Stella or Cooking Lager?
I cannot drink "Wife Beater" anymore as it makes me beat my wife.

It was my privelege to see Monty sink endless Stellas at the weekend which was impressive for a man of his advancing years.

Alt: For Northerners - what your favourite brown beer? Or is it too early for a lunch thread?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:45, 177 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

lager in general is pretty nasty
Predictably I like that honey beer and hobgoblin.
boring answer is boring
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Hobgoblin is fookin wonderful

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:49, Reply)

yup
Waggle Dance - that was the honey one. There used to be a metal pub round here that sold it (also honey roast peanuts, that place was ace)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:53, Reply)

Peanuts are vile
My local sells Black Sheep, Hobgoblin and Speckled Hen. I used to go for Speckled Hen, but I had a bad night on it, so I avoid it now.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:55, Reply)

I think I like Black Sheep, too
but I just realised I shouldn't have admitted to that.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:56, Reply)

I've never had it

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:01, Reply)

This^
to both Waggledance, Hoggoblin and can I also mention Fullers Honeydew?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:55, Reply)

not had it
I shall keep a look out in lidls /classy
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:56, Reply)

Like Waggledance
only nicerer
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:06, Reply)

wabbledance?
that's a whole other dance
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

Excuse me? I have no idea what you mean *whistles*

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:15, Reply)

ninjas are the lowest of the low

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Stella is a rather lovely beer, although it's never triggered any violent tendencies in me...
I had a bottle last night.

Alt: Currently it's Directors, made better as it's 3 for £4 in Tesco. And for lunch I'm on an experiment meal, I wanted to see if I could make a good tea out of Tesco value ingredients, plus a few herbs, etc. It was a rousing success!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:49, Reply)

my dad used to drink newcastle brown ale
when my mother wasn't looking, i was allowed a bit. unbelievably vile.

mind you, he let me try his cigar once when i was about 8. i bowked everywhere. my mother nearly divorced him, but i reckon it's why i've never ever smoked, and why i can't bear guys who do. unless it's cigars. which is just hot.

nommy lunch ideas would be appreciated. at the moment i am thinking pasta salad...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:51, Reply)

As weather is bad
I am going to have a Grazing pie with mash and gravy.

Newcastle Brown rules.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:54, Reply)

daddy issues?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:54, Reply)

Not any more

(Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Wait, so you can't stand the sort of smoking that didn't make you sick
and find the type of smoking that did make you sick sexy? And it seems from this that you find it sexy because your dad did it.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:54, Reply)

i think it's the TYPE of guy that does it
arrogant, suited, that sort of thing. the actual cigar itself is gross.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:56, Reply)

I'll be your Daddy.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:59, Reply)

i've got one of those
can't you be my 6'2", blue-eyed, dark-haired, lean but muscled, suited and booted, ferrari-driving, demon-in-the-sack, multi-billionaire husband instead? thx.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

At the risk of making you talk about your boyfriend again
how many of those does he tick?
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:12, Reply)

I tick none.
Worth a try.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I am vain enough to have checked.
50%, clearly not marriage material.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:19, Reply)

he's half asian
so brown eyes. and not 6'2. but other than that, nearly all of them. especially the demon in the sack bit. very important, that.

although he was in quite a lot of disgrace at the weekend over the dates he suggested after getting back from holiday. after much debating when we are both free, he offered "friday lunchtime or saturday night". HELLO, those are 2 very different things, no??? if you are going to put them in the same category, either that's one platonic brief sat night - or one very scandalous lunch date. urgh.

or should i just think "dude, the guy texted you about 10 times a day from his holiday, and tried to arrange meeting up as soon as he got back, so relax" ?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:23, Reply)

From what you know of me
see if you can guess the answer.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:26, Reply)

from what i know of you
you'd have said "i'm back so why don't you come over now" ?

there is no ambiguity there. you are easy to understand.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:28, Reply)

Well yeah, I would.
But I meant the answer to the question you actually asked :P
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:30, Reply)

10 times a day?
Sounds like he is going off you
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:27, Reply)

argh don't tease the animals...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:27, Reply)

I love the smell of cigar smoke.
Usually gets me going a bit.
( girlinthehole, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:31, Reply)

I am fucking NAILS. What can I say.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:52, Reply)

that must get right under your foreskin

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:54, Reply)

Stella is Pish
If you must drink larger at least drink decent larger, preferably for Chermany where they know how to do these things properly.

