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r99c wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 6:47 pm Made my first trip back to Upton Park since May 2016 yesterday.

What a renovation The Boleyn has had. More importantly though the tap selection was probably the best from any pub I have been to in this country for ages. Had a Krombacher followed by a Litovel Premium. Very very good, highly recommend a visit.
They have done such a nice job of that pub. And agreed on the beer selection.

DId you see the West Ham mirrors?
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Picked up some of this on my way home tonight … thinking the claret and blue colours would bring me luck … it clearly didn’t work but the 7.8% induced wobbliness is a small consolation!!

https://moonwakebeer.com/shop/baltic-porter/
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The British Overseas Supermarket, (Iceland), selling 500ml x 24 Beck's for €12.50, they also had wife beater at €15, only a month left on the shelf life but it won't last that long in my house, yippee!
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Morrisons in Canvey have Timothy Taylor Boltmaker!! :fire: :lover:
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Had a taste of this last night at our local wine bar https://thespiritsroom.co.uk/products/t ... liqueur-20
Absolutely delicious, a couple of bottles on order for Xmas :smiler:
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12 330ml bottles of Tiger in Asda £7.50
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Francoisvander or else wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 9:06 pm Had a taste of this last night at our local wine bar https://thespiritsroom.co.uk/products/t ... liqueur-20
Absolutely delicious, a couple of bottles on order for Xmas :smiler:
I’ll drink pretty much anything but creamy Nan drinks are one thing I’ll swerve.
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I'm not an ale drinker by nature but fed up for paying over £10 for two pints I started looking for something else.

My mate was drinking London Pride, so I joined him, Not the best beer in the world, but drinakable and did the job.

I went to the bar to get two more pints - they only cost £5.50 for them both!

I may well be a dedicated Ale drinker from now on.
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I'm off to the Pig's Ear Beer festival this Friday from 6pm.

http://www.pigsear.org.uk/pigs%20ear%20festival.htm

I'm going with a few mates but if any KUMBERS want to meet up, feel free to DM me.
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WHU Independent wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:26 pm I may well be a dedicated Ale drinker from now on.
Some great ones out there. Batemans are your local brewery. They do some great ales.
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Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:56 pm Some great ones out there. Batemans are your local brewery. They do some great ales.
Try the one named after the son of the founder. Frothy :champers:
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Just got a few drinks bought and stocked up in time for Christmas.

Got two big packs of the 330ml Birra Morettis, a bottle of Johnnie Walker Red and a bottle of Jim Beam red stag.
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Got the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Fullers Vintage Ales yesterday.

f*** me they are good. Enjoyed 2 during the game yesterday. Saving the 2020 one for Christmas Day.
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Ableforths Rumbullion is so good.

Thanks SH!
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Whisky season started late this year, purchased a Tullibardine Sovereign in sainsburys £24 - down from £37, just had a couple of nips, very nice, mellow, recommend.
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IIRC Appleton Estate has been recommended before on this thread?

£29 with subscribe and save.
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Found myself increasingly going into the likes of Lidl and Aldi and picking something random off the shelf without looking at it closely.

My rule of thumb is to find something you’ve never heard of and have a lucky dip.
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hammers92 wrote: Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:44 am Found myself increasingly going into the likes of Lidl and Aldi and picking something random off the shelf without looking at it closely.

My rule of thumb is to find something you’ve never heard of and have a lucky dip.
Got a Aldi Chilean Estevez Shiraz not bad watching the Morrroco v France game going down nicely
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