C&H Alcohol Discussion

wnolan1992

A thread for all discussion of alcohol, recommendations, etc.



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iamanengine

Trying to decide what my beer of choice will be for the 1st few weeks of college. Dare I go posh with bottles of Heineken? Or do I go cheap with cans of Tuborg or Bavaria?!

Who knows!!

Jhcx

iamanengine wrote: »

Trying to decide what my beer of choice will be for the 1st few weeks of college. Dare I go posh with bottles of Heineken? Or do I go cheap with cans of Tuborg or Bavaria?!

Who knows!!

cheap. the beer will last longer with the money saved. i expect you'll get about 3 days more

iamanengine

Aye it makes sense alright. The plan is to go on a binge Saturday night, Sunday night and Monday night, so I'll need all the cans I can get my hands on :pac:

But on the other hand bottles go down so much nicer

Jhcx

iamanengine wrote: »

Aye it makes sense alright. The plan is to go on a binge Saturday night, Sunday night and Monday night, so I'll need all the cans I can get my hands on :pac:

But on the other hand bottles go down so much nicer

I know i know, but sometimes we have to sacrifice the good. Like if you really want to be a posh lad, certainly be my guest. But it wont be a happy ending when your looking at the bottom of an empty bottle at 7.30

Palytoxin

iamanengine wrote: »

Trying to decide what my beer of choice will be for the 1st few weeks of college. Dare I go posh with bottles of Heineken? Or do I go cheap with cans of Tuborg or Bavaria?!

Who knows!!

BAV

iamanengine

Palytoxin wrote: »

BAV

You're a fan?

Palytoxin

iamanengine wrote: »

You're a fan?

A vice of mine, among many!

marko93

Cheap cans? Lads, comon, the only obvious choice is Gallahad!

iamanengine

marko93 wrote: »

Cheap cans? Lads, comon, the only obvious choice is Gallahad!

Good lord man have you no soul?! I'd rather drink Dutch!

Palytoxin

marko93 wrote: »

Cheap cans? Lads, comon, the only obvious choice is Gallahad!

Karpackie is often overlooked, it's quality stuff tbh

Vito Corleone

Bavaria is what I had the first time I ever went out on the beer! It's disgusting.

Palytoxin

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Bavaria is what I had the first time I ever went out on the beer! It's disgusting.

How dare you!

LoonyLovegood

I'm gonna stick with the aul Lidl vodka. Cheap and cheerful!

marko93

Palytoxin wrote: »

Karpackie is often overlooked, it's quality stuff tbh

Karpackie is golden as well! Gallahad is just stupidly cheap!

SarahBeep!

Ah lads..it's all about Druids!!

iamanengine

Bav I actually find to be lovely. I drank mostly Tuborg last year though.

ANY cider whatsoever is a major nonononononononono!! Drank too much of it when I was 15 :P Put me off for life!

wnolan1992

SarahBeep! wrote: »

Ah lads..it's all about Druids!!

I fully endorse this message.



Though us sophisticated people drink Kopparberg. :P


www.drinkaware.ie kids.

Colm!

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Though us sophisticated people drink Kopparberg. :P

Endorsing this. You ever try Rekorderlig?

decisions

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Though us sophisticated people drink Kopparberg. :P


www.drinkaware.ie kids.

Koppaberg is mank, it's so sugary. I don't understand how people drink it.

Aspall cyder is where it's at (assuming you can find it)

Pigwidgeon

Us super sophisticated people drink craft ciders none of this bulmers/kopparberg/druids crap. Rekorderlig is the only popular one I drink.

This stuff is unbelievably nice.



As are most of the various weston's ciders. Om nom nom.

And Aspalls. Delicious delicious aspalls. I even have one of the goblety glasses in my kitchen.

Colm!

can we please have a C&H Alcohol Recommendations Thread? Even if my impending move to college means I'm on something around Dutch's price point for a while...

