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Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 15:53
by Kwacky
It's always been the choice of the drunk hasn't it?

This article suggests more noble beginings but I'm not having that.

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Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 16:15
by Monty
I drink it quite regularly, not that that's any recommendation. I don't drink it in a brown paper bag though.

The trick is never ever drink more than two cans.

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 16:24
by Blade
Favorite tipple of p1$$ cans ;) and nutters the world over (giggle)

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 16:25
by Monty
Have you ever tried it?

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 16:53
by Blade
Monty wrote:Have you ever tried it?
Only when I was about 14 when I first ventured into the antics of being a nutter p1sshead (giggle)

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 17:14
by Monty
Blade wrote:
Monty wrote:Have you ever tried it?
Only when I was about 14 when I first ventured into the antics of being a nutter p1sshead (giggle)
Try it again, but like I say 2 cans is more than enough. I find that as I've got older I can't seem to drink the volume I used to so a can of brew is just enough to relax without having to drink 3 cans of normal beer.

We used to drink this when we kids, think it's something like 13%

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Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 17:20
by Blade
I remember Gold Label well from my childhood.

My mates mum was an Alkie so we used to nick her stash and she never said a word as that would mean my mate's Dad would find out and that would spell more trouble for her than us :? .

I like to think we were helping her ;) (blush)

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 17:26
by Kwacky
Barley wine is sickly sweet.

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 17:28
by Rob
When I was at school my mates dad used to smash through Gold Label like it was going out of fashion (which I suppose it was in a sense)

Evil stuff

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 17:30
by bb41
Tenants extra was my drug of choice in my yoof

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 17:32
by Kwacky
Tenants extra and diamond white snake bites.

One way ticket to pukesville.

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 18:25
by beermonster
Kwacky wrote:Tenants extra and diamond white snake bites.

One way ticket to pukesville.
When i was in my early 20s I used to drink in the late, lamented Pen and Wig where I frequently used to have a pint of Lowenbrau and a bottle of K cider....neck half the beer and top up with the cider. I used to drink pints of the stuff.....no wonder I'm so fecked up now! :D

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 18:43
by bb41
beermonster wrote:
Kwacky wrote:Tenants extra and diamond white snake bites.

One way ticket to pukesville.
When i was in my early 20s I used to drink in the late, lamented Pen and Wig where I frequently used to have a pint of Lowenbrau and a bottle of K cider....neck half the beer and top up with the cider. I used to drink pints of the stuff.....no wonder I'm so fecked up now! :D
Lowenbrau.....I remember that

Tenants snake bite made with white lightening was responsible for a hole in my bedroom carpet , or maybe it was the Pernod and black that caused the damage

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 21:15
by Deegee
We used to kid ourselves that the Strongbow we bought (slightly illegally) was really strong stuff when we were early teens, Used to love a pint or two of Abbot, but ruined that when I went for the gallon tee shirt one evening, got very messy very fast as I recall (not very clearly though).

Pernod and black brings back some memories, a girl I knew got hammered on that and threw up, it looked like congealed blood on the carpet, but stunk of sick and aniseed. Classy.

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 22:27
by D41
I honestly have no idea what we used to drink....the odd bottle of NBA I suppose....that's a given - but though I like it, Newky always makes me sleepy.

Tried snakebites and liked them for a while, but too sweet.
Whatever the local pub had on draft I reckon??

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 13 Jan 2015, 22:49
by Blade
I remeber 20/20 mad dog, Thunderbirds red, skol 1080 and some mental pint called a green monster which was a pint of snake bite with a couple of shots in it but can't remember which shots. Mental looking back what we used to do as kids.

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 14 Jan 2015, 03:07
by D41
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(fubar)

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 14 Jan 2015, 09:44
by Kwacky
Deoth charges became the rage fgor a while. A pint of whatever with a shot glass of something revolting dropped in.

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 14 Jan 2015, 09:49
by D41
Had one once.


Once!

Re: Special Brew

Posted: 14 Jan 2015, 10:47
by Bratty
Kwacky wrote:Barley wine is sickly sweet.
When we young we would drink barley wine and cider, it was a really cloudy mixture but 3 pints of it and you could take on the world lol