British drinking culture is the best | Cheers!

[@Hrodn]

A Brit whose never heard of buying rounds is lying.

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

Or Scottish.

[@Hrodn]

@@Tom_KZbin_stole_my_handle I disagree, all the Scotts I know join in on a round until its their turn to buy one. Then they suddenly dissappear to the toilet and wait there until someone else buys the round. They time it perfectly, it must be in their genes.

[@charleswatson1093]

@@Hrodn A person from Scotland is a Scot.

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

@@charleswatson1093 You can be Scottish without being a Scot. Scottish - Scottlike. I'll stop offending now.

[@DJRiskit]

@@charleswatson1093 I know a Scot but he's not Scottish it's just his name.

[@davsav]

I once heard a Canadian darts player say that in Canada he is a drinker, in Los Angeles he is an alcoholic and in the UK he is a beginner.

[@stephengiles8326]

Was this John Part by any chance?

[@davsav]

@@stephengiles8326 I don't recall the name.

[@MegaBoilermaker]

Indeed.

[@mikeoxmall3323]

Bollocky Bill he said uk which includes Scotland

[@dmxdex]

@@stephengiles8326 defo John part

[@barrygower6733]

A drink after work means seven or eight pints in a pub then off to the local Indian for a curry and a few pints of lager.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Sounds about right

[@nicktankard1244]

Oh yes that's why i like the UK. It's the same in Moscow. What's the point of going to a pub for just 1-2 beers anyway?

[@frankbrodie5168]

@@nicktankard1244 Even as a broad Yorkshireman with 100% Scottish roots I'm not sure I would claim that the U.K. can compare to Russian drinking habits. They're totally off the scale.

[@nicktankard1244]

Frank Brodie I was talking about Moscow mostly. People in Moscow are not that crazy. 8-10 pints after work and then some food sounds about right.

[@TheCorek1949]

@@frankbrodie5168 Moscow drinking has dropped through the floor in the last few years, ever since they decided Beer was alcoholic and they removed the beer machines from the streets.

[@mikebridgewater3538]

I have no idea why as a Brit I am so obsessed with watching these videos on a Canadians view of Britain

[@graememorrison333]

Because Alanna is lovely to look at? (At least that's why I'm here !)

[@johnturner4400]

The plural of a drink is “a drink”

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Ahhh of course!

[@BipoIarbear]

Or "some drinks"

[@ewanmcintyre955]

A drink is never just 1 drink. If we drink we really drink

[@fitzhamilton]

The plural of "drink" is in fact "drunk."

[@Its.My.Life.]

Are we going ‘out’ or ‘out out’

[@piggypuddles813]

“Rounds” is definitely a thing when out drinking in UK. Nobody goes to the bar without asking everyone they are with “what are you having?” Unless you want to be called a tight a*s*

[@AnonEyeMouse]

@The Hilldog Alcohol is for everyone. Which is why it's awesome.

[@AnonEyeMouse]

We all have that ass of a friend who kicks off the rounds... when there are 30 people with you. Screw that. Best way of stopping that behaviour is just thank them for the gift and not do rounds at all. If there's more than 5 people... don't be a prick, just don't start rounds.

[@hulsfamcalcan]

S B so you go by yourself then...

[@jumbo4billion]

Rounds are awful, it's a way for the alcoholic in your group to push everyone into drink at their pace. It is a sure sign of cuntyness.

[@20ZZ20]

i think it depends on your friends group and how busy the pub is, we rarely do unless it's busy or we'll do it in smaller groups (e.g. the pissheads will group with the other pissheads like me to buy more frequently)

[@waziotter]

3 rules for foreigners drinking with locals in the UK. 1. Get your round in. No excuses. None. Not standing your round is almost as bad as queue jumping 2. Don’t try to keep up with British drinkers. You will regret it. We’ve been doing this since we were 14. 3. If you want to be left alone, sit at a table. If you want to chat to strangers, sit or stand at the bar. Them’s the rules.

[@chrisshelley3027]

Drinking since we were 14? Surely you mean 742ad or probably earlier

[@DJ_Dopamine]

I wouldn't want your liver then!

[@HUNdAntae]

"Don't try keeping up with UK drinkers" is clearly meant for the colonials. If you are from Eastern Europe, you will get bored 3 times over while they're putting like half pint "under the collar".

[@milton1969able]

By your reckoning rules one and two are incompatible :|

[@waziotter]

milton1969able nope. When it is your round you don’t have to buy one for yourself. And soft drinks are always available.

[@jacobslater6787]

i’ve just started crying, i miss the pub so much

[@Astonishist]

When it comes to going out for a drink, eating's cheating. Carded here would be ID'd. I got asked for ID in Vegas at the age of 40. I was like, are you having a laugh! He wasn't.

[@tonys1636]

My Sister and I would often go to the Pub together I was 16 and never asked for ID, she was 23 and always asked for it, still was when in her mid 30's.

[@frankbrodie5168]

Yeah my mum's boss was in her mid 30's when she visited the U.S. maybe 30 years ago. And it made her whole holiday being asked in a bar if she was old enough.

