StuG III Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 It ******s up my stout brewing though, I need 2 more bottles for every batch. Pepsi stout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I don't drink it neat but it is a good mixer. Rum and cola.....white rum and any old fizzy cola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Pepsi stout?No, I haven't gone that far and I'm too restricted to go beyond kit brewing at the moment. But I do like to bottle some stout in genuine Coca Cola bottles. You know, for work, car journeys etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Milk is insanely cheap. Drink milk. Now I know you are being ironic RK...but that has got to be something in the most definitely wrong thread. Whether it was the fact we were forced fed the stuff at primary school in those third pint bottles...and thank God Thatcher came to the rescue in 1973 so that my last two years at primary school were milk free. Milk is fine in porridge and tea and coffee...end of. Always think what the f**k when an adult starts drinking or is offered a glass of milk in a film. More wrong in fact than southern HPCs members indulging in a glass of shandy on a pub crawl with the XYY man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustYield Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Now I know you are being ironic RK...but that has got to be something in the most definitely wrong thread. Whether it was the fact we were forced fed the stuff at primary school in those third pint bottles...and thank God Thatcher came to the rescue in 1973 so that my last two years at primary school were milk free. Milk is fine in porridge and tea and coffee...end of. Always think what the f**k when an adult starts drinking or is offered a glass of milk in a film. More wrong in fact than southern HPCs members indulging in a glass of shandy on a pub crawl with the XYY man. "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." strictly speaking that's not milk, is it? Reminds me that I need some coffee liqueur though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Wouldn't touch cola of any kind. And I buy 1 litre fruit juices, or sometimes 1.5l. As for shrinking products, my mother first explained to me about those when I was a little lad at primary school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Quite a few of the toothpaste manufacturers have moved to 75ml tubes so the shelves are mixed 75ml and 100ml so to price compare is more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ologhai Jones Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Wah-ha-ha-ha-haaaa. (That's the closest I can get to a Sid James in text. Which is actually closer than I get in real life. Is it just me, or is the Sid James laugh pretty hard to mimic, despite spending sometimes days on end practising. Sid James is the gov'ner.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I reckon it's the government. After all, they've been bashing fatties for long enough. Could they have sneaked in a 'slimming down' law on soft drinks without us noticing. We should stop whining. It's for our own good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 ...Is it just me, or is the Sid James laugh pretty hard to mimic, despite spending sometimes days on end practising. This parrot's not doing too bad a job Jonesy... XYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ill_handle_it Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/01/12/what-happens-to-your-body-within-an-hour-of-drinking-a-coke.aspx Within the first 10 minutes, 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. This is 100 percent of your recommended daily intake, and the only reason you don’t vomit as a result of the overwhelming sweetness is because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor. Within 20 minutes, your blood sugar spikes, and your liver responds to the resulting insulin burst by turning massive amounts of sugar into fat. Within 40 minutes, caffeine absorption is complete; your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, and your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. Around 45 minutes, your body increases dopamine production, which stimulates the pleasure centers of your brain – a physically identical response to that of heroin, by the way. After 60 minutes, you’ll start to have a sugar crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustYield Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 strictly speaking that's not milk, is it? Reminds me that I need some coffee liqueur though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I reckon it's the government. After all, they've been bashing fatties for long enough. Could they have sneaked in a 'slimming down' law on soft drinks without us noticing. We should stop whining. It's for our own good. The minute the "pint" get smaller, I'm pigging off to Germany, where you can get two litre pints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearwithasorehead Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 The minute the "pint" get smaller, I'm pigging off to Germany, where you can get two litre pints! I am in Finland at the mo. You should have seen the look on my face when I bought a beer and was given a pint glass with 400ml in it (standard beer measure). Not a happy bunny. The barmaid said, 'Is there something wrong?'' Too ******ing right, love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 The minute the "pint" get smaller, I'm pigging off to Germany, where you can get two litre pints!I was in a 'trendy' pub in Manchester and upon asking for a particular draught beer I was told that it would be served in a schooner. Wow, I thought. Imagine my crushing disappointment when my drink was served in a child's measure, not a boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I am in Finland at the mo. You should have seen the look on my face what I bought a beer and was given a pint glass with 400ml in it (standard beer measure). Not a happy