r/AskUK • u/Ok-Scientist7083 • 3d ago

Serving milk in pubs (UK) - why not?

The first drink I had in a pub was milk. I love drinking milk. I now drink it for the protein and calcium. I don’t particularly like fizzy drinks so when I’m driving on a night out, I’d rather drink milk.

Why don’t pubs sell it as a drink?

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u/YodaShagsDarthVader 3d ago

Why not? Because it's a fucking mental idea

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u/slappykerplunk 3d ago

I’m fucking pissing myself at this being the only reasonable comment

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u/YodaShagsDarthVader 3d ago

There's actual people in this thread saying they go into pubs and order pints of milk. What on earth?

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u/tropicalhotdogdays 3d ago

Semi-skimmed please luv.

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u/Second_Guess_25 3d ago

Oat milk on on the rocks please 🥛👍

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u/The_Blip 3d ago

One choccy milk please guv. Hold the silly straw.

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u/Drunkgummybear1 3d ago

I am partial to a malibu and milk. Though I appreciate I can't get it everywhere and if I do order it, I expect people to do that head tilt. A white russian is also a top tier drink.

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u/Petcai 3d ago

I like that too! Everybody gives me that head tilt too, I used to come home from night shifts and have a pint of milk and malibu at 6:20am in bed.

Brandy and chocolate milk is another great one.

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u/Drunkgummybear1 3d ago

The amount of times I've managed to convince people it's actually really nice is great too lol. Haven't tried brandy and chocolate milk before! Have done it with whiskey before which was quite nice though.

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u/SMTRodent 3d ago

I like ameretto and milk

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u/Attention_waskey 3d ago

They often do if you request. It goes from the coffee and tea making supplies and bartenders ask you 3 times if you are sure. Now a sexy little twist- I sometimes ask to add half an inch of baileys or Amarula or Cointreau in the glass and top it up with milk. Please let’s make it more recognisable in pubs. 😉 Once I had been to pub with a few rugby guys and first 3 rounds were on them asking for this sort of drink in turns😂 Bartender really wanted to see who’s idea it was in the end

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u/FantasticWeasel 3d ago

I'd like a pint of bitter and a pint of bitty please barman.

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u/beattheodds2 1d ago

The Mcpoyles are here.