What are you drinking right now?

[haddonsman]

Someone had to start this... I'm having a mug of tea. Because I've spent all day drinking superb Thornbridge beers and feel ever so slightly tipsy.

[Deep Black]

Milk.

But went to Beers of Europe last weekend, so I've got some Belgium stuff in for Christmas (if it lasts that long)

[Champagne Socialist]

Duval

[Hilarity Unit]

Tea, to be followed by Bowmore Legend. For tomorrow looking forward to Bruichladdich Peat and whatever wonders Santa has in stall for me :D

[Champagne Socialist]

You do know that santa doesn't exist anymore.
He died a loooooong time ago.

[disrepdog]

You do know that santa doesn't exist anymore.
He died a loooooong time ago.
No he didn't! - Outrageous suggestion :eek:

[edash]

A bottle of Clotworthy Dobbin (http://www.whitewaterbrewery.com/index.php/home/beer/3), which will quite possibly be followed by another.

[Champagne Socialist]

Innis and Gunn

very, very nice

[edash]

The original oak aged, or one of the newer ones?

[jag]

So far.....3 Brahmas and a sloe gin.
Got 7 bottles of gin to get through and a litre of voddy.

[Deep Black]

Red Wine

[jag]

update...now tucking into the gin watching soaps etc.

[scooterman]

Take a pint glass......(as a great man once said)
Fill with ice cubes. Top up with Cointreau. Frequently.
Add occaisonal side order of Green Chartreuse.
Thats the way to do it

[jag]

Coffee, lots of, before I toddle of to work.

[Deep Black]

Cherry wine now

[armchairanarchist]

Peeterman Artois. It's a bit thin (and tastes a little rough from being canned not bottled) but it was on offer, and it's a lot easier on the palate than its wife-beating older sibling.

[edash]

Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale, 'cos the other beers in the house are ones I've not had before, it's late and I can't be bothered making notes on them for the blog.

[haddonsman]

Struise Mikkeller Eliot's Brew.
http://www.reluctantscooper.co.uk/2008/12/twelve-beers-of-christmas-2.html

[edash]

I get the impression you liked that one:)

[RedKing]

Absolut 100 - Black Diamond

[armchairanarchist]

Original Czech Budvar. Because Eastern Europeans understand the merits of getting drunk, but aren't remiss on making it taste nice.

[phazedout]

a mix of inch's stonehouse dry cider and carlsberg.
Phaze
on the "because I'm in a snakebitey kind of mood (the drink that is, not the venomous reptile)" ID

[haddonsman]

The absolute last of my Thornbridge Saint Petersburg minicask.
Getting me in the mood for the Derby Winter Beer Festival tomorrow.

[Champagne Socialist]

Tea.
And it's really rather nice

[edash]

Thornbridge


They were on TV last night.

[phazedout]

old somerset
Phaze
on the "mostly because it was 7 euro 45 for a six pack box of 500ml cans" ID

[phazedout]

sorry to double post but it told me I had not posted so I submitted again.
Phaze
on the "it's this forum thingy fault I swears" ID

[Deep Black]

The absolute last of my Thornbridge Saint Petersburg minicask.
Getting me in the mood for the Derby Winter Beer Festival tomorrow.

I should be there Friday afternoon 2-4ish

Hey Simon the "England" bit of the Ratebeer forum seems to have gone to Premium membership only recently, but the other sections are normal. What's the deal with that


They were on TV last night.
Quite a good programme, though Thornbridge weren't in it enough

[Conscious Bob]

Nothing! I've just realised there's no teabags in here. Off for supplies.

[Chiaroscuro]

I've got about four bottles of Pinot Grigio that the people at work got me for Christmas in the mistaken belief I like it. I'm either going to have to develop a taste for it or be drinking spritzers until March.

[edash]

Maybe they reckon all wine is the same.

[haddonsman]

I should be there Friday afternoon 2-4ish
Cannot manage lunchtimes, hard knock life etc, but will be there Friday night for Blurb. I've even found and washed my BeerOK (http://www.flickr.com/photos/derekb/3063402070/) t-shirt.


Hey Simon the "England" bit of the Ratebeer forum seems to have gone to Premium membership only recently, but the other sections are normal. What's the deal with that

'Local' forums were always supposed to be for premium members only, but the recent security shenanigans seemed to screw things up. Fork over a couple of dollars and come join with us



Quite a good programme, though Thornbridge weren't in it enough

Criminal, really. Can't wait to see how much they cut out of when they're at the Worcester beer festival.

