Pints?
Feb 24th 2004, 6:22 pm
#91
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Re: Pints?
"Tim Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected] thlink.net>...
> "cider frenzy"...<LOL>
>
> Please explain that colloquialism!
>
(Traditional) Cider also has the reputation for bringing out
aggressive behaviour if you drink too much of it. Mixing it with lager
for a snakebite is therefore an explosive cocktail.
Dave
> "cider frenzy"...<LOL>
>
> Please explain that colloquialism!
>
(Traditional) Cider also has the reputation for bringing out
aggressive behaviour if you drink too much of it. Mixing it with lager
for a snakebite is therefore an explosive cocktail.
Dave
Feb 24th 2004, 7:31 pm
#92
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Re: Pints?
"Suz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > The drink that some pubs refuse to sell is 'snakebite', half cider half
> > lager. The reason I have been told is that it tends to make people throw
> > up. I don't know why but it seems to get people drunk very quickly. It
> > also precipitates a white powder which falls to the bottom of the grass.
> >
> Add blackcurrant for a "purple nasty". Tasted good on the way down, not
so
> good on the way up 10 minutes later. Aaah student days...
Sounds revolting. My student days drink recollection is the cobalt bomb -
equal parts Guinness, heavy (Scottish beer, similar to bitter) and cider. It
would probably have been better if it did come up again, but it stayed
inside and made you very drunk very quickly.
Colin Bignell
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> > The drink that some pubs refuse to sell is 'snakebite', half cider half
> > lager. The reason I have been told is that it tends to make people throw
> > up. I don't know why but it seems to get people drunk very quickly. It
> > also precipitates a white powder which falls to the bottom of the grass.
> >
> Add blackcurrant for a "purple nasty". Tasted good on the way down, not
so
> good on the way up 10 minutes later. Aaah student days...
Sounds revolting. My student days drink recollection is the cobalt bomb -
equal parts Guinness, heavy (Scottish beer, similar to bitter) and cider. It
would probably have been better if it did come up again, but it stayed
inside and made you very drunk very quickly.
Colin Bignell
Feb 24th 2004, 7:40 pm
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Re: Pints?
"James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> It is quite incontrovertible that Anheuser-Busch is actually older
> than the present Czech Budvar company. Not that beer was not made in
> Czechoslovakia but the amalgamation of the little individual
> breweries occurred *after* the American company was founded..
Well, Anheuser Busch would HAVE to be older than any "present Czech ...
company", since the concept of a company was only reintroduced with the
erturn of Czechoslovakia, as it then was, to a capitalist economy.
The dispute around the "Budweiser" name goes back to the 1937-41 period.
What rankles with the Czech company is that Czechs were, errr, otherwise
engaged at that time, and unable to give their full attention to the matter!
Alan Harrison
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> It is quite incontrovertible that Anheuser-Busch is actually older
> than the present Czech Budvar company. Not that beer was not made in
> Czechoslovakia but the amalgamation of the little individual
> breweries occurred *after* the American company was founded..
Well, Anheuser Busch would HAVE to be older than any "present Czech ...
company", since the concept of a company was only reintroduced with the
erturn of Czechoslovakia, as it then was, to a capitalist economy.
The dispute around the "Budweiser" name goes back to the 1937-41 period.
What rankles with the Czech company is that Czechs were, errr, otherwise
engaged at that time, and unable to give their full attention to the matter!
Alan Harrison
Feb 24th 2004, 8:05 pm
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Following up to James Silverton
>It is quite incontrovertible that Anheuser-Busch is actually older
>than the present Czech Budvar company. Not that beer was not made in
>Czechoslovakia but the amalgamation of the little individual
>breweries occurred *after* the American company was founded.
but has beer ever been made by the US company?
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>It is quite incontrovertible that Anheuser-Busch is actually older
>than the present Czech Budvar company. Not that beer was not made in
>Czechoslovakia but the amalgamation of the little individual
>breweries occurred *after* the American company was founded.
but has beer ever been made by the US company?
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
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Feb 24th 2004, 8:05 pm
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Following up to Douglas W. Hoyt
>Apologies. There are some great British beers. I regularly buy in Fullers
>ESB here in the U.S., and when I'm in the U.K. I'm a real ale junkie.
>But the thing generally lacking in British beers is: potency. As a result
>of taxation, British beer in general has been thinned down--less grain and
>less alcohol content--this is an historic development, so that most British
>beer tends to be "swill light". Most mass-market American beer is "swill
>light" too, but the craft beer movement has had phenomenal success in the
>U.S.--the styles and variety you can find (including wonderfully hopped
>beers) isn't matched in the U.K. It is much harder to find "big" beers in
>Britain--both in terms of potency and flavor--than it is in the U.S.
