Re: The drinking less thread

[Nightjar]

Oh, I already have plenty of on-hand boozo.

[Fangirl Three]

My neighbour's put out two recycling boxes full of Brewdog IPA cans

Also I'm fairly sure there isn't a can collection tomorrow.

[cosmictanya]

Loudly chuck them one by one into their front garden.

[cosmictanya]

Is Brewdog quite nice? My mother has switched to beer because she doesn't like it. I bought her two 12 boxes of Mexican stuff that was on sale in Sainsburys. She said it was good, but it's finished now.

[Nightjar]

Brewdog is just a brewery, not a single beer.

[cosmictanya]

What do you recommend? I saw Coors on the cheap shelf but there was a recent mass shooting in the factory, so I wouldn't be getting her any of that because it might be tainted.

[Nightjar]

Coors is just horrid American lager.

Like Budweiser (not Budvar).

Brewdog's most well-known beer is probably Punk IPA.

You'd only like that if you like cold, American-style IPAs - strong on hoppy, citrusy flavour and alcohol volume (5% or so).

[cosmictanya]

5% seems abnormally low? I like a dry alcohol, but it's more for her - she'll drink anything, that's the problem.

[Nightjar]

5% isn't low for a beer.

It's standard strong.

If you venture above 6%, 7% you're looking to get plastered quick.

Any of that 8-10% stuff is a head-turner whether it's cheap or fancy.

[cosmictanya]

Why are the percentages so low in comparison to spirits? My sisters cousin had a housewarming (more of a street party really) in New Addington where several tables were stacked with cans of Special Brew. I didn't have any, the branding didn't appeal. There were a lot of very drunk people, and some real displays of aggression. 

When the neighbours complained, some fellow guests demolished their front wall and launched the garden gates and a driveway lamp at the windows.

[Guest]

Special Brew is amazing stuff, even when I could handle my ale, I couldn't finish one can.

[Fangirl Three]

I was always (if 'always' means 'that brief period in late 1989 before I discovered the superior cheapness and portability of wine in 1 litre tetrapaks') more of a Tennants Super fan.

[Nightjar]

McEwans Jamaican, put into the freezer until it went like a slush puppy when poured into a glass.

Playing bluff poker and blackjack upstairs at the Fantastic Store in the mid-90s...

For the win.

[Guest]

McEwans Jamaican,

I used to dream about that stuff… A place I went to was selling it off cheap, I forget the exact details

put into the freezer until it went like a slush puppy when poured into a glass.

[Fangirl Three]

My neighbour's put out two recycling boxes full of Brewdog IPA cans

Also I'm fairly sure there isn't a can collection tomorrow.

There wasn't a can collection

Also, how did the 'drinking less thread' turn into the 'drinking loads thread'.

Mind you, that is a pretty good metaphor for my own 'progress'

[Guest]

I'm going off for a walk around the same boring streets but when I come back I can get completely drunk.

If I wanted to.

[Nightjar]

I've just smashed my only surviving wine glass.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

[Nightjar]

I've just borrowed one off of my lovely next-door neighbours.

[Nightjar]

I had a disinfected cloth to take carry it back inside where I washed it thoroughly in piping hot water.

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