Beer
So I was just browsing through the Tesco website looking at the drinks,I sometimes just buy a four pack from an off licence or londis if I fancy a beer.
Decided to look at the multipacks 12/24 cans etc,and noticed how most of the brands of beer now are mainly 330ml or 440ml,this is something I didn't really take much notice of until now.Even the Stella is 440ml cans. Where as the 500ml cans all gone,is this some Government/Euro crap poking their noses in on our lives again.. |
They probably just hope you won't notice..
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Give less, charge more. :mad:
At one time, multi-packs used to be in cases of 15/24, most now are 12/20, yet the price still goes up. |
Scrumpy Jack is in 500ml cans in my local newsagent, but as you say - 440ml in Tesco.
Then again, i try my best to avoid Tesco wherever possible. mb |
Originally Posted by Lisawrx
(Post 11386908)
Give less, charge more. :mad:
At one time, multi-packs used to be in cases of 15/24, most now are 12/20, yet the price still goes up. Is it the % of beer!seems the higher the alcohol level the less ml can you get.. |
Go to Aldi, 4 cans of carlsberg or similar el cheapo beer is £2.99, or the big 650ml bottles are 1.69 :)
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Aye, When I worked for the Scottish Fisheries we used to get duty free beer and the beer of choice was usually Becks (which I like) and that came in the normal 330ml bottles unlike the poxy 275mm bottles we buy out the shops. Why should duty free be 330ml and the over priced stuff be 275ml?
granted it was back in 2003 but the duty free becks was working in at 3 bottles for a pound :) oh aye, everywhere else round the world a case of beer is 24 cans / bottles, whats all this nonsense about multiples of 12 / 18 20 etc a case should be 24 end off....and relax |
Tesco/Morrisons and Asda do a deal on proper beer now and again.. £5 for 4..
And all are in 500ml bottles apart from the odd one.. Eurofizz isnt worth a carrot in any amount..Its pish,some of the premium pilsners are lovely though.. |
Originally Posted by G.Mac
(Post 11386924)
Aye, When I worked for the Scottish Fisheries we used to get duty free beer and the beer of choice was usually Becks (which I like) and that came in the normal 330ml bottles unlike the poxy 275mm bottles we buy out the shops. Why should duty free be 330ml and the over priced stuff be 275ml?
granted it was back in 2003 but the duty free becks was working in at 3 bottles for a pound :) oh aye, everywhere else round the world a case of beer is 24 cans / bottles, whats all this nonsense about multiples of 12 / 18 20 etc a case should be 24 end off....and relax Yea I like becks,kronenbourg,and all that type.Think I gonna have to ask work about doing some trips to Belgium again,stop off at the hypermarket in Calais,last time I got 24 500ml cans of San Miguel for a £5.00 :D at pidou Same with fags,the guys at work buy abroad,can't say I blame them when a pack of 20 fags is £8.00/£9.00 a pack in UK. |
That's why I make my own.:thumb:
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smokes are doing 19 in a pack now instead of 20 for some brands
not beer I know but another case of the people being shafted |
I didnt realise until about a year ago that the => 5% beers like Stella, Becks, Bud got downgraded. Again due to govt changes taxing the beers with higher alcohol content.p
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Originally Posted by JGlanzaV
(Post 11386920)
Go to Aldi, 4 cans of carlsberg or similar el cheapo beer is £2.99, or the big 650ml bottles are 1.69 :)
I am just making my way through a few of them now !! Hiccup !!!:thumb::thumb::thumb: |
I buy 1664 in France at 24 bottles for about €12. I like the french stuff, the stuff we get here is bland in comparison.
But hey...prices and sizes? We've been getting shafted for YEARS now. Now that they can't raise prices anymore because of consumer resistance, they reduce the sizes instead. Most folk don't even realise. But according to some on here, it's all part of the rich tapestry that is big business making stupidly high profits....... So THAT'S OK then:mad: |
Originally Posted by shytorque
(Post 11387056)
Its Aldi for me and Becks in 660ml bottles at £1.49 per bottle.
I am just making my way through a few of them now !! Hiccup !!!:thumb::thumb::thumb: Yea I hear about Stella being downgraded from 5% to 4.8% or something,but reducing the size of can also stinks. Anyhow looks like I'm drinking Danish beer tonight,watching the Great Escape.... |
Look, just do not drink out of cans
Beer was not meant to be drunk out of cans Glass is gods work, aluminium cans are the work of the devil |
Originally Posted by nizmo80
(Post 11386997)
smokes are doing 19 in a pack now instead of 20 for some brands
not beer I know but another case of the people being shafted |
Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
(Post 11387357)
Look, just do not drink out of cans
Beer was not meant to be drunk out of cans Glass is gods work, aluminium cans are the work of the devil |
No cider drinkers here then? :lol1: I can't stand lager/beer. Stowford Press is my favourite but I'll usually go for whatever is on offer. Strongbow seems to be on offer quite a lot.
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Strongbow is terrible though.. If i have more than 2 pints i have to crap it all out..
Henry Westons vintage or Thatchers Katy.. :) |
Originally Posted by JGlanzaV
(Post 11386920)
Go to Aldi, 4 cans of carlsberg or similar el cheapo beer is £2.99, or the big 650ml bottles are 1.69 :)
That said most of the year I drink ale, again Lidl or Aldi for good deals and these all come in 500ml bottles of varying strengths. Love a nice cider too on a hot summers day, none of your Magners/Bulmers cr*p mind, should be cloudy with lumps in it :D |
Originally Posted by Graz
(Post 11387670)
Lidl's own lager is pretty good, think it's called Perlenbacher Pilsner, 500ml bottle,
Love a nice cider too on a hot summers day, none of your Magners/Bulmers cr*p mind, should be cloudy with lumps in it :D |
I noticed in tesco last week 4x 440 ml carlsberg 3.75 but 4x500 ml carlsberg was 3.50 lol eh ?? How does that make any sense lol
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Originally Posted by alcazar
(Post 11387101)
I buy 1664 in France at 24 bottles for about €12. I like the french stuff, the stuff we get here is bland in comparison.
But hey...prices and sizes? We've been getting shafted for YEARS now. Now that they can't raise prices anymore because of consumer resistance, they reduce the sizes instead. Most folk don't even realise. But according to some on here, it's all part of the rich tapestry that is big business making stupidly high profits....... So THAT'S OK then:mad: |
Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
(Post 11387357)
Look, just do not drink out of cans
Beer was not meant to be drunk out of cans Glass is gods work, aluminium cans are the work of the devil But tinned beer poured into a glass for me has a metallic taste compared to draught. Why, I dunno. |
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Originally Posted by chocolate_o_brian
(Post 11388207)
I'm not a fan of swigging out of tinnies and have always preferred beer out of a bottle/glass.
But tinned beer poured into a glass for me has a metallic taste compared to draught. Why, I dunno. |
Originally Posted by RA Dunk
(Post 11388223)
I do hope you're not having to think too hard about it COB lol :lol1:
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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
(Post 11388223)
I do hope you're not having to think too hard about it COB lol :lol1:
Ok, ok. As in a metallic residue kinda taste. Not quite Chernobyl but you get my idea :p |
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Think its because draught beer is brewed differently to normal lager beer,so you get a more pure taste to how it should be..... |
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