Disappointment of the week

[oldboots]

Nothing wrong with beer, popped into The Bird In Hand

But the Christmas Havant brewery special had run out, will attempt later in the week

New brew on today for winter. No name as yet, but is a dark brown 4.3 ish with a sous on of whisky & ginger. Thinking "welcome back Mac" ?

For the benefit of younger readers: a popular drink of the 1970s was the Whisky-Mac a concoction of whisky (usually the cheapest on the optics) and Stones Ginger Wine. A true pensioners delight of those days, Gold Label was another favoured drink of the "Grey Panthers".

[bcfczuluarmy]

On a lager note I had a 500 ml Belmont in Soulac sur mer France yesterday and it tasted like a snapped printed circuit board from a 1980's Binatone games console you played those tennis and squash games on the TV.

The disappointment being I bet the leffe would've tasted nicer.

[sheffield hatter]

New brew on today for winter. No name as yet, but is a dark brown 4.3 ish with a sous on of whisky & ginger. Thinking "welcome back Mac" ?

Soupçon?

[Aqualung]

For the benefit of younger readers: a popular drink of the 1970s was the Whisky-Mac a concoction of whisky (usually the cheapest on the optics) and Stones Ginger Wine.

How dare you denigrate the Whisky Mac! Most Scotch other than those from Wales or Ireland is blended rubbish and adding Ginger Wine (Crabbies rather than Stones) makes it drinkable. Next time I brew a batch of Ginger Wine I will add an extra litre of the cheapest supermarket Scotch I can find as a result of your slur!!

I used to pass the Stones place on the way to work and was intrigued one day to see that there was an industrilal alcohol tanker making a delivery there.

[gillhalfpint]

Thanks for the memories. In my drinking history, I had a time on whisky mac, and preferred Crabbies to Stones too. Remember Gold Label chasers along with a bitter as well.

[Farway]

Soupçon?

Off course, but I just copied and pasted

[Farway]

Thanks for the memories. In my drinking history, I had a time on whisky mac, and preferred Crabbies to Stones too. Remember Gold Label chasers along with a bitter as well.

The memories keep coming back

It has to be Stones, but the Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer is fine

Now who is on for home made egg nog?

I cannot recall the recipe / method, but my mother in law loved it

[MikeyBW]

I was going to sample the home brew Christmas ale today but things came up...

[hondo]

For the benefit of younger readers: a popular drink of the 1970s was the Whisky-Mac a concoction of whisky (usually the cheapest on the optics) and Stones Ginger Wine. A true pensioners delight of those days, Gold Label was another favoured drink of the "Grey Panthers".

many years ago when struggling with man flu an old codger in the pub said have a few glasses of rum n green that's O.V.D. (Old. Vatted. Demerara. Rum) and Crabbie’s Green Ginger Wine certainly took my mind off the man flu

[trainman]

I just discovered that the transport direct website has been terminated.
I found it a very useful tool, especially for planning bus transport out in the boonies, and am disappointed that it has closed. Suggestion seems to be that other sites offer similar travel solutions. Hmm, let's see how traveline bears comparison...