Biere de garde at lidl

[Leon103]

These are back in for a week

 

[serum]

Thanks for the heads up, might have to get down there on the way back from work!

 

[DanST]

Been sipping one of these whilst watching the rugby, very nice beer indeed!

 

[Leon103]

None in my local lidl. Luckily I have some. Left. Over

 

[serum]

Managed to grab another box full. happy days

 

[Leon103]

Did a second visit to my local store and still none, offer ended now

 

[Dutto]

In France they sell spare flip-tops that come with a metal band that can be wrapped around the neck of a bottles, including champagne bottles.

The metal bands are available here ...

http://www.brewuk.co.uk/swing-top-band.html

... and the tops are available here ...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EZEAQ3S/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

(I feel obliged to point out that in France I got 50 plastic versions of this item, including the metal bands, for €11.50!!) :whistle: :whistle:

They remove the struggle to put a cork in and anyone who uses Grolsch bottles will know that a properly set flip-top will easily hold in plenty of pressure. :thumb: :thumb:

 

[pomme homme]

This was the 'beer of the month' in my local Lidl when I visited yesterday so I bought a few bottles. I'll give it a try this evening.

 

[Leon103]

Looks promising, my local lidl haven't had anything decent for ages, just the same old beers all the time.

 

[pomme homme]

'Looks' is as far as it went. Too strong, too sweet and too gassy. I was hoping the it might be reminiscent of an old ale, but it had nothing of the complexity and subtlety of a good example of that breed (ah, the K&B Old Ale of my youth!). But at least it was less than 2€ a bottle and so I can put it down to experience!

 

[Leon103]

Just giving you the heads up that lidls French week starts Thursday and they will be selling their biere de garde which I like. They will also be selling a 12 case of what looks like strong Belgian beers.

 

[pomme homme]

I wonder why it is that Lidl in the UK has a French week but Lidl in France doesn't have a British week? I fear that it is that the French are rather conservative in their beer drinking habits and those don't include a great deal of 'bière brune'. If I want to buy any British beer in France, generally I have to keep a watchful eye on the shelves of Noz - a chain of shops that specialises in selling stock which is fire damaged or from liquidation sales and suchlike. Still they've had a reasonable amount of Adnams' beers of recent weeks. Hang on, has the Sole Bay Brewery gone up in flames or bust?

 

[haybill]

Suppose the French week at Lidl has long passed?? It was back in September, after all.

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