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Lidl Crafty Brewing Beers

  • 13-02-2020 8:54pm
    #1
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭


    Huge fan of Lidl and way too fond of their Crafty Brewing Pale Ale which is brewed by Rye River / McGargles. They did exceptionally well to get in to Lidl and I believe are now stocked in many European Lidl stores.

    Been horsing the stuff in to me for years and it's exceptional value at €1.79 / 500ml bottle. However it appears the recipie has been considerably dumbed down of late and has become far more pale and tastes far less like ale. I'm very disappointed to say it's practically a larger now. Dafuq have you done Rye River?


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  • #2
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,872 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Its larger?
    Bigger bottle?


  • #3
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,760 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    I've one of the Crafty IPAs in the fridge for this evening. Will report back. Had one of the American Wheats last week and it was as good as ever anyway.

    Annoyingly, they don't stock them in the Derry Lidl.


  • #4
    mccard
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭mccard


    Noticed this too. Disappointing, was a fan, especially for the price.


  • #5
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    irish_goat wrote: »
    I've one of the Crafty IPAs in the fridge for this evening. Will report back. Had one of the American Wheats last week and it was as good as ever anyway.

    Annoyingly, they don't stock them in the Derry Lidl.

    Sounds like he's talking about the pale ale, not the IPA.


  • #6
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,760 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    andekwarhola wrote: »
    Sounds like he's talking about the pale ale, not the IPA.

    Aye I got that. I was worried the IPA would be dumbed down too. No such issues last night however.

    I was never a big fan of the pale ale when the IPA and American Wheat are the same price anyway.


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  • #7
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    IPA has always been I think 20 / 30c more expensive and not as nice IMO.

    I'll try it again this evening and take pics of the colour of it.


  • #8
    LillySV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    The ipa and saison beers are the nicest in lidl IMO


  • #9
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Aye I got that. I was worried the IPA would be dumbed down too. No such issues last night however.

    I was never a big fan of the pale ale when the IPA and American Wheat are the same price anyway.

    Had an IPA the other night, seemed fine as ever.


  • #10
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Got it from a different store this afternoon and it's perfect. The problem bottles were a bit tasteless and far more like a lager in colour. Maybe a fault with the brewing process?

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  • #11
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Bottle No. 2 and we're back to bland-o-rama. Look at the difference in colour. Also note the different batch no.

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  • #12
    LillySV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    Probably the batch... like the aldi stuff.. can be hit and miss


  • #13
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    There are still some batch consistency issue with Rye River products that I've noticed; can have bottles with huge sediment and others nearly clear with their own IPAs.


  • #14
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    I've noticed that the IPA has changed recently. It used to be hazy with a fair bit of hop sediment, now it's crystal clear. It's also gotten cheaper. Still a cracking beer for 2 euro.

    OP those bottles you've shown are frol too different batches, the lot numbers are different.


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Is the Wheat Ale still on the go? Always loved that one but haven’t been in a Lidl in ages. Do Rye River sell it under any of their other brands?


  • #16
    irish_goat
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    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Is the Wheat Ale still on the go? Always loved that one but haven’t been in a Lidl in ages. Do Rye River sell it under any of their other brands?

    The American Wheat? Saw it in Lidl Buncrana yesterday.


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    irish_goat wrote: »
    The American Wheat? Saw it in Lidl Buncrana yesterday.

    That’s the one cheers. Someone bought me a go of different Crafty ones once and I remember really liking that one.


  • #18
    rudboy
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭rudboy


    Yeah I've been getting the pale ale for ages and it's definitely changed, no head at all, taste is much more bitter and colour is darker.... They do a lot of different brews out there in Celbridge so maybe the Lidl one is just thrown together it is quite cheap. Then again that could be Lidl's buying power... When you pour it out and there's zero head you know you're fecked...


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