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    4% Stella

    The Belgians will be pissing themselves at us catering for the Fosters/Carling chav market.

    I'm composing a strong letter (5.2%) to the Times.
    Blood in your poo

    #2
    Good on'em, There's a demand for this type of pilsener in the lunchtime market. Becks do it so why shouldn't they.

    What pilse do you take at lunchtime? maybe there should be a poll for our favourite lunch beer?

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      #3
      If I do drink beer at lunchtime I certainly don't drink anything lagerish unless it's a very hot day. If it is very hot odds are I drink something soft anyway.

      I couldn't care less about them making a 4% Stella, it's hardly a particularly special beer and I don't make any effort to drink beers because of their strength, it's the taste I buy beer for.

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        #4
        I do like how a few years ago most lagers were ~4%... Carlsberg, Heineken etc. Then they all got replaced with "continental" versions at 5%. Now they are all being replaced with 4% versions.

        I do like Becks Vier though.
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        I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
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        Urine is quite nourishing

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          #5
          Much as I like the stronger lagers, I have come to the following conclusion: the strength is required to mask the inferior quality.

          I got fed up with real ales a while back, but I'm coming back to them now. If you want taste without going overboard on the % then bitters & porters are the way forward.

          I kept noticing that my favourite lagers were getting stronger and stronger - that's because the old addage was true all along - lager is pish! Any lager below 5% tastes thin and bland. Now you are starting to see more 5.5 - 6% lagers appearing - bad news for more than 1 or 2.

          So with lager you really are just buying tramp juice - no wonder I was starting to get worse hangovers when I went out (thought it was an age thing - I now realise I was drinking twice as much alcohol over an evening!).

          Still can't grow a beard though.

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            #6
            I'll stick to Guinness
            I'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this

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              #7
              Originally posted by Shimano105 View Post
              Much as I like the stronger lagers, I have come to the following conclusion: the strength is required to mask the inferior quality.

              I got fed up with real ales a while back, but I'm coming back to them now. If you want taste without going overboard on the % then bitters & porters are the way forward.

              I kept noticing that my favourite lagers were getting stronger and stronger - that's because the old addage was true all along - lager is pish! Any lager below 5% tastes thin and bland. Now you are starting to see more 5.5 - 6% lagers appearing - bad news for more than 1 or 2.

              So with lager you really are just buying tramp juice - no wonder I was starting to get worse hangovers when I went out (thought it was an age thing - I now realise I was drinking twice as much alcohol over an evening!).

              Still can't grow a beard though.
              There's some very nice organic cider about which I find doesn't give me a hangover. Then again, neither does magners, but it does taste like tulipe.
              ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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                #8
                Larger even at 5% is a girlies drink!

                Stick to propper british 'real ale' if you want a good tasting strong beer. Not this continental 'pop.'
                I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Shimano105 View Post
                  Much as I like the stronger lagers, I have come to the following conclusion: the strength is required to mask the inferior quality.

                  I got fed up with real ales a while back, but I'm coming back to them now. If you want taste without going overboard on the % then bitters & porters are the way forward.

                  I kept noticing that my favourite lagers were getting stronger and stronger - that's because the old addage was true all along - lager is pish! Any lager below 5% tastes thin and bland. Now you are starting to see more 5.5 - 6% lagers appearing - bad news for more than 1 or 2.

                  So with lager you really are just buying tramp juice - no wonder I was starting to get worse hangovers when I went out (thought it was an age thing - I now realise I was drinking twice as much alcohol over an evening!).

                  Still can't grow a beard though.
                  100% correct.
                  "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by BolshieBastard View Post
                    Larger even at 5% is a girlies drink!

                    Stick to propper british 'real ale' if you want a good tasting strong beer. Not this continental 'pop.'
                    How about some facts? I would suggest that you do some reading up on beers first and then comment. As a starting point. because beer is mostly water a lot depends on where it is brewed.

                    Second point most British beers are brewed in a hurry and the fermention is killed of artifically; this is not the case in most European countries that have far better regulations.

                    Many European brands are brewed in the UK and ****ed-up and so are not the same as the original brand.

                    I have many other points but that's enough for now.
                    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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