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Thread #59270   Message #944179
Posted By: mouldy
01-May-03 - 03:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Minimum Beer Strength for Duty
Subject: RE: BS: Minimum Beer Strength for Duty
No, I think that was the Party 7. (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong). We had one that did the rounds of the parties in our gang. Whoever had it brought it as the "gift" drink to the next one! (Well we were all young and broke, but not stupid enough to drink it). I think they did a Party 4 as well.

On the subject of low alcohol/alcohol free beers - I have an alcohol intolerance: even drinking one half risks a blinding headache (I do partake, but ain't life a bitch?) and I wish there was a drinkable alternative. It got scary over Christmas that I was beginning to tolerate the taste of Kaliber! There is only so much coke/lime and soda/overpriced fruit drink that you can take, and after a while you just get waterlogged, especially when you're out for the whole evening in a pub. Then you start to wonder why you are paying to drink when you are not even thirsty. (This usually happens when my other half is back in the country and merrily necking the pints while I look after the car keys!)
We once went into a pub in Monmouth with my slightly underage son, and my husband ordered a shandy for him. The landlord refused, although my other half tried to persuade him that the less than 4% beer he was using would be diluted to less than 2%, which was the point at which it became "alcohol"! (Nice try, lad!)

Andrea