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Lidl have Shep Neame's Triple Stout, complete with shamrocks on the label. It's called triple because it uses 3 types of grain, apparently.

It's without doubt the worst stout I've ever had.

"Tube":2pi04wxd wrote: It's without doubt the worst stout I've ever had.[/quote:2pi04wxd]


Yea no great sheaks

"TheBeerNut":1lnz1uwc wrote:

"a_friend_in_mead":1lnz1uwc wrote: Even Budweiser wont allow their beer in glass bottles as they care too much about the taste of their beer.[/quote:1lnz1uwc]Bollocks. They probably did once, but now the brown Bud bottle is "a design icon and a cornerstone of Budweiser's brand heritage" (made-up quote).

Nu-Bud is, of course, in clear glass like all the cool kids:
[img:1lnz1uwc]http://www.whosjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BUD_66_bottle_HR-214x300.jpg[/img:1lnz1uwc][/quote:1lnz1uwc]

Maybe the new Budweiser uses "tetrahop" and isn't susceptible to the light-struck, "skunking" reactions... I have no information to back this up, just a thought.

I find it pretty interesting that we just discovered what causes skunking in 2001; that's insanely recent in beer time.

This whole thread is interesting because I've never known Sheapard Neame beers as good beer; I was a little shocked to hear that the non-bottled product might actually be decent/ was decent not all that long ago. I've only known the bottled product and really only within the last 4 years. Their name is certainly "mud" to me; if I had the chance to try them on tap/cask and there wasn't something else available I'd give it a try, but I hold the brand in pretty low regard just because of my experience with the bottled product...



Adam

The clear glass bottle thing is interesting, but I think it's played up a little bit. Beer seems to be only at risk on shelves in supermarkets under strip lights. When it's in boxes, or under a light source that's not a big UV emitter then there is little risk.

When I think of clear glass bottles, I think of Marston's Old Empire. Marston's, of the last working Burton Union Set, as seen at 2:53 in this video <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="vimeo.com/20430535">vimeo.com/20430535