And finally on topic; top night at Derby Winter BF, relaxing now with a bottle of Brewdog Punk IPA, the finest supermarket-stocked beer in the UK.

[RedKing]

Strong black tea, whilst sending off half a dozen job applications via the infobahn. Eeeh, the wonders of modern technology, eh?

[Deep Black]

Hot Chocolate



will be there Friday night for Blurb.
Going to a gig tonight. Edguy in Dudley



Fork over a couple of dollars and come join with us.
Nah I don't think so, especially when all the other forums are free (at the moment)



relaxing now with a bottle of Brewdog Punk IPA, the finest supermarket-stocked beer in the UK.
Had a bottle of their Tokyo the other day

[Chiaroscuro]

Maybe they reckon all wine is the same.

:) For some reason one of the lads got it into his head a few years ago that it was my favourite wine so that's what they buy me, and it would just be too mean to say I don't like it because they think they're being really good remembering.

[Chiaroscuro]

Hot ChocolateMmmmm, chocolate...

Had a bottle of their Tokyo the other day
I completely misread that the first time and thought you'd said you'd had a bottle in Tokyo. I was about to ask when you'd moved. :o

[edash]

relaxing now with a bottle of Brewdog Punk IPA, the finest supermarket-stocked beer in the UK.


Not found it in any supermarkets over here. However, my local specialist did have some bottles just after christmas at £1.29, so I thought it only right to take them all off him (was only half a dozen bottles).



:) For some reason one of the lads got it into his head a few years ago that it was my favourite wine so that's what they buy me, and it would just be too mean to say I don't like it because they think they're being really good remembering.

Perhaps if you mention one you do like, pretending you've just discovered it, they might remember it for next time.

[disrepdog]

Hot chocolate with a dash of whiskey

[Chiaroscuro]

Perhaps if you mention one you do like, pretending you've just discovered it, they might remember it for next time.

That, young man, is a very good idea. :)

[jag]

Corona for me (no lime purlease). I'm of to the pub for a game of darts, so am just getting in the mood.

[Champagne Socialist]

Hotel Chocolat Macho 100% coco hot chocolate.

Very nice, but it's given me a headache

[the blondini gang]

As it's the height of summer downunder, I've been topping my radiator up with home brew at regular intervals

[jag]

Corona and some Tanqueray gin.

[haddonsman]

Last of the Fitou that went into tonight's spag bol.

[jag]

More Tanqueray and tonic. It's 43% and very tasty

[haddonsman]

Some sauvignon blanc that I bought from Co-Op for cooking with but is actually far too drinkable.

[Deep Black]

Bowmore Legend

[jag]

Back on the old Voddy and diet coke.

[haddonsman]

Brewdog Paradox (Longrow).

[jag]

Had some apple sour green thing liqiud stuff.
15%.:D

[Hagbard Celine]

Kirin lager.

[Deep Black]

Soup

[haddonsman]

Green Flash Hop Head Red Ale.

[edash]

Innis & Gunn Original Oak Aged Beer

[Champagne Socialist]

oooh nice ed.
I have the remains of a bottle of 1997 Cabernet Merlot Bordeaux.

[Deep Black]

Freeminer - Harvest Ale (coop)

[Deep Black]

Rosé

[Luseferous]

Snow.

[Deep Black]

The last of the Rosé from yesterday

[Adamus]

A blackish chemical sludge of undetermined composition designed to emulate the flavor of coffee but failing horribly at it.

[RedKing]

Cold Tea.

[scooterman]

Earl Grey tea. Pint mug milk and 2 sugars to irk the purists.Not drinking alcohol these days, 1) just don't fancy it
2) medication I'm on

never say never though

[Conscious Bob]

Not a lot at the moment but give me half an hour...

[Chiaroscuro]

Cold Tea.

Bluurrrrgh. Cold tea. How could you? Errrcch.

[haddonsman]

Chardonnay to go with the big buttery fish pie that's in the oven.

Later, a US Belgian-style tripel as part of The Session (http://www.musingsoverapint.com/2009/01/announcing-session-24-tripel-for-two.html), a beer blogging collaboration.

