Perlenbacher Beer 6x500ml 4.9% bottles €4.99 in lidl until 6/9/09

rubadub · 02-09-2009 01:28PM #1

Usually €7 for 6 which is also a good price. I have yet to find somebody who didn't like it.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.wfo.p.GermanPils

thorbarry · 02-09-2009 02:13PM

rubadub wrote: »

Usually €7 for 6 which is also a good price. I have yet to find somebody who didn't like it.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.wfo.p.GermanPils

This beer is awesome, really good

byte · 02-09-2009 02:50PM

Excellent price, must grab some later.

Thanks OP.

death1234567 · 02-09-2009 02:52PM

Aye tis a dacent beer alright.

fjon · 02-09-2009 05:13PM

That's great - I always get this. Must stock up while it's cheap.

Gillington · 02-09-2009 07:28PM

Yeah I posted about this in someones Lidl Budweiser 1.49 a can post and didnt get any response! Quite surprised I was! Picked up 36 for €30 today think I might get some more before the weekend just to be sure

Awesome beer.

Thoushaltnot · 02-09-2009 08:25PM

rubadub wrote: »

Usually €7 for 6 which is also a good price. I have yet to find somebody who didn't like it.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.wfo.p.GermanPils

Cool - it's a Reinheitsgebot (according to Lidl) which means it's veggie friendly.:D

rubadub · 02-09-2009 08:35PM

Thoushaltnot wrote: »

Cool - it's a Reinheitsgebot (according to Lidl) which means it's veggie friendly.:D

I am not so sure about that, there could be traces in it.

http://stason.org/TULARC/food/vegetarian/2-18-Is-beer-or-other-alcoholic-beverages-vegetarian-vegan.html

2.18 Is beer or other alcoholic beverages vegetarian/vegan?

Finings are substances often added to beer (especially British beer
or "bitter") or wine during fermentation to help clarify out
particles and yeast, leaving the finished product clear. Finings
are not present in the finished product in any significant
quantity, their purpose is to settle out of the product, not stay
in suspension. OTOH, if a chemical analysis were to be performed,
there would probably be a few molecules of a fining agent still to
be found. Some finings are animal derived, the most common are
isinglass, made from the dried swim bladders of sturgeons, gelatin,
egg or blood albumin (in wines) and caseinates (from milk, also
used in wines). However many non-animal derived sources also exist,
the commonest ones being bentonite (clay), Irish Moss (a seaweed),
silicon dioxide and polyclar. Beer brewed according to the
Reinheitsgebot (German purity law) is not prohibited from using
finings since it was generally assumed that finings were not
present in the finished product.

Animal products are also sometimes used to alter the flavour of the
wine/beer or control the head on a beer. See the rec.food.drink.beer
FAQ for more details (where a lot of this has been stolen.-)

Most spirits/mixers are suitable for vegans, common exceptions
include some vodkas (may be cleared through bone charcoal) and
Campari (contains cochineal, an insect derived colouring).

squibs · 02-09-2009 09:32PM

Cool - it's a Reinheitsgebot (according to Lidl) which means it's veggie friendly.

Quaffing a pint of it as I type. Dunno for sure about the veggie claims but there are definitely no lumps of meat floating in it. Quite a palatable beverage.

atlantean · 02-09-2009 09:56PM

squibs wrote: »

there are definitely no lumps of meat floating in it.

Very true! Nice beer

moonboy52 · 03-09-2009 07:37PM

It is a decent beer for the price (considering it is in a bottle and not a can), but i think it is very average.

Tyskie for 1.79 a bottle (5.6%) is more up my street:)

Barr · 03-09-2009 07:39PM

Nice price

I'll pick up some this weekend

mag · 03-09-2009 11:14PM

nice tip. never tasted this before but well impressed!

josh59 · 04-09-2009 08:57AM

mag wrote: »

nice tip. never tasted this before but well impressed!

Stocked up last night:D

greendom · 04-09-2009 09:05AM

rubadub wrote: »

Usually €7 for 6 which is also a good price. I have yet to find somebody who didn't like it.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.wfo.p.GermanPils

Sorry to rain on your parade, but I didn't like it - I bought it the last time it was on offer - never again

rubadub · 04-09-2009 09:35AM

greendom wrote: »

Sorry to rain on your parade, but I didn't like it - I bought it the last time it was on offer - never again

Fair enough, first one, and I would still regard it the most accepted beer I have ever had, these threads are usually endless posts of how it tastes like utter piss. What beer would you ordinarily drink? Do you think the taste is too strong or what? Other drinkers of your usual might not want to try it either

I know a few budweiser drinkers who admit they do not actually like beer and only drink to get drunk, and have bud since it is so flavourless. Most of my mates will turn their noses up at the drinks I like saying they taste too beery/strong.

moonboy52 wrote: »

i think it is very average.