I had a few glasses of Samuel Smiths Organic Cherry Beer at the weekend, and poncey as it sounds it was most nice.

Alt: I'm not a northerner but I do like a pint of something proper London Pride is a decent pint if you want something mass market and readily available and I think well of Doom Bar. I used to drink Newkie Brown for years, but for some reason haven't touched the stuff in a whiloe, I think it's the proliferation of decent beers and ciders.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:54, Reply)

Yeah those Belgians have a really shit reputation for beer don't they?*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:55, Reply)

*no, they don't

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:56, Reply)

Fuck Belgium man
I was there once for half an hour and it Sucked. The Germans have purity laws for beer, which is the kind of thing I'd have thought you'd be all in favour of.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Really? The Germans got in trouble over their purity laws not so long ago
you'd think they'd steer clear.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

POTD.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:11, Reply)

While there may have been a few regrettable genocide related incidents in the past
I find the Germans generally have their heads screwed on, they banned Scientology for one thing and they sell food in stations which is not only edible, but positively nice and even affordable, which is a genius idea.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Factual accuracy
doesn't stand in my way when there's a cheap joke available.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:21, Reply)

"cheap genocide joke"

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:28, Reply)

Cheapest of all the mass murder jokes.

( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:31, Reply)

I'm impressed that you can spell lager incorrectly twice in one sentence

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:56, Reply)

He's been on the larger.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:57, Reply)

it's a term used in man-whoring

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:58, Reply)

Nonsense
Surely I'd know it, were that the case
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:01, Reply)

At least I'm consistenty inaccurate
And larger/lager/whatever you call that yellow piss is effeminate girly beer for North London ponces such as Monty and his ilk.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:11, Reply)

is London unside down England?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:13, Reply)

Monty is an oik.
Ilks are Canadian.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:15, Reply)

he has a pet Ilk
which dances while he DJs
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:16, Reply)

A moose with a cold.
OMG I am on fire today.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Ilk you cretin
just because I cannot spell, does not mean my vocabulary is impoverished:
dictionary.reference.com/browse/ilk
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:21, Reply)

Yup
the softies are in the north and the deprived stabby part is in the south, so we get the benefit of looking down on the North Londonders for being soft and the northerners for being grim, and generally we are just the best, because we have access to all the cosmopolitan culture and shit in London, wile remaining well 'ard.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:19, Reply)

you're still a southerner
being 'the slightly less wussy wuss in a bunch of wusses' isn't that great an achievement.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:21, Reply)

Being a Croydon Faglord is nothing to shout about

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:24, Reply)

Fuck off Croydon
Croydon is so far out it's practically countryside.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:25, Reply)

Congratulations on living somewhere shit

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Why thanks you
shit = cheap so I'm happy.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:08, Reply)

You live in wales
The worst you risk on a daily basis is being nibbled by a sheep or rained on. I live in New Cross, a brief look at the crime statistics will tell you who is harder. How many times have you had the police knocking on your door at 3AM?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:24, Reply)

New Cross? Pah!
Be lucky if you don't get your back doors kicked in at 3AM.

Lewisham is where the big dogs run.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:26, Reply)

This is a point actually
Even I do not like visiting Lewisham, hive of scum and villainy etc.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:28, Reply)

Villainy says "Afternoon".

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:29, Reply)

You poor fucker
and the rent is even a bit higher over there if memory serves, I don't know why anyone lives there.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:30, Reply)

For the drugs.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:32, Reply)

This makes sense.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:46, Reply)

it's been a while since I got
my back doors kicked in at 3am
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:29, Reply)

twice
then once at 8am. It was a rough night.

