Any Black Friday/Discount Codes

[Cheshire Cat]

can you get wine for£5 these days?

In Lidl and Aldi yes you can.

 

[Leon103]

In Lidl and Aldi yes you can.

Been a while since I have shopped there.

 

[gyurmaember]

Been a while since I have shopped there.

Stop bragging, not you're the only posh ppl here.

 

[Leon103]

Stop bragging, not you're the only posh ppl here.

Pardon. I used to shop in lidl every week but due to reasons that don't concern you I now utilise tesco click and collect service.

Of course we still get our monthly hamper from Harrods.

 

[jof]

You can get very acceptable red wine from Aldi & Lidl. It's much better than the lower cost offerings from Waitrose & Sainsbury's (well we think so)
Aldi probably a bit better than Lidl.
New world wines are more consistent. We've tried too many rough french wines in our time, so now avoid them.

 

[Yellow Car]

Straying slightly OT, but...
https://www.decanter.com/learn/tax-wine-much-pay-uk-ask-decanter-357119/...makes interesting reading on the cost of wine vs the tax/packaging/distribution. In summary in a £5 bottle, about 25p is the cost of the wine. On a £10 bottle it's £2.64 - so for twice the spend, ten times as much goes on what you drink. I expect it's skewed to "The Decanter" readership to justify spending more on a bottle, but the fact that duty is a fixed amount (£2.23 then, now £2.97 +VAT) per bottle, not a percentage lends some truth to it.
Anyhow, when you look at the breakdown it's not hard to see why a half-decent kit wine should indeed beat a £5 supermarket bottle hands-down.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

You can get very acceptable red wine from Aldi & Lidl. It's much better than the lower cost offerings from Waitrose & Sainsbury's (well we think so)
Aldi probably a bit better than Lidl.
New world wines are more consistent. We've tried too many rough french wines in our time, so now avoid them.

I like both Aldi and Lidl wine great value for money. I don’t drink much red now couldn’t handle it so I by Sauvignon Blanc and White Rioja and it’s better from Aldi.

 

[Leon103]

Went into lidl today. Needed walnuts and was passing. There were a lot of wine at £4.19 plus two bottles at £2.69 not sure exactly how strong it was but can't be that strong with the minimum unit price in Wales

 

[dcbrookes]

For reasonably priced wine of good quality it is hard to beat The Wine Society. £40 or so for life membership and delivery is free.

 

[stripeyjoe]

two bottles at £2.69

Isn't that less than the duty?

 

[Yellow Car]

From HMRC

Wine Duty
How much Wine Duty you pay depends on the strength of the wine (or made-wine) and whether it’s still or sparkling.

Strength (ABV) Rate per litre
Still More than 1.2%, up to 4% 91.68 pence
Still More than 4%, up to 5.5% 126.08 pence
Still More than 5.5%, up to 15% 297.57 pence
Still More than 15%, up to 22% 396.72 pence
Sparkling More than 5.5% but less than 8.5% 288.10 pence
Sparkling More than 8.5%, up to 15% 381.15 pence

So that must have been <5.5% alcohol.
And of course 20% VAT on top, so £3.57 tax per bottle on a normal strength wine.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Cheapest i could find in Aldi

Note it says "Scotland and Wales minimum unit price may affect your order"

 

[Twogunrocky]

Never tried them myself.....

 

[MickDundee]

Never tried them myself.....
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They are solid and reliable but unspectacular, Camden pale is a go-to if there’s nothing more exciting available.

Owned or part-owned by INBev these days I believe.

 

[Berry454]

Personally no longer searching as I found my black Friday deal.

Managed to get 3 Winexpert classic kits for £25 each and 4 Winexpert Reserve kits for £35 each.

£470+ of kits for £210.. Don't think I'll get any better than that.

 

[stripeyjoe]

Personally no longer searching as I found my black Friday deal.

Managed to get 3 Winexpert classic kits for £25 each and 4 Winexpert Reserve kits for £35 each.

£470+ of kits for £210.. Don't think I'll get any better than that.

Is this a secret deal or available to everyone?

 

[Northern_Brewer]

With these kits months past the best before they'll almost certainly need to be brewed quickly and with new yeast. Considering the yeast is nearly always the first thing to expire in kits.

A £15 discount on a kit 6 months past the BBE which usually retails for £76? by the time you replace the yeast you've saved £11 ish..

Dry yeast really isn't the first thing to expire, it's got a half-life of a decade or so. A year or two past the best-before date is nothing.

Going back on topic - The Malt Miller and Brew2Bottle have already been mentioned. There's also :
Black Friday at Brew UK - cheapest Grainfather G30 I've seen at £545
GEB - don't seem to be doing anything so far other than their usual few things at ON SPECIAL at GeterBrewed

Inkbird always do ~30% off on Black Friday, Prime Day etc at their Amazon store - although they've now diversified into a whole lot of other stuff, if you're looking for a "classic" temperature controller the one you want is the multi-step Wifi ITC-310T-B which is £10.80 off at £25.19 but only for Prime subscribers (@chopps ???).

 

[Matt_W]

BrewKegTap
https://brewkegtap.co.uk/collections/black-friday-1
Angelhomebrew
https://www.angelhomebrew.co.uk/108-black-friday

 

[Leon103]

Duration have 20%off with Thanks20

Vault city have 20%off starting at midnight

 

[robster62]

Had an email from GEB, they are doing a few black Friday deals