Aldi/Lidl cheap beer?

fonecrusher1

Just looking at some of the cheapo stuff in aldi & lidl. Saint Etienne, geffenwalder, staroslav, perlenbacher...whats it like? Ive had perlenbacher before but what are the others like?

Any worse than the humdrum irish favourites like miller, bud, carling, fosters etc?

Dr Strange

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Just looking at some of the cheapo stuff in aldi & lidl. Saint Etienne, geffenwalder, staroslav, perlenbacher...whats it like? Ive had perlenbacher before but what are the others like?

Any worse than the humdrum irish favourites like miller, bud, carling, fosters etc?

You should also ask here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=598

and here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=908

There are conos..conerc...people who like their beer there who can help.

charlemont

Anything would be better than the crap sold in Irish offies, Golden Sun whiskey from Lidl is lovely so is the Blue Rakmaninov vodka....

Mo14

I tried Nobelaner once. I think that's a lidl only beer. That was on a new level of piss than the usuals.

Jennieflower

stay away from the Lidl's beer. It's rank! The bottled stuff tastes really strong to me anyway, something like Satz.... yuck.

Then I tried the canned variety, was weaker then your typical can of Bud, tasted like the beer was watered down. It was cheaper, but didn't taste good at all. Made me very sleepy actually....didn't even make me tipsy

I dunno about Aldi....never tried their selection

Run_to_da_hills

Have been a critic of Aldi / Lidl beers until I tried Saint Etienne, Not bad and good value.

iamstop

My advise is buy a note book, buy one one of each and give scores based on how you like them. Buy more of the ones you liked.

Knowledge is power.

I love trying new beers.

Tonyandthewhale

Starberg, blond bier, Lidl, yum.

Mr Benevolent

Jennieflower wrote: »

stay away from the Lidl's beer. It's rank! The bottled stuff tastes really strong to me anyway, something like Satz.... yuck.

Women don't drink beer. Their tastebuds can't decipher the complex tastes.

Agricola

Look for Tyskia in Aldi, a great polish beer. Couldnt stop drinking the stuff and Im not a big beer drinker at all.

Jennieflower

Confab wrote: »

Women don't drink beer. Their tastebuds can't decipher the complex tastes.

Ha! Well what they sell at Lidl's doesn't even resemble beer! so Touché!

MistyCheese

If you're a spirits drinker I must recomend the Lidl brandy that costs €19. I can't remember the name. I picked it up once by mistake instead of the €12 brandy and it was once of the best mistakes I've made in a long while! It was really lovely, well worth the €19.

macquarie

Grafenwalder is amazing!

dr.bollocko

Moved from AH.

BeerNut

A few of us set up a blind tasting of different types of lager last year, including a token one from the German discounters. It scored better than Heineken.

dr ro

Jennieflower wrote: »

stay away from the Lidl's beer. It's rank! The bottled stuff tastes really strong to me anyway, something like Satz.... yuck.

Then I tried the canned variety, was weaker then your typical can of Bud, tasted like the beer was watered down. It was cheaper, but didn't taste good at all. Made me very sleepy actually....didn't even make me tipsy

I dunno about Aldi....never tried their selection

Like a watered down can of budweiser? That must be crystal clear mountain due water, filtered through hundreds of miles of rock over billions of years to produce that particular brand of p1ss.
On a serios note , I don't think bud can be watered down any more and still be described as beer, under the trades description act, or something.

fonecrusher1

BeerNut wrote: »

A few of us set up a blind tasting of different types of lager last year, including a token one from the German discounters. It scored better than Heineken.

Can't stop laughing at the face on that guy with the red jacket. Is that his impersonation of a grumpy hobo? And the fella wearing the hoody with his beer in a lucozade bottle.

So it seems the cheapo german stuff is just as good as the "premium" lager.

Thanks for the link.

Muirgheal

Lidl, <in Sligo anyway> have had some of the Shepherd Neame beers in stock over the last few months at €1.50 a bottle.

I think that it seems to be the seasonal beers at the end of their season, cause they had Autumn Blaze, Tapping the Admiral, 4-4-2, and Rudolph's Reward at different times over the last few months. I'm sure there were a few more but I can't remember them right now.

fonecrusher1

Well i had a couple of St Etienne (4.8%alc) bought from aldi on friday night & i found myself pleasantly surprised. Its a decent beer for the price of 99c, nothing special but smooth enough & absent of any metallic taste which i found overpowering in lidl's grafenwalder.

Yeah quite impressed & another good example of a budget beer that is way nicer than the massively advertised big name 'premium' beers. It would be a great beer for bbq's & parties. Cheap n cheerful.

irish_goat

I still haven't gotten over the news that the Aldi Traditional Ale is gone.

fonecrusher1

irish_goat wrote: »

I still haven't gotten over the news that the Aldi Traditional Ale is gone.

Unfortunately i never got a chance to taste it. Was it good?

irish_goat

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Unfortunately i never got a chance to taste it. Was it good?

