immy
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Got there first  A thread to compare/recommend alcoholic products as well as recommending licensed premises to others and also those that dont like bikers(a name and shame place)
I love Shepherd and Neames Hurlimanns(Hooligans)-and ciders but dont know anygood ones, Someone? 
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adowds
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I used to be a committed red wine man but when I met my girlfriend, she converted me to white. So here are some favourite white wines:
Casillero del Diablo - Chilean, lovely
Vino Torres Esmerelda - Spanish, very fragrant
The Wolf Blass yellow labels are nice too
And, of course, Bollinger for champagne darlings...
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chappers
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And, of course, Bollinger for champagne darlings...
OH yes mixed with a crushed E and some Charlie, makes a lovely aperitif before a nights partying. (or used to)
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makka
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The top pub in Byron Bay.
Right next to the center of action and the best part of the beach with a great outdoor section to watch all the bikini clad girls and enjoy the sea breeze and watch the dolphins and whales (that are left)...
There's lovely.
Coppers Sparkling ale on draught which is not only nice but also not full of evil chemicals.
And for a VERY fine tipple Coopers Vintage Ale. Only made every three years or so as it takes that long. (though of course that is complete crap as they could start it every year so it must be a marketing ploy)
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makka
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xxrider
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Just back from Sunday lunch at our nearest pub (next village!) With this thread in mind, I thought I'd be a little adventurous, so ordered a bottle od Aussie Chiraz I'd never heard of.
Lovely!
Wife didn't like it, father-in-law wasn't keen, so had the bottle mostly to myself.
What was it?
I'm finding it hard to remember exactly after almost a whole bottle, but I think it was called Murphy's Big River - Murray River.... or something.
Very nice, anyway.
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immy
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Isnt Banrock Station an aussie wine? I had it ages ago and it was quite nice-try some hungarian wines if you can-Egri Bikabér(bulls blood) but get only from the Eger area-robust full red(dry) very tasty. White wine-if you can get it is the "Tokaj" it comes in ratings of sweetness-No 6 being the sweetest 
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Tank
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Nice pint of Brains (I have to say it coz im welsh)
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shinybusa
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Anything by Brains...Superb, it's like Caffrey's but better!
Crow Valley bitter, Brewed in Cwmbran by a very small brewery (you can order online as well)
Thatchers Ciders, 3 litre box of Organic cider can be bought in ASDA,not fizzy like Strongbow but tastes just like Apple juice 7.4% lovely in the Summer. Do various other Organics in bottles as well, not cheap, but worth every penny.
Dortmunder DAB lager. 5 litre kegs in ALDI. I used to drink it in Germany, very nice!
Most Aussie Reds, Wolf Blass, Yellowtail, Snappygum, Burke's Rest all good.
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Chez
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Aspalls dry suffolk cider. Cracking cider thats soooo easy to drink and available at most supermarkets.
If you feeling flush Black Velvet is a good tiple.
Fill one pint glass halfway with champagne then fill the glass to the top (very very slowly) with guiness....
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rsv_mark
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Guinness.
Bloody mary.
Cloudy Bay. (Only its rare as rocking horse shit so Chablis Premiere cru as first reserve.)
Oh yes, and that 1974 Armanac the missis got me when I turned 40.
Nuff said.
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makka
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Wife didn't like it, father-in-law wasn't keen, so had the bottle mostly to myself.
Result 
Parvati Cream
Thai sticks
Liberty cap
E
4X
all highly recommended
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makka
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Sanquar
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lol you ever thought of gettin some help for your substance problem makka???? im on a 3 year program marchin power down to e then speed i get 2 and half years through and start again semms pretty good ha ha ha
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makka
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what help you offering then?
I'm not sure it's a good idea to post anything
Nah, I'm alright thanks.
Keepin it pretty low key nowadays (ish)
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makka
drinking heavily
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Sanquar
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like yourself makka im feelin that maximum beer is the future beer me!!!!!!!!!!
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shinybusa
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OOOOPS! Had some very nice little drinkies of Cider last night....tried to have a thunderous fart this morning...........The turtles head not only came out, he had a fucking good look at my kecks as well!! cue one bloke running up the stairs to the bog frantically trying to get out of his leathers before the inevitable consequences occur!!!!!!! 
Which fucking idiot said Apples were good for you?
