Beer 52

[Attwell]

Any opinions or views on the Company/Service? Recently got the free box... Just paid delivery. Beers looked good at first glance, they were all the new up and coming microbreweries that done quite well at some festivals. Little did I know the beers were not actually brewed in England at the breweries but brewed at Beer52's brewery in Belgium... Bit of a knock of and disappointment to be fair... Views?

 

[LeeH]

I’ve had quite a few boxes of great beers. Every month has a theme so this month must have been Belgium.

 

[Leon103]

Aren't all their beers now brewed by themselves or alongside another brewery. Some a ok some are poor. Had a couple of free boxes just becomes a pain to cancel and they ring now and again to try and get you back

 

[LeeH]

I got a box last month and non of them were branded beer52.

I cancelled via email with no issue.

 

[Attwell]

The beers they send you are not Beer52 beers just this months was a collab with some brewers I'm guessing, the theme was not Belgium.

 

[geigercntr]

Had a sub with them for about 10 months. Cancelled (via email with no issues) because I wasn't crazily impressed with the standard of beers or the variety of styles. Particularly the Beer52 branded bottles.

The FERMENT magazine often had an interesting article or two

 

[JonBrew]

I've had a Beer52 subscription for the best part of a year now. Overall I feel the box is decent value for money but, at the same time, I feel the selection is a bit 'meh' quite often. I opted for the mixed box as opposed to the pale box. The mix box basically guarantees you get 2 dark beers in each case. Personally, that's not really mixed to my values and would prefer a greater range of styles as opposed to predominately pale ales and IPAs which the boxes invariably tend to be heavily focused on.

Each month has a theme which is often country led. So the latest one is Oktoberfest for example but instead of the box being largely fest beers and such, it's a range of beers from current German craft brewers. There was a South African box recently as well as a Polish box. There's been some decent beers, some very nice and some bang average. It's a nice way to try new beers (some of which you wouldn't otherwise get a chance to) but it's definitely geared toward the pale ale/IPA drinker which is a drawback for me. Also, you're never going to get the latest DDH offering from Cloudwater etc and don't be surprised if, when the box is UK focused, you find a few tins/bottles that you could pick up in a local supermarket.

With regard to the Beer52 brewed beers, there was a month recently where pretty much every beer that month had either been brewed by Beer52 or in collaboration with another brewery (it was part of the theme). However, that was a one off I believe. If all there boxes were like this I'd of cancelled by now.

 

[steve denholm]

I've just had a pretty good deal from flavourly 20 beers 2 glasses and free delivery for 19 quid....

https://www.flavourly.com

 

[crowcrow]

Have liked all the beers from my two boxes, but since I'm sitting on such a large homebrew mountain - and I like pretty much everything I've brewed so far - I'll be cancelling as just don't have time to drink extra beers at the rate I brew them!