Best of the cheap beer/lager...

...the world of alcohol seems polarised between those who like the standard brands like Heineken, Carlsberg and Bud, versus the craft beers.

So what about the cheap stuff that can't claim to be popular, and can't claim to be craft. The Karpackies, Tyskies and Lidl's Perlembacher.

So any of them particularly good? In recent months have to say I've had a lot of Perlenbacher. At €7 for 6x500ml bottles, it's pretty good value.

RhubarbCrumble

Aldi's Cullens cider isn't bad.

NachoBusiness

The fake Budweiser from Aldi is nice. The fake Carlsberg is horrible though.

darkpagandeath

We do not have Cheep alcohol in Ireland.

The_Valeyard

Whatever tickles my fancy.

One_More_Mile

vratislav from tesco- great tack

magentis

Great idea,a hipster free beer thread.That perlenbacher is nice,also love staropramen,tasty beer that one.

darkpagandeath

darkpagandeath wrote: »

We do not have Cheep alcohol in Ireland.

I reckon any 500 can or bottle in the €1 range is cheap. It means you can have a good night in front of the telly for a tenner.

Junkyard Tom

Get down off the roof you with that baby in your arms.

Disgrace. :mad:

LETHAL LADY

Aldi's Brasserie is very strong and easy to drink. Makes you feel like a right alco so it does.

Banjo String

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Aldi's Cullens cider isn't bad.

Better than senokot, that's for sure.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Is there a fake aldi/lidl/tesco Heineken?

Corpus Twisty

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Is there a fake aldi/lidl/tesco Heineken?

Probably...if Carlsberg did fake copies, they'd be the best fake copies...oh wait, you said Heineken??? No, nothing like that. Try Aldltesbacher. It's gorgeous...ish..

Ol' Donie

Excelsior from Lidl.

75c a can. My favourite beer. Way nicer than Bud Heineken or Carlsberg

Links234

Aldi's O'Sheas Irish Red is my go to, same people who make O'Haras so it's damn good. I use a bottle of their stout whenever I'm making a stew

Sir Osis of Liver.

Corpus Twisty wrote: »

Probably...if Carlsberg did fake copies, they'd be the best fake copies...oh wait, you said Heineken??? No, nothing like that. Try Aldltesbacher. It's gorgeous...ish..

Sounds lovely...ish..

Might give it a go...sometime.

Meanwhile I'll snap up all the €26 slabs I can in tesco.

Custardpi

Germania from Dunnes at €1.15 a can. One of my favourite beers at any price. Nothing fancy, just crisp, refreshing German brewed lager. Almost certain to disappear once the new laws come in.

Capt'n Midnight

If you are really stuck do like a lot of the big brands do and super chill. Numb taste buds can't tell the difference between El cheapo larger and those that are very heavily advertised.

That said some of the expensive brands just aren't worth the premium.

MadYaker

Grolsch is grand, can be got for around 1.30 a can

B17G

Banjo String wrote: »

Better than senokot, that's for sure.

Another Bulmers pear cider fiasco?

Grandeeod

Tuborg.

A four pack for 5 quid in my local shop. Three pints of the stuff for a tenner in local pub.

Tu...tu...tu...tuborg!

wandatowell

Bavaria is the kiddy. Goes down easy, ain't too gasey unlike the misses.

Xenji

Carling, the silver 4% cans of Stella as well.

Whyohwhy?

Aldi do bottles of stuff(can't think of the name, brown bottle, orange label)
It's a weisbier, quite tasty and around 4.6\4.8%.
Only 1.69 a bottle(lrg bottle)

Banjo String

Whyohwhy? wrote: »

Aldi do bottles of stuff(can't think of the name, brown bottle, orange label)
It's a weisbier, quite tasty and around 4.6\4.8%.
Only 1.69 a bottle(lrg bottle)

this is what you're thinking off, and your right, pretty good stuff, its 5%.

Corpus Twisty

Banjo String wrote: »

this is what you're thinking off, and your right, pretty good stuff, its 5%.

"Scoffitoffher" - best shared..

Zebra3

magentis wrote: »

Great idea,a hipster free beer thread.

Not drinking urine = hipster?

:rolleyes:

There is a german one I have seen around a few mates houses. Never thought to ask where they bought it but they tell me it is mad cheap. But I quite liked it when I have had it. Bitburger I think it is called. For a cheap beer it is much tastier than any of the "Standards" like bud and heiniken.

Akrasia

Finkbrau in Lidl. 50c per 250ml bottle so a euro for a 500ml serving

It's not bad at all

Sleepy

Perlenbacher in Lidl is a better pilsner than most of the "premium" brands. And if you manage to get the 8 packs when Lidl are doing their XXL promotions, under a euro per 500ml bottle.
Tuborg is every bit as good as Heineken or Carlsberg and better than Bud, Coors, Miller etc.

MonkeyTennis

Harp

RhubarbCrumble

B17G wrote: »

Another Bulmers pear cider fiasco?