I don't think you stealing humous money off of the kids outside Waitrose counts as a real crimewave
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:28, Reply)

New Cross is a real shit hole.
It has a Sainsburys. Imagine that?!
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:30, Reply)

if it had any other shops that weren't convenience shops
it would be like a real place.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:31, Reply)

I noes!
It has the obligatory 58 chicken places though.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:33, Reply)

my brother claims that the way to find out how rough a place is is by counting chicken places
more chicken places=rougher
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:34, Reply)

He's an observant fellow, your brother.

( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:35, Reply)

and shockingly racist

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:06, Reply)

I tried that Blue Moon beer from the USA recently - it's really rather nice.
They serve it with a wedge of orange, which is a bit bent but does go well with the beer.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:55, Reply)

Is it a Weiss Bier?
That's nice with sliced orange AND lemon. Crazy Germans.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:57, Reply)

blue moon is top stuff
discovered it last year in Arizona and then it turns up in a couple of pubs here. Score.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:30, Reply)

A spammer on /talk is providing some amusement.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 11:59, Reply)

An illiterate Aussie spammer!
Finally, someone more hated than me.
(888777555, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:14, Reply)

I doubt that.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Do you think he's changed his name to wind me up?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I think he's responding to the challenge from the spammer
to see if he can make himself even more of a target for abuse
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:38, Reply)

Him changing his name to that
is the only thing so far that makes me suspect he's a fake
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:39, Reply)

it's what everyone has been calling him anyway
besides NOEL 'proved' he was real
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:48, Reply)

does that mean he's Noel's
sockpuppet?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:49, Reply)

Given the absolute disgust
with which he greeted the idea that he was a member of Conservative Future, and how quickly he changed his mind, there is something off
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:50, Reply)

The only thing that's off is that he's a fucking idiot.
Whether he's a fucking idiot posting under his primary account, or a fucking idiot using a sock puppet is pointless speculating over.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:53, Reply)

Giving you proper Tories a bad name eh?
You should be mentoring him, you and Swipey, trying to make sure he grows up right.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:53, Reply)

At least me and swipe aren't stupid
about being Tories
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:55, Reply)

I wouldn't have been so stupid about it either
Had I not been diverted off the topic of my original thread by sniping.
(888777555, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:58, Reply)

You mean by people offering cogent objections
to your barely Tory-painted opinions?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:01, Reply)

STOP SNIPING AMBERL
YOU'RE THROWING HIM OFF HIS TOPIC!
(Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:02, Reply)

I NOE
I'm such a terrible cunt
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:08, Reply)

I'd like to know how my opinions are out of step or unusual.
For example , The whole "owning a council house makes you better" thing was merely a pro social mobility thing, I never suggested It made people morally superior.
(888777555, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:03, Reply)

Owning council houses didn't promote social mobility
it made everyone who owned a council house suddenly a slave to interest rates, which were controlled by the government, which meant going on strike became a much more difficult option, which meant the government could do whatever the fuck it wanted to the workforce.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:10, Reply)

your opinions are not so much stupid as half formed and ill backed up
It will get better with time and actual experience of life, in the mean time some humility would not go amiss, along with a realisation of how shockingly ignorant you are.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Your problem is
that everyone is stupid at 16 when it comes to politics. The secret is not assuming you know it all, but taking the time to research your stuff and listen to others. Reading one or two textbooks and liking the sound of a manifesto is not the same as making an informed decision, not one that is formed solely by your prejudices.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:14, Reply)

Very well said
This is what I meant.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:19, Reply)

I've only changed my name as a self deprecating joke.

(888777555, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:49, Reply)

Please change it to something else
you're giving Tories a bad name, especially when ToryBoy isn't a sketch everyone will have seen
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:51, Reply)

Actually that's a bit harsh
just saying you should stick to FreeFair since that's the name you're known and loved by
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:56, Reply)

Annoyingly, in recent years I've developed a taste for expensive lager
such as Budweiser, Estrella, Peroni and Tiger. Which would be fine if it hadn't led me to the conclusion that cheaper beers like Carlsberg, Fosters and Carling are fucking rank.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:00, Reply)

i found out a few years ago that
while I thought i didn't like whisky, it turns out I don't like cheap whisky, only expensive single malt stuff. I have a 26 year old in my cupboard.

