Can British Supermarket Lager Compete With German Supermarket Lager? 

Shame the beer is mediocre at best.

Have to disagree, AB inbevs approach to Camden is to move brewing to Wales, Brew at high gravity, switch to Hop extract and most importantly they now pasteurize the beer which was the whole point of the original beer!

@@stevewheeler6120 totally agree. Have to say this is the first time I've seriously disagreed with Simon as well.

Very good point there

Augustiner is different gravy

Augustiner from the wood kegs in Munich is from another planet, absolutely stunning

Me too- I’ve bought for the past 2 weekends and they’ve been great. Thank you.

fill your boots, or shed, at those prices

Oh I did, I moved one of the kids out to use their room for storage. Worthy cause and he will understand in years to come……..

45p a can?? That’s wild. I’m guessing you’re not in Wales!

Somebody finally talking sense! I live in Siegen as a Brit. The beers in Germany are ok, but the saying ‘you don’t know what you’re missing until it’s gone’ comes to mind. There are some absolutely barnstorming British beers. All of my German beer enthusiast close friends love the British beers and brew their own stouts, ales for years. The casual drinkers in Germany are very insulated and only drink German beers and have a bit of a superiority complex, so that is one thing I find much more sympathisch with British drinkers. Both countries make great beers, but Krombacher isn’t one of them!

Yes I agree, people hate on British lager as it's mainly brewed under license trash so this comes under the hammer too as it's now ABInBev. Must admit though they have nailed it really for the mixture of a Helles and Pils. I love Helles style and you get that for sure and it doesn't come at stupid prices you're paying a bottle shop for German imports.

Agreed. When I lived in Germany there were so many beers, all delicious. There were (and still are I suppose), 'alt biers' (old beers), which are darker and much more like our light or pale ale which are equally delicious but not really like pils. I particularly looked forward to visiting Dusseldorf and drinking Dussel alt. I'm surprised the German supermarkets don't try it over here but maybe it doesn't travel? I only ever saw it on draft not bottles so who knows?

Not sure about that , Augustiner and Spaten Helles don't agree with some folks gut. Mine too... but love other helles and augustiner dunkel is an amazing beer ...

Because they aren´t owned by a corporation and hence have no international distribution. I know, Warsteiner is independent, too. But they're also five times bigger than Augustiner.

@cehaem2 warsteiner is as near a commercial lager as it gets in germany . As for augustiner etc. Things are quite regional in Germany .. it's only recently that it's become widely available in Northern Germany , Berlin etc ... I saw it on sale in a supermarket in north Italy last week , and hb and ofc paulaner.. you can get these gerrman and bayern beers in the specialist beer shops in uk , albeit at 4 times the price they are in Germany and the regions they are made. Bottles of Augustiner helles are a fair bit cheaper in munich than berlin for example.

@@sisi2484 I mentioned Warsteiner in the context of having a distribution network vs being independently owned and operated. If you read my comment again you will notice that i mentioned exactly that in the last sentence. Compared to Warsteiner Augustiner is a dwarf. Augustiner has been available outside of Munich for over 20 years. I remember buying it from a local Getränkermarkt in Bochum in 2006. it started popping up in Berlin cornershops around 2000, just as the gentrification process was about to kick off. iIt gained popularity because it is an independent brewer. Pretty much each and every offie in the UK or Ireland does it now. Even my local offie (and I live in NI) used to sell Spaten and another ABK from Kaufbeuren. Don´t ask me how it got there. One of the Belfast pubs even did Engelbräu on tap some 10 years ago. I haven´t noticed a significant difference in Augustiner pricing between Bavaria and the rest of the country.

@cehaem2 I live in Germany and i read your comments first time , im not sure you read mine properly . . Not sure you've got your facts right big un, but whatever ,you do you 😁.

My Tesco doesn't stock it anymore. I can get Paulaner though (Munich), which is a close substitute.

Not to mention Budvar and Pilsner Urquell.

Price. Lost Lager is 95% as good as those beers in my opinion and if you are happy to buy multipacks when on offer it can be less than a third of the price of the hofbrau.

@@davidk7262 it’s not that much cheaper and no where near 95% as good though is it

Bang on. If more consumers had their “red pill” moment we would have a much better beer scene!

@@andrewsteer8860 Yes it is. If you buy in multipacks it is less than a third of the price of the Hofbrau featured here. As for taste that is a matter of personal opinion of course.

I love German beers but Belgium has the best stuff. Those Monks know how to get pissed in style.

​@@Wimplemannah well overated . Im English but live in Bavaria half the year. Some of the lagers and pilsners are incredible. Around Franconia also highest density of breweries in the world ,1100 ,some great ones

@@147breaks Sounds like you have had plenty of practice arriving at your position, fair play. Had some incredible Weissbiers and Dunkels in Germany, so have no issues with your preference.

@@Wimpleman I've been living between both countries for 8 yrs , developing a beer belly because of the gorgeous German beers lol

that was a year ago they reduced it to 3.4%

3.8? I would not even consider it. Who is buying this crap?

Jesus god. Destroying beer.

Wow how much more can they water something down!

If beer is 3.4 or less they save loads on tax so expect it to happen more and more

I like lost, but its their cheap go at breaking into the cheap lager market. I find it watery also, the others on this show are far superior beers.

Thats a good deal that. Once the minimum price goes up to 65p a unit up here 3 cases of lost lager will cost a minimum of 39 quid.

@@allyhenderson8018 😵‍💫

Love it over there in Germany. Sadly if I lived there I'd be an alcoholic by now!

What's the difference? Asking for a friend

@@Puffball-ll1ly Export has more alcohol and less hop than Pils. It tastes more malty and bready, while Pils has the typical hop bitterness. German Pils is usually between 4.8 to 4.9% ABV, Export usually Starts at 5.0% ABV. Also you can identify it by the name: If it's something like Spezial, Original, Gold or Landbier, then it's an Export. If it's Pils, then it has Pils in the name.

@@Puffball-ll1ly Export has slightly more alcohol, usually 5%-5.3% and is way more malty, almost sweeter and far less hoppy. Exports were once considered working-class beers, cheaper to brew and sell. Water around Dortmund is quite rich with Sulfate which doesn't go well with Pilsners. Pilsners became prevalent around the 60/70s when people could afford them on a regular basis. Bavarian Exports are slightly maltier than Dortmund-style.

Loved Sam Adam’s , sadly missed

They've got Paulaner Münchner Hell though

It's around 89c/99c per bottle.

@@cehaem2 incredible that they can put out such an amazing lager for that price that just so easily beats any of the awful lager the uk puts out.

I was there in my late teens on a class trip... it is really an awesome place all the way around.

@@Daveodaddeo101 did you have the dunkel? That’s a really incredible beer

Congratulations. You spent a lot of time in a tourist trap.

@@cehaem2 I bet you’re a laugh at parties

@@Daveodaddeo101 There's tons of better places to go to. You picked one of the most tacky ones.

Camden more than likely soften their water before they brew.

there is no proper glass. its a bottle beer.

@nox5555 ohh yeah sorry I was confusing it with another beer lol

Krombacher is 660ml at Tesco, well it was when I got it last week.

That is a very good point.

@@jasonsmith7737 It's that headboard again!

It's such a bang average beer lmao and he makes it seem like something extraordinary

@@sr6424 they’ve been owned by InBev for 9 years, if that was going to happen it would have already happened