Supermarket Beer Review

[Easy-X]

If you're anything like me you have a very sensitive criteria for selecting beers by which I mean "is it on special offer?" So let's hit the homogeneity of high street hooch head-on!

First up Mallow Laser Quest:

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"Marshmallow & Pineapple Hazy IPA" well that sounds disgusting Given grapefruit vibes are a common theme with craft beers I suppose pineapple isn't a million miles away and here the "marshmallow" shaves of the rough edges rather than being a dominant flavour. Overall, not terrible.

And if IPA isn't your thing Thatchers Katy:

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This one's more of a public service announcement. It's basic middle-of-the-road medium cider, goes down very nicely but watch out for the 7.4%
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[WD Forte]

Pah! poncy alko pops

Y No Ace lager?
Y no White Lightning?

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Admittedly the Ace is an effeminate 3.4%
but the WL will have you squirting rusty water out yer arse in no time
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[Nobby the Bastard]

This is what the typical West country drinker drinks.

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[grr666]

Kronenbourg 1664 5%

Review - 'Gets me feeling a little pissed after about 5 cans, pretty cheap buzz, widely available, fits perfectly
in my crisper drawer in the fridge, cans are easy to stomp flat on recycling day to hide the scale of my drink
problem from the binman. 7/10'

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4 pints for 6 quid at the co-op which is my nearest shop, sometimes they have it in the fridge so pre chilled too,
which is always better than lobbing one in the freezer and then forgetting you did. It was a tiny bit cheaper
a few months ago at £5.65 for four. Slightly further away is Sainsburys petrol station who also keep it in the fridge
and it's £5.85 there. Ideal for those nights where you drink all the cold ones indoors and are prepared to risk your
licence to nip out in the car and grab another 4 that are ready to drink as soon as you get home.
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[Zen Dog]

[to v or not to v]

i pretty much just drink spirits theses days. and occasionally girly Irish cream type drinks.
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[A100man]

Off thread - sorry.. but little bro and I pressed 120 pints of apple juice three weeks ago - now fermenting nicely. I measured OG at a robust 1060.. Ready by Easter is the norm.

Cin Cin

WRT supermarket stuff, Most of the Aldi bottles are quite drinkable and absurdly priced at around £1.10 for 500ml.. Even the lager ain't bad but that's only for summer use IMHO.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Yep. Orange black rat is one of the reasons why I rarely drink cider these days.
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[ThunderGuts]

Banks Bitter in Aldi is 89p a bottle (for a 500ml bottle too, not these 330ml "craft" sized tins/bottles). Yeah it's pretty ordinary brown beer, but it's perfectly drinkable. It'd be even better with a beer dildo.
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[A100man]

[ThunderGuts]

[A100man]

[ThunderGuts]

[Diggs]

For tinnies I drink Lidl 'Galereux'. £2.99 for 4 tins. To quote a review:

The sweetish malt is balanced by a stiff bitterness, and it finishes dry with some lingering herbal and grassy notes.

Feel: Light-medium in body with a crisp, standard carbonation.

Overall: Skunky aroma aside, Galereux is a basic, otherwise clean and well balanced Euro lager that matches its budget price point.
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[A100man]

Since this thread is running I'm going to throw a curve ball in here and suggest that all Supermarket beer is too cheap and should be subject to a pub protection surcharge.

Since my formative years I'v seen the country's population explode while as the same time the pub population has collapsed . In fact I'd estimate that more than half the pubs I knew as s teenager are now shut. Those that remain open are clearly struggling.

In real termsI don't believe the price of a (pub) pint is massively different from 40 years ago, however 'off-sales' prices have plummeted and attracted the most pitiful of specimens the home drinker.

Kids now it appears drink a rake at home then piss off out at 9 or 10 for a last single pint. The only folk regularly in pubs around here are the old timers like me. This has a downward spiral effect since the few pub drinkers are being squeezed to keep the pubs afloat.

If we all went out as a community and supported our boozers by drinking 5 -10 pints every Friday/Saturday and another 4-6 on Sunday lunchtime the price would fall accordingly and the pubs would once again be a fun place to be.

So what would be the effect of charging an extra 50p/500ml? Galereux would be about 4.50 for four 440 ml cans but would taste sweeter knowing you are supporting your local and it would still be there as/when you decide you need a proper night out.

Thoughts?
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[Diggs]

[grr666]

[P.]

[Easy-X]

Pubs need to run on a margin of 60~80% (probably more now) just to break even. Your corner shop might be around 30% and the supermarkets could go as low as 10%.
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[to v or not to v]

the smoking ban screwed the pubs.
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[A100man]

[Easy-X]