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Lager Snobbery

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    #62
    Arghus
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    bmc58 wrote: »
    I quite like Bud,Heineken,Carlsberg and far from piss are they.If you want real piss try Dutch Gold.Tuborg.

    Don't know about Dutch Gold, because I haven't drank it since I was sixteen, but Tuborg is totally drinkable.


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    #63
    Richard Hillman
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    The Euro Lagers and Craft Beers are too strong for drinking 5-6 off, you'll be paying for it the next day. Peroni is an absolutely beautiful drink as a one off but 5-6 will do you over.

    I would generally stick to Carling (4.0%) if I'm drinking for a good few hours.


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    #64
    Arghus
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    Alice?Who dafuk is Alice? wrote: »
    Yeah but theres enough sanctimonious arseholes here to keep it alive. See that new Brewdog spot in the Docks opened. 7 euro pints. They seen the craft beer amadans coming.

    In real life I've only ever met two or three people who were actually snobby about beer, but I've met dozens who talked about beer snobs.


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    #65
    facehugger99
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    There’s very few beers I wouldn’t drink.

    Got a red ale recently that I had to pour down the sink, that’d be rare though.


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    #66
    [Deleted User]
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    Arghus wrote: »
    In real life I've only ever met two or three people who were actually snobby about beer, but I've met dozens who talked about beer snobs.

    I’d find this to the the case more too. I think it definitely peaked a few years ago as was mentioned earlier, but these days the so called “beer snobs” tend to go on about their business. You definitely hear a lot more from people getting irrationally angry about “beer snobs” these days.


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    #67
    Arghus
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    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    I’d find this to the the case more too. I think it definitely peaked a few years ago as was mentioned earlier, but these days the so called “beer snobs” tend to go on about their business. You definitely hear a lot more from people getting irrationally angry about “beer snobs” these days.

    It is AH I suppose, getting irrationally wound up about things is the name of the game.


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    #68
    bmc58
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I like tuborg and even tennents when i want a crisp refreshing lager, but budweiser is awful.
    I still can't get my head around the fact that grown men drink coors light in this country.

    Sorry Thelonious Monk but I think (as a committed lager drinker) Tuborg is one of the worst lagers I have ever tasted.


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    #69
    bmc58
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    Alice?Who dafuk is Alice? wrote: »
    Was dragged along to that Against the Grain recently. All craft ****e. Mostly hipster and dweebs in the clientele and a few Christmas parties. Rip off prices.

    The last staw was the hipsters dancing around because they won a board game of snakes and ladders. I had to exit the premises.

    That's todays world.


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    #70
    [Deleted User]
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    bmc58 wrote: »
    That's todays world.

    Different people liking different things? Here’s to more of it.


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    #71
    bmc58
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    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Everyone should drink what they like to drink and not worry about what anyone else likes to drink.

    But we(as lager drinkers) are entitled to an opinion.And some lagers are crap.That's mine.


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    #72
    [Deleted User]
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    bmc58 wrote: »
    But we(as lager drinkers) are entitled to an opinion.And some lagers are crap.That's mine.

    They’re crap to you.

    Like personally I’ll drink most beers but I really tend not to like those stouts that they leave in whiskey barrels. But they’re not “crap” because loads of people enjoy them.


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    #73
    Bobblehats
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    After a long day on the farm it’s good to grab a tin of chilled castlemaine xxxx from the fridge; crack it open and just guzzle it down.


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    #74
    punisher5112
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    Love a few Heineken after a hard week, obviously not every week but when I do I really enjoy them and usually finish off with a few WKD blue....


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    #75
    con___manx1
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    Bavaria is a nice beer. Would love a few cans with some beer snobs :)


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    #76
    Eggs For Dinner
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    I do like a draught San Miguel (in Spain)


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    #77
    kravmaga
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    ah bring back the German draught beer aka Furstenberg, it was rocket fuel, 4 pints and you were hammered.

    I used to pay patronage in The oval pub on Abbey street back in 1987/ 1988.

    Cheap night out, it was discontinued , I think Guinness brewery distributed it , as the Gubberment were not getting enough taxes


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    #78
    Archeron
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    kravmaga wrote: »
    ah bring back the German draught beer aka Furstenberg, it was rocket fuel, 4 pints and you were hammered.

    I used to pay patronage in The oval pub on Abbey street back in 1987/ 1988.

    Cheap night out, it was discontinued , I think Guinness brewery distributed it , as the Gubberment were not getting enough taxes

    Haha, my mum used to get a few crates of that on the Holyhead booze cruise for Christmas,. No wonder everybody was locked by the time raiders of the lost ark started.


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    #79
    Doctor Jimbob
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    I've had far more "what are you drinking that ****e for" kind of comments for ordering a craft beer than I ever have for ordering a heineken/carlsberg/whatever.

    Think Budweiser is ****e but Heineken and Carlsberg are grand. Don't mind rockshore in cans but any time I've ordered a pint of the stuff its been absolutely foul.


