Just been into local Sainbury's and fancied getting something a little different. I've not tried the brew dog stuff, so looked at the Elvis, punk, skunk...blah de blah...and at 2 sqid for 330ml I almost crashed my trolley into the tiny display of Fosters, Carlsberg, Skol et al that have been gathering dust for the last 5 years. I can't for the life of me figure out how they can charge so much for not a lot of ale. Anyhow I made it out safely with 4 x 500ml cans of Tanglefoot for £5, phew. A nice beer, and made by badgers...apparently.
£2.00 for 330ml what the Funk!
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Sadfield
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Struggling to work out if this ironic or not.
I do not think that there is any trace of irony in the poster's comment about Brewdog and its over priced and over-rated products, just a bit of a laugh about the continued popularity of rather poor alternatives.
AdeDunn
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It has to be ironic, he put Tanglefoot, and nice beer, in the same sentence! I mean, Badger, my wife likes their stuff, but I struggle to call it beer let alone nice...
As to Brewdog, these days buying it is like playing Russian roulette. You MIGHT get a delicious beer, or you might get something that tastes of hot break with added lychees and gooseberries....
Some folk will actually try to convince you that it ( or some other stuff ) is underpriced. I've had better 'SmartPrice' stuff from Asda than a posh version of the same thing that costs 10 times more. There's a connection there but I think the beer police are far too gone to make it.
Sadfield
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But how can the OP judge Brewdog to be overrated if they haven't tried it? Aren't you projecting your own (valid) opinion onto the post?
Surely if the alternatives are popular, they wouldn't be gathering dust?
phildo79
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BrewDog has some decent beers but quite a lot of average ones too. Regardless, they all seem to be around the same price. Which is a tad inflated. But they aren't the biggest shower of C's out there; after all, they released all of their recipes.
I do have to chuckle a bit when I see that section in Sainsbury's though. There is quite a lot of shyte being sold at inflated prices. A fancy label does not improve the contents.
I do have to chuckle a bit when I see that section in Sainsbury's though. There is quite a lot of shyte being sold at inflated prices. A fancy label does not improve the contents.
An Ankoù
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Just taken delivery of the book Brew Dog -Craft Beer for the People, yesterday. It's inspiring stuff. They want to share all their recipes with home brewers. They claim to be anti-capitalist brewers! Beer for the people... It's a wonderful book. Yet their stuff is so expensive. I tried Punk IPA in the Cow in Ashley Cross a couple of years ago at an eye-watering price and I wasn't particularly impressed with the beer. I've had two or three other bottles of their various beers and they're nothing to write home about. There are some massive gaps between their manifesto and their pricing and their beers. I think they're just a bunch of hick home-brewers who've hit on a lucky business plan. On the other hand, their recipe book, running to 351 pages, is free online. There must be something worth brewing up in there!
Banbeer
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I tried my very first Brew Dog a couple of weeks ago whilst out on an afternoon pub crawl(can't remember what it was) but wasn't impressed. Been thinking of trying them when seeing them on a food shop day, glad I didn't bother.
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Have you tried one? They seem to be getting good reviews by other brewers
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Yeah lucky bastards.
It's good that punk is available in most bad bars now so when my mates are enjoying (ahem) a fosters or carling I don't have to choose water. I find most brewdog beers underwhelming. The Elvis juice tastes artificial. But then I've had beers from other brewers which have been very underwhelming.
No, and not likely to at that price.
Their beers are different....you ask any fosters drinker....but not massively different once you start trawling through the "craft" sections...even some of the Young's kits can stand up against some....new world saison,IPA,AIPA...
Elvis juice has changed massively over the last couple of years. I agree very artificial and chemical twang. It's not nice, was once one of my favs.
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You maybe missing out on a great beer. Seeing a pint of carling/fosters/worthies is £3.40 near me, I see it is worth the gamble/extra pound
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I don't mind the Punk IPA but I can't say I've been overly impressed with any of their other stuff. Slightly better than generic is how I'd describe most of their stuff. Although I did like the imp stouts, Coco Psycho and Tokyo. I also had a go at making their Citra IPA from the recipe book. Turned out well.
