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My local just announced that they have Cruzcampo on now!Quote:
Originally Posted by bringbackbenny
Is this Cruzcampo stuff good? Never heard of it, where’s it from?Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Man
Also, get Keo on tap in the UK. Give the people what they want.
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It’s from Seville. You get it all over Spain (maybe even elsewhere in Europe) in shops but I’ve only ever seen it on draft in Seville.Quote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
I do usually like Spanish beers so I’ll give it a try.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubbsy90+2
Got Spaten in the PD at the minute, it’s alright but (no laughing) I prefer Tennents. Best I’ve had on the PD so far is Stella Unfiltered, Hertog Jan and Tennents.
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Malaga, or anywhere around Andalucia also serve it up on draft.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubbsy90+2
I think it's piss-water FWIW, but it's quite refreshing under a hot, southern Spanish sun.
When I was in Seville it was 38 degrees or so so you might be right!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
As much as some people will turn their nose up I honestly don’t think I’d choose any beer in the world over a tennents.Quote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
After extensive research I agree it's one of the best ciders.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
On a cruise between San Francisco and Sydney I drank them dry 😆
Sounds a bit more exotic than me drinking Wetherspoons dry of it! 😀Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
I prefer German beers but T is a nice pint. People that prefer IPAs saying they don't like it or prefer an x IPA is as useful as a cider drinker saying they prefer cider. It's a lager and a different drink completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubbsy90+2
Home bargains sell Mahou and have done so for a while.
You can get it all over Spain. Drank it on draft in Tenerife and Ibiza and you'll always find it in the big supermarkets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
I love hoppy IPAs, imperial stouts, fruited sours and all that craft beer nonsense. But Tennents is a well made lager, and sometimes when you want a refreshing pint it’s hard to beat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
I'm kind of the opposite to your average beer drinker's trajectory. When I was in my teens/20s/early 30s I was all about the real ale, brown ales, craft beer, etc. and would only really have a lager on holiday or if it was all that was on offer. My peers would mostly be into lager. Generally people get into the craft stuff, ales, etc. as they get older. I'd now rather have a lager most times... I still drink the other stuff but can't drink a lot of it. I would have definitely turned my nose up at a Vitamin T a few years ago, now it is probably what I have most if I'm buying a beer out.
I do enjoy trying stuff on the PD though. Had the Camden Hells lager in most recently but it was probably the worst one I've had for the PD (I've liked it when I've had it out before). I had bought a Camden Pale at the same time and I popped that in last night for the weekend. Hopefully that is better.
The German ones are really good on the PD (particularly the Oktoberfest editions). The continental strength Stella and Stella unfiltered are also good.
Yep same foe all of that. Guinness is a nice mass produced drink too, London pride alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by Green Man
I like Camden Hells but the prices of it for a pint are mad.Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
Queens Arms is £7 a pint.
I’m not a big lager/beer drinker, too many bubbles for me. However in the Canaries they do a beautiful lager. Tropical Lager on draft is lovely to drink, light and refreshing. Don’t think you can get it in the UKQuote:
Originally Posted by StevesFamau5
Day to Day Blantyre Main Street will have it if you’re ever through thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
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I'm drinking it in The Union Club in Innerleithen on draught, 4.5% instead of the bottled 5.5%, quite decent though.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Thanks I’m through in the West regularlyQuote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
I’ll be heading up there tomorrow afternoon to stock up for the weekend, will check they’ve got it and let you know to save you the journeyQuote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
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Didn’t see it when I was up there yesterday btw but they do have a really good selection of imported Weissbier, Lager, IPA and Pale Ales if anyones ever nearby. Fully recommend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
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Jubel Grapefruit lager this evening, lovely
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Fair few places in Blackpool had Cruzcampo on draft last week. I may or may not have liberated one of the very nice glasses from a bar at the end of the night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubbsy90+2
You get it in The Barony on Broughton Street now. Great lager, great glass :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Is the stuff in the UK 'brewed under license' here? If so, it's not even close to the real thing - see most other current European lagers available in the UK...
That being said, our local restaurant had it on draft last week and I fair enjoyed a pint of it.
It's UK brewed. Owned by Heineken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
Obviously not beer but, Spoons have started selling bottles of 7% Perry, takes me back to Vilnius 🥴
Tesco have started selling Cruzcampo. Just picked up 8 cans. Design needing sorted though as looks crap and nothing like their usual cans. If it wasn't for the fact I like Cruzcampo it wouldn't appeal to me at all. Very poor marketing.
Just ordered this 4 pack. Love what Pilot do and their increasing association with our club recently. Anyone going to pick some up? Trouble will be choosing whether to drink them or keep them on show :greengrin
https://pilotbeer.co.uk/cdn/shop/fil...g?v=1692712168
That peach melba is absolutely divineQuote:
Originally Posted by RCNG
Camden Hells for me everyday of the week
Love itQuote:
Originally Posted by MrRobot
Picked up some Mcewans Champion on Friday in Lidl. Had a bottle on Friday and it was rank. It was sickly sweet but the after taste was so bitter it was undrinkable. I tried another one last night and I’m happy to report that it was much much better than Friday nights.
