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Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: ooseven on March 31, 2002, 11:01:45 AM

ok this is what i am drinking the NOW !

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and its one of the oldest drinks in the world

some of its history

2000 BC, The Isle of Rum Archaeologists discovered a Neolithic shard containing traces of a fermented beverage made with heather flowers.

 
325 BC, Pictland (The lands north of the Forth-Clyde valley) The Greek explorer Phytheas referred to the Picts as the "Priteni", the ancient Irish called them "Cruthni". Both mean "The People of the Designs". Pictish design is a rich and wonderful style of art, and can still be seen in the standing stones and cross-slabs of Scotland to this day. The Picts were a Celtic tribal race who defended their land from Roman, Saxon, Briton and Viking invasions. The Picts were also known to be accomplished brewers, the Scottish Dictionary quotes "The Picts brewed some awful grand drink they ca\'t heather ale from heather and some unknown kind of fog". One legend recorded by Robert Louis Stevenson tells of a Scots king who, after killing all the Picts in battle, wished for the famous heather ale. He found two survivors by a cliff, a Pictish chief and his son, and began to torture them to gain the secret recipe, the Pict agreed to tell if they would kill his son quickly. After the boy\'s body was thrown from the cliff, the Pictish chief faced the King and said "But now in vain is the torture, fire shall never avail, here dies in my bosom the secret of the heather ale" he then threw himself at the King and they both fell from the cliff.

843 AD, Scotland Scots and Picts united under the Scots King Kenneth MacAlpin to form \'Scotland" or "Alba" to the Gaels. Throughout Medieval times many ceilidh stories mention the brewing and drinking of heather ale. This folklore includes the tale of a Highland clan warming heather ale over the fire on a cold night. The steam from the hot ale cooled against the stone roof and dripped into a drinking cup. Upon drinking the contents, the Gaelic clansmen exclaimed "Uisge-beatha!" convinced they had experienced the fabled "water of life". Uisge had been discovered that night. This word has since been bastardised by the English language to ~Whisky"

 

~1707 AD, Scotland The Act of Union. After centuries of war Scotland became part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, despite many wars of independence and Highland uprisings, Scotland had lost its freedom. Many atrocities were passed through Parliament during the 18th century, the wearing of tartan, playing bagpipes and highland gatherings were all outlawed. Lands were stolen from crofters, Gaelic was forbidden and clans were persecuted - a whole culture and way of life was virtually destroyed. An Act was passed which prevented brewers using any ingredients other than hops and malt. Hops can not grow in Scotland, indeed there is no Gaelic word for hops - heather ale was all but reduced to legend. This persecution of the Highland way of life caused thousands of Scots to be transported to the new worlds of the West Indies, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America and Europe which led to a mass exodus of Scottish society emigrating to follow their clans.

 

~1809 AD, Scotland In the Highlands and Western Isles the brewing of heather ale continued, as did the wearing of tartan and the Gaelic language. They traditions and customs including the manufacture of illicit "uisge-beatha" the defiant message to the British Government was "Pog mo thon!" (kiss my arse!).

~1986 AD, Scotland In Glasgow\'s homebrew shop a Gaelic-speaking Islander translated an old family recipe for "Leann fraoich" (heather ale) to Bruce Williams, the shop owner. He began the crusade to revive Scotland\'s brewing heritage by trying different varieties and quantities of heather flowers, making up batches and testing them on his customers. Once the formula was perfected he began to sell the brew as Fraoch (heather) ale.

 

~1992 AD, Scotland The first twenty thousand pints were produced at the small West Highland Brewery in Argyll, sales were restricted to six pubs due to the capacity of the brewery. In 1993, an agreement was reached with Scotland\'s oldest family brewers, Maclay & Co. at the Thistle Brewery in Alloa which allows Bruce to brew larger quantities of Fraoch during the heather season. Every batch is inspected and recorded for the Scottish Brewing Archive in Glasgow, who have assisted with the Heather Ale odyssey. Heather ale is to receive a "Certificate of Specific Character" which protects the tradition and custom of heather brewing for Scotland under supervision by The Scottish Office, Edinburgh.

~2000 AD, Scotland Heather ale is now produced at Strathhaven near Glasgow at the Craimill brewary.

:D

Craimill brewary. i live a stones throw a away from the brewary.

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on March 31, 2002, 11:05:43 AM

nothing right now

but a few minutes ago I was drinking some Grolsh Beer :D

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: Troglodyte on March 31, 2002, 11:06:54 AM

I saw this monkey drink his own urine once!

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on March 31, 2002, 11:35:40 AM

I only drink Coke, Pepsi or Fanta. Nothing more. I hate alcohol.

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Post by: Bozco on March 31, 2002, 01:31:20 PM

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Originally posted by Adan
I only drink Coke, Pepsi or Fanta. Nothing more. I hate alcohol.

Same here, can\'t say I like any alcohol at all.  I\'m sure I will eventually but its not my taste right now.

