A Drunk Diary, Episode Twenty-Eight

Started at 5pm after a lovely afternoon snooze where I dreamt about work...urgh. Wedding invites now.

Drink : Odells St Lupulin Extra Pale Ale
abv : 6.5%
Units : 2.30

Drink : Sierra Nevada Extra IPA x 2 Bottles
abv : 7.2%
Units : 5.04

Drink : Gin & Tonic double x 2
abv : 40%
Units : 4

All invites done, and that's me for the day.

Total units today : 11.34

A Drunk Diary, Episode Twenty-Two

Started at around 6pm today. Best mate turned up at The Rake, rude not to really...

Drink : Brewdog 77 Lager 2 bottles
abv : 4.9%
Units : 3.22

Drink : Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 2 Bottles
abv : 5.6%
Units : 3.92

th th th that's all folks!

total units today : 7.14

Horrible day at work, time to sleep! #twissup tomorrow!

A Drunk Diary, Episode Seventeen

Started at about 12pm...Meeting with my best men to go through duties for the wedding and the stag do. Shared a bottle of Port Brewing Hop 15, very challenging little number that's a double IPA. I was struggling to finish the glass but for the sake of the blog..(honest) I persevered and finished off with a bottle of Torpedo.

Drink : Sierra Nevada Pale Ale x 2 bottles
Abv : 5.6%
Units : 3.92

Drink : Flying Dog Doggie Style Pale Ale 3rd of a pint
Abv : 4.7
Units : 0.88

Drink : Sierra Nevada Anniversary 175mls
Abv : 5.9%
Units : 1.03

Drink : Port Brewing Hop 15 (Half a Pint Bottle)
abv : 10%
Units : 2.84

Drink : Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
abv : 7.2%
Units : 2.52

Total units today : 11.19

A Drunk Diary, Episode Thirteen

Day 13, thank the lard it ain't Friday.

Started at 3pm today. Not supposed to be at work but need to use the scanner, bugger had to start...

Drink : Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
abv : 7.2%
Units : 2.52.

Drink : Anchor Christmas 2009
abv : 5.5%
Units : 1.95

Drink : Harviestoun Old Engine Oil
abv : 6%
Units : 1.98

Drink : Half Pint Bristol Brewing Company Bristletoe
abv : 4.3%
Units : 1.22

Drink : Half Pint Banks & Taylor Fruit Bat
abv : 4.5%
Units : 1.27

Drink : Port Brewing Wipeout IPA
abv : 7%
Units : 4.62

That it for today.

Total units today : 13.56

A Drunk Diary, Episode Eleven

Evening all, Started today at 5pm. Having a drink with two old members of staff and one current member of staff.

Drink : Goose Island IPA
abv : 5.9%
Unit : 2.09

Drink : Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
abv : 7.2%
Unit : 2.52

Drink : La Trappe Dubbel
abv : 7%
Units : 2.31

The last one I served up with Lucilles lovely cottage pie, awesome, the dubbel probably overpowered the pie a little bit but it still worked a treat!

Total units today : 6.92

Night all.

A Drunk Diary, Episode Six

First Drink 4pm.

Drink : half pint Brewsters Hop a doodle do
abv : 4.3%
Units : 1.22

Drink : Brooklyn Brown Ale
abv : 5.6%
Units : 1.98

Drink : Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA x 3 bottles
abv : 7.2%
Units : 7.56

Drink : Youngs Ordinary Bitter Half Pint
abv : 3.8%
Units : 1.08

Sierra Nevada Anniversary
abv : 5.9%
Units : 2.06

Total units today : 13.9

Liver taking a pasting again and it's only day six!

Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA

If you read this blog on a regular basis you'll know I'm keeping a Drunk Diary this month, if you're paying attention to it you'll know that I drank 3 bottles of Sierra Nevada Torpedo yesterday.
To me, Sierra Nevada are a very interesting brewery, they produce a massive amount of beer every year and yet they still seem to be considered a 'micro'-brewery! I consider them a craft brewery rather than a micro because they make beer the right way and still manage to make large quantities of beer. Usually when a Brewery starts making bigger quantities the beer geeks/purists/snobs/raters, call them what you will, complain about a lack of consistency and loss of street cred. Apparently if you make large quantities then you aren't sticking to your values, not sticking it to the man, you become 'the man'. My Mate Sid Boggle wrote a great piece of this here Now Sid's piece was written about a trend toward so-called extreme beer and the fact that the beer snobs don't consider a brewer credible if they don't make at least one super strong beer. The beer snobs tend to forget facts like Sierra Nevada doing big beers like the Bigfoot, trying to move into 100% sustainable energy production, the fact that the brewery is still owned by one of its founders, hardly uninteresting sell-outs.
The Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA is not an extreme beer, it is however still interesting and well worthy of the title a craft brew. It has a big hop character but it also has balance bought to it by a perfect combination of Two Row Pale and Crystal malts bought together with the Magnum, Crystal and Citra hops, Magnificent! This could fast become one of my firm favourites.

A Drunk Diary, Episode Four

So, I've reached day four of my drunks diary, I've started calling it my drunks diary because I seem to be averaging about twice the recommended daily intake. So Far it has raised a few interesting issues, like am I seeing how much I drink and not having that last drink.
I'm going to alter the diary slightly and try to remember the time I started drinking and the time I finished drinking because yesterday, for instance, I started drinking at about 3pm and finished at about 9.30pm so that was three beers in 6 and a half hours, hardly what I'D call binge drinking but I'm no doctor.

First Drink today at 1.50pm

Drink : Nethergate Priory Mild x 1/2 pint
ABV : 3.8%
Units : 1.07

Drink : Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA x 3 bottles
abv : 7.2%
Units : 7.56

Drink : St Peters Grapefruit Beer x 1 Pint
abv : 4.7%
Units : 2.66

Drink : Goose Island IPA x 1 Bottle
abv : 5.9%
Units : 2.09

Total Units Today : 13.38

Last drink at approx 8.30pm

OK this is essentially four times the recommended daily intake but I at least know how much I'm taking in.
Can I also just say it was great to see all Lucille and I's friends this evening, well worth the pickled liver.