The Beer Thread

zackster

I’ve felt better myself. Wonder how DHP is holding up.

Homegrove

Had my first Coors Light ever today. My wife bought me a selection of Finnish micro brews for my birthday (I’ve only drank one of them brevious, dunno how she managed that, spied my Untappd?), and included that as a joke in there.

Jesus fucking christ.

bosstrabs

Homegrove Had my first Coors Light ever today. My wife bought me a selection of Finnish micro brews for my birthday (I’ve only drank one of them brevious, dunno how she managed that, spied my Untappd?), and included that as a joke in there.

Jesus fucking christ.

Coors is bad, Miller is bad, but I still maintain Budweiser and Bud Light are the worst beers on the planet. Budweiser is just another level, because it tastes rancid and will give you an absolutely splitting headache to boot (see also: Tiger).

zackster

Homegrove you tapped the rockies mate, congrats!

zackster

bosstrabs Budweiser is just another level, because it tastes rancid and will give you an absolutely splitting headache to boot

However, it produces fantastic bowel movements

Homegrove

I do enjoy a cold Bud on a hot summer’s day… Never fails to make my mates laugh. The Budweiser they sell in Finland is 5 % so maybe there’s a bit more taste to it.

Homegrove

Budvar (from which Budweiser is derived from) is a fantastic lager mind.

bosstrabs

Homegrove Proper Budvar is a beer that does not get ditched halfway through.

See also Staropramen. Not so common to find a place in the UK that does it on draft but when you do, 😃

Unbroken1

Homegrove …think they are totally different, no?

Seem to remember the American Budweiser trying to stop Budweiser Budvar from using the name and failing

Unbroken1

bosstrabs …Staropramen on draft was everywhere (in London at least) from mid/late 90’s through to mid-2000’s, was a regular Sunday comedown pint

zackster

As far as American swill beers go PBR and Yuengling are the weapons of choice.

bosstrabs

Unbroken1 Yeah, I should have said ‘nowadays’ because I remember a time when it was very popular and then seemed to disappear.

You wonder if like Caffrey’s and Stella before it, landlords just didn’t like serving a 5% easily drinkable draft that people got belted on and ended up causing aggro.

Unbroken1

…do you really think aggro is the factor in reducing beer strength? The brewers talk about ‘changing drinking trends’ but I can’t believe people actively seek-out lower strength beers when they go out

'‘Big’ brewery beer marketing is weird, It’s not like the trend is to flood the market with new lower-alcohol beers, the Brewdog bars make a feature of the stronger percentages, even making turbo versions of their bestsellers like Punk. It seems whenever they introduce newer beers, they’ll initially be stronger then they seem to reduce the strength over time. San Miguel appeared on draft everywhere in the early 2000’s at 5.4% and is now down to 5%. Stella went from 5% to 4.8%, and recently to 4.6%. They get a brand popular, then turn it to shit… makes no sense to me

bosstrabs

Unbroken1 …do you really think aggro is the factor in reducing beer strength? The brewers talk about ‘changing drinking trends’ but I can’t believe people actively seek-out lower strength beers when they go out

Stella reduced their strength, and I quote, as “part of their commitment to responsible drinking” (you can search the quotes out from various sources).

I know a landlord in Chester city centre who took his premium strength lager off a few years ago for this reason. Particularly problematic on race days.

*I add that he still has guest ales, which can be up to 7.5%, he said the lager drinkers are the problem

RichM

Unbroken1 i thought it was to do with tax, the higher the alcohol the more tax they pay. But could be wrong on that.

Millsy

but I can’t believe people actively seek-out lower strength beers when they go out

Jesus Damo, know your audience

zackster

US micro brews are still all about the high ABV IPAs. The new crushable beverage trend here is those spiked seltzers, which I am not ashamed to admit are fantastic for day drinking.

Homegrove

The hard selzers came to Finland too big during the winter and I too love them, while feeling embarrassed. Did a test with some plastic bottle vodka, and lime soda from Lidl, and it tasted exactly the same as 3,49 € White Claw, so the pricing on them is ridiculous.

zackster

They leave you with like no hangover which is also choice.

Homegrove

Yeah, that is nice. Clear booze tends to give mild hangovers though. Well, if you don’t drink it neat.

Daves_House_Plant

Don’t mind a splash of White Claw on me roots, I must say.

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