Is there an official RAF "Adult Beverage"
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How much east are you talking about? Tusker being Kenya's main brew, did you mean Tiger for the Far East?
A good pick-me up when further East is Tusker beer, although I tend to prefer Tsingtao with the local food.
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After a forced diet of Tiger and tops for some months I fell on a pint of Watney's Red Barrel in the mess at Muharraq. What a mistaka to maka. It was like black syrup: definitely didn't travel.
Or Whitbread Tankard that notorious winter 62/63 when the beer lorry could not get up box hill and the beer stocks were super frozen. The beer rivalled Bud that I only sampled years later, pale yellow and best poured straight into the toilet.
Or Whitbread Tankard that notorious winter 62/63 when the beer lorry could not get up box hill and the beer stocks were super frozen. The beer rivalled Bud that I only sampled years later, pale yellow and best poured straight into the toilet.
23 Sqn. Black velvet; hours hog of the month bought the black stuff.
226 OCU. Gin mine; Sqn fund bought the carboy, US exchange officers kept it full.
Emergency air drop message for jungle survival course; send 24T+CO2
226 OCU. Gin mine; Sqn fund bought the carboy, US exchange officers kept it full.
Emergency air drop message for jungle survival course; send 24T+CO2
Chindet, FI houbi (sp?) snapps, evil times.
Chocolate spiders, more evil times.
2nd law of thermodynamics meant that you could never quite unravel what had been mixed together and so the recipes remain (thankfully) a mystery.
Chocolate spiders, more evil times.
2nd law of thermodynamics meant that you could never quite unravel what had been mixed together and so the recipes remain (thankfully) a mystery.
Tiger beer for Singapore. The best mosquito deterrent ever made. Further East is Tsingtao, lagered in the German way as a result of the German occupation.
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Further north in Tianjin there are the remnants of the German Concession prior to WW II. A Tivoli theatre and a Brauhause. When I was there they still used the original equipment and foaming litres of black or white beer could be enjoyed on the original long tables.
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Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province, is a port city of skyscrapers, parks and beaches bordering the Yellow Sea. It's known for its beer, a legacy of the German occupation (1898-1914). The Tsingtao Beer Museum celebrates the namesake brewery, founded here by Germans in 1903, and the Qingdao International Beer Festival is major event. There's also German-style architecture in the old city center.
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I think we have now confirmed that the official drink of the Royal Air Force is anything you can get hold of, anywhere and any time. Hic!
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Some years ago there was a thread regarding the drinking culture in the RAF. I certainly had experienced such a culture as had quite a few others. There were some though who denied emphatically that it ever existed. It seems they may have been wrong!
Time for a TIger!
Mines a Pils
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Onceapilot Excellent post
Time for a TIger!
Mines a Pils
Kool Keo
Onceapilot Excellent post
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Goudie, they probably couldn't remember.
I suppose the difference is that the Navy carries its own duty free but the RAF ranges world wide and buys locally.
Molsons anyone?
I suppose the difference is that the Navy carries its own duty free but the RAF ranges world wide and buys locally.
Molsons anyone?
A half and a half. Invariably Grouse in the latter but after a Knockers round, who really cares.
preferably in the Crown, The Beastie, The Abbey or the Two Red Shoes....................
preferably in the Crown, The Beastie, The Abbey or the Two Red Shoes....................
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Onceapilot - I have heard that said before, but is there really any truth to the assertion that the amount of quinine in Indian Tonic Water really has anti-malarial properties when visiting the tropics ?
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