Lung Per wrote:You are of course entitled to your opinion just like everybody else. But your statement reveals that you can hardly be an expert on the subject...The original Carlsberg, made in Denmark, has a full rich taste and a neat head. So does the Carlsberg you get from Malaysia.
I popped into El Murphys a couple of nights ago (my first time there), and I have to say that we received the friendliest 'owner' welcome that I've had in Thailand in about 20 years.
Back in the 80s, it seemed that most Pattaya bar owners went out of their way to introduce themselves, and to make you feel welcome. This is certainly the first time I've experienced such a 'first time' welcome in Hua Hin, and I've been coming here for 10 years now.
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
Pilsner/ lager... It's all shite! Irrelevant of its ABV.
Lager was brought into public houses in the UK to cater for women.
Give me a decent pint of beer anyday.
Mitchells, Yates and Jacksons, Tetleys, Boddingtons and a myriad of other brews.
Sadly, most of the aforementioned don't exist anymore.
The name "Pilsner" (originally Pilsener = German "aus Pilsen") refers to a type of beer which was first made in the town of Pilsen (now spelled Plzeň and located in the Czech Republic). It has been the predominant type of beer in Europe for many decades, and still is.
The Brits could not pronounce or spell Pilsner, and the first GB importer evidently believed it came from the town of Lager, henceforth the confusion. (Me thinks).
Anyways, Skål, Salute, Chin Chin, Prost etc. and let's all go see Murph and enjoy a cup o' Guinness..Don't fergit ya earplugs...
Murphy's law prevails!
Here's an honest question.
How were the lagers kept cold hundreds of years ago?
Ale was always served at room temperature.
I just can't drink a warm lager.
Apparently the English term 'Lager' comes from the 19th Century German 'Lagerbier' which was beer brewed for storing, from the word 'Lager' which means storehouse.
I always wondered if there was a connection as when I first went to work in Germany many years ago, I remember being disappointed on visiting the 'Lager' and finding no beer there.
And to answer Lomu, apparently monks in Germany used to keep their beer cool in cellars underneath courtyards shaded by chestnut trees.
Other brewers used caves or cellers dug into riverbanks but obviously it wouldn't have been as cool as what we're used to.
Big Boy wrote:I popped into El Murphys a couple of nights ago (my first time there), and I have to say that we received the friendliest 'owner' welcome that I've had in Thailand in about 20 years.
Did the girls welcum you too?!
TT Citizen of The World "I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather....
Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car..."
