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Craft Beer

Charmless Man said:
What the fuck? Should be £6 max.
It's 9%. £10 is ludicrous.
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I paid £9.99 for a bottle of Jaipur X like. Didn't really sink it until I went to open it and thought "that's TWO bottles of wine that" :lol:

the dude said:
Best thing about living in Glasgow is the fact that Aldi sell loads of quality Scottish beer dirt cheap. Got two cans of Drygate seven peaks ( mosaic ipa), William bros Grozet (fruit lager), Tempest Brave New World (ipa), Inveralmond Lia Fail (dark beer) and Brewdog dead pony club for less than a tenner!
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Drygate is class. Loads of brilliant places to drink around Glasgow.
 

AndrewP said:
Would I fuck pay a tenner for a half of beer like.
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Its not like I bought a case - I paid for ONE :lol:

Never again either, it wasn't even very nice. I prefer my own 8.5% homebrew to their 10%'er - which is pretty pants when you think about it
 
PTR said:
Its not like I bought a case - I paid for ONE :lol:

Never again either, it wasn't even very nice. I prefer my own 8.5% homebrew to their 10%'er - which is pretty pants when you think about it
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Jaipur X was underwhelming as fuck when I had it.

Magic Rock and Cloudwaterw double and triple IPAs are well worth paying for though.
 
Pop said:
Not initially but the minimum price will be increased once/twice a year and at some point the brands that weren't effected by it will increase their prices as the cheap stuff edges closer to their RRP.



Classic Tory 'I'm alright Frosty Jack' attitude, disgusting.
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The people selling Frosty Jack for £3.50 a bottle have no social responsibility and the people buying it need help
 
Frijj said:
The people selling Frosty Jack for £3.50 a bottle have no social responsibility and the people buying it need help
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Tesco sell 4 cans of cider for about £2 too. It's about 4-5% iirc too.

Maybe the people buying the frosty jack are just skint. ;-)
 
AndrewP said:
Aye, has that happened here? Or did they get rid of that policy? It's just the price of "cheap" vodka etc is pretty close to the branded vodka etc here.
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Scotland tried to introduce MUP at 50p a unit but the Scottish Whiskey Association took them to court and the ECJ or some such. As soon as that court has no power, if the SNP are still in, expect them to try again.

If it works up there hopefully the govt will try it here.
 
Frijj said:
Scotland tried to introduce MUP at 50p a unit but the Scottish Whiskey Association took them to court and the ECJ or some such. As soon as that court has no power, if the SNP are still in, expect them to try again.

If it works up there hopefully the govt will try it here.
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I'd prefer they didn't, it's nice to have the option of cheap plonk for random visitors. ;-)
 
Frijj said:
The people selling Frosty Jack for £3.50 a bottle have no social responsibility and the people buying it need help
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You've never bought cheap booze? It isn't just alcoholics who would be hit by this, it'll increase prices at places like Aldi and Lidl.
 
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AndrewP said:
Tesco sell 4 cans of cider for about £2 too. It's about 4-5% iirc too.

Maybe the people buying the frosty jack are just skint. ;)
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That's 330ml x 4 at 5% and so that's 19.8 units for £2

Iceland sell Frosty Jacks at £3.50 a 3l bottle at 7.5% so that's 22.5 units for £3.50

More bang for your buck at Tesco!

Ban it. Ban it now!
 
Frijj said:
That's 330ml x 4 at 5% and so that's 19.8 units for £2

Iceland sell Frosty Jacks at £3.50 a 3l bottle at 7.5% so that's 22.5 units for £3.50

More bang for your buck at Tesco!

Ban it. Ban it now!
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They're 440ml cans mate. Not that many units either. They do a 2l bottle with 10 units in for £2.05

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AndrewP said:
The pear cider just tastes like Magners Pear Cider, so aye.
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hehehe.

missed a bit of the convo, but I guess you're talking about cheap drink - I always thought it was f***ing mental to sell 2L of 7+% cider for about £4. Got absolutely slammed on one such bottle for my first ever drinking-with-my-mates experience. Didn't end well.
 
PTR said:
hehehe.

missed a bit of the convo, but I guess you're talking about cheap drink - I always thought it was f***ing mental to sell 2L of 7+% cider for about £4. Got absolutely slammed on one such bottle for my first ever drinking-with-my-mates experience. Didn't end well.
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I haven't drank the stuff for about 20 years but it was awful stuff like.
 
The Hooded Claw said:
Yeah but people tend to come across as incredibly pretentious and just a little bit superior.
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I agree but this is the way with anything that becomes popular. Personally I love Real Ale but will quite happily sit with a pint of Perino or other such lagers. Can't stand Carling or Fosters, like drinking fizzy water.
 
If you're ever in Ireland McGraths pale ale and Scraggy Bay IPA by Kinnegar are worth trying. Five years ago in every Irish pub you had Guinness, Smithwicks and various eurolagers and that was it. Then one or two craft beers popped up. Now there are dozens of them. The blander ones seem to be the most popular unfortunately but they're still much better than Smithwicks.
 
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