After a good days sail ....

Refueler

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I'm a dedicated Guiness drinker ... but I have to admit that often after a good days sail or working on the boat - I'm looking for something light and 'refreshing' ....

Sitting back in cockpit with a Shandy actually does the trick ......

I know some of you lot are all over 'fancy Whiskeys' and so on ... I can appreciate a wee dram of Glendronach ... or Larsens Brandy .... but for easing back and enjoying the sun with feet up ... a shandy can do me well ....

My mix ? Any reasonable IPA / Pilsner / light beer .. with basic supermarket lemonade is good ... today I'm using Kronenburg 1664 as the base ... very nice ... mixed 50 - 50 ......

Go on - who else likes it ?
 
Refueler said:
I know some of you lot are all over 'fancy Whiskeys
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I don't think there are fancy whiskeys. The Irish and Americans seem content with fairly basic versions. Fancy whisky though is an entirely different matter!

I'm pretty sure that bourbon only exists to take the worst of the flavours out of the barrel before it's reused for scotch ;)

But yes, I like pretty much all forms of shandy.
 
For hundreds of years, or something like it, a shandy was half bitter, half ginger beer. I don't know when it changed, but other versions including bitter/lager and lemonade don't appeal to me at all. Not a shandy, but a popular drink was lager and lime. I wonder if anyone drinks it today. I have the impression that back in the '60s when it was popular UK pub lager itself was more like the real thing and non beer-drinkers liked to have the edge taken off it. Now that they have taken the taste out of lager it is probably no longer needed.
 
My Father used to drink with a famous Barrister who would only drink 'The Famous Grouse' ... he used to say that it was good enough for him and no need to pander to the 'fashion set' !!

Never understood the fascination for Bourbon ...

But offer me a Ruby or Tawny Port ... that I do like !
 
A shandy, as said above, is really a very impressive drink with ginger beer. A 'good enough' IPA is enhanced by a decent ginger beer, but a good beer shouldn't be sullied by any additive.
As for choosing to drink low flyer's (AKA Famous Grouse) for any other reason than there's no available alternative, remaining thirsty is the better option.
 
Bouba said:
Beer or wine......nothing beats a good lager.
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Spouting your usual rubbish I see. A decent ale beats most lagers, but a good lager beats a poor ale. Almost any draught ale comes into the decent category while few lagers come into the good, since they are almost entirely pasteurised and filtered to death. A proper lager such as those I have had in brewhouses abroad can be a real delight. While on the subject of altered beers, a popular drink in some places I visited was a lager with fresh strawberries.
 
johnalison said:
Spouting your usual rubbish I see. A decent ale beats most lagers, but a good lager beats a poor ale. Almost any draught ale comes into the decent category while few lagers come into the good, since they are almost entirely pasteurised and filtered to death. A proper lager such as those I have had in brewhouses abroad can be a real delight. while on the subject of altered beers, a popular drink in some places I visited was a lager with fresh strawberries.
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Loss of taste is one of the signs of old age
 
I like a bitter shandy (with ginger beer or lemonade) as a refreshing drink, also like a little French beer or proper English cider - one that is dry but not sawdust. I do miss a proper pint of bitter. The Scots seem use all their best barley for making whisky. A nice single malt is nice at the end of a meal but only one. Most lagers are best used for cooking with. But best of all is local gin and tonic (Stornoway gin from the Lees distillery or Harris gin). But then there’s the tonic……. Perhaps I’ll go for a shandy after all!
 
I feel someone needs to mention the turbo shandy. A mix of lager and a Smirnoff ice, rather than lemonade. It still tastes like a shandy and it is refreshing. It’s stronger than lager though so is a much more expedient way to a hangover.

Alongside snakebite and black, these were our university drinks of choice. Needless to say, i did not get a 1st.
 
Bouba said:
Loss of taste is one of the signs of old age
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That is true, but I have a good sense of smell as well as reasonable taste, though I have never classed myself as a ‘super taster’. A lot of foods and drinks are much blander than in the past, but some products, such as draught ale or good fruit taste as good to me as they ever did. A programme on the radio a few years ago about the history of lager ended with the depressing information that the big brewers deliberately limit the flavour content because they have found that suckers drink (and pay) more the less taste they put in.
 
johnalison said:
That is true, but I have a good sense of smell as well as reasonable taste, though I have never classed myself as a ‘super taster’. A lot of foods and drinks are much blander than in the past, but some products, such as draught ale or good fruit taste as good to me as they ever did. A programme on the radio a few years ago about the history of lager ended with the depressing information that the big brewers deliberately limit the flavour content because they have found that suckers drink (and pay) more the less taste they put in.
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I think strong flavours polarizes opinions and limits markets....mild tastes attract more people....or at least offend less people
 
Western Dropouts ..... College stuff :

Large jug .... Vodka + Martini Vermouth + Ouzo .. then top up with lemonade .....

As to Lager ... sorry - the only Lager I will tolerate is Pilsner ... and even then I'm picky about it. Over here - the Govt brand is Alderis ... when I came over in 1993 ... Alderis Zelta was actually a good lager Beer ... (Zelta is latvian word for Gold) .... as was their Plsner.
But about 10yrs ago - it started to change ... now literally 2 or 3 cans and the headache next day !!
 
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