Well I'll be damned!
"Carling lager is 'weaker than advertised', firm says in court"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41059610
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Well I'll be damned!
"Carling lager is 'weaker than advertised', firm says in court"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41059610
All lager is piss.
It is served as cold as possible so that you can't taste how bad it is.
Amen to that. Give me a proper ale any day - like the Gwaun Valley pint I'm drinking now following the QPR game.
Currently enjoying a bottle of Hoegaarden.
I don't know why people bother with tasteless lagers like Carling Fosters or Budweisser to name a few
Some lager beers are very pleasant, and of high quality. Been brewed on the continent for centuries.
Decent ale, as we know it, is a relatively recent thing. Ale of old used to be made from feck-knows-what, and was right slop.
It is a bit unfair to point at pissy cheap UK style lager as if it somehow writes all 'lager' off as poor - , there is also plenty of cheapo bitter 'ale' tinny equivalents which taste just as awful.
I'll take decent ale over decent lager every time mind ;)
Standard Carling, Fosters and Carlsberg are terrible. Poor tasting pop.
Budweiser is the worst of the premium beers. It is tasteless. Stella is headache material and tastes weird as well.
My favourites are Heineken, San Miguel, Cobra, Staropramen, 1664 and any number of continental lagers.
I don't think I've ever had a pint of lager, had a bottle of Budweiser once....utter shite!!!!
I love Ales and can stomach the odd wheatbeer when it's got a big slab of orange in it like Blue Moon but Hoegaarden tastes absolutely dreadful. I imagine it tastes exactly like licking a tramps arseholeQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
I went to one of those real ale festivals with a couple of my real ale anorak mates in the motorpoint a couple of years ago.
This guy gave us proudly a complimentary half of his ale. Ale anoraks loved it. I then took my turn and couldn't stop myself spitting it back and shouting what the feck is that. I thought he was going to cry .
Sure enough all the others I tasted like what I can only imagine they used to drink in the 17th century.
Headed to the cider section. But after a few pints of this mental juice I left them to carry on with the dishwater tasting.
Anyway just settling down to celebrate today's victory with a cold can of Carling.
I think you are talking about the faux-lagers made in this country and Australia. They are a pale imitation of the real thing and there is a very good reason that it is not sold throughout countries abroad such as Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic. It's very low quality swill.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobh
That's why I like itQuote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
That real ale stuff tastes like shit. Give me twelve pints of mass produced pissy lager any day.
Agree with those, but I also really enjoy Peroni and EstrellaQuote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
I'm surprised you made it out alive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Mainly agree about the mass produced lower range lagers.
Again, a load of nonsense is often spouted by beer snobs regarding craft beers many of which are quite ' distinctive ' and fairly inaccessible to those just starting off on the ale trail.
As an alternative there are some nice summer ales which are light and nice tasting. Fullers especially do a lovely organic honey ale which is sold by all the big supermarkets.
For those of you who like to support local brewers many South Wales start ups are producing this type of beer so no reason not to give them a go.
"Carling advertises the lager as 4% alcohol by volume (ABV) but it has been brewed at 3.7% since 2012, its US owners Molson Coors have said.
ABV was reduced in order to cut tax on Carling products, the firm said during a hearing brought by HMRC.
Molson Coors said beer was allowed to have a natural variation of 0.5%, and said customers had not been misled.
There is no suggestion Molson Coors has broken any laws."
Surely the customers have been misled? You can't have it both ways!
I like the idea of supporting local beers, and recently toured the new Tiny Rebel brewery in Newport. Excellent. Very knowledgable brewer acted as our enthusiastic guide. They're clearly doing well: and now brew a lager, too.
Korev, Cornish Lager and served on the pump in the Cambrian being our current choice, with the Peroni at the arches if we dont go to town as back up.
Look at the labels on the bottles and tins.
If it says " brewed under licence in the UK " it'll be a pale imitation of the real thing.
As mentioned above, my earlier comment was directed at the mass-produced eskimo pis... I mean lager.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelsonca61
I tend to go for local ales over any lagers, even if the lagers are purported to be quality, though I once had a lovely pint of hand-pumped lager in the Newt & Cucumber (remember that??)
I tend to avoid most lagers,
Carling fosters Carlsberg Heiniken are all the same piss with a different trade name on them.
cant beat a pint of Albright
I've never tasted piss. But if it tastes like lager I might give it a go.
Sakara Gold (Egypt) is top of my list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
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Some of the US craft 'lagers' are very good. I agree with the thoughts on the UK stuff, absolute junk. If you want a real good lager/pils you need to go for CZ or my preference German, IMO
Bittburger and Warsteiner (Wobbly) are my faves.
I bet you were all about the watneys party four? :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
And whatever happened to double diamond?
and Youngers Tartan Bitter ?Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
Just bought some San Miguel down Morrisons. Wtf has happened to it? It tastes like acid.
Uric acid ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve R
Tonight, a small bottle of Wiper and True Winter Palace: a strong, chocolatey, stout. Excellent.
Yeah, virtually all the lagers that are household names in the UK are brewed here in Kidderminster, Wolverhampton, etc. They never tell you that in the flashy ads. With good reason too because imagining a German brand being produced by some big-titted fraulein from Bavaria is better for sales than the reality of a minimum wage Lithuanian in Stoke-on-Trent.Quote:
Originally Posted by insider
I used to make gallons of different lagers from kits. I could never get the hang of it as they all tasted uniformly horrible. But still better than Carlsberg and Carling. I made so much peach schnapps that I went right off it and gave 50 litre bottles of it away. Southern Comfort was my fave though; perfected that to 70% proof. It was that good I could feel the hairs in my nose curling up.
Just got back from an event where more people than expected turned up, and out of semi-desperation I ended up buying a pint of Strongbow.
I have enjoyed a 'Bow or two in the past, but that was truly piss.
I hear Llantrisant is a good place for real ale, I went there once but can't remember much :biggrin:
Pint of Skol anyone?
Tiny Rebel brew some super high quality beersQuote:
Originally Posted by Greybeard
They definitely do. I hadn't realised the full range and variety until I visited their brewery. Particularly nice was this:
http://www.tinyrebel.co.uk/beers/stay-puft/
I like most ales, but I've never been fussed on porter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greybeard
It's definitely not one for a session, but this particular porter has an unusual sweetness which marks it out. This is a golden age for beer drinking, in my view: the variety and quality is like never before in my lifetime. Long may it continue!