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Post by Immaterial on Sept 13, 2021 18:00:47 GMT
Having a dry week until Friday. Not even a beer with dinner. I reckon most of the weight I added over lock down (as well as diminishing energy levels) is down to The Demon Drink.
Problem is, I *know* we're going to get ratarsed over the weekend. Friends coming up from Cornwall for the weekend, with other friends coming over on Saturday for dinner.
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Post by anthonyuk on Sept 14, 2021 11:36:55 GMT
Never used to keep beer in the house, wasn't a strict rule, just prefer to be a social drinker.
However during lockdown I treated myself to one of the Krups SUB compact beer machines. You have to allow time for the mini kegs it takes to settle and chill down to temperature, but once you've mastered the quirks,you have ice cold pub quality beer on draft.
Limitting myself to how often I use the bloody thing, but it's definitely opened my eyes to how good beer can be. Ice cold German Weissbier after work, yes please!
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Post by beastmaster on Sept 14, 2021 11:42:43 GMT
Never used to keep beer in the house, wasn't a strict rule, just prefer to be a social drinker. Ice cold German Weissbier after work, yes please! Similar here. I love Erdinger which is my beverage of choice. There are lots of different types as well. I still don't drink much at home as very much a social drinker. I love rum as well and bought a bottle of Havana Club Tributo 2019 Rum. But I'll probably save that till new year. |
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Post by elstoof on Sept 14, 2021 11:49:27 GMT
Working in a bar during uni whenever anyone ordered an erdinger we’d all say erdinger in the style of goldfinger, now it’s impossible for me to say it normally
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Post by anthonyuk on Sept 14, 2021 11:58:14 GMT
Never used to keep beer in the house, wasn't a strict rule, just prefer to be a social drinker. Ice cold German Weissbier after work, yes please! Similar here. I love Erdinger which is my beverage of choice. There are lots of different types as well. I still don't drink much at home as very much a social drinker. I love rum as well and bought a bottle of Havana Club Tributo 2019 Rum. But I'll probably save that till new year. I'll make a point of giving that a try. Received some Paulaner kegs of weissbier and Oktoberfest for the krups this morning, worrying excited to give them a go. 12 months ago I was content with Fosters |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2021 12:06:23 GMT
I think I know why you didn't use to keep beer in the house.
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Post by Immaterial on Sept 14, 2021 15:20:42 GMT
Having a dry week until Friday. Got through yesterday evening OK. Onto evening 2. I'll be taking up jogging at this rate. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 14, 2021 15:24:37 GMT
Drank too much on Sunday, and spent yesterday hungover (WFH so managed to nap at lunchtime).
Was planning on having a couple of beers ringgit at boardgames then taking a break until the weekend, but my beer52 box arrived and it might be hard to resist. Will see how it goes.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 14, 2021 15:28:48 GMT
I have been very tempted by the Krups and the Pinter in the past, but have resisted (mostly as I have nowhere to put one). But I do like the idea, a lot.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 14, 2021 15:30:03 GMT
Having a dry week until Friday. Got through yesterday evening OK. Onto evening 2. I'll be taking up jogging at this rate. I am also trying to achieve this. Will be week 3 of no midweek drinking. It's not so bad tbh -once I get past poker on Wed night and then obviously the Thursday Thirst. |
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Post by Vortex on Sept 14, 2021 15:52:18 GMT
I have been very tempted by the Krups and the Pinter in the past, but have resisted (mostly as I have nowhere to put one). But I do like the idea, a lot. Yes, I quite like the idea, it's just the space/cost of it all. Not sure that having ice-cold, near pub quality beer on tap all the time would be good for me. Although I can apparently resist the urge to drink more than a couple of beers on just a friday&saturday if the last year has been anything to go by. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 14, 2021 16:09:56 GMT
One of my friends has TWO PerfectDraft machines, flash git.
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Post by anthonyuk on Sept 14, 2021 16:30:56 GMT
I have been very tempted by the Krups and the Pinter in the past, but have resisted (mostly as I have nowhere to put one). But I do like the idea, a lot. Yes, I quite like the idea, it's just the space/cost of it all. Not sure that having ice-cold, near pub quality beer on tap all the time would be good for me. Although I can apparently resist the urge to drink more than a couple of beers on just a friday&saturday if the last year has been anything to go by. The Krups isn't so bad size wise, it's actually smaller than I imagined. Footprint is around the size of a large toaster. The beer varies in price. They come in 2 litre kegs (or torps as they're called) and range from £8-£15ish each, 4 pints per keg so £2-£3.75 a pint depending on what you go for. I find personally it's worth it for what is pretty much pub quality, ice cold beer. The price does help you keep it more as a treat I found, but they can be addictive. Beerwulf.com who sell them, have them on offer at the moment, effectively throwing in 4 kegs of beer in with the price of the machine. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2021 6:36:07 GMT
Started brewing my own during lockdown. Got pretty good at it but was then getting through about 40 pints every 2 weeks.
