What is a hipster? Look at this fucking hipster...

Who the fuck buys Tennents at the bar?!

Because Scotland

While on exchange program in Italy I found myself frequenting Bar Magenta in Milan for antipasti before hitting the Union back in the day. Italians don't really drink, so have no concept of alcohol percentage. This was clarified by draught Tennants Super which I had to try on one occasion, just because. Came out of the tap like honey. /csb

Not sure which I hate more, the stench that floats over Glasgow from the Tennent's brewery when the wind is from the east, or the fizzy piss that is produced there.

I honestly was hoping to read that Tenant's Super was now the equivalent of what PBR is to hipsters in US.

I can see the marketing campaign now. 'Tennent's Super: Lager for dobbers'

???

Dobber.

Everything is relative. I don't mind paying £2 for a pint of Tennents if its local, do mind paying £4 for whatever shit pint you'll get thrown at you in any big capital. Carling, Fosters, Kronenbourg, San Miguel, Stella, .... all made by the same huge conglomerate in the same factory and all piss. Or Sweden, fuck... Spendrups lager was always the cheapest (this word very relative to context) and it makes Tennents look artisanal.

Some really nice lagers coming out of London when I left mind you-Meantime is fantastic and was served by my local, much preferable.

£4.10 for a pint of senorita-beater at le reej now. fuck that place!

if the price makes you angrier though does that mean you then require less beer to achieve the desired level of domestic abuse rage so you can go home and smack the missus about without having to buy as many pints. actually SAVING you money?

you know what really takes the piss. Stella is a fancy pants high-end import beer in the states making it even more expensive. I took great pleasure telling the yanks they were in fact drinking the uk's equivalent to malt liquor.

Talking about domestic violence. Did anyone see this in the forum's favourite rag
http://gu.com/p/3pbx9

Typical bullshit Graun ego-centric-pish-fountain clickbait from some flaming tit head.

Isn't there some Hops shortage due to 'Craft Beer' Global Wankery?

Punters will always want to try something different. Why do bands tour? Why do people cheat? The ones profiting are importers / exporters. I need to get involved. Milo Minderbinder ftw

That's almost as bad as the current spelt shortage...
boards up windows

Point of most of it isn't imported/exported. It's just produced on license, from a recipe that may or may not bear any resemblance to what it's supposed to taste like.

Fair enough if it's actually imported, you're getting the real deal, but you'll be paying more for the privilege. Like dickheads paying top dorrar for watery piss like Sagres (portuguese Tennents) because you get it in a fancy tall glass... Ditto Asahi, Cobra, etc which is also made on license in the UK.

While on exchange program in Italy I found myself frequenting Bar Magenta in Milan for antipasti before hitting the Union back in the day. Italians don't really drink, so have no concept of alcohol percentage. This was clarified by draught Tennants Super which I had to try on one occasion, just because. Came out of the tap like honey. /csb

Seen this in a few upmarket Northern Italian bars - Tennents Soup is the British selection in their deluxe foreign beer menu. It's why they feel no guilt about sending us Peroni.

none of this goes anyway to explaining fosters though.

stella was one of the finest beers of it's generation late 90's early naughties
now ruined by being brewed in the uk and having it's %age changed
the belgian stuff was nectar from the gods

and mixed 50 : 50 with merrydown medium made one of the finest summer drinks

Used to love it when Castlemaine was 8 for £5.

Point of most of it isn't imported/exported. It's just produced on license, from a recipe that may or may not bear any resemblance to what it's supposed to taste like.

Fair enough if it's actually imported, you're getting the real deal, but you'll be paying more for the privilege. Like dickheads paying top dorrar for watery piss like Sagres (portuguese Tennents) because you get it in a fancy tall glass... Ditto Asahi, Cobra, etc which is also made on license in the UK.

Sagres and SuperBock are cheap as chips in the Portuguese places 'round here...

I can't drink lager, turns me into a hooligan...

Weissbier? A German I know leaves a little bit in the bottle and shakes it around to get a similar result.

Though I suppose that might also be his urine.

Aaaaactually...

(Enter Bavarian Beer Nerd mode)
A Weissbier, also called Weizen has a part of the fermentation progress going on after it is bottled. An important part of the taste comes from this time in the bottle. Since fermentation needs yeast and once the beer is in the bottle it isn't filtered anymore a "normal" Hefeweizen has some yeast in it which leads to the beer not being clear, but rather a bit murky.
Most of the yeast though will (if you store the bottle correctly, that is upright and cold) sink to the bottom.
As discussed further, you will order one bottle of Weizen and get it poured into the glass (no taps involved). The technique includes pouring the beer slowly so there is not too much head formed early, then as there is only a bit of beer left in the bottle, shake it, to stir up the yeast at the bottom of the bottle and pour that now foamy stuff ontop of the beer.
The aim is to make the head as tall as possible, maybe even peeking over the top of the glass, to show that it was poured "correctly"

If you order a Weizen here and get it served without a head on the beer, you send it straight back, because it either wasn't properly poured (leaving out the yeast and thus an important part of the taste) or it's been standing around for some time.

Also you don't drink Weizen straight from the bottle. You just don't.
(Exit Bavarian Beer Nerd mode)

Is there a beer thread?

yup
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