Delicious. The O'Hara's red is probably the closest you'll get to it but not quite the same.

slayerking

irish_goat wrote: »

I still haven't gotten over the news that the Aldi Traditional Ale is gone.

It's been replaced by O'Sheas Stout and O'Sheas Irish Red Ale.
These are also being brewed by Carlow Brewing Company (O'Haras).
I asked the brewer about the new ones and he told me that the O'Sheas Irish Red Ale is the same recipe as the Aldi Specially Selected one!!!
So all is not lost.

I must say though, on tasting the O'Sheas Irish Red Ale is doesnt taste as roasty as the Specially Selected one was, but maybe its in my head as I didnt taste them side by side!
Still, two very nice beers.

irish_goat

slayerking wrote: »

It's been replaced by O'Sheas Stout and O'Sheas Irish Red Ale.
These are also being brewed by Carlow Brewing Company (O'Haras).
I asked the brewer about the new ones and he told me that the O'Sheas Irish Red Ale is the same recipe as the Aldi Specially Selected one!!!
So all is not lost.

I must say though, on tasting the O'Sheas Irish Red Ale is doesnt taste as roasty as the Specially Selected one was, but maybe its in my head as I didnt taste them side by side!
Still, two very nice beers.

They're definitely not the same imo, the O'Shea's was nice enough but lacked the roastyness as you said and the caramel notes of the traditional. I'll try the O'Shea's again though and see.

irish_goat

And just so ye's all know, Lidl's pils are on offer at the minute.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.Super_Saturday.Super_Saturday

fonecrusher1

irish_goat wrote: »

And just so ye's all know, Lidl's pils are on offer at the minute.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.Super_Saturday.Super_Saturday

Its a very average beer, bit of a sharp aftertaste. But at 4.29 for 6 i can't really complain.:D

IrishWhiskeyCha

irish_goat wrote:

I must say though, on tasting the O'Sheas Irish Red Ale is doesnt taste as roasty as the Specially Selected one was, but maybe its in my head as I didnt taste them side by side!

Yes there is definately a difference to me also and I did taste them side by side. Prefer the Specially Selected for the same reasons ... more meaty too.

Even better for me is my local still had a good few left the last time I bought some which was last week. I was tempted to stock up but they never seemed to be a big seller there so reckoned I'd leave it till next week end when I have a trolly on the go. Hopefully there is still a good few left.

Padraig Mor

Aldi doing German beers for €1.09 / 500ml bottle at the moment - think they may be on runout. Berliner Kindl, Tucher Ubersee and a couple of others.

Sergeant

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

Yes there is definately a difference to me also and I did taste them side by side. Prefer the Specially Selected for the same reasons ... more meaty too.

I loved the Specially Selected Ale as well, even though the small bottles used to annoy me. Hope to get a chance to try the new Ale in the next few weeks.

fonecrusher1

Anyone tried the bishops finger ale currently available in lidl?

dr.bollocko

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Anyone tried the bishops finger ale currently available in lidl?

I bought it for the amusing name but it was in O'Briens and tesco as well. Not bad but not much to write home about. I guess it depends on whether or not you like yer english ales.

Technocentral

I love loads of english ales but Bishops Finger is a decidedly average example of one.

fonecrusher1

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I bought it for the amusing name but it was in O'Briens and tesco as well. Not bad but not much to write home about. I guess it depends on whether or not you like yer english ales.

Technocentral wrote: »

I love loads of english ales but Bishops Finger is a decidedly average example of one.

To give you an idea of ale ive tried & liked & not liked. Old Speckled Hen; nice if a little dull. Hob Goblin; very nice. London Pride; nice & spicey. Innis & Gunn; did not like.

Is it like any of those?^

Its 1.99 which isn't exactly a bargain so it would want to be decent enough. There are loads of choices at that price.

redalan

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Aldi doing German beers for €1.09 / 500ml bottle at the moment - think they may be on runout. Berliner Kindl, Tucher Ubersee and a couple of others.

What type beer is the Berliner Kindl and the Tucher See. Wheat beer or lager?

Technocentral

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

To give you an idea of ale ive tried & liked & not liked. Old Speckled Hen; nice if a little dull. Hob Goblin; very nice. London Pride; nice & spicey. Innis & Gunn; did not like.

Is it like any of those?^

Its 1.99 which isn't exactly a bargain so it would want to be decent enough. There are loads of choices at that price.

It's like Speckled Hen, kind of lacking in any real flavours.

Padraig Mor

redalan wrote: »

What type beer is the Berliner Kindl and the Tucher See. Wheat beer or lager?

Lager. The Tucher Ubersee is yum.

edit: they're not own brand BTW. They seem to have arrived in Aldi via an Australian importer.....

redalan

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Lager. The Tucher Ubersee is yum.

edit: they're not own brand BTW. They seem to have arrived in Aldi via an Australian importer.....

