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My brother in law, a chef who spent some time in Germany, told me some years ago about the German Purity Law. Apparently, the Germans take their beer very seriously, and don't take kindly to additives and preservatives.

Anyway, his theory was that if you drink beer with additives and so on, it isn't good for your body, your buzz or your condition the following morning. Having undertaken some careful study in the five or so years since then, I concur. So, some tips to better beer drinking.

Most draught lager you get in bars is piss. If you are in England, this counts double. Seriously, how do you people drink that shit?

Heineken, Carlsberg, Amstel, Kronenbourg etc are all piss. Budweiser makes them all taste like mothers milk. Put it back in the fucking horse. Ask yourself, why don't any of these beers have the ingredients on them?

Only drink beer from bottles or cans where the ingredients are clearly marked on the outside. These should be water, hops, malt, barley, you know, proper farm stuff. If the ingredients include something you've never heard of, it's piss.

The best places to buy beer are the discount super stores like Aldi or Lidl. They sell cheap, excellent beer with the ingredients clearly marked.

Don't be put off by not having heard of the beer you're considering buying. Just check for the ingredients.

These tips may have no basis in fact but they have served me well, and kept my hangover count ridiculously low. There is no reason why we can't be selective about beer, the same way that people are about wine.

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No hangover with German beer.

First choice for me, if no Guinness.

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Im drinking a can of Carlsberg now. Just says 'contains malted barley'.
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Im drinking a can of Carlsberg now. Just says 'contains malted barley'.

Does it tell you what else it contains? Horse piss? Extract of lead?

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Does it tell you what else it contains? Horse piss? Extract of lead?

Nah tastes nice though, on me 3rd now.
Emlyn, you were a very bad influence on my younger brother in Barcelona! I don't know what you gave him but he was a nuisance the entire day, have banned him from Eindhoven!  :missus

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I think beer especially tastes shit from a can.
Bottles or draught all the way.
It's true to say that if Shankly had told us to invade Poland we'd be queuing up 10 deep all the way from Anfield to the Pier Head.

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Budweiser? The american one or the czech one. If american i'd rather drink piss, as american bud is made with rice.

Decent german, czech or belgin beer, or proper ale.
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the local beer in gelsenkirchen is fantastic, had no trouble getting up at 9 the next morning and eating breakfast!
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the local beer in gelsenkirchen is fantastic, had no trouble getting up at 9 the next morning and eating breakfast!

Im still out drinking then.
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Warsteiner is a cracking beer.

Also at the cricket they had somthing called, I think Hell or somthing.

That was spot on too.
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on a side not if you like White beers, Hoegarrden and Kronenburg Blanc, the new Tea Factory on Wood Street has just had a refurb and sells something called Pauliner White Beer - gorgeous stuff!

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Get down your local Samuel Smith pub. They sell organic beers/ciders. No hangovers!

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Someone name me some decent German ale that they'll sell in the Asda then, and I'll give it a try.

Becks is my favourite lager, but I bet the Germans probably think its piss....

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Warsteiner is a cracking beer.

Also at the cricket they had somthing called, I think Hell or somthing.

That was spot on too. Ah Warsteiner,good old wobbly.

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I do remember the Germans being annoyed that Bud sponsored the World Cup. Bud doenst pass the purity test they have out there!

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I do remember the Germans being annoyed that Bud sponsored the World Cup. Bud doenst pass the purity test they have out there!

They managed to get a concession and have Bitburger available as well to my knowledge.
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Becks is my favourite lager, but I bet the Germans probably think its piss....

That's my usual fallback when they don't have anything decent. As far as I know, it has the ingredients on the bottle.

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Was recently in Tenerife and was drinking a beer called Reina, 100% natural ingredients. Had several conversations about this brew and people told me I wouldn't wake up with an hangover due to the natural ingredients. I must say even though it got you pissed I never once woke up feeling rough....Happy Days.... :)
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had a few pints of Peroni (seems to be the draught beer of the moment) and several cans of red stripe last night, and am feeling slightly more second-hand than should... this advice looks good - but translated into a normal UK pub the options are fairly limited...do I have to drink bottles of Becks from here on in to avoid a hangover  ???

