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Gus

@ballstothis

2 years

A beer from all 32 countries playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Here we go!

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Gus

@ballstothis

3 months

Euro 2024. 24 countries. 24 beers. It's coming home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Gus

@ballstothis

6 years

Only went out and got a beer for all 32 countries competing in the 2018 world cup, didn't i!?

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@ballstothis

3 years

1 tournament. 24 countries. 24 beers. Let's do it!

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@ballstothis

2 years

Argentina - Quilmes Australia - Cooper's Red Ale Belgium - Chimay Blue Brazil - Antarctica Cameroon - Beaufort Light Canada - Moosehead Costa Rica - Imperial Croatia - Karlovacko Denmark - FAXE Ecuador - Pilsener England - Camden Hells France - Kronenbourg 1664

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2 years

Germany - Spaten Oktoberfest Ghana - Club Iran - Istak Japan - Hitachino Red Rice Ale Mexico - Modelo Morocco - Casablanca Netherlands - Bavaria Poland - Tyskie Portugal - Super Bock Qatar - Fizzin Melon Saudi Arabia - Hillsburg Honey

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Senegal - La Gazelle Serbia - Lav South Korea - Cass Spain - Estrella Galicia Switzerland - 1936 Tunisia - Celtia Uruguay - Patricia USA - Miller High Life Wales - Bale Lager

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1 year

A beer from all 32 countries playing at the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia & New Zealand? Let's go!

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@ballstothis

2 years

@mikejhemsley Qatar was hard but @dangrech knows a guy in Qatar who sorted me out. Senegal was ridiculous but managed to get a Russian fella living in Italy to bring me one back from his holiday in Senegal

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@ballstothis

3 years

BEERS 🇦🇹Stiegl 🇧🇪Vedett 🇭🇷Karlovacko 🇨🇿Budvar 🇩🇰FAXE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Camden Hells 🇫🇮Lapland Lager 🇫🇷Meteor Lager 🇩🇪Augustiner 🇭🇺Dreher 🇮🇹Peroni 🇳🇱Grolsch 🇲🇰Skopsko 🇵🇱Zywiec 🇵🇹Super Bock 🇷🇺Baltika 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Schiehallion 🇸🇰Zlaty Bazant 🇪🇸Estrella Galicia 🇸🇪Pistonhead 🇨🇭1936 🇹🇷Efes 🇺🇦Zhygulivske 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Brains

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@ballstothis

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Albania Korca Dark Austria Stiegl Belgium Delirium Croatia Karlovacko Czechia Krusovice Denmark Carlsberg 47 England Hawkstone Lager France Meteor Georgia Zedazeni Germany Tegenseer Spezial Hungary Borsodi Italy Peroni Red Netherlands Alfa Poland Debowe Portugal Super Bock

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@ballstothis

3 months

Romania Ursus Premium Scotland Vault City Iron Brew Serbia Jelen Slovakia Zlaty Bazant Slovenia Lasko Spain Moritz Switzerland 1936 Turkey Efes Draft Ukraine Lvivske

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2 years

@Slatsman Qatar - Fizzin melon non-alc malt bev Iran - Istak non-alc malt bev Saudi Arabia - Hillsburg honey non-alc malt bev Tunisa - nice 250ml bottle of alcoholic Celtia

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6 years

@RobbieSincIair here you go m8

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@ballstothis

3 months

Oh I'm trying to get beers from all over the world. If anybody has any hook ups on these plz give me a shout! Anguilla Burundi Central African Republic Gambia Guinea-Bissau Mayotte Micronesia Niger Northern Mariana Islands Saint Martin Solomon Islands Sudan Tajikistan

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@ballstothis

5 years

Only went out and got a beer for all 24 countries competing in the 2019 women's world cup, didn't i!?

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@ballstothis

6 years

@elliottvenis @FPL_Fly Eurostar and Airbnb in Paris, Flights to Barcelona, shipping from Libya, travelling around London and all the beers - about 500 quid all in :/ but I got two holidays out of it so could be worse!