I've never had any problems with it! I haven't had the apple one though so can't comment on that one.

PopePalpatine

There's an off-licence just down the road from my house that sells 1 litre bottles of a 5% ABV pilsner called Martens for €2.89. It's OK-tasting.

Another off-licence in my town sells a 5.9% ABV tequila-flavoured beer called Sombrero, and I love it.

Whyohwhy?

Banjo String wrote: »

this is what you're thinking off, and your right, pretty good stuff, its 5%.

Thats the stuff, great value beer to be sure, was pleasantly surprised when I tried it out.

GLaDOS

Tuborg or Bavaria, chilled to the point of tastlessness, grand session beer.

That said, homebrew is even more cost effective and tastes better

fleet_admiral

Hennessy when I cant find Remy Martin

DEFTLEFTHAND

Have always liked Tuborg, it's pretty reasonably priced too. I think it's currently 4 for a fiver in my local off licence.

omahaid

I love the bottles of Tyskie. It used to be nicer as I recall, I think they tweaked the recipe a few years back, or maybe I'm going mad?

PopePalpatine

I remember it being 5.6% ABV once, now it's 5.5% ABV, so I'd say that's probably the case.

SafeSurfer

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There is a german one I have seen around a few mates houses. Never thought to ask where they bought it but they tell me it is mad cheap. But I quite liked it when I have had it. Bitburger I think it is called. For a cheap beer it is much tastier than any of the "Standards" like bud and heiniken.

BItburger is lovely beer.
The only reason many of these beers are not sold as premium lagers is the lack of marketing behold them.
Stella, grolsch and Holstein back in the day we're all marketed heavily and had a price premium over beers such as Carlsberg, tennents and Harp.
BItburger is very tasty.

SmartinMartin

2nd vote for the lidl 10-packs of Finkbrau. Gorgeous stuff, as is the Perlenbacher.

EndaHonesty

Deleted User wrote: »

...the world of alcohol seems polarised between those who like the standard brands like Heineken, Carlsberg and Bud, versus the craft beers.

So what about the cheap stuff that can't claim to be popular, and can't claim to be craft. The Karpackies, Tyskies and Lidl's Perlembacher.

So any of them particularly good? In recent months have to say I've had a lot of Perlenbacher. At €7 for 6x500ml bottles, it's pretty good value.

The German Perlenbacher is much nicer than the French Perlenbacher.

Tyskie is a great beer, and always great value.

I find Grolsch in Tesco a nice beer, and great value. In my opinion it's the nicest UK brewed "mainstream" beer.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Aldi bargain beer Brassarie is grand chilled.Only €5 for 10 bottles.

Tastes of Heineken mixed with Weils Disease.

osarusan

Links234 wrote: »

Aldi's O'Sheas Irish Red is my go to, same people who make O'Haras so it's damn good. I use a bottle of their stout whenever I'm making a stew

O'Shea also have a dry hopped Irish Ale which is quite nice.

Aongus Von Bismarck

osarusan wrote: »

O'Shea also have a dry hopped Irish Ale which is quite nice.

I'm not a lager drinker, and, as I don't live in Ireland I'm not exactly au-fait with the cheap alcoholic gutrot that people constitute as a bargain.

When I was last home my Father had bought four of the O'Shea's Pale Ale from Aldi for me. It was a lovely beer. I was impressed. I'm not a big beer drinker, and the pale ale style isn't a hugely popular one in Germany, but I did enjoy it.

Whyohwhy?

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I'm not a lager drinker, and, as I don't live in Ireland I'm not exactly au-fait with the cheap alcoholic gutrot that people constitute as a bargain.

When I was last home my Father had bought four of the O'Shea's Pale Ale from Aldi for me. It was a lovely beer. I was impressed. I'm not a big beer drinker, and the pale ale style isn't a hugely popular one in Germany, but I did enjoy it.

I am impressed that you have not come across as an absolutely condescending **** bag in this post!

Bully for you!!!

Grandeeod

Whyohwhy? wrote: »

I am impressed that you have not come across as an absolutely condescending **** bag in this post!

Bully for you!!!

You can't ****ing read dude if you think that Biso didn't come across as a **** bag in that post.

Whyohwhy?

Grandeeod wrote: »

You can't ****ing read dude if you think that Biso didn't come across as a **** bag in that post.

But every time he posts.... Of course he is a **** bag.
Jaysus fcukin christ...

magentis

Zebra3 wrote: »

Not drinking urine = hipster?

:rolleyes:

Hipster and proud eh?

So anything thats not a 'craft beer' is urine then.:o

You should see the conditions in which some of these 'craft beers' are produced,part of my work involves having to visit some of them.

Nothing at all wrong with mainstream beers that have been produced for decades.

Rheinbacher.

€7.29 for 6x 500ml bottles in Aldi. 4.9%. Tastes pretty good.

Sainte Etienne lager

€12.29 for 12x 500ml cans in Aldi. 4.8%. Again, pretty decent.