Wasn’t there a good one? I stood indecisively in Lidl earlier before selecting a Stella six pack, and a bottle of Halewood Green Goblin.

Whats the decent Lidl beer if there is one?*

*Lidl superstore opening 1/ mile away in 2 weeks, this is important.

their pretendy craft beers are ok. I like the Green Gecko IPA and purple panther porter

those two plus the amber adder

The German wheat beer they do is quite nice for the money.

Hatherwood is their own brand. It was brewed at the Wytchwood brewery and Ruby Rooster is (allegedly) a slightly weaker version of the original cask Hobgoblin recipe.

Lidl superstore opening 1/ mile away in 2 weeks, this is important.

TBH though, this is a bit like “Halfords superstore opening 1/ mile away in 2 weeks, Whats the decent £100 bike”

Find your local brewery, drink their beer, realise that almost anything you can buy commercially from a supermarket is made to a low price point and probably just another badge engineered beer from AB Inbev.

yet to find a German Wheat beer in Lidls round here. Aldi yes, but in 5 different Lidls nothing 🙁

That hatherwood crap gives me a horrendous hang over even after only a couple of bottles.

Strangely as does deeside brewery’s stuff.

Yet I can drink a fair scoop of the other local brewery’s(brewdog) stuff without batting an eyelid…..

yet to find a German Wheat beer in Lidls round here. Aldi yes, but in 5 different Lidls nothing

Ah sorry, my mistake. It might have been the Aldi one I was thinking about.

If you like wheat beer see if any local speciality beer shops do this;

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/schneider-weisse-aventinus/2224/

Absolute stormer of a wheat beer.

Find your local brewery, drink their beer, realise that almost anything you can buy commercially from a supermarket is made to a low price point and probably just another badge engineered beer from AB Inbev.

I resemble that remark . Load of tosh . 75,000 bottles of beer sold last year . 25,000 to Tesco to the exact same recipe as the 50,000. Its also pretty close to the draught version as its sterile filtered and carbonated to 1.8Vols , so its fizzy enough but not like Fosters levels.

Yes, the pretendy craft beers are nice. Use them to wash a packet of their ridiculously tasty Indian dahl snacks down- burp.

They have some own brand cider, made by Westons, rather nice.

I’ve recently been road testing their “Belgian Bruin” style beers. Patrus and Galouise (sp?). Both 6.5%, both £4.99 for 4x330ml. Very nice, sweet and caramelly. Much like Leffe Bruin which my local Tesco annoyingly stopped stocking.

Find your local brewery, drink their beer, realise that almost anything you can buy commercially from a supermarket is made to a low price point and probably just another badge engineered beer from AB Inbev.

This is only practical/affordable up to a point. A bottle of ipa or export stout from my local brewery is £3.99 from the offie. Compared with £4.99 for four of the aforementioned Lidl beers. The artisanal, hand crafted, kiln dried, titanium and carbon fibre beer is lovely and luckily I’m friends with one of the brewers but you’d be broke before drunk if you only drank proper craft beer.

I resemble that remark . Load of tosh . 75,000 bottles of beer sold last year . 25,000 to Tesco to the exact same recipe as the 50,000. Its also pretty close to the draught version as its sterile filtered and carbonated to 1.8Vols , so its fizzy enough but not like Fosters levels.

Calm down, there was a “probably” in there. Which I think is justified when you look at the average supermarket shelf and probably 90% of the brands are owned by one or two companies.

Lidl take that one step further, with loads of Shepherds Neame beers that you never see anywhere else, and are all watery tasteless crap, presumably brewed because Lidl wanted beer at a certain price*. And they’re not the only ones. A local brewery had one in wetherspoons nationally, again it was a watery, under-hopped imitation of their normal brews even when served from a cask at the brewery.

*Or maybe the other way around, Lidl buying up cheap beers.

This is only practical/affordable up to a point. A bottle of ipa or export stout from my local brewery is £3.99 from the offie. Compared with £4.99 for four of the aforementioned Lidl beers. The artisanal, hand crafted, kiln dried, titanium and carbon fibre beer is lovely and luckily I’m friends with one of the brewers but you’d be broke before drunk if you only drank proper craft beer.

