Kentucky Soup
So Kentucky is the first to make it to the little 56, four years from his bus pass. Good of him to crack open some Moet and not make it an afd. Careful with those bubbles boy.
Tag: Drinking Sessions
Bartender Send Those Ladies A Bottle of Moet
So back in the good old days Kentucky and I used to go drinking of an evening. We’d start off at the Fox & Newt and bang down three beers. I’d boldly go for Old Pecker because I was young and foolish and when the buzz began we’d head off to …
Alcohol Is Not Enough, You Need Your Drinking Head On Too
Almost eight years ago I posted about the Kentucky condition of “Drinking Head On”: Drinking Head on! and it is fundamental if you want to have a happy, productive life because the opposite is true too. If you are not in the correct state of mind then no matter how …
Barrel Drinking
Of course when we were young, before the days of not drinking four days a week, we were always looking for new ways to maximize our drinking. For a while Kentucky and I used to practice this seven days a week, and we were pretty successful at it. You’ll remember …
Wednesdays Are Almost As Good As Fridays
There is no doubt that 9pm Friday is the best time of the week – there really is no other time that compares. However, if you go dry from Sunday to Wednesday, as I do each week, I will tell you Wednesday looks pretty darn good too. As they say …
Inside Out
Iconic photos indeed. But how do you picture a hangover. How does a hangover make you feel and what are the nightmares that come after a heavy session when you cannot recall what you said or did, and only the sensation in your gut tells you about the reality to …
The Two Best Hangover Cures
So after all the things I’ve tried over the years to avoid the dreaded hangover: Hangover Cures? there are only two effective approaches that work consistently: Drink less – not favored by your hard core Drinking Man Have a “healthy” full English Breakfast of fried eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread …
Mostly about Beer anyway
So let’s big it up for the Norf. I never knew who the Prime Minister was, never lived below the fourteenth floor, and never had a decent pint of beer until I headed north.Yorkshire did it for me after years of insipid, flat, southern pee. So, it was good to …
So what is it with this dry January shit?
So you need to get in training, lose a few pounds, raise the bar? No problem. We’re here to help. Loosen your bowels with some ESB. Spend some sterling. Step up to the bar. Money can’t buy you happiness but it can buy you beer; as I found out at …
‘Tis the season to be trollied
So, I hope Max gets his Rebirth in soon. I have just had my first Christmas beers (no more work until 2018), and for me it had to be not ESB but the pride of good ‘ol Luhnduhn itself! Fill her up Jacko!
The public can
Well, we’ve had three years of beer tax cuts in this country but sales of ale go down alongside the number of pubs. 23 public houses closing a week; so, it’s good to celebrate the opening of a new one now and then. Get down to your boozer, take a …
Happy Thanksgiving
So today is Thanksgiving in the USA and nothing says Thanksgiving like doing shots of Patron Tequila with your wife and 22 year old boy 🙂 In fact I have not had any Tequila since my dreaded trip to Cancun in July, 1992 – that was 25 years ago. But when my …
Signs of the times 5
Yep, it’s not all bad. Max visited some great pubs when he was over. He may remember the Butcher’s Arms in Sheepscombe. A great sign on the door, and it’ll remind him of his old Dad!
Drink to me only with thine beer
Well clearly the world’s in a sad state. Max is upset about climate change and the devastation of global warming. At least the sun’s not zooming in yet Joe. Oh, wait a minute… Best thing is to crack open the ESB and let it all be. There may be a …
Drinking is No Longer Optional
When I look at the state of the World and the USA today there is no doubt Drinking alcohol is no longer an option, it is 100% a requirement to keep going. With things like the mass slaughter of innocents in Las Vegas this weekend, frequent hurricanes, incredible talent dying at …
Let’s all meet up in the year 2000
One of the strange things about growing up in the 1960s and 1970s was that the future was so closely associated with the year 2000. Such that it still seems to me to be in the future. Like the space race, jetpacks, and naff typography, the future always seemed wrapped …
The Camera Has Been Drinking, Not Me
So, Max is back on the ESB. It should be 5.5% cask and 5.9% in the bottle. You can’t go hammering these percentages. ‘One over the eight’ was the saying in the 1920s when small beer and mild were the order of the day. If you neck six of these …
Perfect Setting For a Pint? 4
Maybe best of all is with the right meal; the right food sets off the right beer to wonderful effect. A few pints, a few sausages; heaven for a simple drinking man.
Perfect Setting For a Pint? 3
Heading properly inside the pub, the best setting is in front of the sport. Max may be of a different view here, but a few beers and a few goals is an excellent way to spend an evening.
Perfect Setting For a Pint? 2
Second on my list is the country pub at sunset. Watch that fiery ball go down over the rolling hills and dream of far away in space or time. Outside on a summer’s day or inside and much earlier in winter!
Perfect Setting For a Pint? 1
So, the perfect pint… the perfect pub… but what about the perfect setting. One of my favourites is undoubtedly the river side. I guess that’s why angling used to be the most popular British sport. Now it’s going to the gym (?!?) Nothing is more hypnotic than water, …
London Pubs
So after a brief 24 hours in Sussex our chauffeur sped us to the heart of old London Town staying at the Waldorf Hotel slap bang in the middle of the West End. What a perfect location and just ten minutes away from Covent Garden where I worked over thirty years …
Drinking 24×7
So there’s no doubt when you hit your fifties you drink less. The body can’t take the abuse, hangovers last longer and hurt more, and typically you have more responsibilities than when you were in your twenties. I really love drinking but think this state of affairs is not all bad. …
‘I can hear them calling way from Oregon’
So Max can’t get many decent pints over the pond. Fewer great pints, more craft beers. Well, the variety of beers overall is very good in the UK. Traditional pints like Fuller’s Pride, Microbrewery one-offs, local brews, Euro lagers, and American big brands. But to find a craft beer is …
Back to The Swan, with two necks
Where was I? Yes, so, anyway, Kentucky and I went back necking the beer in The Swan. Presumably the pub is owned by the Queen. Why? Because it is not a Swan with Two Necks, a common and corrupted pub name. The uncorrupted name is the Swan with Two Nicks, referring …
Same Wonderful Life, Larger Monitor
So it has been about four years since I last posted on a regular basis to this wonderful blog and everything is pretty much ticking along the same. We have a great new look to our website which is a big improvement on the old one, and The Consul will …
8 Pints is now a Week’s Drinking
So growing up in England once I had a taste for beer it was very common to always “go for the galleon” when we went out drinking, especially on the weekend (which often started on Wednesday). Yes that means 8 British pints of 20 oz each for a sum total …
Nothing is more Perfect than a Stroll and a Beer
One of the things I really enjoyed on my trip back to England was the long walks that we took in the beautiful English countryside before we found our pub for the day. There is nothing that screams “Perfect Pint!” more than working up a thirst by walking a swift …
Beers of the Fifty
I know The Consul has been working like a dog since I got back and nothing has changed here, but it is hard to forget the wonderful two weeks spent in England just a couple of weeks ago. We drank lots of beer and ate some great British food: bacon …
Perfection
So stories will be told about the 50th birthday celebration of 2013, but they will not come close to my memory of the fortnight I have just spent in England. My view might be clouded or viewed with rose colored classes, we can even call it “Max’s World”. If I …