>nowadays.
How strong do you want? There is plenty of strong beer about,
sure its taxed by alcohol, but you can find a strong beer in most
pubs, not just rare craft beer outlets. Most don't want over
strong beer anyway because of drink driving and there is a long
tradition of "session beers" that you can drink all night without
falling over.
--
Mike Reid
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>Apologies. There are some great British beers. I regularly buy in Fullers
>ESB here in the U.S., and when I'm in the U.K. I'm a real ale junkie.
>But the thing generally lacking in British beers is: potency. As a result
>of taxation, British beer in general has been thinned down--less grain and
>less alcohol content--this is an historic development, so that most British
>beer tends to be "swill light". Most mass-market American beer is "swill
>light" too, but the craft beer movement has had phenomenal success in the
>U.S.--the styles and variety you can find (including wonderfully hopped
>beers) isn't matched in the U.K. It is much harder to find "big" beers in
>Britain--both in terms of potency and flavor--than it is in the U.S.
>nowadays.
How strong do you want? There is plenty of strong beer about,
sure its taxed by alcohol, but you can find a strong beer in most
pubs, not just rare craft beer outlets. Most don't want over
strong beer anyway because of drink driving and there is a long
tradition of "session beers" that you can drink all night without
falling over.
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
Walking, Wasdale, Thames path, London etc "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Spain, food and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
Feb 24th 2004, 8:05 pm
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Following up to Tim Kroesen
>But I agree: I don't mix quality with anything! How about that English
>'Three Martini' brand! Just a few Olives and NOthing else!
Three Martini brand? don't know it?
--
Mike Reid
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>But I agree: I don't mix quality with anything! How about that English
>'Three Martini' brand! Just a few Olives and NOthing else!
Three Martini brand? don't know it?
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
Walking, Wasdale, Thames path, London etc "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
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Feb 24th 2004, 8:23 pm
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:27:38 +0100, /<rist wrote:
> The Grammer Genious wrote:
>
>> Reid wrote:
>>
>>> Following up to The Grammer Genious
>>>
>>>>If you say so. Whatever "500 ml" is supposed to mean. Is that some of
>>>>that "metric" nonsense you people are so smitten with over there?
>>>
>>> you mean the measurement system the rest of the world uses?
>>
>> Yeah. Those ones. The people who *couldn't* go to the moon. Ha ha!
>
> Yep. Those people that didn't need to prove something by going to the
> moon...
>
> Anyway. Nasa uses the metric system... As does the engineering department of
> about any American company...
>
> Krist
Apart from the famous case recently..... ;-)
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be so simple that we couldn't.
> The Grammer Genious wrote:
>
>> Reid wrote:
>>
>>> Following up to The Grammer Genious
>>>
>>>>If you say so. Whatever "500 ml" is supposed to mean. Is that some of
>>>>that "metric" nonsense you people are so smitten with over there?
>>>
>>> you mean the measurement system the rest of the world uses?
>>
>> Yeah. Those ones. The people who *couldn't* go to the moon. Ha ha!
>
> Yep. Those people that didn't need to prove something by going to the
> moon...
>
> Anyway. Nasa uses the metric system... As does the engineering department of
> about any American company...
>
> Krist
Apart from the famous case recently..... ;-)
--
Tim.
If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn't.
Feb 24th 2004, 8:27 pm
#98
Re: Pints?
The Grammer Genious wrote:
> Reid wrote:
>
>> Following up to The Grammer Genious
>>
>>>If you say so. Whatever "500 ml" is supposed to mean. Is that some of
>>>that "metric" nonsense you people are so smitten with over there?
>>
>> you mean the measurement system the rest of the world uses?
>
> Yeah. Those ones. The people who *couldn't* go to the moon. Ha ha!
Yep. Those people that didn't need to prove something by going to the
moon...
Anyway. Nasa uses the metric system... As does the engineering department of
about any American company...
Krist
> Reid wrote:
>
>> Following up to The Grammer Genious
>>
>>>If you say so. Whatever "500 ml" is supposed to mean. Is that some of
>>>that "metric" nonsense you people are so smitten with over there?
>>
>> you mean the measurement system the rest of the world uses?
>
> Yeah. Those ones. The people who *couldn't* go to the moon. Ha ha!
Yep. Those people that didn't need to prove something by going to the
moon...
Anyway. Nasa uses the metric system... As does the engineering department of
about any American company...
Krist
Feb 24th 2004, 8:27 pm
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Re: Pints?
