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Aldi/ Lidl own alcohol brands

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  • #32
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Die Bart Die wrote: »
    Rachmaninoff vodka from Lidl is lethal, half a bottle and I'm anybodies.

    I got alcohol poisoning drinking that stuff last year when it separated in my freezer, vodka shouldn't separate !! :mad:

    Nearly killed me :(


  • #33
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,417 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Sorry. saw post 18. So Taurus is better than Bulmers ?


  • #34
    Talib Fiasco
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    Joe prim wrote: »
    Have you tried injecting it directly into your eyeball? Absolutely superb old chap!

    Na only absinthe and tequila are suitable for eyeball ingestion. I couldn't waste precious Rachmaninoff on such an endeavour.


  • #35
    ChunkyLover54
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭ChunkyLover54


    This thread is making me thirsty.


  • #36
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Do the adld beers have a good cut to them? I like a beer that catches the throat if you know what I mean


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  • #37
    Banjo String
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    Sorry. saw post 18. So Taurus is better than Bulmers ?

    It probably / possibly is Bulmers. Just in a rebranded can.


  • #38
    Arnold Layne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Arnold Layne


    MsBubbles wrote: »
    My favourite wine is Aldi's Freeman Bay Sauvingon Blanc. At €8.99 it's as good as more expensive NZ Sav Blancs

    Can't agree more. Lovely wine.

    Killer for me at the moment though is that I am on holiday in France and the wines for 2.80 plus are superb. Thinking of letting the OH and kids make their own way home while I fill the car


  • #39
    Banjo String
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    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Do the adld beers have a good cut to them? I like a beer that catches the throat if you know what I mean

    Aldi and Lidl sell tyskie.

    Also, the O'Haras range of ale is pretty good. (oshea)


  • #40
    fleet_admiral
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    Banjo String wrote: »
    Aldi and Lidl sell tyskie.

    Also, the O'Haras range of ale is pretty good. (oshea)

    Im not a fan of tyskie, Lech is a great beer. Im going to give them a try though


  • #41
    Cedrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    KTRIC wrote: »
    I got alcohol poisoning drinking that stuff last year when it separated in my freezer, vodka shouldn't separate !! :mad:

    Nearly killed me :(

    The marketing term is "Ice Filtration". I think it was Coors who used to brag about doing it.


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  • #42
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Im not a fan of tyskie, Lech is a great beer. Im going to give them a try though

    I really like the pale ales, the only difference I see in oshea (aldis) and the O'Haras brand is the ABV.

    4.3, and 5.3%.

    I have it, literally from the horses mouth that O'Haras rebrand to Oshea for the Aldi market.

    (true bill)


  • #43
    humberklog
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    cml387 wrote: »
    Lidl bottled beer (I don't know about Aldi but I guess is the same) is brewed according to the German reinheitsgebot code and is better than all you Heinken's, Carlsbergs et al and don't even mention Budweiser (which is not actually a beer so the comparison is not fair).


    Anyone that holds the Reinheitsgebot method as the only good and pure form of brewing has been sold one of the beer maketing oldest ploys sideways. Like a brick of nonsense stuffed down their throat that must be true.

    There's far more to decent beer than a centuries old marketing ploy.


  • #44
    Last_Minute
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    Anyone have any experience with Aldi's Radler? It's a lemon shandy type drink.


  • #45
    Banjo String
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    Last_Minute wrote: »
    Anyone have any experience with Aldi's Radler? It's a lemon shandy type drink.

    Not exclusive to Aldi, it's a brand by Amstel.

    I think it's 2% or less. So, there's hand gel out there will get you drunk quicker lol.


    Apparently it's super popular in Greece, where I assume holiday makers sup it by the pool all day.


  • #46
    Last_Minute
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭Last_Minute


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Not exclusive to Aldi, it's a brand by Amstel.

    I think it's 2% or less. So, there's hand gel out there will get you drunk quicker lol.


    Apparently it's super popular in Greece, where I assume holiday makers sup it by the pool all day.

    I had 1 can of the Amstel brand - it was one of those tiny little cans and it was gorgeous. I'm not sure where i even got the can from.

    Going to buy a couple tomorrow and see how i get on. Thanks!


  • #47
    Get Real
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭Get Real


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Not exclusive to Aldi, it's a brand by Amstel.

    I think it's 2% or less. So, there's hand gel out there will get you drunk quicker lol.


    Apparently it's super popular in Greece, where I assume holiday makers sup it by the pool all day.

    Sorry if I'm mistaken, but is it by Amstel? I thought it was just Aldi Radler? Called Brasserie?

    Amstel Radler is only on the scene perhaps a year? Radler has been around for generations. Its basically just a German word for shandy.

    Amstel have been very smart in marketing here. A few friends refer to "Radler" as if its a brand name. They've now made it equivalent to using the colloquial term "Hoover" for vaccum.

