The UK Lager industry is getting embarrassing 😂😑

@rhyscrofton4630

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@Hereward47

Жыл бұрын

It’s a joke, I’m absolutely sick of UK brewed fake Euro lagers

@chrisbarry773

Жыл бұрын

Some smaller UK breweries are making great lagers.If you get the chance try the lager from Northdown in Margate. It's an unfiltered Helles. It got me back into drinking lagers.

@louisbeerreviews8964

Жыл бұрын

I agree

No contest really. Becks was a revelation for me in the 1970s when it was first imported to the UK. I drank Becks (4.9%) when I worked briefly in Bremen in 2012 as well as its domestic 4.7% cousin Haake Beck beer, both very good beers. However, I stopped drinking it in the UK when it began to be brewed under licence in Luton. I bought a bottle thinking it was still German and it tasted like cabbage water! Yuk! You might still get imported Becks in some corner stores but its hard to find. Advertising standards should prohibit beers like Becks masquerading as the "original" - it should be called "Becks English Lager" and that would be fine by me. After all no one associates Carling with its Canadian original any more because its marketed as a British beer. Bitburger is now a decent replacement for Becks.

@poutramos4826

Жыл бұрын

You're right. When I went Bremen a few years ago the Becks was a totally different beer to the urine brewed in the UK. Haacke Beck was also good, I particularly liked the Kräusen, very nice with a bowl of Labskaus 😂 Luckily where I live we get German Becks.

@martinkasper197

Жыл бұрын

You should try Flensburger, If you get it... Lucky I live in Germany....

@Doupyourflies

Жыл бұрын

I remember it's skunky aroma on opening the bottle. I don't know why people talk about skunkiness as being offensive. It was lovely, like opening a pouch of Amsterdam's finest and the beer was a good go to if there was nothing else around. British beer has become a tragedy. On the one hand you have over priced, adjuncted craft beer (oats are an adjunct in pale beers) which more often than not is poor, and on the other dirt cheap Carling and Euro fakes.

@andrewcarr5923

Жыл бұрын

Luckily I can still get the 5% 500ml imported cans in my corner shop, as you rightly say the muck they sell here should be done by advertising standards for misleading the consumer.

@JGGuitarCovers

11 ай бұрын

Bitburger is nice on draught

I live in the Netherlands and I drink Becks (5%abv) every Friday at my local. The last beer of the evening tastes as good as the first... every time. Clean Crisp and full of flavour with a slight bitter after taste.

@Irishbeermonk

Жыл бұрын

Becks was an excellent budget lager on tap here in Ireland between 2009 and 2015. Usually was priced between €3-€4 pint as the years went on. Now I only know one pub that serves German Brewed Beck's near my home. The bottles and cans of Beck's dropped to 4% last year and now its been totally discontinued in Ireland. Bad beer doesn't sell. It was the same as Amstel. Heineken have a brewery in Cork Ireland and used to produce it with its original recipe, it then dropped down to 4% and the beer was discontinued. Such a shame. Heineken is irelands best selling tapped beer too. Even over Guinness.

@krisbowditch827

Жыл бұрын

Nice, I’ll drink to that 🍺

😂😂😂 great review mate and that canoe comment was absolute gold! Love it 👍🍺

UK Becks is worse than cat urine. I went to Bremen a few years ago and the Becks there was ok. Fortunately, here in Cyprus we get the German version. Paulaner Munchner Hell is tremendous. It used to be widely available here but disappeared about a year ago. A couple of days ago I was in a shop that had it stocked so I've got some chilling in the fridge for tomorrow. I'm loving your beer reviews!

@NoSugarThanks

Жыл бұрын

I remember Keo being the go to beer in Cyprus,whats that like these days?Has he reviewed it on here?

@poutramos4826

Жыл бұрын

@@NoSugarThanks Yes, Keo is the go to beer for tourists anyway. I think it's pretty awful but a relative of mine who was visiting the island thought it was great 🤔 I much prefer the all malt Leon if I'm having a local beer. Carlsberg is also brewed locally and is quite popular.

