pub crawl

The Bollox

brothers.

Brother Bollox will be embarking on a serious pub crawl next week and is looking for advice. there is money riding on it, every participant throws in a tenner and the winner walks away with the cash. if The Bollox throws up (unlikely) he loses. if The Bollox cannot continue on (v. unlikely) he loses. The Bollox is looking for advise as to what to drink. at first I thought Guinness as it is served in every pub in Ireland, however it is very heavy and not pub crawl material. also there is the likely event of being served a shít pint.

another thought was to go with Cider (The Bollox's stomach has recovered from the Summers onslaught) but this will fúck the Bollox up hergo not a good option. looking on the lager side of thing The Bollox will NOT drink Bud and does not like Heineken, but may be forced to drink. I am just wondering if there is another lager I am forgetting which is served in almost every pub in Ireland and is drinkable.

any input will be welcomed

mik_da_man

One word - Carlsberg
Go for it - It has got me through many a long night

Mik

The Bollox

I forgot about Carlsberg, I'd rank that under Heineken tbh

ibh

TBH Carlsberg and Heineken are not really that similar. I'm a Harp drinker myself, but wouldn't recommend it for pub crawl because u will prob not get it in every pub. (Unless ur going in Dundalk or Northern Ireland)
A former work colleague of mine in Australia used to go on an annual pub crawl, down this road with 25 pubs on it. A schooner in every pub.. He was undefeated as well. Good luck with it.. And btw don't drink some sh1te like miller. The gas will stop you before the alcohol..

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ibh wrote: »

A schooner in every pub.

Pfft.

A schooner in every pub?

A schooner is somewhere inbetween a half pint and a pint. What a big man.

Slow Motion

The Bollox wrote: »

brothers.

Brother Bollox will be embarking on a serious pub crawl next week and is looking for advice. there is money riding on it, every participant throws in a tenner and the winner walks away with the cash. if The Bollox throws up (unlikely) he loses. if The Bollox cannot continue on (v. unlikely) he loses. The Bollox is looking for advise as to what to drink. at first I thought Guinness as it is served in every pub in Ireland, however it is very heavy and not pub crawl material. also there is the likely event of being served a shít pint.

another thought was to go with Cider (The Bollox's stomach has recovered from the Summers onslaught) but this will fúck the Bollox up hergo not a good option. looking on the lager side of thing The Bollox will NOT drink Bud and does not like Heineken, but may be forced to drink. I am just wondering if there is another lager I am forgetting which is served in almost every pub in Ireland and is drinkable.

any input will be welcomed

Hey third person pighead ! Have you hacked the bolloxs account ?

ibh

DesF wrote: »

Pfft.

A schooner in every pub?

A schooner is somewhere inbetween a half pint and a pint. What a big man.

24 Schooners = 19 pints. Not to be scoffed in my opinion. The same guy used to have 2 every morning at 6.30am as his 'heartstarter'....

copacetic

I think you are wrong to rule out guinness, it is your only man.
Your enemy here is fizz. I first started drinking stout for pub crawl reasons way back in the day. It is your friend.

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ibh wrote: »

19 pints. Not to be scoffed

I would gladly scoff 19 pints

John Mason

i would stick with the guiness thb, the gas in the other drinks will make bloated and full up

ibh

DesF wrote: »

I would gladly scoff 19 pints

I should have known i was leaving that open to a double entendre..!!

smashey

So you're gonna do a pub crawl on the way to your local where you can do some real drinking. Keep up the good work.

Gillo

Guinness is the safest option.

Buy yourself a good book and leave it in the toilet, you'll need it the bext morning.

Blitzkrieger

mik_da_man wrote: »

One word - Carlsberg

TBH - I'd recommend that too. It's what I drink when there's no 'real' drink available. 'Real' drink being a proper pint of stout or a decent bottled beer/cider. It's failry rare to get a manky pint of it and imo goes down easier than the gassier Heiniken.

On a side note; the Heniken we get here is a ****ing disgrace compared to what you get in Holland.

copacetic

gillo wrote: »

Guinness is the safest option.

