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I think I'm yet to see a beer mentioned here I wouldn't rather clean my drains out with than pass my lips...

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I picked up some Pride and some Sam Adams yesterday. I didn't look at the prices as my demand is inelastic.

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May I also recommend Faxe Royal Strong, 8% at $2.20. Its great to knock off the sharp edges of an afternoon. :)

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At the current CAD to GBP exchange rate, it's cheaper to drink in central London than it is in St John's Newfoundland. So that's what I'm going to do next week.

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Are you planning on swimming there, or have you factored in the cost of a return flight into your beer oz/$ calculation? :cool:

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Hah! Inelastic demand. I like that. Describes my other half exactly.

Some of the beers I've been into lately are in the $8 to $13 region per 650ml (21oz). But, that's just the price they are, and I'm still going to drink them.

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Technically the beer in London is free to me as it, and the flight are paid for by my employer. The beer in St John's I have to pay for myself.;)

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I'm a bit wary of the 8% faxe- from the country that brought us special brew.

Holsten has two 7% bocks, maibock and festbock, and I always struggle to remember which is nice and which horrid.

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Maibock is the horrid one. :thumbdown:

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I thought it was the other one, but since I can never remember, I don't buy either one.

I quite like DAB. A quid a can isn't disastrously bad.

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There's a saying in German:

Bier nach Wein,
Alles Fein.
Wein nach Bier,
Ich rate Dir.

Beer after wine,
that'll be fine.
Wine after beer,
BAD idea.

When you start messing with 8% brews the distinction disappears.