[@roynishapati8426]

Ditto - I got ID in New York on my 40th! it was hilarious 😂😂😂

[@ericcuthbert5974]

He was giving you a compliment.🔴

[@timsummers870]

I'm always carded in the US too. Twice I've had to go back to my hotel to pick up my PASSPORT because they wouldn't accept my foreign-issued ID. Note to self, isn't my passport as foreign as my ID? What's the difference? It's a bar, not an airport. The second time that that happened, I asked a couple of cops on the way back to the Hard Rock Café if it made sense to require a passport. Both of the cops were adamant that a passport was an overkill and that an ID is enough. They also told me what I already knew: "You're not traveling, you shouldn't be carrying your passport around".

[@mattykevlee]

With the rounds thing, if people say “I’m not out long so I’ll stay on my own”, it normally gets met with “Don’t be a dick, what do you want?”

[@michaelsimpson4901]

When you break the seal and spend every 30 minutes going for a pee

[@Sonnyblack100]

Michael Simpson the seal is a lie , it’s because everyone is sniffing gear

[@diarmidthomson7878]

More like every 5 mins

[@REALmacheight]

In London that's coke breaks.

[@dave_h_8742]

😮 learn something new every day. Never too old to learn.

[@andyleighton6969]

You don't so much buy beer as rent it...

[@ao8612]

Pretty much everything we do in the UK involves drinking: Game of golf? Beer Bowling? Beer Cinema? Beer Sun? Beer Someone died? Beer Kids 4th bday party? Beer

[@Jeff-Vader-1]

Got a day off ? Beer

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

You forgot to mention beer? Beer

[@DeannaAllison]

@@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835 One just has to grin and beer it.

[@_Jfb]

Played sport of any kind? Beer

[@richardhockey8442]

Riot -> beer, German bombers blowing your house up -> beer, recession -> beer, coronavirus -> beer

[@seangannon193]

Usually in part of england i live we have a kitty, each person puts a tenner or 20 quid in a kitty and the round is brought out of that. then when money runs out we each put more in again

[@jamescarter421]

Hi Alanna. I just found your channel a couple days ago, and have been watching non-stop. I'm American and live in Ohio. I think your videos are great, and I love your sense of humor. Keep up the great work.

[@JohnRS100]

Buying your first drink in a pub is a real right of passage moment in the UK. I was 16 when I had my first and am now 71. In all that time I have never been challenged about my age. I very rarely drink at home but love the pub atmosphere and go there 2 or 3 times a week for 3 to 4 hours with some friends. In that time I will have 3 or 4 pints. The purpose of the visit is social rather than consuming alcohol. An alternative to the round system is the kitty system. This means that when they arrive everybody puts an agreed amount into the kitty and the drinks are bought from this rather than an individual paying for them.

[@kevoconnor145]

Yep and like you (and myself) if you could get away with it underage then all the more sweet the experience.

[@ihatemymeds]

I'm not surprised you have never been ID'd. You started drinking in the 60's when no-one cared about stuff like that, and no-one is going to ID you these days. Lol

[@kevoconnor145]

@@ihatemymeds it was still not a big thing in the late 90's early 2000's when I started drinking.

[@wyterabitt2149]

@@ihatemymeds I never got id'd in the late 90s when I was 14/15. I've been id'd twice in my life. Once it was for Fireworks, and it was because I was with someone I was at uni with but did look about 15 just really tall. I still talked my way into getting them even though neither of us had Id. The other time I was buying whisky, again with a uni friend and same situation and outcome. Both these were at a supermarket.

[@ihatemymeds]

@@wyterabitt2149 All I know is that I was being asked for ID when I started drinking. Even though I was tall, and had facial hair. That was in the mid to late naughties.

[@MediaAttorney]

I love these videos where you drink because they get progressively funnier and funnier!! LOL! More please! =)

[@arthurgatward7369]

You do realise that we Brits had to stand up every time you played the national anthem, ii need a drink after all that exercise.

[@johnclements6614]

When they used to play the national anthem at the end of a film in the cinema people used to run ot so they would not have to stand to attention.

[@annother3350]

@Josh Atheists are like religious vegans -- they always have to preach to you that they're atheist!

[@FaithPixel]

@@annother3350 when mentioning you are an atheist is considered preaching 😂😂 never mind the nut bags knocking at my door.

[@annother3350]

@@FaithPixel The fucking irony eh?!?!

[@lilyliz3071]

@@johnclements6614 run ! Was more like a stampede unless you wanted to stay and see the film again

[@laurastockford5703]

We buy in rounds because queuing at the bar is just painful. Get it done on 1 go. Did like the table service when I was in Canada and America.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

That's a good point! Getting a beer at the bar can be hard here, but it's way more common to have table service in Canada instead.

[@laurastockford5703]

@@AdventuresAndNaps pitchers of kokanee brought to the table. Loved it.

[@CrazyInWeston]

Go to a Wetherspoons, download the app, get beer delivered to your table via the app. No more standing at the bar.

[@mirvids5036]

Don't you hate it when the person in front of you decides what they want only when it's their turn rather than while they were waiting. Aarrrgh !

[@dismafuggerhere2753]

telling people not to buy you a drink will still end up with a drink being bought for you.

[@alexwright4930]

At least you can say you tried to get out of the round system I guess. I usually just try to buy a drink for an individual who bought me a drink, often too skint for a full round system.

[@peterb7549]

If done that plenty of times

[@shlibbermacshlibber4106]

If you don't want people to buy you a round don't do to the pub, because once you're inside, it will happen

[@jur4x]

In some countries, saying you are not going to drink, usually means everyone and their sister will try to make you drink. Everything goes - blackmail, shaming, guilting into, etc.