@JGGuitarCovers

11 ай бұрын

​@@poutramos4826Leon is lovely

@oaoaoas

3 ай бұрын

Paulaner is readily available all over the island now

@poutramos4826

3 ай бұрын

@@oaoaoas These days I see the Paulaner wheat beer in a lot of places but not the Paulaner Munchner Hell. The last time I could get the Hell was in Pop Life a few months ago, I haven't seen it anywhere since then. It's a shame because it's a great beer and most supermarkets used to sell it. Same has happened to Löwenbrau, it used to be everywhere but disappeared about a year ago.

So glad Paulaner is sold Aldi in Sydney (where I live)! Becks was my dad's favourite beer and now its another ruined brand.

Paulaner !!! I used to drink it on draught after work, in a pub near Charing Cross ice cold on hot summer evenings. I always recommend it to friends. Fabulous just fabulous!

Smashing out the content! Love it

Paulaner Munchner Hell - one of the best. Great review!

Great review.

Paulaner Munchner Hell is a great beer. 3 x 500ml bottles for £5.50 at Tesco's, you really can't go wrong.

@biker042

Жыл бұрын

Don't get this £5.50 deal in Scotland 🤬

@neildoherty327

Жыл бұрын

Can't get that in NI either !! NI always seem so left behind when it comes to beer.

@rosslogan4154

Жыл бұрын

@@neildoherty327 I can understand why you can't get it at this price in Scotland as they've introduced a minimum price for alcohol to try and prevent alcoholism, which, guess what?? Doesn't make a blind bit of difference.😬 I've no idea why NI Tescos don't have the permanent discount in operation.🤔

You should have compared the Paulaner Munich Lager with Spaten Münchner Hell.

@xXLuK3Xx1

Жыл бұрын

Was just going to comment this, thats a proper contest!

@w4lesg0g

Жыл бұрын

Or a Hofbrau or hacker pschorr. A “proper” German beer contest

@ddthecm

Жыл бұрын

Or Augustiner Helles

@DesertScorpionKSA

Жыл бұрын

@@ddthecm Anything besides Beck's

@nigelwatson2750

Жыл бұрын

That's a 10/10 versus a 10/10 battle, pal.

Becks in Ireland has been discontinued as it's not the original recipe. We used to have Amstel too until 2018 and as soon as it dropped down in percentage it disappeared because nobody bought it anymore. A small population will find flaws quicker and sales will drop. Beck's 0% is still going strong though. Update: Nov 2023. Amstel brewed in the Netherlands is back in some CarryOut Off Licences in Ireland at 5% ABV for about €2 a can.

Tried Paulaner for the first time last night after seeing this video. Delicious!

Have noticed that Paulaner hells is a very reliable beer. 4X500ml cans at Aldi in Oz for $15. Beats most of the other lagers on offer. The fresher it is the more citrus and lemon on the aroma, as it gets a bit oler it has a more bready aroma but the flavour is consistently good. The Beck in Oz is ok but bland as is yours. Cheers!

Uk Becks is now almost indistinguishable from Becks Blue, my go to cheap beer is now Perlenbacher pils but normally I spend more than that so usually I’ll have a Schneider Weisse or Veltins.

Love Paulaner great beer. Always a bit of a treat buy from m&s this one where I live. Had it on draft on occasion on my travels usually a little pricey but still great.

Tried my first Franziskaner Weissbier last night, WOW!! really different taste from our Swedish beer! A wonderfull taste. I worked for STENA LINE for many years and Becks was the brew we drank a lot of, I think Becks was more in line with the Scandanavian beers, maybe because its from Northern Germany and closer to Denmark/Sweden. I know you have been here testing Swedish beer....your thoughts Simon?

Love the battles pal but maybe a more even contest next time? 😂

Becks absolutely used to be one of the world's best beers. I remember drinking it back in the late 90's and it was absolutely flawless, flavourful and as delicious as Pilsner Urquel though only a little less dry with a slight honey note I remember. You cannot find that same brew anywhere now, not even the real German stuff is as good as it used to be.

I have a 5 litre keg of paulaner hells for this weekend im hopeing it will taste even beter than it does in a bottle ? Cheers 🍻 mate 👍

At first I was a bit disappointed that you weren't comparing two decent beers but it was actually really interesting to see just how bad Beck's has become compared to a respected German lager. I haven't touched Beck's in so long that I hadn't realised it is now only 4% as well as being UK brewed tat. Oh dear

“It’s like having sex in a canoe” can’t say I can speak from experience, Si 😂😂

I believe that Paulaner, while owned by someone very wealthy, has thus far evaded the clutches of the big three (Heineken, ABInbev, Molston Coors). However, Heineken seem to be selling/distributing it on license in the UK. Probably explains why it appears quite often now in Heineken stocked pubs, and on the Sub/blade of course as well.