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:28:42 +0100, /<rist wrote:
> st wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:38:31 -0500, "James Silverton"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>I noticed the Irish Independent newspaper still uses the word "pints"
>>>for drinks. Can any Irish residents enlighten as to whether people
>>>still ask for a pint in a bar? And if they do, what measure do they
>>>actually get?
>>
>> You ask for a pint in any pub in Ireland, Scotland, Wales or England.
>> Australia, too
>
> And even in Belgium. But you'll get 250 ml.
>
> Krist
Thought that was a pintje ?
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be so simple that we couldn't.
> st wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:38:31 -0500, "James Silverton"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>I noticed the Irish Independent newspaper still uses the word "pints"
>>>for drinks. Can any Irish residents enlighten as to whether people
>>>still ask for a pint in a bar? And if they do, what measure do they
>>>actually get?
>>
>> You ask for a pint in any pub in Ireland, Scotland, Wales or England.
>> Australia, too
>
> And even in Belgium. But you'll get 250 ml.
>
> Krist
Thought that was a pintje ?
--
Tim.
If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn't.
Feb 24th 2004, 8:28 pm
#100
Re: Pints?
st wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:38:31 -0500, "James Silverton"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I noticed the Irish Independent newspaper still uses the word "pints"
>>for drinks. Can any Irish residents enlighten as to whether people
>>still ask for a pint in a bar? And if they do, what measure do they
>>actually get?
>
> You ask for a pint in any pub in Ireland, Scotland, Wales or England.
> Australia, too
And even in Belgium. But you'll get 250 ml.
Krist
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:38:31 -0500, "James Silverton"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I noticed the Irish Independent newspaper still uses the word "pints"
>>for drinks. Can any Irish residents enlighten as to whether people
>>still ask for a pint in a bar? And if they do, what measure do they
>>actually get?
>
> You ask for a pint in any pub in Ireland, Scotland, Wales or England.
> Australia, too
And even in Belgium. But you'll get 250 ml.
Krist
Feb 25th 2004, 6:34 am
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"Suz" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> "Charles Hawtrey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "Keith Willshaw" <[email protected]> stumbled to the
> > microphone and mumbled:
> >
> > >
> > >"James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > >news:[email protected]...
> > >> I noticed the Irish Independent newspaper still uses the word "pints"
> > >> for drinks. Can any Irish residents enlighten as to whether people
> > >> still ask for a pint in a bar?
> > >
> > >Certainly they do
> >
> > You mean the Metric Gestapo haven't found out about this one yet?
> >
> > >> And if they do, what measure do they
> > >> actually get?
> > >>
> > >
> > >A real pint , 20 fluid ozs not your wimpy US 16 oz pint
> >
> > Ah yes, the British think a pint is 20 oz, not 16. Every time I visit
> > a pub in the UK I feel bad about taking advantage of foreigners, but
> > the feeling passes after a few, erm, "pints".
> >
> OP wants to hear from Irish people not English twats. How many gills in a
> spirit measure then ye mingey English bastards?
Irish pint is the same size as a UK pint. piss the **** off ****.
> "Charles Hawtrey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "Keith Willshaw" <[email protected]> stumbled to the
> > microphone and mumbled:
> >
> > >
> > >"James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > >news:[email protected]...
> > >> I noticed the Irish Independent newspaper still uses the word "pints"
> > >> for drinks. Can any Irish residents enlighten as to whether people
> > >> still ask for a pint in a bar?
> > >
> > >Certainly they do
> >
> > You mean the Metric Gestapo haven't found out about this one yet?
> >
> > >> And if they do, what measure do they
> > >> actually get?
> > >>
> > >
> > >A real pint , 20 fluid ozs not your wimpy US 16 oz pint
> >
> > Ah yes, the British think a pint is 20 oz, not 16. Every time I visit
> > a pub in the UK I feel bad about taking advantage of foreigners, but
> > the feeling passes after a few, erm, "pints".
> >
> OP wants to hear from Irish people not English twats. How many gills in a
> spirit measure then ye mingey English bastards?
Irish pint is the same size as a UK pint. piss the **** off ****.
Feb 25th 2004, 6:35 am
#102
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Re: Pints?
And we all know which is superior and which inferior
"Alan Harrison" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> "JohnT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > Budweiser is the antithesis of
> > best.
> Depends what you mean by "Budweiser". There's a David and Goliath struggle
> going on between Anheuser-Busch (as Goliath!) and the brewery named after
> the town called Budweis in German and Ceske Budejovice in Czech. In Britain,
> both companies can use the "Budweiser" name. You should be able to find out
> more (From the Czech point of view) at http://www.budvar.cz
> Alan Harrison
"Alan Harrison" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> "JohnT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > Budweiser is the antithesis of
> > best.