[@diarmidthomson7878]

My friend group is never entirely in sync so I'll just go for my next one and ask if anyone wants another

[@johnscott3714]

Hi Alanna! The brilliant editing you do of your vlogs adds to the smile factor that you put on the faces of the people who watch these. Well done!

[@rowesk]

No mention of nursing a Special Brew on a park bench? This is not the Britain I know!

[@piggypuddles813]

Chris Rowe 😂😂

[@dandelionmel]

Or white lighting

[@vitusdoom]

Kestrel super also 😃 had 2 cans of that stuff before going to work in the local co op store when I was 16. I was fucking hammered off 2 cans, 9.5%. They sent me home haha

[@chrisfryer3118]

Karapache here, still 9% and cheaper than 'brew (8%), Kestrel is for the refined (&minted) street drinker, or if flush the big blue bottle of cider flavoured alcohol

[@vitusdoom]

Chris Fryer Refined 😂 love it!

[@6stringsandthetruth]

If someone from Britain says they’ve never heard of ‘rounds’ you can guarantee all their friends have and they think the guy who claims not to know about ‘rounds’ is a sponging wanker.

[@RodRuth]

It's my understanding that "Pub" is just the short form for "Public House." Playing "God Save the Queen" every time you sip, is absolutely hilarious. As always, love watching your videos.

[@Dazgerrard]

Any British person who says they haven’t heard of a round, Is just cheap.

[@gatekeeperboxing5898]

I've heard of it, but i've never actually bought a drink in a pub ever.

[@20ZZ20]

fuck rounds, i drink at double the pace of my peers unfortunately, can't be sitting there with an empty glass for an hour

[@peterb2286]

Anyone who doesn't buy a round is SENSIBLE! Amazing how when it's their round it's beer. Your round, they all want triple whiskey and a pint! Nah! Buy your own pal!

[@ShainThomas]

You're not wrong!

[@ShainThomas]

You're right.

[@finnegan6371]

Drinking culture has changed a lot in the UK in the last forty years. It used to be far more male-dominated, men would often leave their wives at home while they went to the pub with their friends or to see them there - that doesn't happen so much now. Not long ago smoking was allowed inside pubs. There was very little food (and if there was, it was quite basic - chicken or scampi in a basket for example because there were no washing up facilities) and there were no gastropubs. In the 70s and 80s the main drinks in the South were bitter and lager, mild has always been popular further North, but in recent years craft ales, unheard of for a while even after the turn of the century, light ales and summer ales have really taken off, also cider mixed with other fruits.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

"A drink after work" at my place generally means pack up early at 3.30pm, in the pub by 3.35pm, and stick with the same seats until approx midnight (no chance of food), if you're lucky it's a taxi home, if you're unlucky it's back to someone's flat to carry on and hope that you remember to text home to say you won't be back, before realising too late at 9am that you forgot to do that.... 😴🍺

[@lancewhitchurch512]

Sort your life out 😂

[@IANNEIL77]

Always do rounds the lad who has never done rounds he must never go to the pub with other people A brit not knowing about rounds mmmm

[@IANNEIL77]

@Catfish Billy Exactly what i was thinking mate

[@MrPJParker1]

I'm a Brit and never really knew about rounds until Alanna mentioned it in her over video. Reason could be because I rarely go to pubs as I can't stand the level of noise and can barely hear myself think let alone hear others talk.

[@BigPauly]

ian neil Never been in a pub in my life, and I’ve lived in UK all my life at 49. I find Alcohol disgusting tastes horrible

[@MrPJParker1]

BigPauly I agree, there’s much nicer tasting drinks around

[@ssaunders2k]

Or he's one of those people that's last in the round, and always heads home when it's his turn. 🤔😱

[@MidLifeGamerGuy]

Cheers to this vid 🥃🍻 It's nice to hear British drinking culture from a positive perspective, it such a social thing which I think really gets missed by the media! A really good place to socialise with your friends and family. Of course right now we can't go to the pub so you're not missing out on that at least.

[@edinburgh2007]

A brit that's never heard of a round, probably isn't old enough to drink, or doesn't ever cross their own front door to go out!! And the next time i am in the boozer i am going to say 'without further ado lets get the rounds in" cheers

[@HotClubDeParis]

I think people don't start buying rounds until they start working - when you're a student you can't risk not getting a drink bought back for you! And £20+ in one transaction is a lot when you're not earning. But it's a stretch to have never heard of them!

[@callumhardy5098]

edinburgh2007 Hear hear

[@kcchapman3630]

You are very entertaining in your videos. You always give me a smile 😃 😁

[@nevesdad1969]

Historically beer was drank because the water was so tainted or dirty. The modern licence time were changed so the munition workers wouldn't be drunk at work.

[@shaunw9270]

That's an overlooked part of our drinking history . I have read a little about the 14th & 15th century and beer was a necessity which had a knock on effect when added to pewter cups ..

[@chrisfryer3118]

True. Beer has got weaker too.Give me the October beer

[@shaunw9270]

@@Will-nn6ux Yeah I heard of Small beer . I think it's a term that was used for a very long time in Britain for both the bacteria killing bit & the pacifying baby bit !

[@redf7209]

A lot of household water pipes still were made of lead until the 1960s. Imagine in the years upto 1914 where you might have wife, parents and 8 kids in a two bedroom house. It was best for all if a few spent the evening in the pub.

