Tennents Super

[orpingtoneagle]

To repeat: As strong as some of these might be they're like Top Deck compared to this rocket fuel.

Beithir Fire

Scottish “world’s strongest beer” from 88 Brewery, Edinburgh (75%). Very high strength. In our Edinburgh selection — free UK delivery.

thebeerhive.co.uk

That's not really beer and if it is like some of the super brews I have tastes you drink it like a spirit and it probably just tastes of alcohol.

The beer world has changed since the glory days of super strength lager and cider. (aka tramp juice,).at the one end you still have the diamond whites of this world broadly a mixture of alcohol and chemicals at the other you have the craft beer that is strong but well brewed by costs an arm and a leg.

But the glory days were fun..I remember early 90's sky was in it's infancy and pubs were not open all day. But of you knew the guvnor there was the 'lock in,' one such lock in was over Easter and Palace were on Sky so a few lucky souls were allowed into a pub not that far from Selhurst Park to carry on drinking and watch the match.

One of our number (sadly no longer with us,) was on the special brew. Half time game and nature called. Brain said to legs 'walk,' legs said no and after a stagger to the bogs gave out altogether. We had to step over our colleague who simply remained prone on the pub floor and soon dozed off.

It's just not the same these days!

 

[mr. apollo]

To repeat: As strong as some of these might be they're like Top Deck compared to this rocket fuel.

Beithir Fire

Scottish “world’s strongest beer” from 88 Brewery, Edinburgh (75%). Very high strength. In our Edinburgh selection — free UK delivery.

thebeerhive.co.uk

 

[Dogburger]

Yes Tenants Extra was the black one and I reckon the first above 4% abv lager sold on draft. I’m thinking early / mid 1980’s. It was a decent pint and very popular in South London. I do remember it leading to lots of fights!
It then seemed to disappear to be replaced by Stella Artois.

You are forgetting the German pils beers we enjoyed before Tenants came on the scene . Holsten (5.5%) and Lowenbrau (5.2) were a couple of favourites and even Becks (5%) was half decent before they dropped a clanger with the UK market Becks Vier .

Brewers looking to cut costs with home brewed lagers along with government taxes saw the end of our German favourites who refused to give uk brewers license to make their beers due to German purity laws .
I remember when Holsten first hit the pubs on Draught ,must have been late 70's .Bearing in mind we were used to drinking Skol which was a pissy 2.8% . I was having a few Holstens with dad and the local postman one lunchtime .......the rest is a blur but remember mum getting home sometime late afternoon to find the three of us crashed out in the living room with the postmans bike along with a bag of mail in the hallway . "What the f*** is going on here ?" I think was the term used

Thankfully some stronger beers are making a comeback in some independent micro pubs that are free to sell beer from craft breweries .Though they mainly concentrate on Ales and Bitters most carry a barrel or two of decent a Pilsner .
I think thats where the older drinker is now heading , if you are spending 5 ,6, 7 quid a pint you really do deserve better than the mass produced yuk brewed in places like Northampton .

 

[Runningman]

I was 100 Liverpool St and have also worked on contract for RBS when the New Zealander was in charge.x

I worked at 280 Bish and then over at 135 Bish.

 

[chris123]

I worked at 280 Bish and then over at 135 Bish.

I was working on the aml risk assessment at the same time as Russia went into Crimea and preparing for the 166.

 

[cryrst]

I just thought about thunderbird.
Cheap hooch at about 14%. Couple of them between the lads as pre drinks.
Ahh my yoof 😆

 

[ASCPFC]

I just thought about thunderbird.
Cheap hooch at about 14%. Couple of them between the lads as pre drinks.
Ahh my yoof 😆

That's what girls drank around my way. And Diamond White. And 20/20 - which admittedly I did buy when skint.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I just thought about thunderbird.
Cheap hooch at about 14%. Couple of them between the lads as pre drinks.
Ahh my yoof 😆

Happy days Cryrst. A great charge up drink - either that or Mad Dog but that wasn't as easy to find (maybe the alkies had already bought it up). You'd fly into the pub after a few belts.

 

[kingdowieonthewall]

70s..'clandew'
A sort of pissed out whisky.
bottle had, i think, a stag on it.
school mate drank a whole bottle of it at a liberal parents party.
fools let us all drink anything.
spent all night in a deckchair out in the rain, covered in orange chunder.

 

[Runningman]

I was working on the aml risk assessment at the same time as Russia went into Crimea and preparing for the 166.

Had my leaving do at Dirty Dicks 🍷🍺🥃🤪

 

[ASCPFC]

70s..'clandew'
A sort of pissed out whisky.
bottle had, i think, a stag on it.
school mate drank a whole bottle of it at a liberal parents party.
fools let us all drink anything.
spent all night in a deckchair out in the rain, covered in orange chunder.

I know the stuff you mean. Coloured alcohol. Kind of sick tasting aftertones of weird sweet. That's what the label says anyway.

 

[Jimenez]

I knew a bloke whose drink was snakebite with Kronenbourg & Strongbow 1080 with a shot of creme de menthe in it.
He's dead now.
My old man was partial to a mix of Barley Wine & Watneys Stingo.
He's dead too.

We used to call some birds 1664s because if you were walking behind her she'd look 16 but as you passed her & took a gander she'd look 64

 

[Teddy Eagle]

We used to call some birds 1664s because if you were walking behind her she'd look 16 but as you passed her & took a gander she'd look 64

Indeed.
BOBFOC. Body off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch.

 

[Cucking Funt]

We used to call some birds 1664s because if you were walking behind her she'd look 16 but as you passed her & took a gander she'd look 64

Kneipkur

 

[orpingtoneagle]

Kneipkur

Susan George from the back Charlie George from the front.....

Ok I accept that will mean nothing to the young 'uns

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Susan George from the back Charlie George from the front.....

Ok I accept that will mean nothing to the young 'uns

Their loss. Anyone not aware of the wonder of Susan George should take immediate action to rectify the situation.
The George family didn't share the looks - Charlie and Bobby weren't so blessed.

 

[Cucking Funt]

Their loss. Anyone not aware of the wonder of Susan George should take immediate action to rectify the situation.
The George family didn't share the looks - Charlie and Bobby weren't so blessed.

Boy did his best, though

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Boy did his best, though

Overdid the makeup a bit though.

 

[Midlands Eagle]

You are forgetting the German pils beers we enjoyed before Tenants came on the scene . Holsten (5.5%) and Lowenbrau (5.2) were a couple of favourites and even Becks (5%) was half decent before they dropped a clanger with the UK market Becks Vier .

Thank you. I was trying to remember the name of the beer that I used to drink on Tyneside 30 years ago and couldn't remember the name but you kindly mentioned Lowenbrau and saved me from wracking my brain any further

 

[Willo]

I heard about a gentleman who imbibed 5 pints of 'Fullers ESB' at lunchtime and spent the afternoon and the entire next day in bed.
Many years ago in Wales I was introduced to 'Brains SA', fondly referred to as 'Skull Attack'. Certainly scrambled my brain.