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Yeah, the American's can't hold their liquer at all, unless they are Irish American. But generally speaking they can't hold a torch the Brits, Germans, French, Spanish. I guess that's what you get for having 10 years of banned alcohol and a 21 and over limit.
Being of Irish decent and having recently returned from Spain (and put a good few Spaniards under the table, I might add), this seems about right. Most Americans don't have a head for the hard stuff. When speaking about American college students in general, however, all bets are off.
Boston bars usually hit you between $6-$9 for a decent microbrew or smaller craft beer. But I find for ossification purposes you get the best deals in Chinese food restaurants. $6.50 a pitcher for the yellow watery stuff. It may not taste great, but they usually have karaoke (blessing and a curse).
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He he, I stopped drinking 4 years ago. Saved me a fortune, quit the smokes 3 years ago and I don't know my pocket anymore. I was going to start a thread about that new termie at £18 odd, the pint price makes it seem good value!
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£5.50 for a pint of Meantime Brewery's Pale Ale in the Prince of Teck pub in Earl's Court. That's the last time I go in there. A much nicer Fuller's pub is just down the road that does decent food too. Admittedly Earls' Court is a bit of a tourist location, but even so.
On the plus side I have found another militaristic bottled beer...
Flagship, from Hook Norton, originally brewed to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Battle of Trafalgar.
Right now I am sitting in The Grapes in Oxford, drinking a pint of Stairway To Heaven that cost £3.70.
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That's what you get for ordering pints in the popular parts of London.
A Kraken and Coke cost me £4.90 in The World's End pub in Camden.
For those who know of the film, yes it is the pub that the film was named after. I go there for the atmosphere and the heavy metal music that they play all day long.
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welshhoppo wrote: That's what you get for ordering pints in the popular parts of London.
A Kraken and Coke cost me £4.90 in The World's End pub in Camden.
For those who know of the film, yes it is the pub that the film was named after. I go there for the atmosphere and the heavy metal music that they play all day long.
I can't help but feel that some of that £4.90 is a "lack of taste tax" for being in there in the first place [/works round the corner]
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Flagship, from Hook Norton, originally brewed to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Battle of Trafalgar.
Right now I am sitting in The Grapes in Oxford, drinking a pint of Stairway To Heaven that cost £3.70.
In the grapes? There are much better pubs. Try the Turf or the Three Goats Heads. Or go to Thirsty Meeples. Not a pub, but a game cafe with a good selection of ales and an excellent board game selection.
Also, it's Hooky, or 'ooky, not Hook Norton
Who, by the way, are running there annual beer fest tomorrow. An excellent day out drinking! And £3 a pint.
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welshhoppo wrote: That's what you get for ordering pints in the popular parts of London.
A Kraken and Coke cost me £4.90 in The World's End pub in Camden.
For those who know of the film, yes it is the pub that the film was named after. I go there for the atmosphere and the heavy metal music that they play all day long.
I can't help but feel that some of that £4.90 is a "lack of taste tax" for being in there in the first place [/works round the corner]
Admit it, you gaze out the window and shed a single tear every time you see the place because you wish you worked there.
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I looked at the Thirsty Meeples but did not go in. Have also drunk in the Lamb and Flag which is where Tolkien and Lewis used to booze for their literary endeavours.
I'll try Three Goats Heads next time I am up here. Can't come tomorrow unfortunately.
We have a lovely beer called "Swordfish" in my local. "Swordfish as in the British Torpedo bomber. I only tried it because I liked Biggles books and biplanes!
I have also seen a rather tasteless design for a beer called, I think, "Lancaster Bomber". It tasted nice though.
There are also the "Bombadier" adverts...employing all a few Napoleonic re-enactors.
The coolest thing we have here is called "Japps" and I'm always uncomfortable saying it.....
Pub names are a great tradition in the uk. We have a bar called the 'Heel and Ankle' near me, it fronts onto the Shankill Road which is pretty witty. But nothing beats a good old 'Red Lion' or 'Queen Vic'. We had a queen Vic near the local train station it was a grim affair but cool name. Red Lion makes you think you are drinking in a tavern waiting for Conan to come in and wreck the place!
The coolest thing we have here is called "Japps" and I'm always uncomfortable saying it.....
