On the subject of prices a German friend met me in Mikkeller on Wednesday. Whilst he purchased a .4 of IPA I recommended he continually moaned about paying €8.50 for it. He refused to stay in the bar, dragging me to an Italian wine bar where he continued his rant with the owner mocking craft...
Of the big brands Augustine, which basically only has two beers outside of Munich, has a lovely standard helles and a slightly sweeter premium version called Edelstof. Both are good but their lesser seen pils is exactly how I like a pils: crisp, dry, nice balance of bitter and grassy notes...
If you don’t know much about the scene you will almost certainly get stung. Small brewers with a good product will generally cost more due to economies of scale and the simple fact better and/more ingredients and time spent making it (eg dry hopping, Barrel aging ). But where you will definitely...
If you already like other beer then fine, there’s not really an issue. But for many, like me, craft filled a huge vacuum between commercial lagers and beers like Stella, which I grew to dislike, and real ale which I never liked. People like me were very often stuck until craft came along. But...
I’m not entirely sure about the first one; I imagine they will also carry mass produced “industrial” beers and their craft range will not be very exciting. I don’t like TVs in pubs either. I don’t think I’m their target audience. The other two sound like places I’d like to visit though .