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The thread for talking about Beer
SeanBateman:
--- Quote from: Lummer on 26 Dec 2007, 07:42 ---I hope to god, that Arrogant Bastard can be available in Europe..
Even if it tasted horrid, I'd pour it down, just for the sake of the name, and that utterly fantastic ad. Insulting advertising is SUCH an underrated form of advertising!
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Not that I know of, but I'll ship you some in a swap for a delicious beer you have that I can't get.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: Hairy Joe Bob on 24 Dec 2007, 02:26 ---Oh really? Harp is our thing, as the advert says. I love the stuff, and I generally don't love fizzy lager. As for extra cold, it's all I drink in England as it prevents me tasting how dirty (as they quite often are) the pipes are. As for Heinekin. the export stuff out of a tap is sublime but I wouldn't drink it from a can.
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Yeah, England's terrible for that. It takes ages to find pubs where they know what they're doing, helpfully my smoking-battered tastebuds make me a little more immune to it than some. You can really tell the morning after if they were dirty pipes though, it makes hangovers particularly nasty. The draught Heineken export has never grabbed me much more than the canned variety, but it is definitely a superior beer. I'd still go for San Miguel over it though.
I definitely second the Sam Smith's recommendation made above. Not only do they brew a good beer they're also pretty ethical, everything's vegan and they take away the used bottles for recycling. Well, they usually do. The place I volunteer at has a small mountain of used bottles sitting outside for collection now, but they're still good. There's a nice pub in Leeds called the Angel where all they have on tap is Sam Smith's, you can still get a pint for less than £2 and there's no sodding music drowning out the conversation.
Darkbluerabbit:
My palate isn't that refined, so I generally can't taste too much difference between bottle or can once the beer's been poured into a glass, but Heineken is one that I definitely do. I usually prefer darker beers, but Heinie is drinkable from a bottle. From a can, it's just not enjoyable at all.
I am impressed by some of the beverage vessels you guys have. I was proud of myself because I finally have both pint glasses and wine glasses, in addition to cups and mugs. Most people I know just drink out of coffee mugs or straight from the container. College kids are not very classy.
SonofZ3:
Some college kids are classy.
I bought a case of the Sam Adams Winter Collection or whatever its called to try the Cranberry Lambic (my cousin talked it up). I can honestly say I have never been more dissapointed in a beer. Why do they even call it lambic when it fails to come anywhere close? Terrible beer.
october1983:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 26 Dec 2007, 16:22 ---There's a nice pub in Leeds called the Angel where all they have on tap is Sam Smith's, you can still get a pint for less than £2 and there's no sodding music drowning out the conversation.
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Yeah, they've got a couple of pubs in London too, really reasonably priced, especially for the centre of London - around here a pint is going to cost you something not far off £3 at least in most places, but they tend to be closer to £2 in Sam Smith's pubs. I think the music thing is to avoid unnecessary overheads on rights and stuff, but it certainly makes having a conversation much more pleasant.
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