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: Agnino on March 31, 2002, 01:39:18 PM

Beer did taste like **** first time I drank it at the age of 15 or so.... but when u get older, it gets better kinda :) And now, I just love the taste of cold icy beer :)

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Post by: kopking on March 31, 2002, 01:56:28 PM

last drink i hadwas tvr, tequilla, vodka and redbull...that was last night, and man am i paying for it now!!!!!

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Post by: Rick on March 31, 2002, 03:40:52 PM

Well, i aint drunk that frothy magic since friday nite when i did my old party trick of downing 3 pints in 5 mins without using my hands!! Stupidly tho, that was after 4 hours, and 9 pints of being in th pub!!! Whoops, felt a bit ill :nut:

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: Jar O Pickles on April 01, 2002, 07:39:39 PM

right now im drinking killians only because its 8 bucks for a 12er
otherwise i would never drink it (theyre trying to sublimanally convince people to kill me and all other ians if you name is ian stay away from anyone drinking killians you dont know when they might snap)

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: Falcon4 on April 01, 2002, 07:53:54 PM

smirnoff, vodka, beer....

smirnoff is the most amazing.. mix it with snapple, and you got one crazy screwdriver.       dont even ask how old i am.

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: theomen on April 01, 2002, 09:44:01 PM

only water here, because I\'m in training.

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: cridgedaddy on April 01, 2002, 10:42:10 PM

I\'m drinking beer right now...I love beer, but tonight I\'m just drinking Miller Lite...I feel like such a pussy after reading ooseven\'s testimonial to the unique experience that must be heather ale.  Oh well, I mix in nights of good beer, like McEwans or Newcastle, with nights of crap cheap beer, like the Miller Lite I\'m downing as I type this.

As for liquor, I\'m partial to Maker\'s Mark bourbon or Stolichnaya vodka, depending on the mood....I mix in a little Captain Morgan\'s sometimes too.  But I can drink just about anything, so if anyone here\'s gonna buy a shot, I\'ll drink it with you...

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: ##RaCeR## on April 01, 2002, 11:27:06 PM

midori

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: SER on April 01, 2002, 11:32:13 PM

Speaking of Fanta, where the hell is Vapor Snake? While I was in Australia over spring break, I got a chance to drink a whole load of that drink. It\'s very good actually, I wish they sold it here, they still have Fanta fruit punch, but that\'s at restaurants and not in stores. Also, I dunno if it was just me, but orange Fanta gives you a TON of gas.. I got to fart in a kangaroo\'s face while at the zoo. THANK YOU FANTA! :laughing:

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Post by: Tom on April 01, 2002, 11:46:27 PM

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Originally posted by serrano007
Speaking of Fanta, where the hell is Vapor Snake? While I was in Australia over spring break, I got a chance to drink a whole load of that drink. It\'s very good actually, I wish they sold it here, they still have Fanta fruit punch, but that\'s at restaurants and not in stores. Also, I dunno if it was just me, but orange Fanta gives you a TON of gas.. I got to fart in a kangaroo\'s face while at the zoo. THANK YOU FANTA! :laughing:

Where are you at? I never even heard of Fanta until I first moved to my new apartment and went to the vending machine downstairs. I pressed the button for Minute Maid Orange soda, but got a Fanta Orange instead; pretty damn good if I say so myself. I wonder what would happen if I tried pressing the minute maid grape?:confused:

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: ##RaCeR## on April 01, 2002, 11:52:37 PM

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Originally posted by serrano007
Speaking of Fanta, where the hell is Vapor Snake? While I was in Australia over spring break, I got a chance to drink a whole load of that drink. It\'s very good actually, I wish they sold it here, they still have Fanta fruit punch, but that\'s at restaurants and not in stores. Also, I dunno if it was just me, but orange Fanta gives you a TON of gas.. I got to fart in a kangaroo\'s face while at the zoo. THANK YOU FANTA! :laughing:

So did you enjoy your stay in Australia? Raspberry Fanta is the best dude. Who did you fly with? Qantus? United?

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Post by: Sublimesjg on April 02, 2002, 07:54:24 AM

heh welll the last one i had was

a bottle of jack daniels - my personal preference - and it was hiked up in the air with the tip in my mouth

god bless jack

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: project86 on April 02, 2002, 08:12:54 AM

Nothing special ‘cause I’m at work.

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Boring!

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on April 02, 2002, 08:29:40 AM

Jim Beam n\' Coke..

mothers milk :)

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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on April 02, 2002, 08:33:07 AM

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Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
midori

:laughing:

you are such a bitch

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: CHIZZY on April 02, 2002, 08:56:38 AM

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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware


:laughing:

you are such a bitch

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!!!!!

YOU CHEATER!

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Post by: LordMule on April 02, 2002, 02:40:16 PM

Some absinthe would be absolutely glorious; I\'ll just keep dreaming about that

Title: What ya Drinking ?
Post by: STROKE on April 03, 2002, 09:01:14 AM

BEER IS THE ANSWER!