[@chrisfryer3118]

@@redf7209 Still are lead pipes in certain areas, depends on water pH. Replacement started in acidic water areas first.

[@ewanmcintyre955]

I’m a Brit living in Toronto, it’s easier to get weed than alcohol here. I found it very strange when I moved here that no supermarkets have alcohol. Even in the city I have to drive a long way to go get alcohol and it is a massive pain, especially as I know what it’s like back home

[@kurluk04]

That sounds very wanky - no cheeky scrumpy for the walk home after work!? 😬😬

[@royburston8120]

Before the smoking ban cigarettes were subject to 'rounds' too.

[@shaunw9270]

Who's Flash is it ? 🤔🚬

[@adamgrant100]

Oh my days yes! It’s been so long I’d totally forgotten about this 😂

[@mradriankool]

Someone flash the ash.

[@chrisdechristophe]

Really? I don't remember that so much.

[@sonix7119]

And after the smoking ban, pubs got really shit... and now we seem to have over-entitled feminist bitches for barmaids, so, like, fuck that BS... kinda glum tho... I remember what shit used to be like... youth nowadays dont have a fuckin clue what they missed... might come back oneday... and pigs might fly... oh, wait, they already do... shame they cant release any reports tho... the useless worthless fuckers............. :) we should hire the A-Team come sort em out............ :) and dump Sadiq in the ocean like Megatron.... the traitorous bastard.......!!! :) rant over... Cheers man !!! :)

[@jdmbiz0005]

Your best video yet... :) loved it ...

[@rickydevon9399]

Whoever says their British and hasn't heard of rounds is clearly lying about being British. Every single Brit knows what a round is.

[@heiltd1286]

I don't understand how people can't grasp the simple concept of THEIR/THERE/THEY'RE. It's not difficult. It's not rockets science. It's basic English. 'Whoever says THEIR British........'. How about 'THEY'RE' in this case.

[@MeStevely]

40+ years ago (yes I’m an old man Alanna) pubs typically had two bars - a public bar where prices were cheaper and dress was more ‘casual’ shall we say, and a lounge bar that catered for a more ‘up market’ clientele. I really miss public bars - no carpets, basic furniture and it’s where the real drinkers hung out.

[@mezmanmerrill7412]

Telling your girlfriend you are going for one pint while watching the football means I am drinking 8 pints and I will be back to watch match of the day.

[@stephenphillip5656]

...and understanding that when she says "no problems, have a good time" it means *" abort mission.* I repeat- *ABORT MISSION.* Incoming ordinance....

[@mezmanmerrill7412]

Stephen Phillip exactly at that point you are thinking is it worth spending your Sunday morning saying sorry and try explaining you got carried whilst having a hangover or do you watch the football and get home for tea. It’s one of the hardest dilemmas you can face.

[@frankbrodie5168]

When I was banned from driving for a year in the mid 1990's I talked my old mum into taxi-ing me to a nice country pub once a week with the bribe of buying her a meal. After an hour or so she would say I could have one more visit to the bar and then we would go. I'd buy 3 pints, knock one back whilst the bar staff pulled the other 2. Then go sit down and finish up the 2 remaining beers. She was only mildly annoyed with me for buying what she thought was 2 pints.

[@glastonbury4304]

Telling your gf you will be back from pub in 10 minutes is like your gf saying she will be ready in 10 minutes 🤷😂😂😂

[@lilyliz3071]

Or being at a wedding or party and at the break getting told your partner is just nipping to the bar to see the results,then he's never seen till you're outside at the end of the night

[@stevebradley704]

British drinking culture....... "I'm away down the pub for a couple" Arrive home covered in blood and muck three days later with no idea what the hell you've been doing or where you've been.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

And for some reason there's a traffic cone in your kitchen

[@stevebradley704]

@@AdventuresAndNaps Or a Greyhound. It's a long story.

[@Loki1815]

@@stevebradley704 or you're in France, you started in SW London on Friday night, just going to the garage to put air in my brother-in-law's spare tyre, no passport!? Still no idea!

[@stevebradley704]

@@Loki1815 Hahaha. Nice one. 👍

[@bigste5771]

Just avoid train stations when drunk... Waking up in a hotel in another city with 50 missed calls off the wife isnt 1 i wish to do again 😂 still gets brought up 7yrs later when i say im going to the local haha

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Don't forget that Europe is densely populated and for centuries beer and wine or even cider were the only safe drinks available until the introduction of sewer systems. Public houses were way more important back then.

[@whatshisname3304]

pub culture though has definitely been affected from the turn of the century. the ban on smoking and the amount of tax put on beer, wine and spirits. shame.

[@archstanton1628]

True, it's also the reason why so many Chinese people are alcohol intolerant. In China they discovered that boiling water made it safer to drink, hence no need to drink things like small beer. Here and in Europe, the people who were intolerant of alcohol were eliminated due to Darwinism .

[@BOLLEFISK123]

I used to believe that but apparently it's not true, Google it!

[@vitusdoom]

I love drinking. Weirdly tho, the best laughs were drinking as a 14 yr old kid in the park. Absolute carnage but great days. White Lightning, I loved you but you didn’t love me.

[@G.w547]

White Lightning and a straw!!!

[@robertthomas2]

In Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 not sure about England. If your going on tour (weekend away) we have a drinking kitty. Everyone puts the same amount of money in to the pot and then drinks are bought from that at a regular pace and all get a drink at the same time to get people to drink at the same pace.

