| Weakened beer…. 14:54 - Jun 19 with 16701 views | colinallcars |
Much talk in the papers today about brewers lowering the gravity of their beers to save on excise duty and defray their costs.
Beers mentioned included Fosters, John Smith and Marstons.
No sweat for me as these beers don't find their way down my neck.
Worth observing though - I'm paying £6 plus for a pint of ale. | | | |  |
| Weakened beer…. on 13:43 - Oct 2 with 2342 views | McDuffin |
I saw the latest news regarding this topic and I couldn't be more shocked... | | | |
| Weakened beer…. on 13:44 - Oct 2 with 2342 views | TheChef |
Yes all these lagers brewed under license, I swear they all come out of the same keg and they just slap a different label on. | |
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| Weakened beer…. on 13:48 - Oct 2 with 2342 views | Konk |
Yeah, I have enjoyed a lot of Cruz Campo in Seville - haven’t been in a long time, but it was almost up there with the Efes monopoly in Istanbul. I enjoyed it, possibly because it was often poured into a chilled glass. Used to drink it on tap at Camino in King’s Cross about 15 years ago. As with Italian lagers, the breweries have obviously noted that UK punters will pay a premium for Estrella/Peroni, so sure Cruz Campo will do well too, and expect to see it everywhere soon. Madri - where did that come from? Never saw that in Madrid when I’ve visited. Mahou everywhere - has some massive brewery invented it for overseas markets in light of the success of Estrella, or is it an old Madrid brewery that’s just exploded? Bloke on the cans winds me up. | |
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| Weakened beer…. on 13:52 - Oct 2 with 2327 views | TheChef |
I assume Madri came from some marketing person's head... | |
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| Weakened beer…. on 15:16 - Oct 2 with 2228 views | robith |
Madri is a fake Spanish lager made by Coors Molson after they bought a Spanish brewery which they use to provide some credibility to it as it is brewed in Burton, which is why it smells like eggs. Absolutely rotten stuff | | | |
| Weakened beer…. on 15:26 - Oct 2 with 2221 views | kensalriser |
Spain's great for food, and wine. Right up there with the best. There's even good cider in the north.
But not beer. The idea that fizzy industrial piss can hold a candle to the proper ales brewed in Britain is a travesty. | |
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| Weakened beer…. on 16:26 - Oct 2 with 2174 views | colinallcars |
Whilst beer in pubs has gone up appreciably, supermarkets seem to be holding pretty firm - my favourite bottle, M&S Suffolk Bitter brewed for them by Adnams is £2.65. Only gone up 15p in about four years. Just bought some Hogsback Tea in Tesco at Whitton priced £7 for four.
No sign of any “skimpflation” as in many products that have kept costs down by using inferior ingredients. | | | |
| Weakened beer…. on 17:51 - Oct 2 with 2110 views | Mick_S |
That’s what I’ve been told. A good lager on a hot day is a great thing. Madri and Cruccampo (spelling) are rotten. | |
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| Weakened beer…. on 09:09 - Oct 3 with 1969 views | Pikey |
On my way home from R,s I stop off for a pint or two in the Railway Inn by the bus stop outside Brighton station. £2.85 for a pint of Harvey's Sussex bitter. Often miss 2 or 3 buses whilst in there, would seem rude not to really. | | | |
| Weakened beer…. on 11:04 - Oct 3 with 1902 views | Metallica_Hoop |
I remember not so long ago you could make your own crate from Beerwulf and these were about £1:10 a pop.
Then they switched to pre-prepared crates much more expensive with mostly the shit beers from the crate making days. (I know because I tried about 90% of them in my crates)
Happy times, 5 of these make you quite lively.
Beerwulf seem to have dispensed with mass crates apart from the advent one, 24 beers for £90.... lol.
I bet 4 of those at least will be some bland orange/grapefruit beer in a really thin small can.
Is there anywhere make your own crate now? I brewed my own with 'Beer in a box' but they dont sell those any more only ones where you need equipment mine you just added yeast and water and waited.
It was delicious and I didn't get the squits. [Post edited 3 Oct 2023 11:05]
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| Weakened beer…. on 15:48 - Oct 3 with 1808 views | robith |
Relative to climate innit. Love the beers made here, but if it's 38 degrees the last thing I want to do is chew through a pint of 3.8% Bugger's Ecstasy mild | | | |
| Weakened beer…. on 17:18 - Oct 11 with 1577 views | Hooping_Mad |
I can see the the local brewery from my house, Arkells. They made a nice-ish craft lager a few years back and sold it in the flagship pub across the road at £2.75 a pint. I think it was called Spitfire, could have been 2 of the main ingredients but at that price I thought it was bloody marvellous, and I'm not a big drinker.
I think if you brew it under a microbrewery license then there's no tax or perhaps just a fraction of the normal rate. surprised that didn't catch on more really | |
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| Weakened beer…. on 15:45 - Nov 2 with 1323 views | Mick_S |
Pissgate. | |
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| Weakened beer…. on 16:31 - Nov 2 with 1250 views | RBlock |
A mate I play football with has just moved from Fullers to a new brewery specialising in low ABV beers, all under 2.8%. Haven't tried any of the beers yet, but interested to see if they're any good. Seen them in a couple of pubs around West London, like the Distillers and The Ram in Hammersmith - https://theoriginalsmallbeer.com/ | | | |
| Weakened beer…. on 18:13 - Nov 2 with 1183 views | SK_hoops |
I had one in a pub in Waterloo. I don't remember thinking it was up to much tbh. | | | |
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