Best cheap beer?

Cool Mo D

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this earlier in the thread, but the best cheap beer is available from Dunnes -

KAISERDOM

It's less then 6.50 euro for 6 500ml bottles, and it's a proper, decent german lager. It's not the best lager in Germany, but it's miles better then stuff like Heineken, Budweiser, and Carlsberg, and is way cheaper.

Cool Mo D

grenache wrote: »

Regarding cans, there's no such thing as a good cheap beer in a can really, taste wise they're all pretty poor and much of a muchness. Especially not from a can. The only thing i'd drink from a can is stout or cider. Defo not beer.

There's nothing wrong with beer in a can. Canned beer keeps it's flavour better than bottled, and a few American microbreweries are even switching from bottles in favour of cans - like Anchor Steam Beer.

Raiser

rubadub wrote: »

That is not surprising, people are usually pigging out at christmas, food makes a massive difference to blood alcohol levels achieved with the same amount. I can get on my way with 4 cans on an empty stomach, it would take about 8-10 to do the same after a big christmas dinner, also at christmas people tend to drink more frequently, day after day, so you build up a tolerance. A mate of mine used to brag about the amount he ate, but he would leave the pub and have sneaky bags of chips & burgers, once he had a full chinese meal and came back to drink more.

Trying not to feel as though I've been the Victim of a patronising, dismissive hit and run......

- But no. Just no.

munchkin_utd

Cool Mo D wrote: »

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this earlier in the thread, but the best cheap beer is available from Dunnes -

KAISERDOM

It's less then 6.50 euro for 6 500ml bottles, and it's a proper, decent german lager. It's not the best lager in Germany, but it's miles better then stuff like Heineken, Budweiser, and Carlsberg, and is way cheaper.

It was mentioned way back but no harm in reminding everyone of its existance!
I can also vouch for its drinkability, and at that price its a steal.

ManFromAtlantis

will try it.
i'll drink anything once.

Technocentral

Tescos offo Rathmines selling London Pride for 1.99 the last while, delicous stuff

Technocentral

Actually just seen a post saying it was 99 cent last week in Dunnes, bloody hell! Anyone know if its still that price anywhere? 1.99 is pretty good as was in London 2 weeks ago and it was 1.69 sterling a bottle in Sainsburys.

Cheers

Antrim_Man

Technocentral wrote: »

Actually just seen a post saying it was 99 cent last week in Dunnes, bloody hell! Anyone know if its still that price anywhere? 1.99 is pretty good as was in London 2 weeks ago and it was 1.69 sterling a bottle in Sainsburys.

Cheers

3 for £4 in Sainsburys. I got Hobgoblin, Bombardier and Old Empire 3 for £4 in Sainsburys last week

Never tasted any of them before so looking forward to it.

Technocentral

Well, enjoy, wouldnt be worth my while flying over just to pick up a few bottles1

fonecrusher1

Well i had a few cans of karpackie this weekend & i was very impressed with it. Tastes great & no hangover. I was expecting it to be something like that dutch gold/royal dutch p!ss but it really is quite a decent beer.:eek:
Talk about value for money.:)

Antrim_Man

Technocentral wrote: »

Well, enjoy, wouldnt be worth my while flying over just to pick up a few bottles1

Sainsburys Ballymena

pa990

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Well i had a few cans of karpackie this weekend & i was very impressed with it. Tastes great & no hangover. I was expecting it to be something like that dutch gold/royal dutch p!ss but it really is quite a decent beer.:eek:
Talk about value for money.:)

Karpakie gave me awful hangovers.. I stick to lech, tyskie and zyteic for my polish fix

donaghs

Antrim_Man wrote: »

Sainsburys Ballymena

And Newry too. The quality ales are 3 for £4, for 500mls. The cheaper stuff in cans can sometimes work out at almost 50p a can if buy a slab of it (but maybe 440mls).

BeerNut

donaghs wrote: »

The cheaper stuff in cans can sometimes work out at almost 50p a can if buy a slab of it (but maybe 440mls).

We did a blind taste recently and found the 50c Tesco Premium Lager to be better than any of the cheap alternatives, and nicer than Heineken too.

ManFromAtlantis

jeeze. must try it. ^

also london pride seems to get a lot of plaudits here. whats the nearest in comparison. ta

Saruman

London pride is an English Pale Ale. There is nothing available in an Irish pub that comes close. Possibly the Porterhouse TSB on cask is the closest in style but it does not taste that similar.

The only similar beer would be from bottles you get in decent off licenses that sell world and craft beer or a specialised beer bar like The Bull and Castle.

fonecrusher1

pa990 wrote: »

Karpakie gave me awful hangovers.. I stick to lech, tyskie and zyteic for my polish fix

Interestingly i find lech (although a great beer) gives me a bit of whopper of a hangover. Especially if i drink a different brand of beer on the same night. Tyskie, zywiec no problems.

Unfortunately ive had to abstain from it for this reason which is annoying because its fookin delicious.:mad:

Stella (wella away from it!) Artois gave me the worst hangover ever recorded a few years ago so i avoid it like the plague.

