What beer for Bond?

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    0073 wrote:
    Ian Fleming states in no uncertain terms that "Bond is not a qourmand".

    No, he doesn't- he says that Bond is not a gourmet- there's a difference!
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 977MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    0073 wrote:
    Ian Fleming states in no uncertain terms that "Bond is not a qourmand".

    No, he doesn't- he says that Bond is not a gourmet- there's a difference!

    Yes, quite right: according to the Cambridge Dictionary: Gourmet: a person who knows a lot about food and cooking, and who enjoys eating high-quality food

    Gourmand: a person who enjoys eating large amounts of food.
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  • 00730073 COPPosts: 977MI6 Agent
    I'm not sure I agree with you there, 0073. A 'beer-guy' imo is someone who prefers beer or habitually drinks beer. The Bond of the novels is essentially a spirits drinker, although he consumes champagne just as much as whisky in its various guises which is his most-consumed spirit. Sure he has had a beer, but it's usually for local colour or when little else is available. But that's different from being a 'beer-guy' in my opinion. {[]

    Exactly; Bond is not a beer-guy, I never said he were, I only said that we should not consider beer as out of his scope. But saying that he is or is not a whisky-guy, a wino (well maybe not a wino) or champagne-guy is over simplification. He will drink, what he finds appropriate for the moment, but it is true that he does prefer hard spirits, when appropriate. And as for beer, he drinks enough of it, that we can safely say that he is a habitual beer consumer, when in the right environments. And that includes SE-England.
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
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  • 00730073 COPPosts: 977MI6 Agent
    I am a tit.

    I re-read my posts in this thread, and realized that I come off as a bit(?) of a fundamentalist. 8-) 8-)

    So let me try to make things a little bit clearer: The OP posted a valid question, "What beer for Bond?". Since it has been established that Bond does indeed drink (an occasional) beer, both in the novels as well as in the movies, it is not an unreasonable question. It is not fair to the OP to just go off and say that "Bond's not a beer guy", and be done with it.

    Now that is what riled me in this thread in the first place.

    Then I tried to hijack this thread with an off topic tirade on what Bond drinks and whether he's a "beer-guy" (doing my best Al Pacino impression from the "Scent"). And for this I am sorry.

    Now, with that cleared up: 1)Bond drinks (occasionally) a beer or two. 2) He is known to favour lagers. 3) We know his taste in beer is definitely "international" as in "not British beer" (Löwenbrau, Miller High Life, Red Stripe etc.). With that in mind; What would be his choices today, I understand if people say Heineken, it is not entirely without merit. It was perfectly cast beer when the setting is considered, much more so than the rare and expensive MaCallan at the beach bar. Cutty Sark from the same parent group would have been a much more appropriate for that scene.

    Do you think, that his choice would be always something easy, or would he be willing to try some of the fashionable micro brands with their artesanal offerings.

    Cheers.
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • DiabolikDiabolik TexasPosts: 117MI6 Agent
    Connery - Scotch Ale

    Lazenby - Hefeweizen

    Moore - Bitter

    Dalton - Trappist Ale

    Brosnan - Dry Stout

    Craig - Adjunct Lager
    1.TSWLM 2.LTK 3.YOLT 4.OHMSS 5.TWINE 6.LALD 7.MR 8.GE 9.DN 10.FRWL
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    Diabolik wrote:
    Connery - Scotch Ale

    Since I'm effectively AJB's man in Scotland, can I ask- what's this, and where can you buy it? :)
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,033MI6 Agent
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    Ah, thanks CHB- it's known as "heavy" here! "A pint of heavy, please" would be a perfectly normal order.
  • thesecretagentthesecretagent CornwallPosts: 2,151MI6 Agent
    Bud with a lime in LTK
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  • DiabolikDiabolik TexasPosts: 117MI6 Agent
    Bud with a lime in LTK
    Doesn't really count. He only orders it as an afterthought while focusing on his job, and never takes a single sip
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    Bond: Pierce Brosnan Villain: Hugo Drax Girl: Pam Bouvier
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Diabolik wrote:
    Bud with a lime in LTK
    Doesn't really count. He only orders it as an afterthought while focusing on his job, and never takes a single sip
    No one in his right mind would.
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  • DiabolikDiabolik TexasPosts: 117MI6 Agent
    Peppermill wrote:
    No one in his right mind would.
    Agreed. I actually like the scene, because it's a bit of a knock against Budweiser, as soon as the waitress sets it down he smacks a goon's head against the table and spills it. I like to think part of it was out of disgust at the idea of having to drink that swill

    Dalton's Bond strikes me as the kind of guy who, if he had to drink beer, would go for something Belgian
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    Bond: Pierce Brosnan Villain: Hugo Drax Girl: Pam Bouvier
  • mpoplawskimpoplawski New Jersey, USAPosts: 128MI6 Agent
    I vote for Red Stripe or Miller High-Life.
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    M: "Jealous husbands, outraged chefs, humiliated tailors . . . the list is endless."
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