Whats your poison?

lost_in_thought

gtvlusso wrote:

Yokel status - I feel like a minority.....

Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!

BUICK

My new favourite beer is Witch Hunt from Moorhouse breweries. Had it on tap at a pub in town the other day and fully intend to repeat that experience!

I used to drink whisky many years ago - and found that (being totally honest) I preferred blended whisky, like Chivas Regal (have I spelt that right?). Now, I particularly like it with ginger ale. I fear that might cause some people to become entirely apoplectic - but to be fair, whisky isn't really a dark art is it? It's a pretty simple and slightly flawed distilling process that leads to differing levels of colouring and flavours to come through (and potentially more intense hangovers too!) *ducks and runs*

My favourite drink would be a strong cup of tea, sweetened with manuka honey and just a dash of milk.

gtvlusso

lost_in_thought wrote:

gtvlusso wrote:

Yokel status - I feel like a minority.....

Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!

I now feel violated....

Surf-Matt

1) Live in the countryside
2) Grow our own veg (not very well)
3) Have a dog that's trained to "beat" (helps flush out pheasants on shoots)
4) Have a 4x4 that gets used properly
5) Have seriously considered saying "get off my laaaand" to people that stumble up here by mistake.
6) Like pasties.
7) Like ale.
8) Have proper farmers wellies and a boiler suit.
9) Cannot see another house from anywhere on our laaaaaand (5 acres of it)
10) Am dying to buy our six week old his first toy tractor.

Think I might be a yokel... :oops:

lost_in_thought

Ahhhhh the life of a Yokel.

My weekend life in Essex is pretty similar:

1) Live in the countryside

yep, but only on weekends

2) Grow our own veg (not very well)

chilli trees, fruit trees and herbs mostly for me

3) Have a dog that's trained to "beat" (helps flush out pheasants on shoots)

Have a dog trained to herd livestock which we sadly don't own any more.

4) Have a 4x4 that gets used properly -

have an estate car so dogs and bikes fit in which goes fine offroad - no need for a 4x4

5) Have seriously considered saying "get off my laaaand" to people that stumble up here by mistake.

Have told 'ramblers' and hot air balloonists to get off our land or I'll let the dogs out.

6) Like pasties.

Make pasties

7) Like ale.

Hmmmm.... not so much

8 Have proper farmers wellies and a boiler suit.

Wellies and overalls - overalls not for farming.

9) Cannot see another house from anywhere on our laaaaaand

Yep - unless you climb onto the roof of the house.

10) Am dying to buy our six week old his first toy tractor.

Already have a toy tractor. And a real tractor, again not for farming.

See, I'm just jealous because it's only a weekend life rather than a full time one. But needs must.

DavidBelcher

Underscore wrote:

with an honourable mention to Ruddles Rhubarb Beer, which is much, much better than it sounds and does leave the enamel in place on your teeth.

Seconded. Ruddles Rhubarb is an unlikely idea for a beer, but it works extremely well as the rhubarb isn't sickly-sweet. Never seen it on draught, though, only bottled.

David

Surf-Matt

Lost in thought - you are my new hero(in)!!

Oh and we also have an estate car for the dog too... :oops:

So it's West London in the week, Essex at the weekend? Explored a lot of Essex countryside when we lived in the Docklands. Some of it's really nice - and underrated.

biondino

Ooh I forgot my other fave beer - Blandford Fly, which has a bit of ginger in it. Astonishingly nice.

Littigator

Surf-Matt wrote:

Oh and we also have an estate car for the dog too... :oops:

Your dog drives a car :shock: ...I dunno these coun'ree types!

knight2k

I had some tasty Strawberry flavoured Belgian beer on Saturday in a bar in Oxford. Though the price was a bit hard to swallow - £4.55 a pint (OUCH!).

STEFANOS4784

Probably quicker to list the stuff i wont drink so...........
cheap lager (carling castlrmaine etc etc)
bitters (those things that taste like acid)
lambs navy rum
that is all

ansbaradigeidfran

Surf-Matt wrote:

1) Live in the countryside
2) Grow our own veg (not very well)

Grow some apples, put them through a blender, strain the juice out, and leave the juice in a corked bottle for 6 months. Homemade scrumpy!

lizro

Russian champagne and blinis with caviar - for my last meal. (Poison with poisson!)
Beer - for the men in my life - from West Berkshire Brewery and get either GOB or Chubbs.

doog442

27 years hard drinking from the age of 16 ended last April 23rd

red wine and a decent lager was my tipple of choice, now 6 months sober

Worked out the money ive saved has paid for the bike

W5454

Some fine northern beers:
Black Sheep Bitter
Theakston's Old Peculiar
Blacksmith's Anvil.
Timothy Taylor's Landlord-my favourite.
For cold days a port and brandy before a winter ride.
On a sad note,the Tetley brewery in Leeds is closing ending 200 years of brewing in the city.

cjcp

Greg T wrote:

gtvlusso wrote:

Asahi - is drier than Tonto's Mocassins......!

