Viking Dan
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Labatt Blue?
I also meant to chime in that not all green-bottle beers are shite. Peroni is a crisp and refreshing thirst quencher on a hot day.
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Labatt Blue?
I also meant to chime in that not all green-bottle beers are shite. Peroni is a crisp and refreshing thirst quencher on a hot day.
I’m not sure if that’s over here? But whatever Labatt’s I had I didn’t like.
Also that is funny because my Italian future sister in law says that’s what they consider their piss beer but I do enjoy it too. Birra Morretti is my go to easy drinking lager these days.
Viking Dan
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I know that is the Italian's take on Peroni.
Its basically an alcoholic Pellegrino, which I enjoy.
I'll have to seek out the Birra Morretti.
Morretti is great, and I like Estrella too.
Yeah I love Estrella! It’s a great sun holiday beer!
Yeah it’s a good one! Always reminds me of going for a Nando’s!
I wish my body loves Nandos as much as my mouth does.
spilledleche
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i don't drink anymore, but those and Coors Light were always my go-tos
avecigrec
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December_boy
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The mix on many of his records is heavy and muggy, at least to my ears. And the sax sounds cheesy to me. Not always. But often enough for me to just react to it…
I guess Bruce is just not for me.
Gavaxeman
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The best pint of Guinness I ever had was at the Dublin factory ...amazing how much better it was at the source
jamieanderson1968
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straight out of the Liffey River
Sebastian
It’s Wool…
I was really pleased with the Modest Mouse pressing. No issues.
CYH needs to be immaculate
CYH needs to be immaculate
It’s the taste of the abandoned supermarket trolleys and bicycles that really makes it…
Edit: Thankfully the water comes from a mountain spring in the Wicklow Mountains, not the Liffey!
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Sebastian
It’s Wool…
CYH has shipped! 
Murfocakes
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Have you tried the Hydro flow cans? A game changer.
Yeah I have. They’re miles better that the old widget ones for sure!
Alright... Check Your Head VMP vs 2009 RTI.
Just posted this to Cogs so I'll just cross post here for anyone curious about this one.
Alright so to the question at hand, how does this VMP AAA stack up against the 2009 RTI? First off, the VMP package is really nice here. Nice thick jacket, added booklet, poster etc. The 2009 RTI is at least 180 grams maybe more, the VMP isn't thin but nowhere near the crazy thick slabs that the 2009 release put out. So if you care about that sort of thing, the 2009 RTI is much thicker. So package wise, no surprise VMP pretty much kills the 2009 aside from the vinyl weight. How about the sound? Well... RKS did a nice job here on the VMP, it's got a slightly more "musical" quality to it vs the 2009. There's a little bit more extension on the cymbals, the congas, the drums. Everything just a little bit more natural sounding, the voices are just a tiny bit more present, the instruments a touch more separation. It sounds smooth, like most RKS stuff, it's an easy listen. I have a lot of his stuff and I really like his work but I find that his style tends to soften the sound overall, in that the highs are a little less bright and the lows a little more, contained I suppose for lack of a better word. Great work but maybe not as... exciting in some cases as some other engineers. And that's kind of the case here vs the RTI. The VMP has a solid smooth natural sound to it, but the RTI is BIG. The stage on the RTI is larger, wider, the bass is softer but heavier, bigger. There's a certain sightly messy live dynamic to the RTI that isn't quite there on the VMP. But I'm getting really nebulous here. Bottom line is they both sound really really good. If you have the 2009 and you're cool with the bare bones package on that one, then you're good, you don't need the VMP in my opinion. I'm not sure which one I'm going to keep at this point to be honest. I was expecting the RKS to smoke the 2009 so I was kind of surprised at just how close they are.
Just posted this to Cogs so I'll just cross post here for anyone curious about this one.
Alright so to the question at hand, how does this VMP AAA stack up against the 2009 RTI? First off, the VMP package is really nice here. Nice thick jacket, added booklet, poster etc. The 2009 RTI is at least 180 grams maybe more, the VMP isn't thin but nowhere near the crazy thick slabs that the 2009 release put out. So if you care about that sort of thing, the 2009 RTI is much thicker. So package wise, no surprise VMP pretty much kills the 2009 aside from the vinyl weight. How about the sound? Well... RKS did a nice job here on the VMP, it's got a slightly more "musical" quality to it vs the 2009. There's a little bit more extension on the cymbals, the congas, the drums. Everything just a little bit more natural sounding, the voices are just a tiny bit more present, the instruments a touch more separation. It sounds smooth, like most RKS stuff, it's an easy listen. I have a lot of his stuff and I really like his work but I find that his style tends to soften the sound overall, in that the highs are a little less bright and the lows a little more, contained I suppose for lack of a better word. Great work but maybe not as... exciting in some cases as some other engineers. And that's kind of the case here vs the RTI. The VMP has a solid smooth natural sound to it, but the RTI is BIG. The stage on the RTI is larger, wider, the bass is softer but heavier, bigger. There's a certain sightly messy live dynamic to the RTI that isn't quite there on the VMP. But I'm getting really nebulous here. Bottom line is they both sound really really good. If you have the 2009 and you're cool with the bare bones package on that one, then you're good, you don't need the VMP in my opinion. I'm not sure which one I'm going to keep at this point to be honest. I was expecting the RKS to smoke the 2009 so I was kind of surprised at just how close they are.
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