    But if you went into a pub in Germany and asked for a radler, it wouldn't be Amstel, it'd just be half lemonade half beer, and about 1.50- 2 quid too :P yum yum.


  • #48
    Talib Fiasco
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    Southern Belle from Aldi used be great too


  • #49
    Banjo String
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    Get Real wrote: »
    Sorry if I'm mistaken, but is it by Amstel? I thought it was just Aldi Radler? Called Brasserie?

    Amstel Radler is only on the scene perhaps a year? Radler has been around for generations. Its basically just a German word for shandy.

    Amstel have been very smart in marketing here. A few friends refer to "Radler" as if its a brand name. They've now made it equivalent to using the colloquial term "Hoover" for vaccum.

    But if you went into a pub in Germany and asked for a radler, it wouldn't be Amstel, it'd just be half lemonade half beer, and about 1.50- 2 quid too :P yum yum.


    Not sure tbh, just know I was given a few cans of Radler in Tesco's one day as a free sampler.

    It was definitely Amstel branded though. The girls giving them out told me about the Greek popularity.

    I know the brasserie you're referring to also, but have never tried it.
    Hope this is of some help.


  • #50
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Big fan of everything aldi/lidl however their rums are absolute gut rot. And I've consumed some questionable beverages in my time.

    Lidl's Putinoff (seriously) vodka would beat a lot of the top shelf vodkas in a blind tasting I would say. I only comes in 500ml bottles. Try it, you will not be disappoint.


  • #51
    stmol32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭stmol32


    DS86 wrote: »
    Does anybody reckon that these brands can live up to the standard of the beer, cider and wine companies they are up against, or is it the case that when you buy cheap, you get less taste and quality in exchange?

    Aldi and Lidl don't have own brands of anything as far as I know (and I know as far as they're the only place I ever shop and I also buy way too much alcohol).


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  • #52
    eqwjewoiujqorj
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    Banjo String wrote: »
    Clarkes bourbon is every bit as good as Jack Daniels or Jim Beam (Aldi) can't remember the price, 13 or 15 euro.


    Aldi now sell Marshalls bourbon, 15.99. (Clarks used to be 14.99).

    Great stuff and great value.

    Hard to notice any difference if using mixers.


    http://i.imgur.com/alF2DMi.jpg


  • #53
    Bafucin
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    Aidric wrote: »
    Unless I'm after double vision I'd stick to premium brands when it comes to whiskey. Their beers are good, however, piss all over the market leaders for taste.


    I think it must be because they are a German company. They seem to get 'Beer'.

    I have a feeling a lot of these 'Brands' are made in the same place by now and simply branded whatever.


  • #54
    jill_valentine
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    Their beers are good. Their spirits are horror.


  • #55
    stmol32
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    jill_valentine wrote: »
    Their beers are good. Their spirits are horror.

    As a functional alcoholic I have to take umbrage with that. Their Vodka and Gin is very drinkable (sure it's alcohol, it's all basically poisonous to the human body anyway).

    Their Whiskeys and Brandys are a horror though, I agree, but sure what do you expect for 18 quid :pac:.


  • #56
    Tubberadora
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    That Perlenbacher in Lidl is some stuff. 6 for €7.29 500ml bottles 4.8%. Or the longneck version 6 for €4.99. Lovely stuff.
    Had a few cans from there the other week too. The name escapes me though. White and Red can 440ml 4 for €3.99 and it was the finest.


  • #57
    valor rorghulis
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    Clontarf whiskey in Aldi I quite like. Similar taste to Jameson


  • #58
    awec
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    What's the Aldi beer that comes in small bottles? I think you get like 10 bottles for a fiver?

    It's pretty decent.


  • #59
    Fuzzy Clam
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    valor rorghulis wrote: »
    Clontarf whiskey in Aldi I quite like. Similar taste to Jameson

    I like the Clontarf, drinking it now, but its nothing like Jameson


  • #60
    conorh91
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    jill_valentine wrote: »
    Their beers are good. Their spirits are horror.
    There are three things in life you shouldn't skimp on

    1. Condoms
    2. A good lawyer
    3. Spirits.


    Thankfully Aldi haven't gotten into the condom trade yet, but the Two-Euro Shop have:eek:


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  • #61
    jill_valentine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    I take it back actually yes, the Clontarf actually isn't bad. I'd compare it to Dunphys, which isn't exactly a premium brand either, but it's about three euro dearer so it's alright at that. The vodka... honestly, vodka's vodka to me, so no difference there.

    I had baaaaaaaaaad times with their gin. It's what I imagine the inside of a Glade plug in would taste like.

    The pretendy Malibu cracked me up, because rather than sell it in a white bottle like the real deal they just dye the liquid white. Steer clear.

    The brandy, as far as I remember, was actually unrecognisable as brandy by taste.


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