Insufferable beer snobs.

Tony EH

Strumms wrote: »

I first discovered super bock on a trip to Lisbon where they were giving the stuff away, 3.10 a pint.

Good luck finding it for that price over here though.

I like Peroni, when I'm in Italy. But the last pint of it I had here was in Peter's Pub in town. It cost nearly 7 quid.

That's not happening again.

Reputable Rog

Strumms wrote: »

I’m the same, I don’t remember having Alhambra but the rest of those you find a very consistent pint both draught and indeed of course bottles as expected. They got Peroni on draught in my local about 4/5 years ago. Reps were in a few nights throwing about free pints of the stuff like it was going out of fashion. When the dust settled it was 6.10 a pint.... Heineken 4.30 then 4.50... the Peeroni taps lasted maybe a year and then gone, nobody was buying the stuff. 36.60 vs 25.80 per night.. I’d be out 3 nights a week on average then.

I first discovered super bock on a trip to Lisbon where they were giving the stuff away, 3.10 a pint.

You were had, I paid 80c for a pint of it in Portugal last year. Absolute piss wherever I’ve had it. The stout is ok, well better than Murphy’s.

Strumms

Reputable Rog wrote: »

You were had, I paid 80c for a pint of it in Portugal last year. Absolute piss wherever I’ve had it. The stout is ok, well better than Murphy’s.

Maybe, it was a restaurant, but it a decent enough pint, light and goes well with food. My palate thinks anyway.

Strumms

Tony EH wrote: »

Good luck finding it for that price over here though.

I like Peroni, when I'm in Italy. But the last pint of it I had here was in Peter's Pub in town. It cost nearly 7 quid.

That's not happening again.

Fûck, been about 10 years since I was in Peters, 7 quid, jeez.

Tony EH

Strumms wrote: »

Fûck, been about 10 years since I was in Peters, 7 quid, jeez.

Yeh Strumms, it's a different place in the last few years. Was always more on the expensive side mind you. But, not having that.

Paddygreen

Not a “craft” beer at all but Baltika is nice, very drinkable. They do a dark beer that is really nice imo.

Strumms

Tony EH wrote: »

Yeh Strumms, it's a different place in the last few years. Was always more on the expensive side mind you. But, not having that.

Say three people having pre theater drinks, 3 drinks each, total 9 drinks, 63 euros. If there are 5 groups just averaging 3 people, which could be a conservative guesstimate, that’s 315 euros revenue for serving 15 people in an hour.. bit mad... plus whatever other sundry revenue.

Effects

Tony EH wrote: »

...even when they're paying 7 euro for a bottle of Wizard's Piss that was brewed last week for 3 euro, in some poncy "establishment" that's laughing at ripping them off.

But you have no issue paying €5.50 for a pint of Guinness that costs €0.12 to brew?

Deagol

Effects wrote: »

But you have no issue paying €5.50 for a pint of Guinness that costs €0.12 to brew?

You have a source for that statement or just more 'highbrow' arse wind?

I just want to know where can I pick up some of this Wizards Piss.

Deagol

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I just want to know where can I pick up some of this Wizards Piss.

Yeah, I've tried just about everything in my local off license and I haven't come across this

BeerWolf

Well excuse me, OP...!

Hmph!

Ipso

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I just want to know where can I pick up some of this Wizards Piss.

And is it double dry hopped?

Effects

Deagol wrote: »

You have a source for that statement or just more 'highbrow' arse wind?

Former Diageo brewer. You are aware of the scale of Diageo's brewing operations, yeah?

Tony EH

Effects wrote: »

But you have no issue paying €5.50 for a pint of Guinness that costs €0.12 to brew?

Where did I say that?

Sebastian Dangerfield

I drink with my father in law quite a bit. He goes on with all this good pint / bad pint stuff from pub to pub, like its different everywhere. Sometimes compares pints in the same pub, out of the same tap, and complains its bad 20 mins after a good one came out of it. He also asks the bar person "is there much of a pour on it today", then considers their response before ordering - which they usually answer here, but gets us some funny looks in the UK where the staff dont give two fcuks about entertaining that type of thing.

He will never be as annoying as a fella who drank in a pub I worked in as a kid. Real posh dub who had a house down the west - he'd stand at the back of the queue, never feeling the need to actually approach the bar, wave a big note in the air and shout repeatedly "three guinea fowl, like a good man".

On the two pour thing, it was always funny to watch the reactions of American tourists when you'd leave the pint to settle. The tension in the air as they stared at it, wondering if you're only going to give them part of their drink, or give it to them at all for that matter. They'd stare at you, and get a blank response. They'd take a step forward, then back down. Finally, able for the tension no more, they reach out for the pint, fingertips close to the glass, just as you shout "WHAT THE **** ARE YA DOING HAVE YA NEVER DRANK A FCUKIN PINT BEFORE"

Sebastian Dangerfield

hynesie08 wrote: »

I would mill porterhouse plain, galway hooker, chieftain ipa and a dozen other craft beers all night and it would not bother me the next day, so would most of the people I drink with. That's the truth. And the last time I was on bud for the night (it was free) I was in such a jock the next day that I considered putting my head down the toilet just to relieve the pain.......