Antrim_Man

BeerNut wrote: »

We did a blind taste recently and found the 50c Tesco Premium Lager to be better than any of the cheap alternatives, and nicer than Heineken too.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64992014&postcount=221

I was drinking this at a party and there was the usual Carlsberg, Bud etc on offer but once my mates tasted these they feckin drunk all them first from the bin full of beers and ice :mad:

rubadub

BeerNut wrote: »

50c Tesco Premium Lager

Was this on offer? don't think I have seen it that cheap.

donaghs

I'd agree that most of the so-called "premium" lagers don't taste much different than bargain ones, but you can't mistake any of them for something like Badger Golden Glory Ale (3 for £4 in Sainsburys).

Also some cheap lagers are genuinally horrible. Over a decade ago I remember a beer called "Danish Gold" which had a horrible after-taste something like rancid butter on a rusty spoon.

fonecrusher1

Antrim_Man wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64992014&postcount=221

I was drinking this at a party and there was the usual Carlsberg, Bud etc on offer but once my mates tasted these they feckin drunk all them first from the bin full of beers and ice :mad:

Thats because the beers you mentioned are weak, tasteless dish water. I used to drink the usual hum-drum irish favourites like carlsberg, bud, heineken, miller & now that ive become used to some of the excellent polish/german beers I wouldn't touch em with a barge pole.

IMO even the cheap-as-chips Polish/german beers like Karpackie & Perllenbacher are superior to the above 'premium' lagers. Im starting to think the premium claim refers to the price.:rolleyes:

Antrim_Man

A few beers on offer in the Aldi this week. Saint Etienne for 99c a can. This stuff is just made in Belgium and is very like Stella, in fact many say its better. I will have to get a few for a taste challenge

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You'll struggle to find any better Belgium lager in a can.
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grenache

BeerNut wrote: »

Have you tested your observation blind?
/labcoat

Wise is the man who is willing to admit he may have been slightly over-zealous in his dismissal of canned lager I did a blind tasting session (bottle v can) last weekend with three beer afficionado friends in Limerick on a small selection of beers with the following results.

Tyskie - 3/4 of us preferred it from the bottle, including myself
Lech - 4/4 of us thought it was as good from the can as the bottle
Aldaris Zelta - 2 of the lads favoured the bottle version, 1 the can and i thought they were equally good.
Zubr - All 4 agreed the can tasted better.
Zywiec - I thought the bottle tasted better, the rest went for the can.
Ureich - Not a great lager but we all favoured the bottle over the can
Becks - 2 went for the can, 2 for the bottle.
Heineken - 3 of us including myself favoured the bottle.

So pretty much 60/40 in favour of the bottle, but the can fared well i must admit. I admit to being rather unjustly ignorant towards cans, however i do still feel that a good bottled beer can't be beaten by a can most of the time.

fonecrusher1

Right so this weekend i will mostly be drinking tesco premium beer.

Have to check it out, its getting some serious praise on here.

Antrim_Man

Just picked up 12X440ml Saint Etienne 4.8%ABV for €9.98 in Aldi. They also have 4X440ml Lowenstein 4.5%ABV for €2.99.

I only seen the Lowenstein in their promotional mag. Has anybody tried it????

I will blind taste St Etienne can with Stella Artois can and report back

cson

Right; had a few cans of Bavaria over in Paris the weekend. Not just any Bavaria, 7.9% stuff - and it was really nice. Any chance this is available in Ireland?

BeerNut

Don't think so, but you can get the 8.6% ABV version. Just follow the tramps.

fonecrusher1

Antrim_Man wrote: »

Just picked up 12X440ml Saint Etienne 4.8%ABV for €9.98 in Aldi. They also have 4X440ml Lowenstein 4.5%ABV for €2.99.

I only seen the Lowenstein in their promotional mag. Has anybody tried it????

I will blind taste St Etienne can with Stella Artois can and report back

Whats this st Etienne supposed to be like? Im tempted to buy a couple for a taste this weekend?

Antrim_Man

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Whats this st Etienne supposed to be like? Im tempted to buy a couple for a taste this weekend?

Made in Belgium and a Stella Artois copy. Maybe even made by the makers of Stella for Aldi when you look at the colour scheme on the can.:)

A snippet from the Sun

ALDI (Best beer)

Six British pork and herb sausages, £1.99; four Ashfield Farm quarter pounders, £1.99; disposable barbecue twin pack, £2.99; four 500ml cans of St Etienne lager, £2.89.

Total: £9.86

Verdict: You can't beat a chilled Belgian beer, and this was the best of the bunch.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/captaincrunch/2444546/Captain-Crunch-The-heats-on-as-Captain-Crunch-tests-Bank-Holiday-barbies.html#ixzz0p93996zk

cson

BeerNut wrote: »

Don't think so, but you can get the 8.6% ABV version. Just follow the tramps.

Shoite. That Bavaria Blond Biere was nice.