| Bovril 07:18 - Dec 28 with 3477 views | ibbleobble |
Bought one at The Emirates last night. Young lad serving me asked me if, “I wanted milk with it”. Bless 😂 |  | | |  |
| Bovril on 08:12 - Dec 28 with 3240 views | bournemouthblue |
Bovril and milk, now that is a combo no one knew they needed |  |
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| Bovril on 08:22 - Dec 28 with 3173 views | GavTWTD |
| Bovril on 08:12 - Dec 28 by bournemouthblue |
Bovril and milk, now that is a combo no one knew they needed |
Blanket and Bovril is the only acceptable combination? |  |
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| Bovril on 08:34 - Dec 28 with 3119 views | Benters |
I was in a pub the other day the new barmaid asked me what I wanted I said ‘I.P.A.’ Please …
She replied ‘you mean Ipa’ as in one word 😂
I gave her a history lesson on Indian Pale Ale,she didn’t believe me 😳 |  |
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| Bovril on 09:21 - Dec 28 with 2894 views | bournemouthblue |
| Bovril on 08:34 - Dec 28 by Benters |
I was in a pub the other day the new barmaid asked me what I wanted I said ‘I.P.A.’ Please …
She replied ‘you mean Ipa’ as in one word 😂
I gave her a history lesson on Indian Pale Ale,she didn’t believe me 😳 |
At least she didn't offer you ice in it I guess | |
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| Bovril on 09:27 - Dec 28 with 2857 views | BloomBlue |
| Bovril on 08:34 - Dec 28 by Benters |
I was in a pub the other day the new barmaid asked me what I wanted I said ‘I.P.A.’ Please …
She replied ‘you mean Ipa’ as in one word 😂
I gave her a history lesson on Indian Pale Ale,she didn’t believe me 😳 |
Would you believe there are two youngsters in my local who will only say it as one word because they say it comes from Britian's colonial days when they forced a beer onto India. Then refuse to drink it because of that and say the name should be banned.
Being an old duffer who likes to annoy people, I always try the old "sorry are we talking about the same thing, I.p.a beer?: occasionally they will reply "yes I.p.a". Which gives me the opportunity to say "back of the net, you just said I.p.a". Very childish I know, but it makes me smile |  | | |
| Bovril on 09:49 - Dec 28 with 2710 views | EJP |
| Bovril on 08:22 - Dec 28 by GavTWTD |
Blanket and Bovril is the only acceptable combination? |
Absolutely. I've explained to each of my daughters when they begin their live football journey with me, that football matches, ideally winter, is the only acceptable place to drink Bovril. |  | | |
| Bovril on 11:27 - Dec 28 with 2450 views | Churchman |
| Bovril on 09:27 - Dec 28 by BloomBlue |
Would you believe there are two youngsters in my local who will only say it as one word because they say it comes from Britian's colonial days when they forced a beer onto India. Then refuse to drink it because of that and say the name should be banned.
Being an old duffer who likes to annoy people, I always try the old "sorry are we talking about the same thing, I.p.a beer?: occasionally they will reply "yes I.p.a". Which gives me the opportunity to say "back of the net, you just said I.p.a". Very childish I know, but it makes me smile |
Attached is a good summary on the history of India Pale Ale.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/30/brief-history-of-ipa-india-
It’s got nothing to do with ‘forcing a beer onto India’ and everything to do with providing people who’d gone out there with something to drink. People forget that beer not water was a staple drink back then if you didn’t want to get poisoned. |  | | |
| Bovril on 11:35 - Dec 28 with 2408 views | belgablue |
Cheers for the link - good little read. |  |
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| Bovril on 11:42 - Dec 28 with 2358 views | stonojnr |
| Bovril on 09:27 - Dec 28 by BloomBlue |
Would you believe there are two youngsters in my local who will only say it as one word because they say it comes from Britian's colonial days when they forced a beer onto India. Then refuse to drink it because of that and say the name should be banned.
Being an old duffer who likes to annoy people, I always try the old "sorry are we talking about the same thing, I.p.a beer?: occasionally they will reply "yes I.p.a". Which gives me the opportunity to say "back of the net, you just said I.p.a". Very childish I know, but it makes me smile |
and its just their pronounciation part you take the mickey out of them for,not the codswallop load of history they invented...ok | | | |
| Bovril on 12:22 - Dec 28 with 2257 views | stonojnr |
I dont think the link between clean drinking water & health was fully understood till the mid 19th century, but people just boiled water and were fine with it, it was just alot easier to drink beer (the brewing process boiling the water killing off all the nasties in it) instead and certainly by the mid 18th century it was common to give manual workers an allowance of beer to drink as part of their wages, so the two things complimented each other rather than driving their behaviour.
