Newbie To Pubs, Wad to do n drink in pubs
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
And all the claws are out!
Stout: Draught Guinness in an Irish pub won't make you a "ham sap" uncle, because it's completely different from drinking ABC in a hawker centre.
Domestic beers: Archipelago really, isn't bad, as is Tiger. Generally I have all my beers poured from the tap, never in a can or a bottle. It's even better if the turnover at the pub is high. Carlsberg is awful IMO.
Scotch: There's no age barrier to drinking Scotch, although there is method to drinking it. Drinkers also distinguish between blended malts and various single malts.
Cocktails: You'll rarely go wrong with these although some people swear by different clubs, depending on how they are prepared.
So your fail-safe options are draught beers, gin & tonic...or if you want something soft-drink based, have a Gunner or lemon-lime bitters. As said earlier, various pubs have different things to do - sports on TV, live music, pool, darts...you can even organise your own pub games.
Go ahead and talk to the staff or strangers...however, pulling in pubs can go very wrong, and it's not for the faint-hearted.IIt depends on whether you're in an Irish-style pub, a Harry's outlet, a German-style pub (go for their in-house beers!) or somewhere trendier like Wala Wala or Balaclava.
And Fatum, you've got a beer belly because you've been snacking so much!
I second that part on beer, personally prefer Heineken. and Carlsberg sucks.