Beer from Scotland

[KiwiCol]

Any of you 'Northerners' recognise this wee tipple? Saw it tonight at the local supermarket, saw it was from Scotland & thought I'd better give it a try, be rude not to. 



Bit bland??  Not a lot of flavour to it.  Mind you, only cost $3.00 for a 500ml can, which is about 1 pound 50 I suppose.

[shanered6]

I dont drink it my self ( im more a scotch man ) but its the staple diet of many a scots man ! 

[Del]

I dont touch Tennents to me it comes out stronger than it goes in - wanna get yourself a can on McEwans Export

aka Red Grenades

[KiwiCol]

Chomping through my 2nd can, it's light & refreshing & easy to drink.   

Scotland is cold, so I'm lead to believe, so I'd think the locals would go for a 'heavier' more 'full bodied' brew, like Guinness, heavy, "chew every mouthful" beer.  Interesting a lot of them go for a light refreshing larger, even in cold climates.

I personally prefer a Larger / Pilsner & am often sampling the different 'craft' beers. I like a good amount of Hops & the flavour that comes with it. Mostly stick to beers ranging between 5% & 8.5%  Had a Scottish brew once that was 9.2% - very flavoursome from memory, but that particular one pushed us over the edge as we'd had a few (read several) 8%er's prior, and after that it was all down hill.  Girls were not impressed with the state of us when they came to collect us.

[KiwiCol]

I've not seen that one Del, will give it a whirl if it hits the shelves down under.   

[Notty]

Any of you 'Northerners' recognise this wee tipple? Saw it tonight at the local supermarket, saw it was from Scotland & thought I'd better give it a try, be rude not to. 



Bit bland??  Not a lot of flavour to it.  Mind you, only cost $3.00 for a 500ml can, which is about 1 pound 50 I suppose.

I think thats called Gnats piss?   as Del says stronger coming out than going in 

[KiwiCol]

Ok on a hot day (it's been 29 - 30 here today, & inside it still is 30), but as I said, not a lot of flavour.  Quaffing beer, not a savouring beer.

[KiwiCol]

Now this, I've been drinking this for over 40 years!  I come & go & try different ones, but I'm never too far away from one of these. After all this time, it's still a great beer. I prefer it to the 'Pure' too much like Heineken. They're both ok, but a 'quaffing beer' , no flavour.



Get a couple of these down ya!.

[KiwiCol]

Kicks Tennents out of the room!  For a 40+ year old beer, it's got a lot going for it. There's a lot of new craft beers around, but so is the "Steiny Classic"

[Kiwifruit]

Had many a filthy hangover on the Steingrenades ..... a great Kiwi drop 

[KiwiCol]

Yeah, but if you persevere, (40 years is perserverance aye?)  you'll get past the massive hangovers these have been known to induce & be able to appreciate them all the more.   

[grog]

Col, a scottish beer with kiwi name. my fave scottish is newcastle brown. https://www.stewartbrewing.co.uk/beers/hop-series/ka-pai

[seth]

Yuck tennents cooking larger

I dont touch Tennents to me it comes out stronger than it goes in - wanna get yourself a can on McEwans Export

aka Red Grenades or red death 

Why do you think i ho to the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium so often
Proper beer not a chemical cocktail 

[Andre]

 One of my favs Belgian is Val-Dieu Abbey Brown Beer (They have several others, incl. a Winter Beer). https://www.val-dieu.com/en/history.html

[Monarchjock]

Any of you 'Northerners' recognise this wee tipple? Saw it tonight at the local supermarket, saw it was from Scotland & thought I'd better give it a try, be rude not to. 



Bit bland??  Not a lot of flavour to it.  Mind you, only cost $3.00 for a 500ml can, which is about 1 pound 50 I suppose.

It used to be about the only lager that you could buy in Scotland  before lager became as popular as dark beers.
It was well known for displaying the lager lovelies on the cans before it became non pc.
http://www.cannyscot.com/Penny.htm

I worked for a short time in Wellpark Brewery, where it is brewed, in IT support.
Got a tour round and was disappointed to find that Innes and Gunn bourbon flavoured beer, which they brew under licence, is not actually barrel aged in bourbon casks but forced through shavings from bourbon casks so that the process takes 2 days instead or 2 weeks. So the Innes and Gunn website is telling porkies.
https://www.innisandgunn.com/brewery/barrel-aging