thursday 1 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 has anyone noticed the Guinness 250 edition is 6.8% alc and no price hike. The non-250 edition is only 4.8% Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Depends where you get it from in japan - some places its 7.5% :S Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I've had Gamay @9.5. That's nuts. Liked it though. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Too strong for me that. Brings back some pretty disgusting memories of Carlsberg Special Brew. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Don't remind me of that stuff! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 that's true, I have a special loathing for Carlsberg, especially when you see hobos drinking those golden cans Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Originally Posted By: pie-eater Too strong for me that. Brings back some pretty disgusting memories of Carlsberg Special Brew. Carlsperg Special Spew.......nice!! The Hobbo favourite where I live is Tennants Super, along the same lines, 8 or 9%. No one BUT hobbos drink it so imagine my surprise when I visited my brother in Milan and they sold it everywhere!! Loads of cool, trendy bars with bloody purple tin on tap!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Do they still make that stuff? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 surprisingly yeah!! for the ultra cool Milano fashionista and the filthiest Glasgow hobbo!! Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Must be really cool in Italy. If I remember it correctly, it was just overpoweringly strong. Awful stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 beer shouldn't taste like that. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Know a few people who used that as their "going out" kick before they went out. I wasn't into such punishment and usually went the vodka/orange way. Or just an early Guinness down the pub. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 just spent 6,700yen in Yokohama on imported beers - dear oh dear :S pics to come later Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Not particularly much that... just a few weeks stock? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 what did you buy Rob and where did you get it? Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Yes do tell. I'd like to stock up on some Boddingtons every now and again. Don't suppose any shops actually sell that here for less than a fortune, not one of the online places that ship it in for a fortune. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 from left to right Youngs Double chocolate stout Samuel Smith Taddy Porter Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout London Pride Strongbow (I know not exactly beer but hey!) John Smiths from left ro ight wychwood hobgoblin guiness (actual irish stuff) bass pale ale All of these were bought in Yokohama: Sogo on the ground floor at the far back right - I forget the shops name Pocketmart (which is near the escalotors towards Sogo on the Italian food side.) Queens Isetan Shinanoya Yokohama (which had the majority of the stuff and also boddingtons at 480yen a large can) Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Nice mix & pix Rob Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Had some of that Hobgolbin over summer. Boddies! Nice, Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Boddies is about 10 quid for 15 in the supermarkets back home, so that's about 66p and just over 100 yen. 480 yen is steep. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Is that 9 bottles for 6500? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 nope - was 18 bottles. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Wouldn't mind trying those. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I've had 5 of those 9 before. Nice mix. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Whats the Double Chocolate Stout like? Never heard of that one before sounds interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
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