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bnt wrote: »

Anyway: I was in Lidl today, and they have their own brand Black Lager and Festbier there for €1.49 each. (They appear to be from the same brewery as their Perlenbacher, if the boxes are any guide.

Interesting. Cans or bottles?

Ruben Remus wrote: »

Interesting. Cans or bottles?

500ml cans, I should have said. I got to the Festbier later, it was quite fruity and balanced.

bnt wrote: »

Anyway: I was in Lidl today, and they have their own brand Black Lager and Festbier there for €1.49 each. (They appear to be from the same brewery as their Perlenbacher, if the boxes are any guide.

The schwartzbier was rather disappointing, quite bland but had that 'cheap Lidl beer taste' nonetheless. (Like Perlenbacher does)
€1.49 isn't that cheap by most places standards, never mind Lidl, so I was expecting better.

The festbier is better, but only OK so still not great value. There are lots of mainstream and not so mainstream beers available for that price or cheaper if you look around. I'd much rather have a Tyskie for instance, same strength, nicer taste and 6.50 for 4x500mL cans in Tesco.

Tried the Festbier last night and hated it at first but it really grew on me after a couple.

They're still marked 1.49 but they're scanning as 2 for 2.00 so think I'll pick up a few this evening at that price to stash for Chrimbo.

For some reason I've always loved having Oktoberfest beers in for Christmas (I guess it's our version of the big booze fest anyway) so it'll be a lot cheaper hanging on to a few of these than forking out for imported Augustiner and such like I've done other years.

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

I found that it is drinkable, but there's something a-miss with it. The cider on the other hand is decent if only in terms of comparison to the cider market in Irish supermarkets in general. Always overtly sweet tasting, everytime - Bulmers, Orchard Thieves etc. Never a palatable dry cider on offer, God forbid! . If you want that you must find yourself a specialized off-licence where you'd generally pay over the odds.

The Lidl Doc de Coeur cider, whilst hardly the greatest symphony ever played on a palate, at least steers away from all the sickly sweet ubiquitous efforts that all Irish supermarkets stock so broadly. We're not great for cider and I don't even drink a whole lot of it.

Sorry for the lengthy reply here:)

Can't stomach any of the main Irish ciders but tried a couple Orchard Thieves recently and it was literally like drinking a bag of apple drops.

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

6 pack of 250ml bottles of La Goudale for €5.99 in Aldi

250ml bottles are silly, its a pity they aren't stocking the 750ml again.

BeerNut wrote: »

Tesco (Fleet Street Dublin, at least) have Leann Folláin at €2.59 and part of the 6-for-5 offer.

Maynooth also, so seems to not be store-specific.

Aldi has a couple of decent Ports at the moment: I'm trying the Maynard's 10-y-o Aged Tawny Porto, which is very smooth for €13.99. It might be too smooth, so I have to be a bit careful tonight ..!

La Goudale French Abbey Beer in Aldi again @ €2.99/75cl Bottle. Pretty decent beer and can't be beaten at that price. Have seen some off licences selling the same bottle for €6+.

Will be stocking up a few for over xmas myself.

I reckon they have Goudale as a more seasonally-permanent fixture this year as they have it in their brochure/leaflet for xmas this year, pretty sure they never had it in there before.

I always stock up on that stuff when they get it in as is decent enough though I do reckon it 'used-to-be-nicer', probably just my shifting palate though!

My bargain found today is the lovely Little Creatures Pale Ale 330ml, €1.50 a bottle in Tesco Ballincollig, possibly at this price elsewhere as wasn't flashy yellow-box <wink wink> ""promotion"" or maybe is a mis-price...I assume some EPOS Tesco drone is scanning these threads tirelessly (likely automated) so I guess I will have to buy a ton of them tomorrow in case the price goes up as a result of this post.

my local centra have 660ml bottles of kronenberg 1664 for €3.20
very tasty beer at €5 per litre....looks .good value to me

Glenlivet Founders Reserve is marked at 36 and scanning at 41.59 in some Tesco branches

With double the difference on pricing errors, this means its 30.41, which is fairly cheap for a branded single malt - although it is NAS.

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

good price, but it has gotten almost universally terrible reviews so id just add a tenner to my budget and buy something i know is nice.

Cracked it today. Its not anywhere near as bad as some of the reviews say - I think there's a severe backlash on the "they've taken our 12 away, the bastards" level - that's actually close enough to most of the 1 and 2 star reviews on the main sales sites!

Would have it over most of the rest of Tesco's "premium scotch" range, bar JW Black and Talisker. Would have preferred if last years Tesco Christmas special - Cardhu 12 - returned instead though. Drank a bottle of that with some good friends between Christmas Eve and NYE and got a second for the store cupboard.

If Jameson are replacing the 12/18 with the NAS "reserve" series, expect the same backlash - but they've probably managed to mute it a bit by releasing them a long time in advance and letting people taste them on their own merits, not as a forced replacement for the year number they want.

I would highly recommend the Majestat XO Solera Gran Reserva Brandy in Lidl.

I think it was about 25 euro but may be wrong. Lovely taste.
Very very smooth. Not something associated with brandy's in this price bracket. I have a feeling I may be purchasing another before New Year.