Dealsdirect And Beer?

[Thunderlips]

Who'd have thought.
Dealsdirect are now selling beer.
They've got Hoegaarden for $54.95. I compared the price to the likes of "The Beer Store" and a 24 pack is
nearly $15 cheaper. But then you've got to factor in postage which is $9.95 for a slab.
How much does this usually go for at the bottlo?
Probably not much savings I'd imagine.

They also have Stella Artois and Becks and they aren't the brewed under license variety either.

 

[stowaway]

Who'd have thought.
Dealsdirect are now selling beer.
They've got Hoegaarden for $54.95. I compared the price to the likes of "The Beer Store" and a 24 pack is
nearly $15 cheaper. But then you've got to factor in postage which is $9.95 for a slab.
How much does this usually go for at the bottlo?
Probably not much savings I'd imagine.

They also have Stella Artois and Becks and they aren't the brewed under license variety either.

In the UK they call Stella Wife Beaters. Coz its so cheap over there and the UK version of the Boogans drink it.

 

[ham2k]

In the UK they call Stella Wife Beaters. Coz its so cheap over there and the UK version of the Boogans drink it.

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That is the most common explanation for it being called 'wife-beater' but i don't buy it. i still think it has to be something to do with "A Streetcar Named Desire". This is where the 'wife-beater' singlet gots its name and surely it is no coincidence that Kowalski screams out 'STELLA!!' multiple times.

 

[Bribie G]

In the UK they call Stella Wife Beaters. Coz its so cheap over there and the UK version of the Boogans drink it.

Stella was brewed under licence by Whitbread in the 1970s as their new premium lager. At that time lager still had a 'girlie' image (and at about 3.3% why not) and a common ladies drink was a lager-n-lime, a half pint of lager with a dash of yellow lime cordial. Over there - as opposed to Australia at the time - it was normal to take the mrs and the dog to the pub so there's a huge market in girlie drinks such as Babycham and various eggnogs etc.

To give the 'new' Stella a more blokey appeal the original ad campaign was built around the slogan "Stellas for the Fellas" which of course would be impossible today (whale hugging vegan lesbians etc etc :icon_offtopic: )

IIRC Stella has consistently been 'hinted' as a man's drink and a favourite with lager louts, which is a shame because it's wasted on them.

 

[stowaway]

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That is the most common explanation for it being called 'wife-beater' but i don't buy it. i still think it has to be something to do with "A Streetcar Named Desire". This is where the 'wife-beater' singlet gots its name and surely it is no coincidence that Kowalski screams out 'STELLA!!' multiple times.

Could be the reason. but it is still one of the cheapest beers u can buy at the Off Lisence in UK.

 

[drsmurto]

In the UK they call Stella Wife Beaters. Coz its so cheap over there and the UK version of the Boogans drink it.

Whats a boogan? :huh: :lol:

When living in the old dart (04-06), any lager was referred to as Wife Beater but that may have been cos i was surrounded by geordies at the time....

 

[gap]

Whats a boogan? :huh: :lol:

When living in the old dart (04-06), any lager was referred to as Wife Beater but that may have been cos i was surrounded by geordies at the time....

If you were surrounded by geordies in a pub they may have been calling you a wife beater and you would not know it. Sober they are hard to understand, well oiled and they are impossible to understand. i am married to one.

Regards

Graeme

 

[drsmurto]

If you were surrounded by geordies in a pub they may have been calling you a wife beater and you would not know it. Sober they are hard to understand, well oiled and they are impossible to understand. i am married to one.