Thanks

fonecrusher1

Have to say on a general point, im starting to buy beer in Lidl less & less.

Their franziskaner has gone up to 1.99. Their uber budget Aldi's St Etienne equivalent geffenwalder is pretty poor. In fact the 99c St Etienne is a better beer than lidl's Perllenbacher as well. Aldi has a wheat beer in at the moment thats very similar to Frani but its only 1.79. Lidl are doing tyskie & lech for 10c less than tescos & dunnes but thats hardly a huge reduction. Its like their not trying that hard to provide bargains anymore.

Also i noticed Aldi has a couple of unknown german beers in, a pilsner & a 2 lagers that come in the same box? Looks interesting.

Im changing over to Aldi for budget beer for the time being.

Padraig Mor

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Also i noticed Aldi has a couple of unknown german beers in, a pilsner & a 2 lagers that come in the same box? Looks interesting.

Im changing over to Aldi for budget beer for the time being.

See my post earlier re the German beers. My fave is the Tucher Ubersee but any of these I've picked up have had a best before date of 3rd Feb so doubt they'll be on sale past next week.

fonecrusher1

Padraig Mor wrote: »

See my post earlier re the German beers. My fave is the Tucher Ubersee but any of these I've picked up have had a best before date of 3rd Feb so doubt they'll be on sale past next week.

Thats a shame. I tried the Berliner kindl last weekend. It was lovely actually. And only 1.09euro.

mectavba

I have to say I think the Perlenbachers are quality. I would get them ahead of any "mainstream" beers now.

Name Changed

My mate gave me a bottle of Perlenbacher that he said he got in Aldi. It was really nice. I'd even say it was as nice as the Peroni and Furstenburg I'd had just before...

Anyway, 6 large bottles for 5 quid. Nice.

FlutterinBantam

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Well i had a couple of St Etienne (4.8%alc) bought from aldi on friday night & i found myself pleasantly surprised. Its a decent beer for the price of 99c, nothing special but smooth enough & absent of any metallic taste which i found overpowering in lidl's grafenwalder.

Yeah quite impressed & another good example of a budget beer that is way nicer than the massively advertised big name 'premium' beers. It would be a great beer for bbq's & parties. Cheap n cheerful.

Spot on there, that graf leave a nice little head on a lad of a morning.

Etienne is good also, in Lidl Noblaner is not bad and Perlenbacher is good value at €6.26 for 6 x .500 btls.


Still say kaiserdom in Dunnes is excellent 4.8% 6 x 500 for €6.36.

Nice smooth taste and clean, no head even after a good intake

rubadub

Grafenwalder 2x500ml cans for €1.50 in lidl, the normal grafenwalder, not the weiss. I think it starts on monday 4th april and ends on the sunday, it is not online yet but was in the leaflet. I think tennants was the same, 2 for 1.50.

fonecrusher1

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Spot on there, that graf leave a nice little head on a lad of a morning.

Etienne is good also, in Lidl Noblaner is not bad and Perlenbacher is good value at €6.26 for 6 x .500 btls.


Still say kaiserdom in Dunnes is excellent 4.8% 6 x 500 for €6.36.

Nice smooth taste and clean, no head even after a good intake

I had a few cans of graf one night last summer (we call it 'the metal beer', because of the manky metallic taste) & i got a humdinger of a hangover off it the next day. Its also absolutely disgusting if its not chilled properly. The true sign of a crap beer.

Yeah the perlenbacher is a decent enough budget brew alright. I was drinking it for a year & got a bit sick of it so St etienne fits the bill nicely as a replacement. It'll be my summer beer with a few dearer beers now & then.

Never had Kaiserdom or Noblaner. Will give them a go.

gigawatt

we buy galahad in aldi every weekend 7.99 for 12 cans. I wish I could get it on draught in pubs! its like a milder version of miller/bud and i've given it to a few people and they all liked it.

Sergeant

gigawatt wrote: »

wits like a milder version of miller/bud

Water?

stephendevlin

I have tried the dry cider in there and its really nice. I never really touched cider before but found it to be refreshing. Its a 2L bottle. Lovelly stuff. Another is a spiced rum. Captain something. Like Captain Morgan. Prob about 85% close to it. Captain Morgan was a little nicer TBH.

The beers are all down to taste so its really trial and error.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.tat.o.Traditional_Cream_Liqueur

Great for making Baileys coffee's!

Name Changed

Perlenbacher seems to have disappeared off the shelves in Aldi. I checked 4 Aldis looking for it and can't get it anywhere...

Name Changed

Anyone ever try the Breda stuff? I remember going on holidays to Jersey years ago and it was the biggest drink over there. I haven't seen it since then until I spotted it in Aldi today.

Pixelcraft

Name Changed wrote: »

Perlenbacher seems to have disappeared off the shelves in Aldi. I checked 4 Aldis looking for it and can't get it anywhere...

Because it's from lidl ?