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Sanquar
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looks like we all be on the mad apple befor long the floods have washed all the hops away and the tax man has put his ore in as well ppfff apples it is hhmmm I went to clytha arms for cider fest last year. Whats that one called? Haymaker.....you know whats commin but you cant do fuck all about it 4 halfs (they wont serve it in pints) and i thought my legs had disepeared!!!!!!!!
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Sanquar
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Got there first A thread to compare/recommend alcoholic products as well as recommending licensed premises to others and also those that dont like bikers(a name and shame place)
I love Shepherd and Neames Hurlimanns(Hooligans)-and ciders but dont know anygood ones, Someone?
http://www.welshcider.co.uk/prod-gwyntyddraig.htm
haymaker amongst others 7.8% !!!!
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immy
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Thanks S-they will apparently send me some-Hungarians dont know apple beer except my friends-(who tried the Asada stuff I got before coming home last summer-and they loved it)Ordered Black dragon 8.4 cider
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Tank
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My mrs' parents are all into organic and fairtrade stuff, so they bought me a bottle of Bateman's organic beer from Aldi's - Best beer i have ever tasted. Well recommended
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shinybusa
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I'm just in the process of getting all the kit and I'm going to be brewing my own.
Doing Ale, and Cider and probably some Guinness type stuff and also I'll try and do a few bottles of the Vino for the lady of the Manor.
If in a few weeks I have an insane drunken ramble, you'll know the brew is good! 
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immy
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you ever tried Honey Parlinka?(honey schnapps)but distilled the Hungarian way- sweet and errr little strong,about 56% proof but loads of peeps make their own from various fruits(plum is the most popular,trouble its about 70% proof
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shinybusa
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OOOHHHH Fucking hell!!!!!
I am very partial to APFELKORN Apple schnapps, When I get the old Homebrew sussed , I'm gonna attempt to make my own, I got a Plum tree in the Garden, Plum Schnapps...sounds good Ja?
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shinybusa
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If you want a good Sunday lunch with nice beer, try the Railway Inn in Abertillery, opposite Tesco, on the bend before the lights.
You may have to ring up to book, but it's worth it, Kim the Landlady is superb, I go in, in bike gear all the time, nobody bats an eye, apart from in the summer when I got fuck all on underneath my leathers
Just tell her when you go there that Shiny recommended it, you'll have a bit of a surprise!
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Tank
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Yeh i know the Railway. My grandad used to be a member of the limes (It's an old person's bar opposite it).
Is that your local or did i hear you mention the patriot?
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makka
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The old farmer I bought my farm off in the French Pyrenese (it's a long story and a while ago now) used to make plum schnapps/brandy from the trees in his/my fields.
That was the finest spirit I have ever drunk by far.
So smooth, sweet, and very strong.
He introduced me to it on the day we agreed to buy the farm by pouring it over a lump of sugar in a small glass. Yum.
He called it Eau de Vie.. Water of life, and used to make a few bottles every year. He gave me two at one point and I treasured them for as long as I could. It was a sad day when I finally finished off the last of it a few years later.
You can buy it in France and pay a lot of money for an old one but nothing was ever as good as that.
In fact I remember buying some later on the internet so I'm gonna do that right now and have it sent to me here.
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makka
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makka
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It was called La Vieille Prune and there is a place in England that will send it to you.
Very fine stuff
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makka
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Biggles
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I pine for some very similar stuff from southern Germany. Proper Pear Kirsch. It is not sweet but incredibly flavoursome and and alchoholic.
When I make cheese fondue I use the Kirsch with the cornflour in the final stiffening-it gives a fantastic aroma. Also great as penalty tot for losing your bread.
Difficult to get good quality Kirsch in the UK now. I get mine from a vintage whisky shop in Soho- but not a patch on the Germnan stuff I had years ago.
Amazing how many variations on the of Aqua vite theme there are. I will never forget some illegally brewed Oozo we had on a tiny Island called Symi-although it actually came from Lesbos. You could drink it until totally anaestatised and not have a trace of a hang over the next day.
just noticed some extremely fine bitter that has not been mentioned yet Timothy Taylor Landlord - almost definitive bitter, loads of taste and all too easy to drink.
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makka
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Yup, the Plum brandy was like that too. (Not sweet, just delicious. Dangerously so)
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makka
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Biggles
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so now all we need on the Forum is a good quality booze importer to take our custom recommended orders. ddddddddddddddrink!
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shinybusa
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The Railway is my Local
Don't bother with the Patriot TBH. My big Green umbilical cord attaching me to the Army got cut ages ago.
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makka
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