[@andyducker6208]

Love how you decide what your vlogs are aboot, as you say

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Our pubs sell concentrated food called 'pork scratchings' if you're hungry.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Ah, I've had prob scratchings before! Not for the faint of heart..

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@AdventuresAndNaps it pays not to think what they are or look too closely. Sometimes you get one with a nipple. But that's why you have a few pints before your first bag of scratchings. :)

[@stanettiels7367]

Gustav Meyrink The hairy ones are the worse. I still eat them though. Or if you’re hungry in the pub, get a Ploughman’s Lunch.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@stanettiels7367 Yeah but a ploughman's requires tools and you shouldn't operate machinery (or knives) after six pints

[@stanettiels7367]

Gustav Meyrink You don’t need tools for a Ploughman’s Lunch. Just use your fingers 😂👍🏻.

[@afpwebworks]

Alanna, I only found you by accident a week or so ago, and I have to say I am soooo enjoying your videos. You are such a charming person. You say you dont really prepare much for your videos but you manage to get a steady flow of the content without all the humms and haaars that I know I'd become famous for if i tried it. From the twinkle in your eye when you say something funny, I suspect you have a fantastic sense of humour that you try to keep under control when you do videos. But i would love you to just let that out -. If i was just 40 years younger!! Your man is a lucky lucky man.

[@stanettiels7367]

A 20 minute video about my hobby, alcohol. Cheers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇨🇦🍻.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

🍻🍻🍻

[@glenmcculla6843]

I've always thought of it as more of a vocation.

[@stanettiels7367]

Glen McCulla It’s a sport where I’m from 😂👍🏻.

[@graememaskill9468]

We have a saying in Yorkshire. "There's no such thing as bad beer, it's just that some are better than others". 👍

[@Sr19769p]

Me and the wife have a similar saying about sex and curry: even when it's bad, it's good

[@matc6221]

As a Brit my drinking culture observations are as follows : Get the rounds in.... Drink, drink, n more drink, ale, drink. 🍻 And if you wake up with a traffic cone and no recollection of it the night was a good one. But why are ppl so shouty in wetherspoons🤔?

[@matc6221]

Oh another heart! You is too kind 👌👍

[@DaveBartlett]

I had reason to actually buy a couple of traffic cones the other week, (to keep the road at the front of my house clear for a skip delivery.) I'd walked to the hardware store to get them, so I had to carry them about two miles to get them home. These days they're made from solid rubber and weigh a bloody ton! If they'd have been as heavy as this back in the days of my youth, I'd have never bothered nicking any when I got pissed!

[@matc6221]

@@DaveBartlett karma 🤣

[@chrismalcomson7640]

In the UK the pub is the only place many people socialise. When I was a kid it was quite normal for people to go to the pub after work and drink 10 pints. The licensing hours mean't you had to drink fast. On Sunday the pub used to open at 12 and close at 2. A typical Sunday would be going to the pub at 12 and drinking 5 or 6 pints in 2 hours, then go back home for a Sunday roast and fall asleep in front of the TV watching the football..

[@johnsmith-7oo]

First time I bought a beer for myself was in a village pub on the very edge of the village. I was 14, the barman looked at my baby smooth face, asked if I was 18, I said yes while blushing scarlet. He gave me the pint then told me to sit in a corner and don't get rowdy. Happy days (the 60s) By the by, lager, especially something called Atom Pulsar in a bright blue can, is NOT beer. Try a pint of Theakston's Old Peculiar next time.

[@matc6221]

Was that first pint a John Smiths perchance 😉?

[@bhoy67lisbon]

First time I got served was 15. Similar story - barman said he will keep an eye on me and if I misbehave I’ll not be allowed back in the pub.

[@mickbacon8542]

Have some sympathy for the girl, Old Peculier is the SAS of the beer world, nobody should mess with it until they have passed their advanced drinking exam. I remember my first session on Old Peculier (please note the spelling) when I was a student at York University in the 1970s and considered myself to be a seasoned drinker. We went to Masham to the White Bear pub - at the time associated with, and adjacent to, the Theakstons Brewery that made Old Peculiar. After 4 pints I was feeling fine but needed to go to the loo. As I stood up my legs refused to work - OP is a stealth fighter (like the SAS), it gets you drunk from the bottom up. By the time you realise that OP is attacking you it is too late, you are already, literally, legless.

[@ironbuddies6556]

@@mickbacon8542 "It gets you drunk from the bottom up". That's frickin priceless!

[@andyleighton6969]

@@mickbacon8542 Don't argue with a cider girl - stopped off at the Brandy Wharf at Waddingham - a cider only licence back in the day. A couple of pints of quite disappointing, lactic tasting, scrumpy. Got up, walked steadily through the door and into the fresh air....that's the last thing I remember! Now I've always considered myself a bit of a lightweight, but all things are relative, I played rugby for a county police force!

[@adambainbridge1708]

I live near Brighton! Whenever I'm visiting I go to that M&S to load up on train beers (and cocktails...) for the journey home.

[@hackdaniels7253]

American: "Let's go for drinks" (means - *A* drink). British: "Let's go for a drink." (means - I'm *really* thirsty... let's have a couple more).

[@dad6167]

love that you go above and beyond for us Alana!!