And Gayer than Julian Clary's knickers.

Holy God Bottled Japanese piss.

Beer should be brown and warm and preferably made in Masham.

Theakstones, Green King IPA, etc etc

This coming from a man from Twickenham, where they walk around with their collars up and jumpers wrapped around their shoulders.

The Common Gnat's P*ss you mention - why do you drink that?

Asahi is good stuff, ladies.

Greg T

cjcp wrote:

Greg T wrote:

gtvlusso wrote:

Asahi - is drier than Tonto's Mocassins......!

And Gayer than Julian Clary's knickers.

This coming from a man from Twickenham, where they walk around with their collars up and jumpers wrapped around their shoulders.

West London suburbian gang warfare breaks out.

Don't come down to TW9 CJj, there's a gang of minor public schoolboys hanging down near Starbucks in full Boden gang colours (Gingham), they want "a word" with the Kingstone Krew.

DavidBelcher

W5454 wrote:

Some fine northern beers:
On a sad note,the Tetley brewery in Leeds is closing ending 200 years of brewing in the city.

Indeed, sad news that. I was never a big fan of Tetley Bitter, but the Mild was a good beer, likewise the stronger Imperial bitter they brewed on an on-off basis. At the time of writing it's also the home of the once-mighty but now obscure Ind Coope Burton Ale; used to be a great favourite of mine but now can't find anywhere that sells it! With the demise of Tetley, I presume it will slip into extinction completely.

David

DavidBelcher

cjcp wrote:

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The Common Gnat's P*ss you mention - why do you drink that?

I presume you mean Greene King IPA? The Export Strength stuff is a much tastier drink, but unlikely to be available on draught as it's too similar a product to cask Abbot.

David

daniel_b

My usual faves are:

Red Wine
Abbot Ale

Today, I sampled a wonderful ale called Bonfire Toffee, and it was awesome, I can still taste it

It actually turned out to be a study aid, as in my Saturday and Sunday morning tests, I scored 70%, but after one of these I scored 71% 8)

I may be sampling it again next weekend, for research (And study aid) purposes.

Dan

gradiric

biondino wrote:

HSB narrowly edges Honeydew, but my preferences change every time.

+1 for HSB - previously an independent family run brewery, Gales was bought by Fullers a couple of years back. Similar to Fuller's own Honeydew, but water quality in Hampshire has got to make a better ale than Fuller's London water

artaxerxes

Jameson whisky

mtb.boy

Beer
I enjoy most beers (working my way though all the unusual ones available in the supermarkets, wine warehouses, off-licences and some ordered online). Current favorites are Anchor Steam, Brakspear Triple and Sierra Nevada Summerfest. For drinking around town - John Smiths.

Lager
I can drink most lagers. Current favorite- Cobra.

Wine
I do not like wine. Fucks up my stomach.

Spirits
Currently drinking through a bottle of Jamesons and a bottle of Absinthe (68%) (not at the same time!!!). But I enjoy most

damage36

GIN GIN GIN!
Gin keeps you in!

DavidBelcher

gradiric wrote:

biondino wrote:

HSB narrowly edges Honeydew, but my preferences change every time.

+1 for HSB - previously an independent family run brewery, Gales was bought by Fullers a couple of years back. Similar to Fuller's own Honeydew, but water quality in Hampshire has got to make a better ale than Fuller's London water

All beers are, however, brewed on the same site in Chiswick - the Gales brewery in Horndean was shut not long after the takeover.

David

Clever Pun

damage36 wrote:

GIN GIN GIN!
Gin keeps you in!

What type of gin?... yes this is a test

damage36

Clever Pun wrote:

damage36 wrote:

GIN GIN GIN!
Gin keeps you in!

What type of gin?... yes this is a test

Bombay Sapphire by preference. Ubiquitous green bottle london dry gin if there's no choice.

Test passed.

biondino

linoue wrote:

Jameson whisky

You've got to love Wikipedia and synchronicity (taken from the entry about Henry Morton Stanley, discoverer of Dr Livingstone):

Wikipedia wrote:

James Jameson, heir to an Irish whiskey manufacturer, bought an eleven-year old girl and offered her to cannibals to document and sketch how she was cooked and eaten.

damage36

biondino wrote:

Wikipedia wrote:

James Jameson, heir to an Irish whiskey manufacturer, bought an eleven-year old girl and offered her to cannibals to document and sketch how she was cooked and eaten.

What better way :shock:

Clever Pun

damage36 wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

damage36 wrote:

GIN GIN GIN!
Gin keeps you in!

What type of gin?... yes this is a test

Bombay Sapphire by preference. Ubiquitous green bottle london dry gin if there's no choice.

Test passed.

Ignorance isn't an excuse...failed

Millers
Tanqueray 10
Hendricks

those are the gins of a true gentleman... try them.. you wont go back
Tanqueray is rather nice too