tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post3161659198523555204..comments2024-02-10T08:13:07.736+00:00Comments on Round-The-World Barstool Blues: Strange dealsFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-35763944243935933912012-03-20T03:16:06.169+00:002012-03-20T03:16:06.169+00:00The Boags'n'Roses combo was soon torpedoed...The Boags'n'Roses combo was soon torpedoed by the vagaries of supply in Beijing: first, Boag's lager was discontinued by its distributor, and very shortly afterwards Four Roses bourbon disappeared (although its replacement as the city's default budget bourbon, Fighting Cock, is arguably a bit nicer, and quite a bit <i>stronger</i>).<br /><br />For a while, we were having to substitute another Tazzy lager, Cascade, for the James Boag's, and accompanying it with a slug of Fighting Cock. Then the Cascade was likewise dropped from the distributor's stock list.<br /><br />Perhaps just as well, because <i>even I</i> was slightly embarrassed to ask for a <b>Cascading Cock</b>.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.com