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- From: rs@siesoft.co.uk (Rob Such)
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Double Diamond Ale
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.125121.10410@siesoft.co.uk>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 12:51:21 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.050245.16237@sfu.ca>
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- mccubbin@connext.ucs.sfu.ca (Bruce McCubbin) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec22.211653.21402@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- : jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins) writes:
- : >
- : > I am always interested to hear reactions others have
- : > to beers I've tried. In particular diverse reactions
- : > like "Over here in England we wouldn't let out dogs drink
- : > that bilge water" or "The Queen drinks it" are
- : > illuminating.
- : >
- : The Double Diamond I've had came in black 400ml cans. I tried it
- : more than once and it was consistently awful. It doesn't taste
- : like any other English ale I've tried. The draught version was
- : better, but not by much.
- :
- : Bruce
- :
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- In the U.K. Double Diamond shares the same reputation as Watney's Red
- Barrel, all you Python fans will know what that means!!
-
- Rob.
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