Good review, used to love Becks but no more.

To make good beer you have to have good water. Sulfer smell is from deep driled wells water that has not been purified.

One a fantastic German beer in Paulaner, the other what used to be a very decent German beer at 5%+ which is now watered down UK brewed rubbish.

Decided to hear your comments on Pauliner as I sit drinking the stuff. Yes, it's really good stuff. I've no interest in Beck's tho, I knew years ago that it's dreadful. 10/10 for your adjudication!

Have had their Beck's Sapphire which wasn't too bad, but I don't think they brew that anymore.

Back in the days Becks was a great north german pils. Now you should buy Flensburger instead.

Becks, Sol and Stella. 3 beers I used to enjoy before they got butchered.

Close to water 😂 I’ll remember that one and pass it off as my own

Recently bought some 5% abv Becks - 500ml cans - in my local independent and was still disappointed. Becks used to be sold in 275ml bottles and was "krausened". The natural carbonation might have made a difference. It was never cheap either. I'd rather have one decent lager than two Becks.

Only ever 1 winner. That sex in a canoe comment made me laugh out loud Great analogy 😅

Yeah, used to love an ice cold 5% becks , but being becks & a green bottle, it had to be frosty, get a warm, lighty chilled one & it's horrid.

Paulaner, one of my favourite beers, Hacker-Pschorr is also up there. In general I find German beers at least one level above the overrated Czech beers

@R.C.M..

Жыл бұрын

Overrated Czech beers? 😂

Love the channel warsteiner vs paulaner would have been a fairer comparison as both are brewed in Germany and becks is now shite. Also one thing i would say if your going to judge things like the head or carbonation then you should use the same glass for both. It does make a difference

Non alcoholic Becks blues are really refreshing taste great and mix great with alcoholic Becks half and half makes it taste better!

RWC is coming up Simon - it could be time for Beer Rugby World Cup,. Best beer from each nation slugging it out - might have to go for a common style (lager) Harp vs Tenants, Carling vs Steinlager

@OscarOSullivan

Жыл бұрын

How about porter

@TheCaptScarlett

Жыл бұрын

@@OscarOSullivan Problem is do all the RWC nations brew a Porter - can't say I've seen a Uruguay Porter. Whereas lager is pretty much the generic style that every nation does. One could say the best style for that country but then its still mostly lager vs Guinness, 80/-, Brains and Timothy Taylor Landlord

@OscarOSullivan

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCaptScarlett Put in O’ Hara’s stout instead of Guinness. I agree about pale lager Hop house 13 vs Carling

@poutramos4826

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

I've not watched this yet but surely this isn't a fair comparison! 😂

I have tried Becks 4.9 percent from beers of Europe it was not bad drink

Not even a competition this one 😎

I feel betrayed. The UK are demolishing some of the World's best beers by brewing here. I didn't realise until I found your channel. I went from drinking slop, to Premium to find most Premium brands....sold out! UK, the destroyers of....everything, including our culture!

From memory when Becks used to be acceptable it also came in a 710ml bottle too.

Here are some other cool "Vs battles" I've thought of for you Simon: Corona v Sol Sharps Atlantic v Icebreaker Abbott Reserve v Old Crafty Hen

It's beer o'clock also in St. Petersburg / Russia: Would you invite me for 1 month or so to teach you the correct spelling of all of those German beers? I must admit "Weihenstephaner" and friends, that is not so easy! Many greets, Paul

No contest, Paulaner wins hands down.

@louisbeerreviews8964

Жыл бұрын

Yeah

Try Paulaner vs Weihenstephaner vs Franziskaner!

For me as someone from Bremen (Beck's town), I'd rather drink anything else but Beck's (or Haake Beck - liquid headache for me) - both mass produced cat piss imo... the Beck's Unfiltered tho is pretty good, that one is how Beck's should be in the first place! They also had a range of Beck's "craft beer" (Pale, IPA and another one I forgot) - they were even worse than the standard Becks, nothing to to with craft AT ALL.

