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Taipan wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:56 am
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:52 am See this is why I like this place and you old farts. It never occurred to me that you could buy 7 pints of beer in a can with no ring pull, or that lots of people thought that was a good idea :D
Every kitchen drawer had one of these in! You had to make two holes though, opposite each other.

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Then use it to clean the drains :D
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This worked wonders...

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Taipan wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:56 am
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Ha....my 'rents had one of them lurking at the back of the odds and sodds drawer. So that's what it is for.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:59 am
Taipan wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:56 am
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Ha....my 'rents had one of them lurking at the back of the odds and sodds drawer. So that's what it is for.
Or a screwdriver, chisel etc, but they did it perfectly!
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Harry wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:03 am
Taipan wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:44 am We are ready to party! 8-)

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IIRC my uncle Derek had a tap that you could fix to those somehow so it came out like a wine carton.
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Sparklets beer tap. Proper posh! :D

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My local beer place does 5 litres of proper beer in mini kegs, complete with built-in taps. No amputation of digits required to get shitfaced. :)
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Taipan wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:56 am
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:52 am See this is why I like this place and you old farts. It never occurred to me that you could buy 7 pints of beer in a can with no ring pull, or that lots of people thought that was a good idea :D
Every kitchen drawer had one of these in! You had to make two holes though, opposite each other.

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Three holes, two on one side. 'Beer' would flow more quickly :)
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Taipan wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:58 am This worked wonders...

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Funnily enough, my favourite internet radio station still plays the Double Diamond song all the time :)
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gremlin wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:06 pm My local beer place does 5 litres of proper beer in mini kegs, complete with built-in taps. No amputation of digits required to get shitfaced. :)
Most decent breweries do.

https://www.wbbrew.com/product/9-pint-mini-keg/
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Horse wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:13 pm
gremlin wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:06 pm My local beer place does 5 litres of proper beer in mini kegs, complete with built-in taps. No amputation of digits required to get shitfaced. :)
Most decent breweries do.

https://www.wbbrew.com/product/9-pint-mini-keg/
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Harry wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:21 pm It's years since I've drank a pint of actual beer, the closest I get is the odd bottle of Corona or something.

I can remember going into pubs and they would serve proper beer brewed locally, then it seemed to change overnight and it was all lager and bottled stuff.
In summer you can find me and crust at that place most Saturdays
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Harry wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:21 pm It's years since I've drank a pint of actual beer, the closest I get is the odd bottle of Corona or something.

I can remember going into pubs and they would serve proper beer brewed locally, then it seemed to change overnight and it was all lager and bottled stuff.
Where I grew up, our local was a Truman pub and most people drunk light and bitter as you always got a bit extra. Lagers were almost rare compared to the range of ales and bitters, but it changed quickly when more and more brewery houses gave way to free houses. Skol and Carlsberg faded away and Fosters was the most popular as it s as over 4% strong whereas I think Skol was under 3.5% and Carlsberg 3.8%? We'd go to Southend where the seafront bars stocked Stella at just over 5% and get pissed quicker! :lol: Interesting that more pubs are stocking more ales and the rise of the micro breweries is notable. Not a lover of Ales myself, despite trying to be. In colder weather I drink red wine and when its hot icy cold lager is the only thing to drink for me.
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I have a barrel in the little courtyard...21litres of ginger beer...a light one this time...about 4.5%. The last lot was quite wicked...three halves had me talking nonsense. ( more than i normally do).
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Beer is trendy again in the UK now Harry, there are micro breweries everywhere. TBF they're mostly doing American style craft beers, but there are plenty of real ale places too.

TBH I much prefer craft beer now anyway...as I've said loads of times, the good stuff is produced with all the enthusiasm of real ale but it's served chilled.

You won't struggle to find a pub selling local beer IME. Even here in MK, where there are very few "real" pubs, there are a couple of places.
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Harry wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:05 pm I also remember Marstons Pedigree, but the story went that if you had more than three pints of that then you were guaranteed to shit yourself in your sleep, so we all stayed well away :lol:
I heard the same but took it as a challenge.
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Ice cold Eurofizz all the way here :)
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There's a small brewer out here doing 5ltr 'barrels' - I just don't think I can drink 5 litres before it goes off!! LOL

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Yorick wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:18 pm Ice cold Eurofizz all the way here :)
Do you get Estrella Damm there and/or Cruzcampo?
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:03 pm Beer is trendy again in the UK now Harry, there are micro breweries everywhere. TBF they're mostly doing American style craft beers, but there are plenty of real ale places too.

TBH I much prefer craft beer now anyway...as I've said loads of times, the good stuff is produced with all the enthusiasm of real ale but it's served chilled.

You won't struggle to find a pub selling local beer IME. Even here in MK, where there are very few "real" pubs, there are a couple of places.
Nah, micro pub is where it's at nowadays

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Taipan wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:29 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:18 pm Ice cold Eurofizz all the way here :)
Do you get Estrella Damm there and/or Cruzcampo?
My local sells Cruzcampo on draught.
Most pubs serve San Miguel and Estrella on draught.
Local beers Dorada and Tropical popular in bottles.