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. . . . down the pub. The dogs have been fed and are quiet in their kennel, the missus is on a half day and will be home at 3 so the weekend starts now!

Please excuse any spelling mistakes later in the day!!!

Thanks for letting us know.

I could murder a few cold pints of Harp on the emerald isle. Instead i'm having a driving break sat at Reading services you bragging cunt

Shame


I thought he was fucking off for good

You don't see 'Arp anymore, in England. Is it now confined to Hibernia?

No Harp, but the Guinness is way better than what is sold in the UK.

A nice 4 pints of the Black Stuff, back to change the dressing on one of the greyhounds feet (had a toe amputated a few days ago), walked the others, dodged the showers.

I'm going to miss this place!!

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After a few pints I'm not quite sure if you're taking the piss . . .

Who am I kidding, I know!

On a slilght tangent, has anyone tried the new Guinness style stout that Wadworths are brewing? It is called Corvus and is pretty good. Not quite as bitter as Guinness.

No but I will certainly be having some when the opportunity arises.

Does anyone remember Red Guinness?

I liked Red Guinness.

Anyone tried the Stella Cider - not available over here yet

Cidre...it's cidre.

I was speaking to somebody about red Guinness the other week.

The described it to me as something that tasted just like Guinness and looked just like Guinness

So, just Guinness then? 

Red Guinness was lighter in colour and flavour. It did have a slight reddish hue to it and was a bit too sweet for my tastes.

When describing the difference vs. normal Guinness to somebody in a pub (they roast the barley for less time, so it's milder) I got told off by the landlady who insisted that they added caramel to it during the brewing process. Thick twat.

I don't drink Guinness, but do keep hearing that Irish Guinness is sooo much better than the Guinness sold over here.  Either this is complete bollocks/made up, or the Guinness corporation is really missing a trick.  Surely all they need to do is sell the lovely Irish Guinness over here as well, and they would sell more of the stuff.  It would sort of make sense.  No?

The Guinness sold over here is brewed in Ireland.

Has anyone tried Nigerian Guinness? It sounds badass.

I've drunk Guinness in Malaysia.

After 2-3 pints I was wondering why I felt pissed so soon. That's when I discovered it was 8% plus. Malaysians have a thing about super-strength beers (even the Guinness). Go to a corner shop and you'll find more tennents super on sale than any other brand, and more super-strength Guinness than normal Guinness.

And this was in Penang, which is where the regional Guinness brewery is.

For a small fee this could be arranged sah?

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My mrs family wont drink the guinness over here. Apparantly it doesn't travel well.
Never drank the stuff so don't know personally. I drink Harp over there and i think its a nice lager. Not keen on the heineken which is the other lager usually on tap

Not a huge drinker of the stuff myself it definately tasted different in Dublin than over here.

Im on my 5th bottle of golden glory by badger! Drinking at home is a bit sad really

rrrrrrrrruuuuuuuummmmmmmmm

what type you drinking kt?

ooh, this one is a golden jamacan one - a present/favour for being MC at my sister's wedding from a small stall by these folks - www.vomfassuk.com.

usually i go for mount gay or cockspur as i learned to drink rum in barbados.  i tend to like most golden rums but dislike spiced rums.

i shudder at the idea of mixing them with a soft drink - ice and lime is just fine unless the rum is decent enough to be had entirly on its own.

what's your poison?

I do like rum. A bog standard Havana Club 3yo white does the trick. I dont mind which way I have it but i do quite like a mixer.
Started enjoying whiskey a bit more as i get older. Got majorly put off in my early 20's after necking some horrible tesco's own :p

My ipod is throwing out some top quality songs tonight! Makes sitting at home alone drinking, slightly more tolerable

as far as white rum goes the havana 3yo is good actually. 

i'm generally adverse to a mixer as far as most spirits go to be honest, obviously cocktails are exempt and if i'm forced to drink vodka i'll have it with lemonade or soda.

i do like a good whiskey too, the peaty ones are lovely.

tell me about golden glory?

A very mourish beer from Badger. Not for the CAMRA purist though! Its quite a sweet fruity beer, lovely in the summer!

i'm not familiar with badger - yes i am having googled them, i have been known to enjoy a fursty ferret a few years ago.

i do miss ales when i'm in france for the winter months, it's very rare thet i'll drink a lager when i'm in the uk.  the saving grace is that i work in the highest official guinness pub in the world for those months and free guinness is certainly not to be sniffed at. 

in reply to other guinness related posts we do have many irish punters who have very good things to say about our guinness.

I've a Jamaican mate, whose missus goes back regularly so stocks up with Appleton Estate rum. He ships a bit my way. Proper rocket fuel.

Guinness is all about how many pints are pulled through the lines.  Back in the day I worked in one of the pubs in old town and if you bought a pint of guinness on one of the pound a pint nights where we sold a shed load it was delicious stuff.  Saying that more than a few pints for me and I start to spin.

Beer nap on the sofa! Better go back to bed :)

Badger beers are very good entry level beers for people who might be lager drinkers usually but want to try something with a bit more taste.  I've got nothing but good things to say about them.  The fact that they are so readily available in supermarkets is one of the best marketing tools the real ale lobby has had in a long time.