[Deep Black]

Masterpeace Shiraz from Australia

[haddonsman]

Thornbridge Halcyon, 7.7% IPA, from a minicask. Mucho hoppo funno.

[edash]

Rodenbach Grand Cru 6% - beer aged for 2 years in very old oak casks (some over 170 years old) - very much an acquired taste but not sure I want to acquire it, like beer mixed with sherry

[Chiaroscuro]

Tea.

Had lovely, lovely Nottage Hill Chardonnay last night which, despite my Dad's best efforts, remains my favourite wine.

[scooterman]

Coca cola. the proper stuff with sugar, caffeine and all the good things in it

[Halmyre]

I had a nice Darjeeling with my lunch.

[scooterman]

I still have 8 of the 12 Heather ales Santa brung me
I think I'll start drinking again....................

[Champagne Socialist]

1664, on special at £7 for 16 bottles

[jag]

A big glass of red wine and 2 diazepam to get me back to sleep.

[Deep Black]

Water. Has a few beers yesterday at the Rotherham Beer Fest

[Chiaroscuro]

Cranberry juice.

[Champagne Socialist]

marbles

[edash]

Lindemans Chilean Cabernet-Syrah Cellar Selection which I won in the raffle at a charity quiz last night.

[claverhouse]

18 year old Talisker.

[jag]

Boo Hiss....boring old voddy and coke.

[Deep Black]

18 year old Talisker.
Damn fine choice, welcome aboard.

[scooterman]

Damn fine choice, welcome aboard.


Seconded on both counts.Coffee for me, never usually touch the stuff but its nice on a chilly evening

[Champagne Socialist]

nothing :-(
I'm not allowed to drink

[Deep Black]

You'll die

[haddonsman]

Brewdog, Punk IPA. Earlier; Leicester beer festival, Brewdog 12.5% et al. I am fully prepared to function no more than a bag of warm shit tomorrow..

[Deep Black]

Will be at Leicester fest tomorrow...

[jag]

A couple of Voddy and cokes(goes well with the diazepam).
Not been drinking so much recently.

[Halmyre]

Sainsbury's have a special offer at the moment; Laphroaig Quarter Cask 48% for £21. Cheaper than the regular 10 year old!

[jag]

More voddy and diet coke, Corona and some more diazepam.

[Champagne Socialist]

You'll die

ha!

If we drink we shall die
If we don't drink we shall die
so we might as well say what the hell and raise our glasses high.
whatever your name
you'll be dying just the same
so you might as well say what the hell and have another drink

[Adamus]

Just tried my latest whisky, Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Superb stuff, more complex than regular 10-yr old Laphroaig but still potently peaty.

[jag]

Voddy back on the voddy.
Triple distilled.

[edash]

BrewDog Punk IPA

[Deep Black]

Much beer in The Alex yesterday & much beer in many other Derby Ale Pubs today too...

[rac]

I had a bottle of Red Nose red wine on Friday night (half price in Tesco!)- and it was pretty good, actually.

[RedKing]

Ah, good to hear rac, there's a stack up to the ceiling in my local Tesco. Might invest in a bottle (or two).

[jag]

A couple of Coors lights, then on to the Voddy for soap night on TV.

[Champagne Socialist]

Tanglefoot

[jag]

Haven't had that in awhile CS. I've kinda gone of the brown stuff for some reason.

[edash]

Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast - oatmeal stout with lashings of coffee, lovely stuff.

[Deep Black]

Tanglefoot

Nice, I had some Golden Glory the other day:D

[Champagne Socialist]

mmmm, it is.
I'm now on to Black Sheep.
Also nice.

[edash]

Goose Island IPA and very pleasant it is too. Pity I only have the one bottle.

[jag]

Far too much.

[Deep Black]

Red Wine, South African Cabernet Sauvignon. (wow a sentence where every word starts with a CAPITAL letter)

[edash]

Had some more Goose Island IPA. Now on local brewery Whitewater Belfast Ale.

[jag]

Pinot Grigio...2008 from M&S.
A few Bud ices before.
And of to bed I go for an early night.

[Deep Black]

Theakstons Old Peculiar

[Hagbard Celine]

Cuban rum, coke and a twist of lemon.

[RedKing]

Strong coffee, black, two sugars.

[edash]

Bateman's Dark Lord

[jag]

Cariddi Inzolia-Chardonnay.

