafite Malbec.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 June, 2021, 07:37:39 pm
Some reds are, frankly, better chilled. Mostly the cheaper ones.

I'm currently on the home-made ginger and lemon cordial. No added sugar, and no booze in it either, so all very virtuous, but it does have quite a powerful kick none the less. I used a *lot* of ginger
Have you got a recipe for that?
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Post by: SoreTween on 14 June, 2021, 09:13:32 pm
Two Tinkers (https://www.twotinkers.co.uk/) Saison and Anzac tonight.  Really enjoying Tim's brews and making sure I stock up as often as possible from each of their outlets.  Great to have a good brewery local.  Very local and very good :-)  They started up in lockdown 1 and I've not had a bad can yet, there has been much double, triple, quadruple etc checking.  So far I've not managed to snag a mild, double or a triple - roll on winter.  I shall be having words with the landlord of my local next time I'm in.  Surely he has space for a corny to support the local economy?

Even more local is The Forest Brewery (https://theforestbrewery.co.uk/) at Hang Hill.  Brythonic brewery moved here, I think from Bristol, recently. First impression there is they need more time to settle into their new premises.  The bottles I've tried have been frankly crap ranging from massively over gassed which lifted all the sediment and went everywhere (ending at the compost heap once safe to remove from the kitchen sink) to merely yeasty / bad homebrewey.  The cans of mashup were passable.   
I'll not give in, 4 bottles and 2 cans is not a fair test by far.  I shall venture to the Rising Sun tomorrow where if I'm in time they have some on tap.  There's some lovely looking darks on their faecbook. Crappety crappety poo bums I'm back at work before their appearance at the English Bicknor summer fayre.
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Post by: citoyen on 14 June, 2021, 09:15:05 pm
Have you got a recipe for that?

Well, kind of…

First time I made it I improvised with what I had in the fridge, and liked the results, so I’ve subsequently tried to refine it into a recipe by measuring the quantities. Latest batch was:
250g fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped/grated - I’ve been upping the ginger quantity each time, this is *very* gingery
1 large lemon, zest and juice thereof

Put the ginger and lemon zest in a pan with 800ml cold water, put lid on pan, bring to boil then simmer gently for 25 minutes. Take off heat and leave to cool, which will take an hour or so (keep the lid on the pan throughout to prevent losing too much to evaporation). When it’s cool, stir in the lemon juice. Then strain into a bottle - I have some 750ml flip-top bottles and this makes enough to fill one bottle. Keep it in the fridge - it doesn’t have a long shelf life, but it might not last long enough for that to be a problem anyway.

I think it’s very much one of those suck it and see recipes - adjust quantities as you see fit. I’ve also tried it with two lemons but felt it was too lemony for my liking. YMMV. Serve diluted to taste (just don’t drink it neat unless you want to burn your throat). I don’t make it with sugar in deference to my wife but if you want a bit of sweetness, dilute it with apple juice (the cheap shit made from concentrate is fine for this) - a mix of apple juice and fizzy water, plus a squeeze of lime juice, is my favourite combo.

I was also thinking of trying it with mint - maybe throw in a bunch of mint leaves to steep when you take it off the heat. The possibilities are endless!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 14 June, 2021, 09:20:22 pm
Mmm sounds good :P
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Post by: Canardly on 15 July, 2021, 10:27:37 pm
I consumed a pub served lager yesterday for the first time in years, this due to being mid ride and feeling a tad hot. It was a very cold and delicous Fosters. Most surprised how good it tasted.
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Post by: nobby on 16 July, 2021, 08:02:53 am
Twinings English Breakfast. Always a good start to a day.
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Post by: Ham on 29 July, 2021, 01:50:38 pm
Some reds are, frankly, better chilled. Mostly the cheaper ones.


But not exclusively. I'd recommend Chinon chilled, every time .
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Post by: T42 on 29 July, 2021, 03:21:47 pm
Twinings Ceylon. Halfway cold, since the bloke who delivers our winter wood turned up and I had to go out & hello him.
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Post by: Jurek on 01 August, 2021, 06:10:26 pm
Have you got a recipe for that?

