tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post7107129565281163192..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: World Cup FeverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-84920043548039829882010-06-13T08:53:27.079+01:002010-06-13T08:53:27.079+01:00I genuinely like both football and opera. No diffi...I genuinely like both football and opera. No difficulty sustaining that, and they're both about as expensive as each other nowadays to see live.<br /><br />I do love how the Germans let their hair down for international football tournaments. <br /><br />My football watching drink of choice is Brooklyn lager out of the bottle.Boakhttp://Www.boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-32949110063850688432010-06-10T22:55:29.679+01:002010-06-10T22:55:29.679+01:00Being the cantankerous old bugger I am I think I c...Being the cantankerous old bugger I am I think I could sustain it <br />I think I know of at least two pubs I can go to to avoid it.Paul Garrardhttp://www.realaleblog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-51063690664134178962010-06-10T18:51:59.268+01:002010-06-10T18:51:59.268+01:00I always wondered what the locals looked like in M...I always wondered what the locals looked like in Middleton.Reannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15440370736919353411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-27361338519775537722010-06-09T23:15:10.380+01:002010-06-09T23:15:10.380+01:00Well Paul. An interesting but ultimately unsustain...Well Paul. An interesting but ultimately unsustainable analogy I'd say.<br /><br />You are in for a hard month.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-31382986219260709402010-06-09T21:16:15.446+01:002010-06-09T21:16:15.446+01:00Oh yes, nonsense.
I'd put football in the same...Oh yes, nonsense.<br />I'd put football in the same category as opera, something that people like because they think they should.Paul Garrardhttp://www.realaleblog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-1770058977857074792010-06-09T20:29:30.025+01:002010-06-09T20:29:30.025+01:00I already have a cunning plan for Saturday's o...I already have a cunning plan for Saturday's opening game.<br />Here in Ireland it simply will not be worth watching in the pub because of the braying oafs shouting spittle-flecked abuse at all the England players who they would normally be naming their children after when they play in their favoured Premiership team.<br />And yes the irony is still lost of them after all these years.<br />So some early pints in the pub and the home for a selection of the strongest Belgian beer I can find ( itself no mean task in this beer desert of a country ) to dull the impact of the inevitable mediocre performance against the Yanks.Michael Collins RIPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-91451762326808421932010-06-09T18:59:25.617+01:002010-06-09T18:59:25.617+01:00You made me think of a beer 11 for England but Im ...You made me think of a beer 11 for England but Im struggling. Got the folowing<br />Robert Green King IPa<br />Ledley Kingfisher<br />John Terys All Gold<br />Ahley Coles<br />James Milner Light<br />Peter Crouch Vale<br />Wainwright RooneyCoxynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-82507823946445807832010-06-09T15:29:04.280+01:002010-06-09T15:29:04.280+01:00Matt I think quite a few have been disappointed by...Matt I think quite a few have been disappointed by TTLL. It can be good, but....<br /><br />As for Hoegaarden, InBev changed it many years ago when they bought it, but as far as I know, it has remained the same since - apart from they tried to brew it at Jupille. It isn't the greatest wit, but it still is very drinkable.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-88572378770140687762010-06-09T14:26:03.985+01:002010-06-09T14:26:03.985+01:00I've not had Taylor's Landlord for a while...I've not had Taylor's Landlord for a while but I find it's one of the few filtered bottles that comes anywhere near resembling the cask version which unlike you I've rarely been disappointed by. <br /><br />Hoegaarden on the other hand has nosedived in quality in the last few years under the ownership of InBev. I had a bottle the other week which had none of the spicy sourness which it had when I first drank it.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-63582827856854041822010-06-09T11:06:44.080+01:002010-06-09T11:06:44.080+01:00Well it's been a while. Back to the drawing bo...Well it's been a while. Back to the drawing board then!Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-22762415405771982422010-06-09T11:03:05.881+01:002010-06-09T11:03:05.881+01:00"maybe a few TTLL (often better in bottle tha..."maybe a few TTLL (often better in bottle than cask these days)"<br /><br />Landlord I presume? WOW did not thing much of it in the bottleOblivioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184794716327407609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-84976872622840102482010-06-09T02:03:02.628+01:002010-06-09T02:03:02.628+01:00To beer drinkers weary already of the World Cup hy...To beer drinkers weary already of the World Cup hype: my blog is a football-free zone.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-5873074807183012812010-06-09T00:35:43.497+01:002010-06-09T00:35:43.497+01:00@Mark. Good question. Hoegaarden is my likely choi...@Mark. Good question. Hoegaarden is my likely choice, or maybe a few TTLL (often better in bottle than cask these days).<br /><br />This is a distraction beer. It doesn't have to be special, but it mustn't be cheap shite either. I'll sniff around and let you know what I find.<br /><br />@Paul Nonsense? Nonsense!<br /><br />Jeff - At least "our" world cup has more than one nation in it!Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-17206640559936679872010-06-08T22:25:02.743+01:002010-06-08T22:25:02.743+01:00"World Cup"? Is this a beer competition?..."World Cup"? Is this a beer competition?jefffranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699992839260757505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-15576278471713474212010-06-08T21:18:59.484+01:002010-06-08T21:18:59.484+01:00I shall do my best to miss the football which may ...I shall do my best to miss the football which may mean drinking at home a bit more unless I can find a pub with decent beer that is not showing this nonsense.Paul Garrardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06393405914271508860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-43470812884852180632010-06-08T21:02:12.977+01:002010-06-08T21:02:12.977+01:00I too am interested to know what you and others pl...I too am interested to know what you and others plan to drink while watching the footy. This is a question I have explored on my blog, what is the perfect world cup beer?<br /><br />http://www.beerdemon.blogspot.com/DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03289287301524705994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-43484870837587523612010-06-08T20:22:23.770+01:002010-06-08T20:22:23.770+01:00Out of genuine interest... what bottles will you b...Out of genuine interest... what bottles will you buy to drink at home while watching the football?Mark Dredgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421095862178324693noreply@blogger.com