Bairnardo Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, jimbaxters said: IPAs are the modern day equivalent of alcopops. Sickly pishwater. Iv complained about the sheer volume of IPA in the shops and lack of variety loads of times, but a good one is good, and is proper beer. Theres too many nonsense interpretations of them on the go though. That's for sure. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Just now, Bairnardo said: Iv complained about the sheer volume of IPA in the shops and lack of variety loads of times, but a good one is good, and is proper beer. Theres too many nonsense interpretations of them on the go though. That's for sure. TBH it was the latest offering on the WAYD thread that provoked my post. Imagine buying a beer that's based on Irn Bru. My experience of them is admittedly limited but the ones I've tried do hee haw for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Just now, jimbaxters said: TBH it was the latest offering on the WAYD thread that provoked my post. Imagine buying a beer that's based on Irn Bru. My experience of them is admittedly limited but the ones I've tried do hee haw for me. I actually thought your post and my reply were on the WAYD thread.... In the case of an Irn Bru beer, you will find me in agreement. It might taste great, but its not beer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: I actually thought your post and my reply were on the WAYD thread.... In the case of an Irn Bru beer, you will find me in agreement. It might taste great, but its not beer I thought it was more appropriate (and more cowardly) to put it on this thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 19 minutes ago, jimbaxters said: IPAs are the modern day equivalent of alcopops. Sickly pishwater. I won't surrender to them either. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 47 minutes ago, jimbaxters said: IPAs are the modern day equivalent of alcopops. Sickly pishwater. I'd take a bottle of Hooch over any Rasberry flavoured beer brewed in Devon any day of the week. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 11 hours ago, jimbaxters said: IPAs are the modern day equivalent of alcopops. Sickly pishwater. IPA's have been around for over 200 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Bert Raccoon said: I'd take a bottle of Hooch over any Rasberry flavoured beer brewed in Devon any day of the week. The worst hangover headache i ever had was after a night of "power shandy" made with equal parts hooch and stella. I was only in my teens but it felt like my brain was being sawed with a red hot rusty log saw for a whole day. I'd risk the hipster brew. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 11 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Iv complained about the sheer volume of IPA in the shops and lack of variety loads of times, but a good one is good, and is proper beer. Theres too many nonsense interpretations of them on the go though. That's for sure. Deuchar's IPA is one of the best beers around. It's way better than any craft IPA. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Deuchar's IPA is one of the best beers around. It's way better than any craft IPA.Seconded. And as I wander further across the continuum into entrenched "yer da" territory, the fact that it has a sensible name is a bonus. No "Electric Wheelchair Heaven" or "Porcupine Hedge Maze" for me, thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Most of the grapefruit and mandarin flavoured twatty "IPA" bears no resemblance at all to actual IPA does it? It's like a tube of primula spread is to cheese. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 And what's with the multi-coloured cans that feel like they're made out of cheap tinfoil? An advertiser's wet dream, imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, coprolite said: The worst hangover headache i ever had was after a night of "power shandy" made with equal parts hooch and stella. I was only in my teens but it felt like my brain was being sawed with a red hot rusty log saw for a whole day. I'd risk the hipster brew. When I was younger my drink of choice on a Saturday afternoon after a night out on a Friday followed by a Saturday shift was a pint of Miller, drink the top then top it up with a Southern Comfort and Lemonade. Few of those and you were good to go again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Bert Raccoon said: When I was younger my drink of choice on a Saturday afternoon after a night out on a Friday followed by a Saturday shift was a pint of Miller, drink the top then top it up with a Southern Comfort and Lemonade. Few of those and you were good to go again. I feel quite queasy reading that. I've known a couple of folk who drank Southern Comfort thinking it was bourbon, i guess because it looks like it should be. I can't drink any sweet liqueur at all, but the smell of cinzano makes me actually retch, due to an underage misadventure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Bert Raccoon said: I'd take a bottle of Hooch over any Rasberry flavoured beer brewed in Devon any day of the week. Used to love that purple hooch. A couple of them and some orange ones and a couple of Marlboros was the breakfast of champions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I used to drink Blastaway, ie cider and Castaway. It was lethal. I once won a case of Orange Reef in a pub quiz, I went home and drank half of it and felt pretty ill, not from the alcohol but it was so harsh and acidic that it felt like it was burning a hole through my stomach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Early 2000s alcopops were brutal when you look back. Can only imagine some of the nonsense that was in them! As a younger man me and some friends once made a drink called 'Snake Shock'. It was a quarter pint of beer and cider each topped up with a Smirnoff Ice. A shot of vodka was chucked in and it was all topped off with a shot of your Aftershock of choice. Surprisingly it tasted ok, but it was a rather savage drink. Talking of Aftershock, me and some other friends made a drink called '50-50s'. It was a basic drinking glass that was filled 50% with Aftershock (the red one, which was and remains the best one) and 50% coke. This was one of my first drinking experiences in my defence. Thankfully that time I did not have too much and was fine. On the topic of Jack Daniels, even the smell of the stuff makes me gag. This was due an over imbibing incident in 2002ish. Got absolutely buckled on the stuff, passed out in the car home, woke up, and had to get the car to pull over to copiously spew. We had been at a caravan owned by a friend's parents. Sadly I did not join the Caravan Club, but I did get naked. There was a curtain over the living room area, and after getting up for a pish, I had said pish then fully disrobed (even the socks for some reason). I covered by boab with a straw hat then threw open the curtain to reveal myself. The hat belonged to my friend's dad. I don't think he told him. Good times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Me and my cousin took "Frosty Dog" to T and Bestival which was 2 litres Frosty Jacks and 1 litre Mad Dog in a 3 litre defeater. Was fucking class. Will never drink it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, tongue_tied_danny said: I used to drink Blastaway, ie cider and Castaway. It was lethal. I once won a case of Orange Reef in a pub quiz, I went home and drank half of it and felt pretty ill, not from the alcohol but it was so harsh and acidic that it felt like it was burning a hole through my stomach. Me and my mate used to do "Reef Racing" in the pub on a Saturday, we'd see who could down a bottle of Orange Reef the quickest, pretty sure I managed it in three seconds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Deuchar's IPA is one of the best beers around. It's way better than any craft IPA. I dont drink much now but used to enjoy this. Where can you buy it in shops now? Major supermarkets don't stock it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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