Well, kind of…

First time I made it I improvised with what I had in the fridge, and liked the results, so I’ve subsequently tried to refine it into a recipe by measuring the quantities. Latest batch was:
250g fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped/grated - I’ve been upping the ginger quantity each time, this is *very* gingery
1 large lemon, zest and juice thereof

Put the ginger and lemon zest in a pan with 800ml cold water, put lid on pan, bring to boil then simmer gently for 25 minutes. Take off heat and leave to cool, which will take an hour or so (keep the lid on the pan throughout to prevent losing too much to evaporation). When it’s cool, stir in the lemon juice. Then strain into a bottle - I have some 750ml flip-top bottles and this makes enough to fill one bottle. Keep it in the fridge - it doesn’t have a long shelf life, but it might not last long enough for that to be a problem anyway.

I think it’s very much one of those suck it and see recipes - adjust quantities as you see fit. I’ve also tried it with two lemons but felt it was too lemony for my liking. YMMV. Serve diluted to taste (just don’t drink it neat unless you want to burn your throat). I don’t make it with sugar in deference to my wife but if you want a bit of sweetness, dilute it with apple juice (the cheap shit made from concentrate is fine for this) - a mix of apple juice and fizzy water, plus a squeeze of lime juice, is my favourite combo.

I was also thinking of trying it with mint - maybe throw in a bunch of mint leaves to steep when you take it off the heat. The possibilities are endless!
I've just made a litre of this, including a bunch of mint leaves.
Methinks it might go well with tonic water.
I shall report back once it has cooled/been strained.
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Post by: Jurek on 02 August, 2021, 05:49:42 am
Have you got a recipe for that?

Well, kind of…

First time I made it I improvised with what I had in the fridge, and liked the results, so I’ve subsequently tried to refine it into a recipe by measuring the quantities. Latest batch was:
250g fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped/grated - I’ve been upping the ginger quantity each time, this is *very* gingery
1 large lemon, zest and juice thereof

Put the ginger and lemon zest in a pan with 800ml cold water, put lid on pan, bring to boil then simmer gently for 25 minutes. Take off heat and leave to cool, which will take an hour or so (keep the lid on the pan throughout to prevent losing too much to evaporation). When it’s cool, stir in the lemon juice. Then strain into a bottle - I have some 750ml flip-top bottles and this makes enough to fill one bottle. Keep it in the fridge - it doesn’t have a long shelf life, but it might not last long enough for that to be a problem anyway.

I think it’s very much one of those suck it and see recipes - adjust quantities as you see fit. I’ve also tried it with two lemons but felt it was too lemony for my liking. YMMV. Serve diluted to taste (just don’t drink it neat unless you want to burn your throat). I don’t make it with sugar in deference to my wife but if you want a bit of sweetness, dilute it with apple juice (the cheap shit made from concentrate is fine for this) - a mix of apple juice and fizzy water, plus a squeeze of lime juice, is my favourite combo.

I was also thinking of trying it with mint - maybe throw in a bunch of mint leaves to steep when you take it off the heat. The possibilities are endless!
I've just made a litre of this, including a bunch of mint leaves.
Methinks it might go well with tonic water.
I shall report back once it has cooled/been strained.


Well, that works well as a 3am thirst quencher.
25% / 75% Mix ratio with water.
Refreshingly minty with a subtle afterburn of citrusy ginger.
I'll stop now before I go full Jilly Goolden.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 02 August, 2021, 07:33:32 pm
I've OD'd on 8% unfined hazy DIPAs from Vocation. I never thought this would happen.  :'(

Also gone off whisky almost completely.  :o

White wine tasting really good though, particularly sauvignon blanc from the village winery  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Canardly on 03 August, 2021, 04:14:29 pm
Last night, a very poor Douro.
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Post by: ian on 06 August, 2021, 09:23:46 pm
I looked in the fridge earlier. There are twelve pints of beer in there. It sounded nice, says she. It's a good job I'm thirsty. It might last till tomorrow night, I suppose.