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@ballstothis

6 years

Oh yeah shout out to @TAbugharsa for sending me the Saudi Arabian Hillsburg all the way from Libya!

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@ballstothis

2 years

@Ankaman616 Oh yes, it seems Ghanaian twitter is VERY happy about this

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6 years

@alexccfc99 Put out a "help me get a Saudi beer tweet" got retweeted by a guy with 50k followers, @TAbugharsa in Libya saw it, said he gets Saudi beer all the time and that he could DHL some bottles over. Like the hero he is, he only went and bloody did it. My hero.

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@ballstothis

2 years

Eurovision beers? Completed it mate

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@ballstothis

2 years

ESPN now. Bloody hell.

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@ESPNFC

2 years

This fan got a beer from every country playing in the World Cup 🍻 (via @ballstothis )

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2 years

@MorganRees333 Yesss, love this. Excellent presentation to. I also did the euros as well

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@ballstothis

3 years

1 tournament. 24 countries. 24 beers. Let's do it!

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@ballstothis

2 years

Can't believe that one of the breweries I chose for the world cup has sent me some beer. Big up to @coopersbrewery for sending over some of their sparkling ale and pale ale, will be cracking into these and cheering on the socceroos today. Cheers mate 🍻

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@ballstothis

2 years

Did I leave to fly to New Zealand before the end of groups G and H. Yes. Did I bring all the yet to be eliminated beers with me? Yes. Is this the face of a guy that got very little sleep on the flights? Yes. Does this taste of Luis Suarez's tears? Ohhhhhhh yes Cheers! 🍻🇺🇾

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@ballstothis

6 years

This one goes out to @Shoddyrob - a bottle of Gallia brewed in France and a bottle of some Dry & Bitter brewed in Denmark

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@ballstothis

3 months

@janhopi Go hard or go home

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@ballstothis

1 year

and here's the beer list

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@ballstothis

2 years

Few hours late but Canada were eliminated earlier so I'm allowed to drink an actual beer and it's a bottle from @MooseheadLager . It's cold, it's fizzy, it's 5% and perfectly drinkable. What more do you want? Cheers! 🍻🇨🇦

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@ballstothis

3 months

@YungSpvnach Oh yeah i hadn't fort o' daaaaat

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@ballstothis

2 years

Qatar getting knocked out first is just perfect for this world cup. This can of Fizzin is pretty good for a non-alc malt bev, just tastes like a melon fizzy drink. I don't want to know how much sugar is in it. Cheers! 🍻🇶🇦

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@ballstothis

6 years

@EmilAtanasovski @DusanMih @Fire_and_Skill But you can sing I WANNA KNOW WHAT LAV IIIIIIIISSSSSS whenever you drink it

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@ballstothis

6 years

@FPL_Fly @elliottvenis Relax, I got a Major from the corner shop. Had to go to Barcelona to get the Uruguayan bottle of Patricia

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@ballstothis

2 years

Absolutely insane world cup final, was totally worth the 4am start in New Zealand! France are the final country to be losers so it's time to say au revoir and drink a can of numbers (actually brewed in France, not the UK brewed stuff) so yeah, santé! 🍻🇫🇷

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@ballstothis

3 years

@dantracey1983 Oh don't get me started on those Bier Chancers. Ha I definitely don't have the space for 72 bottles! I'm drinking each beer when that country gets knocked out instead.