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had a few pints of Peroni (seems to be the draught beer of the moment) and several cans of red stripe last night, and am feeling slightly more second-hand than should... this advice looks good - but translated into a normal UK pub the options are fairly limited...do I have to drink bottles of Becks from here on in to avoid a hangover  ???

Avoid any shite lager or keg beer.

Drink shorts, real ale or decent lager. Usually works for me.
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No hangover with German beer.

First choice for me, if no Guinness.



Guinness tastes like complete piss over there, they don't even let it settle.
You must be in heaven when you come over here, if you can drink it there

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had a few pints of Peroni (seems to be the draught beer of the moment) and several cans of red stripe last night, and am feeling slightly more second-hand than should... this advice looks good - but translated into a normal UK pub the options are fairly limited...do I have to drink bottles of Becks from here on in to avoid a hangover  ???

Depends on the Peroni you were drinking. If it was Nasty Azzuro then that explains a lot because that's the shitty export beer. Brown bottle Peroni or Morretti is where it's at.

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Depends on the Peroni you were drinking. If it was Nasty Azzuro then that explains a lot because that's the shitty export beer. Brown bottle Peroni or Morretti is where it's at.

I think it was Nastro Azzuro on draught..I got suckered into the whole matching booze and glass chestnut... something about a perfect pint of creamy Peroni in a distinctive Peroni glass that makes me want to instantly yam up about 12 of the buggers...

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Was recently in Tenerife and was drinking a beer called Reina, 100% natural ingredients. Had several conversations about this brew and people told me I wouldn't wake up with an hangover due to the natural ingredients. I must say even though it got you pissed I never once woke up feeling rough....Happy Days.... :)

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Best bevie BAR NONE! is Erdinger, its a cloudy wheet beer, FUKIN spot on!

best place to get it is the Fly in the Loaf on hardman street, however the Dug-out by the adelphi does it by bottle, also the Asda does the bottles.

am also quite partial to the Old cains raison beer from the Tap :hally
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Best bevie BAR NONE! is Erdinger, its a cloudy wheet beer, FUKIN spot on!

best place to get it is the Fly in the Loaf on hardman street, however the Dug-out by the adelphi does it by bottle, also the Asda does the bottles.

am also quite partial to the Old cains raison beer from the Tap :hally

Good man, Erdinger is a favourite of mine. If you pass a wetherspoons, try a bottle of Etalon. It's from the Ukraine and tastes a bit like Leffe imho (which is another winner). Stopped drinking draft pish in bars years ago. Much better for it

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went to Belgium last week on business and we got offered this local Ellezelles beer...



8.5 fucking % of alcohol in it and taste like heaven! :D  Drank about 6 of those bottles and some wines....but didnt have a hangover the next morning
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Budweiser? The american one or the czech one. If american i'd rather drink piss, as american bud is made with rice.

Decent german, czech or belgin beer, or proper ale.

Czech Budweiser is fit. Is it not known as Budvar ?
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I think it was Nastro Azzuro on draught..I got suckered into the whole matching booze and glass chestnut... something about a perfect pint of creamy Peroni in a distinctive Peroni glass that makes me want to instantly yam up about 12 of the buggers...

Know that feeling mate. I don't mind the odd Peroni myself.

Some of the English Ales are nice as well.

Belgian beer is shite and I dont care what anyone says.
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Czech Budweiser is fit. Is it not known as Budvar ?

yes. believe the American's ripped it off...but only by making nice beer taste shite  :rollseyes

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after a few of these you are, "exactly what it says on the tin" (bottle) :hally
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So if i go into my average liverpool pub, what should i order instead of a pint of carlsberg/fosters?? Another thing to think about though it that bottles are more expensive so its goin cost more to get pissed.
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Belgian beer is shite and I dont care what anyone says.
so you've tried every single Belgian beer available then?

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