(thanks to Bullfinch, in that Herney Hill, and the Radius Arms in Whyteleafe.)
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Post by: andrewc on 14 August, 2021, 11:20:28 pm
South African brandy.  Van Rijn 10 year old.  Only 38% but nice & smooth.  I had a few bottles of this from M&S a couple of years ago, but they never kept it on.  Amazon have it for £22.   Not cooking brandy, easy drinking.
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Post by: T42 on 15 August, 2021, 07:47:38 am
Nowt.
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Post by: barakta on 15 August, 2021, 04:03:51 pm
Tea with actual lactose free milk.

There's been a shortage due to Br*xit related supply chain issues. So I'd been extending out my last litre by using oat milk instead (the least blech of the non-milk substitutes)...

Kim managed to find some lactofree milk at M&S who have a different supply chain from Tesco/Sainsburys at £££.
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Post by: Séamas M. on 15 August, 2021, 10:15:41 pm
Grey Goose and Coke Zero, getting calmed re Afghanistan, maybe..
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Post by: Jaded on 15 August, 2021, 10:21:55 pm
A Tamnavulin.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 21 September, 2021, 04:46:40 pm
Bit OT, but I'm after suggestions for a good beer that fulfills the following criteria:
1) The bottle size must be at least 750ml
2) Have catchy label
3) Not be of clear glass

It's to convert into a lamp for a mate, so I'll be drinking the contents 🙂
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Post by: L CC on 22 September, 2021, 08:09:01 am
If you want 750ml you're better off with a wine bottle.
What colour glass do you want? I have some examples on my desk here....
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 22 September, 2021, 03:18:49 pm
Nice offer, thank you, but he's a beer afficionado, so I'll have to hope for beer ideas.
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Post by: Basil on 22 September, 2021, 05:37:24 pm
A bottle of Old Speckled Hen alcohol free.
*checks label*
Ok. O.5%.

I won't be buying it again.
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Post by: robgul on 22 September, 2021, 06:05:43 pm
Bit OT, but I'm after suggestions for a good beer that fulfills the following criteria:
1) The bottle size must be at least 750ml
2) Have catchy label
3) Not be of clear glass

It's to convert into a lamp for a mate, so I'll be drinking the contents 🙂

Unless you're going to put about 4 inches of sand, or cement, in the bottom of the bottle I don't think it would sufficiently stable.   When bottle lamps we in vogue the favourites were Chianti in the raffia basket stuff or the likes of Drambuie or Benedictine with wide based bottle.

... there's a Belgian Beer shop in Moreton-in-Marsh, they may have something suitable in a larger size?
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Post by: robgul on 22 September, 2021, 07:12:39 pm
Looking for something else I saw that Amazon has 6 packs of various Leffe beers in 750 bottles.
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 22 September, 2021, 07:23:51 pm
Thanks Rob. As for stability, I've ordered some glass sand that'll pour in through the top once the rubber grommet has been put in place around the cable that'll enter at the back of the bottle.
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Post by: HectoJ on 22 September, 2021, 09:54:35 pm
Some Chasselas wine... very nice !
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Post by: jsabine on 23 September, 2021, 10:47:41 am
Bit OT, but I'm after suggestions for a good beer that fulfills the following criteria:
1) The bottle size must be at least 750ml
2) Have catchy label
3) Not be of clear glass

It's to convert into a lamp for a mate, so I'll be drinking the contents 🙂

Karmeliet Tripel

Fiver in Tesco

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/306651832
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Post by: CAMRAMan on 23 September, 2021, 06:52:10 pm
Excellent! I found a place online flogging magnums, but that might be OTT.
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Post by: Pingu on 14 October, 2021, 08:41:45 pm
Mrs P and I just shared a bottle of De Ranke XXX Bitter  :P
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Post by: Snakehips on 14 October, 2021, 09:09:13 pm
Bombay Sapphire gin, £20 a litre in Sainsbury's at the mo.
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Post by: T42 on 15 October, 2021, 09:16:07 am
Blood.
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Post by: Slave To The Viking on 14 November, 2021, 12:21:23 am
A Tamnavulin.

