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[wr8th]

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Originally posted by Growltigga:
Wardad, please accept the following real ales from England

Scruttocks Old Dirigible
Theakstons Old Peculiar
Bishops' Finger
Old Rusty Nuts
Felinfoel (sounds like feeling foul) doubledragon
Old Threshing Machine
Corn circle
Tallemache Love Pump
Old Regurgitator
Cripple Cock

need I go on?

[ 05 April 2002: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

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Tell us you made these up.... especially that Last one which I'm sure has more to do with barnyard fowl than the after-effects of drinking heavily.

"Huh, uh uh, he said Scruttocks..."

[Wardad]

The English had called a bomber type the Fairy Battle...

I suspect Growltigga list is for real....

[pathfinder]

*snicker*

If I get time from beta testing the B5 mod I might make a race-style called the "GotBeer"

*snicker*

and of cource use the beer designame

*snicker*

[dogscoff]

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Tell us you made these up, especially that Last one

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Nope, I can vouch for Cripplecock, and I think it's quite accurately named really... I should think 8 or 9 pints would seriously affect your poultry=-)

The label shows a chicken on a crutch. If I can get hold of a bottle I'll scan the label for you, or nmaybe find a URL for the brewery or something...

[Growltigga]

Yep, all those beers are completely on the nail - they all exist and most have had amusing advertising campaigns as well.

For example, "Spitfire" ale is brewed in the south east of England in Kent where a lot of the Battle of Britain in WWII was fought over. The brewery got into awful trouble as their poster campaign on the London subway offended tourists as it said "Spitfire - downed all over the south of England, just like the Luftwaffe" or "Spitfire - no Fokker comes close"

"Scruttocks Old Dirigible is from east Kent and is a micro brewery beer so many Brits probably havnt heard of it - the slogan is great though keeping in mind that 'dirigible' is the proper name for airships/blimps/zeppelins - the slogan goes along the lines of the amount of hot air you generate if you drink the beer

and as for Tollemache Love Pump, I own a beer mat that has their 'Lick My' slogan on it!!

Dogscoff is on the level - Cripple Cock is a cider made in the south west of England - I personally query whether Mr Scoff could get to 8-9 pints as I would only attempt this if (a) Mrs GT agreed and accepted the consequences and (b) I ties myself to a large rock first!

[dogscoff]

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I personally query whether Mr Scoff could get to 8-9 pints as I would only attempt this if

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Actually I couldn't - I don't much like beers and ciders are too sweet to drink in bulk. More of a lager drinker, me. (There goes any credibility I may have had with GT, who is clearly a real ale nut.)

However, back in my student days I would think nothing of consuming 9 pints of Stella, a few whiskey chasers and a large doner with chilli sauce on a Tuesday evening. And most Fridays. And sometimes on Saturdays, too. The rest of the week we'd stay in and drink=-)

When I stop to think about it, there is a gap of about a year in my memory, which coincides almost perfectly with my second year of uni. Needless to say I failed my degree.


Worth it though

[ 08 April 2002: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

[Growltigga]

Me? a real ale nut? are you trying to insinuate that I am some bearded stout chap with poor personal hygiene??

Seriously, I drink anything. I like real ale and decent beer generally but living in Manchester, I end up drinking Stella Artois, Kronenbourg 1664 and Tennants Export

Surely you didn't fail your degree just by going out 3 nights a week?

Wardad, 3 more names for you

[dogscoff]

(Sorry for OT Wardad)

GT: No, it wasn't the 3 nights a week going out and drinking, it was the 4 nights staying in and drinking that screwed my studying. It got to the point where I was practically nocturnal, drinking, watching TV and playing computer games on my Amiga all night, and being awake during the day just long enough to cook a curry, eat it, watch childrens' TV and get more beer in for the evening. Lectures weren't even a consideration. In my final year I probably attended less than a dozen hours' worth of lectures.

I got a good job now though where I use the skills I would have been qualified in, so I don't think it's damaged my career too much. Besides, it _was_ fun=-)

[Growltigga]

(Wardad apologies for the OT but I will try and come up with a further dozen or so exotically named English ales for your collection by way of compensation)

Bad joss there El Scoffo but I am pleased to see that you didn't go the way of a lot of uni-drop outs and end up in the subway singing or 'would you like fries with that?' industries

[Solipsis]

Some Belgian beers ( really the best in the world )
Hoegaarden
Duvel
Stella Artois
Cristal Alken
Mort Subite
Delirium Tremens
Tongerlo
Westmalle
Rochefort
Bellevue
Geuze
Kriek
Primus
Jupiler