Alcohol

As I have grown older I find myself drinking more, very strange! I still go gym to keep fit, but I tend to find the urge to drink daily In Moderation! I guess since it helped with my alopecia areata from stress I enjoy drinking now:), feeling high is soooooo great.

Who here drinks regular?

I'm sensing your 'Guinness and fitness' thread revival

I'm sensing your 'Guinness and fitness' thread revival

Banana LBM, I'm actually addicted to Budweiser lol .

I'm actually addicted to Budweiser lol .

I thought you said you liked alcohol...?

There are far nicer beers to get addicted to, have you tried any of these, they make Bud

taste like piss in a bottle

Warsteiner, Peroni, San Miguel, Grolsch

My favourites at the moment are:

Ale: Courage Best

Larger: San Miguel

Wheat Beer: Franciscana

Spirit: Kraken Spiced Rum

White wine: Wairau Cove

Red wine: Hardys Crest

Go to Belgium on holiday mate. Brugge isn't far from the ferry and has an establishment that has like 1200 different beers

There's a place we went to in Eindhoven, De Bierprofessor. It's got 80 beers on the shelf, awesome

There's a place we went to in Eindhoven, De Bierprofessor. It's got 80 beers on the shelf, awesome

Desperados ftw.

Also Peroni, San Miguel are great lagers. Also Kopparberg cider has my attention of late.

H.

I shall try these other brands now

Go to Belgium on holiday mate. Brugge isn't far from the ferry and has an establishment that has like 1200 different beers

Sounds a plan , I take it uk don't sell most of them?

I shall try these other brands now

On the same night?

Desperados ftw.

 

Also Peroni, San Miguel are great lagers. Also Kopparberg cider has my attention of late.

 

H.

I completly agree with your choices, but I'll add Duvel to that list, a Belgian golden or pale ale beer that is fantastic.

On the same night?

I'm very light drinker lol.

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I completly agree with your choices, but I'll add Duvel to that list, a Belgian golden or pale ale beer that is fantastic.

What do they taste like?

For me it's mostly Desperado to start then into pints of Stella and moving onto Morgan's and coke and some tequila. I don't really have a posh pallet for wines or ales. What I drink is fairly limited as these are the only things that don't turn me into a nutter. I have quite a good night drinking this combo. Don't drink a lot though maybe once a month.

Corona brother

I rarely drink to be honest. I'll have a couple of beers watching the football, but that's about it. I hardly ever go out on the lash. At 27 I've just realised there are better things to spend the money on.

Cocaine? Or single malt?

Desperados ftw.

 

Also Peroni, San Miguel are great lagers. Also Kopparberg cider has my attention of late.

 

H.

As above really but I'd also add Staropramem to that list.

As above really but I'd also add Staropramem to that list.

Not really tried that. Just realised that Corona is also consumed regularly is there isn't any Desperados.

Problem is if you neck enough Desperados, you end up whammed in no time.

It's a nice premium Czech lager that Tesco sometimes has on offer at £10 for 12 bottles which is a cracking price considering its £3.60 a pint most places.

Im the worst, 4 bottles or prosecco last week, bottle of white wine and melon vodka last night. Also a few beers to mix things up a little

Ahhhh beeeeer

Grolsch is my number 1 at the moment, it's a really strong tasting hoppy lager so it may be a bit much for you just now. To get you moving in that direction you should start off with a similar but lighter tasting, less hoppy brew, such as Peroni (my second favourite lager at the moment) or Stella (Stella 4 is a little more refined and lovely). As already mentioned San Miguel is a nice beer, it's another rich tasting slightly more hoppy lager than the norm though, and it's actually fairly heavy for a lager so you may notice it in your little tummy.

Budweiser is OK, but nothing startling. It has a very defined caramel flavour so I'm guessing it's more the sweetness of it that you're getting used to. To ween you off that sort of lager try something a little more tasteless like Carling. That stuff is awful (like water) but it sells by the olympic swimming pool load in England and is fairly cheap to buy. That should cleanse your palate enough to be able to activate your tastebuds with a properly nice lager.

A surprisingly refreshing lager is actually Tennents. That's the Scottish equivalent of Carling in England but it's a much better beer IMO. It can be a little dry and harsh if you're not used to it, but it makes for a brilliant session lager as it's only 4%. Add into that the fact that most places sell it extra cold makes it even less offensive to the palate as you can barely taste it lol.

As for ale, I have some new found loves. Unfortunately they are all homebrew as I only JUST came out my shell and started being more adventurous with what I drink. IPA is my new found love, a stunning blend of ridiculous hops and ridiculous flavour. IPA was developed during the war in order to be able to ship beer to India. It wouldn't survive the trip unless it was ridiculously strong and full of hops. This brought about the IPA (Indian Pale Ale). Nowadays its a bit less daunting to drink unless you go to festivals or try your craft IPAs. They are all generally around the 5-6% mark so you can have a few bottles without passing out. In order to get you into this style of beer you would want ot start off with caesar and augustus. This is a lager/IPA hybrid and it absolutely blew my socks off a few months ago, it's a STUNNING beer. Just about anything by the Williams brothers is though.

For cider, you want to try Westons. The best one for me is Westons Perry, it's just ridiculously good. 7.4% though, IIRC, so watch yourself with this one.

So many beers, so little internet.

Is like Peroni when beer drinking, single malts for relaxing. I don't mind drinking Tiger or some Chinese beers also at times.

I do like a good drink, big whiskey fan, but not a particularly fussy drinker, I will drink pretty much anything put in front of me, I just don’t like thicker spirits such as baileys

I'll have a few drinks at home on occasion during the week if I’ve had a rough shift at work say, normally a glass or two from a bottle of Johnnie Walker, which label ranges on how flush I’m feeling the week before, ranges from red to blue label or Bushmills or similar, I'll never buy say grants or bells for home

Few pints at the weekly pub quizz also

But for a casual drink with my mates on a Friday night, I’ll get a bottle of Jameson’s or honey JD and a few bottles of Peronei or something similar, but for a night on the town anything goes, start off with Whiskey or something then where ever the night takes me.