Men drinking halves
There's something immensely unsatisfying about a half pint. However, we all need to be responsible about our drinking. So here are some photos of Gunmakers men enjoying small beers at lunchtime today. Eddie's got a cheeky snifter of Landlord, in a stemmed Liefmans glass. Rosso, on the other hand, has opted for a Black Cat Mild in a dimpled mug. I think those boys look pretty fresh, and I hope you enjoy the photos. Cheers.
Sorry girls and boys, but both Eddie and Rosso are taken. You'll have to try your luck down at the local Wetherspoons, where beer's only a pound a pint and Dean, Kyle, Sharon, Tracey and the local CAMRA crowd would love to meet you.
13 comments:
Weirdly specific comment: I like how, in a fluted glass, the colour of the beer changes from top to bottom as more light passes through. It's the key to all those sexy beer porn photos in the Michael Jackson 500 beers book.
The trouble with halves is I always guzzle them really quickly.
I ALWAYS finish any session with a half.
It bamboozles the missus and is the perfect accompaniment to a nightcap from the top shelf.
Although when I ordered it tonight I was accused of being gay - by the landlord.
I was just thinking how nice the dimpled glass looked compared to the stemmed glass. I find I am liking that Jacksonian beer pr0n less and less appealing and hope we may well be moving into a new golden era of liking beer for itself alone and not it's pale rim of glinting garnet.
That's a top t-shirt Rosso is wearing!
Gabrielle, that's one he ordered himself - he didn't borrow mine!
Pub has been ramadamadingdonged tonight. I remember things cranking up a gear last September - but not this much.
I've absolutely nothing against small measures of beer, but there's something about the dimpled half-pint that screams "Derek Wilton" to me, or worse still, "Ken Barlow." And that's just not good beer-drinking imagery.
Sorry, Alan, but my vote is cast for the stemmed glass.
Derek Wilton - a blast from the past!
It always cracks me up when I go for a pint and for seemingly no reason the bar staff elect to serve me + whoever I'm with with a dimple mug rather than a normal glass. Maybe I just look like the type of bloke who would be utterly useless at glassing someone?
Not sure that halves look girly... just seems a more economical use of time to get a pint & save yourself repeated bar trips. Although perhaps there's the nub of a beerpig fitness campaign here? Mandate half pints for fat bastards so we have to at least do twice as much walking??
(sssh, don't tell Gordon!)
I'd say that half pints are the correct measure for these miniature human beings. Eddie looks about 14.
That'd be jealousy I suppose.
There is metrosexual and there is poofs. Men drinking halves are, to put it politely, not as other men.
I think that halves are massively underrated. Certainly, it's a hassle going to the bar more, but if you're in a pub with a wide range of beers, its a good way to try out more of them whilst still drinking the same overall quantity. Similarly, if you're having a few with friends, its a way to do rounds in a fair and equitable manner without drinking 6 pints in the middle of the afternoon.
Of course, there are many times when it is nice to drink 6 pints in the middle of the afternoon. But sometimes, we don't want to do that. In those times, I like halves.
Bring on the twofer...
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