The best lager on sale in the UK, suggestions please

[mcflurry]

dazco said:

Heineken is brewed here in the UK.

The cans in my fridge say, "Brewed in Holland" on them

[dazco]

mcflurry said:

The cans in my fridge say, "Brewed in Holland" on them

I know

[Wadeski]

Heineken used to be brewed in the UK when it was 3.9%.

When it moved to 5% a few years back i believe they started importing it from Holland.

[Frik]

Peroni is just another nice refreshing lager isn't it? Becks, Kronenberg and the like are all nice but my palate clearly isn't sophisticated to tell them much apart, taste-wise. As most places can't seem to clean their pipes properly they tend to taste like metal regardless.

I do like a pint of Budvar, or a bottle of Bangla when I'm having a curry and looking forward to my friend replacing Carlsberg with Oranjeboom in the pub he manages.

[anonymous-user]

This is amazing lager (ale)

[okgo]

Frik said:

Peroni is just another nice refreshing lager isn't it? Becks, Kronenberg and the like are all nice but my palate clearly isn't sophisticated to tell them much apart, taste-wise. As most places can't seem to clean their pipes properly they tend to taste like metal regardless.

I do like a pint of Budvar, or a bottle of Bangla when I'm having a curry and looking forward to my friend replacing Carlsberg with Oranjeboom in the pub he manages.

Replacing carlsberg with orangeboom? Given he was arcing carlsberg at all probably means his customers are NOT going to buy a pint of orangeboom for £5 that comes with a wedge of orange!!!

[Frik]

In hindsight I'm not sure it was Carlsberg - I've never drunk lager there. But I'm fairly sure it'll just be served as a conventional lager as, like all the others, it's brewed under licence.

[dazco]

Wadeski said:

Heineken used to be brewed in the UK when it was 3.9%.

When it moved to 5% a few years back i believe they started importing it from Holland.

It's a minefield, it really is.

I found this , which seems to put most of it in some kind of order

http://www.thebeertutor.co.uk/foreign-2/

[Some Gump]

RIP magic beer, you will be missed...

[037]

In my local resturaunt they used to sell a lager called Casteel Cru. Now that is a refreshing drink. Anyone else tried it?

[SeldomSeenKid]

MonkeyMatt said:

This is amazing lager (ale)

Good shout!
This brewery is about 20 mins away from me. They do some crackimg stuff.

It's not lager, but their 'Fraoch' heather ale is superb, highly reccommended.

[Wadeski]

Some Gump said:

RIP magic beer, you will be missed...

This was, as my countrymen here say, "Da Bomb".

And really cheap, too because of sam smiths own label policy.

[Baryonyx]

okgo said:

Replacing carlsberg with orangeboom? Given he was arcing carlsberg at all probably means his customers are NOT going to buy a pint of orangeboom for £5 that comes with a wedge of orange!!!

Funny, I always think of Oranjeboom as a budget lager. From when my friend used to buy it at Aldi as a cheap, enjoyable brew to where I see it now. Black cans of the super strength Oranjeboom, popular with some of the locals where I work. Much cheaper than Special Brew and just as potent, usually consumed in large amounts before going out to commit crime.

[CooperD]

037 said:

In my local resturaunt they used to sell a lager called Casteel Cru. Now that is a refreshing drink. Anyone else tried it?

Casteel Cru is very good. They sell it in my local Waitrose so I should think most Waitrose branches should stock it.

[marcosgt]

I might have missed it, but no mention of any Bavarian lagers, that I can see? (Lowenbrau got a mention, but I suspect the stuff in British pubs and bars isn't brewed in Bavaria and it's always seen as a low end beer there).

I'm a big fan of the products of the Spaten brewery. They're not seen as a 'premium' beer in Bavaria, but their Franziskaner Weissbier is lovely, I think and their Lagers are excellent too.

You can often get them through Majestic Wines and sometimes in supermarkets.

Of stuff I've seen regularly in UK pubs/bars, Becks is probably my favourite for its clean taste (I used to love Stella, but it tastes a bit artificial to me these days) and Kirin is very good.

Peroni/Stella/Kronenbourg 1664 I tend to view as drinkable beer lager, rather truly 'Premium' in the sense that they actually taste better

M.

Edited by marcosgt on Tuesday 25th September 08:21

[F1GTRUeno]

Anything from or around Munich is good for me.

Paulaner was a personal favourite until seemingly everywhere in Munich stopped serving it and replaced it with Hofbrau, which only really works in the Hofbrauhaus in plentiful Maß orders.

Franziskaner was lovely, Lowenbrau not bad and Augustiner lovely too.

Tried some kind of treacle beer in the Lowenbraukeller and it was awful mind.

Over here, Staropramen is great if you can get it, I only know of one place that sells it in St. Helens and it's not a great place to go for a beer. Peroni is dogste.

[Royster]

Budvar

Pilsner Urquell (can be a bit bitter, though)

Kozel

Carlsberg Export! Surprisingly tasty, as noraml Carlsberg is filth.

Can you still get Tennants export? That used to be nice, too.

[Composite Guru]

Budvar & Amstel for me.

[Halb]

Aldi gets it hands on 'premium' products sometimes, it's not all cheap, just cheap prices.

I cannot stand Peroni, it has a nasty aftertaste.

I haven't seen Carling Premier for years, looks like they still make it.
http://www.carling.com/beer/carling-premier/

[bicycleshorts]

Check out: http://www.westbeer.com/ . Went for a brewery tour there and she explained that all their beers are lagers (because of the process they are made, rather than tasting a particular way).

A good pint of St Mungo is