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clio_16v · 22-04-2020 10:49AM

Any deals on Guinness?

Rows Grower · 22-04-2020 11:20AM

Yellow Dog wrote: »

Was in my local Aldi, Sligo, yesterday.

They have 20 x 330ml bottles of Karlskrone lager 4.3% for €9.99.

That's nearly 12 pints for a tenner, I'll have to get a lash of that tomorrow and try it out.

Seve OB · 22-04-2020 12:14PM

wife tells me there are 5*660ml bottles of Orchard Thieves going for 10 bucks in Centra, offer on till Friday

bazz26 · 22-04-2020 12:26PM

Tesco have it too:
https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=288730144

stimpson · 22-04-2020 12:51PM

I picked up 10 bottles last week. It’s sweeter than Bulmers. Fairly unpleasant. I did drink them all though.

Am off for a couple of days so going to do a bargain cider taste test. Rosies Vs. Linden Village Vs Olde English. Any other suggestions welcome.

casio4 · 22-04-2020 12:54PM

stimpson wrote: »

I picked up 10 bottles last week. It’s sweeter than Bulmers. Fairly unpleasant. I did drink them all though.

Am off for a couple of days so going to do a bargain cider taste test. Rosies Vs. Linden Village Vs Olde English. Any other suggestions welcome.

let us know how you get on

stimpson · 22-04-2020 12:59PM

I picked up 10 bottles last week. It’s sweeter than Bulmers. Fairly unpleasant. I did drink them all though.

Am off for a couple of days so going to do a bargain cider taste test. Rosies Vs. Linden Village Vs Olde English. Any other suggestions welcome.

22-04-2020 01:03PM

Rows Grower wrote: »

That's nearly 12 pints for a tenner, I'll have to get a lash of that tomorrow and try it out.

I've gotten it before and really liked it. As a base line, I tend to drink Czech and Polish beers. I don't like Heineken or Carlsburg if that helps.

rubadub · 22-04-2020 01:24PM

stimpson wrote: »

. Rosies Vs. Linden Village Vs Olde English. Any other suggestions welcome.

2L flagons of aldi cider, lidls is OK too, but I would take aldi over most of the cheaply produced stuff (which includes bulmers, its only about 33% juice so is cheap to produce).

Linden 2L is €5 in tesco and 6%. I used to drink tesco cider the odd time but it has not come back in my local ever since the CO2 shortage.

The 2L fits better in my fridge and since I drink it in a glass with ice I prefer it over cans, and its cheaper per ml. I hate coke in 2L as it goes flat but flattish cider is not as bad to me at all.

I don't like orchard thieves at all, too sweet and a bizarre fake taste like cheap apple sweets. The applemans tastes more like fizzy apple juice with vodka, which is a nice taste, I love apple juice & vodka, but it is not a cider taste.

stimpson · 22-04-2020 01:33PM

rubadub wrote: »

2L flagons of aldi cider, lidls is OK too, but I would take aldi over most of the cheaply produced stuff (which includes bulmers, its only about 33% juice so is cheap to produce).

Linden 2L is €5 in tesco and 6%. I used to drink tesco cider the odd time but it has not come back in my local ever since the CO2 shortage.

The 2L fits better in my fridge and since I drink it in a glass with ice I prefer it over cans, and its cheaper per ml. I hate coke in 2L as it goes flat but flattish cider is not as bad to me at all.

I don't like orchard thieves at all, too sweet and a bizarre fake taste like cheap apple sweets. The applemans tastes more like fizzy apple juice with vodka, which is a nice taste, I love apple juice & vodka, but it is not a cider taste.

Grand. I have to hit Aldi too so I’ll pick up a couple. This will bring me back to my knacker drinking days.

ActingDanClark · 22-04-2020 03:04PM

stimpson wrote: »

Grand. I have to hit Aldi too so I’ll pick up a couple. This will bring me back to my knacker drinking days.

Ethnic minority drinking days😁

The_Conductor · 22-04-2020 03:13PM

ActingDanClark wrote: »

Ethnic minority drinking days😁

I was a posh knacker- I drank vodka. Mostly because it was easier to hide.

Frank_1969 · 22-04-2020 03:40PM

Rows Grower wrote: »

That's nearly 12 pints for a tenner, I'll have to get a lash of that tomorrow and try it out.

DON'T...Trust me it's diabolical [email]Cr@p..No[/email] taste from it (apart from the chemical type)

stimpson · 22-04-2020 03:42PM

Mission accomplished. The full lineup is

Linden Village
Olde English
Rosies
Druid
Stonehouse
Cullens (Aldi)

And I have a couple of longnecks of Bulmers as a control. Also got a few racks of Pork Ribs to soak up the alcohol.

killbillvol2 · 22-04-2020 03:47PM

stimpson wrote: »

Mission accomplished. The full lineup is
Linden Village

Olde English

Rosies

Druid

Stonehouse

Cullens (Aldi)

And I have a couple of longnecks of Bulmers as a control. Also got a few racks of Pork Ribs to soak up the alcohol.

