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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 23, 2016 11:58:42 GMT 7
Okay, A Black & Tan is a Pale Ale and a Guinness. The Guinness is poured slowly over the pale ale, so that it looks like this:  A Shandy we agree on I believe. Half a glass of beer and half a glass of lemonade mixed. Given to teenagers at family functions or at a 'Family' Sunday Roast at a country pub. Not to be confused with a 'Lager Dash', which is a dash of lemonade (about 1" at the bottom of a pint glass) with the glass filled up with lager. Or a 'Lager Tops', which is basically a Lager Dash but the lager goes in the glass first. Taste of the 2 are exactly the same but which one to order was dependent on what was the in thing at that time (bloody 1980's). One more thing about Lager Tops/Dash, if you ever see a guy in a bar ordering 'half a Larger Tops', punch him cleanly in the larynx, fricken posing Southerners. A snakebite is Cider and Lager. The correct way to serve it is by letting the lager sit on the cider. However, when served in a bar in the UK, the lager is usually on draft, so the lager and cider just mixes and creates a cloudy looking pint. It is a strong drink (much stronger than shandy) and dependent on the cider used (Scrumpy Cider is the best) the strength can vary greatly. Due to its strength and the increase in barroom brawls in the 80s & 90s it was banned from many bars, sometimes a Landlord decision and sometimes a Brewery decision. In fact Bill Clinton was refused a snakebite when he ordered one at the Old Bell Tavern in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Maybe he should have told them that he wouldn’t inhale drink it.  A Black Velvet is also known as 'Guinness Snakebite' and consist of Guinness over Cider. Cream Stouts should only be drank by old Northern Men with flat caps, a wife twice their size (who they are scared of) and a whippet to take everywhere and confide in.They are usually enjoyed served at room temperature with a side order of KVE brand Pork Scratchings and a roll-up, while delighting in the pastime of 'threes and fives'. Wet Dream in Heaven: This drink consists of a liter of Jamesons. <Bunny boiler>, I hope that you are now better versed in the drinking habits of the common garden Englishman. Ah Mr Tiger, the good old days, before we were plagued with, theme pubs, plastic paddy pubs, ozzy walkabout pubs, sports bars etc etc. The men drank pints of mild, and only women drank lager. Thankfully refuge can still be found in working mens clubs, although their days are numbered. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 12:06:51 GMT 7
Okay, A Black & Tan is a Pale Ale and a Guinness. The Guinness is poured slowly over the pale ale, so that it looks like this: A Shandy we agree on I believe. Half a glass of beer and half a glass of lemonade mixed. Given to teenagers at family functions or at a 'Family' Sunday Roast at a country pub. Not to be confused with a 'Lager Dash', which is a dash of lemonade (about 1" at the bottom of a pint glass) with the glass filled up with lager. Or a 'Lager Tops', which is basically a Lager Dash but the lager goes in the glass first. Taste of the 2 are exactly the same but which one to order was dependent on what was the in thing at that time (bloody 1980's). One more thing about Lager Tops/Dash, if you ever see a guy in a bar ordering 'half a Larger Tops', punch him cleanly in the larynx, fricken posing Southerners. A snakebite is Cider and Lager. The correct way to serve it is by letting the lager sit on the cider. However, when served in a bar in the UK, the lager is usually on draft, so the lager and cider just mixes and creates a cloudy looking pint. It is a strong drink (much stronger than shandy) and dependent on the cider used (Scrumpy Cider is the best) the strength can vary greatly. Due to its strength and the increase in barroom brawls in the 80s & 90s it was banned from many bars, sometimes a Landlord decision and sometimes a Brewery decision. In fact Bill Clinton was refused a snakebite when he ordered one at the Old Bell Tavern in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Maybe he should have told them that he wouldn’t inhale drink it. A Black Velvet is also known as 'Guinness Snakebite' and consist of Guinness over Cider. Cream Stouts should only be drank by old Northern Men with flat caps, a wife twice their size (who they are scared of) and a whippet to take everywhere and confide in.They are usually enjoyed served at room temperature with a side order of KVE brand Pork Scratchings and a roll-up, while delighting in the pastime of 'threes and fives'. Wet Dream in Heaven: This drink consists of a liter of Jamesons. <Bunny boiler>, I hope that you are now better versed in the drinking habits of the common garden Englishman. Ah Mr Tiger, the good old days, before we were plagued with, theme pubs, plastic paddy pubs, ozzy walkabout pubs, sports bars etc etc. The men drank pints of mild, and only women drank lager. Thankfully refuge can still be found in working mens clubs, although their days are numbered. You forgot to mention those poncey wine bars that started spreading from the South in the early 90s. Fricken full of those idiotic Yuppies. Working men's clubs were the best. Cheap ale and no wenches allowed in the snooker room or the dungeon (cards & domino room). Men where men and women were.... well women were at home cooking and cleaning. |
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Post by pathumseb on Jan 23, 2016 12:14:02 GMT 7
Try a centurion- a shot of beer every 60 secs until you get to 100 shots. Much harder than it sounds. For added clout use Special Brew.
