Reply to: Heresy: James Bond to switch to lager in next film <gasp>

[d000hg]

Heineken used to be about 3% IIRC, probably going back nearly 20 years I remember we had it in the house in those 330ml cans (which I quite like but aren't popular in the UK). Most mainstream UK lager seemed to change to 5% versions a few years back, and then the more recent trend is all the 4% versions. Weird how something as seemingly unchanging as lagers follow nation-specific trends over time.

[vetran]

Old news then :

In Goldfinger, he favours Heineken.

Knew it was there

In the novel Moonraker it is noted in the card club Blades, Bond adds a single pinch of black pepper to his glass of vodka, much to M's consternation; he claims it sinks all the poisons to the bottom.

[Sysman]

I quite like Heineken. Its not a bad beer for a sunny day, compared to Stella or the other crap we are forced to drink in the name of lager,,,

Heineken used to do bottles which were surprisingly cheap at our local off-licence. I've a feeling the bottled variety was a bit weaker than others, and that probably helped in making it an excellent choice for drinking in the garden on a summer's afternoon.

Harp is a lager I have loathing for. They did a sponsored sports event when I was at Uni, with free food and lager laid on for competitors on the Saturday evening. The lager was so bad that even as students there were half full glasses left everywhere and we popped upstairs to the student bar and actually paid for our own!

Some newspaper did an article on Harp a year later, revealing that the code name for their lager was K9P.

Very apt.

[bobspud]

I quite like Heineken. Its not a bad beer for a sunny day, compared to Stella or the other crap we are forced to drink in the name of lager, and I have to say its easier to drink half a dozen of them than it is to knock back Vespa's all knight

I broke a permie project manager in the Sanderson last year after he wondered if they did any off menu stuff. A few minutes later after several hundred quids worth of spirits to the worse I shovelled him into a cab and buggered off for a real pint. He on the other hand went missing for the next few days with hangover issues

[TimberWolf]

Maybe his new catchphrase could be "don't shake the tin ffs"?

[norrahe]

I think this sums up pretty much what was drunk in all the films

[vetran]

Nah. This one.

Indeed - oops that was what I was thinking of, love to see the bear in a Tux holding a PPK.

[ChrisPackit]

From the article that kicked this thread off:



Methinks Kingsley Amis had that wrong. You wouldn't drink Löwenbräu in Geneva. It comes from Munich (and when I was there we avoided it in favour of other local brews).

That's correct, the book in question by Amis is called the James Bond Dossier, of which incidentally, I have a first edition from the early 60's. Interesting read for any Bond aficionado's.

[MarillionFan]

Actually I'm pretty sure he drank other things in various books. Lager, Wine & also Vodka with peppercorns (to take away the Diesel taste)

The shaken not stirred is in just one but caught the public imagination.

I want the heineken Bear to get a cameo role!

Nah. This one.

[Old Greg]

Any news on whether Greggs' bid was accepted?

Unfortunately they decided that I am too handsome, and that the franchise 'would have nowhere to go with future lead actors'.

[Sysman]

Somebody with too much time on their hands did a count. He was mostly a whisky drinker, but enjoyed the occasional martini. Just like me in fact.

From the article that kicked this thread off:

The topic of Bond and beer has been tackled before. Kingsley Amis, writing under the pseudonym William Tanner in his now out-of-print Book of Bond, gave would-be 007s advice on which lager could be drunk in specific situations:

"You drink it occasionally; In Geneva, a Löwenbräu; in the States, a Miller's High Life, a couple of Red Stripes in Jamaica and as many as four steins of local brew in Munich if you find yourself with an ex-Luftwafffe pilot. But eschew English beer. It, like cider, belongs in pubs and 007 does not."

Methinks Kingsley Amis had that wrong. You wouldn't drink Löwenbräu in Geneva. It comes from Munich (and when I was there we avoided it in favour of other local brews).

[hugebrain]

Actually I'm pretty sure he drank other things in various books. Lager, Wine & also Vodka with peppercorns (to take away the Diesel taste)

The shaken not stirred is in just one but caught the public imagination.

I want the heineken Bear to get a cameo role!

Somebody with too much time on their hands did a count. He was mostly a whisky drinker, but enjoyed the occasional martini. Just like me in fact.

[vetran]

Actually I'm pretty sure he drank other things in various books. Lager, Wine & also Vodka with peppercorns (to take away the Diesel taste)

The shaken not stirred is in just one but caught the public imagination.

I want the heineken Bear to get a cameo role!

[hyperD]

Heineken refreshes the provocateurs other beers don't reach?

nice one!

[Sysman]

Only if he drinks carlsberg!

Heineken refreshes the provocateurs other beers don't reach?