Booze Thread

[Ragey Erasmus]

I used to be able to get £1 pints in the students union not even 10 year ago...

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I used to be able to get £1 pints in the students union not even 10 year ago...

Yeh but I bet it was "****". By that I mean watered down/ with loads of fizz.
Rage - See you've now got to that "Uncle Albert" stage of life reminiscing about the good old days of when things were cheaper - welcome to getting old.

Pints pre lock down - cask ale were generally about £4-5 in Central London.

I recall going to HK 7s more than 10 years ago and they were selling pints back then for £8. But mainly attended by corporate bankers and lawyers who didn't care two hoots how much they were paying. Plus alcohol in HK is bloody expensive anyway.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Just tried an orange cider, pretty nice actually.

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Did you leave the OJ on the radiator

 

[Bada-Bing!]

UK beer costs soar as average price of pint tops £8 in one London pub

Price hikes driven by combination of factors, including inflation and the war in Ukraine

www.theguardian.com

Can vouch for this where I live two drinks one a pint of Tribute and a soda water and lime was over a tenner.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

It's relevant to where you are for me. If I drink in brum then it's £5+ a pint but in the local social clubs and rugby clubs it's still under £4 a pint.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Gone beyond the €7 point in the centre of Dublin now. Ridiculous

 

[Seven]

Ale and rum are my general choices.

My usual ales are Abbot, Doom Bar (good session ale) and Wadworth 6X when I can get it. Rum, I usually go for Kraken or Dead Man's Fingers, as they are reliably available.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Ale and rum are my general choices.

My usual ales are Abbot, Doom Bar (good session ale) and Wadworth 6X when I can get it. Rum, I usually go for Kraken or Dead Man's Fingers, as they are reliably available.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Gone beyond the €7 point in the centre of Dublin now. Ridiculous

Bargain compared to Stockholm where we were last weekend. In the hotel we paid just shy of £20 for 2 draft beers of maybe 400 ml each. Bottle of Sancerre was around £67. No wonder they're all so boringly grown up over there!

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Japan urges its young people to drink more to boost economy

The government's tax agency has launched a programme to encourage a new generation of sake drinkers.

www.bbc.co.uk

Kanpai.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

If they started selling Strong Zero/other delicious chūhai cans abroad then I could single-handedly keep the Japanese alcohol industry in business

Had this one in Tokyo that when you open it the can slightly compresses/crinkles to have a pattern all over it - kiwi juice and shōchū, every sip was instant heartburn (kiwi juice is insanely acidic) but it was very very tasty

 

[RedruthRFC]

If they started selling Strong Zero/other delicious chūhai cans abroad then I could single-handedly keep the Japanese alcohol industry in business

Had this one in Tokyo that when you open it the can slightly compresses/crinkles to have a pattern all over it - kiwi juice and shōchū, every sip was instant heartburn (kiwi juice is insanely acidic) but it was very very tasty

I'd never heard of these, but they look good. Maybe it's because I live in a rural backwater, but this country's seltzer type drink game seems terrible compared to other's. I've been following a low carb diet for the last couple of months, so pretty much the only booze I've had is gin / vodka and low cal tonic. A bit more variety would be nice.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Pubs closure warning: 'My energy bill went to £35,000 from £13,000'

Six of the country's largest breweries warn pubs will have to close without help on energy costs.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Which Tyler]

Pubs closure warning: 'My energy bill went to £35,000 from £13,000'

Six of the country's largest breweries warn pubs will have to close without help on energy costs.

www.bbc.co.uk

Please be Wetherspoons
Please be Wetherspoons
Please be Wetherspoons

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Please be Wetherspoons
Please be Wetherspoons
Please be Wetherspoons

What have you got against 'Spoons? Apart from Tim Martin being a Brexit twat and it being the McDonald's of pubs.

 

[Which Tyler]

Well, apart from that, and the destruction of the small local pub industry - the Tim Martin handling of furlough, and post pandemic return to work "I'm not furloughing staff, let them go and work for Tesco!" And "Why don't any of the staff we told to ***k off to Tesco want to come back to us. And why can't we get any European staff having told them all to ***k off out of the country - don't they know we need dirt cheap labor?"

Neverspoons - Find yourself an alternative pint while also supporting local independent pubs and bars.

Find yourself an alternative pint while also supporting local independent pubs and bars.

neverspoons.app

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Yeh I don't go into a 'Spoons anymore. A few good memories of drinking in my local one way back from uni days.

But yeh more pubs are just going to close down and further erode the fabric of local communities.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Nice pint of Thornbridge Jaipur IPA, albeit from a Spoons. But can't complain at £3.69. Lovely lacing, which I think is a sign of a good quality beer.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Doing sober October so have sampled a few 0alc. Beers. The best is Erdinger by far, heineken, moretti and Guinness are all palatable.

It makes you realise the effect 2 beers have on you though because I'd never drink more than two of the 0.0s. Can't say the same about the real stuff...