What Makes British Beer a Must-Try Experience?

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The discussion revolves around beer culture, with participants sharing various unique beer names and experiences. There is a humorous tone as they explore different brews from regions like Scotland and Wales, mentioning brands like Woodford Norfolk Nips and Burton Bridge Tickle Brain. The conversation shifts to a personal dilemma where one participant recounts an embarrassing incident involving a minor burn inflicted on his girlfriend while intoxicated. Despite feeling regretful and considering cutting off contact due to embarrassment, others encourage him to reach out, emphasizing that accidents happen and that she likely still appreciates him. The dialogue also touches on social dynamics in bars, with insights into how men and women interact over drinks. Additionally, brewing tips and favorite recipes are shared, highlighting a passion for homebrewing among some participants. Overall, the thread captures a blend of lighthearted banter about beer and serious advice about navigating personal relationships.
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This is the time to leave your, "better half", "the trouble and striffe", and talk
man stuff, like beer There is just so many different brews like,
Woodford Norfolk Nips
Wessex Old Shag
Wessex Gee Spot
Wessexs Jock Srap
Burton Bridge Tickle Brain
It will take a while to sample them all, so plan on leaving the lady of the house
for a week or two, this place is good for beer names http://www.1516beer.co.uk/british.htm

But there is Scotland, Wales, Isle Of Man, beers , better take a month or two.
 
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Hmm..I've never had a Wessex Old Shag before.
Perhaps I'll shack up with a nice old bear and try it out.
 
Arildno, Check out I to R, you may like them.
 
I got depressed by reading that.
I'll end up with an Old Slug, I guess (or possibly, an Old Fart).
 
How about a pint of Cairngorm Sheepshagger, or Skinners jingle Knocker, or
Beartown Bearskinful, Hmmm does she drink beer ?
 
Well, Danger would like that Sheepshagger bit, and some other males would prefer the Tittesworth Tippler.
I was sort of drawn towards that Battle Axe beer, though.
 
I have just learned that some WOMEN like beer what ever next,
belching blonds, butt scratching brunettes, i will have nigh mares now
 
arildno said:
Well, Danger would like that Sheepshagger bit
That do sound intriguing, but I might just stick with my Moosehead. And for you nature lovers, our local Big Rock Brewery produces Cock of the Walk (hi, Arlindo), Grasshopper, Magpie... and a dozen other things that don't actually have critter names. Grasshopper is made from wheat instead of barley. It has a nice light sort of flavour (best with a lime squeeze), but it leaves a headache like white wine.
 
Hey Danger, do women drink pints in your neck of the woods, do they mingle
with the chaps or form their own coven?
 
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guys, give me some advice if you can. i ended up getting drunk at a friends house and going to my girlfriends of two-weeks house, and smoking tobbacco out of a hookah with her and her friend, and being the drunken idiot i am, spilled the hot coals on one of her thighs, burning her (nothing serious, like a 1-2 cm burn on her inner thigh, burned the hell out of my hand too) at any rate, i deleted her number out of my phonebook, just out of sheer embarrassement for what happened (nearly burned her damn couch down too.) I really felt strong emotions for her during the time I've gotten to know her. I just don't know how to deal with this right now. She seemed totally okay with what happened, but I can't man up enough to deal with it myself, and have decided to stop talking to her altogether. I left her house almost in tears for what i have done, since she has been one of the most significant girlfriends I've had in the past 2 years. The collective intelligence of this board has saved me many times academically, but now i ask your help as a fellow man/woman(would love to hear your opinons moonbear/evo/mth), what do i do?
 
  • #11
Gza said:
what do i do?
Geez, man... I can't tell you how happy I'd be if that was the stupidest thing that I ever did with a woman. First off, the fact that she welcomed you in even though you were pissed and she had company is a pretty good indication that she digs you. If she's laughing off the burned-thigh incident, you're guaranteed in her good books. You'd be out of your bloody mind to cut off contact just because you're a bit embarrassed. Call her immediately, acknowledge that you weren't quite yourself and are sorry for any inconvenience, and ask her out to something that you know she'll enjoy so she'll have a good time even if you take a while to bring yourself up to speed. It sounds like you have one very special lady on the line, and if you blow it I will climb through my computer to kick your ass.
 
