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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Old Thumper Ale 03/01/05 at 17:22:25 On tap, of course. Requires a tag for that tap. The tap is about the same diameter as a Savage fork, which makes for a handy place to mount it:
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Old Thumper Ale Reply #1 - 03/01/05 at 17:45:03 Don't know about the tag but I'd give the ale a go - where does one find such a fine brew?
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Reply #2 - 03/01/05 at 19:45:43

138 CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, RINGWOOD, HAMPSHIRE, BH24 3AP, ENGLAND.

If you enjoy the flavor of beer you owe yourself a trip to England. I went in the early '80's for about 5 weeks. Bought a motorcycle (sold it back after 5 weeks, much cheaper than renting anything) and spent nights in Bed and Breakfast inns -- generally Public Houses. Have a couple of pints of the local brew with dinner and wobble off to bed.

This thread was supposed to be in General -- my aim is a lot better with iron sights.

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Reply #3 - 03/02/05 at 03:20:56

Paladin that "Old Thumper" plaque looks really cool! Gives your thumper a unique look for sure!
I too am a beer lover and spent 2 weeks in Scotland back in '89 ... it was there that I learned to appreciate the lovely brown ales of the UK ... Newcastle, Double Diamond, Guiness and Smithwicks are some of my favourites ... never got to try "Old Thumper" though ...
I notice the plaque describes the brew as "extra strong" at 5.6% alcohol by volume ... well, here in Canada, that's not really considered "extra strong" ... most of our regular beers are at 5.0%, some are at 6.0% and Molson's markets a beer called Maximum Ice that's 7.0% ... after a few of those, you "wobble" indeed!

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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Old Thumper Ale Reply #4 - 03/02/05 at 05:49:38 You also have bitter beer, which is something I miss.
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Reply #5 - 03/02/05 at 05:51:09

Back in the 80's in Vancouver and nearby areas of B.C., there was something everyone referred to as "high-test" though I believe the name was actually O'Keefe's Extra Old Stock or something like that. I think it was technically a malt liquor but it tasted more like an ale to me at the time. We went through a bunch of that stuff.

Oh, why did this thread show up in The Marketplace?

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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: Old Thumper Ale Reply #6 - 03/02/05 at 10:22:57 I ordered a couple of their Tshirts a few months ago: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;n...
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: Old Thumper Ale Reply #7 - 03/02/05 at 10:24:10 Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: You also have bitter beer, which is something I miss. That's why I drink a tad bit of India Pale Ale.
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: Old Thumper Ale Reply #8 - 03/02/05 at 10:25:30 Reelthing wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: Don't know about the tag but I'd give the ale a go - where does one find such a fine brew? Search Google for Ringwood Brewery. They have an online store. And they do brew it now in the US market.
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Reply #9 - 03/04/05 at 18:32:32

8)Whoa git! An India Pale Ale used to be the brand of suds here in Nfld. back in the 60's ... A Nfld. brewed India Pale won a couple of international awards years ago I believe ... my Dad used to drink it way-back-when ...

http://www.newfoundlandbeer.com/

If y'all are interested in obscure micro-brewed suds, check out the above link. Quidi Vidi is a small fishing village just minutes from downtown St. John's and is home to a fabulous brewery that markets several unique brands to Eastern Canada ... 1892 is a lovely old-world style brown ale.

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Reply #10 - 03/04/05 at 20:43:26

Perry,

That's makes my mouth water. I had to go grab a brew.

It's a Red Hook IPA, OK, but not spectacular.

Right now Pyramid IPA is my favorite.
http://www.pyramidbrew.com/beer/beerguide.php?b=ipa
Good Stuff. Hoppy and Bright. Crisp.

Other preferred brews in regular rotation at my house are Guiness Stout, Heineken, Newcastle Nut Brown Ale, Pilsner Urquel, Weihenstephaner Kristallweissbier (or any Weihenstephaner brew) and XB Bluebird Bitter.

Sam Adams Scotch Ale is another real favorite, but no one around here stock it, or SA quit making it :'( I look for it darn near every time, but no luck for about 5 years now.

My Fav domestic p i s s beer is is good old Rolling Rock. "33". It's my Kool-Aid during the summer.

And when there's nothing else but Bud or Miller...

It's Miller.

Cheers! Ya Sure Ya Betcha! "33"

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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Old Thumper Ale Reply #11 - 03/04/05 at 22:01:55 Izmir, Turkey, 1968. U.S. Air Force base, Rod & Gun Club. Stocked Budwieser, Coors, and Schlitz. The Budwieser went first, then the Coors, finally we would drink the Schlitz. When you're out of Schiltz, you're out of beer.
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Reply #12 - 03/04/05 at 22:26:01

Schlitz. I remember when that was the #2 beer in the US. Big name. About 1972-73 they called in some efficiently experts who reformulated it to cost less. It also tasted less. It became funky slime about the quality of Busch.

Similar thing happened to Stroh's. It used to be made in Detroit only. I loved it. Then they bought out Pabst, I believe, and closed down Detroit. It's never tasted the same since.

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Old Thumper Ale Reply #13 - 03/04/05 at 23:54:53 San Miguel in the PI (back when we still had Subic)... ahhhh the memories. Currently, I am more of a Fosters fan. So far as domestics go, I guess it'd be Miller Lite.
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Reply #14 - 03/05/05 at 12:54:29

Current favorite and has been for years is Lord Chesterfield ale. Started with Tiger Head triple X ale brewed by Balintine (sp?), drank a lot of Coors, Gennie cream and other mouthwash till I found Lord Chesterfield ale. A good ale is like a good motorcycle, Grin

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