Your last Pint?

[bovril]

2 hours ago, Unabomber said:

8 cans of spaten or estrella galicia for £10 at Morrisons which is good. 

Discovered Spaten recently, so good

[Voll Blau]

Saino's have some good Anschluss gear knocking about too. Stiegl, Augustiner and, most miraculously, an Erdinger that isn't a fvcking wheat beer.

[Officer Doofy]

14 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Yeah it’s good to see more and more of it. Morrisons has had a fine selection for a while now. 
 

Estrella Galicia is a sensational beer. Up there with the Germans.

Hopefully doesn't get too popular they'll start brewing it in Luton

[Muzzy_no7]

15 minutes ago, Officer Doofy said:

Hopefully doesn't get too popular they'll start brewing it in Luton

Hahaha true, or Burton 🤢 

[Muzzy_no7]

10 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

Saino's have some good Anschluss gear knocking about too. Stiegl, Augustiner and, most miraculously, an Erdinger that isn't a fvcking wheat beer.

Tbf the Erdinger Alkoholfrei is very good.

[Alfie.meadsy]

Just picked up so Modelo yesterday. Pretty decent but expensive. 

[Chris_OGrady]

Isn't Modelo just the latest crap, bland macro lager being pushed by the big brewers? 

[Samilktray]

4 minutes ago, Chris_OGrady said:

Isn't Modelo just the latest crap, bland macro lager being pushed by the big brewers? 

It is definitely getting a big push now. I had a few in the Swan over the weekend and it’s decent enough beer on a sunny day. 

[lcfc278]

Had a few Modelos over in the US a few years ago and thought it was ok, but I have noticed it's getting a bit of a push over here now. Is it one of those that's made to look like a foreign import but it's actually just brewed over here now?

[goose2010]

1 minute ago, lcfc278 said:

Had a few Modelos over in the US a few years ago and thought it was ok, but I have noticed it's getting a bit of a push over here now. Is it one of those that's made to look like a foreign import but it's actually just brewed over here now?

no, it is still brewed in Mexico at the minute

[Chris_OGrady]

Just had a look and the draft beer is brewed in Wales by ABInBev. It's one of those corn lagers , like Corona and the American Light beers, which makes it cheap to make and bland. 

 

Looks like they'll be heavily playing on it being Mexican (that famous brewing country) after the Spanish ship has reached capacity!

Edited 3 June by Chris_OGrady

[Kopic]

Have quited liked Modelo for a while, after finding a bottle in company shop a few years ago. Lidl have had it occasionally for a few years as well. If you get the 355ml bottles they are Mexican brewed and quite nice, the big bottles they are selling are brewed in the UK and not very nice.

[Muzzy_no7]

5 hours ago, Chris_OGrady said:

Isn't Modelo just the latest crap, bland macro lager being pushed by the big brewers? 

Yeah.

 

It might taste good compared to a Madri, Carling, Fosters, Carlsberg or Budweiser but generally speaking it’s a poor pint.

 

Even the imported Mexican lagers are generally sub par + the clear bottles make it taste worse.

Edited 3 June by Muzzy_no7

[NJFox]

Been spoiled by several visits to the famed Tree House Brewing in recent months. Since they don’t distribute to retail locations, every visit results in a purchase of a case or two. If anyone here is traveling to Boston for the World Cup, it’s a must visit.
 

Currently enjoying a Single Shot Vanilla Bean stout, with their English mild, plus several New Zealand double IPAs + hazy triple IPAs still to come.

[OntarioFox]

Budvar from B&M, 3 bottles for £5.50 (or was it £5.75? I forget) at the minute which is a good deal.

Can't be doing with these atrocious UK-brewed imposters of continental beers, but surprisingly while the likes of Tesco are doing it with more and more brands, the discounters are generally the place to go for the imported real deal. If you're into Mythos that's the latest one to get ruined for our market, but both Home Bargains and B&M still get the real shit in from Greece.

I mean, they're atrocious at keeping the bottles properly, but i'd rather drink a Greek Mythos that has gone a bit skunky than a UK-brewed one that's .5% lower ABV and cut with glucose syrup to save money. If you're so inclined as to care, look for the ones that just say "Hellenic Beer" and avoid the ones that say "brewed with a Hellenic heart" (lol) like the plague. 

Wish somewhere would import real Cruzcampo for what it's worth - between summer holidays and our adventures in the UCL I grew to love the real thing, hangover in Sevilla aside. As basic as it is by Spanish standards, our version is an absolute insult to both Spain itself and the intelligence of UK drinkers. They couldn't even get the Radler right and instead brought out some hideous Frankenstein's monster with oranges instead, which I gave a go and couldn't even finish a 4-pack of.

