What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

The Estrella 0 I've seen is Estrella Galicia from Galicia - Estrella Damn is a different product from Barcelona.

They're quite similar though, in alcoholic versions at least.

I'd be wary of draught n/a beer unless there is a very consistent flow. These beers don't have to benefit of c. 5% alcohol to help preserve them.

Sudden flurry of new beers in Bradley's, including Verdant from the UK. Perhaps breweries / importers are adapting quicker than we expected?

My local RVM shows the registered name of each item; and I've noticed that a special from an Irish brewery scanned as "[Brewery Name] IPA" - it was a porter. Wonder if we're going to see some specials having the same barcode and price. Which will drive retailers demented, but avoid paying registration fees for new products.

If they are using the same barcode on more than one product it'll cause stock control hell.

If its just a mistake in registering the name with Re-Turn and the barcode is product unique, no issue at all.

Come to think of it, registering was free before a certain date so it is also possible that a load of future barcodes were registered back then with no idea what the beer would be.

I've bought a few imports recently, and the machines at my local supervalu won't accept them.

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Mod: Let's not discuss ways of defrauding the system.

Understood. But it's not defrauding the system. I was charged the deposit at point of purchase. I'm just ensuring I get my money back. I shouldn't have to bring my empty cans home again, and put them in the green bin, because the system has flaws.

I rarely use the barcode checker, but I'll have a look and see what it says for the items.

The retailer charged the deposit, which they will hand over, so it's not like I'm claiming a return on something the deposit hasn't been paid on.

For people like me, who already recycles, the scheme takes up extra time in my life. I'm not going to bother returning to the point of purchase to take it up with them.

I did something about it. You'll see my original post was edited by a moderator, as I was accused of defrauding the system.

I just made sure I got the deposit I paid, at the retailer, returned to me at the RVM.

I took a simple step to have my deposit returned, at the return vending machine. As I said, I'm not going to waste time going back to retailer. And on principle, I'm not going to let the system keep the deposit I've paid at point of purchase.

Here you go. To make matters worse, it's says 15c on the shelf, but the receipt says 25c.

And to get back on topic here, the Verdant dipa is really nice, but totally not worth that price.

@Citizen Six That's a total SNAFU by the retailer but they won't rectify the error if nobody complains.

€8.49 for one can of beer though, that's dearer than Pointy Shoes!

…and €9.39 is dearer again!

Hope they were nice. I wouldn't be too worried about 15 or 25c if paying that much per can though.

When buying a mix of craft beers from off-licences recently, I think I've paid deposits on some, and then not have them accepted by the machine. I guess the lesson now is to keep or photograph the receipts.

Its a fairly generic lager with very little to distinguish itself from others.

Based on its return to availability and being quite cheap, maybe try Harp. Its reputation is unfounded. I'm not taking the piss with this suggestion.

Otherwise, Aldi have a knock-off Italian lager with a name that probably sounds like Peroni. (Poretti, which I think they do sell, is an actual Italian brand, not a knock-off)

Moretti is now brewed in the UK, make of that what you will.

Bristol. As is Madri!