Complete opposite experience with Chieftan. Any more than four and Im not far from the coffin, gets me like no other beer does.

Pablo Escobar

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Complete opposite experience with Chieftan. Any more than four and Im not far from the coffin, gets me like no other beer does.

I don't know what's in Chieftain, but doesn't act like a 5.5%. I don't do more than 2 of them these days. They should come with a warning.

larchielads

Banana Republic. wrote: »

Crikey, name and shame it? Reason for asking was my friend frank craft beer in Prague and he said not a hangover no matter how much they drank so just a gentle wonderment.

Are u sure your friend said that, id double check wit your "friend"😜

Edgware

Pablo Escobar wrote: »

I don't know what's in Chieftain, but doesn't act like a 5.5%. I don't do more than 2 of them these days. They should come with a warning.

Do they lead to a " second surge"?

WesternZulu

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Complete opposite experience with Chieftan. Any more than four and Im not far from the coffin, gets me like no other beer does.

Same applies to Rebel Red - seems a hell of a lot stronger than 4.3%. I was at a wedding before down in Cork and they had that on tap. Lets just say never again and I hadn't much to drink! It's rocket fuel!!

andekwarhola

Pablo Escobar wrote: »

I don't know what's in Chieftain, but doesn't act like a 5.5%. I don't do more than 2 of them these days. They should come with a warning.

That's be fair, 5.5% is strong enough, especially if you're drinking lots of it and used to stuff like draught Guinness or Heineken which are both around 4.2% IIRC.

andekwarhola

Tony EH wrote: »

Good luck finding it for that price over here though.

I like Peroni, when I'm in Italy. But the last pint of it I had here was in Peter's Pub in town. It cost nearly 7 quid.

That's not happening again.

You're going to be paying north of 6 quid (or more) in a lot of places in town anyway, especially for lager so personally I wouldn't quibble about paying a, little more for something I like better

Giblet

Strumms wrote: »

I first discovered super bock on a trip to Lisbon where they were giving the stuff away, 3.10 a pint.

Ripped off Don't buy pints of the stuff, tends to warm up quickly in summer. An imperial would cost ya between 90c - 1.20 off the beaten track.

Sagres is the king of beers over there.

Effects

Tony EH wrote: »

Where did I say that?

Sorry, you just come across like you have a massive chip on your shoulder.
You moan about people paying more for craft beer, and blame those same people for large multinationals laughing at you, and squeezing even more obscene profit out of you.

Tony EH

Effects wrote: »

Sorry, you just come across like you have a massive chip on your shoulder.
You moan about people paying more for craft beer, and blame those same people for large multinationals laughing at you, and squeezing even more obscene profit out of you.

No. What I am "moaning" about is the stupidity of some people paying idiot money for rubbish and pretending that it and they are something special. This runs right through the craft beer crowd.

Plus, when other producers see these fucking ejits paying over the odds for a drink, they up their own prices too...hence a pint of Guinness now costing around 5.50 in town...which, for the record, is a ridiculous price.

The knock on effect of these craft beer arseholes is higher prices for everyone.

Effects

Yeah, you definitely have a chip on your shoulder.
Maybe you should aim your anger at the larger producers, or at the publicans?

Tony EH

Effects wrote: »

Yeah, you definitely have a chip on your shoulder.

If having a dislike of being ripped off means I have a "chip" on my shoulder...well...

Bandana boy

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I just want to know where can I pick up some of this Wizards Piss.

Wine rather than beer , but it is available :eek:

Sebastian Dangerfield

Tony EH wrote: »

No. What I am "moaning" about is the stupidity of some people paying idiot money for rubbish and pretending that it and they are something special. This runs right through the craft beer crowd.

Plus, when other producers see these fucking ejits paying over the odds for a drink, they up their own prices too...hence a pint of Guinness now costing around 5.50 in town...which, for the record, is a ridiculous price.

The knock on effect of these craft beer arseholes is higher prices for everyone.

Is the person who pays 10-12 euro for an organic chicken an arsehole, driving up the price of a basic one in Aldi? Is the person paying 3-4 for a sourdough loaf an arsehole? Why cant they eat Brennans like everyone else?

Your argument makes no sense. I spent €100 on a dinner for my family in a pub on Friday night, and €4 of that was 4x €1 for blackcurrant. Some pubs in Dublin (the Galway Bay ones from memory) charge €1 for a pint of tap water with a meal. Publicans need no encouragement to gouge customers, they did it long before craft beer became popular.