Well this is evil stud 5 botkkes down and I’m spouting crao like dozy etc
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Christ on a bike mate, that’s strong stuff, what about that Lefe they sell in Spoons, I can only drink one pint of that Belguim beer as it’s about 8 % abv.
Or the Dutch Oranjeboom, about 9 % abv, had one can on the beach at Weymouth and had to wee in the sea every five minutes.
I sunk 5 last night 
Felling
You drinking lads would do well to try a bottle (half litre) of McEwans ‘Champion’ 7.3%.
On sale in all supermarkets.
I’ve got a few years drinking behind me now (I started at an early age), and I can confidently say Champion is as good a drink of ale as I’ve ever had.
Seek it out and give it a try.
Health Warning:- It is Not, and must not be imbibed by trainee drinkers. 
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When I lived in Belgium bars had a wide variety of really strong beers some of which had an abv stronger than the average wine.Dubbel and Trippel Trappist springs to mind.It’s a cheap night out if you sup some of those.
Once,in a back street bar in Brugge, Mrs GOM got terribly ‘leathered’ on Trappist Ales. When I got her back to the hotel I ‘feared’ for my safety. WE were a lot younger at the time and we learned a lesson that has remained to this day…13% Trappist ales need respect.
When I say she got leathered…Mr GOM wasn’t far behind. 
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Mental 'rithmatic says 2.5 litres of 8% is the same half a litre of 40%
That is half of a litre bottle (obviously), or two thirds of a normal bottle, of spirits.
When I worked for the Belgians I was weekended in Zeebee whilst getting a new windscreen fitted.
I had my 11 year old daughter with me and we spent a day in town, having coffee and shopping etc.
We met a Brit Denby driver and we went out at night and ended up in Montys (Monte Carlo bar) daughter loved it as the barman had a puppy which kept her occupied while I kept an eye on her.
We had a few bottles of beer and a good night and I felt ok totally sober.
But…as soon as I got out in fresh air it hit me like a punch in the face…I was just about staggering
I thought wtf ? …has somebody spiked me or what.
I had a half drunk bottle in my hand, took back to cab …(did not finish it btw) , and woke up with a head like Birken Head…I had only drank half a dozen bottles.
One of our Belgian drivers saw the bottle in my cab in the morning, and did a gesture of rejection shaking his head saying ''You have not been on that have you Rob ‘’ 
Dodgy bloody stuff whatever it was.
I second this. It’s my go to Beer from supermarkets.
There was a time when PandO were flogging 1 litre bottles of cask strength 53% Glennfiddich and another 63% Scotch nutter brew I can’t remember for less than 30 quid each.In the good old days of the EU I bought one of each of those and two of the standard 43% and drank them on the basis of a single measure of each at weekends only.
Ooh ! Can I frame that?
The spirits we carried in tanks was not for connoisseurs. Somewhere in the 90’s% and approximately as inflammable as petrol. Not to be treated lightly.
Sometimes whisky down and sometimes brandy back, but more often non haz foodstuffs.
If any dregs worked their way to the bottom after tipping that was considered by some to be fair game, but the whisky often contained bits of black charcoal from the filters. I normally tried to get a water rinse immediately after tipping to get that off the sides rather than mess around getting a few glasses of booze out of it.
After tipping Martini in Eire I returned empty to the UK. The Waterguard in Pembroke went on top with a bag of table salt. “Now we don’t want anyone taking the dregs out the bottom” he said to me, and chucked the contents in the tank.
I heard on reliable advice that CF is up for a MBE or OBE for services to the country for the transportation industry, or possibly a Lord or a Sir.
Defo MBE, a Make Believe Engineer.
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Hi.
Thanks for your reply.I remember the Monte Carlo well.It was a regular
watering hole for me when i lived in Zeeby village just behind it.I
moved to Blankenberge and travelled up by tram.The bar used to be 24
hours open.When I remarried the wife and me used to take our little
daughter in there saturday nights where she was well looked after.I
wonder if the place is still open.It did a huge business but dropped off
a lot when the new underpass was built and many GB drivers drove
straight past on their way to or from a ferry.
As you say that Trappist beer is one of several with a high abv.It
catches many out because it was quite smooth tasting as it disconnected
you from your legs.
All the best,
Paul
Hi Grumpy.
Thanks for your reply.Your experience with the mrs.and Trappist sounds
scary.Clearly you survived the experience.My little woman does not drink
any kind of beer but can get menacing after a couple of gins.She is only
4ft.10 to my 6ft.but she gets me off guard when I’m lying down.
The Trappist is a smooth beer but I think the Belgians use it to take
the pi55 out of visitors for their own amusement.
All the best,
Paul
A frame degree.
No such mediocre honour for our hero, there’s a Conclave of Cardinals meeting in Rome coming up,I have it on good authority that our lads name is in the hat.
He can apply for position online on Indeed.