Snap.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 21 December, 2021, 06:22:34 pm
Harvey's "Signature" 12-year-old cream sherry, a pressie from our younger son. Very acceptable!
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Post by: CommuteTooFar on 21 December, 2021, 10:18:05 pm
Earlier I was drinking Grahams 10 year Tawny Port.  I like Port a lot. So when I saw this bottle at £11 in Asda I thought I would try it. Its ok but its probably the worst Port I have ever drunk. I have drunk a lot of port this is the first one to disappoint me.
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 22 December, 2021, 04:04:04 pm
I've got some Taylor's 10yo Tawny on the go and it's not brilliant but Sainbo's had it. I've got some decent Quinto do Noval lurking in the cupboard waiting for the holidays though.
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Post by: Feanor on 25 December, 2021, 10:39:39 pm
Genepi Dolin.
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Post by: SpaceBadger on 25 December, 2021, 10:47:44 pm
La Chouffe Blonde. Cheers!
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Post by: Mrs Pingu on 29 December, 2021, 10:35:06 pm
Well I bought various different supermarket big brand LBV and Tawny ports and they were all horrible syrupy shit,
Tonight I opened the Quinto do Noval 10yo Tawny and it's on another plane.
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Post by: perpetual dan on 29 December, 2021, 11:03:17 pm
We’ve got a Pocas LBV which has been doing me for Port the last couple of weeks.
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Post by: Canardly on 28 February, 2022, 12:52:02 pm
My first Barolo. Delicious.
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Post by: ian on 02 March, 2022, 09:22:07 pm
Thought I'd pour myself a frothy glass of beer from the machine as the wife is out (not that she has much bearing on the matter, she'll be in the pub later I'm sure).

Splutter says the keg of Clwb Tropicana. I guess I won't be having that then.
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Post by: Snakehips on 03 March, 2022, 09:07:37 pm
My first Barolo. Delicious.
So was mine. Many years ago. Unfortunately , since then , I have had too many bottles that were past their best. Beware supermarket Barolo.
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Post by: Snakehips on 03 March, 2022, 09:12:01 pm
I'm enjoying a Tanqueray Export Strength (home measure)  'n Tonic. Well at £20 for 1L at Sainsbury's who wouldn't?
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Post by: Slave To The Viking on 04 March, 2022, 11:20:12 pm
Brandy and Soda. No ice.

Never thought I would - I love a cognac or an armagnac, entirely unadulterated - but I've been listening to old plays on BBC Sounds in which - for example - a fruity voiced chap repairs to his club and asks the steward for "A large brandy and soda. I shall be in the Smoking Room; send up a cold supper and today's Times. I'm expecting an urgent wire from Rangoon - should I nod off, don't hesitate to rouse me." etc.

So I thought I'd have a bash at it.
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Post by: andrewc on 04 April, 2022, 10:41:57 pm
Aldi’s own brand “Chevalier “ cognac.  Not at all un drinkable.
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Post by: Ham on 22 June, 2022, 09:43:57 am
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20bBelNpQ6uM0_ibqduKr_OAEEWjxaRtTzFH_F8fNbpLSmKZi6_O-Ekqf5pWiGabc0bSQrh1Q2t3vZhO7nMknYj_463CXNFF-AtGGf_mCg_14V0jIUPMApdJlCK46cyQdhAlFhuCbtSMHYg1dFYKIK6KfYnY1ja2iawmz3cHcoKWhjHcnErG0oE7a/s1024/PXL_20220621_205333524.jpg)

Particularly appropriate (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=95565.msg2730054#msg2730054)

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Post by: Gattopardo on 29 July, 2022, 07:26:48 pm
Currently drinking Meantime IPA as 12 33cl bottles are €8.  It is 7.99 a case.

