The Alcohol thread!

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Darkwood

Thought I'd see what tipple, beer, lager, shot etc is drink of choice for our members? :54:


I'm a social drinker only so have absolutely nothing in the house, but when I'm out I'm a Lager man TBH and usually Carling, occasionally I am quite partial to a JD neat but getting to that age where a big night out takes days to recover from :/.

I started out many years ago on Skol and Newcastle Brown and kinder went the lager route until today..

My first pint cost 92p in about 1989 where as now we are looking at £3.26 at my local although to be fair a lot of the lager is £2.50 a pint in my town.

Over to you :17:
 
Larger mainly Carling or Stella depending on the type of night out. In recent years more and more micro brewers have popped up in independent pubs & bars, really got a taste for GB home brewed and also IPA's. The big pub chains have picked up on this and they have a selection to temp people, just be careful when it goes over 4% ABV!!!
 
I used to be a huge drinker but now I go months without having any.
When I was younger I used to drink Old Peculier, Newcastly Brown and Boddingtons. Lager was for p*ffs....
I also drank red wine, but had to but it by the 3 litre's as a couple of bottles wasn't enough.
I now drink lager when I go out and don't drink anything at home.
 
Becks, black sheep and JD.
When I started drinking it was Hofmeister at 87p a pint cried for a month when it got to £1 a pint if only I knew then how much it would cost 32 years later would have not cried back then and just drank more
 
In reflection I now realise this thread is going to sound like the intro- meeting at Alcoholics Anonymous. :omg_smile:
 
my first pint in a pub (i was 15 at the time) was Bass bitter 1/9d. ( that's about 8p in decimal coin). newcastle brown was 2/7d with 3d back on the bottle. we used to nick empties from the pub back yard and redeem at the offy.

now most ale i drink is 5% or more ( none of this girly 4% stuff) but then i don't drink much now. too bloody expensive. 2-3 from lidl @ £1.25 sees me through an evening at home. occasional scotch, pereferably talisker, glenmorangie, etc. or a JD or 3. polish/czech or jap if it's a lager day.
 
It would be easier to list what I don't drink !
I'm mainly a proper beer man though and stick mainly to local breweries, but I'm well up for trying anything new as my 2 day stint at the local beer festival this year will attest to.
A good single malt also gets my taste buds kicking.
 
Richard Burns said:
Jealous, but I have never had cidre!

I normally drink cheap lager and single malt whiskies, but not laphroaig, lagavulin by choice or dalwhinnie or Talisker.
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So you don't like laphroaig but you do like a lagavulin ? Have you tried bunnahabhain or caol ila ?
I also like a bit of Talisker, a lovely smooth drop.
 
dansk said:
Used to be Carling mainly - but im getting the taste for Cask Ales - this been just down the road and do some of the best tasting beers Saltaire Brewery ? Award winning Yorkshire brewery Amarillo Gold Saltaire Brewery ? Award winning Yorkshire brewery » Seasonal and special beers is my current fav - its not a all night beer but certainly taste good.
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Saltaire brewery produce some good beers. If you see it being served, try Leodis if you can. It is a larger but goes down like a bitter.

Sintra said:
Efes, Tuborg and all sorts of weird and wonderful cocktails. For the next 10 days lol :)
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I was about to make a very sarcastic reply to the above, then I remembered what happened to me the last time! Enjoy your cocktails mate :wink:
 
Sintra said:
Efes, Tuborg and all sorts of weird and wonderful cocktails. For the next 10 days lol :)
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that efes was the only available tipple on an all inclusive to turkey. i'd rather drink camel wee. efes is bloody awful.
 
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Scrumpy from Cheddar, luvely, gert lush stuff, proper job anall
 
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Whisky and coke, or if I'm not mixing it I'll put the cheap stuff back in the cupboard and I'll reach for single malt Jura 30years. If I'm out with the lads I'm only on pints of shandy. Its not that I can't handle it but ever since I started working as a door man/bouncer I just for some reason don't like to get drunk!

I quite like a nice pear cider or mixed fruits cider too especially in the summer!
 
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I've never understood the logic low alcohol beers, bitters, heavy ales etc.
Not having a go a people who do - each to their own. :)
Then again, I drink to get drunk, if I want something that tastes nice or interesting I buy a strawberry milk shake, or soup.
 
Went out in Blackfriars last night, we were paying £5.30 for a peroni.

Normally drink fosters but that's a bit common for a city boozer!
 
newtothis said:
I've never understood the logic low alcohol beers, bitters, heavy ales etc.
Not having a go a people who do - each to their own. :)
Then again, I drink to get drunk, if I want something that tastes nice or interesting I buy a strawberry milk shake, or soup.
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If you down half a bottle of smart price vodka, you can spend the rest of the evening staggering about with a strawberry milkshake. Sorted.
 
Andy78 said:
Can we keep this thread about booze ya perv.
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Listen matey, nothing wrong with a drop of scrumpy you heathen, I'll tell you it's the dogs do das, don't want to drink too much though or you will end up a perv, cheeky so and so. you Northerners don't know what cider is do you, you lot think cider is in a bottle don't you?/ lol only kidding, proper job my luvley.
 
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Pete999 said:
Listen matey, nothing wrong with a drop of scrumpy you heathen, I'll tell you it's the dogs do das, don't want to drink too much though or you will end up a perv, cheeky so and so. you Northerners don't know what cider is do you, you lot think cider is in a bottle don't you?/ lol only kidding
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Don't know what cider is ? I'll have you know I've made pilgrimage to the shrine of Westons in Much Marcle before today. I've also made my own a few years back, 14 gallons of pure hand pressed shed scrumpy. Mind you, it took 3 years in the bottle before it was drinkable ;)
 
The Irony lol..... I create a thread in an Electrical Forum about booze and it becomes the fastest growing recent thread... is this saying something about our members lol :54:
 
Andy78 said:
Don't know what cider is ? I'll have you know I've made pilgrimage to the shrine of Westons in Much Marcle before today. I've also made my own a few years back, 14 gallons of pure hand pressed shed scrumpy. Mind you, it took 3 years in the bottle before it was drinkable ;)
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14 gallons, wow, that is a shed load. I'm jealous:smiley2:
 
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Anyone tried to make Marrow rum? ingredients:
One large Marrow
One pair of ladies tights, or half a pair of stockings (depending on what she wears)
Two pound bag of brown sugar
One large hook
One demijohn and funnel
One dark warm attic


Cut approx slice off of the top of the Marrow (large enough to allow access to the seeds, remove seeds, stuff cavity with brown sugar, pin ----- the other end of the Marrow, place Marrow in the stocking with the pin ----- end at the bottom, hang from rafters, place Demijohn and funnel to allow juices to drip into demijohn, leave until demijohn is full, stand back and enjoy, it's leathal.
 

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