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Drinking Sol

Its one of those coors / bud light type beers that tastes like a beer + cold water cocktail

Maybe in the sunshine out of a bottle it gets away with it but it's shite

The winter world cup is a write off

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6 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

Drinking Sol

Its one of those coors / bud light type beers that tastes like a beer + cold water cocktail

Maybe in the sunshine out of a bottle it gets away with it but it's shite

The winter world cup is a write off

Piece of lime in the neck?

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On 19/11/2022 at 10:49, rjw63 said:

I don't actually like whiskey. At all.

But...

I was intrigued by Don Draper from Mad Men and his penchant for an "Old fashioned". A lot of them.

When we were on a cruise a few years back I asked the barman to do us an Old Fashioned, I mean the booze was included so why not?

I was surprised to find I liked it.

This week after being given a bottle of whiskey I don't like, I decided to get the ingredients to make an Old Fashioned.

The half bottle of whiskey is almost gone after two nights ;)

 

Old fashioned are whiskey gateway drugs. They are very moreish. 

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On 19/11/2022 at 10:49, rjw63 said:

I don't actually like whiskey. At all.

But...

I was intrigued by Don Draper from Mad Men and his penchant for an "Old fashioned". A lot of them.

When we were on a cruise a few years back I asked the barman to do us an Old Fashioned, I mean the booze was included so why not?

I was surprised to find I liked it.

This week after being given a bottle of whiskey I don't like, I decided to get the ingredients to make an Old Fashioned.

The half bottle of whiskey is almost gone after two nights ;)

 

if you really wanna add a bit of theatre to the experience get yourself a wee smoker kit (about £30 on amazon) which gives you some diffferent flavoured woodchips and chimney thingy to infuse your drink with a smokey flavour - a "Smokey Old Fashioned" if you will

Bit twattish, granted, and you wouldnt do it all the time, but its great fun if you have people round or whatever.

 

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On 20/11/2022 at 04:34, astondalston said:

Not sure about making your stomach hurt but yes you should pour a beer into a glass (unless no option) and you should pour it quickly to release the CO2. This makes the beer taste better. Part of a previous job I did a beer and cellar course. Part of it was trying a bottle of beer poured differently and definitely tastes better that way. I find it's bit the best way to pour a the Belgian strong beers, trapping ones etc as they are too lively to do really quick.

Not long after being with my now wife, I'd bought a bottle of beer I was looking forward to. She was making a drink for herself and thought it would be nice to get me mine. She was probably proud of how she poured it without spilling any, I came in the kitchen and saw her finishing the pour. I wasn't intentionally rude but she read my facial expression at seeing this flat looking beer. 7 years later and she's not poured a beer for me since.

Just poured one of the beers she got me for my birthday though. From a beer and snack set - Empress Premium British Pale ale. Pretty ordinary, she's not here so don't have to hide my expression.

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3 hours ago, TheMelvillan said:

if you really wanna add a bit of theatre to the experience get yourself a wee smoker kit (about £30 on amazon) which gives you some diffferent flavoured woodchips and chimney thingy to infuse your drink with a smokey flavour - a "Smokey Old Fashioned" if you will

Bit twattish, granted, and you wouldnt do it all the time, but its great fun if you have people round or whatever.

 

Ugh, I really dislike smokey drinks. I think Jose Cuervo Gold is horrendous. 

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On 19/11/2022 at 17:38, El Zen said:

Staying in, and I don’t normally drink at home, but sort of on a whim picked up a couple of bottles of Peroni from the supermarket yesterday. For a generic, mass produced lager, it’s not bad. 

After an absolute bastard of a day, I’m going to repeat this from last weekend out of pure self-pity and get as drunk as I can get on six small bottles of lager. It won’t get me drunk at all, of course, but a decent buzz will suit me just fine.

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23 hours ago, villa4europe said:

Drinking Sol

Its one of those coors / bud light type beers that tastes like a beer + cold water cocktail

Maybe in the sunshine out of a bottle it gets away with it but it's shite

The winter world cup is a write off

Yeah, on a sun terrace in Marbella, its passable

In a Tipton pub, on a winter night, it loses any miniscule appeal it may have had. 

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A summary of the ales I drank. In order of my favourite first. All amber/golden ales. No dark ales on cask, which I thought is a surprise for winter. 

Barbus Barbus - Butts Brewery (Berkshire)

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Butty Bach - Wye Valley Brewery (Herefordshire)

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Otter Amber - Otter Brewery (Devon) 

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Golden Fleece IPA - Cotswold Lion Brewery (Gloucestershire)

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Sadly, an issue with the latest delivery of 'Old Hooky' from Hook Norton Brewery, in Oxfordshire, meant that was off. Shame.

Overall, an enjoyable selection of ales. No complaints!

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Don’t know if you’re an Islam fan @Davkaus but see if you can get a bottle of this if so:

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Had it in the Head of Steam in town mate last night and took an extra two bottles home (as well as drinking some other very good cans on 3 for 2!).

Very strong peated whiskey flavours coming though. I loved it, but it does seem to split opinion.

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5 hours ago, fightoffyour said:

Don’t know if you’re an Islam fan @Davkaus but see if you can get a bottle of this if so:

FromaGaelicSeaFar_FarAway-Emperor_sBarre

Had it in the Head of Steam in town mate last night and took an extra two bottles home (as well as drinking some other very good cans on 3 for 2!).

Very strong peated whiskey flavours coming though. I loved it, but it does seem to split opinion.

That looks up my street. I love some Islay whiskey - the danger of peaty whiskeys is there can be a broad range of flavour profiles. I like the smokiness, a bit of the vegetive flavours, but I struggle when it gets a bit "TCP".

Never been let down by Vault City though, so I'll try and get my hands on some

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