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Beers What You Miss.


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3 minutes ago, freds dad said:

A pint of Boddies in the Halfway House in Farnworth.

Who remembers Oranjeboom?

Oranjeboom , sold in the Amsterdam Bar Horwich and The Vulcan on Junction Road. Bloody awful. Only surpassed by Stones Bitter ( always gave me a banging head). from.the Aquarius Club .

What a fine establishment that was.

 

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12 hours ago, leigh white said:

Bolty loved it.

:D He fiucking didn't and he still doesn't. I have an intense dislike for most things Queensland and definitely its fucking ale.

Of the 'regular' beers, I reckon Victoria's Carlton Draught is the best down here. We have some right shite over here including Emu Export and Swan Draught. Fucking paint stripper.

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10 hours ago, leigh white said:

Colt 45 in a pub in Torquay 74.

Now you're talking. I could only ever find that on tap in the South West apart from a short term trial in Blackpool where I got so pissed off it that I nearly lost an eye being jumped by tangerine twats near Bloomfield Road. Didn't feel a thing at the time - completely anaesthetised.

Breaker was also a good drop but loved Colt 45.

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9 hours ago, freds dad said:

A pint of Boddies in the Halfway House in Farnworth.

Who remembers Oranjeboom?

Me and that fucking advertising tune!

Could never get the fucker out of my head at the time and I've just inflicted it upon myself again!

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1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

Me and that fucking advertising tune!

Could never get the fucker out of my head at the time and I've just inflicted it upon myself again!

I was about to say "it's a lager, not a tune..". You beat me to it.

That for an ear worm, and heavy rain. :(

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22 minutes ago, DazBob said:

Hoegarden was lovely. Hardly see it anywhere nowadays.

Went through a phase of having just that on nights out, trying to look cultured like, but it didn't half result in some horror shites the day after.

One from down here that isn't missed apparently is "shitty" Shipstones, guaranteed marmite stripes after a session on that, I'm told.

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2 hours ago, DazBob said:

Hoegarden was lovely. Hardly see it anywhere nowadays.

I don't think it was ever widespread was it

Only had draught in man and scythe

Had a pint the other week in liverpool

 

One I miss was the cru...asda did it, but alas, no more

 

Kronbourg blanc was a short lived one....Brunswick near piccadilly did that on draught

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12 minutes ago, Casino said:

I don't think it was ever widespread was it

Only had draught in man and scythe

Had a pint the other week in liverpool

 

One I miss was the cru...asda did it, but alas, no more

 

Kronbourg blanc was a short lived one....Brunswick near piccadilly did that on draught

Had a pint of Hoegarden in Sheffield in the late 90s

Think even back then it was over £4 a pint so I made sure the glass went home with me

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30 minutes ago, Casino said:

I don't think it was ever widespread was it

Only had draught in man and scythe

Had a pint the other week in liverpool

 

One I miss was the cru...asda did it, but alas, no more

 

Kronbourg blanc was a short lived one....Brunswick near piccadilly did that on draught

They used to do both in Harvey’s just off Nelson sq, been a long time since I’ve been in there so I’d guess they’re no longer 

Kronenbourg and Hoegarden I mean 

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1 hour ago, Casino said:

I don't think it was ever widespread was it

Only had draught in man and scythe

Had a pint the other week in liverpool

 

One I miss was the cru...asda did it, but alas, no more

 

Kronbourg blanc was a short lived one....Brunswick near piccadilly did that on draught

Not widespread per se, but quite a few places sold it. Just don't see it anywhere now - probably due to the cost of replacing all glasses that everyone nicked.

Or maybe white beer was just a fad, along with ice beer.

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