 

Edited 7 June by OntarioFox

[OntarioFox]

On 15/05/2026 at 16:04, Officer Doofy said:

Loads of decent cask ales in various pubs in rural Norfolk.

 

Top boozing country

Wherry is a gorgeous pint in its local area, great bitter. Woodforde's are a very under-rated brewery in general, they have that Everard's vibe of being everywhere locally in Norfolk but barely seen outside of their own network of pubs.

[Chris_OGrady]

10 hours ago, OntarioFox said:

Budvar from B&M, 3 bottles for £5.50 (or was it £5.75? I forget) at the minute which is a good deal.

Can't be doing with these atrocious UK-brewed imposters of continental beers, but surprisingly while the likes of Tesco are doing it with more and more brands, the discounters are generally the place to go for the imported real deal. If you're into Mythos that's the latest one to get ruined for our market, but both Home Bargains and B&M still get the real shit in from Greece.

I mean, they're atrocious at keeping the bottles properly, but i'd rather drink a Greek Mythos that has gone a bit skunky than a UK-brewed one that's .5% lower ABV and cut with glucose syrup to save money. If you're so inclined as to care, look for the ones that just say "Hellenic Beer" and avoid the ones that say "brewed with a Hellenic heart" (lol) like the plague. 

Wish somewhere would import real Cruzcampo for what it's worth - between summer holidays and our adventures in the UCL I grew to love the real thing, hangover in Sevilla aside. As basic as it is by Spanish standards, our version is an absolute insult to both Spain itself and the intelligence of UK drinkers. They couldn't even get the Radler right and instead brought out some hideous Frankenstein's monster with oranges instead, which I gave a go and couldn't even finish a 4-pack of.

 

Are those beers actually that good in their home country or do we have a nostalgia for them because we associate them with holiday? Mythos and Cruzcampo are both owned by Carlsberg and Heineken so are likely to be tampered with in their home markets anyway. I think you have to look for beers which aren’t owned by the big brewers and are still to some degree independent, or something German/Czech where it’s much harder to move away from traditional recipes

[OntarioFox]

2 hours ago, Chris_OGrady said:

Are those beers actually that good in their home country or do we have a nostalgia for them because we associate them with holiday? Mythos and Cruzcampo are both owned by Carlsberg and Heineken so are likely to be tampered with in their home markets anyway. I think you have to look for beers which aren’t owned by the big brewers and are still to some degree independent, or something German/Czech where it’s much harder to move away from traditional recipes

Nah, they're completely run of the mill. But enjoyable in the circumstances. The issue is the UK market's fetish for cutting both cost and ABV, and the fact that people willingly drink the glucose-syrup cut slop we produce domestically.

 

Don't even get me started on Madri literally being Carling's old recipe repackaged as a 'premium' beer from Spain. 

[Chris_OGrady]

39 minutes ago, OntarioFox said:

Nah, they're completely run of the mill. But enjoyable in the circumstances. The issue is the UK market's fetish for cutting both cost and ABV, and the fact that people willingly drink the glucose-syrup cut slop we produce domestically.

 

Don't even get me started on Madri literally being Carling's old recipe repackaged as a 'premium' beer from Spain. 

Haha yeah and now they’re trying to push Carling Black Label. At least Madri highlighted to a wider audience that all these identical lagers are just a marketing con. I was one of the gullible idiots who thought they were drinking a stylish Spanish lager and I’ve become a complete snob ever since 

[PAULCFC]

A Belgian beer from home bargains.....and it's actually brewed in Belgium...£1.39 a can and very nice.(I may have liberated the glass from a Spoons!)

[SemperEadem]

Day session around Kelham Island.

Started at the Harlequin before going to Riverside, Fat Cat, Alder and Yellow Arch. 

 

Sunday plaggy glass lager at Grace Road.

[Officer Doofy]

14 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

 

 

Sunday plaggy glass lager at Grace Road.

Is the beer offering still dog shit? 

[SemperEadem]

Just now, Officer Doofy said:

Is the beer offering still dog shit? 

Yeah aint amazing.

Does seem to taste a bit better than previous years though. I get it a bit cheaper as a member but £7.50 pints at full whack add up.

[Muzzy_no7]

Christ the Redeemer!!  The All inclusive we’re at has Paulaner WeissBier on draft included 😍