Its also not the first waste-bread-beer on the market here, think Hope did one a fair few years ago.
Yeah, I tried the first batch. It's fine. Nothing terribly interesting about it.
Has anyone tried this beer, got 4 cans at the weekend. drank them last night, its a light beer, 3%, but quite nice. I'd get again for Sunday evening drinking.
Part of the "Smugglers Reserve" branding.
Haven't seen this before. Looks like one on all of these Copeland rums. Is this marketing? I wasn't sure for a second. Thought it was like what CAB do with seizures for a minute but then saw the cask number etc
When you see the blue lights in your rearview…
True, but they don't compare to the real thing in taste, especially for spirits, red wine imo
If such a gel does become available, I can see it being popular for festivals, christmas party season.
Note to scientist: non-alcoholic drinks have already been invented
Maybe I like the side effects.
Scientists researching an edible gel that prevents drunkenness … early research involving mice shows promise.
“If you ingested this gel before you drink, most of the alcohol you drink is converted into acetic acid,” he says. “That means alcohol doesn’t cross into the bloodstream and you don’t suffer from the side effects.”
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430828-edible-gel-prevents-and-treats-alcohol-intoxication-in-mice/
Heineken pulling a stroke with the new recycling cans (%), older one on the left same price of course
@L1011 pics?
Thats exactly what I went with. It's one of 2 lagers sold individually in Lidl, I think.
Still undergoing the renovation from hell in my house; and a habit for both of us (me less so, but anyway) to get distracted and start a side-project while something else is effectively on fire.
But the outcome of the most recent side project is quite beneficial. 3x IKEA Besta 60x20x64 frames mounted on the kitchen wall, glass shelves, smoked glass doors, all installed to take my spirits and glassware.
Each unit can take ~20kg on each shelf officially but you'd be hard pressed to get 20kg of bottles in - 14 700ml ones of perfect shape and size would fit in each. Some 1L, some weird shapes and also things like bitters bottles reduce the total to probably 30 'big' bottles plus a handful of bitters bottles; but that should be enough for anyone. Or at least, it currently leaves me space for about three more....
Glass shelves will take anywhere from four champagne coupes / martini glasses to an absolute pile of Glencairns and branded glassware each.
I have the lighting kit to install but haven't done it yet, cause its not a project in this house unless it remains somehow unfinished. I'll get to it, before the heat death of the universe, I promise.
Lidl Excelsior tends to be what I buy if I need a single can of cooking lager.
Can buy a single can of any of the big macro lagers, a huge variety of Polish/Baltic lagers, and a bundle of Irish options also (Farringtons and 8 Degrees definitely) in my local Centra.
Convenience stores are the way to go for this, particularly independent ones. They serve a specific market of connoisseurs who like to buy their Coors one can at a time.
Wanted a can of cheap lager for cooking with. It's really hard to find a single can of lager in the supermarket, these days. Tesco had none.
Then again, prices are gradually creeping up across the board anyway for obvious reasons.
I haven't noticed price changes on any beer. Nowhere is adding the deposit to the stated sale price so there's not really an opportunity to sneak in a raise.
Quick question, for those who keep a close eye on beer pricing.
Has the new return scheme also bumped up the price of beer sold in glass bottles... Anyone sneakily add a few cents to that range, not just the cans?
In the beer market, I wonder will the DRS lead to less demand for cans, and more demand for glass bottles?
Takes me back to the beginning of my craft beer days, seeing their faces there, reminds me of buying beers in The Pod, at a craft festival of some kind..
Irish Distillers sells Eight Degrees Brewing back to founders
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/01/irish-distillers-sells-eight-degrees-brewing-back-to-founders/
Even my 10 year old son noticed the amouunt of Guinness in the movie and asked was the movie made in Ireland !
I watched the new Aquaman movie over the weekend, and Guinness definitely paid money for advertising! Theres a scene near the start where Aquaman comes into the house, goes to the fridge and theres a load of cans of Guinness draught in it. He pulls out two cans and him and the father drink them straight from the can!!
Theres more later on in the film, with proper branded glassware aswell!
I had a look at their website once and the prices were ridiculous, haven't been back.
Has Beercloud announced that they've stopped selling non Dead Centre related stuff? All I can see is their range + craft soda (family connection I think) + merch.
I could drink an entire box of Marooned, but was looking at getting something more varied. I used to rotate my box orders between the different suppliers but hadn't been doing it as often; so Craft Central it is then.
Slightly less mad money than a home keg setup but still mad money. At least kegs work out cheap per pint apart from the setup costs. You'd be looking at at least €3.50 a can if they sell that here.
My point was that compared to getting a keg, cooler, regulator, gas bottle, tap, pipes and fittings, it seems a lot less hassle and probably expense.
