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rouseytastic

rouseytastic

Well-known member
Sep 22, 2011
1,212
Haywards Heath
So. Just in 'a pub' and 2 gents (circa early 60's) have sat down on the table next to me each clutching a bottle of Budweiser. A bottle.
Why wouldn't they order a pint of something. As I write this they are going in for a second bottle each. I can't remember the last time I saw anyone drinking a bottle of beer in a pub. Let alone 2 at once. I felt the need to discuss this. Strange or not?
 




GT49er

GT49er

Well-known member
Feb 1, 2009
46,746
Gloucester
rouseytastic said:
So. Just in 'a pub' and 2 gents (circa early 60's) have sat down on the table next to me each clutching a bottle of Budweiser. A bottle.
Why wouldn't they order a pint of something. As I write this they are going in for a second bottle each. I can't remember the last time I saw anyone drinking a bottle of beer in a pub. Let alone 2 at once. I felt the need to discuss this. Strange or not?
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Not at all - and likely to happen more frequently these days. Some pubs opt to have just lager in their pumps, maybe with an ice-cold cider and ice-cold plastic 'beer' (won't name brands, but we know who they are) on offer as the alternative to lager options. In such circumstances, it's quite normal to ask what sort of real ale they have in bottles, and have one of those instead.

Bit puzzling why you'd do that for a Budweiser though - but there again, I don't drink lager. Perhaps it wasn't available on draft?
 


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Soulman

New member
Oct 22, 2012
10,966
Sompting
rouseytastic said:
So. Just in 'a pub' and 2 gents (circa early 60's) have sat down on the table next to me each clutching a bottle of Budweiser. A bottle.
Why wouldn't they order a pint of something. As I write this they are going in for a second bottle each. I can't remember the last time I saw anyone drinking a bottle of beer in a pub. Let alone 2 at once. I felt the need to discuss this. Strange or not?
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I blame that Mark Fowler off Eastenders, his fault this drinking straight from the bottle started.
 










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Goring Gull

New member
Jul 5, 2003
6,725
Huddersfield
It wouldn't be my choice but it wouldn't even if it was on tap. There is one pub in Huddersfeidl however that i will always buy bottles in as for some unknown reason the on tap Lager always tastes dodgy.
 


Official Old Man

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull
Aug 27, 2011
8,557
Brighton
In a part time bar last night, football club only used a couple of times a week. NO REAL ALE! Had a choice of fizzy water on tap or bottle, both £3 so chose tap as more quantity. Still rubbish though.
 




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pauli cee

New member
Jan 21, 2009
2,366
worthing
The Southdown in Worthing seems to only specialise in bottles, has them cheaper than what's on tap, (ie 2 bottles cheaper than a pint)
 


rouseytastic

rouseytastic

Well-known member
Sep 22, 2011
1,212
Haywards Heath
It's bizarre. The last bottle I had was some Indian pale ale at a wedding in London last year at £8 for the privilege. These fellas are now in their 4th. 4 bottles of bud each. Very odd
 


thedonkeycentrehalf

thedonkeycentrehalf

Retired
Jul 7, 2003
8,624
Whilst I would rather have a bottle of J2O than Bud, I rarely drink anything other than bottled beers in pubs. I won't touch cooking lager such as Fosters, Carlsberg etc and have had too many crap pints over the years on draft to trust many pubs. I am predominately a lager drinker but I like a decent imported or craft lager. Luckily, most pubs now have at least one or two decent bottled lagers to choose from.

There are exceptions - Craft in Brighton to name but one - where I will drink draft but I prefer to trust the brewer putting my beer directly into the bottle and drinking as intended rather than trusting some of the so-called pub managers to remember to clean the pipes properly.

I know this is lager snobbery in the same way that many on here don't like the whole 'craft beer' scene but I would rather pay more for a smaller bottle of decent beer than have a pint of something that tastes very artificial. I will now go back to the bottle of Camden Gentlemen's Wit that I have just opened to go with my dinner :drink:
 












bhafc99

bhafc99

Well-known member
Oct 14, 2003
7,091
Dubai
Maybe so when they get home and the missus accuses them of sitting in the pub all day drinking pints, they can deny it, and still be telling the truth?
 




Colossal Squid

Colossal Squid

Returning video tapes
Feb 11, 2010
4,906
Under the sea
Nothing wrong with ordering bottled beer in a pub.

There is something inherently wrong in choosing to drink Budweiser however.

I find I quite often switch to bottled ales or Belgian specialty beers when on a session as if I stick to the pints I know where the evening will end up all too quickly.

There are lots of nice bottled beers that you won't find on draught. For instance, when have you ever found this delightful little fella on a tap?

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seagullsovergrimsby

seagullsovergrimsby

#cpfctinpotclub
Aug 21, 2005
43,690
Crap Town
Goring Gull said:
It wouldn't be my choice but it wouldn't even if it was on tap. There is one pub in Huddersfeidl however that i will always buy bottles in as for some unknown reason the on tap Lager always tastes dodgy.
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If you trace back the pipes you'll end up next to the urinals :wink:
 


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flying high

New member
May 12, 2009
192
Soulman said:
I blame that Mark Fowler off Eastenders, his fault this drinking straight from the bottle started.
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I was told by a night club owner in Leicester Sq it started when Aids came about and the gays drank from bottles because nobdy knew for certain how aids could be transmitted and there was a thought it could be via glasses. Now been proved not so.
 


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