Boddington is more water than beer to be fair.101Walterton wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:41pmHow can someone called Boddington be beer’d outBoddington wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:29pmPicked up the stuff to make some Negronis. I'm sort of beer'd out at the moment (although I love me the pumpkin beers, which I know many, many folks hate, but Schlafly and Pumking are always delicious) and wine was getting too expensive for what I liked and didn't give me headaches (for some reason my mother's side of the family doesn't react very well to red wines but the expensive ones don't seem to give me issues...why are all the good things expensive?). And as it isn't 90+ degrees outside (and if we're lucky this stretch is going to continue for at least a week) I figure a cocktail to enjoy outside in the evenings is a good thing.
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Delicious water.BitterTom wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:56pmBoddington is more water than beer to be fair.101Walterton wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:41pmHow can someone called Boddington be beer’d outBoddington wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:29pmPicked up the stuff to make some Negronis. I'm sort of beer'd out at the moment (although I love me the pumpkin beers, which I know many, many folks hate, but Schlafly and Pumking are always delicious) and wine was getting too expensive for what I liked and didn't give me headaches (for some reason my mother's side of the family doesn't react very well to red wines but the expensive ones don't seem to give me issues...why are all the good things expensive?). And as it isn't 90+ degrees outside (and if we're lucky this stretch is going to continue for at least a week) I figure a cocktail to enjoy outside in the evenings is a good thing.
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Used to be before they moved to Wales and lowered the ABV.Boddington wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:58pmDelicious water.BitterTom wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:56pmBoddington is more water than beer to be fair.101Walterton wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:41pmHow can someone called Boddington be beer’d outBoddington wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:29pmPicked up the stuff to make some Negronis. I'm sort of beer'd out at the moment (although I love me the pumpkin beers, which I know many, many folks hate, but Schlafly and Pumking are always delicious) and wine was getting too expensive for what I liked and didn't give me headaches (for some reason my mother's side of the family doesn't react very well to red wines but the expensive ones don't seem to give me issues...why are all the good things expensive?). And as it isn't 90+ degrees outside (and if we're lucky this stretch is going to continue for at least a week) I figure a cocktail to enjoy outside in the evenings is a good thing.
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Curious to know what are some of the better well known ales you'd get in the high street pubs?
The only draught beers i can access nearby are John Smiths (total piss, obviously) and Abbott which is ok, though it means going to a wetherspoons which does not make me happy.
The only draught beers i can access nearby are John Smiths (total piss, obviously) and Abbott which is ok, though it means going to a wetherspoons which does not make me happy.
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Newcastle Brown all the way. On draft Pedigree is good too.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 5:06pmCurious to know what are some of the better well known ales you'd get in the high street pubs?
The only draught beers i can access nearby are John Smiths (total piss, obviously) and Abbott which is ok, though it means going to a wetherspoons which does not make me happy.
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Yeah, love the Newky Brown every now and again, but prefer draught when i get the chance which is not often. Will look out for Pedigree next time, cheers.BitterTom wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 5:13pmNewcastle Brown all the way. On draft Pedigree is good too.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 5:06pmCurious to know what are some of the better well known ales you'd get in the high street pubs?
The only draught beers i can access nearby are John Smiths (total piss, obviously) and Abbott which is ok, though it means going to a wetherspoons which does not make me happy.
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Did it used to be higher? Here in the states the version we get is around 4.7% ABV canned. It's not my favorite english bitter export (Bluebird Bitter is, but I'm wildly uneducated about english bitters tbh despite the nickname), but this isn't a style we do a ton of around here. There are a few DC breweries that do an english bitter but not a lot and I'm usually more inclined to get myself an IPA to get tanked faster since I'm not driving in the city.BitterTom wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:59pmUsed to be before they moved to Wales and lowered the ABV.Boddington wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:58pmDelicious water.BitterTom wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:56pmBoddington is more water than beer to be fair.101Walterton wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:41pmHow can someone called Boddington be beer’d outBoddington wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 4:29pmPicked up the stuff to make some Negronis. I'm sort of beer'd out at the moment (although I love me the pumpkin beers, which I know many, many folks hate, but Schlafly and Pumking are always delicious) and wine was getting too expensive for what I liked and didn't give me headaches (for some reason my mother's side of the family doesn't react very well to red wines but the expensive ones don't seem to give me issues...why are all the good things expensive?). And as it isn't 90+ degrees outside (and if we're lucky this stretch is going to continue for at least a week) I figure a cocktail to enjoy outside in the evenings is a good thing.
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That must be the good version you have over there, it's just 3.5% now and pretty much water in the UK.Boddington wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 5:40pmDid it used to be higher? Here in the states the version we get is around 4.7% ABV canned. It's not my favorite english bitter export (Bluebird Bitter is, but I'm wildly uneducated about english bitters tbh despite the nickname), but this isn't a style we do a ton of around here. There are a few DC breweries that do an english bitter but not a lot and I'm usually more inclined to get myself an IPA to get tanked faster since I'm not driving in the city.
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3.5% is considered low alcohol here.BitterTom wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 5:43pmThat must be the good version you have over there, it's just 3.5% now and pretty much water in the UK.Boddington wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 5:40pmDid it used to be higher? Here in the states the version we get is around 4.7% ABV canned. It's not my favorite english bitter export (Bluebird Bitter is, but I'm wildly uneducated about english bitters tbh despite the nickname), but this isn't a style we do a ton of around here. There are a few DC breweries that do an english bitter but not a lot and I'm usually more inclined to get myself an IPA to get tanked faster since I'm not driving in the city.
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Goes well with AC/DC and washing up. And pretty much everything, such a good drop.
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None of these sound appealing.
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I had whichever the dunkin one was they already had out, the coffee porter or whatever. it was pretty good.
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It was, I do like the mix of coffee and porter or stout. The thing about that kind of beer is that I find it so heavy and rich that I really just want a tiny glass of it for dessert.
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I'm less enthused about the jelly donut IPA, but who knows?
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