Also, some old whisky
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:02, Reply)

I've got a ten year old chained under the floorboards.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:03, Reply)

should mature nicely

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Fingers crossed.
Then broken.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

Presumably you mean Budvar here
as Budweiser, the brand, is the worst beer in the universe.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:02, Reply)

No it's not
That falls to Carlsberg/Skol/etc
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:03, Reply)

I'd rather drink those than Budweiser

( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Seriously?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)

Yeah, I appreciate it's a personal taste thing
but Budweiser is the absolute pits. It's excreble.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

Ahh, fair enough
I'm not a huge fan of it, but from time to time I do enjoy a bottle. Pints are pish though.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

But they are fucking wank
Although I had a very good pint of Carling the other day, was a bit odd.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:03, Reply)

Yes they are
But whilst deluding myself that this was not the case and ignoring the pricier beers, my wallet was much happier with me.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:04, Reply)

carling is the worst of the lot
you addle-pated lackwit
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)

No fucking chance, Carlsberg is the worst by far
Fosters can be drinkable when there's nothing else available.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:06, Reply)

you are 100% wrong
and if you carry on that way I'll have to put you on ignore. I've no patience to be troubled by yet more people acting like dumbarses today
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

Of all the reasons I've ever heard to put someone on ignore
and there have been many, this is by far the least compelling.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:09, Reply)

I have a short fuse today

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:09, Reply)

fuse today

penis
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:11, Reply)

to every

EDIT - that doesn't make sense actually.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:13, Reply)

*kaboom*

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:11, Reply)

Not a wise thing to convey on B3ta, in my experience
I'm not as bad as most of these cunts though, so I shall leave it. Hope you're OK sir.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I disagree
Carlsberg is inexcusable. But then it's only 3.8%, and as such should be ignored on principle.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

there is that
but it's still better than Carling
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:08, Reply)

They are. But I can drink them all day.
I love Peroni and Estrella but they knock my head off.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)

Peroni is wonderful
I was drinking cider for most of last night, 8.2% stuff, fucking vicious.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

Budweiser is undrinkable piss water.
No taste whatsoever.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:38, Reply)

I was delighted to discover that Sainsburys have started selling the most awesome beer I've ever had
some years ago the local discount booze shop had this stuff in for one night, we caned loads while playing poker, and I was concerned I'd never get it again.

It's Russian, called Baltika. Comes in 500ml bottles and is fucking lovely stuff. Those wizards at Carlsberg have started importing it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Good call
There's a pub in Norwich has it on tap, and it's fantastic. I'd forgotten the name until you reminded me.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)

Oh yeah
I had a beer brewed for my wedding. It was a proper sludge-in-the-bottom kind of beer...write your own punchline
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)

a mate of mine lives in Frankfurt and brought me back a case of a wheat beer called Schoefferhofer
it's lovely
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:06, Reply)

I try to avoid drinking lager
I have a brewery near me, so when I want some nice beer I'll go down there to pick up a half-pin. Bright for a party, sedimented for personal consumption.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:06, Reply)

I don't drink beer generally
except at certain occasions and then I drink Stella, because that's generally what is there.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:07, Reply)

and because you like beating your wife

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Fucking bitch probably deserved it.
I was always right when I drank Stella.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:10, Reply)

That as well
usually I'd just drink canned cider instead though
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:18, Reply)

it's OK, you're still a student
(technically) you'll grow out of it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:20, Reply)

All students drink "Trampagne"
It's the law.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:21, Reply)

I've never drunk White Lightning

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:24, Reply)

Most lagers are vile
and all the discussion up there ^ about the relative merits of your bog standard cooking lagers fosters/carling/carlsberg vs "premium" lagers is just nonsense. They're all shite, packaging may vary.

