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Moggy wrote:

Errkal wrote:A few from my local Tesco I’d say try if they have them:

Vocation, love and hate
Northern Monk, Tropical World Smoothie IPA
Vocation x Marble, Hop Skip Juice
Brewdog, O-G Hazy
Brewdog v Modern Times, Modern Times
Vocation, Breakfast Club Stout
Thornbridge, Jaipur
Thornbridge, Green Mountain

But not all on one night

And now I want to go to Tesco

I just signed up for Beer52 as I only have to pay postage for 8 beers. I'll cancel after that and then check out Brewdog or your suggestion of Beer Hawk. Plus trips to Tesco!

you twat i have loads of free box links with them. cancel it and ill send you a free link if you pm your email address.

Is that cheaper than the free offer I already have?

hmm perhaps not

So I'm not a twat?

that was unrelated to the beer decision

Moggy wrote:So I'm not a twat?

Not for this reason anyways.

You've both made a powerful enemy today.

thats a big coincidence; who is it?

Errkal wrote:Tesco have a history of supporting craft beer though, it’s down to them almost that Brewdog got going as they ran a beer competition that Brewdog won 3 of the spots in, it meant they got a massive contract make the Tesco Finest Double American IPA which was basically Hardcore IPA and was very very nice.

That's interesting. Might explain why they have quite a large Brewdog selection. I've never been a huge fan of theirs, but I got the Hazy Jane 4 pack and rather enjoyed it. Waitrose was pretty good for craft beer too back in the day. I remember a good decade plus ago I tried a few American craft beers when I went to NYC. Back in the UK they didn't really sell anything, but Waitrose had stuff like Sierra Nevada.

I don't actually live in England, but am sadly stuck here until I can go back to Germany, so am enjoying relatively cheap and excellent craft beer. My local Londis has an amazing selection, even selling Garage Beer Co. It's still pretty expensive over in Germany for basic stuff .

I don't think a lot of people realise just how good the craft beer selection is in some supermarkets.

SandyCoin wrote:

Errkal wrote:Tesco have a history of supporting craft beer though, it’s down to them almost that Brewdog got going as they ran a beer competition that Brewdog won 3 of the spots in, it meant they got a massive contract make the Tesco Finest Double American IPA which was basically Hardcore IPA and was very very nice.

That's interesting. Might explain why they have quite a large Brewdog selection. I've never been a huge fan of theirs, but I got the Hazy Jane 4 pack and rather enjoyed it. Waitrose was pretty good for craft beer too back in the day. I remember a good decade plus ago I tried a few American craft beers when I went to NYC. Back in the UK they didn't really sell anything, but Waitrose had stuff like Sierra Nevada.

I don't actually live in England, but am sadly stuck here until I can go back to Germany, so am enjoying relatively cheap and excellent craft beer. My local Londis has an amazing selection, even selling Garage Beer Co. It's still pretty expensive over in Germany for basic stuff .

It’s worth giving their fancier stuff a go from the website or a bar.

The big name stuff (punk, 5am etc) is nice enough but not out of this world, but they still make a load of smaller batch stuff that is awesome and is the “proper” Brewdog not the money making machine that’s in supermarkets.

BD have a brewery in Germany (Berlin) now so should be easy to get good stuff.

On the subject of craft beer, I recently did 6 months in SE Asia and there is a pretty good scene there now. Vietnam especially had some cracking craft beer on offer, and for amazing value (obviously pretty expensive for there but way cheaper than here). Taiwan had some really nice stuff too. I didn't try too much in Thailand though as beer is weirdly expensive there. A shitty Chang is cheaper in England than Thailand for example....

SandyCoin wrote:On the subject of craft beer, I recently did 6 months in SE Asia and there is a pretty good scene there now. Vietnam especially had some cracking craft beer on offer, and for amazing value (obviously pretty expensive for there but way cheaper than here). Taiwan had some really nice stuff too. I didn't try too much in Thailand though as beer is weirdly expensive there. A shitty Chang is cheaper in England than Thailand for example....

I wish I had saved the picture but its from what I thought was Thailand and had a bar advertising:

Single Gin/Rum/whatever spirit and coke for $2

Double spirit and coke for $1.50

Triple spirit and coke for $1.

The alcohol was much cheaper than Coke so by reducing the soft drink to alcohol ratio you got a cheaper stronger drink.

