4% Beers
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Stella 4% tastes a lot like fosters imo. Don't expect to pour it from a can in to a glass and get decent head (if your inner-child misinterprates this, as did mine, then have a giggle on me).
Carling's always been my good all rounder, though I do drink 5%+ lager often on nights out too.
Personally, I think Carling tastes the best, the 5% lagers seem to be a lot more gassy, I get heartburn from them too.
Carling's always been my good all rounder, though I do drink 5%+ lager often on nights out too.
Personally, I think Carling tastes the best, the 5% lagers seem to be a lot more gassy, I get heartburn from them too.
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It's all about the 3.3% session beers.
You can have 5 or 6 and not be too drunk, whereas with ridiculous 5% 3-4 is about enough.
You can have 5 or 6 and not be too drunk, whereas with ridiculous 5% 3-4 is about enough.
Horses for courses.
I don't like Real ale, I can't stand the taste. So, each to their own I guess, I prefer the taste of lager.
I've bought non-alcoholic becks while driving before, I like lager that much, so it's definately not the effect i'm *always* after... though it is a bonus I suppose.
I've bought non-alcoholic becks while driving before, I like lager that much, so it's definately not the effect i'm *always* after... though it is a bonus I suppose.
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Lager is much more refreshing, even though ale is the superior drink.
Think about it, you're in a sweaty night club boiling hot, you've been dancing, your mouth is dry. A pint of ale isn't going to hit the spot the way a lager would.
But if you're sat down the local with a few mates, just chilling out, yeah a real ale is going to be the best course.
Personally I want clubs to start serving proper organic cider as it's the top of the line refreshing drink, can't stand strongbow, makes my stomach feel like it's full of battery acid, and well, it's not great on taste.
The figures for how much you can drink and still drive, and that quote a pint of beer as 2 units, assume that the beer is 4%. Most beers actually contain 2.2 units and upwards per pint.
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Night club? what is that?
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I think it's about Marketing and making them main stream competitors to the likes of Carlsberg and Fosters.
Ironicaly I'm drinking a bottle of Beck's at the moment. The first Lager I've had in ages, not as nice as I remember it.
Ale is really where it's at for me at the moment.
Oh and you get some strong ale, had a McEwan's Champion the other day (only the one mind). Weighed in at 7.3%, tasted like alcoholic treacle.
Ironicaly I'm drinking a bottle of Beck's at the moment. The first Lager I've had in ages, not as nice as I remember it.
Ale is really where it's at for me at the moment.
Oh and you get some strong ale, had a McEwan's Champion the other day (only the one mind). Weighed in at 7.3%, tasted like alcoholic treacle.
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The trouble is this isn't how it works. The drink drive limits arn't directly based on how much you've drunk. They're based on how much is in your breath. Obviousely the more you drink and the stronger the drink the more alcohol will be on your breath. But there isn't a direct correlation, it's different for different people and also other factors like how full is your stomach.
It's how much alcohol is in your blood not on your breath.
Thats what gets a prosecution.
Thank you, but I know all that, and in great detail - several of my colleagues do ATD back-calculations and the like. It also isn't particularly relevant since I assumed everyone knew that such figures were gross simplifications. I was merely pointing out that the basic "2-units-per-pint" figure often quoted assumed what is now fairly weak beer.
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