Favourite brown beers include: Samuel Smiths Nut Brown Ale, Old Peculier, Sneck Lifter, Pure UBU
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:12, Reply)

neck hirt
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:15, Reply)

I knew there would be someone unable to resist that

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Hur hur

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:18, Reply)

All ale is shit and drinken by knobheads/old men who hang around school gates.
Duvel is where it's at.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Duvel is drunk by poncy
twats.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:19, Reply)

Duvel is Special Brew for those with means.

( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:19, Reply)

I am a poncy twat.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:21, Reply)

I inferred the kind of drinker
from the poster
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:22, Reply)

Only queers and southerners drink lager
The only one I've ever been able to drink is Michelob, and that's because it's mostly just water.

Alt: you can't beat a bit of 80/-. McEwans for preference, but Tennants is okay.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:22, Reply)

Scottish beer is, as the Jocks say, pish.
Can't think of one pallatable one.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:24, Reply)

80/-!!!!!
Apaprently I was weaned on McEwans Export when I was a toddler. It might explain a fair bit...

When I was at school I used to drink Tetley and John Smiths.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:26, Reply)

Ruddles County is where it's at.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:32, Reply)

Ruddles is a good beer

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:34, Reply)

Wasn't that the group with Eric Idle in it?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:35, Reply)

That was The Rutles.
I'm shocked that you don't know that. Shocked and stunned.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:37, Reply)

That's.
The.
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( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:37, Reply)

I know mine was, not so sure about yours

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Many palatable Scottish beers
Brewed by these people: www.williamsbrosbrew.com/beer.html
They even do an 80/- for b3th
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:31, Reply)

My favourite ale is Scottish

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I had some pale ales the other weekend which were rather nice.
One with an indian name, (Jaipur?), and I can't remember the other. Heiniken is ok with a bit of lime juice dropped in.

I was a bit of a Red Stripe fiend in my yoof! When I say yoof I mean thirties.
( girlinthehole, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Had Jaipur on Saturday night, it is jolly lovely.

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I'm quite fond of Red Stripe

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:34, Reply)

Cider.
Always cider, lager tastes funny and ale is just strange.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:30, Reply)

you're strange

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:32, Reply)

I hope you're not implyingthis is new information.
We all know he's strange.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:34, Reply)

says the chick who lives in Weston! ha!

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:39, Reply)

hahahaha
Seen this?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:39, Reply)

It's nuts.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:48, Reply)

I bought 24 cans of Tribute from the St Austell Brewery, I like it very much
the problem with the question is there's maybe 5 good horsepisses, tops, whereas with proper beer there's hundreds.

I'm quite partial to Doombar in general, there's a pub just by my new place with loads of real ales that may prove my undoing.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:33, Reply)

St Austell do some nice beers
I quite like their Proper Job. They also did a Proper Black which was a dark IPA(?), confusing but tasty.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:40, Reply)

Doom Bar is bloody lovely.
There also used to be an ale called Monk, which was a very dark stout that tasted of chocolate. Very nice, except I don't think it's brewed any more.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:41, Reply)

I had a porter at the weekend
tomwebster25.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/white-horse-black-horse-porter

I don't normally go so far to the dark side but it was fantastic.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:04, Reply)

In terms of foreign beers, I'm going to shout for Kozel.
Got to admit I've not had any over here, but I've seen the blonde stuff in bottles and on draught.

Highly-affordable steins of Kozel Dark paired with slightly-cinnamony-salty-bagels in Prague seem to be my prominent memory of the Czech Republic though.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 12:45, Reply)

My brother is partial to Erdinger Dunkel
I just think it sounds silly.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:08, Reply)

stella is wank, only time I thoroughly enjoyed it was when I'd had bottles that had gone off
I like New Castle though I can only have 4 after that it starts tasting like wet dog. Same with Killians.
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Always liked GreenKing
But on a scottish beer note has anyone tried the Brewdogs beers, Tactical Nuclear Penguin?

I haven't as I fear it will taste like fortified Special Brew.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 13:36, Reply)