New craft beer in aldi

poitinstill

Kings of tara 4.99 a 4 pack in aldi. They had irish lager and pale ale. Brewed by station works in the north. Got a pack of each during the week. Lager is average not a lot going on. The pale ale has a strange bittering hop bad out of the fridge but ok at room temperature. All in all the o sheas. Is a far superior brew.

oblivious

I believe it's a product of craftworks

odyssey06

Thanks for the review, saw ad for it in sunday papers and thought about picking up a pack but will stick to the regular range.

sofireland

Says on side of box it's Stationworks in Newry i'm pretty sure.

Just saw this stuff today.

It's not too bad, not too dissimilar to Galway Hooker.

Not bad for e5 anyway when I cant stump up for the 4 for e10.

The Lidl range this appears to challenge, Craft Brewing Company.
Their lager is more or less an ale if anyone was avoiding it due to it listed as a lager.
Very heavy tasting ale too, much different than this King of Tara.

Lucena

33cl or 50cl?

BeerNut

Lucena wrote: »

33cl or 50cl?

Kings of Tara is in 33s.

sheroman01

Will give this a try. Speaking of fridge vs room temp - I used to always leave beer/ale in the fridge. Parents advised me to leave at room temp. What a difference it makes! Currently drinking Kename IPA and is muuuuch nicer at room temp!

Lovely Bloke

I find room temp beer to be a bit too warm. I'll generally aim to have most beers at about 8-10 degrees starting off, IPAs a little cooler maybe.

sheroman01

I actually pop them into the fridge for about an hour or 2, so they're just that bit more chilled

lk67

sheroman01 wrote: »

Will give this a try. Speaking of fridge vs room temp - I used to always leave beer/ale in the fridge. Parents advised me to leave at room temp. What a difference it makes! Currently drinking Kename IPA and is muuuuch nicer at room temp!

Anything hoppy would be better left in the fridge and taken out 30-60 mins before you drink it, especially if storing long term. Hops deteriorate pretty quickly and fridging will slow that down.

Sonderkommando

Had the pale ale recently, nothing too fancy but at 4 for €5 it is good value.

Speak Now

Sonderkommando wrote: »

Had the pale ale recently, nothing too fancy but at 4 for €5 it is good value.

Works out the same price as the O'Sheas range which is much nicer IMO.

youcancallmeal

Had a few of the Pale Ale at the weekend, not good at all. Very strange chemical bitterness off it, perhaps it needed to be drank at warmer temp like someone else mentioned?

Bulbous Salutation

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Works out the same price as the O'Sheas range which is much nicer IMO.

Agreed. The O'Shea's pale ale is a lovely drop for the price. Far nicer than the Tara equivalent.

dub_skav

The only problem with the O'Shea's [ale is that it's very rare you find any in stock.

If this was even a passable back up and was actually in stock it might be worth a look.

brick tamland

I really didn’t like the Tara pale ale. Very bitter and not to my taste at all. Not a patch on the O’Shea’s. Its up there with the worst pale ales I’ve had.

dub_skav wrote: »

The only problem with the O'Shea's [ale is that it's very rare you find any in stock.

If this was even a passable back up and was actually in stock it might be worth a look.

I think they are getting a little better at stock levels for the pale ale. At least in my local shop they are. The golden ale is nice too imo.

Bulbous Salutation

brick tamland wrote: »

I really didn’t like the Tara pale ale. Very bitter and not to my taste at all. Not a patch on the O’Shea’s. Its up there with the worst pale ales I’ve had.



I think they are getting a little better at stock levels for the pale ale. At least in my local shop they are. The golden ale is nice too imo.

Getting better alright. Used to be a right pain to head down the booze isle, only to see a mass of Stout and Red Ale bottles, but none of the pale green ale ones. Not that the stout is bad either.

Speak Now

dub_skav wrote: »

The only problem with the O'Shea's [ale is that it's very rare you find any in stock.

If this was even a passable back up and was actually in stock it might be worth a look.

I've seen a big improvement in the last 2 months, used to be 2 or 3 anytime I went in. Lately seems to be plenty.

3qsmavrod5twfe

Kings of Tara stuff actually gave me the galloping trots.


O'Shea's stuff is pretty good though for the price

BattleReady

Some nice seasonal beers in Aldi alright.

Should one stock up now or will they be there till closer to Christmas?

dub_skav

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

I've seen a big improvement in the last 2 months, used to be 2 or 3 anytime I went in. Lately seems to be plenty.

Good to hear. I'm rarely in Aldi and whenever I went out of my way to grab some pale ale I was more often than not disappointed so had nearly given up. Might start swinging by again.

dub_skav

BattleReady wrote: »

Some nice seasonal beers in Aldi alright.

Should one stock up now or will they be there till closer to Christmas?

I'd imagine if you stock up now then they won't be there closer to Christmas :pac:

Lucena

Anyone know if they have Ghost Ship in Aldi on a regular basis, or was it a once-off over the summer?

Speak Now

Lucena wrote: »

Anyone know if they have Ghost Ship in Aldi on a regular basis, or was it a once-off over the summer?

Got some last weekend so looking good.

brick tamland

I grabbed a bottle of Brown Bear IPA in ALDI last night, 1st time id seen it. Has anyone tried it? will give it a bash later

Only bought one after struggling through 4 of those poor Tara ales

oflahero

Bought one of the Brown Bear brown ales yesterday. Absolute muck. Total homebrew tang off it.

Mesrine65

Williams Brothers Perfect Storm IPA in Aldi isn't bad for the price.

keano_afc

Not a fan of the Brown Bear or the Tara range to be honest. Very very average.

UnknownSpecies

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Williams Brothers Perfect Storm IPA in Aldi isn't bad for the price.

Had this myself and thought it had a strange taste. Not very bitter for an IPA either, I thought it was a bit sickly towards the end.

Ruben Remus

UnknownSpecies wrote: »

Had this myself and thought it had a strange taste. Not very bitter for an IPA either, I thought it was a bit sickly towards the end.

Yes, I agree with this. It had a weird, almost strawberry, taste through the middle, which I'm guessing wasn't intended. I was a bit surprised and expected more from a Williams Bros beer.

I also had the brown bear IPA which I thought was poor.

The O'Sheas range is still the market leader in budget beer, IMO.

BeerNut

Ruben Remus wrote: »

The O'Sheas range is still the market leader in budget beer, IMO.

For stout and red, yes, but the fresh hops of the Grafters and Crafty Brewing IPAs are amazing, especially at their price point.

UnknownSpecies

Ruben Remus wrote: »

Yes, I agree with this. It had a weird, almost strawberry, taste through the middle, which I'm guessing wasn't intended. I was a bit surprised and expected more from a Williams Bros beer.

I also had the brown bear IPA which I thought was poor.

The O'Sheas range is still the market leader in budget beer, IMO.

Strawberry is a good descriptor actually, I couldn't put a name to it. It might have been ok if there was a large bitter hit following it up, but as it is, I'm not a fan.

senordingdong

BeerNut wrote: »

For stout and red, yes, but the fresh hops of the Grafters and Crafty Brewing IPAs are amazing, especially at their price point.

Agreed.
The perfect storm was uninspiring but drinkable, and the O'Sheas IPA was closer to lager.
But the crafty meeting IPA was top drawer. Full, bright tasting.

Tara ale was as dull as dishwater but was reasonable for the price.