Supermarket sweep.

Discussion in 'British Isles' started by EmperorBevis, May 16, 2012.

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  1. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,244) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Just thought an ickle thread for bargains in the big shops.

    I will kick it off with B&M's offering four 330 ml bottles of
    Windhoek Lager


    at £1.49 in total.

    I'm not a lager fan by any means but for that price, one to try and review and three in the fridge for lager loving company sounds alright to me
     
  2. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,281) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    A good deal on a fairly respectable lager. And by throwing these four at lager loving company you end up cheaply protecting all your good stuff for yourself. It pays to think of your visitors then, doesn't it?:wink:
     
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  3. reprob8

    reprob8 Initiate (0) May 22, 2008 England

    ah, the memories of Namibian Lager. As you say decent enough and well made, we used to get them at GBBF many years ago
     
  4. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,244) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Heads up on Aldi 4 bottle for £4.99 consisting of
    Marton's Resolution
    Shep Neame Spitfire
    Cotswold's Farm &
    Young's Light Ale.

    Also mentioned in dispatches Castle Rock Diamond Reign £1.50 from Tesco, where Lisa gets her best clothes.
     
  5. fuseboy

    fuseboy Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2011 England

    Were these 330ml bottles or less? Cos pretty sure Tesco are doing a similar box for £4. Was down the aisle with Diamond Jubilee stuff. Though the box had a Shepherd Neame Master Brew, pretty sure it had Resolution and Light Ale but the 4th one escapes me, so may have been a Cotswold's (though I've never heard of them!)
     
  6. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,244) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    The website doesn't give any indication of the size of the bottles either
     
  7. fuseboy

    fuseboy Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2011 England


    Couldn't find them on Aldi or Tesco site, but that is the pack! The Resolution and Light Ale were part of it as said and a Master Brew instead of Spitfire but cannot remmeber for life of me what the 4th was - that Cotswold does not look familiar.

    It was £4 in Tesco and some bottles were 330ml and at least one was 275-ish ml.

    Not too bad for £4, I would have got it to try the Resolution and Light Ale, but I'm not keen on Master Brew and whatever the 4th was I have had before.
     
  8. grex9101

    grex9101 Initiate (0) May 12, 2012

    Franziskaner - £1.49 (500ml) @ Home Bargains
    Wells Banana Bread Beer - £1.50 @ Asda (Scotland)/2 for £3 (England)
     
  9. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2011 England

    Eww I always hated that Banana Bread Beer with a passion
     
  10. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,244) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    You were spot on all of them 330ml bottles apart from the Cotswold Farm Ale barely there at 275ml

    I'm in two minds about it.
     
  11. fuseboy

    fuseboy Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2011 England


    Yeah I think I'm gonna give it a miss. Would have been tempted if it were a tad cheaper.

    And I finally found out what ones were in the Tesco pack - a bottle of Resolution, Light Ale, Master Brew and also (not instead of like thought) a Spitfire. Again, all 330ml except one at 275ml i believe.
     
  12. jazzyjeff13

    jazzyjeff13 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,841) Nov 6, 2010 England
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    Hmmm - I picked up a pack like this a few months back at Morrisons. I think they were selling them off after Christmas at £4 a pop. At the time I figured the price was OK as I'd never had any of the beers, but this Tesco one doesn't contain much that's new for a lot of people. Especially when 500ml bottles of Spitfire can always be found for £1 in one of the supermarkets.
     
  13. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,244) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    £4 would have given me more incentive.
    The spitfire is a bit off putting and from what I can gather the Cotswold is quite good but very much a best of British pack regular.
    Oh but I do fancy a bit of Young's Light Ale.
    Hmmm decisions.
     
  14. paxton1978

    paxton1978 Initiate (0) Aug 8, 2008 England

    I'm just glad that Vedett Pils has turned up at my local Tesco and the price of Franziskaner has dropped by about 25%. Cheers!
     
  15. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,281) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Wish prices at TEE (The Evil Empire) near me were dropping. Up here they're only going northward and its not uncommon to be asked for over two notes per bottle.
     
  16. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,244) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    My local Tesco hadn't changed the prices from when they switched from SN Pale Ale to Torpedo.

    However on returning all the Torpedo had been replaced by Pale Ale.
     
  17. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2011 England

    Must have been a one off shipping error then, damn.
     
  18. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,281) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    That's funny. Yesterday at my local Tersco all the Pale Ale had been replaced by Torpedo.
     
  19. jazzyjeff13

    jazzyjeff13 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,841) Nov 6, 2010 England
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    Clearly, guerrilla beer aficionados are going around swapping the stock and generally trolling Tesco....
     
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  20. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2011 England

    Replace guerrilla with 'Scottish' :stuck_out_tongue:
     
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