RossP Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 I can't rember which ones I drank yesterday afternoon, but they must've had a huge alcohol % as I was totally smashed.Are there any low alcohol % beer? I'm heading down later and was planning on taking the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 I can't rember which ones I drank yesterday afternoon, but they must've had a huge alcohol % as I was totally smashed.Are there any low alcohol % beer? I'm heading down later and was planning on taking the carThere's one or two. Hang on while I check the menu...Lindemans Pecheresse Belgium 2.5% 375ml 3.10 approx 0.6 unitsMongozo Coconut Africa 3.5% 330ml 2.90 approx 1.2 unitsFruli Strawberry Belgium 4.1% 250ml 2.60 approx 1 unitand of course Sweetheart Stout UK 2.0% 275ml approx 0.6 unitsDrink driving is a contentious subject, and I cannot advise you as everyone's body is different. But be careful since you got smashed yesterday, and it can take long time to wear off. If it hasn't yet worn off fully then you may not be OK to drive. Even if you are under the limit then please be aware that any further metabolism will temp cease as soon you drink another beer, and that could potentially send you over the limit sooner than anticipated.***For anyone that is interested:An average male would be on the limit after 4 units (less than 2 pints of Tennents). He'd then begin metabolising the alcohol 20 mins after stopping drinking. This process is halted if more alcohol is consumed, otherwise it will continue at a rate of 1 unit per hour. So if he drank 2 pints then he'd likely be back to baseline 4 hours and 50 minutes after finishing the second pint. If he drank 10 pints and stopped at midnight then he would still be over the limit until around 7.30pm the next evening, and not clear of alcohol until midnight. If he drank another pint at 8pm then he'd be straight back over the limit again until 10.30pm. OUCH!Some people are of the opinion that you should NEVER drink and drive even if you are below the limit. If that's really the case then the authorities need to clarify this by reducing the limit to zero. Otherwise why bother with a limit.Personally I prefer to wait until there's no alcohol left in my system, it's the only way to be sure.The safest and most sensible thing would be to create a facility whereby people could walk to their local police station and pay 5 to be breathalysed before getting in their car, particularly useful for the day after, but that will never happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinitynscotland Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Ah I do love a good Trappist ale... specially the one thats soaked with cherries... yum:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaneur Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 These days my consultant insists I favour quality over quantity. I'm glad you guys seem to agree with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Lindemans Pecheresse Belgium 2.5% 375ml 3.10 approx 0.6 unitsHad a bottle of this stuff in the end, and it was brilliant. Very refreshing, i'll definitely buy it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Had a bottle of this stuff in the end, and it was brilliant. Very refreshing, i'll definitely buy it again.If you liked that then also try the Timmermans Gueze. Gueze is unflavored lambic beer and Lindemans Pecheresse uses lambic beer as it's base. It tastes more like champagne than beer and it's what gives the peach stuff that acidic foaming sparkling property, that you don't get with the cherry and raspberry varieties that we stock. Gueze is not to everyone's taste, but it's worth trying for the freak value alone.Geeky fact of the day. Not all Belgian fruit beers are made from lambic. Those not made from lambic have the word bier in their name. EG if a bier is called kriek then it's cherry flavored lambic, but if it's kriekbier then it uses another type of beer as it's base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 200 jeans, a 350 shirt, a 150 hair cut, a limited 1,200 designer jacket by Lacoste, and *DRUM ROLL* a 5,000 watch.Christ, what kind of riff-raff are trying to enter the bar these days. I thought jeans and T-shirt were the standard fare. (Preferably a faded Hawkwind T-shirt and a pair of '80s Wranglers. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 This Saturday I sampled:Moosehead - nice crisp lagerLone Star - as above. a pretty typical american lager. Nice but.Dixie - Slightly heavier, really tasty if you're a poofy lager drinker like me.Flying Dog Old Scratch - a sort of sweet ale, pretty goodJames Boags - fairly non-descript lager.I had a couple of Knob Creeks as well, that's a tasty bourbon. Dunno if it will replace JD as my favourite but it was a fine alternative.My mate (who was already pissed) had a bottle of the 8% Lucifer, and then a bottle of 14% stuff. Shortly afterwards he disappeared. I have yet to hear from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted September 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Drank an unknown quantity of St Bernards Triple yesterday between noon and 9pm. This was an unplanned falling off the wagon day. Reckon I had around 6 bottles. Holy cow! That stuff really grew on me.No hangover whatsoever today, which was just as well since we have 3000 flyer packs to distribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Stuff...No Tyskie? Shame on you! Edit: Having looked at the list again, I suspect more regular visits to TMB are in order... Shamefully, I've only been once. Saw a mates band, during which I turned round to see the awesome sight of a 40-something woman dancing with her dog (oh yes!).