Buy yourself a good book and leave it in the toilet, you'll need it the bext morning.

already put a few away gillo? nice.

MementoMori

Avoid the Guinness

Reason : On a pub crawl you are guaranteed to have quality control issues with Guinness. Also too filling for a pub crawl unless tis a really slow one

My strategy for a pub crawl would be Heineken - served everywhere, very unlikely to get a bad one. Also allows for the possibility that you might want to switch to somehing else if it becomes over-repetitive

humbert

Tequila shots, can't go wrong.

Try drinking Miller.

*Tripper*

I went on a pub crawl from Baggot St. to Trinity, can't remember how many pubs there were, alot thought! Hit them all but i was on Kopperberg Mixed Fruit, when they had the 7% it went down savage but alot of places didn't have it and it didn't mix well with Carlsberg! But it was some craic, i was in a right state!

KdjaCL

Location location location.

Whatever the **** you do DO NOT DO IT IN KILKENNY its not possible to get from the train station to end of town or last pub before a field.

Pubcrawls are good crack but they cant be beaten there always another pub, betting on it is useless you can never win theres always some guinness drinker who is still sober after 14 pubs and 36 pints.


Cider if drank right can be the winner just take your time ie 1 pint for their every 2, have never won with that technique but still belive its possible

Also if you lose you can batter them as you fuelled up on apple violence juice


kdjac

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When I'm on a pub crawl I start with Guinness, move on to Heineken and then move on to Cider. Sorted.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Deleted User wrote: »

Try drinking Miller.

Absolutely no need for that kind of language.

"Miller" he said :rolleyes:

For a crawl its Guinness for me, then an arse like a blood orange in the morning!.

Hagar

I never really got the "Pub Crawl" idea. The concept of leaving one pub that's serving perfectly good drink to go to another is just weird. If you don't like the first pub why did you go there in the first place? Then to leave the second pub to go to a third... well that's just a bit mental. All that drinking time wasted on travel and trying to find seats, looking around to see who's there, trying to guess is this place "cool enough" to be seen in tonight. I'm sorry but it all goes over my head. I like the simple life, go to pub, get seat, get pint, relax.

Hermione*

Hagar wrote: »

I never really got the "Pub Crawl" idea. The concept of leaving one pub that's serving perfectly good drink to go to another is just weird. If you don't like the first pub why did you go there in the first place? Then to leave the second pub to go to a third... well that's just a bit mental. All that drinking time wasted on travel and trying to find seats, looking around to see who's there, trying to guess is this place "cool enough" to be seen in tonight. I'm sorry but it all goes over my head. I like the simple life, go to pub, get seat, get pint, relax.

Qft. Not only is it a waste of valuable drinking time, but all that walking could be counted as exercise! :eek:

uglyjohn

Hagar wrote: »

I never really got the "Pub Crawl" idea. The concept of leaving one pub that's serving perfectly good drink to go to another is just weird. If you don't like the first pub why did you go there in the first place? Then to leave the second pub to go to a third... well that's just a bit mental. All that drinking time wasted on travel and trying to find seats, looking around to see who's there, trying to guess is this place "cool enough" to be seen in tonight. I'm sorry but it all goes over my head. I like the simple life, go to pub, get seat, get pint, relax.

Hermione* wrote: »

Qft. Not only is it a waste of valuable drinking time, but all that walking could be counted as exercise! :eek:

true......but it gives you a good reason to tell everyone else to drink the f*** up and then call them a pack of wimmins.
it also means you end up trying new places, always a good idea ( i have found loads of cool new places i would never have tried otherwise while on pub crawls)

my favorite game is first+last.
the rules are simple: whoever finishes their pint last, buys a pint for whoever finishes first when you get to the next pub.

someothername

Hagar wrote: »

I never really got the "Pub Crawl" idea. The concept of leaving one pub that's serving perfectly good drink to go to another is just weird. If you don't like the first pub why did you go there in the first place? Then to leave the second pub to go to a third... well that's just a bit mental. All that drinking time wasted on travel and trying to find seats, looking around to see who's there, trying to guess is this place "cool enough" to be seen in tonight. I'm sorry but it all goes over my head. I like the simple life, go to pub, get seat, get pint, relax.

see your looking at the glass being half empty here - whats to say the next pub wont serve a nicer pint?