Pub names are a great tradition in the uk. We have a bar called the 'Heel and Ankle' near me, it fronts onto the Shankill Road which is pretty witty. But nothing beats a good old 'Red Lion' or 'Queen Vic'. We had a queen Vic near the local train station it was a grim affair but cool name. Red Lion makes you think you are drinking in a tavern waiting for Conan to come in and wreck the place!
You don't live up Cavehill do you?
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The coolest thing we have here is called "Japps" and I'm always uncomfortable saying it.....
Pub names are a great tradition in the uk. We have a bar called the 'Heel and Ankle' near me, it fronts onto the Shankill Road which is pretty witty. But nothing beats a good old 'Red Lion' or 'Queen Vic'. We had a queen Vic near the local train station it was a grim affair but cool name. Red Lion makes you think you are drinking in a tavern waiting for Conan to come in and wreck the place!
You don't live up Cavehill do you?
Not quite, but not far away I'm in the 'belfast hills'. Looking down on all you city folks!
The coolest thing we have here is called "Japps" and I'm always uncomfortable saying it.....
Pub names are a great tradition in the uk. We have a bar called the 'Heel and Ankle' near me, it fronts onto the Shankill Road which is pretty witty. But nothing beats a good old 'Red Lion' or 'Queen Vic'. We had a queen Vic near the local train station it was a grim affair but cool name. Red Lion makes you think you are drinking in a tavern waiting for Conan to come in and wreck the place!
You don't live up Cavehill do you?
Not quite, but not far away I'm in the 'belfast hills'. Looking down on all you city folk!
Ack there you go now! Another Belfast man, what are the odds?
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The coolest thing we have here is called "Japps" and I'm always uncomfortable saying it.....
Pub names are a great tradition in the uk. We have a bar called the 'Heel and Ankle' near me, it fronts onto the Shankill Road which is pretty witty. But nothing beats a good old 'Red Lion' or 'Queen Vic'. We had a queen Vic near the local train station it was a grim affair but cool name. Red Lion makes you think you are drinking in a tavern waiting for Conan to come in and wreck the place!
Aye, a good cryptic or innuendo name for a pub is always welcomed. There's one near me called The Leg and Cramp. Been to one pub a fair few years ago called The Old Boot with the sign showing the picture of a tramp.
Down in hereford straight from the cider place i got some at about 1 pound a pint for organic 7-8% cider bargin
Local pub is like 3 quid a pint, im up in Nottinghamshire though.
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I'm averaging £3.90 a pint for ale as I travel from the South to the North of England. Black Sheep is my current favourite of the big names, but I do like to try anything that's bitter and got a bit of taste. It's a gamble as sometimes you get a duffer, but usually it's at least drinkable and often very nice.
The major supermarkets often do three for a fiver on bottles, but I've found Aldi have a good selection for much cheaper (ferret, badger, bank's and others).
I'll also throw in my support for American micro breweries. Last time I was over there I learned about prohibition and how the last laws of that era were only overturned as late as the Carter administration - hence why it's taken you so long to get brewing. You guys are making great ales now but you shouldn't be so negative on your mass produced stuff. Both Yuengling and Sam Adams knock the pants off of the mass produced gack Europe spills out. Sadly Yuengling doesn't travel and Sam is £3 for a 330ml bottle.
I work in an international recruitment agency, and my colleague was talking up Lisbon, Portugal, to a candidate for a role there and was saying that a pint in Lisbon is around 1 (!) pound. That's right, £1.00 GBP Sterling. Obviously, I had to check this out so I went to a site called Numbeo which lists cost of living for many cities and we use in the company all the time. And guess what? She was right!
Lists the average price of a domestic draught pint as being €1.50, which is around 1 British Pound, for half a litre. A pint is 1.75 litres, roughly. Not too shabby. Its only local pump stuff but really puts into context 4.90 a pint.
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Nope. We kicked your asses in the war. We get the right to decide the proper measuring terminology. Bad, bad Britain!!
Also, is it true that you guys believe if you say "George Washington" into a mirror three times in a dark bathroom that he'll come and take another country away from you? Please answer honestly, I have money riding on this.
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Oops, my bad, mistyped. Anyway, its about a quid for a pint, how bout that?
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love those adverts. Nice Ale too...
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