(I then got scared off by the hardcore band that followed, drank copious amounts of pear cider, and spent the following day barfing like fuck. Happy days! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 You Peterheiders canna handly your bevvy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 No Tyskie? Shame on you! It's better than the horrid beer that is Zywiec...which is okay out of a bottle, but dreadful from a can/tap. Tyskie is pretty my beer of choice here, even though the Lech brewery is visible from my flat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Lech on draught is fantastical but it's awful out of a bottle. Tyskie and Zwiec are great in those big 2 pint tankards they give you in Polska. Pivo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Lech on draught is fantastical but it's awful out of a bottle. Tyskie and Zwiec are great in those big 2 pint tankards they give you in Polska. Pivo!Yeah, I really don't know what they're doing during the bottling process to make them so dreadful compared to the draught versions. The latest thing tried here was a thing called Ginger's Beer, which..well..needs no further introducing. Tasted of nothing but ginger beer from a can, except it's 4.1% and ridiculously drinkable. I also tried the 'British' style beer, Dog in the Fog....it's nothing special. Tasted of just a bland real ale from a chain pub, and not worth trying again. There was another bottle, but I've forgotten the name, but it was remarkably non-descript.One irritating thing here - the beer selection is actually quite crap. Most pubs won't do much in the way of variety - it's usually one beer like Zywiec/Lech/Tyskie, a strong beer, and something like Becks/Heineken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I am well keen for trying banoffee pie tasting beer!! It's not really my opinion that you should NEVER drive after a drink, but i barely like entering a car adfter just one drink just because although i know i can take a few bottles of beer without taking any effect, doesnt mean i havent had any. im just not feeling any, its like u cant times 0 by 0, the minute uv had just one bottle, their is alcohol in your system, thats it!Hmmm, are you not 16... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hmmm, are you not 16...beat me to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted September 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Even joyriders have scruples... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 yeah, but im an underage drinker (oh rebel) blergh, but that was just my opinion, but i still dont like being in a car after drinking, just makes me aware that a crash CAN happen, and having lost people from car accedents before like that its just this thing that affects me quite badly at times, but still, thats my opion anyway, as for the banoffee pie thing, well.. i do wanna try banoffe pia tasting beer.Why would you give a shit about being a drunk passenger in a car when presumably the person driving is sober?I don't give a hand shandy about your underage drinking exploits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted September 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 but i barely like entering a car adfter just one drink just because although i know i can take a few bottles of beer without taking any effect, doesnt mean i havent had any. im just not feeling any, its like u cant times 0 by 0, the minute uv had just one bottle, their is alcohol in your system, thats it!but it sure looks uv already, taken a few effect, bdfore their is so doesnt, spelld write, thats it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted September 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 yeah, but im an underage drinker (oh rebel) blergh, but that was just my opinion, but i still dont like being in a car after drinking, just makes me aware that a crash CAN happen, and having lost people from car accedents before like that its just this thing that affects me quite badly at times, but still, thats my opion anyway, as for the banoffee pie thing, well.. i do wanna try banoffe pia tasting beer.So you plan on walking home after being on the pish then? I've lost a lot of pished people in taxis... umm Eddie Cochran for example. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 i thought John W. hated The Moorings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 i thought John W. hated The Moorings?He's 16 so how he feels about an 18+ bar is an irrelevance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Have you stopped stocking crown lager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 He's 16 so how he feels about an 18+ bar is an irrelevance.cue anyone buying Banoffee beer henceforth being asked for ID... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 cue anyone buying Banoffee beer henceforth being asked for ID...I think rule should apply in every pub in Britain anyway. Swiftly followed by cries of derision / a good shoeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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