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Battle of the beers - 1st round, Heat 9
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MK Shrimper
Striker
Lets face it, lager is never going to win a battle of the beers is it?
Uncle Leo
This cook is an anti-semite
Unlikely. But it's fun finding out!
Matt the Shrimp
aka Harry Potter
Artois... rough cooking beer.
Spitfire... one of the nation's finest pints.
Another no-brainer, surely?
Spitfire... one of the nation's finest pints.
Another no-brainer, surely?
Southend_Lady
Ginger Sam
Stella - because it gets you hammered!
southend_utd_fan
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Stella for me.
BLUEBLOOD
Moderator of Moderators
As a self confessed lager drinker i will go for Stella obviously.
I drink bottles and bottles of it at home ... probably a couple of cases a week, with no after effects at all ... but if i have a couple of pints in a pub i nearly always develop an instant hangover, all very odd :unsure:
I drink bottles and bottles of it at home ... probably a couple of cases a week, with no after effects at all ... but if i have a couple of pints in a pub i nearly always develop an instant hangover, all very odd :unsure:
Slipperduke
The Camden Cad
Oooh, this is a toughie. I don't drink much lager anymore, but when I do I want it to taste of something, and Stella certainly provides in that department. It's also the first drink I ever bought regularly, so it's got sentimental value.
Unfortunately, as McNasty sagely points out, it does have its drawbacks. A good friend of mine can't drink the stuff anymore after a particularly messy stage of life where he would have a quick five pints after work (from 4pm) and then come out to meet everyone else at 8pm, passing out in his own sick at 9pm. Smooth.
Spitfire, on the other hand, is one of the most splendid of all the bitters and its very name makes you stand a little straighter at the bar, filled with pride at those magnificent flying machines, that were actually slightly less effective than the Hawker Hurricane, but who's quibbling?
Just the right amount of edge, just the right amount of flavour. Bitters have a habit of going too far into left field to please the Camra folk, but this is perfectly placed for the entry-level beer market. A gateway bitter, if you will.
That said, the first time I crashed through the six Stella barrier, I had sex in the car-park of The Alma in Chelmsford and that simply has to count for something. Stella it is.
Unfortunately, as McNasty sagely points out, it does have its drawbacks. A good friend of mine can't drink the stuff anymore after a particularly messy stage of life where he would have a quick five pints after work (from 4pm) and then come out to meet everyone else at 8pm, passing out in his own sick at 9pm. Smooth.
Spitfire, on the other hand, is one of the most splendid of all the bitters and its very name makes you stand a little straighter at the bar, filled with pride at those magnificent flying machines, that were actually slightly less effective than the Hawker Hurricane, but who's quibbling?
Just the right amount of edge, just the right amount of flavour. Bitters have a habit of going too far into left field to please the Camra folk, but this is perfectly placed for the entry-level beer market. A gateway bitter, if you will.
That said, the first time I crashed through the six Stella barrier, I had sex in the car-park of The Alma in Chelmsford and that simply has to count for something. Stella it is.
Jonny_Stokes
Dan Agyei Appreciator
I am seemingly one of the few who drink both bitter and lager as a matter of routine, so this would theoretically be a toughie if Stella wasn't such effluent chemical-filled beverage of the lower classes. Anyone who doesn't patriotically vote for a beer named after the finest aeroplane in history is clearly French.
Bob Cratchitt
Devil's Advocate
It is a tough one for me, as I used to always drink Stella as it was a great tasting lager, I first got into it during the 90's when it was hard to find on tap in a pub, whilst most others we drinking Sol or Bud. I am sure in those days Stella actually tasted better and for certain it did not leave me with a hangover like it does now. *Although this could be age related.
However I have acquired a taste for Spitfire and will always choose that over Stella when available.
However I have acquired a taste for Spitfire and will always choose that over Stella when available.
canveyshrimper
R.I.P
So can Spitfire.
Stella is fine with curry as are most lagersbut Spitfire is a fine brew. Looks like this will be a close run heat.
Interpol Shrimper
Member
Ken, in your professional opinion, do you agree different people have different tolerance for Stella? Personally 6 pints of it & I'm a really happy cheery drunk, 7 I turn into a raging psychotic nutjob. Is this par for the course do you think?
There's definitely a "loopy" chemical in Stella that sets the majority of it's drinkers off. Personally, as I said when the idea to start this competition off, I'm glad InBev have brought out alternatives like Peetermans Artois!
Was chatting to one of the counsellors that come into school every now and then the other day, and we were discussing under age drinking, and the fact that Stella is definitely a significant factor in a lot of drunken violence. She tells students that she talks to if there's a choice to be had and you have to choose a drink, don't ever choose Stella.
For me it's Spitfire anyway, as MtS says, a no brainer really.
For me it's Spitfire anyway, as MtS says, a no brainer really.
Slipperduke
The Camden Cad
I'm afraid I wasn't alone, no. Looking back though, I rather wish I was.
Was the lone gunman wearing a black leather jacket with studs, tight blue jeans and did he have very messy black hair? He always looked the type, it would be wonderful it was him. What a great pub. Part of me died when Dave shut it down.
McNasty
Member
Richard, I think you sum it up perfectly. It seems people have a "switch" in their heads that clicks on after X pints (X being different for each person) and then watch out. I have a good mate who had to stop drinking Stella and switch to a weaker lager cos he would fight for no reason at all after just a few pints
He did tell me once that I was the only friend we wouldn't punch when he was drunk.
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