@olivermolloy6432

Жыл бұрын

German Becks compared to UK Becks is at least palatable but whenever I go to Germany I always end up going for a Hefeweizen, in the UK I feel very lucky to live near various shops and bars that sell German and Belgian imports.

German Beck's is okay, far better than the licence brewed version (I tried the Hungarian brewed one, but I can imagine, the British one is similar), but you shoould definitely try the unfiltered version, and, even better, the unfiltered Haake Beck beer (called Haake Beck Kräusen). They are really good.

@moritzscherner5618

Жыл бұрын

beck's is weird for me. sure its refreshing, but ive never had it taste not metallic, bottle or can

Wow, I had no idea about Beck's 5%>4%, it's been a few years since I had Beck's, it had always seemed decent to me, a high 6 maybe.

Beck's sold in the US is brewed in St. Louis by ABInbev. It really has gone downhill. Wikepedia says that Heineken owns 30% of Paulaner.

@liammcvey6517

Жыл бұрын

Desperate for Paulaner helles to appear on the blade

I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought this is a bit like Real Madrid v Cowdenbeath

Augustiner Helles in my opniion is the best german light lager

buy paulaner regulalary from majestic works out at about £1.80 a bottle. not my favourite munich beer....that stands alone with augustiner, but it suits me just fine on a hot sunny day in my very own beer garden. reserved a seat in paulaner tent for oktoberfest....so will let you know what the 6% stuff is like.

The only good thing about the Becks was the bit of smoke on the bottle opening 😂😂😂😂

I avoid brewed in UK beer. Staropramen and a few others like asahi and singing Thai are UK brewed. Yet to try paulaner but like krombacher and urquell

Could you review Paulaner Munich Lager vs Grolsch Premium Lager?

What does the widget do? (I'm new to this)

I’m trying to remember the beer review where it was so good you cried, can you remember which one it was?

I used to have many a good night drinking Becks back in the 2000s in Germany. I'll have to take a look at what the ABV is in Norway. People up North would give it a lot of shit because it was from Bremen (Schließlich ist es bundesweit bekannt, dass alle Bremer stinken, weil sie aus der Weser trinken.) They got even more disdain from people when they brought out their mix drinks like green lemon and gold. I wouldn't turn down a Helles today though after mowing the grass between thunder showers.

If you're looking for content ideas, I'd love to see you do Beamish vs Murphy's vs Guinness draft please. I'll send you the real deal from Ireland if you give me a PO box

Oh, heck: another lager (Beck's) that I remember only from a few decades ago. I'm feeling especially old. 😒

Not a fair review. You should have used German 5% abv Becks to make it a proper head to head contest. Alternatively you could have did a UK Becks 4% vs German Becks 5% review to compare the differences.

We tried the Becks made in Germany this summer at the beach in Albania...expensive, the smell was interesting ...aroma was like the Lowenbrau with foil on the neck imported into NYC late 1979..the taste was awful...No go Around with Becks

Patronus Vs rheinbacher weissbeer next please Simon

No contest there easy win for Paulaner. I used to drink Becks many years ago had a bottle last year at a party and its was horrid. Do enjoy the occasional bottle of Paulaner in the summer

I think Becks has been brewed in Luton from 2014, that's southern water, even if you drink it from the tap its scummy. I get it entirely describing UK brewed beers being 'farty'. So many good original beers ruined by brewing it in the UK.

@R.C.M..

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's been nearly a decade since Becks in the UK shops, was proper Becks. It's not new news.

I'm not convinced that it is the UK water quality that's the issue. There is a wide variety of different geology in the UK, which surely results in a wide range of different water qualities. Yet all mass market UK brewed lager is the same. I suspect it is more a result of either the artificially short brewing process, cheap ingredients or chemicals they add to homogenise/preserve each batch of the beer. Various smaller UK breweries manage to make excellent lagers.

@johnnoon9498

Жыл бұрын

Tax is a massive issue. That’s why all our beer is weaker.

Veltins and Clausthaler are good Beers too

@Stefanbavaria

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Diebels Alt Beer 🍺 is the most popular Alt Beer 🍺 It’s good. Bolten and Uerige Alt maybe the Best you can get

@poutramos4826

Жыл бұрын

I used to live in Mönchengladbach, Bolten Alt is tremendous. I love Uerige too. It's great to go around Düsseldorf sampling the various Alt beers.

