In for the night. Just liberated the Polish shop for my sustenance 😊

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by deane koontz

A January lockdown should help.

Jan is the worst month to give up booze I think. Work, dreary, post Xmas.

Im just going to have a couple of rivvies at the weekend.

Possibly.

Maybe.

We must be talking Youri prices for that collab beer

I don't get the logic of quitting (the depressant) alkyhol during what is by far the most depressing month of the year...

I reckon' April (for a clean month) - spring cleaning, lighter nights, get out for runs/bike rides/walks, get back in shape etc.

January? Not on your nelly, especially (even though we've largely been shit recently) as (normally - pre-Covid) going to the match and a few scoops, or a walk ending in a warm pub are but two of the few pleasures in this utterly shite month that entail booze.

3 minutes ago, Spider said:

A January lockdown should help.

Jan is the worst month to give up booze I think. Work, dreary, post Xmas.

Im just going to have a couple of rivvies at the weekend.

Possibly.

Maybe.

Generally I'd agree 

But most January's are not preceded by 10 months solid drinking 

At least on Friday I'll find out if I've developed alcohol dependency 

January will be 31 days of Rentons detox scene from trainspotting 

And as a back up measure tomorrow I'm going to calculate how much I've spent on booze in 2020 and write the figure on numerous post it notes which I'll stick in random places in every room in the house 

 

7 minutes ago, Spider said:

A January lockdown should help.

Jan is the worst month to give up booze I think. Work, dreary, post Xmas.

Im just going to have a couple of rivvies at the weekend.

Possibly.

Maybe.

I wrote my post (below) as you were posting...

Make a wish.

Great minds...

13 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said:

Generally I'd agree 

But most January's are not preceded by 10 months solid drinking 

At least on Friday I'll find out if I've developed alcohol dependency 

January will be 31 days of Rentons detox scene from trainspotting 

And as a back up measure tomorrow I'm going to calculate how much I've spent on booze in 2020 and write the figure on numerous post it notes which I'll stick in random places in every room in the house 

 

Re: Trainspotting - Sominex is your friend, £2.50ish from most chemists.

Don't tot up your annual spend - you know my miserly habits and relative restraint these days but I did a fag packet calculation t'other day and felt like putting my head in the oven.

Mainly through being a lazy fucker and just sloping to the corner shop - one of those places that charges the absolute maximum for booze and avoids stocking producer pre-pricemarked stuff like the plague. I've spent loads...

He fucking loves me - this shop appears at least once every couple of days on my debit/credit card statements for the last twelve months.

I'm boycotting him from now on.

I could've bought a motorbike or had two weeks mooching around America.

And I'm parsimm..er parsimino...erm a skinflint - I dread to think of the spend of you craft lads or decent wine winos.

Edited December 30, 20205 yr by Youri McAnespie

49 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said:

Generally I'd agree 

But most January's are not preceded by 10 months solid drinking 

At least on Friday I'll find out if I've developed alcohol dependency 

January will be 31 days of Rentons detox scene from trainspotting 

And as a back up measure tomorrow I'm going to calculate how much I've spent on booze in 2020 and write the figure on numerous post it notes which I'll stick in random places in every room in the house 

 

Post it on here I could do with being made to feel better

Wife said she'd rather I was drinking than playing Cyberpunk, can't do right for doing wrong at our house.

Just back from a fortnight in Lanzarote where the inhouse beers were Amstel & San Mig. Smashed a fair few of those and also bought a load of a 5.6% dark beer from the local Lidl at 40p a can.

Now back home and I've a boatload of ale/cider that I bought weeks back to plough through.

I've got alcohol free kopperberg. It's shite. I will stick with vimto from now on 

3 hours ago, ErnestTurnip said:

Wife said she'd rather I was drinking than playing Cyberpunk, can't do right for doing wrong at our house.

What you playing it on? 

Stadia - was 40 quid b4 xmas for the game, the controller, and the ultra chromecast.

Few glitches but not any more than say you might get on Assasins Creed or summat, m8 has been doing it on xbox and he said it's been fine for him as well.

14 minutes ago, ErnestTurnip said:

Stadia - was 40 quid b4 xmas for the game, the controller, and the ultra chromecast.

Few glitches but not any more than say you might get on Assasins Creed or summat, m8 has been doing it on xbox and he said it's been fine for him as well.

I was thinking it was gonna be a flop but I’ve got it on PS5 and it’s immense, no glitches, not as quick loading as I expected but I’m sure it will with the new patches in the new year 

Most stuff doesn't really grab me but with me being off work it's like being a kid again, battered it for the last 4 days. Not even done a main mission either only been doing side stuff and free roaming. 