London IPA
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Post by: Basil on 29 July, 2022, 07:33:53 pm
The person whose turn it was to bring a bottle to Clwb Wisgi has supplied Ben Bracken.  I don't know it, but I'm not impressed.   :-\
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Post by: markcjagar on 29 July, 2022, 09:35:43 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/e8U9qlO.jpg)

It's nice, but a bit much and I can feel all 7% of it
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Post by: Pingu on 30 July, 2022, 10:03:00 pm
Passe Partout by De Dochter van de Korenaar followed by De Ranke's Saison de Dottignies  :P
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Post by: robgul on 31 July, 2022, 07:35:48 pm
I'm on some DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL painkillers for an injury so I've tried some 0% stuff - I really can't tell the difference between real Leffe Blond and Leffe Zero Blond (Doom Bar Zero is awful)
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Post by: Gattopardo on 31 July, 2022, 09:07:02 pm
Still going through the meantime london IPA.
 
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Post by: ElyDave on 31 July, 2022, 09:37:41 pm
I'm on some DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL painkillers for an injury so I've tried some 0% stuff - I really can't tell the difference between real Leffe Blond and Leffe Zero Blond (Doom Bar Zero is awful)

I quite like the Ghost Ship zero alcohol version.

Tonight for me, its Laphroaig
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Post by: Canardly on 31 July, 2022, 09:44:08 pm
Very cold Carlsberg Pilsner, as they term it nowadays. Not much alcohol, but quite refreshing. I found a traditional pint pot at the back of the kitchen cupboard. I must say that there is something very satisfying about drinking from one.
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Post by: andrewc on 31 July, 2022, 10:08:53 pm
Old Peculier.   I first had this back in the early 80's,  it's a pleasant brew, but I'm sure it used to be stronger & have bits in it.....
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Post by: Gattopardo on 31 July, 2022, 10:12:21 pm
Old Peculier.   I first had this back in the early 80's,  it's a pleasant brew, but I'm sure it used to be stronger & have bits in it.....
Theakstons?  Thought it was 5-6%
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Post by: ian on 31 July, 2022, 10:20:03 pm
Old Peculiar was always famed for tasting better on the return journey. That’s not a compliment.

We emptied the fridge at 360 Degrees. Now transferring it from my fridge to belly. Their elder saison is like running headfirst into summer so hard that you get a hug from the concussion.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 31 July, 2022, 11:58:37 pm
Was more of a Banks Bitter fan.

Now drinking pyrolyse limited edition blonde beer 8%
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Post by: robgul on 01 August, 2022, 07:28:40 am
I'm on some DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL painkillers for an injury so I've tried some 0% stuff - I really can't tell the difference between real Leffe Blond and Leffe Zero Blond (Doom Bar Zero is awful)

I quite like the Ghost Ship zero alcohol version.

Tonight for me, its Laphroaig

I also found that the Adnams Ghost Ship version was pretty good if a bit grapefruity - but, of course, throwing caution to the wind as it's 0.5%  ;D
 
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 01 August, 2022, 07:47:43 am
Attibassi espresso. A relatively small roastery in Bologna. Nice, not packed with shite like Lavazza. Best of all, I get it from TKMaxx. Really weird how they stock 1kg bags of Italian bar coffee.
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Post by: T42 on 01 August, 2022, 09:16:35 am
Water. I gave up tea a couple of months back when the gastritis got nasty. Coffee at home, ditto. Strangely, coffee when cycling doesn't bother me.
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Post by: ElyDave on 02 August, 2022, 06:25:08 am
I'm on some DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL painkillers for an injury so I've tried some 0% stuff - I really can't tell the difference between real Leffe Blond and Leffe Zero Blond (Doom Bar Zero is awful)

I quite like the Ghost Ship zero alcohol version.

Tonight for me, its Laphroaig

I also found that the Adnams Ghost Ship version was pretty good if a bit grapefruity - but, of course, throwing caution to the wind as it's 0.5%  ;D

I think labelled as 0.5% because they can't guarantee zero. Not quite sure what the others do to be able to state zero?
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Post by: Basil on 05 August, 2022, 06:53:13 pm
Tonight's offering in clwb wisgi is 'The Irishman'.

Rather nice.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 05 August, 2022, 07:53:18 pm
Limoncello, on the balcony

(https://i.ibb.co/YWZQQZw/IMG-20220805-150141-653.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QcdQQdt)
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 05 August, 2022, 07:57:41 pm
My first Barolo. Delicious.

