Emergency beer advice needed

msmancunia

As some of you may know, my car is going to the big car scrapyard in the sky after breaking down and I'm going to the garage to empty the boot etc tonight. The mechanics spent two days on it, and have just informed me that they aren't going to charge me. As a result, I shall be taking them beer as a thank you.

But, I hate beer and know nothing about it. Can someone recommend something decent to take that they can each take a few cans/bottles home that I can get from Asda next door on the way?

warreng

If someone gave me beer I wouldn't be bothered about what it was - I'd just be very grateful

But that said - I'd go for a fancy lager, that way you keep the typical lager drinker happy and wouldn't upset potential real ale snobs

arran77

msmancunia wrote:

As some of you may know, my car is going to the big car scrapyard in the sky after breaking down and I'm going to the garage to empty the boot etc tonight. The mechanics spent two days on it, and have just informed me that they aren't going to charge me. As a result, I shall be taking them beer as a thank you.

But, I hate beer and know nothing about it. Can someone recommend something decent to take that they can each take a few cans/bottles home that I can get from Asda next door on the way?

Therein lies your problem :P

Why not go for a selection then people can pick what they fancy?

gingaman

I had one of these last weekend, a variety of flavours, quite nice I thought.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp?bmUID=1393594624080

veronese68

I think arran is right and you may be better off getting a selection. Go for bottles rather than cans. Warren is also right that a fancy lager is a safer bet as an ale drinker will drink lager, but the reverse is often not the case.
Generally, beer is good and I'm sure they will be very grateful for anything you give them.

msmancunia

You lot are about as much use as a one legged man in an @rse kicking contest . What is classed as a "fancy" lager???? :roll:

slowbike

Any of these - but I'd prefer the bottom one .... and I don't usually drink larger ..

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore ... 0000840736

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore ... 0000562246

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore ... 0000401410

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore ... 0001047337

arran77

msmancunia wrote:

You lot are about as much use as a one legged man in an @rse kicking contest . What is classed as a "fancy" lager???? :roll:

Depends where you're from, I'd imagine in some parts the answer would be Stella

Go for something bottled that looks decent.

arran77

Slowbike wrote:

Any of these - but I'd prefer the bottom one .... and I don't usually drink larger ..

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore ... 0000840736

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore ... 0000562246

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore ... 0000401410

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore ... 0001047337

:shock:

Budvar Dark 8)

Anonymous

Stella 4, Becks 4, grolsch.

Not Carlsberg or carling or fosters

Hot Orange

If I know mechanics, they'd probably prefer a nice bunch of flowers instead.

arran77

Hot Orange wrote:

If I know mechanics, they'd probably prefer a nice bunch of flowers instead.

What they would really like is this....

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/pages/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ahc-_-ghs-_-asdacom-dsk-_-clickandcollect-_-cta&#/product/910001047630

msmancunia

arran77 wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

You lot are about as much use as a one legged man in an @rse kicking contest . What is classed as a "fancy" lager???? :roll:

Depends where you're from, I'd imagine in some parts the answer would be Stella

Go for something bottled that looks decent.

This is my problem. I don't know what "looks decent". I need names, brands, etc. I don't have a clue about beer. I don't even know what the difference is between mild, ale, stout, lager, bitter.....

Just imagine a man in the lingerie department in Selfridges. That is me on the beer aisle :oops:

Coriordan is winning at the moment tbh.

slowbike

msmancunia wrote:

Just imagine a man in the lingerie department in Selfridges. That is me on the beer aisle :oops:

Then just take them in some lingerie ....

arran77

msmancunia wrote:

Just imagine a man in the lingerie department in Selfridges. That is me on the beer aisle :oops:

That analogy really doesn't work

Looking at what they have on this link something like Singha or Tiger are pleasant to drink, Hoegaarden and Leffe are a bit different but not to everyone's taste, playing it safe I'd go for something like Pilsner Urquell Lager as it's fairly lagery but looks like you made more effort than buying a 4 pack of Fosters

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/pages/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ahc-_-ghs-_-asdacom-dsk-_-clickandcollect-_-cta&#/shelf/910000976462/1/shelf%3A0000%3A910000976462%3A%3AType%3A75272%3AWorld%20%26%20Speciality%20Lager%3A%3ASize%3A75274%3ASingle%20Bottles

rubertoe

Just get them a load of Boddingtons....

...they still drink that in Manchester right?

jzed

Fancy larger. Try something like Meantime Larger, if its made it as far as Greater Manchester.

arran77

rubertoe wrote:

Just get them a load of Boddingtons....