That is why I think it is so widely accepted. The next on my list of beers I find people would take if nothing else was on offer is heineken. Many would also say it is piss there are 2 camps in this, one is the "anti-big-brand" boys like ipod/microsoft haters who hate for the sake of moaning, or else they are fans of proper decent real beers (i.e. the anti-big-branders will probably drink some other mass produced yellow piss). The biggest selling beer in the world is probably budweiser and I find it also one of the most unaccepted beers by people too!

RayCon · 04-09-2009 12:27PM

I don't mind this Pilsner at all , and at €4.99 for 6 X 500ml bottles it is excellent value. Similar in taste to "trendy" Krombacher Pils which I had the unfortunate pleasure of paying €5.25 a bottle in Hotel Kilkenny last year. I remember sipping the Krombacher, looking at the bottle and thinking "f**k me I think thats that Lidl beer that you can get for €6.99 a six pack" ....

Euro_Kraut · 04-09-2009 01:23PM

This is great value.

Is it the world greatest beer: No.

Does it knock the socks off any other beer in its price range: Absolutly!

BigAl81 · 04-09-2009 03:01PM

Have three 6-packs in the boot of my car. All set for Big Brother final tonight and the Ireland game tomorrow, I'll report back as to the quality and/or hangover inducing properties of said beer tomorrow.

Go Team!

TestTransmission · 04-09-2009 03:15PM

Picked up a 6 pack today..its 4.9 percent and if its half drinkable,its gr8 value

TPD · 04-09-2009 03:51PM

Just picked up two 6 packs. Nice enough beer at its normal price imo.

TheDriver · 04-09-2009 04:44PM

was tipsy after flooring 2 bottles straight, nice stuff, nothing great but nothing bad either

Silver Serpent · 04-09-2009 06:49PM

I like Pilsner as there is a bit more flavour to it and these are very nice.

I used to love Satzenbrau when it was available. It was strong and you got a right belt off it. It's not available anymore now though I don't think?

Holsten is decent too, but ofcourse was better when it was 5.5% and not the 5 it is now

The stronger the better for me. I remember drinking Skull I think it was called, one time, and it was 14%.

You could feel yourself getting drunker with every slug :pac:

neonitrix · 04-09-2009 06:59PM

thanks for this op - just picked up 72 bottles for little under 60 quid - cant be bad

neonitrix

bennyob · 04-09-2009 07:45PM

Silver Serpent wrote: »

I used to love Satzenbrau when it was available. It was strong and you got a right belt off it. It's not available anymore now though I don't think?

I seen cans of Satzenbrau in dunnes earlier.

cashback · 04-09-2009 07:58PM

Haven't tried this but can't go wrong for the price. I just picked up two six packs. So that's six litres of beer and a pair of wellies for €20.
I love Lidl!

Silver Serpent · 04-09-2009 08:37PM

bennyob wrote: »

I seen cans of Satzenbrau in dunnes earlier.

Cheers.

I'll have to pop over for a few.

Do you know what alcohol % it's at now?

Oral Slang · 04-09-2009 08:48PM

Love this beer, bought 2 six packs a few weeks ago & was really impressed. I usually find the people that don't like these beers are into things like bud, heineken, coors light, miller etc. I can't stand any of those beers, all too mild in taste. Usually drink becks (not vier) or tiger beer when I'm out or carlsberg if there's no other alternative.

Anyone notice if there was still any hoegaarden or leffe left in any of the lidl's from the offer a few weeks back or if the blonde beers they or aldi sell are any good? Not a fan of it myself, but my o/h loves it.

Silver Serpent · 04-09-2009 09:16PM

Oral Slang wrote: »

I usually find the people that don't like these beers are into things like bud, heineken, coors light, miller etc.

Agree totally, the tasteless alcohol. It's like drinking a healthy persons urine lol.

I'm after a couple of these tonight now and it's very nice indeed.

Silver Serpent · 04-09-2009 09:26PM

By the way, there is 2 euro off Leffe Blonde in Tesco at the moment, 7.99 down to 5.99 for 4 330ml bottles.

6.6% so I'd say there is a fair crack off it.

Free delivery at Tesco online this weekend too.

tintar · 04-09-2009 11:08PM

> or if the blonde beers they or aldi sell are any good?

I tried the Pils bottles for around 5.50 from Aldi and found it crisp but with a very metallic aftertaste.

Aldi's has another bottled Pils for a bit more (Wernersgrau?) that are quite nice and similar in taste (& price) to LIDL's Perlenbacher.

Also tried Aldi's 6 pack Pils cans, it was less than 6 Euro, but tasted terrible, I will not be buying those again.

Perlenbacher Beer 6x500ml 4.9% bottles €4.99 in lidl until 6/9/09

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