Regards

Graeme

Friendly bunch of people until they pull on a black and white striped guernsey and start necking muddy brown water. Then i step back quietly and try not to make eye contact :lol:

Seriously tho, Durham is bloody nice part of the UK. My walls are adorned with paintings/photos of the Durham scenery and architecture. Drinking the ales off the handpump is why i took up AG brewing :icon_drool2:

 

[gap]

Friendly bunch of people until they pull on a black and white striped guernsey and start necking muddy brown water. Then i step back quietly and try not to make eye contact :lol:

Seriously tho, Durham is bloody nice part of the UK. My walls are adorned with paintings/photos of the Durham scenery and architecture. Drinking the ales off the handpump is why i took up AG brewing :icon_drool2:

Not many people in Newcastle upon Tyne wpould consider people from the county of Durham as being 'Geordie".

The accent is even different just across the river in Gateshead.

 

[Steve]

The accent is even different just across the river in Gateshead.

ai, but they're all monkey 'angers!

 

[LethalCorpse]

:icon_offtopic:
Kowalski screams out 'STELLA!!' multiple times.

I still maintain that's the only way to order it in a pub. Bartenders tend to look at you funny unless one of them knows the play.

 

[newguy]

In the UK they call Stella Wife Beaters. Coz its so cheap over there and the UK version of the Boogans drink it.

Around here the mass market "lagers" (labatt, molson, any of the US brands) are referred to as wife beaters or wife beating juice. A wife beater is also a slang term for a muscle shirt - a sleeveless version of an ordinary t-shirt.

 

[stowaway]

Around here the mass market "lagers" (labatt, molson, any of the US brands) are referred to as wife beaters or wife beating juice. A wife beater is also a slang term for a muscle shirt - a sleeveless version of an ordinary t-shirt.

IN australia wife beater = Singlet (which is a muscle shirt for those yankes or canadians who dont know what a singlet is)

 

[drsmurto]

I've always thought a wife beater was more specific than just a singlet. Has to be a blue truck drivers singlet.

My drinking 'shirt' i wore when i was 18 was not a wife beater (even if it was GnFnR)...... nor was the West End Chill Filtered i was drinking at the time. Or was that West End Super?

 

[stowaway]

I've always thought a wife beater was more specific than just a singlet. Has to be a blue truck drivers singlet.

My drinking 'shirt' i wore when i was 18 was not a wife beater (even if it was GnFnR)...... nor was the West End Chill Filtered i was drinking at the time. Or was that West End Super?

your right, they are a specific type.. Often come in white or blue...

 

[trevc]

Newguy: What about Lucky Lager, or better yet... BULL MAX?

 

[trevc]

The pic of the guy sculling Bull-max with children in the background is classic

 

[Steve]

I've always thought a wife beater was more specific than just a singlet. Has to be a blue truck drivers singlet.

Totally agree and it has to be purchased from Lowes for $5.99 for a sixpack :lol:

 

[newguy]

Newguy: What about Lucky Lager, or better yet... BULL MAX?

I've never sampled either of those two, so I can't really comment on them. The big breweries have ultra strong versions of their normal beers, but packaged in normal bottles, not the 40 oz'ers. I can't remember the exact names anymore, but I think I remember molson ice, labatt xxx, and some others. A small regional brewery in Saskatoon had (maybe still have?) great western gold. Horrible ****, the lot of them. Any beer that smells like rye whisky just isn't right, and all the samples I've ever tried did. These products are priced the same (or were, it's been many years since I purchased anything made by molson or labatt) as the ordinary beers and as such are a pretty thinly veiled attempt to target the poor by giving them more alcoholic bang for their buck.

The picture of the guy drinking the '40 with the kid in the background reminded me of this movie. A classic. I think I remember a scene where a mother removes an empty 40 from a crib, slaps a nipple on a full one, and gives that back to the baby. Just classic.

 

[trevc]

Hah.. funny.

They actually have 40's in the US that are marketed towards the lower-class blacks. I think Snoop Dog had his own brand.

Bull-Max is crazy stuff. I used to drink it when I was a teen. It was less than $4 for 1.25L of 8% (and likely still is). It causes a forgetful hazy drunkenness, unlike any normal alcoholic drinks.

There's actually a review for it on ratebeer.