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cleggy

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Stella
« on: 22 May 2012, 11:52:55 »
SWMBO said she wanted a BBQ tonight so I popped out for some refreshment and I've just noticed that Stella Artois has gone from 5.0 to 4.8 Alc/ Vol >:( >:(
When did that happen ???
We have a drought and they dilute wife beater will have to drink more now, no I'll drive a bit further for PERONI :y   
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Re: Stella
« Reply #1 on: 22 May 2012, 12:33:05 »
Quote from: Cleggy on 22 May 2012, 11:52:55
SWMBO said she wanted a BBQ tonight so I popped out for some refreshment and I've just noticed that Stella Artois has gone from 5.0 to 4.8 Alc/ Vol >:( >:(
When did that happen ???
We have a drought and they dilute wife beater will have to drink more now, no I'll drive a bit further for PERONI :y


Yep. >:(.......and not long ago it was rated at 5.2%. >:( >:( >:(


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Re: Stella
« Reply #2 on: 22 May 2012, 12:43:34 »
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Re: Stella
« Reply #3 on: 22 May 2012, 12:49:41 »
Iirc, there is to be some up and coming 'dangle berries'  law that say anything over 4% abv will be classed as strong lager and we will be shafted taxed accordingly  >:(
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Re: Stella
« Reply #4 on: 22 May 2012, 12:57:24 »
I'm drinking some french crap at the moment. It is also rated at 4.8%.

I buy it from Sainsbury's and it goes by the name of "Biere Speciale". I pay £6.60 for 20 x 250ml stubbies. This works out far less expensive than the main brands.

Good stuff, too. :y :y :y :y
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Re: Stella
« Reply #5 on: 22 May 2012, 13:01:10 »
You'll drive a bit further for Peroni?
The best Lager comes from eastern Europe.
I find the COOP's own Czech stuff to be superb. Cheap too.
As much as I like ale, it's very hard to beat a bottle of someting cold and crisp in the summer.
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« Reply #6 on: 22 May 2012, 14:22:12 »
Quote from: Nick W on 22 May 2012, 13:01:10
You'll drive a bit further for Peroni?
The best Lager comes from eastern Europe.
I find the COOP's own Czech stuff to be superb. Cheap too.
As much as I like ale, it's very hard to beat a bottle of someting cold and crisp in the summer.

I'll try that although I do like Nasty brewed in Italy not with U.K chemical water
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Re: Stella
« Reply #7 on: 22 May 2012, 14:55:33 »
I have noticed this too, Boddingtons is down to 3.6 from 3.8, Caffreys has dropped a similar amount, and I'm sure a few others have too.

I agree about Eastern European lager, and apart from being good stuff 5.5-6% is normal strength and it's also very cheap over there. You can get Tyskie in Asda for about £2 a bottle, at the weekend I'll be in Poland paying 50-60p for it!
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Re: Stella
« Reply #8 on: 22 May 2012, 15:12:01 »
It's been happening for a few years now with ales and lagers. Old Speckled Hen used to be around 5.2% a few years ago and that's been dropped to 4.8% and Caffrey's (as already mentioned) from 5 to 4.5%. More recently Green King's Abbott ale has just been reduced from 5 to 4.8%. I'm sure there's a few other brands that have been "demoted" too recently.
Not sure of the reason behind it apart from the fact higher ABV beers get you pissed quicker! ::) Might be something to do with higher ABV beers attracting a higher rate of duty. :-\
On the plus side, I've been drinking Tuborg in my local for the last year or two and that's actually been upgraded from 4ish to 4.5% - just enough to make it a premium but with less of a headache. ;)
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Re: Stella
« Reply #9 on: 22 May 2012, 15:21:55 »
Having not long had a week in Munich I learnt what a bloody good beer should taste like.....frickin marvellous stuff that makes the crap coming out of our draught pumps taste like sewage( craft beers excepted of course)
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« Reply #10 on: 22 May 2012, 16:33:06 »
Quote from: omegod on 22 May 2012, 15:21:55
Having not long had a week in Munich I learnt what a bloody good beer should taste like.....frickin marvellous stuff that makes the crap coming out of our draught pumps taste like sewage( craft beers excepted of course)

Ein Gross Pils Bitte ;) ;)
I know what you mean :y :y I used to go to Frankfurt for marketting meeting on a regular basis. The beers were a dream and the fillet steak sarnies to die for :y
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Re: Stella
« Reply #11 on: 22 May 2012, 16:36:31 »
Why are you lot messing around with beer - you should have switched to wine by now - you are not youngsters anymore! 8)
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Re: Stella
« Reply #12 on: 22 May 2012, 16:42:26 »
Had a bottle of this at the weekend:

http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=60

Delicious!!  :y
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Re: Stella
« Reply #13 on: 22 May 2012, 16:44:26 »
Quote from: pscocoa on 22 May 2012, 16:36:31
Why are you lot messing around with beer - you should have switched to wine by now - you are not youngsters anymore! 8)

Yes, I do enjoy a wee red wine at meal time - but a cold Beck's or a nice Budvar after some work in the garden is very agreeable. :-* :-*
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Re: Stella
« Reply #14 on: 22 May 2012, 17:57:41 »
What does the strength matter if the taste is right? ???

I tend to drink socially and for the flavour and very rarely get drunk because I don't enjoy having "Disco Bedroom"
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