Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[Blackfish]

ALDI? Beer? could it be true? Don't you need a liquor licence to sell beer?

Any who...



Had one of these Yesterday at a mate's I have tried it once before but I didn't remember it being that good. Real honey sweetness with body to match cut by a sour edge. No hot alcohol finish like I always get when brewing tripels. I liked this enough to try again though! Truly awesome beer!

 

[Bribie G]

Has anyone tried the Aldi Christmas beer??

Spendrups or something like that. In a bright red 500ml can with a little bearded christmas elf on it - we had it last year and I was expecting some rank and horrible strong pale superlager.... but, it was actually a quite nice Oktoberfest. This year its different and to me it tastes like an Altbier, with a bizarre hint of mango fruitiness. Its pretty good and its quite cheap.

Good beer from the oddest places

TB

Beer from Aldi, if only. Damn the Bligh government h34r:

 

[Thirsty Boy]

Yep - lots of beer in Aldi here in Victoria - cheap it is.

Found the same stuff in Ikea this morning so apparently its Swedish beer. Special Christmas Brew.

Spendrups Julbrygd 5.3 - made from Barley Malt, Hops and Water.



The stuff is on beer advocate - it seems the one I had last year was the Spendrups Julbrygd 3.5 which is a Vienna Lager and is really quite nice, at least nicer than the single beer advocate review would have you believe. The 5.3 is a Euro Dark Lager and is nice too in a weird kinda way.

Worth it just to see the look on the face of the person you hand it too - and then the beer turns out to be not too bad

TB

 

[Jase71]

is this alcoholic ? i wonder how (or why) Aldi scored a liquor licence !

 

[Bribie G]

is this alcoholic ? i wonder how (or why) Aldi scored a liquor licence !

In the same way that Woolies (BWS) and Coles (Liquorland) scored their licences, where you just walk through an archway from the baked beans to the booze. I believe that in Victoria they don't even do that and the beer is in the normal aisles or is that a misconception?



Edit: or was Jase referring to IKEA? now that would be strange.

 

[warrenlw63]

or is that a misconception?

Yes.

Only in Aldi.

Warren -

 

[Thirsty Boy]

arrgh - I have been misleading everyone. That beer isn't from Aldi, the wife informs me that she has only ever bought it from Ikea... which is where I got some today.

However, that doesn't stop Aldi from selling booze (and cheap booze too) in Victoria. Right out in the middle of the store along with everything else. Coles and woolies have separate sections and so does the IGA... so I don't know what makes Aldi special.

TB

 

[quantocks]

I couldn't believe my luck when I got the ALDI catalogue and it was full of cases of cheap, CHEAP booze. Then in tiny writing it said "Vic only - NSW is for suckers"

still - at least I don't have to put up with that AFL tripe on my TV all the time

 

[schooey]

In Sydney tonight, called in at the Belgian at Ther Rocks and sampled a few of the usual suspects, but to finish I had something I've never tried before..

A Timmermans fruit de la foret

man it reminded me of Ribena... :blink: I'm still undecided about this one, I reckon i'll have to give it a second taste

 

[barfridge]

IMagine being able to get a beer at the Ikea cafeteria, with your dodgy hot dog or plate of meatballs! Then I would quite happily let the wife wander around shopping, while I relax with a bevvy

 

[Kenny the plumber]

Just opened a bottle of Coopers extra strong vintage Ale Batch 2 oct 99
OMFG what a beer I cant decribe it just had to vent. Any of my mates local I might have a few cartons maybe?
Might have a bbq hmm.

 

[Tony]

YEah thinking of buying a few bottles of this to put away for the future.

I take it that it keeps well.

cheers

 

[Fermented]

With guests coming for Christmas and NYE, and warning that only HB would be available (aside from aged wines, Aussie fizz and whiskies) and they should BYO if they want something else, I did some chums a favour and grabbed a couple of 5l party kegs of Heineken.

Silly me, decided to taste it as I hadn't consumed it in many years.

Now I know why.

Took a couple of longies of toucan to wash the taste out of my mouth. Egad. Horrid, horrid stuff.

Cheers - Fermented.

 

[Tony]

I found imported german Becks in a woolworths liquor in Mudgee while i was out there and reminded myself of what it shoud taste like before LN tool over it here in aus.

Happy to pay the extra $2/6 pack for a fantastic comercial beer. Love it!

cheers

 

[Kenny the plumber]

I highly recomend this Coppers beer they say to let it develope 18 months mine is 9 years.
Tastes exactly like a beer I had in Sicily called de bier du demon awsome!!!!!

 

[Weizguy]

I highly recomend this Coppers beer they say to let it develope 18 months mine is 9 years.
Tastes exactly like a beer I had in Sicily called de bier du demon awsome!!!!!

No pix atm, sorry. Just sipping the awesome maltiness of a Chimay Tripel. Anyone jealous?

Last time I tasted the 99 Vintage, it was astringent and cloying. Not my fave, but maybe I need to increase my appreciation of the style. I still have a couple of bottles left. I've only bought a couple of stubbies each year, and reckon that Batch One was the best I sampled, when young, and it's fairly undrinkable for me. No, Tony, I'm still keeping it, at any price.

Uncle Les

 

[schooey]

I'll see your Chimay Tripel and raise you a nightcap La Trappe Quadrupel, fresh from a giftpack from Vintage Cellars, Darby St.

 

[Tony]

I have a carton of 99 Hahn Milenium ale and its not so flash.

judging feedback on my Champion Old ale showed it went down hill from 2 years to 3 years.

JUdge feedback said it may have just passed its prime......... and i agree. Hell 3 yrs is good for a beer.

cheers

PS....... Les you can keep it

 

[Weizguy]

I shall have to test my Old ale again soon.
She's a fight at the best of times.
Thick and bitey. Not bad for a recipe gone wrong.
Anyway, it's back to the Tripel, and goodnight to all. (Hmm, if I go and sit on the verandah with a Cuban cigar now...)

Was I one of those judges, Tony? I'm sure I provided that feedback to some brewers. You are very unlikely to come up with a winner in the same class, with the beer you made last year that scored well. I seen it b4.

 

[Tony]

would have to look at teh sheets mate.... cant remember.

I entered it in 3 running stare comps and got very interesting score sheets.

1st year - sait it was a great beer but needed age.
2nd year - won state comp and gold at AABC.
3rd year - got a 2nd (just) to docs hop swill and comments of "great beer but just past prime"

This is the info i was after. Thats why i love etering comps. I didnt imagine i would ever win anything with it but the feedback i got over the years was worth its weight in gold.

cheers