Hagar

When I see a glass half empty I just order another.:D

What if you get to the next pub and the pint isn't good?
The guilt that would ensue from the needless waste of drinking time might be more than I could bear.
I think I'll leave the endless quest for the Holy Grail of the "better pint" to the younger more impetuous drinkers.

True inner happiness comes with wanting the pint you have, not searching for the pint you want. - Quote from the 'Zen Pint Drinker', my soon to be published book.

smashey

Hagar wrote: »

I never really got the "Pub Crawl" idea. The concept of leaving one pub that's serving perfectly good drink to go to another is just weird. If you don't like the first pub why did you go there in the first place? Then to leave the second pub to go to a third... well that's just a bit mental. All that drinking time wasted on travel and trying to find seats, looking around to see who's there, trying to guess is this place "cool enough" to be seen in tonight. I'm sorry but it all goes over my head. I like the simple life, go to pub, get seat, get pint, relax.

It's about ego.
Let me explain. A few years ago, I was working in Birmingham and based around the Harborne area. There are quite a few pubs along the high street and this led to the "Harborne Run". We would start at the bottom of High Street and working our way to the Ladywood Road at the top. One pint in each pub in the quickest time possible.
Mad? Yes. Good crack? Absolutely. Massaging your ego with a good time? Oh yeah baby.:D

Zaph

Hagar wrote: »

True inner happiness comes with wanting the pint you have, not searching for the pint you want. - Quote from the 'Zen Pint Drinker', my soon to be published book.

Lookslike Pa Trout has some competition

RE*AC*TOR

Are there rules that pints have to be drank? Are shorts allowed? If so I would go for Gin and Tonic, probably have to be a double to contain the same units of alcohol as a pint.

Otherwise I'd stick with Guinness. Its a myth that its heavier than other beer, a combination of the dark colour and the nitrogen gas they use to make it creamy.

Plus the thing about Guinness is, its remarkably easy to skull a pint, because its smooth, rather than gassy. So you can skull your point, and play mind games with the competition, perhaps making them do likewise with their gassy drinks.

Blitzkrieger

I withdraw what I said ealier about Carlsberg. I had a bad pint of it over the weekend and I paid for it the next day. One fart alone didn't so much smell like I shat myself - it smelt like I shat myself several days before.

copacetic

RE*AC*TOR wrote: »

Are there rules that pints have to be drank? Are shorts allowed? If so I would go for Gin and Tonic, probably have to be a double to contain the same units of alcohol as a pint.

:eek: sweet jesus reactor, shorts on a pub crawl? sure it'll be hard enough in the mini skirt and heelsfor you so you may as well!:D

Mairt

Mairt wrote: »

Absolutely no need for that kind of language.

"Miller" he said :rolleyes:

For a crawl its Guinness for me, then an arse like a blood orange in the morning!.

Well erdinger can be hard to come by and I don't drink heineken or guinness. Miller is an acceptable substitute. I make no apologies.

trout

zaph wrote: »

Looks like Pa Trout has some competition

Not so Brother zaph, not so.

The enlightened man feels nothing but happiness when his Brother takes a step on the road to true fulfillment.
Brother Hagar is clearly 'becoming' and we should all be happy for him.

Pa trout, in as much as he had a philosophy, was never keen on greed or ambition. He held that much suffering was caused by lust for material things. Far better, said he, to reduce your desires to the point that you had already achieved your goals without troubling your immortal soul.

"You can only sit in the one chair, sleep in the one bed and pi$$ in the one pot" he would say.

This philosophy was usually delivered to a bewildered trout junior at 4 am of a Saturday morning, when Pa trout was under the influence of some refreshments. Pa trout was terribly concerned about my immortal soul.

*looks up* It's all-right Da ... I'm turning out OK. :rolleyes:

trout

trout wrote: »

"You can only sit in the one chair, sleep in the one bed and pi$$ in the one pot" he would say.

Pa Trout was indeed a wise man.