This is a better summary of the history of IPA here, Martyn Cornell has extensively researched the history of all beers and punctures alot of the IPA myths cited in that Guardian piece as fact.
https://zythophile.co.uk/tag/india-pale-ale/
https://zythophile.co.uk/2010/03/31/ipa-the-executive-summary/
and the best book about it, though it suffers from citing alot of the same myths and creating some new ones (the beer flood being one, not that it didnt happen but how its described in the book as happening has been shown to be an exaggeration)
https://amzn.eu/d/73QW7u6
ultimately the beer styles we drink now labelled IPA, are nothing like the beer that was exported to India in the 18th century, the closest we had in modern times was probably Worthington White Shield, which the accountants at Molson Coors killed off. | | | |
| Bovril on 12:27 - Dec 28 with 2234 views | DJR |
Maybe an Ipswich fan asked for milk with their Bovril earlier. |  | | |
| Bovril on 14:54 - Dec 28 with 2008 views | ronnyd |
Didn't they only send it there and back to 'age' it? | | | |
| Bovril on 14:56 - Dec 28 with 1994 views | Keno |
With sugar? |  |
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| Bovril on 17:42 - Dec 28 with 1734 views | Benters |
| Bovril on 09:27 - Dec 28 by BloomBlue |
Would you believe there are two youngsters in my local who will only say it as one word because they say it comes from Britian's colonial days when they forced a beer onto India. Then refuse to drink it because of that and say the name should be banned.
Being an old duffer who likes to annoy people, I always try the old "sorry are we talking about the same thing, I.p.a beer?: occasionally they will reply "yes I.p.a". Which gives me the opportunity to say "back of the net, you just said I.p.a". Very childish I know, but it makes me smile |
Nice one 😂👍 | |
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| Bovril on 17:49 - Dec 28 with 1687 views | azuremerlangus |
Bovril and a bin combo |  |
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| Bovril on 17:59 - Dec 28 with 1643 views | bobbyramsey |
| Bovril on 12:22 - Dec 28 by stonojnr |
I dont think the link between clean drinking water & health was fully understood till the mid 19th century, but people just boiled water and were fine with it, it was just alot easier to drink beer (the brewing process boiling the water killing off all the nasties in it) instead and certainly by the mid 18th century it was common to give manual workers an allowance of beer to drink as part of their wages, so the two things complimented each other rather than driving their behaviour.
This is a better summary of the history of IPA here, Martyn Cornell has extensively researched the history of all beers and punctures alot of the IPA myths cited in that Guardian piece as fact.
https://zythophile.co.uk/tag/india-pale-ale/
https://zythophile.co.uk/2010/03/31/ipa-the-executive-summary/
and the best book about it, though it suffers from citing alot of the same myths and creating some new ones (the beer flood being one, not that it didnt happen but how its described in the book as happening has been shown to be an exaggeration)
https://amzn.eu/d/73QW7u6
ultimately the beer styles we drink now labelled IPA, are nothing like the beer that was exported to India in the 18th century, the closest we had in modern times was probably Worthington White Shield, which the accountants at Molson Coors killed off. |
Can you still get Worthington White Shield?
Lovely stuff....
Edit: discontinued 2023 [Post edited 28 Dec 2024 18:23]
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| Bovril on 18:02 - Dec 28 with 1623 views | bournemouthblue |
| Bovril on 14:56 - Dec 28 by Keno |
With sugar? |
Part of me wants to try it now for research purposes | |
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| Bovril on 18:03 - Dec 28 with 1619 views | WeWereZombies |
| Bovril on 14:56 - Dec 28 by Keno |
With sugar? |
And chocolate sprinkles... |  |
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| Bovril on 18:31 - Dec 28 with 1539 views | Swansea_Blue |
What a wazzock. Everyone knows it should be cream.
I had a Bovril a few weeks back. I really didn’t enjoy it. It was during sober October and I can categorically confirm any beer is better. |  |
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| Bovril on 21:01 - Dec 28 with 1344 views | gosblue |
| Bovril on 08:22 - Dec 28 by GavTWTD |
Blanket and Bovril is the only acceptable combination? |
Bovril and a Wagonwheel was the half time staple when I was a kid. Now it's bovril and a balti pie (when available). That could lead into a whole new debate about the size of wagonwheels etc. these days. | | | |
| Bovril on 08:41 - Dec 29 with 919 views | Vaughan8 |
My Dad ordered a tea at Peterboroughs ground once and they gave it to him with cold water.
When he said "this is cold" they replied "oh you wanted it with hot water?"  | | | |
| Bovril on 08:58 - Dec 29 with 868 views | Churchman |
| Bovril on 21:01 - Dec 28 by gosblue |
Bovril and a Wagonwheel was the half time staple when I was a kid. Now it's bovril and a balti pie (when available). That could lead into a whole new debate about the size of wagonwheels etc. these days. |
I was actually given a bovril for the first time in years the other week. I actually enjoyed it. I can’t imagine how ghastly it’d be with milk mind.
Talking of ghastly, wagon wheels. They were never something I liked. The individual components: fine. The combo: awful. | | | |
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