New Posts For Thread: the lager beer pecking orderhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-ordernever makes much sense to me.fosters is sold everywhere, castlemaine xxxx has vanished here.budweiser sold everywhere, coors fairly hard to find. castlemaine xxxx and coors are easily the better tasting two imo. fosters is pretty much interchangeablemass-produced, marketed lager is mostly utter rubbish, some people can't buy any product unless they've seen it advertised and hence it survives. Imported lagers, mostly German or Czech are the way to go, or British micro-brewery lagers. The Germanshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551812205#551812205mass-produced, marketed lager is mostly utter rubbish, some people can't buy any product unless they've seen it advertised and hence it survives. Imported lagers, mostly German or Czech are the way to go, or British micro-brewery lagers. The GermansMon, 01 May 2017 16:33:34 -0500I am always amazed at the range of bottled beers available now. Seems to be hundreds, if not thousands of different brands with ever more colurful labels and weird names. I honestly don't know how they make any profit. My local supermarket were sellihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551803231#551803231I am always amazed at the range of bottled beers available now. Seems to be hundreds, if not thousands of different brands with ever more colurful labels and weird names. I honestly don't know how they make any profit. My local supermarket were selliSun, 30 Apr 2017 14:44:51 -0500Original list is a strange australian leaning selection of p1ss? I wouldn't go for any of it.I'm a fan of Kronenburg, or if I'm in a shop doorway, Kestrel Super. Ugh I was just trying to think of the worst tasting lager I've had and had a flashback thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551800061#551800061Original list is a strange australian leaning selection of p1ss? I wouldn't go for any of it.I'm a fan of Kronenburg, or if I'm in a shop doorway, Kestrel Super. Ugh I was just trying to think of the worst tasting lager I've had and had a flashback tSun, 30 Apr 2017 10:10:08 -0500All commercial beer is decent, it's the way it's kept in the pub that makes the rubbish.I used to brew. The best brew I ever made was when the gaffer of a Bathams pub got me some yeast from the brewery.The result using a cheap beer kit was remarkablehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551794995#551794995All commercial beer is decent, it's the way it's kept in the pub that makes the rubbish.I used to brew. The best brew I ever made was when the gaffer of a Bathams pub got me some yeast from the brewery.The result using a cheap beer kit was remarkableSat, 29 Apr 2017 16:15:41 -0500We import Paulaner, Weihanstephaner & Augustiner. When out and about anything brewed under German purity laws is good, Baltika 7 is a pretty good Dortmunder that you can find in most town centres.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551794153#551794153We import Paulaner, Weihanstephaner & Augustiner. When out and about anything brewed under German purity laws is good, Baltika 7 is a pretty good Dortmunder that you can find in most town centres.Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:09:08 -0500Holts bitter is the filthiest muck i've ever drank..So just put all lagers underneath that..https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551787125#551787125Holts bitter is the filthiest muck i've ever drank..So just put all lagers underneath that..Sat, 29 Apr 2017 01:22:05 -0500I have made a start on home brewing. Started with no kit at all. Decided to spend as little as I thought I could get away with in case I didn't take to it.Watched the video Ovalman linked to. Had to buy a decent sized stockpot, checked with the wihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551787111#551787111I have made a start on home brewing. Started with no kit at all. Decided to spend as little as I thought I could get away with in case I didn't take to it.Watched the video Ovalman linked to. Had to buy a decent sized stockpot, checked with the wiSat, 29 Apr 2017 01:14:29 -0500Lager owes its popularity to the big brewers promoting it since the 1970's. Real Ale (proper beer) is difficult to keep and transport. Mass produced Lager however is indistructable and along with cockroaches will be the only thing that survives aftehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551684407#551684407Lager owes its popularity to the big brewers promoting it since the 1970's. Real Ale (proper beer) is difficult to keep and transport. Mass produced Lager however is indistructable and along with cockroaches will be the only thing that survives afteMon, 17 Apr 2017 06:33:27 -0500Always fancied having a go at this so will watch and learn hopefully.BTW gotta say that sideshowbob is a sad miss for the forum.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551680791#551680791Always fancied having a go at this so will watch and learn hopefully.BTW gotta say that sideshowbob is a sad miss for the forum.Sun, 16 Apr 2017 15:35:14 -0500I hope this will become the home-brew thread.If it doesn't we should start one.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30152011/the-lager-beer-pecking-order?post_id=551680461#551680461I hope this will become the home-brew thread.If it doesn't we should start one.Sun, 16 Apr 2017 14:51:30 -0500