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@ballstothis

2 years

As if I'm having to drink this already. Belgium are ranked #2 in the world and they're out in the group stage. Unbelievable. This is the strongest beer of the lot but it doesn't taste like 9% at all. Lovely drop and I've got the glass like a full kit wanker. Cheers! 🍻🇧🇪

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@ballstothis

2 years

As an England fan I am very happy to be drinking this bottle of La Gazelle from Senegal. Still can't believe this was one of the hardest beers to get but ah well. The beer itself? Yeah it's fine, pretty inoffensive lager. Cheers! 🍻🇸🇳

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@ballstothis

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@MarkShaw_Design 🇦🇹Stiegl 🇧🇪Vedett 🇭🇷Karlovacko 🇨🇿Budvar 🇩🇰FAXE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Camden Hells 🇫🇮Lapland Lager 🇫🇷Meteor Lager 🇩🇪Augustiner 🇭🇺Dreher 🇮🇹Peroni 🇳🇱Grolsch 🇲🇰Skopsko 🇵🇱Zywiec 🇵🇹Super Bock 🇷🇺Baltika 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Schiehallion 🇸🇰Zlaty Bazant 🇪🇸Estrella Galicia 🇸🇪Pistonhead 🇨🇭1936 🇹🇷Efes 🇺🇦Zhygulivske 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Brains

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@ballstothis

2 years

Going from the smallest beer to the biggest beer, this is a litre can of Faxe and it's fucking massive. Denmark were rubbish and deserved to get knocked out but this is pretty nice lager so no complaints from me on this one. Cheers! 🍻🇩🇰

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@ballstothis

3 months

That can of Feldschlossen ain't from Switzerland, lads And I imagine most if not all of the Birra Moretti, Tyskie, Staropramen, Carlsberg, Heineken, Kronenbourg and Stella were brewed in England or Scotland

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@ladbible

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THREAD: We got a beer from every country competing in Euro 2024! 🍻⚽

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@ballstothis

2 years

Tunisia are out so it's time for the smallest beer of the lot - a 250ml bottle of Celtia. This really isn't a good lager so I'm pretty glad I don't have much of it to drink. Cheers! 🍻🇹🇳

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@ballstothis

2 years

Ecuador are out so it's time for what is apparently the most popular beer in the country, @PilsenerEcuador . It's a bit malty and a bit syrupy and pretty decent on the whole. Cheers! 🍻🇪🇨

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@ballstothis

2 years

Portugal got dumped out by the resilient Moroccans so it's time for this excellent bottle of Super Bock. Ronaldo walking down the tunnel and bawling his eyes out really was great to see. Cheers! 🍻🇵🇹

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@ballstothis

6 years

@peterajackson Drink when the country gets knocked out. End of the group stages will be terrifying.

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@ballstothis

6 years

@jonadevitt Iran is Delster and Saudi is Hillsburg. They're both gonna be...lovely...

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@ballstothis

4 years

After sending off the visa application in February, Kimberley Robertson has finally had her visa approved and will be arriving in the UK on August 26th! 🎉🎉🎉

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5 years

Forgot to announce it at the time but me and Kimbo are engaged and the wedding is in a couple of weeks. Cool.

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3 months

@jezmyers That picture is missing some Lvivske...

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@ballstothis

2 years

Congrats to Argentina and Lionel Messi! I drank this bottle of Quilmes live on the back of the net podcast with @arnettwill @sammymewy and @MoneyLynch which was the best way to round off this crazy month. I'll get xmas out of the way first and then embrace sobriety. Cheers! 🍻🇦🇷

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@ballstothis

3 months

@Anujbost I've bought Mahou, Estrella Damm, Estrella Galicia, Cruzcampo and Alhambra for previous tournaments. Amstel and San Miguel don't count as they are from Netherlands and Phillip ones respectively. Wanted to go for something different this year.

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@ballstothis

3 years

So I chose Estrella Galicia for this silly beer thing and then the beer started trending in Spain so of course a Galician newspaper asked me about it. Twitter is nuts sometimes. Shout out to @xabisanmartinc

Arrasa el tuit sobre Estrella Galicia de un hincha inglés

A media tarde de este sábado Estrella Galicia estaba entre los temas más comentados de Twitter en España (siendo parte del top 10 de trending topics),...