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    #80
    s7ryf3925pivug
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    pfft who drinks lager these days?


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    #81
    smelly sock
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    Lager is genrally nice once ice cold. Any lager. Except Bud.


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    #82
    roroliam
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    HARP, and a Fanta for the woman.


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    #83
    Spleerbun
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    Alice?Who dafuk is Alice? wrote: »
    If I'm not on the stout the only lagers I drink are Fosters, Tuborg Corrs Light (no homo).

    :D I'm a big fan of Coors light #nohomo, goes down very well.

    Prefer peroni but tend to find it costs at least a euro more when I'm out so I always stick to Coors or Heineken


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    #84
    Zaph
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    kravmaga wrote: »
    ah bring back the German draught beer aka Furstenberg, it was rocket fuel, 4 pints and you were hammered.

    Drank several pints of that when I was pretty young and stupid at a work barbecue years ago. Large parts of that night shall forever remain a mystery to me.


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    #85
    Seathrun66
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    Ipso wrote: »
    Pilsner Urquel is very nice.

    My favourite of the mass-produced beers.


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    #86
    Strumms
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    Eggs For Dinner wrote: »
    I do like a draught San Miguel (in Spain)



    Jesus yes, ice cold. The bottle always seems tooo flat. But Draught, delicious.


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    #87
    hognef
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    theteal wrote: »
    It's all just marketing. Carlsberg is the lowest of the low over here (so much so they've changed the recipe!), Tuborg is more premium which Irish people think I'm taking the piss when relay that nugget.

    I haven't drunk either in years (maybe I am a bit of a snob, but then I rarely drink anything these days so I'll happily buy what I actually want now - something a bit different), but if that's true, then that is a massive shift from how it used to be back in the 90s, a long time before it first appeared over here. In those days, it was always the cheapest option and we used to drink it mostly for that reason. It certain didn't have any flavour "premium" over Carlsberg.


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    #88
    Seathrun66
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    andekwarhola wrote: »
    It's definitely a curious Irish thing, perhaps due to the central cultural place alcohol has here or the way it's valorized. I know lads who are perfectly 'discerning' (for want of a better word) about everything from food to music, that turn into a bit of a frothing mess about people's supposed beer 'pretentions'.

    Mostly beer here is something to neck quickly to get pissed without tasting it unless it's Guinness and then with that you get this whole near mystical connoisseur thing about illusory levels of quality on a pub by pub basis.

    Note that quality gin or whiskey never inspires the same sacrilege response as beer.

    Can you imagine average people in most European countries caring about who is going for a higher end pilsner or Belgian beer over a supermarket one? I was in Holland a while back on a work trip and was the only one ordering leffe bruin (one of many locals I should add) and I still get the piss taken from me about it to this day.

    It's kinda mystifying. I think in 10-15 years, it will just be seen to be normal to like different beers. The craft thing is an angle because we've had a fairly limited brewing scene and tastes here.

    People do though. My partner is from Slovakia and even though (alongside the Czechs) they've some of the best lager in Europe craft beer is a big thing and every major town or city will have several bars focusing on IPA, etc.

    It's ok to try out loads of craft beer. I first hit the pub in the early 80s with a choice of Harp, Smithwicks and Guinness. At a guess I've the option of 115/120 beers on draught where I live in Galway city. All the old pubs have craft selections and there are several specialised places - The Salt House alone has 23 on draught, Oslo about the same The Bierhaus, McGinns & Caribou roughly 18 each. And few of those choices crossover. O'Connells has some of its own beer alongside other selections. Many of those options I wouldn't try again but some are really impressive and it's nice to have the choice.

    I happily have a night on the Guinness and have no problem with Heineken or Tiger at music festivals. Pilsner Urquell is my favourite lager and San Miguel/Estrella Damm also great.

    Make no mistake, we're living in a special time for beer drinkers.


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    #89
    Billy Mays
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    I love Czech and German lagers (pilsners and helles)

    Augistiner helles is fantastic stuff. It"s just too expensive over here though. F*ck paying €3.80 for a 500ml bottle of beer in an off license (€7+ in a pub). Weihenstephaner Helles is really good aswell

    Spaten Oktoberfest (3 for €5 in O'Briens, 6%) is lovely too


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    #90
    Seathrun66
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    Bobblehats wrote: »
    After a long day on the farm it’s good to grab a tin of chilled castlemaine xxxx from the fridge; crack it open and just guzzle it down.

    Ah, the exoticism of XXXX when I moved to the UK in the mid-80s and had lager from the southern hemisphere. Used to love it. Probably less so now. I reckon the taste of Victoria Bitter would hold up after all those years. Anyone seen VB on sale in Ireland?


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    #91
    cj maxx
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    I read about Furstenberg earlier. Loved it . A bit like harp &lime back in the 80s90s,
    I'm not a beer snob by any means but bud is pure piss.


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