Greetings from the frozen North

[fairline]

Re: After Action Report, Vacation '05

Originally posted by jim panse
Oh, and sorry Britts, about this next statement: English beer/ale sucks. This is, however, only my continental European arrogance. If you do want to get by in England you'd best stick to Carlsberg and/or Stella Artois (these two brands proved to be the last security lines )

Another sadly misguided lager-drinker

Which English beer/ale did you try?

[curtsibling]

Hope you enjoyed your vacation, Jim!!!

Funnily enough, I too ended up with blisted feet the last time I was in London!

So much to see and so many awesome shops!

HMV in Oxford Street rules!!!
As does the Oxford Street Pizza Hut,
with some very pretty serving girls!

[techumseh]

I have to side with my artistic friend, here. While Germanic yellow lagers are fine fare, they all pretty much taste the same, don't they? English ales, on the other hand, have a wide variety of wonderful colors and tastes. My favorite is Double Diamond.

[jim panse]

Sure as hell English ales do taste different - I for one will keep the faith to the middle European lagers. Also, English ales do not seem to feature too much carbonic acid ...

Anyway, you are right about these things, Curt. So much to see, so little time ...

[Boco]

Give him a Bud and send the good stuff to me!

[fairline]

Originally posted by techumseh
.... My favorite is Double Diamond.

They still make that stuff for Canada?? Double Diamond went out of production here about 20 years ago along with Watneys Red Barrel and several other homogenised keg bitters. I hope the stuff you get in Canada ain't the same as the DD they used to sell here in the 70's.....

BTW, the only English beer I came across in Canada was Boddingtons. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough?

@Steph: I'll send you a pint of Fuller's London Pride and you'll realise the error of your ways. Carlsberg, really!

@Boco:

[fairline]

Originally posted by curtsibling
Welcome back!!!



PS
In Scotland, cheap beer can be baught for 50 pence a can!
It's why we have so many down and out alchoholics!!!

I always enjoy Buckfast when visiting Scotland C.

[curtsibling]

Originally posted by fairline


I always enjoy Buckfast when visiting Scotland C.

Aha!

Scoatland's 'udder national drink' apart from Irn Bru...(vile stuff!)

Many a burberry cap-wearing young Scots gentlemen enjoys the sublime
taste of 'buckie', whilst engaging in ASBO-gaining nocturnal behaviour!

[jim panse]

@ Boco: I almost would have taken this as an insult. Yankees do not brew beer, they make soft drinks

@ Gareth: Maybe it is I am not really used to English ales, I think I will keep trying

[Broken_Erika]

I read somewhere that american beer was made to wash down whisky with, beacause there whiskey tasted so horrible that they needed somthing to wash it down with

[Boco]

The rule of thumb with American beer is: a beer's taste is inversely proportional to its advertising budget. I'll 'fess up to liking Harpoon, Sam Adams, Pete's Wicked, and Anchor Steam. Fairline, I gotta dig up that email where you described US beer as something like pasteurized piss. That's still got me ROTFL.

Long ago I went to a Tuborg brewery. Don't remember much other than the export version was much worse than the domestic fare.

I gotta say, UK is worth visiting for the brew alone. They need it with their culinary reputation.

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From Wikipedia
Within the above areas (Greater Glasgow), Buckfast is alleged to be the drink of choice for drinkers who are prone to committing anti-social behaviour when drunk, especially underage drinkers. Its high strength (15% alcohol by volume/14.8% in Southern Ireland) combined with its low price and sweetness mean that many find Buckfast to be the ideal means by which to become drunk as quickly and cheaply as possible.

@ CS (sublime taste of 'buckie') and Fairline

[our_man]

Originally posted by curtsibling


Aha!

Scoatland's 'udder national drink' apart from Irn Bru...(vile stuff!)

Many a burberry cap-wearing young Scots gentlemen enjoys the sublime
taste of 'buckie', whilst engaging in ASBO-gaining nocturnal behaviour!

Apologies about the continuing OT nature, but I just had to comment on this. Curt, I can't believe I've finally met a Scot that doesn't like Irn Bru! It's disgusting; I can't for the life of me understand how so much of the population drink it!

(Incidentally, Irn Bru plays no small part in Glaswegians having the worst dental records in Europe)!

[fairline]

I'm with you there boys

What the hell do they put in it (apart from girders)? It's the same colour as fluorescent orange paint for chrissakes

Originally posted by Boco
The rule of thumb with American beer is: a beer's taste is inversely proportional to its advertising budget. I'll 'fess up to liking Harpoon, Sam Adams, Pete's Wicked, and Anchor Steam. Fairline, I gotta dig up that email where you described US beer as something like pasteurized piss. That's still got me ROTFL.

Long ago I went to a Tuborg brewery. Don't remember much other than the export version was much worse than the domestic fare.

I gotta say, UK is worth visiting for the brew alone. They need it with their culinary reputation.

Do you mean you don't like brains on toast or pig's blood black pudding? What's the matter with you Boco? I'd probably better not mention ******s and peas 'cos that'll lead to all sorts of trans-Atlantic innuendo....

I tried Sam Adams in Chicago and liked it BTW

[techumseh]

What is Irn Bru? Is it better than Double Diamond?

[Boco]

Judging from the name and the color, I'd guess it has Ferric ions in it. Taste like rust?

Since we're on about bonny Scoatland, fairline, don't forget Haggis in your list of delicacies. ******s, I don't remember. I thought Fags were smoked not eaten.

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I got curious and checked Irn Bru in Wikipedia. Tech, lucky you, it seems to be licensed in a decaffeinated form in Canada. Seems that orange isn't all rust — it's not legal in US, Norway, and Finland on account of its dyes.

Surely, this should be a WoW in some scenario!


Seems Scotlands influence in Russia didn't end with Barclay de Tolly!


I googled black pudding -- it's foul!

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