  • #12
wolram said:
Hey Danger, do women drink pints in your neck of the woods, do they mingle
with the chaps or form their own coven?
Sorry for the delay, but Geezer's post took priority. Women here drink everything. It's always a total intermingling, although some 'bunches' occur. If, for instance, a dozen people come in (say 8 women and 4 guys) as a group, they will interact with other established groups and so on until it's essentially one large group with constantly shifting sub-groups. Tonight, as an example, I was at the bar for my pool match. There's a duo that plays there every pool night, but the woman component thereof is at a jazz fest in Montreal this week so the guy's old partner was filling in. I stayed to shoot a few games with my team captain, and when he left I went over to the band table on their break. Scott had to go conduct some business, so I ended up spending most of the night with the new singer. The bar owner's girlfriend and an off-duty waitress joined in, and we had a great time. Likewise, a fellow that I haven't seen in 6 years showed up last week, and we ended up shooting until closing time, and a couple of guys that we never saw before got into playing doubles with us. Great times all around.
 
  • #13
Gza.

First off, you should be ashamed going to visit some one when drunk and high,
What a plonker, now that's out of the way, the girl still likes you even though
you burnt her? i think you should think your self very lucky and you should
cherrish her and treat her with love and respect.
Now get on the dog and bone and call her, and don't be so stupid again.
 
  • #14
Danger said:
That do sound intriguing, but I might just stick with my Moosehead. And for you nature lovers, our local Big Rock Brewery produces Cock of the Walk (hi, Arlindo),

Well, be that as it may, I just have to say that I HATE chattering, clinging hens you can't get past.
 
  • #15
Danger said:
Sorry for the delay, but Geezer's post took priority. Women here drink everything. It's always a total intermingling, although some 'bunches' occur. If, for instance, a dozen people come in (say 8 women and 4 guys) as a group, they will interact with other established groups and so on until it's essentially one large group with constantly shifting sub-groups. Tonight, as an example, I was at the bar for my pool match. There's a duo that plays there every pool night, but the woman component thereof is at a jazz fest in Montreal this week so the guy's old partner was filling in. I stayed to shoot a few games with my team captain, and when he left I went over to the band table on their break. Scott had to go conduct some business, so I ended up spending most of the night with the new singer. The bar owner's girlfriend and an off-duty waitress joined in, and we had a great time. Likewise, a fellow that I haven't seen in 6 years showed up last week, and we ended up shooting until closing time, and a couple of guys that we never saw before got into playing doubles with us. Great times all around.

That sounds like a great place to mingle there is no where like that around
here, seems I am out of touch, i only know of one lady that drinks pints and
she is a bit well___ and round this way women seem to group up and prefer
chatting amongst them selfs, drinking anything but beer, but i never get
to any big places where things may be different, think your self a lucky
beggar :biggrin:
 
  • #16
Danger said:
That do sound intriguing, but I might just stick with my Moosehead. And for you nature lovers, our local Big Rock Brewery produces Cock of the Walk (hi, Arlindo), Grasshopper, Magpie... and a dozen other things that don't actually have critter names. Grasshopper is made from wheat instead of barley. It has a nice light sort of flavour (best with a lime squeeze), but it leaves a headache like white wine.

Moosehead is moose piss :wink: . People in atlantic Canada drink that beer all the time but it has to be a hot summer day for me to drink that.

I have tasted Big Rock beers. It is good beer but Grasshopper is not that god. Who decided to filter a wheat beer? Wheat beer are meant to be unfiltered.

As far as the local brew in Halifax goes, there http://www.drinkpropeller.ca/beer/ . Properller makes a fine porter and bitter but their light are not that good. Garrisson makes a good brown ale and irish red. The stout is not that good. They also make a rasberry wheat ale for the ladies.

I also make some fine beer at home. My roomates favorites include the IPA, the California Common, an Altbier, a banana wheat ale and a few other. I only have strong scotish ale and imperial stout left. Summer temperature are too hot to brew.
 
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  • #17
Any one have brewing tips, favorite recipe, i like full bodied beer dark and
tangy and not gassy.
 
  • #18
I did warn you... :-p

wolram said:
i never get to any big places where things may be different, think your self a lucky beggar :biggrin:
Big places? This is a town of 13,000 people, with, as nearly as I can count, 12 bars. It's everyone knowing everyone else that makes the dynamic work the way it does. When someone new shows up, as in the guys we played pool with, they're part of the crowd by the time they leave and are still part of it when they return.

iansmith said:
Moosehead is moose piss
I'm not sure that I'd go that far, but the fact is that I normally drink Coors Light. I just brought up the oddball brands to show that the Brits aren't the only one's who can come up with squirrelly names. Fact is, there are very few Big Rock products that don't taste as if they've been filtered through a skunk.
 
