Most overrated lager ever?

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  1. PeniRed

    PeniRed Well-Known Member

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    Madri

    Bland, generic, uninspiring

    Not horrible

    But nothing to write home about

    I think the phrase

    'carling with a spanish badge'

    is quite apt
     
    PeniRed, Sep 17, 2023
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    Grolsch. Before Brexit happened.
     
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    Agreed. It’s ok. But it’s nowt special.
    Budweiser before that.
     
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    Nowt Spanish about it, all marketing. El Alma de Madrid my ar5e, it's as Spanish as the Alma in Wombwell.
     
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    Think it’s alright personally
     
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    Most overrated lagers are anything that purport to be foreign but use the water from the River Trent. Which is pretty much all of them now.
     
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    Becks.
     
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    All lager ! That said as a beer drinker Madri is okay, Carling is horrific as is Fosters
     
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    Carlsberg and Heineken taste horrible to me. Bud is bland, Fosters too sweet, Carling is ok. got some Cruz Campo in at the moment and enjoying that. Madri’s nice as is Bierra Morreti. Stella’s nice. It’s all about personal taste. Find it funny when beer drinkers who detest lager, start to differentiate between the different lagers
     
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    There isn't an Alma in Wombwell :)
     
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    At the other end of the scale, Schiehallion by Harviestoun is probably the best lager I've ever tasted. Has got more flavour than some IPA's.
     
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    Talking of Schiehallion, I climbed to the top of it many years ago when in the BB. No way I could do that now.

    Not the worst lager but possibly one of the best was Praha. I had a few pints of it last year when visiting Chesterfield.
     
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    Holsten Pils is the single most nastiest tasting lager I've ever tasted. It used to be sold at a pub by the bus station, I forget its name. Rancid.
     
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    I actually really like Madri
     
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    Had a pint of Amstel over the weekend- absolutely foul.
     
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    Belhaven Best is really good. No very strong but goes well with haggis
     
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    Surely you should have been able to work that one out well before it reached your mouth?!
     
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    Praha is nice, but the Czech lagers just don't seem to taste anywhere near as good outside of Prague. Maybe they have a different brew for export which keeps for longer. Or maybe it's purely psychological!
     
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    I was on my stag and it was put in front of me :)
     
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    Am not a big lager drinker and they all taste pretty much the same to me. I like Brewdog ales but can't stomach Lost (lager).
    Weirdly when abroad I like San Miguel, Peroni, Sagres, Superbock etc.
     
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