...they still drink that in Manchester right?

By 'eck it's gorgeous

Kieran_Burns

JZed wrote:

Fancy larger. Try something like Meantime Larger, if its made it as far as Greater Manchester.

I'm sure she would, but is that relevant right now?

rubertoe

Kieran_Burns wrote:

JZed wrote:

Fancy larger. Try something like Meantime Larger, if its made it as far as Greater Manchester.

I'm sure she would, but is that relevant right now?

500ml bottles insted of 330ml....

arran77

rubertoe wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

JZed wrote:

Fancy larger. Try something like Meantime Larger, if its made it as far as Greater Manchester.

I'm sure she would, but is that relevant right now?

500ml bottles insted of 330ml....

Would that be extra length or girth :shock:

veronese68

msmancunia wrote:

Just imagine a man in the lingerie department in Selfridges. That is me on the beer aisle :oops:

Coriordan is winning at the moment tbh.

Don't buy the skimpiest lager you can find then.
Coriordan has named reasonable lagers as being preferable to utter cack, not quite up to the fancy lager title. Problem is different supermarkets stock different specialist beer so it's quite hard to name which fancy lagers they will have. But they will keep all of the big names average lagers.
Pilsener Urquell is a good shout, most supermarkets have that I think. Also Budvar is good. Any Czech beer should be a good bet.
This

or this

Note the above is not the US Budweiser which is utterly vile.

arran77

Veronese68 wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Just imagine a man in the lingerie department in Selfridges. That is me on the beer aisle :oops:

Coriordan is winning at the moment tbh.

Don't buy the skimpiest lager you can find then.

I could quite happily spend hours in the lingerie department, looking all helpless and asking the lovely behind the counter for advice (in a Chevy Chase, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation kind of way )

Agent57

Veronese68 wrote:

fancy lager is a safer bet as an ale drinker will drink lager

Some ale drinkers might. I wouldn't touch lager with a barge pole. Fancy or otherwise, lager's grim.

veronese68

Agent57 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

fancy lager is a safer bet as an ale drinker will drink lager

Some ale drinkers might. I wouldn't touch lager with a barge pole. Fancy or otherwise, lager's grim.

Huge generalisation I know. But I still think a higher proportion of ale drinkers are prepared to drink lager than the other way round. Of course there will be exceptions.

Kieran_Burns

Agent57 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

fancy lager is a safer bet as an ale drinker will drink lager

Some ale drinkers might. I wouldn't touch lager with a barge pole. Fancy or otherwise, lager's grim.

What he said. Lager is for poofs


(not to be derogatory to our gay friends, this is to imply limp-wristed hormonally lacking males and not proper men whatever their preference for their partner is)

arran77

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Agent57 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

fancy lager is a safer bet as an ale drinker will drink lager

Some ale drinkers might. I wouldn't touch lager with a barge pole. Fancy or otherwise, lager's grim.

What he said. Lager is for poofs

:?

Kieran_Burns

arran77 wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Agent57 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

fancy lager is a safer bet as an ale drinker will drink lager

Some ale drinkers might. I wouldn't touch lager with a barge pole. Fancy or otherwise, lager's grim.

What he said. Lager is for poofs

:?

Hidden underneath

warreng

Bloody Hell - it's easy

Go to Asda
Go to the beer aisle
Look at bottles
Choose pretty label

Cobra? Peroni? Leffe?

veronese68

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Agent57 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

fancy lager is a safer bet as an ale drinker will drink lager

Some ale drinkers might. I wouldn't touch lager with a barge pole. Fancy or otherwise, lager's grim.

What he said. Lager is for poofs


(not to be derogatory to our gay friends, this is to imply limp-wristed hormonally lacking males and not proper men whatever their preference for their partner is)

Believe me I agree that real ale is vastly superior, that's not the point I was trying to make. We converted one of our colleagues to drinking real ale by refusing to buy him lager.

arran77

Veronese68 wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Agent57 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

fancy lager is a safer bet as an ale drinker will drink lager

Some ale drinkers might. I wouldn't touch lager with a barge pole. Fancy or otherwise, lager's grim.

What he said. Lager is for poofs


(not to be derogatory to our gay friends, this is to imply limp-wristed hormonally lacking males and not proper men whatever their preference for their partner is)

Believe me I agree that real ale is vastly superior, that's not the point I was trying to make. We converted one of our colleagues to drinking real ale by refusing to buy him lager.

FTFY

I reckon any semblance of usefulness in this thread is long gone