So what could it be?
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So what could it be?
Well, I obviously chose the Beer option! But it is really Murphy's which isn't quite beer.
BEER !!!!
In Portugal the best one is "Super Bock"
Beer !!! hummmmm
We sell a lot of Super Bock here in Luxembourg, and also Heineken. But that is because we have a LOT of Portuguese living here. The beer is indeed great, as is Sagres.
I'm very keen on Sol, and San Miguel. Bit different to the bigger names over here, but not so different as to be hard to get or radically different and odd to my admittedly uneducated palate.
If I have to drink a beer I tend to go for San Miguel. I usually have a few of those with a BBQ.
Our beer from Luxembourg is also ace, best one is Bofferding.
My girlfriend sometimes tries the Local Ales in some of the local pubs, and I usually have a taste, but I've not yet found one I could drink a whole glass of. Normally local real Ales tend to have too much fragrance, with a flowery flavour. I think she just makes me order them so I have to ask for something with a strange name such as "old speckled hen", "Waggledance", "Old Cocky", or "Fiddlers Elbow".
Some of the local Ciders are very nice though.
As someone who doesn't drink anymore, i exercise my right not to vote.
However, back in the day, my choice would have been Guinness, Murphy's or Beamish... With Beamish being my preferred drink.
Has to be Budwieser for me - I know, I'm bad...
And "Tagus" is also great!Quote:
Originally Posted by Demon Cleaner
When i was in Nottingham, i drinked a lot of Guinness, i love that cream beer !! :D
Yes, Luxembourg has a lot of Portuguese people, one day i'll visit your city!:yesyes:
To be honest, beer ain't my favourite drink. When I'm thirsty, or just want something to drink over a chat, I'd rather have a cocktail, or even just lemon ice tea. It's not like I'll refuse beer, but I wouldn't sit in the pub downing two dozen glasses a night, that's for sure.
I sometimes have Tagus when getting a roast chicken from the Portuguese country grill (frango no churrasco), and it's indeed also a good beer. I always hated beer like Guiness, Murphy's, Kilkenny, Boddington's... and sorry guys, I tend to dislike everything that comes from the UK.Quote:
And "Tagus" is also great!
With Stout and Bitter, you either like them or hate them.
I sometimes like Boddington's. Similar texture to Guinness, but much lighter as it's a bitter.
He he he, you are almost Portuguese !! he he he,Quote:
Originally Posted by Demon Cleaner
did the try Portuguese Codfish ? very typical, there are more them 500 recepies with Codfish.
Yep, I like the Bacalhau dishes. I also like things like Dobrada, Orelhas or Muelhas, hm, not for everybody, but i just love it.
Beer isn't my favourite drink, but my favourite beer is a New Zealand beer, Speight's Gold Ale. Man that stuff is smooth. No bitterness, the best beer.
Beer isn't my fave either i like lager stella/holsten are my faves but also like carlsberg export & even castlemaine 4x. I've tried guiness too filling it's like a meal in a glass and an aquired taste. I've also tried caffrey's that was nice and less gassey than lager after a few pints!
Where's the spirits poll ;)
Hartington bitter or Hartington IPA are superb tipples if you get somewhere where they are served correctly. They are real quaffing Ales.
Beer is disgusting in any form.
As far as beer is concerned, I prefer Lager - I usually have Stella or Carling. But I have to be in the mood for beer, I'm more of a top shelf man (spirits !!!) in which case, I love a good black russian (Tia Maria, Vodka and Coke) or a nice whiskey, usually a blended whiskey, like Bells or Famous Grouse, but I've been known to drink malt occasionally!
Don't like beer either - don't mind a bit of (or indeed a lot of) vodka though.
non alcoholic: earl grey tea
alcoholic: red wine
Who has said "Jean-Luc Picard"? :p
Vodka = substance from the gods!Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey
I like beer. Don't drink too much of it though. I generally prefer coca cola or orange juice or coffee. It's nice to have beer with dinner though sometimes.
How to people get drunk on beer and/or lager? I reckon you would have to have a lot of it in order to get drunk. Often if I have more than 1.5 pints I start to feel sick from the amount of liquid and gas especially if I had alot to eat (as well needing to go to the toilet quite a lot). The only one I can drink more of is my Dad's homebrew which doesn't have much carbon dioxide at all.
Alcohol - the main component in the 'Theory of Devolution'
Alcohol - The cause of and the solution to all of lifes problems - Homer J Simpson.
:puke: - Buleste on too much vodka.
I've got a new favourite beer now. It's a Norwegian one called (roughly translated) "Polarbear Beer" (Isbjørn Øl). It may sound a bit strange in English, I know that. ;)
Anyway, it's rich in flavour and a bit stronger than many labels I've tried. It's also made by the worlds most Northern brewery, located in Northern Norway.
