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10-06.-2005, 08:09 PM

#196

SND

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by James Bruce Gil

SND,

This family room stuff is all a bit out of hand over here to. It seems these days the women elbow me out of the way at the bar, while the new age husbands are huddled some distance away talking about nappy rash and such.

I thought it was an Australian phenominon.

Kind regards,

Then you definitely need a SNUG mate, a little sanctury for the serious beer drinkers.....however Mountainpro did point out it was originally for the "wrinklies"

10-06.-2005, 08:11 PM

#197

SND

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by MountainPro

i am getting images of 'last of the summer wine' ...i was in York last year..its all trendy night clubs and themed bars...i suppose i really need to get out into the wilderness in my quest for the Yorkshire snug.

geez I though you meant in relation to the off on the sports car....then I was gonna say I don't resemble Dame Thora Hird nor Norra Batty for that matter

10-06.-2005, 11:41 PM

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by SND

geez I though you meant in relation to the off on the sports car....then I was gonna say I don't resemble Dame Thora Hird nor Norra Batty for that matter

perhaps you more resemble Ina Sharples..

..queen of the northern snug...

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11-06.-2005, 02:09 AM

#199

limerickman

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by MountainPro

no no no no no no no NNNOOO!

a snug has nothing to do with families...it is populated with sleepy, pissed up pensioners well beyond anything in the family department...you are not allowed in if you are under 70 years old. Many from this board are frequent visitors.

Snug's !!!!!!
They're alive and well here in Ireland.

And I agree, they're frequented by more elderly people who protect their lairs
and are loath to give up a spot in their snug, to anyone not under the age of
70.

I put my name down for a place in the snug down at the local - they said "come back in about 30 + years, whippersnapper".
Hospitality ! Who needs it, eh ?

13-06.-2005, 05:45 PM	#200
SND Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 10	Re: What's your favorite beer? Thank goodness you said Ena - and not Martha Longhurst, who pegged it over half a stout with Minnie and Ena. Well I don't wear a hairnet even with the top off

27-06.-2005, 09:31 AM

#201

James Bruce Gil

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by limerickman

Limerick,

I have just been up in the Pacific to recover my 82 year old father who had a heart attack while on a cruise with a harem of 75+ year old widows. It was all too much for him. he spent a fortnight in the cardiology ward in Noumea.

While I was in New Caledonia my favorite beer was the locally made Kronenboug 1664. Not that I would drink it any other time, but it was the most agreeable of a bad lot. And I do mean bad!

Until now I had thought that all beer was good!

Kind regards,

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27-06.-2005, 09:53 AM

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by limerickman

That's their chimney corner, and we have ours. Different, but all the same. We don't share openly what we really know with others, and we don't broadcast it. It all has its place in the order of things without rocking the social boat for the purpose of gossiping. Now then Landlord make sure the scuttle is full, and the beer is on tap, and we'll you in the morning.

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27-06.-2005, 12:12 PM

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by James Bruce Gil

...Until now I had thought that all beer was good!...

Advice to all and sundry - When drinking SP (South Pacific) Lager in Papua New Guinea, go for the Export (long-neck bottles) over the stubbies and cans. It's the same beer, but it's easier to see the cigarette butts and other flotsam before you take your first swig.
Other than that, it's a fine beer with sufficient formaldehyde to preserve the body and sufficient alcohol to provide that fuzzy tongue in the morning that we treasure so much.

27-06.-2005, 12:40 PM

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James Bruce Gil

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by EoinC

EoinC,

Thanks for the tip. I have always leaned towards San Miguel in PNG.

KInd regards,

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27-06.-2005, 12:53 PM

#205

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by James Bruce Gil

EoinC,

Thanks for the tip. I have always leaned towards San Miguel in PNG.

KInd regards,

I worked there on and off for 3 years (early 90's) and never saw any San Mig (I guess it never made it out to our Bush Camps). I'm headed back over to the Philippines for the weekend a fortnight from now, so I'll see plenty of it then.
Here in Malaysian Borneo I drink Tiger / Anchor / Carlsberg / Heineken / Skol / Hoerregarden (SP?) / Angkor (Cambodian) / Chang (Thai) / Homebrew and bottled Guiness. Black 'n' Tan is always a good heartstarter.

27-06.-2005, 01:04 PM

#206

James Bruce Gil

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by EoinC

EoinC,

The only one you mention that I haven't had a substantial go at is the home brew. I was always windy about the local water even to the extent that I brush my teeth in beer when in Asia.

BTW I think Hoerrgarden is the spelling.

I have travelled to all the mainland states of Malaysia but have not yet made it to Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei or Kallamantan.

Kind regards,

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27-06.-2005, 02:18 PM

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by James Bruce Gil

I full-grain homebrew using bottled water. I haven't put down any brews since I transferred from the Peninsula across to Sarawak (mainly due to having an abundance at hand).
I'm now based in Miri (wet), near the Brunei (dry) border. Every weekend there is a flood of Brunei people cross the border into Miri to experience the wonders of alcohol.

27-06.-2005, 02:29 PM

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James Bruce Gil

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by EoinC

EoinC,

I am very familiar with that process, I worked 3 years in Saudi Arabia and used to regularly dash across the causway to Bahrain for a drink, when I ran out of my alcoholic's weekly ration.

Kind regards,

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27-06.-2005, 08:38 PM

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by Ruedy

OK. Here's a subject I think won't start an argument.

What's your favorite beer?

I've got many I like but an old standby for me is St. Pauli Girl Dark.

Greene King IPA is good and not too strong, so that you can quench your thirst and still cycle home.
Hopback Summer Lightning is very drinkable but you have to be careful, a few of these will put you over the limit.
Youngs Golden Zest is perfect for summer, and not bad at any time.
&c.
&c.

28-06.-2005, 02:05 AM

#210

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Re: What's your favorite beer?

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Originally Posted by limerickman

Guinness - numero uno.

Like beers from around the world though :

Canada - Moosehead.
Scotland - Tennants.
England - had a relative that owned a pub in Kent years ago, they used to stock an ale called Watneys, very nice it was too.
Holland - Heineken.
Belgium - Stella Artois.
France - a beer called Kanter (drank some after the 2004 Etape - very nice it was too).
USA - Michelob.
Itala - Peroni
Espana - didn't drink beer in Spain but had a nice white win in the Navarre region from a vineyard called Martin Kodax (very nice it was too).

I think myself and Limerickman would get on quite well if we were to meet in a bar/pub, (except for the Heineken).

Some of my faves:

~ England: Watney's Red Barrel Ale & Cream Stout (alas, I can't find it here in the States anymore

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~ Belgium: Stella Artois (always excellent, and doesn't give me a hangover!)

~ Mexico: Dos Equis XX Amber (NOT the other crap Dos Equis)

~ Germany: Spaten Premium Lager & Optimator Dark

~ USA: Michelob Amber Bock

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Ben Franklin

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