By and large kept me off the ale as well which has been a bonus.

Pollys new renaissance

8% DIPA

splendid

This is what happens with too much craft ale

 

Who films that

What a twat

1 minute ago, Casino said:

Who films that

What a twat

Esco’s mob

I was thinking zicos mrs

2 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Ffs, c'mon.

Video's with humans shitting themselves ❌

It’s from your stag do

1 hour ago, Casino said:

Pollys new renaissance

8% DIPA

splendid

Broke my rule and had a second one..lovely

Cheap wilde child flouresent adolescent 6.2 grapefruit ipa

Pollys ddh dipa 8.1, amateur dance...fantastic

Ive had a disappointing run recently, but loved those 2 pollys

One more then bed, i think

Pollys introducing blooms, a dry hopped ipa, though i reckon its a dipa, coming in at 7.2

Sneaked in a little 6 ipa

Pollys pello and its goodnight 

18.8 units

3 hours ago, Spider said:

This is what happens with too much craft ale

 

What does his tattoo say?

The last tightwad's cheap booze guide of 2020 - first off the following are still available and as of last night (Weds) were in plentiful supply at Burnden (Home Bargains).

It being NYE tonight I'd suggest getting in there the earlier the better before stocks are pillaged.

STILL AVAILABLE...

Henry Westons British Vintage M. Dry Cider 7.3% 500ml Bottles - 99p.

Stassen Cidre Brut 7.4% 750ml Bottle - £3.49.

Old Mout Pineapple & Raspberry Cider 4% 500ml Bottles - £1.

Taproom Craft Lager 5.2% 440ml - 99p.

Birra Moretti (piss imo - but it has fans on here) 4.8% 6x330ml Cans - £5.99.

Taproom Perch Rock Pale Session Ale 4.8% 330ml Cans - 99p.

Härlig Strawberry & Lime Cider 4% 4x500ml Cans - £4.49.

Sagres Lager 5% 330ml Bottles - 69p.

Red Stripe 330ml cans - 79p.

Wychwood Hobgoblin Gold 4x500ml - £4.79.

E1 Brew Co. IPA 440ml cans - 99p
 
And for the wagonners...

Carlsberg Nordic Pilsner 0% 330ml Cans - 39p.

Becks Blue 0.0% 4×330ml Cans - £1.

AND NEW ADDITIONS (All Home Bargains).

JJ's Irish Craft Brewery Bill's Red Ale 5% 500ml Bottles - £1.

JJ's Irish Craft Brewery Abbey Stout 4.2% 500ml Bottles - £1.

Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale 4.2% 355ml Cans - 75p (Bargain!).

Taproom Hopster Session IPA 3.9% 440ml Cans - £1.25.

Feninfoel Welsh Double Dragon Ale 4.2% 4x440ml Cans - £2.99.

Manns Brown Ale 2.8% 275ml Bottles - 39p (great for making beer batter).

Jennings Cumberland Golden Beer 4% 500ml Bottles - £1.25.

Greene King IPA 3.6% 500ml Bottles - £1.39.

Greene King Reserve IPA 5.4% 500ml Bottles - £1.59.

Sadler's Peaky Blinder Lager 4.1% 330ml Cans - 99p.

Sadler's Drop Forge Premium Lager 5.3% 330ml Bottles - 99p.

Taproom Light Craft Lager 2.8% 440ml Cans - 99p.

Love Lane Lager 4.4% 330ml Bottles - £1.29.

 Love Lane Pale Ale 4.5% 330ml Bottles - £1.29.

Goose Midway Session IPA 4.1% 4x440ml Cans - £2.99.

Carlsberg Export 4.8% 4x330ml Bottles - £2.75.

Wainwright Golden Ale 4.1% 500ml Bottles - £1.39.

Sol Cerveza 4.4% 660ml Bottles - £1.49.

Efes Draft Turkish Lager 5% 500ml Bottles - £1.29.

For da kidz (so they can join in with a sugar buzz).

Lucozade Original 0.0% 380ml Bottles - 39p.

Pepsi Max or Pepsi Max Cherry 0.0% 330ml Cans 2x12 Packs (can mix & match) - £7 (29p a can).

And finally from ASDA.

They still have...

Guinness Original Stout 4.2% 12×440ml - £10.50

But also have boxes of...

McEwans Export Ale 4.5% 12×440ml - £10.

Happy hunting, happy supping and Happy New Year 😃

Get in there early to avoid disappointment.

* n.b. McAnespie Tips Ltd. takes no responsibility if any drinks turn out to be feline micturate.