Excellent, St Peters!
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That’s deffo wi!!y waving. What does it taste like? In my experience high gravity beers have a harse edge to them. I think the highest I have consumed was eight and a half percent. Can’t remember its name….
Anyone falling on hard times will be heartened by Tescos offering of a Carlsberg for £1.30 for 660mls. Perfectly acceptable when married with decent Malt.
I’m currently in favour of Asahi a super dry Japanese beer that is sponsoring women’s rugby. I didn’t know there was ladies rugby. I’m an old git but can get the cricket, and, at a stretch the football, but Rugby? What next? Sumo wrestling? Why not? Sports for the fuller figure?
My daughter played ladies rugby for a few years, along with teams of dedicated fitness fanatical players (without the ‘fuller figure’). You would never realise they were rugby players when they were out on the town or in clubs, but as soon as they crossed the line on the pitch, a switch flicked and they all became absolute machines.
I wouldn’t have got in the way of any of them.
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Hi Beryl!
I think Fuller’s Vintage Ale 8,5% is not harsh! I still have a few that are over 20 years old!
The Madeira Imperial Stout was very complex and had the faintest of smokey feel to it!
BrewDog’s Tokyo* beer, specifically the 18.2% ABV version, was banned by the Portman Group in the UK due to its marketing being deemed “irresponsible”.
The Mystery of Beer 70% by 'T Koelschip, Netherlands was £60.00 a bottle,
Ofiaich!
Hi Beryl!
Asahi Super Dry is brewed in Europe at the Peroni brewery in Padova, Italy, which is owned by Asahi Europe. This is where it is produced for the European market, including the UK.
Prior to this, Asahi Super Dry was contract brewed in the UK by Shepherd Neame, in Kent!
For me not quite the same as the Asahi Superdry that I drink in Japan but still good!
Ofiaich!
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I’m obviously out of my league here😀 My first full time job at seventeen was analysing beers for C&E to apply duties to imports. That was sixty years ago and there wasn’t a beer I ‘tested’ that got you drunk before you drained the bottle. Things may have changed👍
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I do like a German Beer, Bitburger or Warsteiner are my personal favs. Paulaner Oktoberfest is lovely too! Love the Eifel region, sitting outside with a cold Beer when on hols.
I used to visit the Eifel region on a regular basis near the town of Monschau and the brewery there did a very drinkable pilsner called Felsquell. Sadly no longer produced…
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I will have a look for that gluten free Duara Damm beer. I like the Bitburger Zero with the Blue label in Germany, but sadly we only get the red labelled ‘drive’ in the UK which I don’t like. I have contacted a European company to ask if they can ship a case, but I doubt I will be successful.
My first (illegal) drinks were at JCB social club in 1973 and were 16p a pint. You were hard pressed to buy any beer with more than 4% alcohol. A whisky chaser would ramp it up to about 7% by my calculations. AI says of the time …
In 1973, beer strengths in the UK typically ranged from around 3.4% to 4.1% ABV (alcohol by volume) for common bitters. For example, Ind Coope Best Bitter and Watney “Special” were around 3.4% ABV, while Courage Best Bitter and Whitbread Trophy were around 4.1% and 3.7% ABV respectively. Dark Mild beers were also popular and equivalent in strength to Light Bitter or 4X (a pale ale). Miller Lite, a reduced calorie light lager, was introduced in 1973 in limited markets by Miller Brewing Company, with a strength of 4.2% ABV.
I went to Germany back in 1971 with the ATC where I first tasted Bitburger pils - quite a few IIRC 
- and walked back onto the RAF station with my fellow cadets. The memory is still quite fresh in my mind as there was a terrific thunderstorm as we walked back to our accommodation and remember getting soaked in the downpour.
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I’m sure I have seen Bitburger 0.0 in a local supermarket.
If not Beers of Europe stock it -
https://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/beer/country/germany/bitburger-alkoholfree
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Enjoyed a 1999 Fuller’s Vintage Ale this evening along with Fuller’s HSB and ESB!
Perhaps the 1999 is £100 ++ a bottle now,
Remarkable! I’m going old git here and suggest anything in a fancy box should be at least a decent whisky! Thanks for bringing me up to date👍
I reckon it’s gonna be my fizzy mineral water next….