I'm about an hour's drive from the region. Haven't had any yet.
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Post by: MattH on 18 September, 2022, 09:00:08 am
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2213/3151/products/4-star_-AuntBessie440ml-01_1100x.jpg)

Ok, last night rather than right now.
Jam Roly Poly Pale Ale. Saw it in the local supermarket, and thought I had to give it a go. Flavoured with strawberry, plum and custard. It was on offer. I know why now, despite normally liking a fruity beer.

Sadly (?) I missed out on the original release of this - apparently it's back by popular demand - back in 2020 it was released as a two course meal, with roast potato and yorkshire pudding flavoured brown ale as the main course.
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Post by: spesh on 24 September, 2022, 08:50:01 pm
A nice Chianti.


And to forestall the obvious question - in lieu of anyone's liver and fava beans, I'd had a zingy pizza diavola earlier, fthfthfthfthfthfthfthfthfth...  :P
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Post by: Feanor on 30 September, 2022, 02:32:11 am
Malbec.

I expect this to continue for the next 12 weeks or so, on account of being in that Argentina.
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Post by: Basil on 08 October, 2022, 07:49:20 pm
German Birmingham Weisbier.  If you're ever in Brum I can highly recommend the Atticbrew Co near Bournville.
There don't appear to be any attics involved.
 
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Post by: Jaded on 09 October, 2022, 12:29:39 am
The Fresh Standard Brewing Company Red Mild.

They are back in action after Covid. Hooray!
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 09 October, 2022, 07:44:35 am
They are indeed. I was down there earlier, but they ran out of Soft.
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Post by: Slave To The Viking on 23 October, 2022, 12:25:27 am
Brandy and soda.

During the pandemic, I listened to a lot of very old radio dramas. Often, older types of drink would be mentioned. Oscar Wilde's bright young things drinking hock & seltzer; Paul Temple ("By Timothy, you're right!") and his wife - Steve - drinking gin & ginger ale, and elderly, jowly-voiced retired-brigadier types, orf at their clubs. "I shall be in the smoking room; I should like a large brandy & soda..."

And, as I drove about Yorkshire, listening to this stuff, I'd find myself wondering if brandy & soda (with no ice - this was England in the 50s) would be any good.

I was not disappointed.
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Post by: John Stonebridge on 11 November, 2022, 06:38:13 pm
Arrived at my mother in laws earlier this afternoon, first time here in a while

A forage to the garage revealed a pleasant haul - a Lindemans Oude Gueuze, a Flotzinger dopplebock and a couple of Schneider Weisse Tap 5s. 

All left by me from last time!   
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Post by: IanDG on 11 November, 2022, 06:40:56 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52492830546_e43ed581fb_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nYBtGw)314975642_10160197773722486_8546704167370084461_n (https://flic.kr/p/2nYBtGw) by ian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/), on Flickr
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Post by: IanDG on 11 November, 2022, 06:48:15 pm
Aldi have a good selection of stout. Best in Dumfries :)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52492844596_3ba586f0bf_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nYBxSL)315114014_10160197900567486_1363961958965816769_n (https://flic.kr/p/2nYBxSL) by ian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/), on Flickr
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Post by: Pedal Castro on 11 November, 2022, 06:57:15 pm
I started of with a sample of my latest brew on bottling day as it was not quite enough for a 500ml bottle. Then a pint of 5.6% liquorice stout. Which I've now just finished so decision time...  ;D
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Post by: Ian H on 11 November, 2022, 10:04:44 pm
Laphroaig.
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Post by: IanDG on 14 November, 2022, 11:05:31 pm
Jura 10. Just returned from meal wit eldest and future daughter in law and parents 🙂
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 17 February, 2023, 06:54:46 pm
Leffe Blond 0,0.  Non-alcoholic BEER has come on in leaps and bounds since the days of Lawrie McMenemy advertising whichever foul muck it was on telly.
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 21 February, 2023, 06:48:39 pm
Vocation at Vocation taproom


