Drinking by the Bottle [Archive] - Realbeer.com Beer Community

noby

11-24-2003, 06:33 AM

hi all.
great site. lots of info

I'm relatively new at this. I was wondering about drinking HB from the bottle.

Let me explain.
We normally bring a couple of beers to the football at the weekends, which are consumed on the way, and outside the ground.

This week, I was hoping to bring some HB to see what the guys think.
Has anyone ever transferred from one bottle to another, leaving the sediment behind, to keep it clearer when drinking from the bottle?

or does this make no sense what-so-ever?

cheers
noby.

danno

11-24-2003, 06:46 AM

Noby, it makes perfect sense. if you really want to do this, get both the beer and the receiving bottle as cold as possible. Clsoe to freezing temps, even, to minimize foaming. This works for the short term, I'd do it the morning you go to the game. There will be some carbonation loss, but drinking it quickly (and by drinking it quickly, I mean within a day or two, not with a beer bong :D )will help minimize it...

I'd just bring cups along to pour into, seems like too much work to transfer...

noby

11-24-2003, 06:48 AM

Cheers Danno

It's nice to know I can do it, but you're right, I mightn't bother, and just bring some cups.

fretlessman71

11-24-2003, 06:49 AM

I second the idea of acrylic cups (NOT Styrofoam!). All that hard work you went through to make the beer, and you can't even see it or smell it when you're enjoying it.... you know? Seems like such a waste...

Welcome aboard, noby! The more the merrier!

danno

11-24-2003, 06:51 AM

wow, you guys must be sitting here watching, I had two replied before I had even edited my post...

OldHooky

11-24-2003, 08:05 AM

I tailgate quite often, and most of the time, they frown upon people carrying bottles or glass cups around. I always transfer to a well washed disposable cup.

b3s

11-24-2003, 08:51 AM

just an fyi: the tap-a-draft (sheesh, i should get a commission!) is excellent for tailgating and picnics and making an insulating sleeve for it is trivial.

S.F.B.

11-24-2003, 12:37 PM

Welcome, noby!

All good ideas in the replies so far. I can't add anything to it.

paul84043

11-24-2003, 10:20 PM

B3s nailed it...if you're taligating it the Tap-A-Draft or Party pigs are second to none....
Pouring into a cup works perfectly well too!!

GunNut76

11-25-2003, 12:14 AM

Hey Noby are you talking about the smash 'em up, chew 'em up and spit 'em out type of American football? Or the let's run around like sissies and kick each other in the knees type of foot ball that is known as Soccer here in the USA?:D J/K noby!!! I am still curious tho do you have tail gate parties at soccer games? Rugby?

axis714

11-25-2003, 02:36 AM

lol@gunnut knee kicking sissies :D I took b3s solution to the problem and ordered the tap-a-draft system seems well worth it to me and portable to boot ...,besides my least favorite part of brewing was all the bottling, modern inventions rock! Havent received it yet {back order on the co2} but im sure lookin forward to the first minimash minikeg batch i do maybe the Irish Ale i got from gunnut??

noby

11-25-2003, 04:15 AM

just good old fashioned 'sissy soccer', Gunnut. (he says , while trying not to rise to the bait). Although it's last day of the season on Sunday.

When we want smash 'em up, chew 'em up & spit 'em out in Ireland we go to Hurling matches. Now that's not for sissies!

As for tail-gate parties, never heard of it 'til I read it on this thread.
We take a couple of beers for the journey, and have a few more outside the ground, and maybe something for the way home, depending on the result.

Maybe for spring I'll be more organised with a tap-a-draft or something.

paul84043

11-25-2003, 07:31 AM

Hurling? Hey, we used to play that as teenagers....
Slam 20 or 30 beers, a box of donuts and anything else you can get in your mouth...shake well....and hurl away.....

Ahhhh....the good old days...(shudder..)

b3s

11-25-2003, 07:42 AM

lol@paul

different kind of hurling: http://www.tompgalvin.com/features/hurling.htm

closest thing we've got in the states is la crosse, smeer the queer, and (my childhood favorite) tackle basketball on gravel courts.

bigmf

11-25-2003, 08:44 AM

I've seen hurling before on the sports network. I think there are two objectives in the game. 1. To put the ball into the net. 2. To cause a fascinating injury to anyone on the other team.:D

M.

b3s

11-25-2003, 10:09 AM

bigmf, from what i've seen of hurling, i think you got the order of precedence wrong ;)

OldHooky

11-25-2003, 10:25 AM

Seeing the link on hurling really made me wish I was still in England. I felt like I really fit in with the community. I played for my village football team, and after the match both teams would cram into the pub for sandwiches and a couple of pints. I would have stayed forever if I was able.

noby

11-25-2003, 10:30 AM

Originally posted by b3s
i think you got the order of precedence wrong

b3s, the good players do it simultaneously:)

paul84043

11-25-2003, 10:32 AM

smeer the queer

That's not politically correct any more...
The new name is "Kill the guy with the ball"
That was one of my absolute favorite games as a kid....

If I were to play that game now....I would be in the hospital for a month.

b3s

11-25-2003, 11:12 AM

Originally posted by paul84043
That's not politically correct any more...

neither am i :p i also remember what lenny bruce had to say on the subject...

chazwicke

11-25-2003, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by paul84043
Hurling? Hey, we used to play that as teenagers....
Slam 20 or 30 beers, a box of donuts and anything else you can get in your mouth...shake well....and hurl away.....

Ahhhh....the good old days...(shudder..)

That brings back memories for me too. lol!

Hey Old Hooky, is that for Hook Norton?

OldHooky

11-26-2003, 07:08 AM

Hey Old Hooky, is that for Hook Norton?

Yeah. Old Hooky is their old/strong version of Hook Norton Bitter.