> Depends what you mean by "Budweiser". There's a David and Goliath struggle
> going on between Anheuser-Busch (as Goliath!) and the brewery named after
> the town called Budweis in German and Ceske Budejovice in Czech. In Britain,
> both companies can use the "Budweiser" name. You should be able to find out
> more (From the Czech point of view) at http://www.budvar.cz
> Alan Harrison
Feb 25th 2004, 1:12 pm
#103
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Tell that to all your kin livin well here... Of the nearly several
hundred thousand Irish in the Cleveland area over Two-Thirds have ties
to Achille... Most drink beverages with ice (might be an American
thing), many women take Ice in their beer too. Most of the Cleveland
Irish even have respectable manners...
Now cuss me out good ya' guttural wench; I dig it! The Irish girls are
too refined around here. I'm sure you never saw a lace curtain in yer
life...<g>
Tim K
"Suz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Tim Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:%[email protected]...
> > Funny you should mention that; Cleveland is Achille Island West and
I
> > note a number of people drinking beer with Ice regularly; mostly
Irish
> > ladies...
> >
> Cleveland is the total arsehole of nowhere and Irish people wouldn't
go
> their while there are still more attractive sectarian war torn parts
of
> Ireland left.
> Irish woman are the same as women all over - do NOT take ice in their
beer
> and most drink spirits/ wine/ alcopops anyway.
hundred thousand Irish in the Cleveland area over Two-Thirds have ties
to Achille... Most drink beverages with ice (might be an American
thing), many women take Ice in their beer too. Most of the Cleveland
Irish even have respectable manners...
Now cuss me out good ya' guttural wench; I dig it! The Irish girls are
too refined around here. I'm sure you never saw a lace curtain in yer
life...<g>
Tim K
"Suz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Tim Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:%[email protected]...
> > Funny you should mention that; Cleveland is Achille Island West and
I
> > note a number of people drinking beer with Ice regularly; mostly
Irish
> > ladies...
> >
> Cleveland is the total arsehole of nowhere and Irish people wouldn't
go
> their while there are still more attractive sectarian war torn parts
of
> Ireland left.
> Irish woman are the same as women all over - do NOT take ice in their
beer
> and most drink spirits/ wine/ alcopops anyway.
Feb 25th 2004, 1:17 pm
#104
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Re: Pints?
Won a bunch of 'taste tests' over the last few years; I tried and I
liked! Much better than Stoly Water and a Third less than Absolut,
Finlandia, Sky, Etc...
Luksusowa Polish potato wodka is also a winner!
Tim K
"Reid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Following up to Tim Kroesen
> >But I agree: I don't mix quality with anything! How about that
English
> >'Three Martini' brand! Just a few Olives and NOthing else!
> Three Martini brand? don't know it?
> --
> Mike Reid
> "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
> Walking, Wasdale, Thames path, London etc "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk"
<-- you can email us@ this site
> Spain, food and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@
all, it's a spamtrap
liked! Much better than Stoly Water and a Third less than Absolut,
Finlandia, Sky, Etc...
Luksusowa Polish potato wodka is also a winner!
Tim K
"Reid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Following up to Tim Kroesen
> >But I agree: I don't mix quality with anything! How about that
English
> >'Three Martini' brand! Just a few Olives and NOthing else!
> Three Martini brand? don't know it?
> --
> Mike Reid
> "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
> Walking, Wasdale, Thames path, London etc "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk"
<-- you can email us@ this site
> Spain, food and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@
all, it's a spamtrap
Feb 25th 2004, 1:22 pm
#105
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Re: Pints?
Good buzz x Stomach and Intestinal distress = Nasty behavior
But if I can drink Malt Duck and Hop-n-Gator I can handle a Scrumphy of
Two...<g> I'll definitely be asking so I'll at least know why I'm eyed
with suspicion.
Tim K
"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Tim Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected] thlink.net>...
> > "cider frenzy"...<LOL>
> >
> > Please explain that colloquialism!
> >
> (Traditional) Cider also has the reputation for bringing out
> aggressive behaviour if you drink too much of it. Mixing it with lager
> for a snakebite is therefore an explosive cocktail.
> Dave
But if I can drink Malt Duck and Hop-n-Gator I can handle a Scrumphy of
Two...<g> I'll definitely be asking so I'll at least know why I'm eyed
with suspicion.
Tim K
"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Tim Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected] thlink.net>...
> > "cider frenzy"...<LOL>
> >
> > Please explain that colloquialism!
> >
> (Traditional) Cider also has the reputation for bringing out
> aggressive behaviour if you drink too much of it. Mixing it with lager
> for a snakebite is therefore an explosive cocktail.
> Dave
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