Bud_Cheap/Bud_Dear etc

SellingJuan · 08-09-2012 08:41PM #1

I was in Tesco today and I saw an offer. Buy two boxes of 20 bottles of Bud for 25 euro. Thats quite cheap. But what I have been told is, the quality of the beer in them offers is worse than the normal ones you would buy.

For example with that offer 1litre of that Budwiser would be E2...

Where as the normal bottles of Budwiser which were in the shop were E4.50 a litre.

That goes for most of the beers that come on offer.

Can anyone shed some light on this. Is it true? If so how much worse can the ones on offer be

ps... as you know they have these offers regularly

keith16 · 08-09-2012 08:43PM

SellingJuan wrote: »

I was in Tesco today and I saw an offer. Buy two boxes of 20 bottles for 25 euro. Thats quite cheap. But what I have been told is, the quality of the beer in them offers is worse than the normal ones you would buy.

For example with that offer 1litre of that Budwiser would be E2...

Where as the normal bottles of Budwiser which were in the shop were E4.50 a litre.

That goes for most of the beers that come on offer.

Can anyone shed some light on this. Is it true? If so how much worse can the ones on offer be

ps... as you know they have these offers regularly

Good god, how could they make that tripe worse? Kick you in the balls after drinking it?

cloud493 · 08-09-2012 08:44PM

Tesco's own brand of anything is 99% of the time gonna be worse than a proper brand./

keith16 · 08-09-2012 08:49PM

cloud493 wrote: »

Tesco's own brand of anything is 99% of the time gonna be worse than a proper brand./

That's like saying "oh good, I've developed type II diabetes. Type I would have been worse"

Owen_S · 08-09-2012 08:50PM

It's Bud, it will taste like piss either way.

eth0 · 08-09-2012 09:04PM

Feck off with yer 'Bud' and drink a real beer (as in anything that isn't 'Bud')

My name is URL · 08-09-2012 09:06PM

In before the beer snobs

Pottler · 08-09-2012 09:07PM

My name is URL wrote: »

In before the beer snobs

No, no you weren't. Pity. Bud must be crap, that's why they sell so little of it... no, wait..

RachaelVO · 08-09-2012 09:11PM

How could even contemplate drinking that paint stripper...

I'd rather go sober, and that's saying summit!

TheBody · 08-09-2012 09:22PM

It's all good op. Get it into ya and be merry!!

SellingJuan · 08-09-2012 09:45PM

RachaelVO wrote: »

How could even contemplate drinking that paint stripper...

I'd rather go sober, and that's saying summit!

What do you drink?

Cantona's Collars · 08-09-2012 09:49PM

SellingJuan wrote: »

What do you drink?

Dutch Gold.

Spread · 08-09-2012 09:56PM

Mostly drank by Red Necks over here. Slips down smoothly whilst sitting on the tailgate

keano_afc · 08-09-2012 10:00PM

Hang on, slow down. Budweiser is a beer?

B.A._Baracus · 08-09-2012 10:08PM

SellingJuan wrote: »

Can anyone shed some light on this. Is it true? If so how much worse can the ones on offer be

ps... as you know they have these offers regularly

Apparently all popular beers do it.
Was talking to a manager of an off-license a few years back. I just happened to say how 1 euro for a can of Carlsberg was good value to him. He said it wasn't the proper Carlsberg. Its still made by Carlsberg but just a cheaper version they also make.

RachaelVO · 08-09-2012 10:20PM

SellingJuan wrote: »

What do you drink?

Depends, I am currently drinking a belgian beer called Duivel, but usually a micro beer called Bolle Jan (it's Dutch, from Eindhoven). Nice stuff, all natural. When I'm home it's usually Carlsberg.

zerks wrote: »

Dutch Gold.

Saints preserve us from that sh1te!

keith16 · 08-09-2012 10:46PM

Pottler wrote: »

No, no you weren't. Pity. Bud must be crap, that's why they sell so little of it... no, wait..

