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Ahleckz · 7 Dec 2012 at 17:26

It's Friday evening guys! Let's crack open the bottles & cans (I want to see at least one person opening something else!) and have a few drinks.

Tonight I'm going to be on the whisky and the beer. I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight so just going to take it easy with a few nice drams and treat myself to some of my expensive beer rather than cheap Tennent's.

Hopefully everyone has a good night.

As for right now I just poured a Laphroaig Quarter Cask into my new Laphroaig glass. Lovely whisky.

Slainte!

DirtyJester · 7 Dec 2012 at 17:32

Cheers Ahleckz ..... will soon be opening some lovely Guinness.

medievaltw · 7 Dec 2012 at 17:43

Fuller's Bengal Lancer x4

godinman · 7 Dec 2012 at 18:55

Fursty Ferret. I'm weaking in my old age, I only have 1-2 ales on an evening these days.

nydryl · 7 Dec 2012 at 19:06

I'm absolutely shattered so intend to lie on the sofa and do bugger all tonight. Accompanying me are a venison and kidney pie that's cooking away nicely and...

Guerrilla · 7 Dec 2012 at 19:54

Got some Christmas beer called Rudolph.

Ahleckz · 7 Dec 2012 at 20:25

strang3r said:
Odell's St.Lupulin Extra Pale Ale. Not my favorite but a nice easy drinking beer at 6.5

What he said, but I'm drinking mine out of a wine glass. First time I've had it. It's good, nice nose but perhaps a bit too soapy. Decent head though, which makes a change on these American brews!

Liverpool-Lad · 7 Dec 2012 at 21:08

Liverpool Organic Shipwreck IPA!

pingwing · 7 Dec 2012 at 21:15

Here here to a friday night drink!

This isn't my scotland entry, mostly because I just chose which one was going to be the entry (and this one involved 2 breweries and could have caused a cuffufle)

Got a bottle of international arms race

Smelt like tooth paste but it tastes really good! Plus I really like the owl on the front...

aceface57 · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:05

Well I'm currently drinking my Scotland entry, what a flavour, very complex. I think Ahleckz would enjoy this a lot.

Ahleckz · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:10

aceface57 said:
Well I'm currently drinking my Scotland entry, what a flavour, very complex. I think Ahleckz would enjoy this a lot.

It's Tempest, I knows it.

See if anyone enters that super strength thing from that new Aberdeenshire brewery and don't offer me a taste? I'll eat your family.

pingwing · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:15

Yay more scotland beers!

Int arms race left me all

so it was time for no2 of things scotland have brewed but I assumed someone else entered

Need a glass of water to double check my taste findings but this could be a new contender for beer of the decade. Smells good, tastes good, goes down well and has a decent percentage

DirtyJester · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:19

...still Guinness

aceface57 · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:21

Ahleckz said:
It's Tempest, I knows it.

See if anyone enters that super strength thing from that new Aberdeenshire brewery and don't offer me a taste? I'll eat your family.

Their van drove past me the other day...

Ahleckz · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:24

Never had that anabolic offering, read about it when it first came out and reviews didn't seem particularly pleased with it. But glad you're enjoying it. I got lazy, and grabbed a Tennent's and another Quarter cask because I can't be bothered going to the fridge.

pingwing · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:28

I might be because it's my 3rd but I really think highly of it, quite smooth but with a really interesting flavour, sort of the better line between the punk ipa and the hardcore ipa but not actually either. Just enjoying new things this weekend as it'll be a few weeks of what I know (well Harp) ahead.

nydryl · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:30

Having the heather ale. Really disappointing. I recognise the taste and disappointment and think I tried and disliked it before. Thankfully my dinner is finally ready to keep me happy

Sonea Fifer · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:31

Has managed "rather quickly" to go from this:

To this:

While sinking "quite a few" John Smiths along the way

Didn't managed that all myself though - my OH is working night shift, my father in law popped round and along with COD Black Ops II we had a pretty good time

Sonea Fifer · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:32

nydryl said:
Having the heather ale. Really disappointing. I recognise the taste and disappointment and think I tried and disliked it before. Thankfully my dinner is finally ready to keep me happy

Is that the Fraoch you're meaning? I thought it was really quite nice. :confused:

nydryl · 7 Dec 2012 at 22:35

Yep that's the one, just not to my taste. I'm finding it too watery and lacking flavour. Ah well, I'll crack out the last Old Dan for some proper full bodied flavour!

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