  • #19
Brewing tips?

Get to a proper brewery, and get some proper yeast. Makes such a difference!


My top 3 at the moment are Bishop's Finger, Pale Rider, and Spitfire. Yummo.
 
  • #20
Gza said:
guys, give me some advice if you can. i ended up getting drunk at a friends house and going to my girlfriends of two-weeks house, and smoking tobbacco out of a hookah with her and her friend, and being the drunken idiot i am, spilled the hot coals on one of her thighs, burning her (nothing serious, like a 1-2 cm burn on her inner thigh, burned the hell out of my hand too) at any rate, i deleted her number out of my phonebook, just out of sheer embarrassement for what happened (nearly burned her damn couch down too.) I really felt strong emotions for her during the time I've gotten to know her. I just don't know how to deal with this right now. She seemed totally okay with what happened, but I can't man up enough to deal with it myself, and have decided to stop talking to her altogether. I left her house almost in tears for what i have done, since she has been one of the most significant girlfriends I've had in the past 2 years. The collective intelligence of this board has saved me many times academically, but now i ask your help as a fellow man/woman(would love to hear your opinons moonbear/evo/mth), what do i do?

Clearly you are not the full english breakfast. Hot coals or hot rocks? If the latter a) it comes with the territory... no-one would hold that against you, and b) that would explain why you freaked out, and again no-one would think you were anything other than a total lightweight.
 
  • #21
Gza said:
i ended up getting drunk at a friends house and going to my girlfriends of two-weeks house, and smoking tobbacco out of a hookah with her and her friend, and being the drunken idiot i am, spilled the hot coals on one of her thighs, burning her (nothing serious, like a 1-2 cm burn on her inner thigh, burned the hell out of my hand too)
Don't do that again.
Gza said:
. . . She seemed totally okay with what happened, but I can't man up enough to deal with it myself, and have decided to stop talking to her altogether. I left her house almost in tears for what i have done, since she has been one of the most significant girlfriends I've had in the past 2 years. The collective intelligence of this board has saved me many times academically, but now i ask your help as a fellow man/woman(would love to hear your opinons moonbear/evo/mth), what do i do?
Get man enough and talk to her. You can't change the past, but you can deal with the present and affect the future. If she's that important (and even if she is not) - then deal with it. Go see her, or ask her friend for her phone number, and give her a call!

As for beer - www.beeradvocate.com - excellent site for beer connoiseurs.

Speaking of brand names, we have - http://www.arrogantbastard.com/index2.html :biggrin:

And I would have to agree with Ian, Moosehead and Coors light and most popular commercial US/Canadian brands are piss. Then again, I like the heavier stuff like stouts (e.g. Guinness) and Belgian beers (e.g. Chimay).

Drink in moderation.
 
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  • #22
As for beer - www.beeradvocate.com - excellent site for beer connoiseurs

That is a great site astro, that beer soaked meat sounds real good, i think
i will try soon.
 
  • #23
Gza said:
guys, give me some advice if you can. i ended up getting drunk at a friends house and going to my girlfriends of two-weeks house, and smoking tobbacco out of a hookah with her and her friend, and being the drunken idiot i am, spilled the hot coals on one of her thighs, burning her (nothing serious, like a 1-2 cm burn on her inner thigh, burned the hell out of my hand too) at any rate, i deleted her number out of my phonebook, just out of sheer embarrassement for what happened (nearly burned her damn couch down too.) I really felt strong emotions for her during the time I've gotten to know her. I just don't know how to deal with this right now. She seemed totally okay with what happened, but I can't man up enough to deal with it myself, and have decided to stop talking to her altogether. I left her house almost in tears for what i have done, since she has been one of the most significant girlfriends I've had in the past 2 years. The collective intelligence of this board has saved me many times academically, but now i ask your help as a fellow man/woman(would love to hear your opinons moonbear/evo/mth), what do i do?
CALL HER! If she doesn't want to date you because you're a klutz, then it's better to find out now. If she really does like you, this little incident will not matter. CALL HER!
 