(https://i.ibb.co/2Yk0pRr/IMG-20230221-184647-124.jpg) (https://ibb.co/R4DGJtK)
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Post by: Pedal Castro on 21 February, 2023, 09:58:24 pm
Hebden Bridge? It looks quiet.  ::-)
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Post by: Hot Flatus on 21 February, 2023, 10:26:33 pm
Tuesday @ 6pm. Won't look like this on friday
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Post by: Canardly on 03 March, 2023, 10:43:08 am
Significant birthday last week. Someone treated me to a boxed set of Rothschild Lafite Bordeaux 2018 red and 2021 white. Very nice indeed, hic.
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Post by: ian on 03 March, 2023, 09:56:12 pm
Missing Link (https://missinglinkbrewing.com) beer, as we bought a big pile of the stuff the other weekend. Very nice tap room and cheerful staff if you're ever Sussex way. Sussex is even too wussy for bears, so you're safe outside.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 11 May, 2023, 10:24:34 pm
Shipyard ale, from Portland, Maine, as sold by Waitrose. Very acceptable. Hoppy and zingy.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 12 June, 2023, 11:32:07 pm
"Proper Job" from those St. Austell folk. Very acceptable.
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Post by: IanDG on 12 June, 2023, 11:56:02 pm
I got a "job" - celebration time :)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52970758178_c39db369de_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oGQYW7)IMG_20230612_235157_745 (https://flic.kr/p/2oGQYW7) by ian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/), on Flickr
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Post by: Pingu on 12 June, 2023, 11:57:22 pm
 :thumbsup:
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Post by: Wowbagger on 13 June, 2023, 12:14:12 am
That's rather good stuff...
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Post by: Wowbagger on 16 June, 2023, 11:22:51 pm
Oakham "Citra" IPA. Very good, sharp-tasting, hoppy beer. It was on offer in Waitrose when I was in there a couple of days ago.
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Post by: Basil on 16 June, 2023, 11:33:51 pm
Water. It was Clwb Wisgi tonight and I may have have had a couple of cwrw chasers.
Still, it was a good evening.
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Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 20 June, 2023, 11:45:37 am
Tea of my own concoction.

Finely chopped fresh turmeric, garlic and coarsely ground black pepper. Put in a good quality strainer and pour boiling water over it, allow to steep.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 04 July, 2023, 11:29:02 pm
A rather good claret. What's in my glass is the last wine in the house. I must go to Waitrose tomorrow...
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Post by: T42 on 05 July, 2023, 09:07:37 am
Water
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Post by: andrewc on 13 July, 2023, 10:19:38 pm
I spent the afternoon weeding at the parents & stayed for dinner.  My mum put what she thought was a cheapish bottle of red on the table... it was actually one I'd given her for a special occasion .. 🤦🏻‍♂️  https://www.costco.co.uk/Wines-Spirits-Beer/Wines/Red-Wine/Chateau-Montlandrie-Cotes-De-Castillon-2018-75cl/p/306200     rather nice though !
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Post by: Jaded on 14 July, 2023, 12:31:37 am
18 year old Ice Wine.

It is surprisingly drinkable!

It is also in the right thread now  ;D
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Post by: Slave To The Viking on 14 July, 2023, 12:57:17 am
Something I'd rather I wasnt. This month's Whiskey Me has arrived, and one of them is "Isle of Raasay".

Puts the feck in disinfectant.

I know, I know, if it doesn't taste like TCP that's been boiled into a concentrate then strained through a Dettol-soaked rag, it's not proper connoisseur whisky.

So what?

It's awful...
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 14 July, 2023, 11:27:18 am
'tis the nature of yer island malts, innit.  Except Bruichladdich, for some reason.
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Post by: ian on 16 July, 2023, 06:11:14 pm
I found a bottle of Chianti Classico as old as me (an entire case in fact). I took it as a novelty. I don’t think I’m brave enough to open it.
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Post by: T42 on 17 September, 2023, 10:27:26 am
Just drained the dregs of the espresso I finished 10 minutes ago. Word to the wise: don't.
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Post by: ian on 22 October, 2023, 04:37:00 pm
Kinnie. I'm not sure where this drink has been all my life, but really, it's the ultimate soft drink. Tastes a bit like Campari and orange, but without the boozecohol, though I found a great cocktail of Amaro del Capo, Prosecco, and Kinnie. I just bought 48 bottles of Diet Kinnie, so it should keep me going for a bit.
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Post by: Gattopardo on 12 November, 2023, 10:37:45 pm
Is it to early for a quick snowball.
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Post by: IanDG on 12 November, 2023, 10:53:29 pm
Laphroaig
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Post by: Pingu on 12 November, 2023, 11:00:44 pm
Is it to early for a quick snowball.