[@MrFurriephillips]

Back in 1984, my Dad & I stayed in a B&B for 16 weeks, while his job, and my Secondary School (both in Bristol), had started, but our house wasn’t ready. My Mum & little sister stayed in Kent. We ate in the pub over the road. It had a huge wood-burning fireplace, and the best moussaka I’ve ever had.

[@pintpullinggeek]

Moussaka in 1984? That was some fancy pub! The most adventurous item at the local where I grew up in the '80s was scampi and chips!

[@MrFurriephillips]

pintpullinggeek I’d never had it before, but saw a dark, rich bubbling, cheesy dish & said “I’ll have whatever that is” - just standard comfort food; it was a small pub, on the outskirts of town. I remember it being extremely welcoming, cozy & warm. Never been back there. Still looks rather nice. goo.gl/maps/2dTZRjnJCsbFBEWN6

[@Mark13091961]

I can only imagine how ghastly that can of cheap lager was, your dedication to the cause was admirable! - your vids as always are a joy

[@kurluk04]

I dont think them cans are too cheap 😩 they taste like piss though 😂

[@andyphillips3518]

Alanna could you make a video where you and your podcast friends get really drunk. It would be hilarious. Thanks. 😎👍🏻

[@davidadams421]

Very interesting. The 'pub' thing does seem to have some pretty substantial differences. I've heard in the US (and Canada?) that it is quite normal to have a short with a beer. We do have 'shots' but usually only when you're on a 'proper session' with your mates. Definitely understand the 'party' nature of 'Bars'. I was in an American bar in Germany and they all spontaneously started line dancing! Weirdest thing I ever saw (we did join in ... shortly before being kicked out).

[@roylec]

That was a good one - thanks! Could you do something that compares what the facilities are like in a typical British town compared with Ontario? Like shops and libraries and sports centres, and pubs and so on. I’m guessing there’s possibly better or nicer facilities in the US but they’re more difficult to get to. You could make an ‘out and about’ series.. or oot and aboot if you like. Keep up the content.

[@AdamKyleAnderson]

I live in Bow, East London and there are 13 pubs within a 5 minute walk from my house.

[@imstuman]

When I was young.We would head to the pub for "a drink". This would become a pub crawl. And sometimes we would end up going to the dancing. Happy times!

[@jeremypage]

Maybe it was down to the beer she was drinking (or the beer I was drinking), but this is probably the best video Alanna has done. A great drunken ramble (but her drinks videos are always the most watchable). Shame the burps were edited out.

[@stumccabe]

My daughter and her husband spent two years in Vancouver. They told me that they had a picnic in a national park and that it was illegal to drink alcohol there - not even wine or beer! That just amazed me - weird attitude to alcohol. There are French people in Canada who can't drink wine with their lunch - I'm shocked that they tolerate that!

[@jamesthomson8659]

English Canada and French Canada (Quebec) have very different relationships with alcohol.

[@SteveMikre44]

It's also illegal to drink alcohol in a public park in the United States as well...

[@Hi-kq1vi]

If drug classification was based on evidence then alcohol would be the worst drug. news.sky.com/story/professor-david-nutt-former-government-adviser-says-alcohol-is-most-dangerous-drug-11909379

[@peterb7549]

Where do the kids learn to drink? 🤔

[@SteveMikre44]

@Malcolm R Monaghan Am I detecting a little jealousy?

[@chelseawilson-flynn2822]

The drinking culture between Canada and the UK is soo different. I didn't think I would notice anything different when I was visiting Ireland but you are so right, the pubs in the UK are almost homey and warm. Canada, not so much in my experience.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

If you want to be part of the community in Britain, go to the pub, buy a round, and bring your dog.

[@miguelgonzales8879]

First time I was in London, got to the hotel, and went out at about 5:00, a block from the hotel and in more places I saw elegant office workers having a beer ON THE STREET. I didn't think anything about it. I kept going and there were more office workers along the Thames and they were also drinking. The next day I was thinking about this and just realized that in the US in many places like in New York, you can't have a drink on your hand on the street. Not better, not worst, just different, I thought. British may have more control than Americans, I don't know if this explains that.

[@anonymous2513456]

The smoking ban is what killed the pub industry in the UK. They used to be part of every community, everyone knew each other, there were dogs too. When the smoking ban came, it hit the pub industry really hard. The prices were already too high (the beers suppliers charged too much to the pub owners), with far fewer customers, they could not make enough money. So when the smoking ban came, those who didn't want stand outside in the rain just stayed home and enjoyed the massively lower priced supermarket beer. The pubs that survived are now basically restaurants.

[@geoffpoole483]

Most of what one pays for a pint of beer or a whisky etc is actually duty (tax). In this day and age it's very difficult to run a successful pub.

[@richardhall6034]

Apart from micro pubs that are thriving

[@kevoconnor145]

It wasn't the smoking ban and the pub trade isn't dead. What made it go through its tough time was the cost of running and maintaining a pub (lease costs, business taxes, drink/gas costs etc) which meant the price was passed onto customers unless a pub was part of a large chain. With the upsurge in micro-breweries and the boom of real/craft ale, smaller chains and independent pubs are now starting to thrive again.

[@srspower]

All pubs are public houses and the history is that beer was brewed as a way to purify water, even young children drank beer. In a village the best wife at making beer would sell some to other villagers. Her family home became public and a then a hub of the community. Her home became the public house.