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Post by onionluke on Jan 23, 2016 12:15:09 GMT 7
What a terrible thing that was, ripping out the pubs and free houses .
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 12:16:57 GMT 7
Try a centurion- a shot of beer every 60 secs until you get to 100 shots. Much harder than it sounds. For added clout use Special Brew. That sound like a great alternative to ram-a-can (shooting a beer) for the next time my Aussie customers are over.  |
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Post by wildoats on Jan 23, 2016 12:27:08 GMT 7
I will admit to having to resort to google, too many sessions have taken their toll on the old grey matter. Black Velvet is the name of the Cider/Guiness mix. Known as a 'Shandy' in the land of Oz, for females, but the mix is beer and lemonade. My Partner sometimes drinks them. She gets full cudos from the guys as they think she's knocking back a real pint. |
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Post by wildoats on Jan 23, 2016 12:38:33 GMT 7
^^^^ Earls Court per chance, thats Ozzy central in London. Believe it or not ... actually NO. Don't believe I ever set foot in Earl's Court. Why on Earth, travel half way round the globe to mix with your own folk? The Pub was up the road from King's Cross Station. I know this will shatter the illusion that we Aussies are beer swilling scum ... but, when I landed I actually bought the history of the UK from about 1066 and the Battle of Hastings through the Second World War. The Irish potato Famine and the following migration of them around the world. But, what came across the most was why you guys hate/d the French and visa-versa. Centuries of conflict there. The conflicts with the Scots, the betrayal or position bargaining ... depends on your perspective. Fascinating stuff. I loved it back then (mid 80's), though I've been told, it's changed a lot since. |
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Post by me on Jan 23, 2016 12:46:57 GMT 7
Known as a 'Shandy' in the land of Oz, for females, but the mix is beer and lemonade. My Partner sometimes drinks them. She gets full cudos from the guys as they think she's knocking back a real pint. Always new a keeper from a one night from whether she drank shandys when you went to the pub or insisted on those expensive top shelf things with umberelas in them. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 13:02:13 GMT 7
I used to work in a London Pub in the mid 80's ... smokie knows it only too well, pure coincidence BTW. The Pouges used to play there. Never had been asked for a SnakeBite before till that first Gig. Made several that night, well behaved, if boisterous crowd. Ah, the Pouges, the Pub, the good 'ole days. Myself and Smokes were in a pub last night - and the band played - |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 15:28:56 GMT 7
Bob Hawke back in the day held the record for sculling a beer.
His academic achievements were complemented by setting a new world record for beer drinking; he downed 2 1⁄2 imperial pints– equivalent to a yard of ale – from a sconce pot in 11 seconds as part of a college penalty. In his memoirs, Hawke suggested that this single feat may have contributed to his political success more than any other, by endearing him to a voting population with a strong beer culture.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 18:13:38 GMT 7
Sometimes on my 1st few stellas I add about 20ml of diet lemonade, I used to scowl at such things but I've done this for a few years.
Apparently diet lemonade gets the ale into your system quicker, scientists have only just recently found that out
Not a lot of people know that
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 18:19:42 GMT 7
Sometimes on my 1st few stellas I add about 20ml of diet lemonade, I used to scowl at such things but I've done this for a few years. Apparently diet lemonade gets the ale into your system quicker, scientists have only just recently found that out Not a lot of people know that An intravenous drip would work better.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 18:24:37 GMT 7
So would funnelling up the poo shoot, I'll stick with the diet lemonade thanks  |
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