There's a fella begging outside my local Spar, a daily consumer of cider - I could have asked him for you if I'd seen your post in time!

stimpson · 22-04-2020 03:48PM

killbillvol2 wrote: »

There's a fella begging outside my local Spar, a daily consumer of cider - I could have asked him for you if I'd seen your post in time!

How do you know that’s not me?

rubadub · 22-04-2020 03:51PM

stimpson wrote: »

Mission accomplished..

I hope that white bag is full of paracetamol!

I think aldi might have 2 other ciders, one a bit more expensive and I think it is weaker at 4.5% so probably trying to emulate bulmers, and then I think they have an expensive bottles one trying to emulate the craft ones with higher apple juice content.

I would put bulmers in another bracket too, its like cidona mixed with vodka, cidona is made with fermented apples and actually contains traces of alcohol.

The aldi cullens cider you got is more inline with the run of the mill similar 5-6% ciders like linden village.

rubadub · 22-04-2020 03:53PM

killbillvol2 wrote: »

There's a fella begging outside my local Spar, a daily consumer of cider !

One of my favourite sketches ever! though its beer

stimpson · 22-04-2020 04:00PM

rubadub wrote: »

One of my favourite sketches ever! though its beer

And that sketch always reminds me of this:

http://www.foodfight.org.uk/other/images/trampindex.pdf

22-04-2020 05:21PM

stimpson wrote: »

Mission accomplished. The full lineup is
Linden Village

Olde English

Rosies

Druid

Stonehouse

Cullens (Aldi)

And I have a couple of longnecks of Bulmers as a control. Also got a few racks of Pork Ribs to soak up the alcohol.

Just missing some Devils Bit

Stonehouse is my personal favourite, way better than any of the Bulmers/Orchard Thieves/Applemans/etc. options

Hotblack Desiato · 22-04-2020 05:55PM

smelly sock wrote: »

100 per cent agreed. Pretty sure the moretti is imported from italy whereas the peroni is uk piss.

Dunno about elsewhere, but I'd buy Peroni fairly regularly from Dunnes, any I've seen is brewed in Italy. The city where it was brewed is on the back of the label next to the BB date.

stimpson · 22-04-2020 06:18PM

28064212 wrote: »

Just missing some Devils Bit Stonehouse is my personal favourite, way better than any of the Bulmers/Orchard Thieves/Applemans/etc. options

Just started with the Stonehouse as it happens. Top marks for putting the ingredients on the can. Unfortunately it includes sugar and Malic Acid. Sugar is there to bump the ABV. Malic Acid is to try and put back in some flavour. It’s a bit too insipid for me. Not unpleasant like the Orchard Thieves but not much character.

I need to come up with some kind of scoring system for this. I’ll take notes and come back when I’ve tested them all.

murphyebass · 22-04-2020 07:07PM

It’s all about the Aldi Cullens cider imo if you’re drinking cheap ****ty cider.

stimpson · 22-04-2020 07:59PM

murphyebass wrote: »

It’s all about the Aldi Cullens cider imo if you’re drinking cheap ****ty cider.

That remains to be seen.

Rows Grower · 22-04-2020 08:10PM

murphyebass wrote: »

It’s all about the Aldi Cullens cider imo if you’re drinking cheap ****ty cider.

I've bought a few 8 packs of it recently and I though myself it was quite nice to be honest. I'd rank it head and shoulders above Orchard Thieves.

murphyebass · 22-04-2020 08:19PM

Rows Grower wrote: »

I've bought a few 8 packs of it recently and I though myself it was quite nice to be honest. I'd rank it head and shoulders above Orchard Thieves.

To be fair I’d say it’s a matter of taste.

Orchards thieves to me tastes like someone rammed my mouth full of apple drop sweets.

That might have been ok at 10 years of age but now I’d prefer a more traditional cider. Cullens does the job.

murphyebass · 22-04-2020 08:19PM

Rows Grower wrote: »

I've bought a few 8 packs of it recently and I though myself it was quite nice to be honest. I'd rank it head and shoulders above Orchard Thieves.

To be fair I’d say it’s a matter of taste.

Orchards thieves to me tastes like someone rammed my mouth full of apple drop sweets.

That might have been ok at 10 years of age but now I’d prefer a more traditional cider. Cullens does the job.

Seve OB · 22-04-2020 08:49PM

yes Orchard Thieves is very sweet.
I never liked it at first, used to drink a lot of Bulmers back in the day and it's a completely different drink.
got to like it a bit more now, but wouldn't go on a session, one or 2 out doing the garden on a summers day is fine.

One cider i like a lot is Jack Daniels Cider. Cider with a hint of JD. Again, would just be having a few at the most, not one for skulling pints and pints of. Can't find it anywhere now though, if anyone knows where I can pick some up around D15 would appreciate it please.

Reputable Rog · 22-04-2020 09:04PM

Yellow Dog wrote: »

Was in my local Aldi, Sligo, yesterday.

They have 20 x 330ml bottles of Karlskrone lager 4.3% for €9.99.

Wow 40 bottles.

ballybro · 22-04-2020 09:36PM

Anywhere doing offers on 24 packs of Guinness cans at the minute .

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