Pretty good price for a slab of Heinekens $40 for 24x330ML bottles. Havent tried the James Squire Constables but might pick up a case to try. Offer is Today only. Click and Collect to save on shipping
Prices on James Squire will depend on state: prices seem higher in other states other than NSW and ACT.
If you like heiny's, the beer kind, I reckon you're better off going with the 24 x 500ml Cans for usually about $65. Think they're $64 atm at First Choice.
They're imported and imo taste waaaay better.
Agreed… the cans come from Germany only right?
Not if they're Heineken! Also, constable copper ale is midstrength (3.4%) if anyone is buying this beer for any kind of buzz.
Close… Brewed in Holland/Netherlands
Yeah you dont get the skunking from can that happens with the non-brown bottles sitting in the sunlight
Disagree: $40 for 330ml is equivalent to $60.60 to 500ml.
Do you even math bro…. yes.. yes you do.
Do you even taste bro…. no… no you don't.
You missed the point mate, imported vs aussie brewed. If you prefer the inferior go for it.
To be honest this is not that crash hot, given that the Heinekens are locally brewed, the 'Constable' Copper Ale even less of a deal as it's a 3.4% middy.
I heard locally brewed Heinekens are different to the ones they sell in Euro, the taste would be quite different, is it true?
Like other large global beer brands, a prime example being Guinness, they strive for a consistent product, and it's pretty close but nothing tastes as good (or the same) as the original, given they use local ingredients in the original recipe. I don't like paying a premium price for locally brewed international beers - Heineken, Becks, Grolsch, Peroni etc.
Ever seen a Single Malt Scotch distilled, bottled outside of Scotland? Or a bottle of Champagne produced outside of Champaign, France? Brewing 'under license' is FAKE BREWING! Don't try and charge "Imported prices" for an inferior product.
Not sure how you can quantify that the Squire's is less of a deal just because it's a 3.4% middy. It's cheaper than the usual selling price by about $9 which makes it a bargain by this sites standards.
Just because it isn't full strength and doesn't necessarily meet your needs doesn't change it being a bargain.
You'll note that I haven't downvoted the deal, because, as you rightly point out that product is cheaper than competitor pricing. Nonetheless I don't consider $40 for a carton of midstrength beer a "bargain" by any stretch of the imagination, regardless of it's so-called craft credentials.
Given the Heineken is a higher alcohol content and a supposedly "premium" beer for the same price, does that make it a better or worse deal than the Squire?
My point was that your original statement was that the Constable was less of a deal because it's a middy.
No mention from me about it being a craft beer, just the fact that it is a bargain based on normal selling price compared to what it is currently available for.
Again, there's no argument with the logic that because it's cheaper it's a deal, but I don't consider it a bargain for either product - the former because it's a locally brewed beer trying to pass itself off as a premium international, the latter because it's a midstrength, you're not getting the same bang for buck but getting charged the same price.
I have not tried Euro Heineken, but apparently it tastes better than local brewed, so I am not sure about it.
As a former resident of The Netherlands, I can confirm that it tastes much better at the source (just like Guinness in Dublin). The imported bottles are hard to get here, you used to be able to get restaurant packs through DM but I haven't seen them in years, but the 500ml cans are legit.
Nothing like what comes out of the tap! The widget thingo makes the taste quite a bit different.
So people all forgot the German beer gate?! google German herbicide Beer ie
edit: not if it's locally brewed, but what's the point to have "German" beer then?
JS The Constable showing as $61.99 in VIC/QLD and $60.99 in WA and delivery only.
NSW/ACT only? As only get $45 for postcodes there
Theyve price beat liquorland