pie-eater 207 Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Had a great night out the other night with the north west lads. Had about 7 beers, each one different and I, er, can't remember any of the names! Good stuff. Great to meet up with people and have a talk about tons of stuff (including some of the characters on here ) Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 After all the fancy beers, you can't really beat a good pint of Boddingtons. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I love the Red Star Sapporro that you get, the only place I see it though is my local Supermarket, which is good for me!! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Voted best ad of the century I dunno why. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 THE price of British beer could be hiked up 15p due to soaring production costs, brewers warned today. Jobs in breweries may be threatened as a result of an increase in the price of raw materials, the Society of Independent Brewers (Siba) said. UK harvests of barley and hops were badly affected by the summer downpours. And this has pushed up prices by nearly 40 per cent for barley compared to last year and 100 per cent for some hop varieties, Siba said. It is feared the price of British-brewed beer could go up by as much as 10 to 15p per pint. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 So that'll be 20-30p for you 2pints! How much is a pint now? When I was back over summer I just paid without taking much notice.. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I remember it was something like 350. But depends on what kinda pub you go to and which side of the street its on. Plus how long an ambulance takes to get there in case of need. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 shite, we already pay anywhere from 850 yen to 1000 for a pint of Guiness and Kilkenny over here bummah!! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 1000 yen for a pint. My dad would have something to say about that. I can hear him now! Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 3 different Japanese people on 3 separate occasions have told me that it is illegal for people to produce their own alcohol in Japan. One of those people planned to do it anyway and took a bunch of homebrew kits back to Japan with him. This weekend I plan to brew a wheat beer (of sorts) with Manuka Honey in it. It’s loosely based on a recipe from Canada with maple syrup in it. I suspect it will be very good or very bad. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 that would be something like mead. Brewed with honey, where the term honeymoon came from. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Not quite mead - in this case the vast majority of the fermentables are from barley and wheat malt. One day I will try and make some mead though. Link to post Share on other sites
66jzmstr 0 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 There is no homebrewing in Japan?! TRAVESTY! I'll have to run this across the Asia forum at beeradvocate.com to confirm. I just had a nice pumpkin ale tonight from local craft brewery (in Seattle), Elysian. Some pumpkin pie spice notes but also actual pumpkin gourd flavor. I probably wouldn't have more than one per sitting, but very well done and tasty. Link to post Share on other sites
66jzmstr 0 Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 An update from a fellow beeradvocate on another site: Short answer: No, it's not illegal as long as you keep your abv less than or equal to 1%. Long answer: Possibly because of that law (and I don't know the penalties and other details) homebrewing is not really a widespread hobby in Japan. But it exists, and if you search the BA directory you can find a *few* homebrew suppliers in Japan. One of them indicates that they ship kits with instructions for brewing in Japan (1%abv) and separate instructions for if you are brewing outside Japan. Funny. There are even homebrew competitions, although how they judge a bunch of 1% beers is beyond me. For the four years I lived in Japan I all but gave up homebrewing, the dearth of suppliers and limited apartment space being the two main causes. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Originally Posted By: Creek Boy shite, we already pay anywhere from 850 yen to 1000 for a pint of Guiness and Kilkenny over here bummah!! They are Irish beers, not...ahem .... UK beers. That won't stop them putting the price up though!! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Bass sucks compared with those Sammy Smiths is quality though Had Hooegarden, Beer Lao, and some nice German's over the weekend. Hooegarden is back in Japan! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 If this is the same Bass that I know, it is not nice at all. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Some Irish beers are real nice. Like the Kilkenny and Caffreys Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Oh yes Caffreys is very nice. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 OH YES. Lovely. Good stuff, not a week goes by without me partaking in a bit of Caffreys. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Cafferys seemed to disappear from pubs back home....shame to cos I liked it. Rocket fuel!! Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Originally Posted By: 66jzmstr An update from a fellow beeradvocate on another site: Short answer: No, it's not illegal as long as you keep your abv less than or equal to 1%. Long answer: Possibly because of that law (and I don't know the penalties and other details) homebrewing is not really a widespread hobby in Japan. But it exists, and if you search the BA directory you can find a *few* homebrew suppliers in Japan. One of them indicates that they ship kits with instructions for brewing in Japan (1%abv) and separate instructions for if you are brewing outside Japan. Funny. There are even homebrew competitions, although how they judge a bunch of 1% beers is beyond me. For the four years I lived in Japan I all but gave up homebrewing, the dearth of suppliers and limited apartment space being the two main causes. The alcohol % is governed by the sugar content. More sugar = higher percentage. So policing the homebrew alc.% is a mute point really. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I would not drink beer if it was 1% alcohol v/v Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 While a bit depressed about the snow situation in the Big N, I found this. Brightened my day no end. An ale. Link to post Share on other sites
OzOzOz 2 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Is that a new one? Brewed in Niseko (or Oz?) Link to post Share on other sites
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