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Post by marcp on Sept 15, 2021 7:41:10 GMT
I have been very tempted by the Krups and the Pinter in the past, but have resisted (mostly as I have nowhere to put one). But I do like the idea, a lot. I actually ordered a pinter, but got fucked around pretty badly and read enough stories about their shit quality for me to cancel. There's a version 2 out this month, may take a look at that, though I just prefer the idea of one of those perfect draught things now. |
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Post by Dougs on Sept 15, 2021 8:26:19 GMT
That's disappointing to hear. I think I liked the "cheat's homebrew" aspect to it. Will see if V2 is any better.
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Post by jono62 on Sept 15, 2021 8:28:18 GMT
I'm happy with Guinness zero. It doesn't taste as nice as normal Guinness, but it's perfect for me. Didn't have the usual problems the day after either.
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Post by Vortex on Sept 15, 2021 9:19:44 GMT
Good to hear jono!
I'll add it to the list of 'behaving myself' beers. If it survived judgment by your discerning palette, then it must be decent! 😀
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Post by Binky on Sept 15, 2021 9:22:29 GMT
I shouldn't have clicked in here. The Pinter and Krups thing look really interesting!
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Post by Vortex on Sept 15, 2021 9:29:05 GMT
Yeah. It's stuck in my brain a bit.
Been mulling it over.
I think it'd probably be the lower vol krups which would be better for me, for beer not hanging around, but then it's worse for hassle of repeating changes if you had folk round.
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Post by grey_matters on Sept 15, 2021 9:33:47 GMT
I shouldn't have clicked in here. The Pinter and Krups thing look really interesting! I wonder should there be another thread that allows FG's great capability for support exist in a bit more isolation. At thr moment, someone who was genuinely in trouble will get that support but also an advertisement for some awesome alcohol within a few posts. I'm not knocking the thread at all but it might not be the best environment for someone who really really needs to quit. |
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Post by Binky on Sept 15, 2021 9:52:39 GMT
That's probably a good idea.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 15, 2021 9:57:19 GMT
True. It has morphed slightly. I'll create a new thread for the lushes.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 15, 2021 10:16:51 GMT
It probably has got derailed from the original intention.
I did drink too much last night and now feel hungover. Went to boardgames, had a few beers. That was all fine. Once I got back though I decided to have a couple more, which was definitely not part of the plan.
It's like I sometimes get this little switch where even though I know it's a bad idea I somehow convince myself that it'll be fine to keep drinking. I'm not speaking a huge quantity as such, but it's enough to tip me from fine the next day to just feeling groggy and crap.
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Post by dfunked on Sept 15, 2021 11:05:42 GMT
We're down to only drinking at the weekend. Most annoying thing for me is how it completely fucks with my sleeping pattern after a couple of days, it's usually Weds/Thus night before I get a decent night's unaided sleep.
With booze I'm pretty much guaranteed to be out, even if it's not decent sleep it's better than a couple of hours.
That's definitely the thing that's pushing me to give up completely for a while.
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Post by elstoof on Sept 15, 2021 11:12:42 GMT
I'm happy with Guinness zero. It doesn't taste as nice as normal Guinness, but it's perfect for me. Didn't have the usual problems the day after either. Are these usual problems the big sticky treacle poos or the hangovers |
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Post by elstoof on Sept 15, 2021 11:30:11 GMT
My no midweeking it went by the wayside the last two days, treated myself to a single drink each night. Pretty chuffed I was happy to stop at that though
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Post by jono62 on Sept 15, 2021 11:49:31 GMT
I'm happy with Guinness zero. It doesn't taste as nice as normal Guinness, but it's perfect for me. Didn't have the usual problems the day after either. Are these usual problems the big sticky treacle poos or the hangovers Both! |
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Post by Immaterial on Sept 16, 2021 10:03:44 GMT
Having a dry week until Friday. Got through yesterday evening OK. Onto evening 2. I'll be taking up jogging at this rate. No booze continues, despite the wife petitioning for a glass of wine last night. She's Irish though, so it was to be expected. |
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Post by deebs on Sept 16, 2021 10:08:33 GMT
Similar here. I love Erdinger which is my beverage of choice. There are lots of different types as well. I still don't drink much at home as very much a social drinker. I love rum as well and bought a bottle of Havana Club Tributo 2019 Rum. But I'll probably save that till new year. I'll make a point of giving that a try. Received some Paulaner kegs of weissbier and Oktoberfest for the krups this morning, worrying excited to give them a go. 12 months ago I was content with Fosters You gents should introduce a little Corsendonk into your lives. |
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