Spargo wrote:I worked for an SA Brewery pub in the mid ‘90s West End Draught, West End light (the publican drank 90% of that) & Eagle Blue - no one drank that. This was back in the day when I reckon 75% drank schooners, 20% pints & 5% butchers. Not like today where it’s pretty much only pints being poured. Bar staff have it f#cking easy these days…
Spargo wrote:I worked for an SA Brewery pub in the mid ‘90s West End Draught, West End light (the publican drank 90% of that) & Eagle Blue - no one drank that. This was back in the day when I reckon 75% drank schooners, 20% pints & 5% butchers. Not like today where it’s pretty much only pints being poured. Bar staff have it f#cking easy these days…
am Bays says hello.
Eagle Blue? Don’t mind if I do, thanks Dipper!
Nah I stuck pretty much with “Best end of the day” WED
My old man and his mates were all over it though when it came out* and yeah he drank way more schooners than pints in his drinking career.
Let that be a lesson to you Port, no one beats the Bays five times in a row in a GF and gets away with it!!!
Spargo wrote:I worked for an SA Brewery pub in the mid ‘90s West End Draught, West End light (the publican drank 90% of that) & Eagle Blue - no one drank that. This was back in the day when I reckon 75% drank schooners, 20% pints & 5% butchers. Not like today where it’s pretty much only pints being poured. Bar staff have it f#cking easy these days…
Folks still drank butchers in the 90s?
Only time I've seen one (outside my grandfather's house, he had a boxful of 'em) was when I did a bar and waiting course. They made us practice pouring into butcher glasses on the pretext that it was more of a challenge. I suspect it was really 'coz they didn't want us skolling pints. Drinking the pour was obligatory.
Spargo wrote:I worked for an SA Brewery pub in the mid ‘90s West End Draught, West End light (the publican drank 90% of that) & Eagle Blue - no one drank that. This was back in the day when I reckon 75% drank schooners, 20% pints & 5% butchers. Not like today where it’s pretty much only pints being poured. Bar staff have it f#cking easy these days…
Folks still drank butchers in the 90s?
Only time I've seen one (outside my grandfather's house, he had a boxful of 'em) was when I did a bar and waiting course. They made us practice pouring into butcher glasses on the pretext that it was more of a challenge. I suspect it was really 'coz they didn't want us skolling pints. Drinking the pour was obligatory.
Yeah my old man always drank his port in a butcher in the 90's
Spargo wrote:I worked for an SA Brewery pub in the mid ‘90s West End Draught, West End light (the publican drank 90% of that) & Eagle Blue - no one drank that. This was back in the day when I reckon 75% drank schooners, 20% pints & 5% butchers. Not like today where it’s pretty much only pints being poured. Bar staff have it f#cking easy these days…
Folks still drank butchers in the 90s?
Only time I've seen one (outside my grandfather's house, he had a boxful of 'em) was when I did a bar and waiting course. They made us practice pouring into butcher glasses on the pretext that it was more of a challenge. I suspect it was really 'coz they didn't want us skolling pints. Drinking the pour was obligatory.
Yeah my old man always drank his port in a butcher in the 90's
Most ‘people’ drink their fruity beer in stem glasses these days! Man bun optional!
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
Noticed tonight, while shopping for Friday beers, that the James Squire range now comes in 330 ml bottles. They used to be 345 ml. Price rise by stealth?
Of course there is no real excuse for not producng 375ml stubbies * in the first place.
A bloke left a couple of Coronas here after a barbie more than a year ago.
Had a lemon in the fruit bowl for a couple of weeks and thought I'd better use it or chuck it out.
Got no other beer in the fridge ... so what the hell, put the Coronas in the freezer for half an hour. Sliced the lemon, cracked a Corona and slid it down the neck.
I gotta admit, it is going down a treat. What is an otherwise unremarkable beer is enhanced by the lemon.
But then that says something about the beer itself, don't it. Can't see myself buying a six pack in preference to a beer that doesn't require a citrus fruit to make it palatable.
Pseudo wrote:A bloke left a couple of Coronas here after a barbie more than a year ago.
Had a lemon in the fruit bowl for a couple of weeks and thought I'd better use it or chuck it out.
Got no other beer in the fridge ... so what the hell, put the Coronas in the freezer for half an hour. Sliced the lemon, cracked a Corona and slid it down the neck.
I gotta admit, it is going down a treat. What is an otherwise unremarkable beer is enhanced by the lemon.
But then that says something about the beer itself, don't it. Can't see myself buying a six pack in preference to a beer that doesn't require a citrus fruit to make it palatable.
Corona - sex in a canoe
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Pseudo wrote:A bloke left a couple of Coronas here after a barbie more than a year ago.
Had a lemon in the fruit bowl for a couple of weeks and thought I'd better use it or chuck it out.
Got no other beer in the fridge ... so what the hell, put the Coronas in the freezer for half an hour. Sliced the lemon, cracked a Corona and slid it down the neck.
I gotta admit, it is going down a treat. What is an otherwise unremarkable beer is enhanced by the lemon.
But then that says something about the beer itself, don't it. Can't see myself buying a six pack in preference to a beer that doesn't require a citrus fruit to make it palatable.
