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

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by deane koontz

On 28/03/2021 at 22:06, Casino said:

Had my final rivi blood machines last night

Perfect for me

Needs a rebrew

Less happy with the blackedge neipa...ok drink but never a neipa for my taste anyway

I've got one Blood Machines left. I love it but can't bring myself to drink the last one 

Its only been 1 or 2 pollys beers that have come close to it

 

Was the Blood Machine a limited edition?

The Mallow Laser Quest is actually ok when it's been chilled properly.

3 minutes ago, ErnestTurnip said:

Was the Blood Machine a limited edition?

The Mallow Laser Quest is actually ok when it's been chilled properly.

Mallow is a refreshing drop. The pineapple is nice. 

Blood Machines is an elite beer. A rebrew would be very much welcome here. 

picked up a thirty six pint pin fro the brewery this afternoon along with hand pump for an Easter weekend sup
its racked up now and i will tap it in the morning
Leprechaun stout

21 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

What’s the date on the can?

19 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Definitely one for @Youri McAnespie

I could murder an actual pub pint and a bag of Salt and Vinegar Seabrooks...

Not going though - not until all the New Year's Eve type wankers have remembered they stopped regularly frequenting pubs in their twenties.

1 hour ago, boltondiver said:

What’s the date on the can?

To be fair they genuinely did a ham flavoured porter last year 😂

I'm glad the weathers shite again, my afternoon garden tin was becoming a regular feature...

I run about 10-12km twice a week.

Just a can a day every day pretty much undoes that effort.

(Based on a 10k run about 1200kcal, can of ale about 350kcal).

1 minute ago, Youri McAnespie said:

I'm glad the weathers shite again, my afternoon garden tin was becoming a regular feature...

I run about 10-12km twice a week.

Just a can a day every day pretty much undoes that effort.

(Based on a 10k run about 1200kcal, can of ale about 350kcal).

Isotonic

In my teens and twenties I'd regularly sup six or seven pints in The Olde Three Crowns on a Friday afternoon session then go straight to swim about a hundred lengths at the training pool at The Water Place...

Those days are gone.

By rights the pubs being shut and no matches to attend should've seen us in peak condition, but the gyms are also shut and the offy has been open.

That said since Christmas week I've probably drank less, other than when totally t-total, than I have in years...

First lockdown to Christmas, not so...Spent thousands - and mainly on normal stuff; Guinness, Mcewan's Export, Holsten Pils (corner shop)...

Any corner-shoppers who drink bog-standard premium lager, Lynx Pilsner isn't that bad and is producer pricemarked usually.

I went to buy a single big Heineken yesterday at a corner-shop.

The type that are usually in the 3 for £5 offer at the supermarket.

£2.99.

Two fucking ninety nine. Almost double the supermarket price.

Fuck that, I bought a pack of the producer pricemarked Lynx 4x500ml for £4.49.

I hope you crafty saps are happy.

As soon as the industry get wind of daft prices being paid all prices rise accordingly, like the tides.

 

10 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said:

In my teens and twenties I'd regularly sup six or seven pints in The Olde Three Crowns on a Friday afternoon session then go straight to swim about a hundred lengths at the training pool at The Water Place...

Those days are gone.

By rights the pubs being shut and no matches to attend should've seen us in peak condition, but the gyms are also shut and the offy has been open.

That said since Christmas week I've probably drank less, other than when totally t-total, than I have in years...

First lockdown to Christmas, not so...Spent thousands - and mainly on normal stuff; Guinness, Mcewan's Export, Holsten Pils (corner shop)...

Any corner-shoppers who drink bog-standard premium lager, Lynx Pilsner isn't that bad and is producer pricemarked usually.

I went to buy a single big Heineken yesterday at a corner-shop.

The type that are usually in the 3 for £5 offer at the supermarket.

£2.99.

Two fucking ninety nine. Almost double the supermarket price.

Fuck that, I bought a pack of the producer pricemarked Lynx 4x500ml for £4.49.

I hope you crafty saps are happy.

As soon as the industry get wind of daft prices being paid all prices rise accordingly, like the tides.

 

Holsten Pils

There’s a blast from the past.

1 minute ago, boltondiver said:

Holsten Pils

There’s a blast from the past.

