I like beer to taste like beer, especially when it's hand drawn "Real Ale", however, draught "Lager" hits the spot in summer
I can tolerate canned and bottled beers - if they taste like "Bitter", "Stout", "Porter" or "Lager"
I know the Trappist Monks in Belgium had a tendency to make black cherry and raspberry beers, but they're so strong that one or two is sufficient
Not my idea of fun though
On the rare occasions I ever wanted flavoured beer, I used to add some.....
Lemonade/Sprite/7UP - Shandy
Lemon Fanta - Spanish shandy
Lime cordial - Lager & Lime
Blackcurrant cordial - Lager & Black
I've never been in the habit of mixing ..................
Lager with Cyder - Snakebite
Lager, Cyder & Blackcurrant cordial - Skakebite & Black/Diesel/Purple Nasty
Lager, Cyder, Blackcurrant Cordial & Pernod - Black Witch/Red Witch
Just for fun
For the record being illegal to serve snakebite in bars in Great Britain, and more than likely Northern Ireland too is an urban legend -
There is no law against it during permitted licensing hours -
PROVIDED - the mixed drink is served in a Government stamped glass and is exactly either a Half Pint or a Pint and the person buying it is over 18 and is not or doesn't appear to be drunk, and is not a known drunkard or being abusive - and is not a Police Officer on duty - or buying on behalf of anybody who is underage, drunk, a drunkard, abusive or an on duty Police Officer
Basically the same laws apply to snakebite as to draught beer or draught cyder
Bars only started refusing to sell snakebite because it is associated with students trying to power drink, drunkards, alcoholics and people with dogs on pieces of string (travellers)
Also, anybody walking in and seeing other people drinking snakebite can be put off because it looks like cloudy beer
Managers and owners starting instructing their staff not to sell snakebite
Staff told customers that they weren't allowed to sell snakebite
Customers told other customers that they weren't allowed to buy snakebite
Staff started saying that serving snakebite was against the law
And so the rumours spread like wildfire - Even Bill Clinton wasn't served with a pint of snakebite when visiting England
I can tolerate canned and bottled beers - if they taste like "Bitter", "Stout", "Porter" or "Lager"
I know the Trappist Monks in Belgium had a tendency to make black cherry and raspberry beers, but they're so strong that one or two is sufficient
Not my idea of fun though
On the rare occasions I ever wanted flavoured beer, I used to add some.....
Lemonade/Sprite/7UP - Shandy
Lemon Fanta - Spanish shandy
Lime cordial - Lager & Lime
Blackcurrant cordial - Lager & Black
I've never been in the habit of mixing ..................
Lager with Cyder - Snakebite
Lager, Cyder & Blackcurrant cordial - Skakebite & Black/Diesel/Purple Nasty
Lager, Cyder, Blackcurrant Cordial & Pernod - Black Witch/Red Witch
Just for fun
For the record being illegal to serve snakebite in bars in Great Britain, and more than likely Northern Ireland too is an urban legend -
There is no law against it during permitted licensing hours -
PROVIDED - the mixed drink is served in a Government stamped glass and is exactly either a Half Pint or a Pint and the person buying it is over 18 and is not or doesn't appear to be drunk, and is not a known drunkard or being abusive - and is not a Police Officer on duty - or buying on behalf of anybody who is underage, drunk, a drunkard, abusive or an on duty Police Officer
Basically the same laws apply to snakebite as to draught beer or draught cyder
Bars only started refusing to sell snakebite because it is associated with students trying to power drink, drunkards, alcoholics and people with dogs on pieces of string (travellers)
Also, anybody walking in and seeing other people drinking snakebite can be put off because it looks like cloudy beer
Managers and owners starting instructing their staff not to sell snakebite
Staff told customers that they weren't allowed to sell snakebite
Customers told other customers that they weren't allowed to buy snakebite
Staff started saying that serving snakebite was against the law
And so the rumours spread like wildfire - Even Bill Clinton wasn't served with a pint of snakebite when visiting England