Comments on Fuggled: The Spirit of the Age

I have never had a problem ordering a dark beer in...

2009-05-12T01:44:00.000-04:00

I have never had a problem ordering a dark beer in a pub, one of my favourite pubs now knows that I prefer the dark lager so I don't even have to order it. I would say it is more of folk saying than a prejudice.

So how widespread or serious is this prejudice? Wh...

2009-05-11T11:58:00.000-04:00

So how widespread or serious is this prejudice? What, if anything, would happen to a man who ordered a dark beer in a hospoda?

When I first moved to the Czech Republic back in 1...

2009-05-11T01:21:00.000-04:00

When I first moved to the Czech Republic back in 1999 I was told by various Czech friends that women drank dark lagers because it gave them big breasts. If that were the case then most men must be dumb as a post as dark lagers are really good.

No, my comment related to the fact that areas like...

2009-05-10T17:49:00.000-04:00

No, my comment related to the fact that areas like Saxony were/are physically and culturally close to areas like the former Czechoslovakia (and have been for a long, long time, sharing borders and having common historic and pre-historic influences) so I found it interesting to hear dark beers being referred to as being women's drinks in the Czech Republic only weeks after hearing a chap from Saxony saying exactly the same thing about dark beers in his area. There are lots of dark sweet beers in other places that don't have this association of being "women's" drinks, so it seems reasonable that there may be a cultural/geographical significance to this way of thinking.

Just because all the dark beers used to be on a sw...

2009-05-10T17:05:00.000-04:00

Just because all the dark beers used to be on a sweet side in former Czechoslovakia, they were rumored to be weomens drinks. Nothing has to do with Eastern whatso ever...

Honza

Funny you should say that. A new neighbour moved i...

2009-05-09T14:21:00.000-04:00

Funny you should say that. A new neighbour moved in who is from the former east (nesr Dresden), and when we were talking about beers he mentioned a porter from the region he grew up in. He said it was "women's beer". I thought it was weird. Being the former east, the culture might be similar (in historical terms).

I may as well ask this in a post about dark beer: ...

2009-05-09T14:15:00.000-04:00

I may as well ask this in a post about dark beer: Is there any truth in the story that Czechs consider dark beer effeminate? I've been wondering for a while if it was real, or just a story they tell foreigners for fun, or an old prejudice that isn't taken very seriously any more.

Adeptus. That is the stuff.I remember my granny ma...

2009-05-07T09:42:00.000-04:00

Adeptus. That is the stuff.I remember my granny making me it when I was about 10. I am sure you can get it mail order. It is pretty horrid really.

Adeptus, that's the stuff! My mum makes it whenev...

2009-05-07T08:41:00.000-04:00

Adeptus,

that's the stuff! My mum makes it whenever my brothers or I go to their place in France. Absolutely fantastic, but as Tandleman points out, very, very sweet.

Has me hankering for a black pudding supper, a glass bottle of Irn Bru and everything to be good in the world.

Could it really be as sweet as Iced Caramels (whic...

2009-05-07T08:29:00.000-04:00

Could it really be as sweet as Iced Caramels (which my granddad apparently invented by the way, him being a confectioner and all)

Hmm, I think I may have to make some. Does
2009-05-07T08:26:00.000-04:00
Hmm, I think I may have to make some.

Does this look like the real deal?

"for the non-Scots out there, tablet is the world'...

2009-05-07T08:21:00.000-04:00

"for the non-Scots out there, tablet is the world's greatest confection!"

It's certainly the world's sweetest!

mmmmm, whisky.....slainte!

2009-05-07T06:32:00.000-04:00

mmmmm, whisky.....slainte!

I had a few beers that were lingering as I wasn't ...

2009-05-07T06:22:00.000-04:00

I had a few beers that were lingering as I wasn't sure of the best time. I decided that "now" was a good time, any time :D

I have a couple of Paradox Arran, and I'm saving them to taste with two whisky fans, and plan on having some wiskey from that distillery on hand too. Should be fun!

I have a Chaos Theory waiting to be devoured as we...

2009-05-07T04:47:00.000-04:00

I have a Chaos Theory waiting to be devoured as well, and several Smokehead Paradox's that somehow I can't decide when would be the best time to drink.

I have a bottle of this down in the cellar and am ...

2009-05-07T04:09:00.000-04:00

I have a bottle of this down in the cellar and am looking forward to it. I had the Chaos Theory the other night and really enjoyed it. It's been Brewdog week in my house. Last night was the first night I didn't have one since Sunday :D

Your post title has me singing a Hawkwind song in my head now...

Comments on Fuggled: The Spirit of the Age

I have never had a problem ordering a dark beer in...

So how widespread or serious is this prejudice? Wh...

When I first moved to the Czech Republic back in 1...

No, my comment related to the fact that areas like...

Just because all the dark beers used to be on a sw...

Funny you should say that. A new neighbour moved i...

I may as well ask this in a post about dark beer: ...

Adeptus. That is the stuff.I remember my granny ma...

Adeptus, that's the stuff! My mum makes it whenev...

Could it really be as sweet as Iced Caramels (whic...

Hmm, I think I may have to make some. Does 2009-05-07T08:26:00.000-04:00 Hmm, I think I may have to make some.Does this look like the real deal?

"for the non-Scots out there, tablet is the world'...

mmmmm, whisky.....slainte!

I had a few beers that were lingering as I wasn't ...

I have a Chaos Theory waiting to be devoured as we...

I have a bottle of this down in the cellar and am ...

Hmm, I think I may have to make some. Does
2009-05-07T08:26:00.000-04:00
Hmm, I think I may have to make some.

Does this look like the real deal?