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@ballstothis

2 years

This one from @GlamBrewingCo goes out to all the Welsh people I know. Would have been great to see you make it through to the second round but it wasn't to be. Nice craft lager here in honour of Gareth, lloniannau! 🍻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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@ballstothis

2 years

Just had a LIVE interview on Talksport and you better believe I came across as a massive beer nerd

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@ballstothis

2 years

Mexico got knocked out so I got stuck into this Modelo. You've all had it before so you know it's a lovely little lager. Should there be a slice of lime with it? Not sure, but I don't have any line in the flat anyway so it doesn't matter. Cheers! 🍻🇲🇽

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@ballstothis

2 years

@BelgradeRSC Don't get much Serbian beer in the UK. It's either Lav or Jelen and I did Jelen last time...

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@ballstothis

7 years

The last 2 episodes of @AthleticoMince are unbelievably good. Still pissing myself after multiple repeat listens. OHHHHHHHHH YEAH

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@ballstothis

3 months

@Anujbost Alhambra Green is an absolute treat tbf and I love Alhambra Especially, really good lager

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@ballstothis

2 years

Was a shame to see Japan get knocked out by Croatia on penalties, but their spot kicks in the shootout were awful so can't really complain. This is a red rice ale by Hitachino and it's pretty good. Cheers! 🍻🇯🇵

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@ballstothis

2 years

Iran got knocked out last night which means I have to deal with this non-alc malt beverage and I'm really not enjoying drinking this at all. It's got a kind of mild vinegar taste to it which makes sense but now I'm wishing I'd got a flavoured Istak instead. Cheers! 🍻🇮🇷

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6 years

As if this couldn't get any weirder, some guy on Reddit is pretending to be me and talking about when he's going to drink all of 'his' beer.

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@ballstothis

4 years

Euro 96 starts on ITV4 tonight so of course I got a few beers in

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@ballstothis

2 years

Ahahaha as if I've been on BBC Radio Gloucestershire now

BBC Gloucestershire

@BBCGlos

2 years

As England prepare to kick-off their World Cup campaign today, a Cheltenham Town fan has gone viral for creating a 'beers of the world cup' list. Gus Hully has a beer from every country competing and will join @cummingsradio from 7 this morning.

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@ballstothis

2 years

And here we go with the bottle of Casablanca from Morocco. Fair play to them for getting as far as they did, I thought I'd be drinking this much earlier! Anyway, this lager is perfectly fine but nothing special. Cheers! 🍻🇲🇦

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@ballstothis

2 years

Spain out in the second round once again? Incredible scenes. You've all had Estrella Galicia before, you know it's a great lager. Salud! 🍻🇪🇦

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@ballstothis

8 years

Shoulda done this on Wednesday but you know. #Euro2016 24 countries. 24 beers. Nailed it, ladz.

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3 years

@KarlJLatham There's a Balkan shop in West Hampstead. Got the North Macedonian beer from there and all

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@ballstothis

2 years

Just went on Back Of The Net podcast hosted by the @arnettwill , superbowl winner @MoneyLynch and world cup winner @sammymewy and all I can say is fucking hellllllllllll

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@ballstothis

2 years

Poland got knocked out by France so it's Tyskie time. Can't go wrong with a classic Polish lager so yeah, cheers! 🍻🇵🇱

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@ballstothis

2 years

They're coming thick and fast now and again, I cannot believe I'm drinking this so early but I fucking love that I am. Absolute scenes. Once again I've gone full kit wanker with the Spaten glass and once again it's a lovely beer. Prost! 🍻🇩🇪

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8 months

@We_Global Absolutely ridiculous tournament so far!

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4 months

Eurovision 2024 beers let's go! (I've decided to leave Israel out for obvious reasons)

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@ballstothis

2 years

Went to a Korean shop, bought some beers 🇰🇷🍻

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@ballstothis

2 years

@jlsinc I work with some French people and they are not happy with my choice

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@ballstothis

2 years

Think it's pretty safe to say I'll be drinking the can of Qatari non-alc first then

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6 years

@bibiegurl1 Some random corner shop in Plaistow, East London :)

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@ballstothis

2 years

Finally managed to secure the 16 beers for the 16 countries competing at #WEURO2022

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@ballstothis

2 years

Knockout round beers are go go go! USA got dumped out by the Dutch so its time to live the high life with the Champagne of Beers. Considering all the shit I got for this, it's...fine enough? Plus it's a bloody Tall Boy! USA! USA! USA! Cheers! 🍻🇺🇸

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@ballstothis

3 years

1 dry penis, apparently

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@tvs_los

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@ballstothis 1 tournament. 24 countries. 24 beers. 1 dry penis. 0 mates. Let's do it!