bunny. The barmaid said, 'Is there something wrong?'' Too ******ing right, love. You have to drink half a pint of Vodka and jump out of a top floor window!, up there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I was in a 'trendy' pub in Manchester and upon asking for a particular draught beer I was told that it would be served in a schooner. Wow, I thought. Imagine my crushing disappointment when my drink was served in a child's measure, not a boat. In the Pin World, I agree that is a "fail"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Well now, it seems this is going on in my local ASDA's alcohol department too. I picked up what looked like a full bottle of Grant's whisky as the £10 price tag had suckered me in. When I got it home, I realised it was 50cl and not 70. Next visit I had a good look at the shelves and there were other brands offering this 50cl bottle too. But then I realised how sneaky ASDA had been. They normally have all the half bottles on their own shelves and the full bottles on theirs, but they'd stuck the 50cl Grant's right next to the half-bottles and this plus the distinctive shape of the bottle tricked the eye into thinking it was a full bottle - the sneaky shites...! Oh, and when did Old Speckled Hen drop to 5% abv...? It's been 5.2% as long as I've been supping the stuff but the four I bought yesterday were only 5%. So it would seem they are after the hardened-drinker just as much as the supper of smoothies and fruit juices... XYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Well now, it seems this is going on in my local ASDA's alcohol department too. I picked up what looked like a full bottle of Grant's whisky as the £10 price tag had suckered me in. When I got it home, I realised it was 50cl and not 70. Next visit I had a good look at the shelves and there were other brands offering this 50cl bottle too. But then I realised how sneaky ASDA had been. They normally have all the half bottles on their own shelves and the full bottles on theirs, but they'd stuck the 50cl Grant's right next to the half-bottles and this plus the distinctive shape of the bottle tricked the eye into thinking it was a full bottle - the sneaky shites...! Oh, and when did Old Speckled Hen drop to 5% abv...? It's been 5.2% as long as I've been supping the stuff but the four I bought yesterday were only 5%. So it would seem they are after the hardened-drinker just as much as the supper of smoothies and fruit juices... XYY We are on the "Road to Hell"! Enjoy the ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 Well now, it seems this is going on in my local ASDA's alcohol department too. I picked up what looked like a full bottle of Grant's whisky as the £10 price tag had suckered me in. When I got it home, I realised it was 50cl and not 70. Next visit I had a good look at the shelves and there were other brands offering this 50cl bottle too. But then I realised how sneaky ASDA had been. They normally have all the half bottles on their own shelves and the full bottles on theirs, but they'd stuck the 50cl Grant's right next to the half-bottles and this plus the distinctive shape of the bottle tricked the eye into thinking it was a full bottle - the sneaky shites...! Oh, and when did Old Speckled Hen drop to 5% abv...? It's been 5.2% as long as I've been supping the stuff but the four I bought yesterday were only 5%. So it would seem they are after the hardened-drinker just as much as the supper of smoothies and fruit juices... XYY To bring it closer to that watered down piss you drink called Newcastle Brown Ale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 To bring it closer to that watered down piss you drink called Newcastle Brown Ale. I drink many fine ales itchy, not just Brown. Older drinkers than me would agree with you as they all swear Newcy Brown was stronger in the past - I've only been drinking it for a few years since I got sick of lager and switched to beer, so I don't know if this is true or a myth. And of course, the 550ml bottle looks good compared to the 500s of their rivals, but the old timers tell me they were pint bottles back in the day, so there was a rip-off in the metric conversion too. Something tells me the 550ml bottle probably won't last much longer... XYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 I drink many fine ales itchy, not just Brown. Older drinkers than me would agree with you as they all swear Newcy Brown was stronger in the past - I've only been drinking it for a few years since I got sick of lager and switched to beer, so I don't know if this is true or a myth. And of course, the 550ml bottle looks good compared to the 500s of their rivals, but the old timers tell me they were pint bottles back in the day, so there was a rip-off in the metric conversion too. Something tells me the 550ml bottle probably won't last much longer... XYY I think the only time I would drink Newcastle Brown was back in my days of nightclubs and their £1 a bottle nights. 330ml of 4% ABV lager or 550ml of 4.7% ABV Newkie Brown for £1, you choose. Thankfully Vodbulls and Jaegerbombs are the modern equivalent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I drink many fine ales itchy, not just Brown. Older drinkers than me would agree with you as they all swear Newcy Brown was stronger in the past - I've only been drinking it for a few years since I got sick of lager and switched to beer, so I don't know if this is true or a myth. XYY Well some friends came round and I offered the ones that drink, a small bottle of Groslch! 330 ml! Once I had dealt with the guests, I got my "special" bottle of Grolsch! 1.5 Litres, to see who would laugh first! It was actually my mate's son! He is the future Pin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 The minute the "pint" get smaller, I'm pigging off to Germany, where you can get two litre pints! Great idea. Can I carry your suitcase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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