[phazedout]

blackurrant miwadi in water.

For reasons I'll post elsewhere I've been on the dry the past three weeks and will be remaining so for the foreseeable.
Phaze
on the "yes I was gone, now I'm back, did y'all miss me?" ID

[Champagne Socialist]

so much I've kind of forgotten.
but it was beer and it was good.

[Deep Black]

Earlier on I had a pints of:

Burton Bridge - Mild
Banks' - Bitter
& something with Hedgehog in the name

[198505]

A Percol Americano coffee, white no sugar

[Champagne Socialist]

Betty stoggs was one... and a summer lightning, then the one on the far left, I don't know what it was, it wasn't my round, I just answered that I wanted the one on the far left and hoped it wasn't a larger. A hop-back of some kind and a double Oban 14.

[rac]

something with Hedgehog in the name

Is there a 'spiked drink' pun to be had from this..?

[Deep Black]

Glenlivet :cool:

[phazedout]

I've never been that keen on glen livet (of course it depends upon th eage, I hadf a cheeky young 8 year old, perhaps once you get in tothe teenage years it improves).

I had a very pleasetn 10 year old black bush a while back also got a nice 17 year old bowmans which I break out on occassion (although for the reasons stated above not right now).

I has a Q on the drinking, my walking stick has a wee test tube inserted in to the handle, you screw the top off to access it, what would ye recommend putting in the test tube, I'd say there's enough for two small (British) measures.
Phaze
on the "I must try taking me Em to the Glue pot in Swindon, it's a bar that has to be experienced at least once in a life time" ID

[jag]

You know my address:).

[Champagne Socialist]

a very lovely 2005 chianti.
Not a reserva, but a quite acceptable superior.

[Chiaroscuro]

Tea.

Too much wine last night. Headache today. Nearly gone though so more wine tonight.

[Deep Black]

Many beers last night

[edash]

Tonight has mainly been Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbeir.

[haddonsman]

Chilled Malbec. As I trawl the tinternet and find all these places I used to graze ;-)

[Chiaroscuro]

Hello young man. Been a while. :)

[haddonsman]

Ah, it seems as if it were only yesterday that I was mired in a world of sexual innuendo and inappropriate Culture ship names.

Hope you're all still having a blast. With lashings of wine and high heels in your case, C ;)

[Deep Black]

How's it going Simon? Doing Derby fest this year?

No heels here, though I did have some wine the other day

[haddonsman]

Indeed, Andi - seems an age since we last met. Will be there evenings and Saturday.

Drinking now? Brewdog Punk IPA, 4 bottles for a fiver in ASDA, best value IPA on the market.

Next week; as many beers in the pubs of the Wells/Norwich/Swaffham triangle as I can manage.

Week after; Derby BF.

Week after that: RateBeer.com European Summer Gathering, trips to Huddersfield and Manchester, a grand crawl of Sheffield incorporating a dozen-plus pubs and four breweries and a brewday at Thornbridge Hall.

August in rehab ;-)

[phazedout]

alas have re-offnded, she's offline for three days an di descend in to drink.

inch's stonehouse cider.
Phaze
on the "I am not overly happy about this but i needs mhy emily" ID

[Deep Black]

We won't tell her ;)

Later today - Newark LocAle & wine festival...

[Deep Black]

I went I drank + a very nice German man gave me a bottle of wine :)

[Champagne Socialist]

Water. Lots of nice cold water

[jag]

Had a couple of sour apple shots with my daughter...:eek:Yuch!!

[Deep Black]

Pleanty of beers yesterday at the Derby Beer fest, caught up with Hman too.

[haddonsman]

Indeedly, Deep; we ought to have a chat sometime soon. I couldn't keep up with the table's encyclopedic knowledge of obscure prog rock bands ;)

I'm currently drinking Cristal. That's Cristal lager. Before that it was Klug, before that, a couple of Slags. If only they still made Binky, Plop and Sod.

All the gory details:

http://www.reluctantscooper.co.uk

[edash]

Blackwater Brewery's Belfast Ale, the second best bottled beer from Northern Ireland (the first is Clotworthy Dobbin from the same brewery).
Before that was a rather disappointing bottle of Carnegie Stark Porter which was supposed to be maturing nicely in the cupboard for the last year. Very average considering it costs over £3 a bottle.