Grumpy David wrote:

SandyCoin wrote:On the subject of craft beer, I recently did 6 months in SE Asia and there is a pretty good scene there now. Vietnam especially had some cracking craft beer on offer, and for amazing value (obviously pretty expensive for there but way cheaper than here). Taiwan had some really nice stuff too. I didn't try too much in Thailand though as beer is weirdly expensive there. A shitty Chang is cheaper in England than Thailand for example....

I wish I had saved the picture but its from what I thought was Thailand and had a bar advertising:

Single Gin/Rum/whatever spirit and coke for $2

Double spirit and coke for $1.50

Triple spirit and coke for $1.

The alcohol was much cheaper than Coke so by reducing the soft drink to alcohol ratio you got a cheaper stronger drink.

Ha, yeah gooseberry fool like that was cheap...and lethal. But a craft beer from Thailand hovered around the £9 mark for a pint. A 330ml Chang from a 7/11 was around £1.50, whereas here a big bottle is £1.50. Most locals instead drank rum which was gross but cheap.

SandyCoin wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:

SandyCoin wrote:On the subject of craft beer, I recently did 6 months in SE Asia and there is a pretty good scene there now. Vietnam especially had some cracking craft beer on offer, and for amazing value (obviously pretty expensive for there but way cheaper than here). Taiwan had some really nice stuff too. I didn't try too much in Thailand though as beer is weirdly expensive there. A shitty Chang is cheaper in England than Thailand for example....

I wish I had saved the picture but its from what I thought was Thailand and had a bar advertising:

Single Gin/Rum/whatever spirit and coke for $2

Double spirit and coke for $1.50

Triple spirit and coke for $1.

The alcohol was much cheaper than Coke so by reducing the soft drink to alcohol ratio you got a cheaper stronger drink.

Ha, yeah gooseberry fool like that was cheap...and lethal. But a craft beer from Thailand hovered around the £9 mark for a pint. A 330ml Chang from a 7/11 was around £1.50, whereas here a big bottle is £1.50. Most locals instead drank rum which was gross but cheap.

£9 a pint in Thailand for a craft beer? Domestic and International? What insane pricing, it's Scandinavian levels of cost in a country far from Scandinavian levels of purchasing power.

I wonder why beer is taxed to absurd levels in Thailand whilst spirits are so cheap there's presumably no tax on them?

Last time I went to London the beer I had was 18 quid a pint..... i only had a 3rd but I'd have happily paid for a pint it was out standing

Grumpy David wrote:£9 a pint in Thailand for a craft beer? Domestic and International? What insane pricing, it's Scandinavian levels of cost in a country far from Scandinavian levels of purchasing power.

I wonder why beer is taxed to absurd levels in Thailand whilst spirits are so cheap there's presumably no tax on them?

Yeah it's pretty weird. I was there maybe 9 years ago and remember it being cheap for basic domestic beer so was horrified this year. I barely drank whilst there, and kinda regretted not getting my fix in Vietnam and Cambodia I remember browsing the fridges and saw a pretty cheap bottle with all the beers. Got back to my hostel and cracked it open only to find it was rice wine....Again, like the rum/whiskey it was cheap, so no idea about the beer tax.

Errkal wrote:Last time I went to London the beer I had was 18 quid a pint..... i only had a 3rd but I'd have happily paid for a pint it was out standing

What was it?

SandyCoin wrote:

Errkal wrote:Last time I went to London the beer I had was 18 quid a pint..... i only had a 3rd but I'd have happily paid for a pint it was out standing

What was it?

Was a banana and maple syrup imperial stout (10.7%) from Evil Twin.

Was so so so so so so good

https://untappd.com/b/evil-twin-brewing ... ut/2819135

Are the even allowed to sell that in pints?

Chocolate-Milk wrote:I've asked Mrs Choc for a 10L box of Sea Cider for our anniversary. I first tried a pint last year when I went for a meal with a mate, and it was bloody lovely. It tasted exactly like a Rhubarb & Custard sweet.

Problem is, I can't remember which flavour I had! It's odds-on that it was the Rhubarb one, obviously. But I don't remember it being labelled as such, and I'm fairly sure it was stronger than 4%. Buying in 10L boxes isn't exactly conducive to narrowing it down, and £40 is a lot to spend on getting it wrong!

Update:

The Rhubarb one arrived. Not quite the taste I remember, but it's strawberry floating delicious. Goes down like cordial, to the point that it's far too easy to neck it. 10L won't go very far at this rate.