Three nights off starts here.

"Svend" (svend) 10/07/2015 at 02:13 • Filed to: None

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So I finished work, have three nights off, just bought 15x440ml cans of Guinness Draught for GBP£13.48 (USD$25.13) and about to settle down and watch the third episode of Dr Who Series 9, Under The Lake.

Happy days all, happy days.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 02:17

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Guinness is for chumps. Samuel Smith 4 lyfe.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 02:24

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Hey, unrelated note: I can’t tell if I’m retired or just lazy, but either way, I think I want to start watching Dr. Who. But that shit goes back like 50 years, and I have zero exposure as of now, so where’s a good place to start?

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 03:03

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Not tried that but then again I’ve never heard of it. Will have to give it a try, well the Taddy Porter (it even predates Guinness by one year and it’s from my side of the river) if I can find it.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 03:05

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I may be mistaken, but the fact that Sam Smith is the oldest existing brewery in Britain is floating around in my stupid, drunk head for some reason. But yeah, the Smiff Nut Brown blows Guinness out of the water.

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 03:09

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You can watch them from the start but I think if your new to it then maybe Series 1 titled ‘Rose’ from 2005 with Rose Tyler as his assistant was when the modern Dr Who came about will probably be the best for you.

All of them prior were great but not sure how not British audiences would take it.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 03:14

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Roger that. Thanks man. Been agonizing over this shit for weeks.

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 03:15

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I’ll have to give it a try (looking at their website now). I’ve been drinking Guinness since I was about 14. I even remember the party that started it all off.

I’m open to new drinks. Where do you source yours from?

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 03:18

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Just realised your on this side of the pond. Doh.

Ye’, you can watch the old ones but the new ones are probably more up for more modern minds. The older ones though good don’t really affect the newer ones other than give a little understanding of how the whole franchise started.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 03:24

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Nah, I’m in California. But, I’m just nerdy enough to feel bad about never having watched Dr. Who.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 03:30

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I live in San Diego, which is currently the beer capitol of the world (until we lose the title to Portland), and I also travel a lot and try to sample as many beers as possible everywhere I go. I’m a major beer nerd. To the point where it’s annoying to my friends.

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 03:37

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Oh I took it from the Samuel Adams that you were a ‘Limey’, sorry fella.

Dr Who takes me back to my childhood and stuff I watched back then. It was a very different time and very different from what the U.S. had on TV.

If your curious about the old shows I’m sure there are a few on YouTube.

The episode I just watched ended on a ‘to be continued’ cliff-hanger. :(

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 03:43

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I live in San Diego, which is currently the beer capitol of the U.S. (until we lose the title to Portland).

Corrected it for you. Lol.

I have a friend who will wax lyrical about craft beers but it’s down to the individual. I don’t prescribe to drinking norms or what you should drink with what your eating but to go out and try them and find what’s right for you in that moment. I will happily drink a Pinot Grigio while eating a steak with peppercorn sauce.

You’ve got to keep trying new things.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 03:44

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I hate that shit!

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 03:48

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What shit, YouTube or ending on a cliff-hanger?

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 03:48

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Nah dude. 130+ craft breweries with another 200+ planned or under construction. I’m going to go ahead and give SD the title.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 03:49

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cliff-hangers

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 03:57

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Lol. Why not. One day you can visit the old country and partake of some beers that will outstand you. :)

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 03:57

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Ye’, especially this one. It’s a doozy.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 03:59

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I’ve been to England. I found the beer too warm lol. Ireland is 3rd on my list at the moment, after Amazon River cruise and Australia.

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 04:05

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Lol. You’ll have to pop up to Cumbria and try some of our stuff.

I do like Irish stuff a lot. The whiskey for me is the best and there stouts and porters are great.

Temperatures of drinks really depend on what it is your drinking.

911e46z06 > Svend 10/07/2015 at 04:10

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My greatest failing as a man is my inability to appreciate whiskey. I’m more of a tequila and rum guy. Too much time in Latin America I guess.

Svend > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 04:20

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It’s not an inability to appreciate whiskey if your appreciating something else.

I’ve had a few rums. Mostly of British nautical history significance and want to get into my routes historical significance such as Barbados Mount Gay rum from Carlisle Bay Barbados (I was born and raised in Carlisle, England and it’s historic routes meander all over the world from Downing Street, London to Gibraltar to the Caribbean.

LongbowMkII > 911e46z06 10/07/2015 at 08:21

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sounds like SD will have a lot of cheap brewery equipment in 6 months.

911e46z06 > LongbowMkII 10/07/2015 at 13:03

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Possibly. It’s supported the boom so far. We love us some beer around here.