  • #24
wolram said:
Any one have brewing tips, favorite recipe

As brewnog point out, get a good yeast. I recommed that you buy liquid yeast and prepare a yeast starter because by the time your wort is ready your yeast be in full gear and ready to ferment. Also, keep the temperature of the room constant and between 18 to 20 C for ales. For larger, you will need temperature ranging from 8 to 15 C. The Canadian is good to make lager. If the temperature is above recommended temperature then the yeast starts to create some unwanted compound that affect the beers flavour.


As far make the wort, an all-grain requires a lot of special equipement and it might be harder to do. The next best thing is a extract with grain recipe (EG). Malt extract will give good tasting beer. The grain will help to give better colour and enhance the taste of the beer. Also with an EG you will add hops and will enable to have more control over the aroma and the bitterness. An EG takes about 2 hours to prepare. 30 minutes soacking the grains, 30 minutes to bring to a boil and 1 hour boiling the worth.

I recommed that you stay away from kits but for those that are Canadian you may want to consider a http://www.magnotta.com/festabrew.html kit. It is wort from a microbrewery in ontario.

As far as recipe goes, visit the beer recipator, http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipes
The site also has a spreadsheet that help you create recipe.
 
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  • #25
iansmith

As far as recipe goes, visit the beer recipator, http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipes
The site also has a spreadsheet that help you create recipe.

That is a great site i have book marked it for future use, thanks
 
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  • #27
I guess after all the beer drinking the chat will turn to women, bless them, you
can not live with them, and you can not live without them, how is it with you
guys?
 
  • #28
iansmith said:
Another great reference for homebrewing is "How to brew" by John Palmer. The whole book is available on the internet for free.
http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html

I think i will have to start a new book mark, this one is filling up fast.
 
  • #29
WARNING TO ALL MEN:
There's a vagina dentata lurking in the "women only"-thread.
 
  • #30
arildno said:
WARNING TO ALL MEN:
There's a vagina dentata lurking in the "women only"-thread.

Oh heck i just went up, down, and invited them here, but i
did not see a vagina dentata, does it have big claws and teeth, i have my
shot gun ready lads i won't let one bite you.
 
  • #31
Ooh no; I'll never go back there ever again, they're scary, they're so different...
 
  • #32
arildno said:
Ooh no; I'll never go back there ever again, they're scary, they're so different...
This what happens you see give them an inch and they take a mile, i knew
it was a bad day when they let women into public houses, their anatomy
is just so different, they seem to loose hold of reality.
 
  • #33
I haven't got a mile to give, so that's another reason to stay out of there.
 
  • #34
I have just poped down or is it up, to see if the dear things are ok, us guys
have to watch out for them don't you know.
 
  • #35
wolram said:
I have just poped down or is it up, to see if the dear things are ok, us guys
have to watch out for them don't you know.

Its filling up, down, up there we need more guys or we will be over run by the
skirts.
 
  • #36
Gza said:
guys, give me some advice if you can. i ended up getting drunk at a friends house and going to my girlfriends of two-weeks house, and smoking tobbacco out of a hookah with her and her friend, and being the drunken idiot i am, spilled the hot coals on one of her thighs, burning her (nothing serious, like a 1-2 cm burn on her inner thigh, burned the hell out of my hand too) at any rate, i deleted her number out of my phonebook, just out of sheer embarrassement for what happened (nearly burned her damn couch down too.) I really felt strong emotions for her during the time I've gotten to know her. I just don't know how to deal with this right now. She seemed totally okay with what happened, but I can't man up enough to deal with it myself, and have decided to stop talking to her altogether. I left her house almost in tears for what i have done, since she has been one of the most significant girlfriends I've had in the past 2 years. The collective intelligence of this board has saved me many times academically, but now i ask your help as a fellow man/woman(would love to hear your opinons moonbear/evo/mth), what do i do?

Sorry guys, I have to crash your party; one of your fellow men is in desperate need of advice here!

Oh, geez, you know, accidents happen. And you missed one of the few socially acceptable reasons you could have for touching her inner thigh in public without getting slapped for it! *shakes head in disbelief* All you had to do was offer to get ice or a cold cloth to hold on the burn and show her how caring you can be.

Now, get her number and call and ask if her leg is better and apologize for not calling back sooner...tell her you were sort of embarrassed about the whole incident and had to work the nerve back up to call (yes, admit it, it's the truth and is a heck of a lot better reason than whatever has been running through her mind about why you haven't called back). I'd just suggest you stay away from hookah in the future (well, I'd suggest it anyway , but even more reason now).