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@ballstothis

2 years

"I would love to do what you did but honestly I don't want to put in the work of sourcing the bottles" is a ridiculous line, fair play to him for being so honest I suppose

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@ballstothis

3 years

Time for a Skopsko after #MKD got eliminated last night 🍻

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@ballstothis

7 years

Meeting up with a girl off okcupid and I've been drinking cans in parks all day. Let's see how this one plays out.

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@ballstothis

3 months

@xgform Hampstead Food & Drinks in London. Website says out of stock but they might have some on the shelves

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2 years

It came home

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@ballstothis

2 years

Costa Rica got knocked out so it's time for this bottle of Imperial and like the Pilsener from Ecuador, it's got a real syrupy taste to it which isn't great but it's awful so yeah, cheers! 🍻🇨🇷

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@ballstothis

2 years

I got a fair bit of grief for choosing @Bavaria for the Netherlands beer but I've had some good times drinking €4 pints of it at @the_waterhole so it's all good with me. Shame to see the Dutch out but this is a nice euro lager. Proost! 🍻🇳🇱

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@ballstothis

2 years

This bottle of @Chale_Club goes out to everybody in Ghana who was on board with me getting this massive bottle of Club. This decent lager is going down very nicely. Cheers! 🍻🇬🇭

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@ballstothis

2 years

Saudi Arabia also got knocked out so it's time for the non-alcoholic Hillsburg Honey which is easily the flattest drink I've ever had. Honestly, it was flatter than water. At least it had the sweet honey flavour which made it half decent. Cheers! 🍻🇸🇦

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@ballstothis

2 years

The favourites are out! Kinda wish I'd woken up at 4am to watch it but ah well. Expected this to taste of samba and sunshine, instead it tasted of cat revenge and Neymar's tears. Cheers! 🍻

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6 years

Oh and @Rich9908 did an article about it featuring the terms 'football hipster', 'nerdy' and 'geeky'

Mirror Football

@MirrorFootball

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The World Cup of Beers! One hipster football fan's epic quest to buy lager from each of the 32 countries | @Rich9908

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@ballstothis

5 years

Probably should have done this when it actually happened but oh well. Got married and then had the reception in a brewery. Very on brand, i'm sure you'll agree. Happy Valentine's Day, Bosh x

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3 months

The last 24 hours

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2 years

Ahahaha well tempted by this. Just imagine the backlash if I sold out for $$$

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@ballstothis

5 years

2 weeks today I'll be in New Zealand eating pies, wearing shorts and saying "sweet as, bro" at every opportunity. Can't fucking wait m8s

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2 years

Looks like this is doing the rounds again

Out Of Context Football

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3 months

When @1936biere got in touch to say they'd send a few cans as thanks, i was expecting a few cans. But then a massive package turned up and yes that's a 3 litre bottle of beer that probably weighs more than me! I never do this for free stuff so it's amazing whenever it happens ❤️

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@ballstothis

1 year

Absolutely back on my bullshit right now

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3 years

@GoalazoShirts Drinking the beer when the country gets knocked out so not drinking any of these just yet...

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@ballstothis

10 months

Little update on trying to drink a beer from every country! Managed to have lagers from North Korea 🇰🇵 and Seychelles 🇸🇨, a stout from Palau 🇵🇼 and a hard ginger beer from Tonga 🇹🇴 which has brought my totals up to 183 on Untappd, 190 on Ratebeer and 191 overall 🤘

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7 years

Timely reminder that Brand New fans are the absolute worst

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