As for myself, it sounds bad but Iāll pretty much drink anything.
Like cider, lager, IPA. Slowly developing a taste for ale. Love a drop of red, not quite as keen on white but will still drink it.
Love rum and whisky, though gin is really the only absolute no no.
Iām not a total lush, honest.
Originally posted by @KRG
Liar, you were on the pints mid-week with me.
Trying to impress?
Ha! Caught out!
Though I missed off āat a gigā from my detailed list of drinking scenarios. āAt a gigā, usually involves bottles of Peroni.
I am seriously trying to follow a no alcohol Sunday - Wednesday rule. Itās hard!!
Ah, I do love a silly sunday.
Originally posted by @KRG
Originally posted by @Coxford_lou
I am seriously trying to follow a no alcohol Sunday - Wednesday rule. Itās hard!!
Ah, I do love a silly sunday.
Lunchtime Sunday is acceptable. Post 6pm - water only.
Thereās something masochistically wonderful about an all day session on a Sunday. Knowing how awful you are going to feel on Monday am.
Feck it, Mondays are shite anyway. Iād rather be hungover at work and get paid for it then waste a day off hungover on the sofa.
I believe it was the comedian Doug Stanhope that implored people to start drinking more during the week i.e. stop being hungover in your own time and do it on somebody elseās. 
I mentioned earlier in this thread that rum is my spirit of choice and that I prefer traditional dark rum to spiced. However, last night, here in Menorca, I tried a local honey rum for the first time and I must say it is a fantastic tipple for a sultry hot summerās evening.
Also, I donāt know if there are any fellow vapers amongst us, but I reckon vanilla-flavoured vapes enhance the taste of lager.
We had some friends round for a barbecue the other week, and it was my birthday the next day. It was late (or early) and everyone had had their fill of longer drinks so my son said heād get me a bottle of āscotchā.
He disappeared inside and then passed me a box wrapped up and addressed to āThe best Dad in the world, isnāt it?ā.
Yes thatās right, Welsh whisky.
What I do know is that itās lovely, subtle, very mild, quite flowery, and it doesnāt last long.
If I am pushed towards lager - this is the way forward
I tend to put away vats of red wine, but I do like a drop of draught Hoegaarden when the weather is hot. If I am drinking bitter Iāll go for Doombar.
Well Iāve had a really busy week on call, so itās time for a Stella!
Our local barmaid is called Stella. She will be delighted!
Iāll have a Stella please Stellaā¦it sounds good to me Sadoldgit!
Larger - kronenbourg1664
Ale - Tangled Foot or Spitfire
Short - dark rum/spiced run or Gordonās Gin
Wine - Red, the deeper red the better.
Had some **incredible ** sour beers at the Great British Beer Fest in Olympia last week. Some were Ā£8 - 10 a bottle mindā¦ 
This weekend, Iām going on an event at one of Papās favourite places - the Isle of Icke 
- whereby people travel on vintage buses from pub to pub sampling the local real ales.
Anyway, I seem to recall that it was Ant who said that heād yet to discover a real ale from a PO postcode that was worth drinking; so with, I believe, 3 breweries on the Island, all with PO postcodes, Iām gonna put Antās findings to the test and will report back with my own findings in due course. Anything you want me to try out?
Iām doing this for you Ant!
PS. If it wasnāt you, Ant, that said PO postcode beers were rubbish then ignore the above.
It was me, well remembered!
I genuinely forgot that the island has its post served by the skates! Which is terrible as I have relatives living on the Isleā¦
From memory the big āPOā breweries on the mainland are Oakleaf and Irving. Both seem to mostly produce bland bitters. The sort where youād walk into a country pub and think āwell thatās probably better than a generic lager so letās go for thatā. OK, but nothing ground-breaking.
Looking at Untappd Iāve tried 3 Oakleaf beers and 3 Irving ones, including a seasonal ale which I thought very little of.
Not sure that thereās any IOW ales Iām specifically interested in but Iād be genuinely interested to learn whether my perception, currently based upon that small sample, is correct or not!
Aha! Looks like Iāve had a Goddards beer - theyāre based in Ryde I believe? That was a Storm which Iāve logged as a fairly typical golden ale. Be worth knowing whether the rest of their range is any good. Think Iāve seen a few in Co-op stores that have a local selection.
Breaking it down, SO has:
Flack Manor, Vibrant Forest, Itchen Valley, Flowerpots, Upham, Botley and Bowman.
PO has:
Irving, Oakleaf, Brewhouse & Kitchen (though tenuous as itās a chain and theyāre opening one in Southampton soon), Goddards, Yatesā and Island.
Thatās a definite win - and in quality, not just numerosity.
Thereās also Brewhouse & Kitchen in Dorchester and Poole so the PO link can be easily blown out of the water. Mind you they all brew their own stuff so I guess they could genericise it down.
I keep meaning to go to the one in Poole but keep failingā¦
The best micro-brewery I have ever been to was a place called Rock Bottom in Bellevue, Seattle. I was in Seattle for a week and spent 4 nights in there sampling their range of ales, none disappointedā¦