I've never had a proper craft cider in my life, like :P

decisions

Colm! wrote: »

can we please have a C&H Alcohol Recommendations Thread? Even if my impending move to college means I'm on something around Dutch's price point for a while...

I've never had a proper craft cider in my life, like :P

Open one.

Colm!

I would but I have no recommendations :L
Open call to Palytoxin to start.

wnolan1992

'gis a sec...

wnolan1992

Colm! wrote: »

I would but I have no recommendations :L
Open call to Palytoxin to start.

Thread started. Open to suggestions for a better name. :P

Colm!

to preface all upcoming posts I make in this thread I'd like to remind you all that being over 18 is awesome

wnolan1992

Pigwidgeon wrote: »

Us super sophisticated people drink craft ciders none of this bulmers/kopparberg/druids crap. Rekorderlig is the only popular one I drink.

This stuff is unbelievably nice.

http://www.ciderireland.com/wp-content/uploads/Mac-Ivors.jpg

As are most of the various weston's ciders. Om nom nom.

And Aspalls. Delicious delicious aspalls. I even have one of the goblety glasses in my kitchen.

Where would one procure these ciders? The off-licences I've been in have had woeful selections of cider tbh.

decisions

The Celtic Whiskey shop in town (Dawson St to be exact) is where I would buy my good cider.

Jhcx

I'd rather be a Vodka drinker. It goes with anything. had someone telling me the other day try Vodka and Milk.... Eh... no thanks i like my milk they current state it is in.. has anyone tried that?

I'd go with cider as a 2nd choice, but it has a bad fight with my gut

iamanengine

Love that my original post on what beer to drink in college started this

And lads, we're talking cheap college drink here, none of that fancy craft shtuff!

Anyone ever have Kinsey or Tesco vodka? That stuff will kill. It may as well be paint stripper!!

Jhcx

iamanengine wrote: »

Love that my original post on what beer to drink in college started this

And lads, we're talking cheap college drink here, none of that fancy craft shtuff!

Anyone ever have Kinsey or Tesco vodka? That stuff will kill. It may as well be paint stripper!!

This stuff will kill ya. someone had a drop of this at a party. now i mean a drop. They were hoarse for the evening

Colm!

iamanengine wrote: »

And lads, we're talking cheap college drink here, none of that fancy craft shtuff!

This. I mean I need something that I can drink that isn't absolute ****e. I can't stand Bud, Dutch, Gallahad etc. at all, but I don't want to be buying Eight Degrees at €2 a bottle either :L

SarahBeep!

Colm! wrote: »

Endorsing this. You ever try Rekorderlig?

Beautiful! I love it!

decisions

Absinthe

Colm!

decisions wrote: »

Absinthe

oh god it's wonderful
can it be gotten in this country affordably?

decisions

Colm! wrote: »

oh god it's wonderful
can it be gotten in this country affordably?

Not at all, but I took a bottle of 80% back from holidays with me.

Stereomaniac

Any time I ever had Absinthe it was the same story, I brought some back from Prague one time.

iamanengine

I swear some girl was trying to get me hammered one night by feeding me absinthe til I was f*cked. Then when I was like here you have some, she was like...nah....!!

As far as decent cheap drink goes Colm have you ever had Tuborg or Fosters? Relatively cheap but still a decent beer. 3 euro pints of Fosters in college bar, where would ya be goin!

Stereomaniac

Exactly. I always drank whatever was cheapest in the bar, before I retired. Fosters was the big one at the UCD bar. I remember being in Budapest a few years ago though and Tuborg was more expensive than the other beers that they had on draft. Everything else seemed to be locally produced and the Tuborg was seen as this high-end drink because it was imported!

wnolan1992

Absinthe is an evil, evil drink. I drank that my first week of college (bear in mind I only started drinking that week)... Never again. The taste was just horrific and it burned the back of my throat.


