Is it expensive?

[Buckman]

Never been able to drink warm beer so ales and beer have been off my list for years. Now a lager lout!

 

[otherclive]

Never been able to drink warm beer so ales and beer have been off my list for years. Now a lager lout!

Be alright today, nothing in the pub garden alfresco lunch will be warm. Guests included.

 

[Dustydog]

£5.60 for a pint of Coke left a nasty taste 🤬🤬🤬

 

[otherclive]

£5.60 for a pint of Coke left a nasty taste 🤬🤬🤬

That’s expensive by any gauge as there’s no duty on it. I recall years ago when we lived in Cardiff after an international we went into one of the town Center pubs and my wife’s coke then was considerably more expensive than my pint of Brains. They fleece those who don’t drink alcohol, just look at a pint of squash.

 

[Thingy]

just look at a pint of squash.

Why?

 

[Dustydog]

It’s not even the genuine article. Water mixed with concentrate and CO2

 

[RogerL]

It’s not even the genuine article. Water mixed with concentrate and CO2

How do you think the "genuine article" is made?

 

[otherclive]

Why?

It will make you appreciate the real beer even more, both in aesthetics and satisfaction 😂

 

[otherclive]

It’s not even the genuine article. Water mixed with concentrate and CO2

Nothing as generous as CO2 just water and squash, or should I say “ cordial”

 

[Thingy]

It will make you appreciate the real beer even more, both in aesthetics and satisfaction 😂

Not true. One I have never needed any artificial assistance to appreciate a real ale, and two, the best way to appreciate it more is to have another one.

 

[Beachball]

Never been able to drink warm beer so ales and beer have been off my list for years. Now a lager lout!

I am in agreement with you I love occasionally half pint of Lager .

 

[Beachball]

Just as an update our 16 year old granddaughter received her contract to work as a waitress at a upmarket hotel and the hourly rate for weekends lunch and dinner is £4.20 per hour. Which is just about the statutory minimum. No wonder the hospitality trade are finding it difficult to recruit staff.

She’s now decided that baking cakes at home will be more profitable, and she has real skill in that direction as my waistline showed until I recently took charge of things. 😂. This was one 18 months ago . View attachment 1536

This is a wonderful creation, good luck with her future plans.

 

[Jcloughie]

£5.60 for a pint of Coke left a nasty taste 🤬🤬🤬

Coke always leaves me with a nasty taste, regardless of the cost!

John

 

[ProfJohnL]

Ah Brain wave.... I've just solved the world excess CO2 problem make lots of fizzy drinks and use it all up
.....

 

[Thingy]

I've just solved the world excess CO2 problem make lots of fizzy drinks and use it all up

Which brings us neatly back to lager.

 

[Hutch]

Which brings us neatly back to lager.

A very good Pilsner Beer, is better than a lager.

 

[Parksy]

I'm never normally an 'at home' drinker, I'd rather have a mug of Horlicks at bedtime in the house, but I enjoy the occasional caravan tipple.
Then I often opt for lager, or sometimes red wine.
When I go to the pub I drink real ales if available.

 

[Dustydog]

Lockdown has lead to German Pilsner at £2.99 for four pints from Aldi/Lidl. Normally prefer the Real Ales but price matters these days🍺🍺🍺

 

[Thingy]

Like Parksy, Im not a home drinker unless we have friends round. On the subject of Lager and other near frozen drinks, I can occasionally chance one with a meal, but at any other time wouldnt touch the stuff. Same goes for wine too. A bottle of red is great for getting the bugs off the windscreen.

Old Peculier, Hobgoblin and Exmoor Beast would be my choice, unless a rather excellent single malt were on offer.

 

[Beachball]

A very good Pilsner Beer, is better than a lager.

I prefer Carling Lager any day to a beer

 

[Dustydog]

Aldi and Lidl are doing their own single malts from Islay and Or Speyside. Both excellent!

 

[Thingy]

It wont be Adi, it will be one of the Islays with their name stuck on it. And probably a vintage 12 months old.

 

[Dustydog]

I thought that but read on https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/speyside-single-malt-from-aldi-wins-top-whisky-award/

 

[Thingy]

It sounds on paper very good, but still like to know who the distiller is. Onre of the things though about single malts is that each has its own unique flavours and keytones, and what will be excellent on one mans pallet will be dreadful to another.

 

[Dustydog]

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Search Glen Marnock. Whispers say it may come from a number of lesser known distilleries such as Dalmore, Glen Moray , Glendronach and a few more.
For the price Thingy, no worries! I prefer the peaty Western Isles, Islay Lagavulin.