Sunk Punk Highs and Lows

Discussion in 'United Kingdom & Ireland' started by Zimbo, Mar 24, 2012.

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Sunk Punk. Would you pay £12 for a 341 ml bottle?

  1. Yes. Its a steal. More valuable than all the bullion on the Santa Rosa.

    3 vote(s)
    16.7%

  2. No, no James Watt. I am not a victim of marketing.

    15 vote(s)
    83.3%
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  1. Graeme24

    Graeme24 Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2008 Ireland

    No hope in hell. I vowed never again to purchase any of Brewdog's special releases having tried two of their Abstrakt Series beers which were appallingly bad. I enjoy some of their core range but thats as far it goes. The marketing of that beer alone would deter me from buying it to be honest.
     
    #21 Graeme24, Mar 26, 2012
  2. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    what a lovely way to introduce yourself, I bet you go down a bomb in all the bars :stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #22 EmperorBevis, Mar 26, 2012
  3. jazzyjeff13

    jazzyjeff13 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,865) Nov 6, 2010 England
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    Are you a Birmingham Uni alumnus by any chance? Curry every night sounds nice - couldn't really afford that either when I was a student....
     
    #23 jazzyjeff13, Mar 26, 2012
  4. marquis

    marquis Pooh-Bah (2,313) Nov 20, 2005 England
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    When I was at University I had full board (waiter service included) for £6 a week , beer was 7p a pint in the buttery.
    Sounds great but I had to live on £320 a year which was my full grant :slight_smile:
     
    #24 marquis, Mar 26, 2012
  5. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    I was at Aston so lived out in Sparkbrook and Sparkhill for a few years

    You could pick up a Chicken Balti and plain naan eat in for £3 in the mid 90's

    If you fellt like treating yourself the £3.99 starter, main, rice and naan was an option !

    I will point out I was working 20+ hours a week to fund my beer, curry and football (at the time) habits!
     
    #25 Ruds, Mar 26, 2012
  6. danieelol

    danieelol Initiate (0) Jun 15, 2010 Australia

    I actually tried to think of a less provocative word but sadly I couldn't think of anything quite as appropriate
     
    #26 danieelol, Mar 26, 2012
  7. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Fair enough, can't argue with the simple truth.
    Good health to you.
     
    #27 EmperorBevis, Mar 26, 2012
  8. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Nowadays you'll be paying £4-5 for the curry and £1-3 for the naan alone! I occasionally cook up a curry which can work out at about a quid per serving but it's too much effort!

    What we do treat ourselves too is every tuesday lunch time, having lunch and (just me) a pint of ale at cardiff camra's 2010 pub of the year :slight_smile: works out at around a fiver including a £2.50-ish pint.
     
    #28 CwrwAmByth, Mar 26, 2012
  9. reprob8

    reprob8 Initiate (0) May 22, 2008 England

    when I was at University you could buy curries in advance, buy six get one free... a whole weeks curries for just £1/4s. Or get student discount at the secret curry house paying 3s/3d instead of 3s/6d. Beer was still under 3s a pint
     
    #29 reprob8, Mar 26, 2012
  10. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Reading all this curry reminiscing makes me realise how deprived I was while pursuing my academic career.
     
    #30 Zimbo, Mar 26, 2012
  11. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Holts bitter at 68p per pint £1.50 10" pizzas with a whole 2 choices of toppings
    free bottle of Rolling rock on Alternative rock night at the ritz on Wednesday
    Chester's mild or homebrew for odd jobs
    that was my student fare
     
    #31 EmperorBevis, Mar 26, 2012
  12. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Gentlemen who have the inclination to cook their own British Indian Restaurant style curries could do a lot worse than pick up some tips and recipes here...

    http://www.cr0.co.uk/

    I do a mean madras, vindaloo and a korma.
     
    #32 Aye, Mar 26, 2012
  13. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    I love prawn madras the best :slight_smile:
     
    #33 CwrwAmByth, Mar 26, 2012
  14. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Must take this opportunity to say i wholeheartedly approve of your avatar old CHAP!
     
    #34 Aye, Mar 27, 2012
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  15. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Smoke 'em if you have got 'em
     
    #35 EmperorBevis, Mar 27, 2012
  16. Thehuntmaster

    Thehuntmaster Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2009 South Africa

    I voted yes, I wouldn't say it is a steal, but I would still buy it. I think I paid about that for my RVP and I quite enjoyed that.
     
    #36 Thehuntmaster, Mar 28, 2012
  17. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Now that I've been away from the immediate dilemma of that 341ml bottle of Sunk Punk there's a part of me that feels the £12 might be worth contemplating. But then when I think of what I got instead for £11 (Green Flash West Coast IPA, De Molen Isarina Esra Imperial Porter and Stewarts Could Reekie) those notions just fly away.
     
    #37 Zimbo, Mar 28, 2012
  18. Thehuntmaster

    Thehuntmaster Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2009 South Africa

    I guess you are right, I might have gone that way as well!
     
    #38 Thehuntmaster, Mar 28, 2012
  19. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Honestly, I still can't be totally clear cut about it. Had been really really up for the Sunk Punk for some time but at £12 it was just a killer. Probably would have paid the price if it was a 750ml bottle.
     
    #39 Zimbo, Mar 28, 2012
  20. Thehuntmaster

    Thehuntmaster Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2009 South Africa

    Yeah, I wish brewdog would put their IPA's in bombers! A 330ml is never enough for me!
     
    #40 Thehuntmaster, Mar 28, 2012
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