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Tournament Bitter

2.0%, 4 440ml Cans, £0.89  From Asda

The Can Says: "Tournament Bitter brewed by C.B.C.L. Middlesex. Serve Cool"

Rortise says: Tournament bitter was indeed an unknown quantity. Working out at 22p a can it is roughly half of the price of a can of coke and as such was a must buy. Many will question as to whether this bitter qualifys as tramp juice and many will be adament that it doesn't deserve its place on this website. However, an examination of the UPP table will show that it is indeed worthy of inclusion. The cans were purchased on the off chance and look very basic to say the least. The brew can be described as translucent orange and watery and although it smelt very nice I wasn't looking forward to drinking Tournament Bitter. 

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The cans two toned effort says a lot for simplicity and how bad it can be made to look. The silver just looks tacky rather than upmarket and the massive bitter at the bottom is presumably in case you forget what you were drinking and thought you were drinking water. Opening the beer was a chore as the ring pull was very hard to get under, a sign of poor design to say the least. Pouring revealed no head and a watery substance which only vaguely looked like bitter. Maybe this was water with chemicals? The first sip was surprisingly nice because after preparing myself for the worst I was pleasantly surprised by the water taste. No amounts of this seemed to get me drunk as you just piss it out, however, I am sure some cunning soul will secure a way to get drunk on this beverage.

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In Conclusion: Tournament Bitter was quite simply a revelation. For 22 pence you can get alcohol. Even a tramp can afford this cost. The problem is that the alcohol is not as significant as in other beverages reviewed among these pages. However, for the price of one pint at the pub you can have 10 cans of Tournament Bitter and looking at it this way its quite simply a bargain and if there's one thing that we at trampjuice.tk like more than beer then it is a bargain. This has a downside being the old adage "you only get what you pay for" and, yes, with Tournament Bitter you do only get what you pay for and you do not pay for a lot. In all honesty Tournament Bitter should be avoided apart from for comedy value and next to no tramps are seen drinking it hence the score awarded: 3/10.

 


 

 

 

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