True, but equally you could just forgo the cheap beers and have one nice one saving yourself £1 for pork scratchings (and not being hungover the next day).

Of the entire Lidl craft beer range Reverend James Ale is the best seller then golden goose followed closely by green gecko.

are you saying that purple panther porter is a poorly performing product ?

Can anyone recommend a good stout that I can order online from a local brewery?

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are you saying that purple panther porter is a poorly performing product ?

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Well done that man!

Hatherwood Amber Adder; CAMRA rave about it!

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Can anyone recommend a good stout that I can order online from a local brewery?

Pow!

http://www.sadlersales.co.uk/products/mud-city-stout

My local B+M has bottles of Mud City for £1.69 IIRC
And very fine it is.

thisisnotaspoon

True, but equally you could just forgo the cheap beers and have one nice one saving yourself £1 for pork scratchings (and not being hungover the next day).

Well as I said, this Lidl dubbel bruin is pretty nice and doesn’t give me a hangover. It’s not as nice as Gulden Draak but then again it’s £1.20 a bottle as opposed to £10 and the fancier beer isn’t eight times nicer.

It’s all subjective of course.

They did a box of 6 belgian beers last november for a tenner.. had a great selection of dubel and tripples in it all around the 10% range..

The purple panther aint too bad. Pretty sure they had large bottles of leffe in my local one last time i was in

Lidl sometimes does Gulden Draak (the dark triple and the quadruple) as part of the Belgian beer selection pack (10.49 for 6 x 330ml)
I haven’t seen this dubbel bruin stuff in my local
(edit, beaten to it)

The Green Gecko is lovely stuff, quite like the Amber Adder too. They have some nice local ones on offer as well now and then.

TBH though, this is a bit like “Halfords superstore opening 1/ mile away in 2 weeks, Whats the decent £100 bike”

TBH it’s not really.

Really enjoying thier Purple Panther porter , the amber adder is good – needs to be really cold for me tho .

nostoc

Lidl sometimes does Gulden Draak (the dark triple and the quadruple) as part of the Belgian beer selection pack (10.49 for 6 x 330ml)

Well now I don’t know who to be angriest at, my local Lidl who don’t stock that or my artisinal offie who are £9+ a bottle for Gulden Draak.

Keep you eyes open. They usually have them in round about June but they did them this winter as well. And they were £8.49 before the referendum, but they sold out quick.

I really like their beers that have the numbers n the tops. Probably already slagged up there^^, but they’re good enough for me.

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Strangely as does deeside brewery’s stuff.

Yet I can drink a fair scoop of the other local brewery’s(brewdog) stuff without batting an eyelid…..

Would it surprise you Deeside doesn’t actually brew their stuff locally (or actually, I think, in Scotland)? I think they do their R&D here, but past that…

It wouldn’t.

The youngish guy from deeside breweries that died a couple years ago was a mate’s uncle.

Wanted to like it but didn’t.

From this Thursday Lidl will have the Van Steenberg six packs for 10.99 (Piraat, Bournem, Guilden Draak) plus some other Belgian things.

re the wheat beer comment up there, lidl do the Blanche de namur which is a nice wheat beer. Belgian not German though. Sort of fake hoegarden I think.

If you’re looking for half-decent Supermarket beers, Morrisons have just started doing two of the Northern Monk IPAs, both of which are really good especially the lower ABV session beer

Lidl take that one step further, with loads of Shepherds Neame beers that you never see anywhere else, and are all watery tasteless crap, presumably brewed because Lidl wanted beer at a certain price*. And they’re not the only ones. A local brewery had one in wetherspoons nationally, again it was a watery, under-hopped imitation of their normal brews even when served from a cask at the brewery.

*Or maybe the other way around, Lidl buying up cheap beers.

IS this a fact or an internet rumour?

Old bumped thread revival, so won’t join old discussion about the whys and wherefores, but for 89p and pint, Golden Goose (whoever brews it!) is sorted.

“Can anyone recommend a good stout that I can order online from a local brewery? “

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