If you can get hold of it from a specialist store, it's well worth trying out. :)
It's Southern Comfort and Lemonade for me, that or JD and Coke, I'm easy:blink:
Poloarbear Beer isn't that strange a nameother than the fact there aren't many polar bears in Norway. Britain has wonderfull names for it's beers like Wobbly Bob, Sneck Lifter, Pandamonium (i'd translate them into Norwegian but i can't).Quote:
Originally Posted by P G
Is it Norway or Sweden that has the highest rates of Alcoholism and Suicides in Europe?
Well, yeah, of course you would. But it does depend on each person as to how much they can drink before becoming drunk. Some can get drunk on 3 pints, others take much more before even feeling the effects.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen Coates
When a student I used to be able to drink around 15 pints easily and still walk home without a problem. I expect these days I wouldn't manage more than 5 before feeling the effects!
Anything from a tap is gassy as it has CO2 added to it. Anything on a hand pump has only the gas that is created in the fermentation process. Find a good pub in the Good Beer Guide and try some Real Ales. They are much less gassy and have far less chemicles added to them so they are less likely to sned you loopy. If you don't like real ales, try real ciders like Old Rosy or Westons(By real i mean none of these that comes in a bottle and you need to add ice to). They'll blow your head off but they are a lot less sweet and sickly than mass produced ciders.
I agree about the cider. I do like bottles fizzy ciders like Magners, but I also sometimes like a nice pint of local cider from the tap. Normally that isn't fizzy at all and not as sweet as bottled cider and you might like it more.
What is the average % of alchool in beer in UK?Quote:
Originally Posted by HarrisonWell, yeah, of course you would. But it does depend on each person as to how much they can drink before becoming drunk. Some can get drunk on 3 pints, others take much more before even feeling the effects.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen Coates
When a student I used to be able to drink around 15 pints easily and still walk home without a problem. I expect these days I wouldn't manage more than 5 before feeling the effects!
Here in Portugal it goes from 5,3% to 5,6% not to strong, and not to week.
When i was in UK in 1995 i try a lot of beers and i remember that most of them were less alchool. Here in Portugal we see a lot of tourists from UK that drink the same amont of beer they drink in UK, and they go easly :BlurryDrunk:
With 2 pins of half a letter 2x500ml i was easly fine, here with the same amont i start to smile...
Buleste wrote:
Neither Sweden or Norway suffers from high rates of alcoholism and suicides. I've read that Finland has a substantial problem with these things though, so maybe that's the country you were thinking of?Quote:
Is it Norway or Sweden that has the highest rates of Alcoholism and Suicides in Europe?
It all depends what you are drinking, but in general it is lower than that. Most lagers and beers are around 4% in the UK I think. Real Ales and local Cider can be much higher. The Cider's sold at my local pubs is around 7.8%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiago
You're right it's the Finns. Probably why the drivers are so fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by P G
Not so true these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarrisonIt all depends what you are drinking, but in general it is lower than that. Most lagers and beers are around 4% in the UK I think. Real Ales and local Cider can be much higher. The Cider's sold at my local pubs is around 7.8%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiago
Most bottled lagers in pubs tend to be 5%.
A lot of the draft lagers are now also 5%
More pubs are stocking Belgium beers these days which are stronger.
Common ones are Leffe Blonde and Duvel, 6.6% and 8.5%
Why isn't Vimto in the list of options?
Or Dandelion and Burdock for that matter!
Sorry to bring up another old topic but if you like your ciders harrison you have to try and get hold of some Cornish Rattler. The best drink in the world EVER.
In some pubs\hotels in cornwall you get free 'ratller challenge' t-shirts\jumpers if you manage 10 pints in a evening -- its dangerous!! :D
In Denmark most people prefer Tuborg of Carlsberg.
Mostly I drink canned beer from Germany :lol:
Anybody praised the virtues of Fosters? XXXX? Hoffmeister (follow the bear!)? Didn't think so.
Unless it's baking hot and sunny, I'd never go for lager. Give me real ale every time. I even like the really farty, rank-smelling ones. But the lighter ones, halfway between lager and ale, are great too, especially Summer Lightning. Sharpe's Doombar, Black Sheep, Badger, Surrey Hills... There are so many good beers out there. And then there's the trappist beers!
I love trappist beers, but there are only so few. I love the Rochefort 10 and the Westmalle Triple Triple.
Been Drinking quite a bit of Summer Lightning and Black Sheep recently. Good but still not as good as the Whim range of beers IMHO. Never been able to get into trappist beers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortona
Trappist beers are almost as powerful as wine, you have to be careful with that stuff.
And Trappist beers are best enjoyed sitting outside a bar in Bruges in the freezing cold!