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Posted by madd on 03-01-2009 09:00 PM:

why is lager getting weaker?

ive noticed that carlsberg has gone from 4% down to 3.8%
stella has gone from 5.2% to 5%
anyone know why this is happening?

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Posted by ntscuser on 03-01-2009 09:52 PM:

Beer is taxed more or less according to its alcohol content. Reducing the amount of alcohol reduces the amount of duty payable.

Posted by gezzer on 03-01-2009 09:53 PM:

Carlsberg's always been 3.8 (on draught anyway)and English brewed Stella has always been 5.0 .

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Posted by LOLobo on 03-01-2009 10:28 PM:

Stella is evil

Posted by Avenue_1 on 03-01-2009 10:32 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by LOLobo
Stella is evil

You can't drink fella

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Posted by pHo on 03-01-2009 10:32 PM:

King Cobra - 8%
Leffe - 6.6%

I think I'll stick what I know best.

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Posted by ZootedLooter on 03-02-2009 12:20 AM:

king cobra seems to be the beer of choice in the south bronx ghetto....this is my new work area and these mother fuckers are a blast after a few cans of it...i didnt know it was 8....must taste like shit....what kind is it...(pilsner/ale/lager????)

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Posted by pHo on 03-02-2009 12:42 AM:

Heh I didn't think they'd brew it as strong in the US market as here.. and I'm right. 5.9% for you guys Over here, all the American light lagers are still 4-5% (Bud Light, Coors etc) which I don't think is the case your side?

I've not seen King Cobra in a can over here, just 750ml bottles (big ass things, about 30oz)

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Posted by The CandyMan on 03-02-2009 12:46 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by pHo
Heh I didn't think they'd brew it as strong in the US market as here.. and I'm right. 5.9% for you guys Over here, all the American light lagers are still 4-5% (Bud Light, Coors etc) which I don't think is the case your side?

I've not seen King Cobra in a can over here, just 750ml bottles (big ass things, about 30oz)

The only place you'll see anyone drinking King Cobra is the ghetto over here. BTW anyone remember Colt 45 is that shit still around even?

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Posted by Vampire on 03-02-2009 12:52 AM:

Hurlimann used to be over 6% I believe but that's now dropped to 4.8% (on tap). I thought it was a tax thing too which ntscuser seems to have confirmed.

I can't stand weaker lagers as they just seem to taste like water to me. It's got to be around the 5% mark for it to taste OK.

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Posted by LOLobo on 03-02-2009 01:10 AM:

para drinks olde english 64oz

Posted by pHo on 03-02-2009 01:11 AM:

I've looked it up, the skank juice they call King Cobra in the states has no relation to ours. Ours is an Indian beer now brewed over here.

Funky ass bottle, I've not seen this version but the one I get is similar. It costs about £4/$7.

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Posted by LOLobo on 03-02-2009 01:20 AM:

This shit is great.

Posted by ZootedLooter on 03-02-2009 01:21 AM:

King Cobra is a malt liquor introduced by Anheuser-Busch in 1984. King Cobra contains 6.0% alcohol by volume and can be found in 40 oz. bottles, 32 oz. bottles, 22 oz. bottles, and in 12 oz., 16 oz. and 24 oz. "tallboy" cans

fuckin malt liqour

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Posted by Munson on 03-02-2009 01:33 AM:

Ah, malt liquor. The preferred beverage of "african-americans", "mexican-americans", and the homeless.*

politically correct for niggers, wetbax, and lazy bums.*

Posted by ntscuser on 03-02-2009 01:50 AM:

Posted by Arthur Daily on 03-02-2009 08:25 AM:

or theres the good old...

thats allways been 9%

but some years back i remember..

going from 9.5% down to 9% pffft
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Posted by gezzer on 03-02-2009 09:33 AM:

Leffe for me all day long,comes in all different strengths leffe blue is 9 proof leffe red is 8.5 leffe blond is 6.6 funny thing is they all taste near on the same.I come across shelfish pickers now and again, I thinks its compulsory for them to be able to drink four cans of tennants super/carlsberg special brew at 6.00 in the morning.Came across one in that heatwave year before last with a large bottle of highland spring,i said whats with the water he said it ain't its white lightning,says it all about them.

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Posted by yoshy on 03-02-2009 10:05 AM:

Re: why is lager getting weaker?

quote:
Originally posted by madd
ive noticed that carlsberg has gone from 4% down to 3.8%
stella has gone from 5.2% to 5%
anyone know why this is happening?

People not being normal citizens after too many tinnies.

We will still spend the same amount but wont be the intoxicated mob we once were.

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Posted by Neversoft on 03-02-2009 12:23 PM:

Weird, I thought I was the only degenerate that liked Leffe cos none of my mates do... Have you folks tried Duvel as well? It's somewhat similar and blows your head off (8.5%) - a local pub here that specialises in imported/weird ales even refuses to serve the damned stuff in pints, you have to have it in faggoty half-pint glasses cos they've had so many people get shitfaced by accident on it

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Posted by yoshy on 03-02-2009 12:48 PM:

accidents are Karma

Posted by Avenue_1 on 03-02-2009 05:07 PM:

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accidents are Karma

You ruined a perfectly good thread with your weirdness.

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Posted by Neversoft on 03-02-2009 05:08 PM:

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Posted by Neversoft on 03-02-2009 05:30 PM:

Oh yeah beer... Special Brew mixed with Diamond White/White Lightning - The trampiest of tramp juices, the snakebitiest of snakebites. A few pints of that and you piss your kidneys out

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Posted by baha on 03-02-2009 08:42 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by pHo
Ours is an Indian beer now brewed over here.

Strange story behind that. It was brewed in Bangalore and exported here...but the company was originally founded in the UK. Some kid thought there was a market for Indian beer in the UK, set up the company and then went to India and found a brewery to make the beer for him. It's only been around for about 20 years, but most people think of it as a genuine Indian beer and think of Kingfisher as a Brit rip-off...whereas Kingfisher has been in India for 150 years. (I was in Bangalore on business last year getting pissed on Kingfisher quite regularly and learning the history of Indian beer

They do a stronger one there in a 2 pint bottle that gives you a hangover just looking at it!)

quote:
Originally posted by Neversoft
Weird, I thought I was the only degenerate that liked Leffe...

Very popular in London - must be your problem, you're too classy for the flatcap/whippet brigade - but they only serve it in half pint glasses and charge a full pint price (just like the Duval - seen it, never tried it). Cunts!

Never seen the stronger ones on tap outside of Belgian mussel restaurants though...and you don't want to go there cos they're full of van Damme wannabes

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