Post #631986 by atomictonytiki on Tue, Apr 10, 2012 11:19 PM

On 2012-04-04 11:13, TikiHardBop wrote:
Just saw that the next Bond film will have him changing from martinis to beer -- and not just beer -- Heineken. One of the few European beers that actually sucks. Not much of a Bond fan, but this is pandering, even for them.
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But Bond does on occasion drink beer under some permissible circumstances, from Lt. Colonel William ('Bill') Tanner's 'The Book of Bond or, Every Man His Own 007'

Basically you're a hard liquor man (though, as explained below, you go for certain wines). You avoid sherry, port and liqueur brandies, which belong to stuffy connoisseurship. On the other hand, you must never drink beer, at least in England. A Lowenbrau in Geneva, a Miller's Highlife in New York State, a couple of Red Stripes in Jamaica, as many as four steins of the local brew in Munich with an ex-Luftwaffe pilot - these are legitimate, but keep things within bounds. English beer, like stout, cider, etc., to belongs to pubs and you avoid these where possible, except when the place turns out to be deserted apart from the landlord. To be seen with a pint of beer in your hand would be instant death to all your hopes of 007ship.