[@KeithGadget]

An alternative to a ‘round’ is a ‘whip-round’. This is where everyone puts some money in a pint glass and someone buys the rounds of drinks from that collective money. This is usually the way close work colleagues who often go out drinking do it.

[@kevoconnor145]

Also known as a Kitty

[@thetrevor861]

@@kevoconnor145 No, don't think that counts as 'rounds'.

[@kevoconnor145]

It's the same thing as the 'whip-round' that Keith described. When there's a group of us (for instance some of us recently went to the darts), we put £20-30 each in the Kitty and buy the drinks for the night from that.

[@thetrevor861]

@@kevoconnor145 Ah, different terminology. I would call a whip-round for when our mate Dave, for example, trashed his uninsured bike on an icy road, we would have a whip round to buy him a new front wheel, or whatever. A 'round' is a round of drinks.

[@kevoconnor145]

@@thetrevor861 oh yeah, that's the sort of thing we call a whip-round too or if someone is doing a collection for a co-worker who is having a birthday or leaving. I was just saying that what is called a whip-round in Keith's area of the Country (for pooling money for rounds of drinks) is what we call a Kitty.

[@DerekArmsden]

I appreciate that you could have bought something you like to drink but chose not to, for our amusement, "for the art". Thank you. In Australia, there are small country pubs that probably have a similar feel and role to a British local pub, but mostly we live in suburbs surrounding cities and it's not like that. I live next door to an "Irish" suburban pub (in Adelaide) and I can go there alone and nobody will speak to me all night - unless I hang out in Smokers Outdoor Prison. If there's a group of us, even just 2 of us, we do rounds. In the early 2000's I lived a while in England (and Scotland) and, if I went to the local village pub, I'd have people chatting to me, buying me drinks and inviting me to play pool with them within 15 minutes. I love UK pubs.

[@psygertygerart8754]

me thinking: we dont drink that much... *while holding a can of cider* lol xx

[@andycleary6209]

Is it breakfast time already?

[@4svennie]

That's what I love about the U.K. I can go to a restaurant and they may have a bar to one side. So if your there early, you can sit in the bar with a drink and wait for the rest of the guests, then move through to your table for your meal later, then later still you can either stay where you are or move back into the bar area and get comfy on the sofas, no harassing you to move on or coming round to ask if you want more drinks. If you want more drinks you just get a staff members attention or get up and go to the bar and then carry the drinks back to where you are sitting. Ye', alcohol is so easy to get. If you look on justeat or foodhub at some of the local takeaways, you'll see on the menu, the regular food stuff, then you'll see some beers and spirits. I've often found myself ordering a pizza or kebab and a couple of large cans of beer. There is one takeaway online near me, you can order your takeaway with beer, lager, cider, wine, champagne, cigarettes, tobacco, painkillers, toilet paper, etc...

[@MrFurriephillips]

You should get yourself down to Newport, Wales, one Friday night; it’s an eye opener!

[@williamfox4]

furriephillips I’ve done that once before... it looked like they were holding auditions for The Hills Have Eyes 🤣

[@JoanneTelling1]

After your visit to M and S in Brighton station you could have popped about 50 yards down the road to the Evening Star, a fine Brighton establishment.

[@stevenwaning29]

Seeing as you mentioned your legs having pins n needles. I have always thought "why don't you sit on that perfectly good couch behind you?" 😂

[@steveneltringham1478]

Northerners don't drink more, we just handle it better. Interesting to hear your impressions of the UK. Thank you for sharing.

[@argleplonidge5838]

I suspect that your post-filming lie down may be longer than usual. Did you know that the Cheddar Gorge Cheese Company make a cheese that has cider in it?

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

What!!!!!

[@tonybennett1306]

And its bloody delicious

[@aidxn97]

I’m from up north and there is a pub on near enough every street possible where I’m from, love it. Support your local

[@WeMuckAround]

5:11 cool fact: last year, 2019, saw the first increase in UK pub numbers in a very long time!

[@jakartaharpman]

I love cider. Living in Indonesia, it's one of the biggest things I miss. Whenever I go home, one of the first things I do I go to a pub for a pint of Strongbow. Preferably with scampi fries. Most of my mates think I'm soft in the head. But I'm not.

[@jeffgraham6387]

My wife got 'carded' in a Florida supermarket, and they were really serious.....she was 58 at the time!

[@nickdadon]

Some states have to ID everyone by law - sometimes it’s due to liability laws ( ie you sell a drunk driver more alcohol) not just age ...

[@JoanneTelling1]

As you live in Kent might I suggest that you visit the Red Lion in Snargate ( commonly known as Doris's). It is a pub in a beautiful, unchanged time warp.

[@markchisnall4535]

As being a Canadian I hope you understand. Rounds is part of English politeness. Its rude to buy a drink and not offer your friends one..and btw if you go out and order food to no one will be offended lol just order some much and have fun 😊😊

[@petecoo1978]

Hi Alana, another great video. Can I recommend "Westons vintage cider" it's lovely and goes down really well.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I love Westons! Great choice!

[@KEITHMU]

I'm loving how your videos are getting more and more surreal! How does pricing of compare between Canada and the UK and is it still illegal to have an opened bottle of alcohol in a public place or in a vehicle?

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I'm totally out of the loop with pricing between Canada and the UK - although pretty sure you still can't have an open container!

