toymi69's definitions

carling

originaly marketed in the uk as a canadian(briefly and dubiously) lager brand with the after tag of black label.Has out lasted the rest of the early cheap and nasty lager brands due only to marketing. Tastes of tin if it comes in one or not.If ever the addage of tip it straight into the toilet and save your self the trouble, was ,it applies to this stuff!

carling ? got ANYTHING else?

by toymi69 May 30, 2008

real ale

The is below is correct,if a little oxford. Basicly yeast is added to the "container" so that the beer continues to be live ie improve with age. Two basic types; cask and bottle conditioned.Cask will see a hand pull/pump used for dispence rather than a font,bottle condioned will need careful lable reading to identify if you dont know the brand.although there is now a "CAMRA says this real ale" labling scheme starting to appear,to help the uninitiated.

Forget the keg i'll have the REAL ale

by toymi69 May 29, 2008

porter

A traditional dark beer style originating from London.Its popularity amongst dock porters is believed to have led its name.The now much more widely known stout is a type of porter.

pint of porter please landlord

by toymi69 May 30, 2008

stella artois

over priced beer factory alcoplop that turns people into morons: see below

stella artois, stella, stela, sstelaa etc bang or barf

by toymi69 May 30, 2008

ale

Ref below, not sure what hunter gathering has to do with this but otherwise fairy accurate, though forgetting the main uk types of bitter,best bitter and the now saddly not so common though slowly reappearing, thankfuly, mild, the newer versions of which are often called dark to avoid conotations with flat caps.Try one you will be surprised!Good lagers are availabe also but they do not come from the major international keg factorys!

Pint of real ale please landlord.

by toymi69 May 29, 2008

firkins

nine gallon cask. A barrel is a thirty six gallon cask, although that term has gained curreny for any size of comercial beer cask or keg.

can i have two firkins of bass this week please (brewery-ha! would be nice!)

by toymi69 May 30, 2008

fosters

AKA skippys piss.Cheep lager that is a triumph of marketing over taste like so many;eg stella(worse than),carling(better than)heineken(same page)

fosters ? what else have you got?

by toymi69 May 30, 2008