Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

Will Power said:
Just the job! I have to make a 'sexist' remark though;) If he banned mobile phones then that by default excludes 97% of women who are permanently bonded to their 'device' 24/7 it seems:eek::D
Any spittoons in there? And notices about not swearing in front of women??:D:D

Joking apart, it looks like an oasis of peace and reflection, priceless:thumbsup:
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Yip theres notices about not swearing (in front of men or women :)) as well in the front bar. I'll have to take a pic of them next time I'm there which will be next week hopefully. No spittoons cos I'm sure theres a notice about not spitting to, but I may be mistaken :D

Will Power said:
2.8%??? :eek::poop: Where's the point?:D And what's that object on the can? Looks like an old fashioned fire extinguisher!:D
Once due to driving restrictions I unwisely tried an alcohol free beer, result a hammer headache borderline migraineo_O Must be the chemicals they dose it up with, tasted foul too.

I like a beer 4.5-7% max. Good strength but still thirst slaking. Bit like aGEC 73 not too big or small.

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Nice GEC you have there. The Makeson's is purposefully brewed at that strength although it used to be 3% so I'm not sure why it's called a 'Stout'. The icon on the front is a 'Milk Churn' because milk stouts have lactose added during brewing to add sweetness and flavour. It generally did used to be recommended to pregnant women.:D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackeson_Stout

There is a stronger version available in North America (brewed in Trinidad) called Makeson's XXX 4.9%
This is a Canadian website selling it:
http://www.thebeerstore.ca/beers/mackeson-stout

and theres US websites to. See if you can acquire some and give it a whirl :thumbsup:
And your right alcohol free beer is :poop::D
 
Thanks. Thanks too for the info and no thanks as I'm lactose intolerant:eek: so not just a headache but numerous :poop: visits:D:D:eek:
 
donn donn looks to be a proper place to enjoy a nice pint. It's a shame but I guess the days of the neighborhood bar have vanished in America. One beer joint I frequented had a sign on the building, "no women allowed inside", this was in the early 70's. Never saw a fight or any kind of trouble there :D
 
JB in SC said:
donn donn looks to be a proper place to enjoy a nice pint. It's a shame but I guess the days of the neighborhood bar have vanished in America. One beer joint I frequented had a sign on the building, "no women allowed inside", this was in the early 70's. Never saw a fight or any kind of trouble there :D
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Completely contrary to popular belief, 99% of the bars worth visiting in New Orleans are in neighborhoods. I mean: signs on the door saying "be quiet when leaving", doorbell to buzz you in, quiet neighborhood surrounding a rather inconspicuous looking bar.
 
meako said:
On another matter...I would now like to clear up one of the greatest conundrums that exists between the USA ...and the rest of the English speaking world.
"could care less" the American vs "couldn't care less "the rest of .
It's a very, very simple matter of semantics.
"Could care less " implies some care.
"Could not care less" implies that caring has reached zero. If I was JPs cat for instance I would say "meeoww meows rrreeoww" which translates as "get yer own beer I've got screen doors to rip and my paws need licking".
Hope that clears it up.:)
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Hello. American here. Thank you for voicing a major pet peeve of mine. *tips hat* It makes me twitch when people say "could care less" when what they mean is "couldn't care less". ;) :)

I shall now slink out of this thread because I don't have much in the way of interesting drinks. I'm a diet soda kind of gal, although tonight I'm finishing off the bottle of whiskey I've been nursing since Christmas. Salute!

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Wurrwulf Wurrwulf I should have been more specific. I know my son in law's folks from PA had a neighborhood bar in walking distance of their house. I was reflecting about small town bars in the southeast. I had several favorites in my sales travels over the years. Real bars, no food served.

I believe there was a concerted effort to shut them down, requiring a substantial percentage of food sales to get a license.
 
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Will Power said:
Thanks. Thanks too for the info and no thanks as I'm lactose intolerant:eek: so not just a headache but numerous :poop: visits:D:D:eek:
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Crikey! Maybe not then! You know, it never occurred to me that lactose intolerant folks wouldn't be able to drink milk stout.

JB in SC said:
donn donn looks to be a proper place to enjoy a nice pint. It's a shame but I guess the days of the neighborhood bar have vanished in America. One beer joint I frequented had a sign on the building, "no women allowed inside", this was in the early 70's. Never saw a fight or any kind of trouble there :D
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It's no different with the British pub. A multitude of high taxes, unregulated sky-high rent increases off the breweries, the smoking ban, and did I mention the multitude of high taxes...:rolleyes: have seen about 12,000 pubs shut in the last 10 years. During the last decade the UK was losing on average 52 pubs a week. Over 30,000 have shut since the 1970's. :oops:
Another pub I used to frequent in York (The Minster Inn) only had ladies toilets installed in 1985 or thereabouts. And some pubs only started to allow ladies in because because it was a condition of their licences.
Another milk stout tonight.
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-David.
 
donn donn I had read that many pubs were being razed (by councils?) for new construction. Truly sad. One of our relatives lived in Ireland for quite a few years, the one thing he missed the most when he returned to the US was his local.
 
JB in SC said:
donn donn I had read that many pubs were being razed (by councils?) for new construction. Truly sad. One of our relatives lived in Ireland for quite a few years, the one thing he missed the most when he returned to the US was his local.
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Yep quite true though not by the councils. It's a long story but essentially alot of pubs in the UK are "Tied Houses". That is there attached to a brewery or owned by a non-brewing pub owning company (PubCo's). PubCo's are essentially property speculators who purchased 1000s of pubs. There playing the long game; hoping for the day when the pub shut after which they can sell off the land for development.
Unfortunately after the recession in '08 all these PubCo's were left with huge estates of pubs that no one wanted to buy. In the meantime the law changed making it harder for them to sell pubs, or for a building which was a pub to have it's purpose changed.
Like alot of speculators there corrupt and up to there eyes in debt so they try and get rid of what they can. A prime example was a PubCo called Enterprise Inns. They've just sold alot of their estate to Heinekin but that was because they were in £2.25BILLION in debt. I mean, you own pubs in the UK. LOTS of pubs. All selling beer. All paying sky-high rents. The Brits aren't exactly the biggest drinkers in the world but were no teetotallers either :D So how'd you end up £2.25BILLION in debt??
In the meantime alot of pubs were sold off. There now supermarkets, flats, carparks.... The loss to the UK's cultural and architectual history is astounding :rolleyes::rolleyes:
A sad reflection of our society.
And heres me, I just posted a reply to Knarfeng saying I like being on the Trad forum cos I we don't discuss law or politics....

-David.
 
Lactose is a sugar .I think you would be safe Will because it gets "digested " by the yeast.
Let's face it who on earth would drink beer then milk. As we Klingons say whilst
vomiting...Hullqqyybblleeerrqq..fwqqul..huqq.
IBC makes a delightfully smooth coffee milk stout. Its the closest thing to any sort of milk I can stomach.
Will Power said:
Thanks. Thanks too for the info and no thanks as I'm lactose intolerant:eek: so not just a headache but numerous :poop: visits:D:D:eek:
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