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Celtic Phoenix: return of the notions

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  • #52
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    Omackeral wrote: »
    I always get a laugh at the people who say ''Heineken tastes like p*ss, Budweiser tastes like p*ss.'' You must be drinking some amount of urine to know that. I'd take a cold Heineken not a problem if it's going and I'd wager most beer drinkers would too. You can enjoy more refined beers without needing to dump all over mainstream ones while you're at it, it's ok like.

    Have you ever tried Heineken in Holland? Or other lagers on the continent? Then you will know that Heino and Bud here truly do taste like pi55. You can taste the chemicals off it... Muck.


  • #53
    Pinch Flat
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    I don't drink Heineken normally, but I went out on the pish Christmas 12 months ago on it. Looked lovely at the time - pints of ice cool Heineken Extra Cold from a frozen beer tap, beer glasses coming out of the freezer. But the next morning, my god. I thought I was going to die. Never again.


  • #54
    seachto7
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    That's it. The hangovers you get off some of the lagers in Ireland, like Heineken, with the ****e that's pumped into them....


  • #55
    BrokenArrows
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    Dwarf.Shortage wrote: »
    Just witnessed two ladies rock up to an extremely busy bar in the city centre and ask if they could sample the two IPA's that were on draught. Barman didn't look delighted with the request but obliged.

    After a lengthy discussion (which the barman was expected to listen to intently) both IPA's were found wanting and a sample of a third drink (didn't catch what) was requested. The request did little by way of cheering up the barman but sportingly he threw out a third sample.

    The body language of the two ladies suggested the third sample was not being altogether well received but the barman cut across them before they had a chance to ask for a forth and asked them if they would like to sample the Beamish. The ladies took the hint and ordered two of the third drink, not looking altogether delighted with the outcome.

    Imagine walking into a restaurant and asking for a fork full of three different dinners before you decided what to order.

    Question basically is has anyone any similar stories.

    I live in the UK and its common practice to get samples of ales before buying a pint. They vary in taste so much and some of them are horrifically bad.


  • #56
    Giblet
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    Was in Vermont, where they have some amazing IPAs, pretty common for them to ply you with samples of everything.


  • #57
    razorblunt
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    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    budwieser technically isn't even a beer. it's got rice in it. Heineken in NZ is really nice and I drink it by default, its 100% different to EU stuff, which i cannot stomach at all.

    That's all well and good, but going to New Zealand for a Vitamin H is false economy.


  • #58
    osarusan
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    I'm having a bottle or two at home, or just a pint or two in a pub, I'll go for something with more taste. But if I'm out for the night I'll end up switching to something like Heineken as the craft beers really make me feel full.

    Or else I'll just drink Guinness all night.


  • #59
    cavemeister
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    I have always been a Heineken drinker - Never had much taste for any other beers.

    It's very difficult to get Heineken in the UK on tap - You usually only have a choice of Fosters (p!ss), Becks Vier (p!ss), Carling (p!ss) or Stella Artois (P!ss)


  • #60
    brevity
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    Just to point out that any craft beer bar I've set foot in, and it's quite a few, are more than happy to offer you a taste of their beers.

    It makes sense as they are an acquired taste to be fair.


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  • #61
    valoren
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    In a restaurant one evening, a middle aged couple, were drinking some white wine.
    The guy calls over the teenage waitress and tells her that "something is amiss with my wine".
    She asks what exactly is wrong.

    "I like a Pinot and it usually dances on my palate but this one does not."

    Poor waitress was like "................."

    Dances. On. My. Palate.

    Some people are just **** OP, you just have to laugh at them.


  • #62
    Pac1Man
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    After the first half bottle of any beer, my taste buds go numb and the rest of the bottle tastes duller.

    Is there something wrong with me?


  • #63
    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    valoren wrote: »
    In a restaurant one evening, a middle aged couple, were drinking some white wine.
    The guy calls over the teenage waitress and tells her that "something is amiss with my wine".
    She asks what exactly is wrong.

    "I like a Pinot and it usually dances on my palate but this one does not."

    Poor waitress was like "................."

    Dances. On. My. Palate.

    Some people are just **** OP, you just have to laugh at them.

    Waitress : " I'll dance on your fuppin palate "


  • #64
    Glenster
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    women buying pints? This isn't roscommon.