Not had Champions Ale in ages. Might need to pop out and get some this week!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Football special beer .
https://www.donegaldaily.com/2023/09...d-into-a-beer/
Noticed Aldi have Spaten in stock just now. £1.99 for 500ml bottles, very decent Munich beer. It's one of my go to beers for the perfect draft.
They also have Paulaner oktoberfest bier.
It's a heavy brew.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Draught Tennents is all right but open a can and it's like someone let off.
It's pretty good on PerfectDraft ... much to my surprise!Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
Jesus Donegal I’ve been laying off it for a while, but you know what my feelings are towards football special. Father in law is getting sent a text in the morning with an order for a crate of that stuff [emoji23]Quote:
Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby
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Agree there Jack. I wouldn't give the stuff in cans to my dug but the 2 times I've had perfect draft kegs it's been nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
Cheers, must go get some tomorrow, hopefully local Aldi have some left, loved this beer on draft back in my oktoberfest daysQuote:
Originally Posted by degenerated
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Not a fan of Spaten but I can’t get enough of Lowenbrau, their oktoberfestbier on PD is unbelievableQuote:
Originally Posted by degenerated
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Not sure if it’s been mentioned before but Vocation Life & Death is lovely
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Donzoko festbier deep gold.
In Tuechters landing. Very nice indeed.
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Guinness 0.0 is really good as an alcohol free option. Tastes almost exactly like the real stuff.
Don’t like Guinness myself but everyone I’ve spoke to has said the same thing. Apparently excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since90+2
That's why I posted it mate 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
Love lowenbrau beautiful stuff. Not sure if I drank it last year at Octoberfest, not sure of anything, hofbrau was the best tent and beautiful beerQuote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
Not been to Octoberfest, seems just too busy for my liking, I was at Canstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart a few years back and that was fun. Been to hofbrau place in Munich and it's decent beer. I do like lowenbrau a lot, I usually get lowenbrau, Spaten and unfiltered Stella for the perfect draftQuote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Would still say that of all beers that Augustiner Helles beer is the king.
It's bizarre but surprising calm for hundreds of thousands of drinkers, can't see it in uk. About 8 massive tents of 5k plus and other smaller tents. Some tents deliberately very quite, some tents a party. No sure I'd do again but more pleasant than I expected, although I probably am not the best judge after a few litresQuote:
Originally Posted by degenerated
Canstatter in Stuttgart is the 2nd biggest and definitely worth a visit. I was on a jolly with a supplier and we had a table in one of the big massive chalets. Was pretty lively inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Just remember walking in to a wall of heat and an oompah band playing AC/DC songs and stuff like that.
Few Guinness through the nitrosurge as I’m off tomorrow. Cheers guys [emoji482]
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Rolling Rock was nice when they imported it. Really refreshing. Then they started brewing it under license in burton-on-Trent and it tastes like all the other slop that comes out of that town.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
This is becoming quite a problem for many beers. Finding beers that are genuine imports from Europe or North America is getting increasingly difficult. One of my favourite beers has always been Leffe, but I noticed the 4 pack x 330ml bottles have started being brewed under license in the UK and there's a notable difference in taste.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colr
I've always been a sucker for Czech lagers, but again, finding a genuinely produced Staropramen or Budvar from Czechia is becoming increasingly difficult. Pilsner Urquell remains superstar tier for me, and thankfully that still seems to be genuine import still...
The craft beer revolution that swept the US happened about the time I started drinking and we used to get all sorts of truly lovely stuff readily imported from the US, but the options have been significantly throttled in recent years - even finding previous staples like Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Brooklyn is becoming harder - even then, I think both Sam Adams and Brooklyn are both UK produced!
It all comes down to the water - the chemistry of the UK's water sources is completely different to that which produces beers in Belgium, Germany, East/West of the USA, so you can replicate the brewing process to the letter, but with a change in the base ingredient, you're never going to properly recreate these beers.
Definitely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
You even see it when beers move to different regions of the UK. McEwans was never going to win many plaudits from the beer aficionados but 70 and 80 were solid cask and latterly keg beers when brewed in Edinburgh. Since moving down south they are markedly different and not for the better imo.
With foreign beers there is almost an element of deception to it. A beer like Madri takes that to the extreme but even among beers that were originally imported the 'brewed under license in the UK' information is usually so small and tucked away that you need a magnifying glass to see it. All the marketing alludes to them still being an imported and genuine product and they just aren't.
Do you know anywhere to get the helles beer in Uk? had a few bottles of this randomly in Munich a few years ago actually think I got them from a vending machine in a bakers or something for back at the hotel room and they where incredibleQuote:
Originally Posted by degenerated
Beer hive on Rodney street used to have them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dmas
A warning for folk with the Philips PerfectDraft.
On the Facebook page I'm on there seems to be a lot of machines breaking down around the 2 year mark. The liklihood of it breaking down is increased if the machine is switched off for a period of 3 or 4 weeks or more.
It's apparently a simple fix if you know how or £50 by Philips if you're outwith the 2 year manufacturers warranty.