[jag]

Er...Voddy and diet coke.
Had some Aussie Shark Biscuit Red Wine the other night which was rather good.

[Deep Black]

Indeedly, Deep; we ought to have a chat sometime soon. I couldn't keep up with the table's encyclopedic knowledge of obscure prog rock bands ;)

Yeah, sorry about that, but that is usually the way the conversation goes when I'm with that lot, we carried it on up to the Babington too...

[jag]

Austrailian Chardonnay 13%. A nice way to finish a hard days work.

[edash]

Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted

[Deep Black]

Pleanty of Traditional Ciders

[edash]

Bath Ales Barnstormer

[haddonsman]

Vouvray

[BeckyH]

Not right this instant but had a very nice Mojito with pomegranate juice at dinner. It had about 6 months worth of booze (for me) in it. Who knows how I'll feel in the morning-I have no stomach for alcohol.

[jag]

Aqua minerale.
After several V&C.
Going to bed to watch The Matrix, prob need several more V&C to fathom out what's going on.

[haddonsman]

Jeez, what a bunch of lightweights you've turned out to be.

Or are you so pissed you can't type? Nope, hasn't stopped you elsewhere ;-)

Well, seeing as you're asking, I'm on Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA. It has the kind of hops in it that tunr the back of your eyeballs into jelly. Me likey lots.

[Deep Black]

Hobgoblin

[edash]

BrewDog 77 lager and Punk IPA.

[haddonsman]

BrewDog 77 lager and Punk IPA.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwsome :-)

Sainsbury's Beer Challenge sees 12 beers listed for 2-3 weeks; most popular gets a full listing.

4 for the price of 3; look out for 4 Williams Brothers beers and 3 from Brewdog, including their hop bombing double IPA, Hardcore.

Tesco have two beers from US brewers Flying Dog; Classic Pale Ale (which I'm enjoying now) and Gonzo Imperial Porter. Plus 77 and Punk (that where you got yours, ed?) with the latter selling at 1.09 GBP a bottle. Bargain of the year.

[edash]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwsome :-)

Plus 77 and Punk (that where you got yours, ed?)

No, I got mine from Gap Wines, the newly appointed Irish distributor. As far as I know they have the exclusive, so Tesco can't stock it (not that they did over here anyway), and no idea how that'll work with the Sainsbury Beer Challenge here.

[haddonsman]

England won the Ashes today.

Brewdog Hardcore IPA. Yes, I know it's a Scottish beer, but I've drank all my English barleywines.

http://twitpic.com/f11jq

[Deep Black]

Got 12 assorted foreign beers from the mighty "Beers of Europe"

[Deep Black]

Went camping at weekend next to a Robinsons Pub in the Peak District so had loads of Robinsons Unicorn & Tit for Tat, not bad.

[Champagne Socialist]

never tried either of those.
Give us a review deep?
Worth ordering some from online?

[Deep Black]

Bothe reasonable, but nothing special.

Unicorn was the best - a good solid, mid brown bitter.

Tit for Tat wasn't so good, though it did improve later on (they either changed the barrel or I got to drunk to notice it wasn't in peak form anymore). More hoppy & pale in appearence.

Worth ordering on-line? Well i don't know if they are available in bottles, but they are certainly worth a go if you see them

[BeckyH]

I found my soda siphon whilst clearing out the basement. So I made (rather a lot of) a very nice ginger mint vanilla syrup. The roommates report that it makes a nice carbonated bevvie, as well as very nice adjunct to cheap bourbon. I haven't yet had a chance to try it carbonated, but it is very tasty.

[jag]

Diet voddy and double coke (hic):p

[Champagne Socialist]

diet vodka?
Diet?
Vodka?
....
???

[edash]

Belfast Black dry stout - the new bottled release from the Whitewater Brewery

[phazedout]

orange juice.

Been off the sauce for a week now and feelign very clear headed and well rested, three weeks to go.
Phaze
on the "I'm watching last night's ireland v italy match, the advantage of living alone is i don't now the result" ID

[Deep Black]

Earlgrey

Had a bucket load of beers at the Nottingham Beer fest yesterday

[jag]

On the voddy again.

[edash]

O'Hara's Irish Stout, from the Carlow Brewery.

[jag]

water....

[haddonsman]

Pussys. You're all a bunch of pussys.

I was on the Brewdog Paradox at lunchtime; now I'm cruising over the edge on Brewdog Hardcore.

