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Just finished a Shiner Commemorator:

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The little brewery in Shiner will celebrate its 100th anniversary and there had been a good bit of speculation about just what style the Spoetzl Brewery would go with for Shiner 100.

For those well-versed in beer tradition, the name alone will give it away: Commemorator.

The "ator" designation at the end of a German beer name indicates a dopplebock, or more precisely in some brewing circles, a starkbier. Shiner Commemorator is 6.7 percent alcohol, which is more in line, strength-wise, with Ayinger Celebrator, which is a little less sweet, but has a slightly more noticeable alcohol bite than its Bavarian brethren and a malt character somewhere between the two.

Now having a Saint Arnold Texas Wheat:

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A refreshing, flavorful filtered wheat beer. The perfect beer to accompany a meal or for a summer's day. The wheat contributes a lighter flavor while maintaining a rich body. The beer has a light hop profile -- just enough to give the beer balance and complexity. The light fruitiness is derived from a Kölsch yeast strain. A chill haze may be present, which is a characteristic of wheat beers.

Very large Grant's Whisky, neat.

BTW, a mate of mine is setting up a micro-brewery next month. He is going to call one if his ales "Hand" just to see if anyone wanting lemonade in it asks for a Hand shandy. :P

I'm being a very sensible, boring twat and drinking a green tea and camomile infusion. It tastes like every other herbal tea on the market: ie, grass.

Quote: Geoff Mutton @ January 28 2009, 12:10 AM GMT

BTW, a mate of mine is setting up a micro-brewery next month. He is going to call one if his ales "Hand" just to see if anyone wanting lemonade in it asks for a Hand shandy.

Laughing out loud

Beer should never be mixed with anything. Ever. Sick

Quote: DaButt @ January 28 2009, 12:38 AM GMT

Laughing out loud

Beer should never be mixed with anything. Ever. Sick

Amen.

Quote: Lee Henman @ January 28 2009, 12:37 AM GMT

I'm being a very sensible, boring twat and drinking a green tea and camomile infusion. It tastes like every other herbal tea on the market: ie, grass.

It IS grass. They call it something fancy. You buy it. you drink it. Then you tell people you drink it.
*services lawn-mower in anticipation of business opportunity*

Quote: Geoff Mutton @ January 28 2009, 1:20 AM GMT

It IS grass. They call it something fancy. You buy it. you drink it. Then you tell people you drink it.
*services lawn-mower in anticipation of business opportunity*

I'll sell you guys some imported grass tea. It's always better if it's imported, right? Like Budweiser, Corona, Hasselhoff, etc.

Quote: DaButt @ January 28 2009, 1:23 AM GMT

I'll sell you guys some imported grass tea. It's always better if it's imported, right? Like Budweiser, Corona, Hasselhoff, etc.

It's astounding what difference a couple of carefully chosen words can make in marketing and pricing. I call this the KA-CHING factor. Example;

A) MENU; Chicken pie, gravy and 3 veg: £5.95

B) BILL OF FAYRE; Home-cooked succulent, tender, free range chicken pie with chef's own short-crust pastry, served with a selection of farm-fresh, locally grown organic vegetables prepared on the premises and complemented by our renowned poultry stock gravy dressing: £10.95

Top line? Same thing.
Bottom line? Minus £5.00 if you choose tariff B.

Quote: Geoff Mutton @ January 28 2009, 2:20 AM GMT

Top line? Same thing.
Bottom line? Minus £5.00 if you choose tariff B.

If a restaurant has been around more than 20 years and has a menu full of one-line entries you KNOW it's a good place to eat.

Quote: DaButt @ January 28 2009, 2:23 AM GMT

If a restaurant has been around more than 20 years and has a menu full of one-line entries you KNOW it's a good place to eat.

Yes, we are happy where we get good value & service. For that reason, I always avoid new restaurants, pubs etc for the first three months so that I have a more realistic opinion of them once the hype has waned and reality has kicked in.

Quote: Geoff Mutton @ January 28 2009, 2:43 AM GMT

Yes, we are happy where we get good value & service. For that reason, I always avoid new restaurants, pubs etc for the first three months so that I have a more realistic opinion of them once the hype has waned and reality has kicked in.

This is my latest discovery.

http://tiptopcafe.com/

Open since 1938 and they still don't take credit cards. Their chicken fried steak is to die for.

"I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside, pissing in."

My buddy is a lazy bastard, so when we camped a few weeks ago I was awoken twice in the middle of the night by the sound of water splashing upon rocks. Turns out that he just hung his junk out the tent flap and let fly. I had the pleasure of watching him crawl out the tent flap both mornings and plant his hand right in the muddy piss puddle.

Quote: DaButt @ January 28 2009, 2:50 AM GMT

This is my latest discovery.

http://tiptopcafe.com/

Open since 1938 and they still don't take credit cards. Their chicken fried steak is to die for.

Mmmmmm. Fried chicken. *drools*

Teaaaa. Lots of teaaa.

Alcohol makes men BETTER in the bedroom, scientists claim

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:01 AM on 26th January 2009

Men who worry about the effect drinking has on their sex life should raise a glass to the latest research.

Alcohol actually improves rather than damages male performance in the bedroom, it is claimed.

Until now it has been widely believed that alcohol consumption can cause erectile dysfunction, or 'brewer's droop'.

But a study of 1,580 Australian men found drinkers reporting up to 30 per cent fewer problems than teetotallers.

Even binge drinkers had lower rates of erectile dysfunction than those who never drank.

So-called low-risk drinkers, those who have four drinks a day for up to five days a week, fared best.

Worst were former drinkers who had given up the booze, along with smokers and victims of heart disease.

Weekend drinkers, high-risk drinkers and those who exceeded alcohol intake guidelines had lower rates of erectile dysfunction than those who drank one day a week or less.

The study concludes that if a moderate drinker suffers from such problems, there is no justification in advising him to stop or reduce his intake.

'These findings suggest a favourable association between low-risk drinking and positive erectile function,' it says.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1127375/Alcohol-makes-men-BETTER-bedroom-scientists-claim.html

Drinking tea and watching Eggheads.

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