Try Rum and banana juice. Good stuff. Struggling to find banana juice though.

Amaretto and diluted lemon sqaush is a pretty good summer drink

Bacardi 151. A 151 proof Rum with a flame arrestor in the neck. I've still yet to drink it, but overproof is always a shortcut to A&E.

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When I see the title of this thread, all I hear in my head is '...down, to Alphabet Street'.  Over and over.

Had it once...it has a black head on it though not a white one.

Whits is your go-to guy for all things Bacardi 151... he always has it in stock, but I am yet to try it myself.

I have a bottle of 151 in my cupboard, it's strong but very tasty!

I hate the stuff, tried it a few times

haha, that stuff is lethal, 1st time i tried it i was on my arse after doing 2 shots...

I have two versions, the barcardi 151 (with flame retarder) and Brugal (without flame retarder - which scares me!)

only tends to be used on special occasions, though i have taken it in a hip flask to the cinema to mix with coke, i thought Aliens vs predator 2 was a comedy after that :)

Where did you get hold of it as its not normally available in the UK?

Poitin is the stuff if you want to get smashed.

Isnt that potato wine?

can be but not always.can be with oats too i think
had it once strong as fuck
its illegal its so potent

A friend of mind gave me a bottle a while back - mainly to use as a rub for my greyhounds. Tried a wee dram - fuck me it was undrinkable - not because of the taste but the actual effect of drinking it.

What the fuck are you rubbing it on your dogs for then?  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

He gave it to me to rub on my dogs and not wishing to offend my Irish neighbour I took it but decided to swig it first.

It's still in the cupboard under the sink next to the Dosmestos - not much difference really!

OK, just promise not to rub it on the dogs.

Never tried it unfortunately. Always wanted to, because I used to "enjoy" Absinthe of the same alcohol %, purely to feel tough, and I quite like rum.

My dad used to have a bottle which I believe he got in the Caribbean.

Poacher's Choice is magnificent, btw.

If he gave it to you to rub on your dogs, why the fuck did you think drinking it was a good idea?

Cos it was poitine. He had some herbal concoction which I was supposed to mix with the poitine - but hey, who wouldn't give it a go!

Better than anti-freeze and after shave anyway

i can confirm that, having smelt that disgusting stuff, i wouldn't try poitine

Yeah, it's pretty vile... Be glad it hasn't reached you yet!

Maybe it's because I absolutely loathe cider, but I was surprised I found it rather nice.

You don't know how lucky you are with such a choice of braincell damaging intoxicants these days.

Back in the day it was

Watneys Red Barrel
Double Diamond
Tartan
Starlight
Cinzano (for the ladies, of course)
Cider was restricted to some hillbilly farmer's hooch with bits of dead rat floating in it

Ah, the 70s - what a decade!

Haha, that's probably why... It did taste rather "beery" for something claiming to be a cider!

cidre is only 60% apple i think. not like other ciders

It reminded me of Appletise or something slightly alcopop. I wouldn't go looking for it, or even buy it, but much like I was told White Zinfandel is aimed at people who don't drink wine (hence why I thought it was nice), I think Cidre is aimed at people who don't drink cider - again why I probably like it. :)

Perhaps you should try going to a game at that lot down the A420

For those that don't like football  :D

Cider? It's all about Thatchers Gold.

Hell yeah! Or Thatchers Katy...

Hopping Hare is their best effort

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout captures our gift to the world: deep, rich and satisfying beer.
 
Originally brewed in Dublin and first exported in 1802 it's been brewed locally throughout Asia, Africa and the Caribbean since the 1960s. Here, it's the undisputed Guinness beer of choice.
 
Today, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout is a Guinness world-beater 40% of the world's Guinness Beer is a little foreign and has a little extra.
 
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Experience it as it was meant to be enjoyed; in a glass or as it comes, straight from the bottle.
 

Don't know much about these new-fangled Guinness products but bottled Guinness is dreadful pap. Canned isn't too bad, which is strange cos I always reckon bottled lager is far superior to canned.

Anyone ever tried Polish Pure Spirit - one of the local expat-Poles brings some over from home on a regular basis.

Firewater!!!

Behave yourself, Stowford Press is the kiddy.

That Stella Cidre is OK too.

Cider is shit. The one thing I won't drink, anything else is drinkable.

Yeah I think it's 50% and according to recent advertising 70% handpicked.

I don't know why Stella discloses the apple content, it's not a selling point.

Katy tastes good but can be lethal.  Aspalls do some good cyder too (yes, that's how they spell it in olde Suffolk).

I agree with DMR!  :footinmouth:

Just discovered Blackout by Cropton Brewery.  A superb porter...if you like your beers dark, this is one I can heartily recommend.  www.croptonbrewery.com

Currently dirink the last of the Koppenburg I got for my birthday.


Laavly.

True... Actually I really like Aspall's Peronelle's Blush (or whatever it's called). Don't know many that admit to drinking it though as it's quite girly. Which is fine for me, being a girl and all!