Nope.
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Post by: Jaded on 12 November, 2023, 11:07:12 pm
Laphroaig

Nectar.
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Post by: T42 on 13 November, 2023, 09:05:17 am
Black Basque.
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Post by: Regulator on 13 November, 2023, 02:18:47 pm
Black Basque.

It's 'What are you drinking right now?' not 'What are you wearing right now?'
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Post by: T42 on 13 November, 2023, 04:39:42 pm
Black Basque.

It's 'What are you drinking right now?' not 'What are you wearing right now?'

I don't think I'd suit one.
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Post by: Ham on 18 November, 2023, 07:52:01 pm
this

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz61BQhZLioLPclmWhIHEXsVwUMAT_s8mrM8yLg-_Sn6thYBoEGGSpV65IUm8LRZDmYOMCaIuM85nQzYNnhRIGo_3el-V0rqTbVyOr_o_bm8bWIKpRkeMMV0BczAMIYNBEUeXpgusEquFcMGwXgJyFpo9oeLg3xFt1cV6ENbWKfsDpZd6QluIYFlBflxY/s1020/PXL_20231117_193039578.jpg)

"We've teamed up with @deafchefs to help launch the first deaf run food truck in the UK, with this Pale Ale. We're working closely to understand what makes an inclusive space to the deaf community - and also learning about the woes of auto correct on messaging, which gave us this name!"

AND it's rather decent beer. (From the Pretty Decent Beer Company, my local micro brewery)
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Post by: barakta on 22 November, 2023, 10:53:04 pm
Love the autocorrect, happens to us dead people all the time. Sounds like an interesting project. <VEE>!
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Post by: andrewc on 26 November, 2023, 11:40:44 am
On my 3rd mug of Twinings English Breakfast, with a splash of milk.   Tea cosy deployed to keep the pot warm.
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Post by: Pingu on 09 March, 2024, 06:24:43 pm
It's possible that I am the last person to drink cask Windswept Clavie as I had the last one at Krakatoa today :(
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Post by: ScumOfTheRoad on 19 March, 2024, 04:31:59 pm
Tesco are selling Banrock Station wine in flat recycled plastic bottles. I see this as having advantages:

you can carry two plastic bottles home for the same weight as a glass one
they fit sideways in the fridge door - so two bottles in the space of one

I would say these bottles will be a big hit for camping trips too
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Post by: Regulator on 19 March, 2024, 04:50:04 pm
Tesco are selling Banrock Station wine in flat recycled plastic bottles. I see this as having advantages:

you can carry two plastic bottles home for the same weight as a glass one
they fit sideways in the fridge door - so two bottles in the space of one

I would say these bottles will be a big hit for camping trips too


Only problem is that they contain Banrock Station wine...
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Post by: Wowbagger on 19 March, 2024, 10:27:30 pm
Tesco are selling Banrock Station wine in flat recycled plastic bottles. I see this as having advantages:

you can carry two plastic bottles home for the same weight as a glass one
they fit sideways in the fridge door - so two bottles in the space of one

I would say these bottles will be a big hit for camping trips too


Only problem is that they contain Banrock Station wine...
Not when you have drunk them.
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Post by: Wowbagger on 19 March, 2024, 10:38:31 pm
Why is Doom Bar pretty much ubiquitous? It’s quite a dull beer. I wish I’d bought something else now.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 19 March, 2024, 11:59:00 pm
It's turned into my second-fave 0.0%, but lags a long way behind Leffe.  Which in Morrison's case they had not got.