What about alcoholism then? that's forced on people everyday but fuck all is said about that.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:28, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

How is alcoholism forced on you?

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:30, Reply)

those 2 for 1 WKDS are just too hard to resist

(Spitz, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:38, Reply)

As opposed to your face

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:39, Reply)

I have a face that can launch a thousand ships

(Spitz, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:47, Reply)

ships murder inquests
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:51, Reply)

So basically one that can prompt a mass evacuation?

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:10, Reply)

I damn near shat myself the first time I saw her, certainly.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:14, Reply)

Helps you get laid.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:39, Reply)

I'm not sure how it is there, but here it's illegal to advertise on television for cigarettes but not for alcohol.
So there's loads of commercials glamorizing it.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:43, Reply)

they have some amusing alcohol awareness ads
showing a guy ripping his earring out, tearing his jacket, spilling kebab down himself and vomiting on his shoes, then it says "you wouldn't start a night like this, why end it that way?"
(Spitz, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:48, Reply)

that's funny
we don't have anything like that here
they're stuff like this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTdzRaw55zo
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFj3FJlBT8Q
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:56, Reply)

I quite like American beer ads
not many ads over here actually have a sense of humour.
(Spitz, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:04, Reply)

miller light has some funny ones this year
too bad miller light is disgusting
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:09, Reply)

you certainly can't call it beer
I'm thankful that in the last 10-15 years micro-brewed beers have become so available that you can actually get good beer in the US now.

I'm not thankful that American “beer” Budweiser is the biggest selling beer in the world and the last two times I was in Ireland, it was very visibly present in every pub I went to.

(It’s funny though when rednecks drink their Bud and say they wouldn’t drink anything but an American beer made by an American company when Bud is owned by a Belgian company. The same with Wild Turkey the “American” bourbon now owned by Campari and until recently owned by the French Pernod- Ricard)
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:27, Reply)

with the slight difference
that Wild Turkey is delicious (and not a bourbon)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:29, Reply)

Especially not seeing that it's brewed with rice...

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:29, Reply)

No, wild turkey is a bourbon
www.wildturkeybourbon.com/

What makes a whiskey a bourbonis that it is brewed with at least 50% corn. otehr than that it can have barley, rice, rye, or whatever grain the makers feel is best.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 17:06, Reply)

Bud is brewed with rice, not Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey is a standard bourbon brewed with corn, malt and rye
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 17:10, Reply)

I think I got mixed up
because last time I had it, I had the rye whisky which a quick look at the internet tells me is only 20% corn. Whichever variety though, it's much much better than most bourbons. I'm very fond of it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 17:18, Reply)

They do also make a rye whisky too so we were both right
I feel all warm and fuzzy now (maybe it's the Woodford Reserve bourbon I had with my pre thanksgiving lunch)
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 17:41, Reply)

I like Makers Mark.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Me too

(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 17:42, Reply)

SHUT UP I LOVE BUD LIGHT
apparently they own stella now?
that's what someone told me last night
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:47, Reply)

ur dumb

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:49, Reply)

I'm very sorry for you.
It's off to the re-education center for you. Bud Light is NOT beer, it's horriblt tasteing carbonated water with a little alcohol and malt.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 17:08, Reply)

Budweiser was originally a style of lager rather than a brand, from the Czech town of Budweis.
The Americans made their own version and registered the name.

You can still get Czech Budweiser - Budvar and the dark lager is quite good.
(Cave Duck, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 17:24, Reply)

You can actually get Budvar in the US now but they
have to call it Czechvar because Budvar is too close to Bud which has trademarked the name in the US.

It's not bad here but not as good as I got in Austria years ago. (I've never had the dark lager and didn't even know they made it).
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 17:46, Reply)

We're fortunate that there's a one really good pub nearby that, as well as having a good, ever changing,
selection of "real" cask ales, also has glass fronted chiller room with a selection bottled beers from around the world. There is a menu on the bar but it is a menu of beers rather than food.
I happened to see the dark lager in there and was intrigued (I don't normally drink lager at all). It's worth trying should you come across it. It's unmistakably lager, but with depth and body.
(Cave Duck, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 18:01, Reply)

I'd probably make a point of not drinking Ketel One after that
though I've never seen it over here
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:29, Reply)

What BGB said
+ it's illegal to drink in the streets of most towns/city centres, arguably a similar law to the smoking ban.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:34, Reply)

when other people drink
liquid doesn't actually trickle into your throat. And as Labs and BGB pointed out you can't drink in public places either
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 15:38, Reply)