invergowrie arab Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 17 minutes ago, Zen Archer said: Yes, the picture could be in focus, mind you, you can probably see it perfectly. Got one of those new cameras that take it as you see it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 In Slouch in Glasgow catching up with a few ex colleagues. Lovely pint of T just poured. Welcome home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Estrella and Innis & Gunn are probably the tip top of what you can expect to get in most decent pubs around here but if I'm out with the lads and don't want to come across as a flash c**t I'll order a T and enjoy the comfort it brings. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 It may have been mentioned previously but there was a time when all we could get in Scotland was Tennents or McEwans, then in the early seventies I remember the Co-op stocking bottled Belhaven, now the shelves are stacked with a vast array of beer choice. When I was in Ben Line in the late sixties onwards the company stocked the ships bar with Tennents only on draught and then on arrival in Singapore we changed out to Tiger for the far east leg and then homeward. The Japanese beer Kirin was founded by a Fraserburgh man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Just bought(yes) my Christmas supplies. 80 cans of T. Hopefully be enough! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, supermik said: Just bought(yes) my Christmas supplies. 80 cans of T. Hopefully be enough! There's nothing like variety. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Out in town celebrating my birthday with the other half and it’s tennent’s all the way. Disappointingly Katie’s bar doesn’t have it on draught so didn’t hang around there long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 5 in Slouch went down very well. Brief pit stop to drop the case off at my old dears and popped round to see the faither. Now in my local with a freshly poured pint of vitamin T. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heedthebaa Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 60 cans of T now in house, bottles of Stella, San Miguel and Peroni also as I know a few fannies that might turn up. Beer drinkers can gtf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Pal just back from Kuala Lumpur last night. Bought him his first T since his return today. He genuinely loved it. Tasted like being home apparently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 8 hours ago, heedthebaa said: 60 cans of T now in house, bottles of Stella, San Miguel and Peroni also as I know a few fannies that might turn up. Beer drinkers can gtf Spoilt for choice...of very similar lagers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Was in Citizen last night and had two pints of Tank Tennents, or whatever it’s called. Very nice on the palate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Had 7 or 8 in my local last night, on top of the 5 in town. Was having a discussion with some friends about T. Normally I struggle after 5 or 6 pints of lager and have to switch into spirits, simply due to the volume of liquid involved, but normally when home I find it incredibly easy to still drink vast quantities of T. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing but as we are on this thread it is yet more evidence of the positive qualities of Tennents Lager. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heedthebaa Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Spoilt for choice...of very similar lagers. Your taste buds are fucked 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 16 hours ago, SandyCromarty said: It may have been mentioned previously but there was a time when all we could get in Scotland was Tennents or McEwans, then in the early seventies I remember the Co-op stocking bottled Belhaven, now the shelves are stacked with a vast array of beer choice. When I was in Ben Line in the late sixties onwards the company stocked the ships bar with Tennents only on draught and then on arrival in Singapore we changed out to Tiger for the far east leg and then homeward. The Japanese beer Kirin was founded by a Fraserburgh man. A Norwegian founded Kirin according to my Norwegian neighbour who's from the same city in Norway? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Haud the bus. We are all in agreement that is T is the best mainstream tap lager. Folk drinking tins of it in the house is a whole other business. In fact drinking tins of lager is only ever for trains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 42 minutes ago, hk blues said: A Norwegian founded Kirin according to my Norwegian neighbour who's from the same city in Norway? Your neighbour is wrong, below an extract from Thomas Glover's life. Glover was a key figure in the industrialisation of Japan, helping to found the shipbuilding company which was later to become the Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan. Negotiating the sale of William Copeland's Spring Valley Brewery in Yokohama, Glover also helped establish the Japan Brewery Company, which later became the major Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd. An urban myth has it that the moustache of the mythical creature featured on Kirin beer labels is in fact a tribute to Glover (who sported a similar moustache) Glover went to Japan, which at the time was a very closed and secretive country, as a representative of Singapore based Jardine Mathieson, (Scottish), nobody could crack Japan for business but the local Shogun took a liking to young Glover and gave him the go ahead to establish trading. So as you can see the Brocher was instrumental in founding Mitsubishi and Kirin beer. Another fact is that he help establish the Japanese Navy, at that time Japan had only small fishing boats so he invited the shipbuilders Hall's of Aberdeen to come out to Nagasaki to build a shipyard and demonstrate to the Japanese how to build larger sea going vessels, the forerunner of Mitsubishi's larger shipyard in Nagasaki, he also sent young Japanese noblemen back to the UK to train with the Royal Navy and study marine warfare, these young men then returned to Japan and founded the Navy which went on to utterly destroy the Russian fleet in 1905 and of course their sons were involved in Pearl Harbour. I've been at his Nagasaki house a couple of times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Just now, SandyCromarty said: Your neighbour is wrong, below an extract from Thomas Glover's life. Glover was a key figure in the industrialisation of Japan, helping to found the shipbuilding company which was later to become the Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan. Negotiating the sale of William Copeland's Spring Valley Brewery in Yokohama, Glover also helped establish the Japan Brewery Company, which later became the major Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd. An urban myth has it that the moustache of the mythical creature featured on Kirin beer labels is in fact a tribute to Glover (who sported a similar moustache) Glover went to Japan, which at the time was a very closed and secretive country, as a representative of Singapore based Jardine Mathieson, (Scottish), nobody could crack Japan for business but the local Shogun took a liking to young Glover and gave him the go ahead to establish trading. So as you can see the Brocher was instrumental in founding Mitsubishi and Kirin beer. Another fact is that he help establish the Japanese Navy, at that time Japan had only small fishing boats so he invited the shipbuilders Hall's of Aberdeen to come out to Nagasaki to build a shipyard and demonstrate to the Japanese how to build larger sea going vessels, the forerunner of Mitsubishi's larger shipyard in Nagasaki, he also sent young Japanese noblemen back to the UK to train with the Royal Navy and study marine warfare, these young men then returned to Japan and founded the Navy which went on to utterly destroy the Russian fleet in 1905 and of course their sons were involved in Pearl Harbour. I've been at his Nagasaki house a couple of times. William Copeland was the Norwegian my neighbour mentioned. Wiki suggests Spring Valley Brewery was the actual origin of Kirin but it has been known to be wrong! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Was in Citizen last night and had two pints of Tank Tennents, or whatever it’s called. Very nice on the palate. The hotel or the bar? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 The hotel or the bar? The bar on St Vincent St. was absolutely rammed, unsurprisingly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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