BS: Lager

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Neil D
Date: 28 Aug 22 - 09:38 AM

Red Stripe from Jamaica is a fine full-flavored lager. Also, I wouldn't think of having a Mexican dinner without washing it down with a pint of Dos Equis, much better than Corona.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Charmion's brother Andrew
Date: 28 Aug 22 - 09:47 AM

Och, a cute wee beastie.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 Aug 22 - 10:04 AM

Refer above to my notes about Modela Negra. I met this one when dining in Mexico.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Charmion
Date: 29 Aug 22 - 03:44 PM

A pint tankard! How retro! Was it actually made to hold 20 fluid ounces Imperial, or is it a cross-dressed half-litre mug?

Here in Canada, with our mixture of three measuring systems, a “pint” of beer can be anything from a US 12-ounce bottle or domestic 355-ml can to a British 20-oz sleeve or a European half-litre. When ordering, one asks the size of the “pint” offered. It’s tiresome for the budget-minded, who must do complicated arithmetic to arrive at a best-value decision.

I just order what I like and damn the price. I’m driving, so I’m having only one, anyway!

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 29 Aug 22 - 05:10 PM

A pint this end is 568ml. We savvy Brits do not wish to see a huge frothy head on a "pint" that means we're getting short measure. "Top that up, please" is an extremely common request in pubs that invariably gets a positive response. Guinness is a frequent UK culprit, though in Ireland they know exactly how to serve it (you might have to wait...)

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 30 Aug 22 - 02:14 AM

A common question at a bar serving short pints was "Can you get a double whisky in that?". When the barman answered "yes" you just say "well, fill it up with beer then" :-D

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 30 Aug 22 - 05:02 PM

Oi, Dave, in my day a pint with a whisky in it was known as a "five bob one." Bejaysus, that dates me...

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 30 Aug 22 - 05:27 PM

Charmion, my decorated Staropramen tankard has the word "pint" embossed on it (I had to search). So that means it should hold a UK pint, which is 568 ml. We Brits will tolerate a half-inch head at the very most in an exact-pint glass.

Bejaysus, I remember supping many a pint of Thwaites Great Northern Bitter at the Ram's Head on Radcliffe Road in Bury. There was so much head on the beer that they served it in oversized pint glasses. It didn't seem right, but hey ho, I could put up wi' it. As you do...

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Donuel
Date: 30 Aug 22 - 09:08 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPPtrqvHGEg

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: BobL
Date: 31 Aug 22 - 03:01 AM

Once upon a business trip north of Watford Gap, my colleague and I stopped for refreshment. He asked, with apologetic politeness, if he might (as a heathen Southerner) have his beer served without the use of a sparkler. "Certainly Sir" said the landlord, "but I'll have to go and find a regular pint glass - the normal ones are oversized."

Incidentally one of my collection of tankards holds 25 fluid oz - we call it the "Yorkshire Pint" one.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Donuel
Date: 31 Aug 22 - 09:49 AM

Ancient Egyptian Great Pyramid workers were paid in beer and bread.
Elephants like beer but can get drunk by just eating too many apples.
Dogs seem to like it but a cat who drinks beer is unique, but I've known some who love avocados.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: gillymor
Date: 31 Aug 22 - 10:15 AM

I had a black lab who liked beer and I'd pour one in his bowl several times a week. He favored Coors, back when it was still Coors, and he'd be all over you whenever he heard a pop top crack open. That dog lived a long happy life, remained fit and was an avid swimmer and hiker up until his last year.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Charmion
Date: 31 Aug 22 - 03:21 PM

I’m expecting visitors tomorrow, so I’ll wheel round by the boozetería for a bottle of Prosecco. They’ll enjoy an Aperol spritz after a long day on the 401 highway.

So will I, and I’m not going anywhere!

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Donuel
Date: 31 Aug 22 - 04:59 PM

PTSD from the 401 is not uncommon.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Donuel
Date: 31 Aug 22 - 07:38 PM

I think that I shall never hear
A poem lovelier than beer.
The stuff that Joe's Bar has on tap,
With golden base and snowy cap.
The stuff that I can drink all day
Until my mem'ry melts away.
Poems are made by fools, I fear
But only Schlitz can make a beer.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: BobL
Date: 01 Sep 22 - 03:51 AM

A lass by the name of Ann Heuser
Said that nothing at all could surprise her,
Till a fellow called Hans
Found a Schlitz in her pants,
And now she is sadder Budweiser.