  • #65
    FTA69
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    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    I don't drink Heineken normally, but I went out on the pish Christmas 12 months ago on it. Looked lovely at the time - pints of ice cool Heineken Extra Cold from a frozen beer tap, beer glasses coming out of the freezer. But the next morning, my god. I thought I was going to die. Never again.

    The whole chemical argument may have some merit but in my opinion it's he alcohol that causes the hangover and drinking 12 pints of anything will have you dying the next day. I hadn't to listen to that sh*te in Germany "oh our beers are so pure you don't get a hangover" etc etc, wasn't much benefit when I was gawking my ring up in broad daylight near the Rosenthalerplatz,


  • #66
    snowflaker
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    Hangovers are caused by dehydration caused by consuming alcohol, the chemical thing, like the 'dodgy pizza made me sick' is a myth


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  • #67
    Omackeral
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    seachto7 wrote: »
    Have you ever tried Heineken in Holland? Or other lagers on the continent? Then you will know that Heino and Bud here truly do taste like pi55. You can taste the chemicals off it... Muck.

    I have, I've taken the Heineken tour in Amsterdam and all :p I always order local beers when abroad and I enjoy them. I'm partial craft beers here at home too sometimes. Just saying it doesn't bother me to have a cold pint of mainstream stuff if that's all what's on offer. Also, how do so many people here know what p*ss tastes like?


  • #68
    super_furry
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    snowflaker wrote: »
    Hangovers are caused by dehydration caused by consuming alcohol, the chemical thing, like the 'dodgy pizza made me sick' is a myth

    But of a myth that actually, and in the case of beer, your actually retaining more water than you're passing.

    https://chronicleflask.com/2015/08/29/does-drinking-alcohol-actually-cause-dehydration/


  • #69
    dr.fuzzenstein
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    FTA69 wrote: »
    The whole chemical argument may have some merit but in my opinion it's he alcohol that causes the hangover and drinking 12 pints of anything will have you dying the next day. I hadn't to listen to that sh*te in Germany "oh our beers are so pure you don't get a hangover" etc etc, wasn't much benefit when I was gawking my ring up in broad daylight near the Rosenthalerplatz,

    Well, yes that's true. :D


  • #70
    __Alex__
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    I always get a laugh at the people who say ''Heineken tastes like p*ss, Budweiser tastes like p*ss.'' You must be drinking some amount of urine to know that. I'd take a cold Heineken not a problem if it's going and I'd wager most beer drinkers would too. You can enjoy more refined beers without needing to dump all over mainstream ones while you're at it, it's ok like.

    I'm not a beer drinker but based on my OH's drinking habits, I'd agree. He likes to try craft beers but is also very happy supping a cold Carlsberg or Heineken. He doesn't really like Bud or Miller that much but yeah, if he was offered one of these in someone's house, he happily drink them. People do exaggerate a bit, I think. I mean, these mass-produced beers might not be as flavoursome but I'm sure they are grand all the same if you like beer.

    I just don't like the taste of any beer I've ever tried from mainstream to craft. But as an analogy, fresh-squeezed orange juice is the best and I love it, but I will find pretty any kind of orange juice perfectly palatable, even the own brand, from concentrate ones. They're not as flavoursome but they are not by any stretch hideous, sometimes just a bit light on flavour.


  • #71
    __Alex__
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭__Alex__


    FTA69 wrote: »
    The whole chemical argument may have some merit but in my opinion it's he alcohol that causes the hangover and drinking 12 pints of anything will have you dying the next day. I hadn't to listen to that sh*te in Germany "oh our beers are so pure you don't get a hangover" etc etc, wasn't much benefit when I was gawking my ring up in broad daylight near the Rosenthalerplatz,

    Absolutely. Gee, you were hungover after drinking 12 pints, no shit! :D

    No matter what I drink, if I drink a lot of it, I'll be hungover.


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  • #72
    pauliebdub
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    I've seen in the Porterhouse a few times where someone would ask to sample an unfamiliar beer before ordering. I wouldn't see it as a problem unless they were taking the piss.


  • #73
    Cookie_Monster
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    razorblunt wrote: »
    That's all well and good, but going to New Zealand for a Vitamin H is false economy.

    celtic tiger phoenix and all that


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