It's pretty much the same (piss but acceptable piss) - it has a distinct taste so they haven't tampered with it too much, think they've shaved about 0.4% or so off the strength.

And it's usually pricemarked. 😀

29 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said:

In my teens and twenties I'd regularly sup six or seven pints in The Olde Three Crowns on a Friday afternoon session then go straight to swim about a hundred lengths at the training pool at The Water Place...

Those days are gone.

By rights the pubs being shut and no matches to attend should've seen us in peak condition, but the gyms are also shut and the offy has been open.

That said since Christmas week I've probably drank less, other than when totally t-total, than I have in years...

First lockdown to Christmas, not so...Spent thousands - and mainly on normal stuff; Guinness, Mcewan's Export, Holsten Pils (corner shop)...

Any corner-shoppers who drink bog-standard premium lager, Lynx Pilsner isn't that bad and is producer pricemarked usually.

I went to buy a single big Heineken yesterday at a corner-shop.

The type that are usually in the 3 for £5 offer at the supermarket.

£2.99.

Two fucking ninety nine. Almost double the supermarket price.

Fuck that, I bought a pack of the producer pricemarked Lynx 4x500ml for £4.49.

I hope you crafty saps are happy.

As soon as the industry get wind of daft prices being paid all prices rise accordingly, like the tides.

 

You went in to buy ONE tin of ale?

In the beforetimes I still saw Holsten Pils occasionally when I played pool in the Deane and Daubhill League, usually my go-to drink if they haven't got ale, Guinness or Newcy Broon. Not a bad tipple at all.

1 minute ago, Spider said:

You went in to buy ONE tin of ale?

No, I went in to collect a parcel..

The BOTTLE (660ml as well) of Heineken was an afterthought.

It was nice out and I had no ale in.

Why would I buy owt more than one or two from a corner-shop? Cost outweighs convenience at most and the choice is shite too.

Half of them are too fucking cheap to keep the fridges at a decent temperature - so their stuff being ready chilled is also a non-starter.

I mentioned spending thousands on normal stuff last year, most was got from the corner...

Madness.

Add at least a third on, double in some cases.

Only my lazy self to blame though.

Never again.

6 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

In the beforetimes I still saw Holsten Pils occasionally when I played pool in the Deane and Daubhill League, usually my go-to drink if they haven't got ale, Guinness or Newcy Broon. Not a bad tipple at all.

They're another two that haven't changed much.

Supping them takes one back to simpler times.

1 minute ago, Youri McAnespie said:

They're another two that haven't changed much.

Supping them takes one back to simpler times.

I've just remembered that I bought a single tin of Breaker not so long ago as a trip down memory lane. So I should stop being a cunt.

Saw sommat about monks on BBC Four last night...

It was quite interesting.

One of their earners was making ale.

Mount of St. Bernard's Abbey and I think Tynt Meadow was the ale.

The name was decided by some poncy marketing firm the brothers hired.

Nevertheless I think it's about £3.59 a bottle and 7.5%.

8 minutes ago, Spider said:

I've just remembered that I bought a single tin of Breaker not so long ago as a trip down memory lane. So I should stop being a cunt.

Nah, why change now?

😀

Like I say, normally the corner is just a stop-gap measure, apart from last year through sheer laziness all my ale came from there, my credit card statements from that period did not make pleasant reading.

I did actually try to buy a single Lynx and that was £1.50, unluckily for the shopkeep I'd spotted the pricemarked four packs for £4.49 so the swap was made.

The other three are in a kitchen cupboard, they'll do for future emergencies.

Edited April 1, 20215 yr by Youri McAnespie

That's the Trappist ale isn't it. 

The name isn't bad at all, just named after the plot of land the abbey was built on, but why they bothered to employ a poncy marketing firm I don't know

I've given this more thought.

I think buying small amounts from random shops invokes deep emotions.

When we were kids out on street/wasteground/fairground etc. piss-ups I used to like showing off during our wanderings by popping into random corner-shops for another single or perhaps a pack to share - each time getting a buzz from the under-age service and that there was yet another shop where I'd be served on the list.

My contemporaries couldn't get served anywhere.

It was quite lucrative - the Friday booze run, even though my commission was relatively modest.

Edited April 1, 20215 yr by Youri McAnespie