I'm a convert...

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... to bitter! Seriously, I was wide-boy Essex lad lager-drinking pondlife before last night! Its dead smooth and easy to drink and it gets you drunk just the same. I used to think it was full of twigs and had worrying names like 'Old Man's Scrote'. But it's dead nice! And it's got booze in which helps.

But now I'm worried - am I turning into be-cardiganed Geography teacher? Is this the start of a slippery slope? Will I no longer be funky and start buying sensible pumps and wear sandals with socks?

So... what do other people think of the bitter/lager thing? I reckon RT has a few words on the matter.

Also - what has pleasantly surprised you over the last couple of days?

― Will, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

New (hic!) answers.

― Will, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm also a soft shandy-drinking shite, but I had a Guinness the other day as I fancied a change, and bugger me if it didn't hit the spot. Ooh yes.

I do actually drink shandy, that's not a fib. I move onto it after I've had a few pints of decent beer (lager usually), as it means I can keep on drinking without throwing up, and it tastes nice. It doesn't help my reputation, though.

― Mark C, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bitter Are Delicious, but if you have more than a few phew-eeeee do you know it the next day!!

i recommend: London Pride and Tanglewood!

― katie, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ruddles County! Marstons Pedigree! Timothy Taylor Landlord! Old Hooky! Bombardier!

These are a few of my favourite things.

― ogden, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Do you mean Tanglefoot? I used to work as an odd job man at the Badger brewery where that was made which is a bit interesting. I like bitter on the odd occasion and particularly recommend Wadworth 6X and anything made by The Ringwood Brewery, Theakston's XB and Gales HSB. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

― Jonnie, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

have we not done the bitter vs lager thing before?

if not, here's my beers of choice:

stones' within about 20 miles of Sheffield, most of Marston's they have a way with beer, if in nottingham - shipstones, London Pride can be good, can be bloody awful as well, vaux do some lovely beers too. oh yeah, and in the summer a nice pint of summer lightning.

― chris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Jesus, how did I forget Theakstons? good beer.

the worst bitter in the world = Mansfield brewery's output, really nasty, just like their footy team.

― chris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

better than bitter for next-day-guffing is brown ale. newcastle to be precise

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bud = potable
The rest = yuk

― mark s, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

^ | | Heathen Pint of landlord please, barman.

― Ed, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Really Mr S? god, that's got to be my least favourite lager of them all. If I have to drink Lager (ie in a pub where I know the bitter is bad) then it'll be Grolsch or a nice wheat beer.

― chris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

bud = human saliva

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Grolsch makes me sick. But Bud is just fucking cack - beer for people who don't like beer in my book.

― Jonnie, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Alan is right, Bud does taste like saliva. Except with less charm. Even when I drank a can when I was 5 I thought it weak.

― Nicole, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Budvar is of course a different matter, a prince among pauperly lagers, as is Gambrinus.

― chris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

beer for people who don't like beer

ie Mr Sinker

I am very glag you have finally seen the light Mr McKenzie. May I enquire as to which particular bitter converted you?

― RickyT, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, Rick, it was Sam Smith's Old. Not so keen on this stealth attack hangover though... lovely morning, headache in the afternoon.

― Will, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

glag = word of day

Saliva = the taste of a kiss = roXoR

― mark s, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Anything with those kind of names has to be gfood for you. Thats why I started drinking Sheep Dip whisky

― Menelaus Darcy, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hobsons do a wonderful pint. Leffe is a nice beer as well., though it's expensive and only comes in half pints.

― DavidM, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Leffe Brun!!! Only bar I found that at is Beir Market in TO, psyduck. Clancy's is a NB/NS thing and is damm tasty but have more then a pitcher of it and your stomach goes funky the next day.

― Mr Noodles, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Saliva = the taste of a kiss = roXoR Boys' kisses that taste like beer/lager/etc = roXor!

― rosemary, Sunday, 4 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Carling is the most repulsive substance on the planet. Yay Smirnoff Ice.

― Graham, Sunday, 4 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

LAGER LAGER LAGER

― Tom, Sunday, 4 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

the bombardier i had the other day was pretty good, but london pride is not good

― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)

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