[@alexwright4930]

Presumably it costs more in shops in Ontario if only two shops were selling it until recently so limited competition? Can cost more in Scotland than England now too cos they have minimum unit pricing, eg it's like a fiver in Scotland for a generic 2L plastic bottle of cider that might be £2 in England.

[@Codemarla]

You were slightly wrong about the UK drinking age. Its 18 to PURCHASE alcohol (or to dink in a licensed premise) But if you are on private property you can drink as long as you are over 5 years old.

[@63mckenzie]

Is Canada like the USA where you have to be about 55 to buy a drink?

[@djlads]

18 in 3 areas (Quebec for example) and 19 for the rest of Canada.

[@twiglet7894]

When I was in Canada I hated the table service. It’s all part of the pub experience when u have to get up and go to the bar for your drink. I like to have look whos in and chat at the bar while waiting. I also don’t like table service cos if u aren’t doing rounds it gets complicated when its time to pay and the server is always trying too hard to get a good tip.

[@nd7941]

Great vid. But how would a Brit not hear of buying a round?!? Also nearly all the pubs that were around when I started drinking just had “basket meals” or failing that, scampi or bacon fries! Keep up the good work.

[@nickjeffery536]

Awwwww - you came to Brighton and I missed you...

[@angelique_cs]

Funny... I was waiting for the notification for this video yesterday, but it only came through today. I hate to be late, YT. Seems like my dream of relocating to the UK is off the books as the rules for settlement are changing, but I'll be sure to check out the drinking establishments next time I visit!

[@davetdowell]

"I hate the way that this tastes..." have a few more and you'll soon stop caring about how it tastes.

[@bfcclarets4694]

Love going on day on a sesh in a random village with a group of friends, especially summer time when there’s roads filled with beer gardens

[@Steve-RAF-311]

Absolutely brilliant. By the way, here in the West Country we have the best cider know to humanity. 😃

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Can't wait to visit!

[@jacketrussell]

@@AdventuresAndNaps Be careful if you come to the West Country and you like cider. Some of my local Devon cider is over 10%. 3 pints of that will get you tipsy. 🤣

[@JRCSalter]

Nothing like a proper Devonshire scrumpy. Best cyder in the world.

[@tennesseemashed]

Agreed. Thatchers Gold all day

[@jacketrussell]

@@tennesseemashed That's factory produced pop like Strongbow. Proper farmhouse cider is the biz.

[@charlestaylor9424]

I feel I may be unleashing a demon but Wetherspoon's cider festival is the 7th to 23rd July this year. Usually you can buy 3 third of a pint glasses as a taster. They also provide little books so you can make notes against each cider. They do change the available ones over the two weeks. Good luck

[@alexwright4930]

Also Spoons serves food til 11.

[@charlestaylor9424]

I foresee a July video - Alanna spends 2 weeks in Spoons.

[@nicktankard1244]

Rounds are so annoying. I usually drink much faster than most people. Also, it's hard to do in a proper beer pub because there are a lot of different beers and tasters. But other than that i love British pub culture and British beer(especially cask) is amazing. Also, the pub food is great. Pubs is one of the main reasons why i miss the UK and want to come more often.

[@hobmoor2042]

"Nick Tankard" - great name for a drinker Nick!

[@redf7209]

@@hobmoor2042 If you are a quick drinker its just that you are not pacing your drinking for the long haul.

[@B-CXSH]

Love your vids! One of my favourite channels!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

You're too kind!!!!

[@hoopmoog]

RAHH imagine having to go to a special shop for alcohol. couldnt live without 24h tesco or bossman at the corner shop

[@petyrbaelish1718]

Around here, a "drink after work" usually means a burger and 5-6 pints of beer at Weatherspoons, a couple of lines of gear in the disabled toilet, then off to All Bar One for vodka and sambuca shots. Another line of powder in the bogs, then it's off to The Dog & Duck for some more beers and a lock in. Then it's tradition to have a kebab and a spliff on the way home. That's a standard Wednesday night for most of us.

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. You missed out 'The Whip', for when there's a large group of you. I regularly drink with a dozen or so people and buying a Round is expensive for one person, so we each put £20 in what's called the pot (usually a glass) and that pays for the drinks, until it's gone and everyone drinks at their own speed. The pot often lives behind the bar with the barman, but not always. The Whip generally sees the evening out, but, if not, we just stick another tenner each in. That's still a reasonable total, per person, for a night out, I would say. Don't think I've forgotten anything, so... All the best to you.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Never heard of it, thanks for sharing!

[@Sparkypilastry]

We call it a “kitty” in Scotland. Everyone chucks in a score, someone writes a wee list and it lasts a good while

[@piggypuddles813]

Yeah it’s a kitty here in Liverpool too 👍 and it’s usually kept in someone’s pocket or in another compartment of their purse, separate to their own money.

[@benjones3117]

Usually call it a kitty, myself.

[@pintpullinggeek]

Must be another of those North/South divide things because I've always known it as a whip or pot down here in Kent.

[@rob0cap]

Hi Alanna! Loving your personality, and that you've chosen to become one of us! Nice one! Here's a couple of my favourite tipples, you may like to try. Thatchers Cheddar Valley Cider, 6% ... and, or McEwans Champion Ale, 7.3%. Enjoy! (Can't wait to see this video posted!!) 👍

[@daveyboy174]

Rattler from Cornwall

[@lionsroar9811]

If you want to get drunk in London get a loan out well over 5 quid a pint