ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[ziontrain]

ambuletz said:

Can anyone reccommend if any of the whiskys from aldi and LIDL are any good? (i would much prefer LIDL, as its easier to get to).

i normally drink it on ice, however lately i've enjoyed having it 50/50 with some soda water

I quite like Lidl's Queen Margot 8yo - there was a bit of a furore earlier this year when people where misreporting its success at the World Whisky Awards but it stands up well for the price.

[ambuletz]

ziontrain said:

ambuletz said:

Can anyone reccommend if any of the whiskys from aldi and LIDL are any good? (i would much prefer LIDL, as its easier to get to).

i normally drink it on ice, however lately i've enjoyed having it 50/50 with some soda water

I quite like Lidl's Queen Margot 8yo - there was a bit of a furore earlier this year when people where misreporting its success at the World Whisky Awards but it stands up well for the price.

some googling suggests it was wrongfully reported as best whisky in the world when infact it won best whisky in a catergory for whiskys that are 12 years old and under. still not bad for something that's £12.99. it was rated better than a bottle of johnniw walker black label which is usually twice that price.

[IanA2]

ambuletz said:

ziontrain said:

ambuletz said:

Can anyone reccommend if any of the whiskys from aldi and LIDL are any good? (i would much prefer LIDL, as its easier to get to).

i normally drink it on ice, however lately i've enjoyed having it 50/50 with some soda water

I quite like Lidl's Queen Margot 8yo - there was a bit of a furore earlier this year when people where misreporting its success at the World Whisky Awards but it stands up well for the price.

some googling suggests it was wrongfully reported as best whisky in the world when infact it won best whisky in a catergory for whiskys that are 12 years old and under. still not bad for something that's £12.99. it was rated better than a bottle of johnniw walker black label which is usually twice that price.[/quote

Agreed, It's difficult to go wrong with either A 0r L offerings on the whisky front.

They are both particulary good on the single malt side.

[HOGEPH]

Lovely, slight burn in the mouth and lots of chicken.

[anonymous-user]

had the dry aged roasting beef from lidl, it was the best i've had for a while, lovely.

[ambuletz]

HOGEPH said:

Lovely, slight burn in the mouth and lots of chicken.

how does this differ frrom the piri piri spatchcock chicken? because i tried the spatchcock chicken and it tasted like it was marinated in lemon-scented washing up liquid.

[anonymous-user]

ambuletz said:

how does this differ frrom the piri piri spatchcock chicken? because i tried the spatchcock chicken and it tasted like it was marinated in lemon-scented washing up liquid.

I've had one, it is deboned thigh and drumstick meat, lot more flavour, tasty, succulent, i just found it a bit too hot

[BrabusMog]

Thesprucegoose said:

ambuletz said:

how does this differ frrom the piri piri spatchcock chicken? because i tried the spatchcock chicken and it tasted like it was marinated in lemon-scented washing up liquid.

I've had one, it is deboned thigh and drumstick meat, lot more flavour, tasty, succulent, i just found it a bit too hot

They're ok but I would rather buy a kebab than have one of them again.

[Jim on the hill]

Had the Aldi Stuffing Baubles (stuffing wrapped in streaky bacon) tonight on our roast, very nice addition.

[RammyMP]

There’s some cracking deals to be had at our local Aldi at the moment!

[twing]

RammyMP said:

There’s some cracking deals to be had at our local Aldi at the moment!

San Miguel is always marked down from £1.50 to £1.49 at mine

[Batleyred]

Any decent gins at Aldi ?

[Trustmeimadoctor]

has lidl started stocking the canadian ice wine again the pillittery vidal?

dont usually do desert wine but this i could drink by the gallon!

[Shaw Tarse]

Batleyred said:

Any decent gins at Aldi ?

Their "house" gin is pretty good for the price.
I like the Eden Mill stuff

[BrabusMog]

twing said:

RammyMP said:

There’s some cracking deals to be had at our local Aldi at the moment!

San Miguel is always marked down from £1.50 to £1.49 at mine

They were doing 18 330ml bottles for a tenner the other day, proper bargain! £1.50 / £1.49 for one of those 660ml bottles is good value when Tesco don't have the cans marked down as well.

[twing]

Batleyred said:

Any decent gins at Aldi ?

Hortus is worth a go

[twing]

BrabusMog said:

They were doing 18 330ml bottles for a tenner the other day, proper bargain! £1.50 / £1.49 for one of those 660ml bottles is good value when Tesco don't have the cans marked down as well.

I saw that deal on here but all gone by the time I got there

[21TonyK]

twing said:

BrabusMog said:

They were doing 18 330ml bottles for a tenner the other day, proper bargain! £1.50 / £1.49 for one of those 660ml bottles is good value when Tesco don't have the cans marked down as well.

I saw that deal on here but all gone by the time I got there

Check again, fully stocked in my local yesterday... two more cases in the garage.

[Dogsey]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

has lidl started stocking the canadian ice wine again the pillittery vidal?

dont usually do desert wine but this i could drink by the gallon!

They certainly had it a few weeks ago as I picked up a couple, but my local had sold out yesterday. Ice wine can be amazingly expensive so I was amazed to find it in Lidl at such a cheap price. I was hoping to pick up a cartload of it before it went.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Previous years in mine it never gets bought so always about 8-9 after xmas