Okay guys, you can go back to your guy talk.
*walks over to fridge, pushes Coors and Moosehead aside, grabs a bottle of iansmith's homebrew he was trying to hide in the back, takes a big gulp*
UUUUURRRRRRPPPPPP![/size] Ahhhh!

See you later guys!
 
  • #37
wolram said:
Its filling up, down, up there we need more guys or we will be over run by the
skirts.

I thought I'd throw my testosterone in the pot here and add beer me to the list of good sites.
 
  • #38
DocToxyn said:
I thought I'd throw my testosterone in the pot here and add beer me to the list of good sites.

This thread is supercharged with testerostertone, testarossas, that stuff
thanks Doc.
 
  • #39
honestrosewater said:
To go with your beer, I brought you guys an assortment of nuts as a truce offering; I figured you were running a bit short on them here.
NutSamplerBasket_190_opt.jpg


:biggrin: Friends?

Well, ok, do you have any more tit bits i am starving, is that paty lou still around, if she is slip her a woolie special :biggrin:
 
  • #40
Alright guys, make some room on the couch there! The women are over there talking about childbirth and grandchildren and stuff. I brought the nachos and chili over here with me.

Han' me anoffer of thosh beersh tha' eenshmiff brought. *hic* Whoa! They sheem to haf a deeeeelaaaaayed effeck. Heh, shomeone hol' me 'til thish room shtops shpiiiiinnnniiiinnng. *hic*
 
  • #41
Moonbear said:
*grabs a few more bottles of beer from the fridge*
I think I'm going back to the women's party and having some of those nachos with chili. Oh, and the Buffalo wings are ready too.

Make your mind up, oh sorry i forgot women don't do such things :biggrin:
any way they are talking about, about, about, no i can not say it is all just
to horrible
 
  • #42
Moonbear said:
Alright guys, make some room on the couch there! The women are over there talking about childbirth and grandchildren and stuff. I brought the nachos and chili over here with me.

Han' me anoffer of thosh beersh tha' eenshmiff brought. *hic* Whoa! They sheem to haf a deeeeelaaaaayed effeck. Heh, shomeone hol' me 'til thish room shtops shpiiiiinnnniiiinnng. *hic*

Hey Moonie here have a woolie special, it will put hairs on your chest.
 
  • #43
wolram said:
Make your mind up, oh sorry i forgot women don't do such things :biggrin:
any way they are talking about, about, about, no i can not say it is all just
to horrible
*holds finger to tip of Wolram's nose* Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don' shay it. Di' Iiiiiii tell you...I brought nashooos? Yeah, an' shillee. An thish roooom ish shtill shpinning.
 
  • #44
wolram said:
Hey Moonie here have a woolie special, it will put hairs on your chest.
Who'sh hairsh? :biggrin: :-p *hic*
 
  • #45
Moonbear said:
Who'sh hairsh? :biggrin: :-p *hic*

Me thinks i better give her an instant sober up, and a bacon sarnie, then she
will survive the night. :rolleyes:
 
  • #46
I've heard you guys have something called a woolie special. I don't really drink, but I suppose one wouldn't hurt. :blushing:
Do any of you play pool? I like the multi-colored ones.
 
  • #47
I can't cook, but I have brought poppers. This is men only for a reason... right?

[backs away quietly]
 
  • #48
Moonbear said:
Alright guys, make some room on the couch there! The women are over there talking about childbirth and grandchildren and stuff. I brought the nachos and chili over here with me.

Han' me anoffer of thosh beersh tha' eenshmiff brought. *hic* Whoa! They sheem to haf a deeeeelaaaaayed effeck. Heh, shomeone hol' me 'til thish room shtops shpiiiiinnnniiiinnng. *hic*

I dunno, Moonbie. If you start belching loudly and scratching yourself, I may have to reconsider if I want you to go with me to Disney World!

:)

Zz.
 
  • #49
honestrosewater said:
I've heard you guys have something called a woolie special. I don't really drink, but I suppose one wouldn't hurt. :blushing:
Do any of you play pool? I like the multi-colored ones.

Hey up Rose, i have prepared an extra large woolie special just for you
:biggrin: please be careful with those balls they are the only set we have.
 
  • #50
El Hombre Invisible said:
I can't cook, but I have brought poppers. This is men only for a reason... right?

[backs away quietly]
 

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