Come on, people. If I'm posting here again, I expect the level of drinking to rise commensurably.

[RedKing]

On Friday had a lot of Black Sheep / Castle Eden / London Pride / Singha.

One of those gave me a headache on Saturday, but I'm not sure which one... :)

[Deep Black]

Went to see a band at The Vic in Derby, they had Hobgoblin on draught

[jag]

Pussys. You're all a bunch of pussys.

I was on the Brewdog Paradox at lunchtime; now I'm cruising over the edge on Brewdog Hardcore.

Come on, people. If I'm posting here again, I expect the level of drinking to rise commensurably.

Yeah right. Jag here.

[haddonsman]

More Brewdog Hardcore. My fridge beer of choice is a 9% hop monster. No wonder I've been catatonic since September.

[jag]

Water. Hydrate yourself between drinks.
Bottled or tap?
Scotland probably has the best quality tap water in the world.

[Deep Black]

Always tap, unless there's no choice. Bottled is expensive tat

[edash]

You buying any of those BrewDog shares (http://www.equityforpunks.com/), H-man?

[jag]

A few voddy and diet cokes before bed.

[haddonsman]

You buying any of those BrewDog shares (http://www.equityforpunks.com/), H-man?
http://www.reluctantscooper.co.uk/2009/10/reluctant-scooper-plc.html

[Deep Black]

Went to the Coopers Tavern Beer Fest in Burton yesterday. Amongst other things I samples some Brewdog Hardcore, just for the Hman :)

[haddonsman]

Went to the Coopers Tavern Beer Fest in Burton yesterday. Amongst other things I samples some Brewdog Hardcore, just for the Hman :)

Is nice! I heard they had Thornbridge Epic Halcyon as well, possibly the last cask ever. If I hadn't been reliving the 80's with Spandau Ballet in Birmingham I'd have been there...

[Deep Black]

Yep, they had quite a few strongies, Epic Halcyon was on.

[Tangendentalism]

Lovely, lovely coffee

[phazedout]

earlier (as i'm in bed now) rock shandy.
mor than three weeks booze free phaze now, so my posts should have obtained a faint level of coherence, gonner go to sleep now.
Phaze
on the "1 week to go then I merrily re embrace the alchoho, what to drink though, decisions decisions " ID

[edash]

BrewDog 77 lager - only £1 a bottle in Tesco

[haddonsman]

Now - Bundjalung coffee
In an hour's time - Spoons festival beer

[Deep Black]

Went to Bab on Wed. Had 14 halves (about 12 of which I hadn't tried before)

[Deep Black]

Gardeners Delight from Fall Angel brewary, to be honest I'm not impressed. I also had 2 others which were below avarage.

Had a couple of ciders & porters which were nice, the Swedish Stark Porter from D.Carnegie & Co. was interesting.

But the best (by far) has been has been Ola Dubh from Harviestoun (matured in 18 year Highland Park whisky barrels) 8% & really drinkable :)

[Champagne Socialist]

coffee, which is unusual for me

[Deep Black]

A Chilean (sp?) Red

[daveh]

Nestea Ice Tea - Peach Flavour. Not especially nice, but cooling.

[Champagne Socialist]

been a bit quiet around here recently

[RedKing]

Coffee - black strong with sugar as I'm trying to keep awake and feeling a bit poorly (ahhh... )

[Deep Black]

Home made Butternut Squash soup. Well half eating half drinking

[jag]

Frascati wine.
Maybe a bit fruity for my taste but it does the damage:).

[haddonsman]

BrewDog Hardcore. Goes well with fish & chips. In fact, it goes with any damn thing it wants to.

[Deep Black]

Beer!

[Champagne Socialist]

Mulled wine, but this isn't just any mulled wine, this is M&S mulled wine.

Oh, and can anyone recommend a good bespoke tailors in Glasgow?
I'll be visiting over Christmas - New Year and need a new suit + Inverness Cape

[Deep Black]

Still beer :)

[Champagne Socialist]

more mulled wine.

seems to be the season.

[Deep Black]

Went to an excellent Ale pub in Biston last night & had a few pints of the good stuff (also some Whisky)

[Champagne Socialist]

and the good stuff would be?

[Deep Black]

Beer ;)

(I think) It was Abbeydale Blackmass, Stone Mover by someone or other & Hogs Back England's Glory.