Since when does quantity = quality?

christ on a bike! · 08-09-2012 10:48PM

This is one of the worst things about the forum
OP asks a question that in normal society would be answered, but here everyone tells them how ****e their taste is. And it's a bit predictable

OP, don't know the answer, sorry

frozenfrozen · 08-09-2012 10:49PM

keith16 wrote: »

Since when does quantity = quality?

its not quantity is popularity in this case. not saying i like it or dislike it before i get dragged into beer snobbery which always ends terribly

eth0 · 08-09-2012 10:49PM

christ on a bike! wrote: »

This is one of the worst things about the forum
OP asks a question that in normal society would be answered, but here everyone tells them how ****e their taste is. And it's a bit predictable

OP, don't know the answer, sorry

In real life most people just wouldn't tear into some randomer over their taste of beer. Here they would

B.A._Baracus · 08-09-2012 10:56PM

eth0 wrote: »

In real life most people just wouldn't tear into some randomer over their taste of beer. Here they would

In fairness, no matter what the subject is people try to tear into anyways.

Like there are joke threads, threads of serious topics, news threads & then random observation type threads (like this one) .. doesnt matter what it is alot of people just wanna tear it apart. Ideally the op. Whilst trying to be "witty" and always proving that their opinion is 100% correct.

Yes, boards.ie is not meant to be taken seriously but if a guy is posting a thread about something there is no need to be a dick like.

Keith186 · 08-09-2012 11:04PM

SellingJuan wrote: »

I was in Tesco today and I saw an offer. Buy two boxes of 20 bottles of Bud for 25 euro. Thats quite cheap. But what I have been told is, the quality of the beer in them offers is worse than the normal ones you would buy.

For example with that offer 1litre of that Budwiser would be E2...

Where as the normal bottles of Budwiser which were in the shop were E4.50 a litre.

That goes for most of the beers that come on offer.

Can anyone shed some light on this. Is it true? If so how much worse can the ones on offer be

ps... as you know they have these offers regularly

Buy the offer and buy one separate full price bottle. Inspect the labels see if there's any difference and then taste to see if there's any difference?

Who told you about this by the way? I never heard it before myself.

BA Baracus said some off licence manager told him it, but if he doesn't get them offers in himself it's in his interest to spread rumours like these. Also that could have been the UK Carlsberg which is regularly sold cheap which is a measly 3.8%.

kenmc · 08-09-2012 11:27PM

RachaelVO wrote: »

Depends, I am currently drinking a belgian beer called Duivel

oh no you're not. no such beer

RachaelVO · 08-09-2012 11:30PM

kenmc wrote: »

oh no you're not. no such beer

Ooop, added an I, should be Duvel

http://www.duvel.be/

Mickey H · 08-09-2012 11:31PM

keano_afc wrote: »

Hang on, slow down. Budweiser is a beer?

Nope, it's a lager.

minidazzler · 08-09-2012 11:45PM

Pottler wrote: »

No, no you weren't. Pity. Bud must be crap, that's why they sell so little of it... no, wait..

Selling a lot of something doesn't make it a good product. It just means they are fcuking excellent at marketing. It's like the emperors new clothes.

Mickey H wrote: »

Nope, it's a lager.

It's still a beer. All lager is beer, but not all beer is lager.

christ on a bike! · 08-09-2012 11:47PM

Depends on your definition of a good product
Personally I can't stand the stuff, but plenty do. And these are people who have (often) tried all sorts but are happy with their bud, and so drink it by choice. And if so good luck to them. And Bud has been successful by appealing to them

NIALL D · 08-09-2012 11:53PM

zerks wrote: »

Dutch Gold.

Dutch Mould is rank !!!!

Mickey H · 08-09-2012 11:54PM

minidazzler wrote: »

It's still a beer. All lager is beer, but not all beer is lager.

Good point.

keith16 · 09-09-2012 12:13AM

I think it's wrong to call someone a "beer snob" because they dislike budweiser. It would be like calling someone a music snob for disliking Justin Beiber. It's just shíte produced for the masses. Nothing snobby about it.

minidazzler · 09-09-2012 12:15AM

keith16 wrote: »

I think it's wrong to call someone a "beer snob" because they dislike budweiser. It would be like calling someone a music snob for disliking Justin Beiber. It's just shíte produced for the masses. Nothing snobby about it.

That's probably the best beer comparison I've heard in a while and quite accurate.

Us "beer snobs" generally don't like bud because it's designed to be as inoffensive as possible to as many people as possible. With no flavours that are too strong and nothing that stands out at all. It is entirely unremarkable, and if it came on the market tomorrow as a new beer without the marketing campaign that has gotten it where it is, it would die a death.

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