Whatcha drinking (2018-2022)?

Status
Not open for further replies.
Duck59 said:
This was Lambrusco and it soon became our drink of choice, or more to the point, necessity.

Winter was the best time because the cold weather meant thick clothing and overcoats, much easier for smuggling a couple of bottles of wine in your pockets without getting any attention from the Old Bill
Click to expand...
Oh that is such a vivid memory! It always fascinates me how a small detail, like the cork vs cap made such a significant difference!

I was never big on alcohol. The only drinks my ex husband and I smuggled into movie theaters were ice tea and water...because the price in store would be 0,90 Gbp and in the movie theater 2,50 Gbp...and normally one is not allowed to carry in "outside" drinks...
 
LissaC said:
Back in my college days when no one really had a lot of money to drink, we were big on catembo, a mix of red wine and Coca cola. The wine was dirty cheap and the Coca cola was also a generic brand one. It was disgusting :laugh:
Click to expand...
My friends from high school who went out to clubs mentioned Rum-cola, or juice-vodka, and of course a handsome guy from 3rd grade or the other one from 4th grade😂where did he stand,whom did he look at or not...
 
Timenspace said:
Oh wow, are those crowded with bars then also and casinos?
Click to expand...
Usually not casinos, but bars, restaurants, and clubs. It allows patrons to wander from one place to the next while keeping their drink in their hand. It's a win-win.

For example, downtown Cincy, we have a baseball park and a football (American) stadium, which used to be separated by a few city blocks of nothing but overgrown, cracked cement used for surface parking for the sports venues.

Over the last few years, they've cleared it all, developed it, and now the parking is all underground, and street level is bars, restaurants, an apartment complex, and you're free to wander the area between the sports venues, bar-hopping, without having to finish your drink here before going there.
 
One tiresome feature of sporting venues these days is that everything is corporate. I used to go to cricket matches quite a bit and one of the great traditions was taking your own food and drink, which meant that you could do a few swaps with friends, trying some of their beer and food and so forth. It was also amusing at times to watch other people - I have vivid memories of a minibus full of Yorkshire supporters lugging large cases of beer into a ground one day.

Sadly, this is a thing of the past. You can't get away with anything now. Sometimes, it gets positively ridiculous; I know of occasions where people have had packets of crisps removed from their bags because they weren't the "right brand" (i.e. official sponsors). You can still drink beer in a cricket ground, but it generally costs a fortune and is mass-produced garbage anyway.

This is certainly true for international matches. Happily, there is still a bit of the old flavour for county matches. My historian friend Dr Susie lives very close to Durham's home ground and she reports (at least in pre-Covid times) that you can still get a very good pint of Durham Brewery beer at a reasonable price in the pavilion there. She is, not surprisingly, looking forward to the days when she can stroll along to the cricket for a day of good conversation and good beer. And if Durham have one of their rare decent days, perhaps even some good cricket.
 
Aha, a box arrives. In it, four mini-kegs from Severn Brewing, who are based in Gloucestershire in the south-west of England. They began in 2015 and are completely new to me. I chanced upon them while doing a bit of research and discovered that they had a good range of ales in both mini-keg and mini-pin form.

Here in the Mallard Tavern, we like trying new beers, so the prospect of something completely different was appealing. We had a copper session bitter, two pale ales (one double-hopped and one Citra) and a stout. Beer and variety: what more could you ask for?

*Note: we fully understand that a lot of research and hard work goes into this, as well as a certain amount of money. However, we have no intention of becoming mercenary and will not be setting up a GoFundMe page or anything like that. We merely taste these things so that you, the reader, doesn't have to exert him or herself.
 
Duck59 said:
We had a copper session bitter, two pale ales (one double-hopped and one Citra) and a stout
Click to expand...
Speaking of beer, last week in a shop, I noticed a whole stand full of beer. I have been to the shop a hundred times.
Not only noticed, but felt very knowledgable, like a 2 y old, recognizing Ale, Stout etc ...

😄Every beginning is difficult...
61239

61240
 
61418


MrsT and I don't like IPAs, but this was part of a box set, so we tried it. Here's how it went:

Me: Here, try this, you're probably not going to like it, it's a little bitter and a little fruity.

MrsT: I like you, don't I?

Har-har-hardee-har-har, everyone's a comedian. :laugh:
 
The last tanker of Woodforde's is on the go, a second minikeg of Wherry. It's a beer I like, although a little unexpectedly. The aroma and first taste suggests something malty and a little sweet, not something up my street at all. However, the hops soon kick in and by the time you've finished your pint, you are left with a very pleasing dry bitterness.

My first encounter with Woodforde's Wherry was in about 1993/4, curiously enough in a small bar in Edinburgh. It wasn't even one of my regular pubs. A friend of mine had come up from London for a meeting in Edinburgh and was staying overnight, so we arranged to meet up and this particular place was convenient. We both tried a pint of Wherry and spent the rest of the evening drinking it.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom