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The Roaster Coaster is much smoother.

Proper banana bomb. I love theirs and also, if you like that and happen to see Franziskaner, it might actually be even nicer I was in the Franziskaner Bar in Hamburg this week last year, the beer and the food were outstanding, could highly recommend it.

Had the latest Vocation beer last night. Affogato - Coffee and Vanilla Imperial Stout. Outstanding rich Doppio Espresso flavour with a hint of vanilla, 10.7%

The SLOPEmeisteR Porter is very smooth and an easy drinker. Chocolate flavour is definitely there, but didn't get any coconut, even as a background flavour. Similar to the Hybrid Magic Porridge and no wonder, it's brewed on the Hybrid premises in Grangemouth. Would buy again, but tempted to try their Apricot and Mango IPA next time.

Posted about this weeks ago, excellent. Have the new Vocation Banoffee Pie to try later and a keg of SLOPEmeisteR Double Chocolate and Coconut Porter.

I've ordered a 5lt keg of Double Chocolate & Coconut Porter from them, delivery tomorrow. Will let you know what it's like once I've tried it.

1st single - Bryan Ferry - Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 1st album - David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Still have them in a box upstairs.

Have had the Mocne from my local Polish deli, very nice, but prefer Warka, had that on draught in Gdansk along with Dark Tyskie.

Totally agree. Like yourself, I've worked out that at 11%, it's actually decent value for money in comparison to the likes of Bacchus or Bellevue. Kasteel Rouge at 8% is also decent value from Belgium in a Box at around £3.

Just finished it mate, thought it was brilliant. It more or less mirrors my young brothers move to London in the mid 80's along with some friends. Not going to ruin the series, but if you want to know how their futures went send me a PM.

Gdansk is a fantastic city. The Solidarnosc museum and Westerplatten are excellent, food and drink are cheap and of a decent quality and Sopot and Gdynia are a short train ride away. Not been to Wroclaw yet, but would definitely go there, have looked at Poznan and Bydgoszcz too.

Will look that up, partial to Dark Budvar and Dark Kozel. Agree about the Chokka Blokka, pleasant but thin.

6 x 330ml cans of Pilsner Urquell and a couple of really nice bottles of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc shared with Mrs.cT. I think bottles of Pilsner Urquell are better than cans, draught is better than those and Tankovna from Lokal or U Sadu in Prague are just about the best I've ever had. Had Prague, Plzen and Brno booked for October last year, but will get back there at some point.

There's an Argos in Sainsbury in Linlithgow now. Not sure if that helps as it's still in a different council area.

Was meant to be going to St. Petersburg and Moscow via Helsinki for my 30th wedding anniversary in July last summer. Ended up in the Lake District, not quite the same.,