Here the proof that Germans admire the Scots :-D

[Rob 3,152]

I'm afraid I have to out myself as an adopted Franken. With the wife coming from Bamberg, and a winzer who drops a van load of wine off as required, it is difficult to find anything better. 100 brewewries within a 20 mile radius or to put it another way - a brewery in every village, sausage on tap, wine on tap etc. Lifef is decidedly pleasant in the backwater of Germany that is Franken. Mine's a triple wurst and a litre of bock.

[Rob 3,152]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzZLNwqvdQ

Weird. The interference at 1:22 had potential.

[Coinery 1,147]

Hefeweizen for me please! That's my long drink of choice in Germany! Quality cider at home!

[Coinery 1,147]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzZLNwqvdQ

Weird. The interference at 1:22 had potential.

A lovely bit of flower power in an otherwise testosterone packed performance!

[Peter 615]

Cider does my head (Old Rosie is a treat)Plus some rat infested stuff in the West Country.

Mrs Peter and I have decided to go on the wagon during January.

A long 31 days.

[Rob 3,152]

Cider does my head (Old Rosie is a treat)Plus some rat infested stuff in the West Country.

Mrs Peter and I have decided to go on the wagon during January.

A long 31 days.

Luckily I am bereft of wagon.

[Rob 3,152]

Hefeweizen for me please! That's my long drink of choice in Germany! Quality cider at home!

Me too. Available in Switzerland the other day too. Always a good bet.

Rhetorical question, but why do they make cars so small? Brought back 150 litres of wine and loads of sausage when visiting last August - and it's nearly all gone

[Coinery 1,147]

Hefeweizen for me please! That's my long drink of choice in Germany! Quality cider at home!

Me too. Available in Switzerland the other day too. Always a good bet.

Rhetorical question, but why do they make cars so small? Brought back 150 litres of wine and loads of sausage when visiting last August - and it's nearly all gone

[Peter 615]

Rob

The January's drought will go forward to cancer relief.

[Rob 3,152]

Rob

The January's drought will go forward to cancer relief.

Chemo might be more effective?

[Peter 615]

Bagerap mentioned he was South African.

I must say Bilton is high on my radar.

I do get through a fair bit and Mrs Peter often gets it for me as a treat from a SA butcher.

Trouble is my youngest likes it as well as the dog and 2 cats.

[Rob 3,152]

Biltong is also good.

So many good things avaialble. Just indulge if you like something. You are always free to make donations to any charity you like at any time and there's no point in feeling guilty about it, resulting in a period of abstinence. Just think, a bus with your number on it might come to collect you tomorrow.

[Coinery 1,147]

(Old Rosie is a treat).

Old Rosie is the best of the supermarket standard stock! I'm extremely sad to confess it blows Thatchers supermarket pop out of the water, on account of the fact I grew up with Thatchers when it was GREAT!

We get lucky down here and, every now and then, get to have Old Rosie poured through a wooden tap at the back of the bar!

I still prefer the home brew of the farms around here! They'll make up a thousand or so gallons a season and that's it! Around September it tastes lively and, dare I say, virginal? By February it's a very mature and unpredictable bitch of a drink, but divine! It's absolutely wonderful in its heritage, history, and creative potential. I do believe Thomas Hardy was rather fond of a hot toddy!

[Rob 3,152]

I've always found an excess makes the extremities go numb. That you also give out garbled messages is a red herring as that happens often.

[Coinery 1,147]

I've always found an excess makes the extremities go numb. That you also give out garbled messages is a red herring as that happens often.

Oh, God, do I? Feel like I'm facebooking now?

[Rob 3,152]

That's a collective you, i.e. all of us.

[Coinery 1,147]

I've just poured the last of my Frampton Farm Cider down the sink, I'm getting too carried away!

[Rob 3,152]

That's not a good sign.

[Coinery 1,147]

It's not the end of the world! Someone from the school has given me a small (2.5ltr )local 'sample' to try!

[Rob 3,152]

I'll be with you in 5

Hours, that is

Edited December 20, 2014 by Rob

[Coinery 1,147]

I wish, Rob! Would really enjoy your company, I'm certain! I'm convinced our paths will cross at some point soon, and I very much look forward to it!

With fair warning I can stock up on a couple of nice varietal local ciders and take you up the Sharpness canal for Sunday lunch at Slimbridge or Hardwicke (new refurb going on there at the moment by a very good local businessman) to shake it all off!

[Peter 615]

One of my foreman lived in the South West and brought me a plastic gallon container of scrumpy most Monday mornings.It wasn't rocket fuel but was delicious.

I drink Old Rosie out of a wine glass so I last the evening.

[Coinery 1,147]

One of my foreman lived in the South West and brought me a plastic gallon container of scrumpy most Monday mornings.It wasn't rocket fuel but was delicious.

I drink Old Rosie out of a wine glass so I last the evening.

When no one is looking, l drink it from the bottle!

[bagerap 706]

Some breweries used to (may still for all I know) sell 4 pint plastic jugs for the take home trade. You bought the jug well before closing, had the barman carefully pull half a gallon into it and then carefully push down the pressure seal in the centre of the cap. This prevented the beer leaking or going flat.

I took a pair of these, empty of course, to the Cider House in Newton Abbott and had them filled with rough, just before catching the train back to London. Popped them into my big blue canvas holdall and shoved it on to the luggage rack opposite. Half an hour later I noticed that the blue canvas was looking a bit darker in hue and, slightly damp.

Inside the space of 30 minutes, the cider had eaten through the rubber grommets sealing the pressure caps of the jugs. I had to drink a pint or so from each jug to get the cider down to a safe non spillable level.

It made changing trains at Reading an interesting experience.

[davidrj 194]

It's a common misconception that bagpipes are primarilly Scots, bagpipes have been played for centuries (and continue to be played) throughout large parts of Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, around the Persian Gulf and in Northern Africa

I spotted this guy in Tirana a few years back