BrewDog Tokyo*
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Sod it, just ordered a bottle from the website. I will let you know what it is like when it arrives
Good man!
Remember to go on a drunken rampage afterwards
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I'm not sure I'd ever think a beer was worth a tenner.
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Its stupid calling the brewery irresponsible. If someone was wanting to drink themselves silly, theyd just grab the cheap vodka, or settle for the super cheap cider.
Its £10 for a 330ml bottle.
It will not add to the nations "binge-drinking" in any way or form.
Lets use an example.
A crate of 15 300ml bottles of Bud is around a tenner in a supermarket.
So we have a single 330ml bottle of Brewdog Tokyo at 18.2%, which means there is roughly 59.4ml of alcohol in the one bottle.
Then we have the crate of Bud, where we have 15 x 300ml @ 5% each, therefore we have roughly 225ml of alcohol in the crate for the same price.
Now of course, it's likely that someone may actually only drink say 5 or 6 bottles of 300ml Bud in a sitting, but even that is 90ml of alcohol by volume.
By pricing it at the same sort of cost as a reasonable bottle of wine (which incidently would contain roughly 105ml of alcohol by volume assuming it was 14%), they have effectively ruled out the binge drinkers market.
This is the sort of bottle of beer someone who likes beer will buy, to probably pour into a proper glass and actually enjoy, possibly with one more bottle, very occasionally.
I think that "Alcohol Focus Scotland" need to grow up, learn to be a bit objective, gain some basic common sense and perhaps get themselves down to the pub to lighten up a bit
It will not add to the nations "binge-drinking" in any way or form.
Lets use an example.
A crate of 15 300ml bottles of Bud is around a tenner in a supermarket.
So we have a single 330ml bottle of Brewdog Tokyo at 18.2%, which means there is roughly 59.4ml of alcohol in the one bottle.
Then we have the crate of Bud, where we have 15 x 300ml @ 5% each, therefore we have roughly 225ml of alcohol in the crate for the same price.
Now of course, it's likely that someone may actually only drink say 5 or 6 bottles of 300ml Bud in a sitting, but even that is 90ml of alcohol by volume.
By pricing it at the same sort of cost as a reasonable bottle of wine (which incidently would contain roughly 105ml of alcohol by volume assuming it was 14%), they have effectively ruled out the binge drinkers market.
This is the sort of bottle of beer someone who likes beer will buy, to probably pour into a proper glass and actually enjoy, possibly with one more bottle, very occasionally.
I think that "Alcohol Focus Scotland" need to grow up, learn to be a bit objective, gain some basic common sense and perhaps get themselves down to the pub to lighten up a bit
you can get plenty of strong beers in belgium and no one is complaining over here..
bush 12% (fair enough, nowhere near 18%), but still, wgaf, seriously?
wine is ~20% and no one seems to be making a fuss about that?
have a bottle of that 18% beer and you'll fall asleep, thereby actually drinking less than if you had pints and pints of lager
bush 12% (fair enough, nowhere near 18%), but still, wgaf, seriously?
wine is ~20% and no one seems to be making a fuss about that?
have a bottle of that 18% beer and you'll fall asleep, thereby actually drinking less than if you had pints and pints of lager
Just because its strong doesn't mean it'll be horrible.
They must have a reason within the recipe (other than to live upto their "punk" status) to make it that alcoholic.
Definately will be a sipping beer though, not one to take gulps of
Sorry to drag up this old thread but I found Brewdog's Responce to Tokyo* amusing.
http://brewdog.com/blog-article.php?id=153
http://brewdog.com/blog-article.php?id=153
I have one sitting on my desk. Yet to open it, never really had the occasion.
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They have a "new" even stronger beer.
And I side with them, these are not beers that are going to encourage binge drinking, as they said that's pile them high and cheap beers(clubs)
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/...tm_campaign=SocialMedia/#.UJo5ape9ibE.twitter
They have a "new" even stronger beer.
And I side with them, these are not beers that are going to encourage binge drinking, as they said that's pile them high and cheap beers(clubs)
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/...tm_campaign=SocialMedia/#.UJo5ape9ibE.twitter
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I totally agree - people who are the "minions" of the binge drinking culture are those who stack themselves up with Carling and Fosters on a Friday/Saturday night - not those who pay for such delights. My local started getting the Brewdogs on rotation (Currently on 5am) and at ~£5 a pint I can't see anybody "binging" on this.
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