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[Flash@TMB]

We've upgraded our selection of bottled beers. There are now up to 68 in stock at any one time. With different beers in each fridge. Don't have a full list typed up yet but they are predominantly genuine imported beers, and we plan on phasing out those remaining 2 that aren't: Budweiser and Stella.

There's beers from all over the world, and a fair old selection of Belgian beers. Bottles range from 200ml up to a 750ml table sized La Chouffe at 8%. Prices go from £1.60 up to £6 something depending on the date, time, size, strength, and quality of the purchase. Most prices start with a two.

The range of fruit beers has also been expanded, we now have: cherry, raspberry, strawberry, peach, banana, coconut, and honey (OK so honey isn't actually a fruit).

As usual student discount and pirate discount are available on all these beers. Oh - and we also have a couple of pirate beers - Piraat from Belgium and Cubarnero Furete for Cuba.

Teabags has taken a shine to Old Scratchy which has a picture of a flea on the front and is brewed in the US.

Will update this thread with more info soon.

[Cloud]

A small recommendation for you, if you can get hold of the stuff.

Warka Strong from (where else?) Poland. It's 7%, but tastes like something far weaker that's been watered down with lemonade. I'm a weakling, yet I had to stop myself from throwing it back - it's great for that purpose. Absolutely lethal - but didn't give anything in the way of a hangover.

It's quite common though here, so might not be worth investigating.

(as an aside, this country is ridiculous...it's actually impossible to find a normal beer below 5.2%)

[daveofficer]

why would you want to drink beer that tastes like it's been watered down with lemonade?

[MikeyEB]

Originally Posted by daveofficer

why would you want to drink beer that tastes like it's been watered down with lemonade?

You might want a refreshing tipple for your handbag?

[Lucky Rathen]

Why phase out Stella? Surely it's a big seller. Not everybody wants to drink imported beers, sometimes people just want something familiar....

[Teabags]

Originally Posted by Cloud

(as an aside, this country is ridiculous...it's actually impossible to find a normal beer below 5.2%)

Check European law for the explanation on that one.

I think it's Germany taht say anything under 5% is classed as a low alcoholic beverage and not a proper beer.

Oh, and old scratchy has fleas on it, and a Hunter S Thompson quote. yas.

Next Friday the 19th me and Boazy will begin our tasting sesh. It should take us about 5 weekends to get through all of them.

[Flash@TMB]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

Why phase out Stella? Surely it's a big seller. Not everybody wants to drink imported beers, sometimes people just want something familiar....

We're keeping Becks Beer for that purpose, and Becks is brewed and bottled in Germany.

Stella has wife beater connotations which we're not keen on. For several years we stocked only imported Stella from Belgium which is a totally different tasting beer in a broadly similar bottle. None of the Stella drinkers noticed. Unfortunately our supply of this dried up.

There are hundreds of other pubs in the town that already stock Stella, Budweiser etc. The world would be boring if everywhere stocked the same stuff!

Over the years our strategy has been to slowly move away from the mainstream. Our business has responded by tripling in size. If it ever starts to shrink then we'll know that we've gone too far

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by Flash@TMB

We're keeping Becks Beer for that purpose, and Becks is brewed and bottled in Germany.

Stella has wife beater connotations which we're not keen on. For several years we stocked only imported Stella from Belgium which is a totally different tasting beer in a broadly similar bottle. None of the Stella drinkers noticed. Unfortunately our supply of this dried up.

There are hundreds of other pubs in the town that already stock Stella, Budweiser etc. The world would be boring if everywhere stocked the same stuff!

Over the years our strategy has been to slowly move away from the mainstream. Our business has responded by tripling in size. If it ever starts to shrink then we'll know that we've gone too far

Aye fair points I suppose. Are you ever going to get Moosehead back in? I fucking loved that stuff. Tho I met a Canadian guy once who laughed his ass off when I told him I liked Moosehead and said it's "Canada's joke to the world".

PS I guess I'm one of the Stella drinkers who never noticed

[Flash@TMB]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

Aye fair points I suppose. Are you ever going to get Moosehead back in? I fucking loved that stuff. Tho I met a Canadian guy once who laughed his ass off when I told him I liked Moosehead and said it's "Canada's joke to the world".

PS I guess I'm one of the Stella drinkers who never noticed

Yeah Moosehead is back, and we got Toohey's as well. See below for the full list.

[Flash@TMB]

Here is the full list. Appologies for any spelling mistakes. I'll refine the list over time and enter countries of origin abv% tasting notes etc.

Asahi Kuronama
Bachus Frambozen
Bachus Kriek
Becks
Bohemia Classica
Bohemia Regent Prezident
Birra Moretti
Brooklyn Lager
Brugse Zot
Budweiser
Castle Lager
Chang Beer
Chimay Blue Cap
Chimay Red Cap
Chimay White Cap
Coopers Dark Ale
Coopers Sparkling Ale
Corona
Cruzcampo
Cubanero Fuerte
Cult Lager
Cusquena
De Koninck
Delerium Tremens
Desperados
Dixie Beer
Dos Amber
Duvel
Erdinger Kristal
Flying Dog Old Scratch
Fruh Kolsh
Fruli Strawberry
Honey Beer
Hopfenkonig
James Boags
Kasteel Cru
Krombacher
Krusovice Imperial
Krusovice Royal
La Chouffe
Leffe Blonde
Leffe Bruin
Leffe Tripel
Lindeboom Pilsener
Lindemans Pecheresse
Lone Star
Lucifer
Maissels
Mongozo Banana Beer
Mongozo Coconut
Moosehead
Nastro Peroni
Paulaner Munich
Paulaner Weisse
Peroni Red
Piraat
Samichlaus
Sapporo
Schiosser Alt
Singha
St Bernardus Triple
Stella
Stockholm
Timmermans Gueze
Tooheys Extra Dry
Westmalle Dubbel
Zhighuliovskye
Zwwiec