Brett H wrote:
I found an old bottle of Hahn Millenium Ale in the back of the cupboard. I don't know whether to drink it, sell it on eBay or wash the car with it? I remember liking it so this one must have broken off from the herd and hidden behind the Ximenez Sherry bottles.
Tried to sll a limited keg run bottle of bundy a few years back on the bay. The *******s pulled the sale, they changed the rules regarding selling collectible bottles/cans etc of alcohol to where you needed a license to sell even those sorts of items on there. I too have a similar bottle still cupboarded. Back in my serious drinking days, I did love a good home brew. I found that by doing home brew recipes of the commercial brews, I was making a drop that was so much better. The drops I was making had better and more consistent body, were much more enjoyable to drink, and more noticeable aftertaste. Funny, that sounds a little like comparing instant to the coffee I enjoy today. I have a theory that commercial breweries are very similAr to commercial radio...they design a product which is designed to offend or be unpalatable to as few people as possible, using slick marketing and gimmicks to actually entice people to the product rather than the product itself. Blandness rules!. The trouble with strong/unique tastes, as many people will be turned off as are turned on, and none of the breweries or stations is prepared to risk that! I had a fantastic home brewed stout that my mate made once, doing a half mash brew. You could nearly stand a spoon up in it, and it almost literally wilted the hairs off your chest....in addition to other bodily parts and extremities. And I must venture forth from the closet and shout the fine name of "Sarsparilla" to the tree tops. ;D That and a fine ginger beer, the best of which are Bundaberg and Cascade. I remember the home made ginger beer being done at home by my mother, using the whole kit and kaboodle. Lovely drop.