On vodka, I used drink loads of Kulov. €4/naggin in our nearest offie. It's paint stripper, but when you combine it with a can of coke and 4 cans of Druids, you can do your predrinking for ~€10.


Also, we can discuss more expensive stuff too. I mean just because ye're poor and can't afford anything above swill doesn't mean we can't discuss it. :pac:

Jhcx

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Also, we can discuss more expensive stuff too. I mean just because ye're poor and can't afford anything above swill doesn't mean we can't discuss it. :pac:

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If you like sampling new beers or hate having money, you might want to try one of these. :pac:

1. SAPPORO'S SPACE BARLEY
Price: $110/six-pack
ABV: 5.5%


2. CROWN AMBASSADOR RESERVE
Price: $90/750ml
ABV: 10.2%

3. TUTANKHAMUN ALE
Price: $75/500ml
ABV: 6%

4. BREWDOG'S SINK THE BISMARCK
Price: $80/375ml
ABV: 41%

5. SAMUEL ADAMS' UTOPIAS
Price: $150/700ml
ABV: 27%

6. SCHORSCHBRÄU'S SCHORSCHBOCK 57
Price: $275/330ml
ABV: 57.5%

7. CARLSBERG'S JACOBSEN VINTAGE
Price: $400/375ml
ABV: 10.5%

8. BREWDOG'S THE END OF HISTORY
Price: $765/330ml
ABV: 55%


9. PABST BLUE RIBBON 1844
Price: $44.00/720ml
ABV: 6%

10. NAIL BREWING'S ANTARCTIC NAIL ALE
Price: $800-$1815/500ml
ABV: 10%

For mobile Users link here : 10 of the World's Most Expensive Beers

Palytoxin

Colm! wrote: »

I would but I have no recommendations :L
Open call to Palytoxin to start.

Stonewell Cider, Bradleys in the city stock it!

Cherry Blossom Girl

Have to agree with whoever said to stay away from Tesco Vodka. It never ever ends well.

My personal preference is for Huzzar/Smirnoff with cranberry juice or Southern Comfort and blackcurrant. That's yum, although it can get a bit sweet after a while.

I never used to drink cider because even one glass would make me feel very ill but I recently tried Aspall Cyder and I've been converted. That stuff is so so nice! I think it's only available on tap in places that do craft beers and such (Crafty Fox/Mickey Martins that I know of for any Limerickans here) but it's not that expensive.


ps. am I losing my mind or did we have a thread like this not that long ago?

wnolan1992

Cherry Blossom Girl wrote: »

ps. am I losing my mind or did we have a thread like this not that long ago?

Almost a year ago to the date since the last post in the old thread. (Yeah, I checked, I am really busy... :P)

Cherry Blossom Girl

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Almost a year ago to the date since the last post in the old thread. (Yeah, I checked, I am really busy... :P)

Could have sworn it was more recent. I'm getting old

Healium

Drank Balkan one night, won't be doing that again anytime soon :rolleyes:

http://www.thedrinkshop.com/products/nlpdetail.php?prodid=1700

MissD93

sambuca always seems like a good idea at the time

Slow Show

MissD93 wrote: »

sambuca always seems like a good idea at the time

Tequila gets me everytime, the last time I was out they were only three euro so I had five of them (I know, I know) and was walking around/dancing/chatting for ages being all 'I'm not drunk at all, why isn't this having an effect on me???', found a video on my phone the next day that I took of some random guy in Supermac's eating some chicken. Not really sure how that happened tbh.

Vito Corleone

I pretty much only drink Jack Daniel's.

MissD93

Slow Show wrote: »

Tequila gets me everytime, the last time I was out they were only three euro so I had five of them (I know, I know) and was walking around/dancing/chatting for ages being all 'I'm not drunk at all, why isn't this having an effect on me???', found a video on my phone the next day that I took of some random guy in Supermac's eating some chicken. Not really sure how that happened tbh.

no matter how bad i end up i'm always the first person screaming shots shots shots