ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[mad4amanda]

Riley Blue said:

Has anyone tried the Aldi premium gins? I normally drink Blooms and wondered how they stack up against it, specifically the Aldi Gin Mare.

Only seen that once in store went back to get some and its all gone! Supposed to be very good.

[David A]

mad4amanda said:

Only seen that once in store went back to get some and its all gone! Supposed to be very good.

Isn't it just gin mare. Nothing to do with Aldi just they sell it like others do ?

[garreth64]

David A said:

mad4amanda said:

Only seen that once in store went back to get some and its all gone! Supposed to be very good.

Isn't it just gin mare. Nothing to do with Aldi just they sell it like others do ?

Yep, it's just one of Aldi's xmas specials.

Gin Mare is lovely, from Barcelona I think with mediterranean tones like olives etc. Bought a litre bottle back from Spain earlier this year and out of the 10 or so Gin's we have it is in my top 3.

[soxboy]

Riley Blue said:

Has anyone tried the Aldi premium gins? I normally drink Blooms and wondered how they stack up against it, specifically the Aldi Gin Mare.

The Gin Mare isn't an Aldi one, it's a brand from Spain. Hardly seen in this country and if it is it's over £40. It's fantastic (to me) but a bit of an acquired taste as it's quite herby, tastes very good with hardly any tonic.

[Riley Blue]

soxboy said:

Riley Blue said:

Has anyone tried the Aldi premium gins? I normally drink Blooms and wondered how they stack up against it, specifically the Aldi Gin Mare.

The Gin Mare isn't an Aldi one, it's a brand from Spain. Hardly seen in this country and if it is it's over £40. It's fantastic (to me) but a bit of an acquired taste as it's quite herby, tastes very good with hardly any tonic.

I haven't come across it before but wondered at £27.99 if it was worth trying. I see their Oliver Cromwell gin (currently on special offer at £9.97 - down a huge 2p from £9.99) is highly rated:

http://money.aol.co.uk/2016/04/26/aldi-gin-wins-bi...

[V8mate]

Riley Blue said:

soxboy said:

Riley Blue said:

Has anyone tried the Aldi premium gins? I normally drink Blooms and wondered how they stack up against it, specifically the Aldi Gin Mare.

The Gin Mare isn't an Aldi one, it's a brand from Spain. Hardly seen in this country and if it is it's over £40. It's fantastic (to me) but a bit of an acquired taste as it's quite herby, tastes very good with hardly any tonic.

I haven't come across it before but wondered at £27.99 if it was worth trying.

It's forty quid at most other outlets, so it's just a case of whether the price differential is sufficient a trigger.

[HarryW]

89p a bottle for a pale ale, rude not to in my book, actually quite nice..

[Ste1987]

Seeing as it's Christmas, I thought I'd see if Aldi did their own version of Bailey's. Quite surprised to find it at £3.75, and it's really nice, granted a bit sweeter than real Bailey's IIRC

[347Andy]

Ste1987 said:

Seeing as it's Christmas, I thought I'd see if Aldi did their own version of Bailey's. Quite surprised to find it at £3.75, and it's really nice, granted a bit sweeter than real Bailey's IIRC

Their premium "Baileys" is £6.99 and is as good as the real thing IMHO. I think that they only sell it certain times of the year though, Christmas being one of them.

[HarryW]

Blimey lidl night for me as my wife is out on her works Christmas meal. Delux 30 day dry aged Aberdeen Angus Serloin steak (2 mins each side rare) and a Cotes du Rhone villages (£3.99!).

[soxboy]

HarryW said:

Blimey lidl night for me as my wife is out on her works Christmas meal. Delux 30 day dry aged Aberdeen Angus Serloin steak (2 mins each side rare) and a Cotes du Rhone villages (£3.99!).

No frites?!??

[HarryW]

soxboy said:

HarryW said:

Blimey lidl night for me as my wife is out on her works Christmas meal. Delux 30 day dry aged Aberdeen Angus Serloin steak (2 mins each side rare) and a Cotes du Rhone villages (£3.99!).

No frites?!??

Cutting the carbs leading up to the Christmas excesses that are to follow....

[don4l]

I'm having a bottle of "Wild Bill's IPA" with my Sunday lunch.


It is delicious.

[jbudgie]

don4l said:

I'm having a bottle of "Wild Bill's IPA" with my Sunday lunch.


It is delicious.

+1

[Spice_Weasel]

jbudgie said:

don4l said:

I'm having a bottle of "Wild Bill's IPA" with my Sunday lunch.


It is delicious.

+1

+2

I think it's a great beer

[Melman Giraffe]

HarryW said:

Blimey lidl night for me as my wife is out on her works Christmas meal. Delux 30 day dry aged Aberdeen Angus Serloin steak (2 mins each side rare) and a Cotes du Rhone villages (£3.99!).

i've had that Cote du Rhone

not bad for £3,99

[TIGA84]

Lidl have got Amarone Classico 2012 at 7.99 and the full Monty at 14.99. Lovely stuff. 15.5% though...........

[craigthecoupe]

lidl luxury stollen! lovely, with a bit of a rum kick.

[HarryW]

Melman Giraffe said:

HarryW said:

Blimey lidl night for me as my wife is out on her works Christmas meal. Delux 30 day dry aged Aberdeen Angus Serloin steak (2 mins each side rare) and a Cotes du Rhone villages (£3.99!).

i've had that Cote du Rhone

not bad for £3,99

To be honest it was pretty decent, even more so when you factor in the price...

[FiF]

craigthecoupe said:

lidl luxury stollen! lovely, with a bit of a rum kick.

Someone brought some of that into the office, very nice indeed.

In fact a lot of the stuff brought in was from Lidl, to much general approval, which seeing as they didn't spot it as Lidl roundly gave the sniffy Lidl knockers "Oh we shop at Waitwose" yummy mummies a swift kick on the shins.