The Whisky was (definatly) Macallan 10 year.

[RedKing]

"Captain Scott's Strong Tea - Expedition 1910 Original Blend"

[Conscious Bob]

"Captain Scott's Strong Tea - Expedition 1910 Original Blend"

Was it smuggled out his Shack by our South Pole contact?

Good grief, tea! No wonder he froze to death. Horlicks that's what you need, I bet that Roald Amumdsen stuck with the Horlicks.

[RedKing]

No, this is proper strong tea, enough to lag your pipes good 'n' proper!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xN7bGcsuXn4/SKW1vw8yC4I/AAAAAAAABGY/D9qUrHS176s/s400/captain+scott%27s+tea.jpg

[Deep Black]

I'm certainly not drinking this right now (& prob never will) but check out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8380412.stm

£30? That's nearly a pound per ABV%
Scale that down to a standard 4.5%er, would you pay £4.50
& it looks like a 330ml bottle

[RedKing]

But doesn't Tactical Nuclear Penguin sound like a good Ship name?

[Conscious Bob]

I'd like to see a Leopard Seal bite down on one of those b******s.

[edash]

The price has gone up to £35.
Making of video here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs2dZddriBo)

There's a 40% one due from Germany (http://thebittenbullet.blogspot.com/2009/11/worlds-strongest-beer-not-brewdog.html) soon.

[Deep Black]

Fentimans - Ginger Beer

[Deep Black]

Currently drinking:
Batemans - Rosey Nosey 4.9%
&
Shepherd Neame - Christmas Ale 2009 7%

ohhh & a bottle of Crows Landing Shiraz from California 14%...
All gone now :(

[Deep Black]

Brewdog Toyko has been banned from UK sale until they change the label:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232963/Super-strength-beer-banned-UK-promoting-excessive-drinking.html

[haddonsman]

No-one's posted here for 24 days? Pussys. You're all a bunch of pussys.

I've just knocked off a four-year-old Rogue Imperial Stout after a lunchtime fed by Marble Ginger, Thornbridge Kipling, Thornbridge Merrie and Brunswick Black Sabbath.

Just about to head-to-head Old Chimneys Good King Henry Reserve and Port Brewing Older Viscosity.

Come on, folks. When the books are as lame as they have been, you may as well have a ruddy good drink.

[Deep Black]

No-one's posted here for 24 days? Pussys. You're all a bunch of pussys.
Maybe were just more drunk that you?

Love Marble Ginger

[Conscious Bob]

Had a few pints of Amstel in the Monkeybar last night, kind of early Hogmannay bash. Now drinking tea, lots of tea...

[Conscious Bob]

No-one's posted here for 24 days? Pussys. You're all a bunch of pussys.

Hey puss juice, you up yet? Lying in your scratcher after one too many shandies I'll wager.

[Deep Black]

Had some Glen Grant round at the parents this afternoon

[haddonsman]

Just finished; Moor Old Freddy Walker (like liquid Christmas cake)

Just starting: Old Chimney's Good King Henry Reserve and Port Brewing Older Viscosity

[edash]

Finished the last of the free MyBreweryTap.com mixed case I was sent - Burton Bridge Porter and Tring Death Or Glory, both very fine. Then moved on to the lone bottle of Samichlaus 14% I had, and quite wonderful it is too.

[Champagne Socialist]

After draining most of Sulwath Brewery over the last few days I am on good old Tea

[Deep Black]

Hot Chocolate

Had a bottle of Australian Red last night

[jag]

I didn't have a drop over the last 2 weeks:eek:, but last night I managed a few glasses of port, so I must be getting better.

[Deep Black]

Good man

Glenmorangie here right now :)

[jag]

Baltic conditions here, so its a nice mug of Douwe egberts pour moi.

[Deep Black]

Had another bottle of Crows Landing red last night

[cabbo]

Saliva. Tastes like tesco's cheap cider.

[haddonsman]

Marks & Sparks Pinot Noir, on the long road to recovery after a Saturday that started with 9% Thornbridge barley wine and ended with Stone Ruination on tap.

Of all the social media IRL gatherings I've been to, yesterday's Twitter twiss-up crowd drank the hardest.

[cabbo]

I'm bored with drinking. That is, real drinking. The kind that only Buff McMasculinebeard could keep up with. The occasional buzz, sure, but getting 'torn in half by a truckload of swaal' just doesn't appeal to me anymore.