Mine broke down with a week to go till that warranty ended and by official underhand means which others are unlikely to get, I'm getting a new machine!
As Degenerated has said the Beer Hive on Rodney Street stock it. They have a great selection of German and Czech lagers, pilsners etc along with their wider craft offering.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dmas
Sell it in Brauhaus. If you want a similar Edinburgh beer Paulozzi beer is great. Can get it lots of bars also in Aldi and Sainsbury's. They have a bar and restaurant on Forest Rd, restaurant is a nice modern Italian. If in the Weej St Mungos lager by West brewery is a great German style beer, can get it a few pubs now and also Lidl
St Mungos is nice, never tried the Paulozzi though I’ll give that a go, lidls also stock the Victoria Malaga now mentioned further up the thread looks like trump is on the label a decent drop as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Thanks for heads up I will probably fall foul to this since mine is off more than it’s on, think it’s been in the cupboard since early summerQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack
Thanks for this. Good to know (although I think I must be just over the 2 years and mine is more often on than not). I have a Perfect Draft and a Sub Compact. The Sub broke a month after the warranty ended. Two things actually went wrong. The handle unit wouldn't go flush with the machine meaning it didn't stop pouring when you lifted it back to the resting position. Now it doesn't cool the beer/cider at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
On the imported beer point, you notice a difference with these machines. Stella, for example is the higher strength Continental version on the Perfect Draft. Stella is my father-in-law's favoured pint and he brought some over. We had the tail end of a Stella keg from the machine followed by the cans he brought. Like night and day.
Yeah, the Stella is the real deal. Others, like Corona are brewed under licence. I might do myself a wee table of real deal/brewed under licence 😆Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
Paolozzi is probably one of my favourite beers - used to order boxes of the stuff during lockdown as they did home delivery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dmas
Spent many a night utterly ******ed on the stuff.
Edited to add - they used to sell the unfiltered stuff by the tank in Brewhemia, but no longer stock it sadly. You can still get their unfiltered stuff in cans (direct from Edinburgh Beer Factory's website), and it's very tasty indeed.
EBF's other stuff is a bit hit or miss for me - Paolozzi definitely their superstar.
Had Paolozzi a couple times and I can’t say I see what the fuss is about. Usually horrendously over priced and imo an average at best lager.
That what I thought too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubbsy90+2
Anyone been to the pilot taproom at bonnington? Looking to buy some cans of peach sour and the Hibs ones
Currently a massive fan of Lucky Buddha Lager, but trying to find places that stock it (other than costco who only sell gift packs with two glasses and 6 bottles at £15) is a nightmare. If anyone knows of a stockist anywhere in the central belt please let me know and I can stock up whenever I’m in the area for work
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Had a pint of Irn Bru sour a few weeks ago in The Granary, it was excellent, pity we were only in there for one as I could have drank it all night.
Anyone got a Guinness nitro surge? They pour a very good pint.
I love mine, pour a lovely pintQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
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Funny, I just came on to mention this. Got one reduced in Morrisons last night. Had my first can tonight. Really good pour.Quote:
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Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
Apparently they also work fairly well with a normal can of Murphy’s.
Murphy’s is imo better than Guinness.
Don’t see Murphy’s around much these days. Gillespies used to be really good but the went. Belhaven Black is supposed to be good. Brewdog Blackheart is no better than OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
I always liked Beamish better than both. Always thought it had a stronger flavour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
You never seem to see it anywhere now though. I was in Dublin the other week with work and only found one pub with it there. Barman said it was mainly sold in and around Cork.
Cork and Limerick are the only places I've ever seen Beamish - a tasty pint, for sure.
I've had a nitrosurge since last year - bought one ahead of the Six Nations. It does indeed pour a lovely pint - doesn't work on the normal cans though, as I discovered last night. Well, it doesn't ruin them, but it doesn't really improve the pour substantially.
I'm not a massive stout drinker - really need to be in the mood for it (though it's my go-to at the rugby these days) - I recall trying a previous Drygate one though (Orpheus I think it was called) and it was lovely.
I seen there was a decent(ish) offer on the Pinter 3, anyone got any experience of these kits? Quite fancy brewing at home and this seems to be home brewing on easy mode. £70 quid for the actual kit and a couple of packs which will produce 20 pints seemed ok though. Looks like they do Punk IPA homebrew now too, was hoping it would be the original recipe but doesnt look like it is. Used to enjoy Punk when it first appeared but it's a pale shadow of it's former glory these days.
It works great with the normal cans if you release the gas from the can slowly so the widget isn’t triggeredQuote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
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I watched a video where the guy pricked the top of the can with a sewing pin to release the gas slowly. Seemed to work well.Quote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
Good to know, because the normal cans are about half the price :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
It’s on draught in the St Vincent in Stockbridge but other than that I never see it anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colr
Yep this is how I do itQuote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
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I used to be a regular Guinness drinker in my local Winstons. Then I tried their Stewart 80’. Absolutely the best pint of 80’ anywhere, have tried the same pint in other pubs and it’s nowhere near as good as Winstons, everywhere else it’s too warm. The pint in Winstons is chilled to perfection and I don’t drink anything else in there now.