soldier of fortune Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Nastro Azzuri Peroni, that shit is lovely I just think out of the draught lager's heineken is good, miles better than miller, bud, and whatever else. Carlsberg, i just never dug it. So the three beers i've to try are Westmalle Tripel (german?) Tyskie Gronie (polish?) Maisels Weisse (german) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Westmalle is belgian... and a mighty fine beer too... a definite one/two bottle and thats it kinda beer... Tyskie... where do i start.. endless amounts of hazy nights have ensued after 6/7 of these.... Polish beer, and a damn fuckin good one at that... its a perfect "long hard day i need a beer" kinda beer, really crisp, refreshing and drinkable... strong too.. get ya proper fucked.... Maisels Weisse is german, a wheat beer, the way wheat beers should be, its heavy/ish and has a lingering sweet aftertaste, one of my first beers i fell in love with..... but man, nasturo azzuri... what a beer, its just beautiful, goes great with italian food and you can knock the shit back like its nobodys business, tastes brilliant too..... as for heineken being better than miller.... not in my opinion, i like miller a good bit heineken better than bud... hell my fermented urine is better than bud, same goes for stella..... it is an Ok beer, but its not something i would buy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Belgian stella is good, much nicer than the Uk brewed shit! Well i will look out for these beers, and will try them! Nastro is great on a sunny summer's day as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 well if the meetup happens, im sure we can drop into the porter house and have a few... or would it more more of a nightclub (dear god no) kinda thing... but yeah, nasturo azzuri is the bulmers of beers.... but id rather a koppaberg/druids mixed fruit or pear over bulmers.... not a big fan of traditional cider..... and oh... another thing i'm really into is strawberry cider... a company "brothers" do a few odd fruit ciders, lemon and lime, pear, strawberry (awesome) reading back on all of this, i either, A, sound like a walking beer encyclopedia, or B, a raging alcoholic who likes classy beer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 If you were an alco i'm sure you'd be selling me the benefits of taste of methalated spirits! When the meet up happens, its just gonna be beer, then see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 i usually just drink beer/stout/ale anyway, it lasts longer than say a southie and red... more value for money i find, more range with beer too.. but if i feel bloated from the beer, i go for spirits.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IguanaDon? Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Guinness is pretty much London based anyway now... I love the stuff. They say you have to wait about 20 minutes after it's poured off tap for the perfect pint. Fuck waiting that long though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Guinness is pretty much London based anyway now... I love the stuff. They say you have to wait about 20 minutes after it's poured off tap for the perfect pint. Fuck waiting that long though... Actually, all the guinness thats now in the UK is brewed in St Jame's Gate, Dublin, and exported over. It was a commercial decision they (Diageo) took a while back. The Guinness brewery in Park Royal, London closed in 2005. The production of all Guinness sold in the UK was switched to St. James's Gate Brewery Dublin. People in the UK had previously stated that Irish brewed Guinness tasted much better than that brewed in London. 20 minutes? Man it'd be fucked by then, unless you took one mouthful, then left it. Thats what my dad does sometimes, esp at last orders when we treble up! If you ever get a guiness and you see that no one else is drinking it, you should ask em to pull off a pint first then give you the next one, as the guinness has been sat in the lines. (Used to be a barman) Then you'll get nice fresh guinness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 four, most pubs i go to don't sell good pints and dont take care of their taps I know this is going back a while, but if you get a shit pint of guinness its normally down to how it was poured etc. I doubt its a case of the above as Guinness send out a team to every pub in Ireland to clean the lines and check em and shit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperEeyore Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Ah give me spirits any day I must say I completely agree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 american beer is the shit, i love miller and coors (shut up). Ye fucked up bud though, i had some of the real and original budwiser in prague recently which is called Budwar, very nice. Guiness taps being cleaned is very important to the taste, and not all of them are cleaned as frequently as they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 ssshhh, don't let doj hear ya!! American beer i find is great for starting off (i know i started on Bud), but ive personally moved onto Belgian/German, and Dutch beer. I drink Heineken on draft when i'm out, unless i can get the likes of Hoegaarden on draft. Budvar (the original budweiser) is lovely, thats most likely what you had in Prague, but the Bud we know is crap, full of additives, gives a nasty hangover and tastes like piss, not that i'd know what that tastes like. Anyway, i think Miller Genuine Draft is ok. Plus you can pick it up cheap enough, coors? is that coors light? Its not bad, but its not great either, some of the Michelob stuff is good though. If the Guinness Lines are cleaned regularly you should always get a good pint, also depends on the person pulling the pint and the length the guinness has to travel from barrel to tap, if a pub has the guinness kegs close by the guinness is nicer, i base this theory on anecdotal evidence, plus i know someone who owns a bar where the lines only are 10 feet from tap to keg, and the guinness there is class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IguanaDon? Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Speaking of Guinness... Guinness is going out of the black and into the red. But devotees of Ireland's national tipple need not worry, the world-famous brewer is not going bust - it is about to produce a red version of its stout. Guinness Red is the latest variant to be developed by the good folk in Dublin. Hops, water and yeast are combined as usual but the barley is lightly roasted, giving it a rich red complexion. This gives the drink a 'well balanced, bittersweet character', the brewers claim. The new stout will contain similar alcohol levels to the other versions of Guinness, about 4.1 per cent, and will also cost the same. It will keep its distinctive white head and will require the same patience-testing two-step pour. The rosey tipple is being tested in a number of pubs across Britain. But a spokeswoman for parent company Diageo admitted there were no plans to market the 'red stuff' in Ireland. She said: "It is being tested on a limited basis but Guinness Red is only intended for the British market." It is the first major new product launch by Guinness in Britain since it brought out its 'Extra Cold' variety in 1999. There are three Guinness variants currently on sale: Draught, Original and Foreign Extra Stout. In Ireland, the firm is testing a version called Guinness Mid- Strength, which has an alcohol content of 2.8 per cent by volume. Sales of its stouts in Britain are running at a record £1billion a year. And Guinness recently became the fourth most popular draught beer in British pubs by volume sales. But industry experts have questioned whether Diageo can continue to boost sales in saturated markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 What-The-Fuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I'd say its their take on smithwicks, but Diageo own them too don't they! Wonder if its like Caffreys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IguanaDon? Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 ...im dumbfounded. if you ever find a bottle of jack, please send it my way, for i love pisswater. You ever tried Bell's Scottish Whiskey? Now that's where it's at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IguanaDon? Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 http://www.guinness.com/gb_en/Hands/ What a kick arse advertisement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Guinness have always had good ads... Like this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanno Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 thats my fav one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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