@Steven91637

Жыл бұрын

@@poutramos4826 welcome 🙏

Wasn't there a Stella "vier" on draft not too long ago in pubs? Never tried it though

@martin_miller

Жыл бұрын

It was called “Stella 4%” or the best nickname for it was “Boyfriend Beater”😂

@tobyjackman3212

Жыл бұрын

It was crap 🤣

@nigelwatson2750

Жыл бұрын

True, It maybe was launched before they reduced Stella from 4.8% to 4.6%

good old INBEV another good beer hits the dust

Got a box of beck's a few years ago for a family party 🤮 and moaned to MRS at every bottle,,,she did pay for the stuff 😂

Paulaner Münchner Hell is a solid Helles, even in Germany.

Just a flint ‘vier’ is pronounced ‘fear’ the German for four!

It's a shame they ruined Becks beer in the UK with less abv than Bud Light, Coors Light and Miller Lite at 4.2% abv in the states.

Becks was the best "off the shelf" supermarket lager in 2011 - I remember because i drank a fuck load of the stuff!! It's not anywhere close these days - awful beer. Why have all the imported continental beers been ruined?

Maissels Weiße is great too german beer 🍺

Only ever brewed in Bremen, Germany used to go the advert. Another beer ruined. One I used to buy regularly along with Staropromen that I won't touch now. I fear it's only going to get worse as breweries are already lowering abv's to avoid paying extra tax as the useless government is changing the tax system for beer in August here in the UK It's enough to get you back on the wagon.

@nigelwatson2750

Жыл бұрын

Nowt to do with tax, more of an inflation story - more money for less beer (& more water).

If anyone from München saw this they would truly laugh. Paulaner is a proper beer, you should see the hops outside the city, a fairer contest would be against one of the other major Bavarian beers like Augustiner

Paulaner All the Way my lager of choice ! Becks is now brewed in St. Louis. If you live in the usa

Absolute no contest, this is like if I asked you who was better at darts, me in the pub ten pints deep or Phil Taylor?

Hardly a fair comparison.

Simon I know what's going on you just want to drink more beers in the review lol Im on to ya

Here in America Becks is still at 5% however, it has the same problem most american brewed beers have in that it's overly carbonated and doesn't hold a head at all. I wish American breweries would get that sorted. There's nothing worse than a beer that goes flat within minutes

Paulaners £ 2 just now in asda in Glasgow

I know I'm late with this but I've been on holiday (Switzerland Austria and Germany). I like a lot of Munich Helles but honestly Rothaus Tannenzäpfle pils is THE best lager ever. Absolutely superb. Augustiner Tegernsee and Chiemmseer are better than Paulaner Hellesdon. Hacker Pschorr, Maisel and G. Schneider wheat beers are all better than Paulaner

This is a North v South Germany bier battle. Bremen v Munich I thought the Beck's 4% was called Beck's Vier!

@tobyjackman3212

Жыл бұрын

I think they used to be 2 separate products but they discontinued Vier when they dished out the inevitable UK brewed kiss of death treatment

Paulaner vs Hacker-Pschorr Muncher Gold - votes please!

@w4lesg0g

Жыл бұрын

Gets my vote.

@R.C.M..

Жыл бұрын

Hacker everyday

Becks gives German Beer a bad name in my opinion compared to a Paulaner or a Lowenbrau, so many great German Lagers they are the Benchmark for me.

The Becks i remember it at 4.8% now i would drink a Aldi Perlenbacher than Becks.

ill take paulaner any day now that i get the becks that's brewed in St. Louis

No lager brewed in the UK can even come close to competing with a German Helles.

Trouble is you are essentially killing the UK brewing industry by these reviews - because it won’t change. I don’t disagree with quality of beer. But I love going to the pub

I seen a Becks sgin I Was in Crete in a bus to the airport

This is like putting a lamb in a cage with a tiger

Becks used to be a solid beer when it smelled like weed. It's Just another generic low quality drink now.

Becks from the UK should be called Becks Pissner

Flensburger and Jever are great.more a bitter Taste Beer 🍺