Heineken Special Edition Pack

Greenduck

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone knows where I can get the Heinken special editon pack in Dublin?

KJ

Superquinn have it for €9.99

Blisterman

That looks interesting. Are they recreated historical recipes of Heineken?

KJ

I was looking at them in work the other day. As far as I can tell, its the same Heineken as a normal bottle but they come in 4 different metallic bottles with the old branding on them.

Blisterman

That's a shame. It would be fascinating to see how the recipe has evolved.

Bigcheeze

Blisterman wrote: »

That's a shame. It would be fascinating to see how the recipe has evolved.

Breweries don't seem to like shouting about changing recipes. They're probably afraid of a repeat of the Coke Classic debacle.

munchkin_utd

Blisterman wrote: »

That's a shame. It would be fascinating to see how the recipe has evolved.

It'd also be interesting to know if Ireland gets a different Heineken than the original in Holland.

I was surprised to hear on a documentary that Becks tweaks its recipe depending on which market its selling into. The bottle is the same (at least I mean labeled as original Becks) but whats in it is different depending on what country you buy it!

If they are at it then why not Heineken also?

BeerNut

munchkin_utd wrote: »

It'd also be interesting to know if Ireland gets a different Heineken than the original in Holland.

All you have to do is look at the ABV. Irish Heineken, both the draught version brewed in Cork and the packaged version brewed in the Netherlands, is 4.3% ABV, which is unique to Ireland AFAIK. In the Netherlands and most other places Heineken is 5% ABV.

munchkin_utd wrote: »

I was surprised to hear on a documentary that Becks tweaks its recipe depending on which market its selling into. The bottle is the same (at least I mean labeled as original Becks) but whats in it is different depending on what country you buy it!

Beck's used to be pretty standard but A-B InBev have really loosened the rules recently. Beck's for the US is now brewed over there.

Beck's Vier was created specifically for the UK market and, as the name suggests, is 4% ABV. When they brought it to Ireland they seem to have decided that there wasn't the market for a beer at 4% ABV at the price they wanted to charge so Irish Beck's Vier, uniquely again, is 4.3% ABV.

Wookie

Is there any significance to the 4.3%. I googled it and I found a few references to it being a typical beer strength in Ireland. It is just that before craft beers came along the majority of beer sold in Ireland was 4.2/4.3 even when other markets get the same beer but at a higher strength.

Just wondering...

Bigcheeze

Wookie wrote: »

Is there any significance to the 4.3%. I googled it and I found a few references to it being a typical beer strength in Ireland. It is just that before craft beers came along the majority of beer sold in Ireland was 4.2/4.3 even when other markets get the same beer but at a higher strength.

Just wondering...

Because it's an established fact that anything 5% or above is "bleedin rocket fuel" and anything 4% or below is just piss.