[Deep Black]

Went away to Manchester on Sat, had a beer or two :)

[Champagne Socialist]

Aberfeldy

[haddonsman]

Went away to Manchester on Sat, had a beer or two :)

National Winter fest? Went earlier in the week, some top beers, not a bad venue either. Marble Arch was excellent too.

So, Deep, you going to be in Chesterfield / Derby Winter / SIBA Champions fests? Anyone else around the Midlands up for a forum pissup?

[Deep Black]

Funnily enough no didn't got to the Winterfest. I was meeting up with some Sprouty people (Robert Ranin fans) & we were located rather to far South West of Manchester for the Fest. Never been drinking there before so the pubs sufficed for the visit, some great ones there.

Sadly Derby fest clashes with the SFX weekender
http://sfxweekender.co.uk/
so won't make that either.

What & where are "SIBA Champions fests"

I'm not sure of the next Beer Fest I've got comming up?
Would be nice to catch up again sometime...

[haddonsman]

What & where are "SIBA Champions fests"

I'm not sure of the next Beer Fest I've got comming up?
Would be nice to catch up again sometime...

SIBA fest is at the Canalhouse in Nottingham but it's the same weekend as Derby/Chesterfield

Fests after that will probably me sometime in March, Leicester probably.

But I'm sure we could catch up over a beer or two sometime in Derby

[Deep Black]

Will certainly try to get to Leicester, mmmm currys

[jag]

You mean the shop or the food??:p
A few buds then going on the muller trip with voddy & coke.
Supposed to be going out tomorrow for darts and a curry(the food) and there is a staff night out on Saturday where we have £650 to spend on booze.

[cabbo]

I'm bored with drinking. That is, real drinking. The kind that only Buff McMasculinebeard could keep up with. The occasional buzz, sure, but getting 'torn in half by a truckload of swaal' just doesn't appeal to me anymore.

Well, I messed that up.

[cabbo]

£650? Use it all on the most efficient cost-alcohol percentage ratio you can get. And a bus to carry it all.

Or just buy some really high-grade coke.

[Deep Black]

I was indeed meaning the food.
They cook up some great currys at the Leicester beer fest

[Champagne Socialist]

not enough

[haddonsman]

This thread slipping to page 2? The shame. Didn't realise you'd all turned into shandy-drinking lightweights.

I'm currently having a high-old-time with Hoggley's Solstice Stout courtesy of Ales By Mail (http://www.alesbymail.com/). They sell sausages and bacon as well, apparently.

[Deep Black]

Right now some French red wine (& we had sausages for dinner. No bacon though)
Last night some American red wine :)

[Champagne Socialist]

Leffe Blonde.

[jag]

8 bottles of Brahma and now on the voodoo juice to liven things up.

[sofa]

8 bottles of Brahma and now on the voodoo juice to liven things up.

Brahma is very good lager,

I'm on Kumala , Shiraz bought by the missus...
That's something that's changed, I got a bird, we've even moved in together and she buys me alcohol. Life is good....

[cabbo]

3 cans tennents (eugh), 2 500ml Cobras. 'Sa'ight.

[edash]

At the moment nothing, but last night it was BrewDog Punk IPA, only £1 a bottle in Sainsburys.

[Deep Black]

Thanks for the tip, but I went to my local one & it wasn't on offer. However they did have Old Tom on 3 for £4 so I did ok.

Drinking same now :)

[haddonsman]

On what is known in our house as 'swirly hand white (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31w%2BqcBzzrL._SL500_.jpg)', Casablanca Sauvignon Blanc from M&S, perhaps the best value SB in the country.

Earlier today; Crouch Vale Snow Drop, Leeds Yorkshire Pale, Thornbridge Jaipur, Thornbridge Raven and Westons Vintage Special Reserve.

[jag]

Tonight I'm on that mexican stuff Cusquena which is pretty good. Voodoo juice to follow later.

[Deep Black]

Alcohol

[jag]

More alcohol.

[Deep Black]

Got bugger all to do today so I shall shortly be sitting out in the garden (nice weather today) reading a book & drinking beer.

Just picked up:
Wychwood - Hobgoblin
Wychwood -Goliath
Marstons -Double Drop
&
Green King - LBW

for 99p each