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Franziskaner wheat beer - 99p a bottle in Lidl

£0.99 Lidl1 Apr 16

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Kebabcasualty

1 Apr 16

My first time posting a deal - popped into Lidl in Belfast City Centre to get a few beers yesterday. They drop the price of Franziskaner wheat beer from £1.50 to 99p every now and again and it's back on.
It's lovely stuff, quite like Erdinger and Hoegarden but I prefer it to those two.
Not sure if it's national but the ticket made it look like it was.

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Kebabcasualty

1 Apr 16 11 #5

Yeah, it's great. Bought too many which has left me hungover today. Nearly cried at a donkey charity ad on TV earlier. :confused:

jeczap to notos

1 Apr 16 9 #7

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news_img/35626/Yoda_35626.jpg

hardstylemw to eelvis

1 Apr 16 3 #6

There is no such thing as a "best" beer as it is all down to preference. IMHO Hoegaarden is better than this but still a fine tipple!

All comments (83)

backinstock

1 Apr 16 1 #1

Great price and a nice find for your first post.
Hope to pick a case up.

eelvis

1 Apr 16 1 #2

Best beer in the world.

hardstylemw to eelvis

1 Apr 16 3 #6

There is no such thing as a "best" beer as it is all down to preference. IMHO Hoegaarden is better than this but still a fine tipple!

Chasloyal to eelvis

1 Apr 16 1 #23

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z450/Chasloyal/IMG_20160206_231249_zpsh70o479b.jpg

I used to think that about Hoegaarden till I started sampling a few others, and Edelweiss especially the stronger hefe in the green bottle is the governor :man: trust me I'm a lag boat so I know these things

notos

1 Apr 16 1 #3

excellent beer at an excellent price this

Vanmeerkat to notos

1 Apr 16 1 #4

In an excellent place :smiley:

jeczap to notos

1 Apr 16 9 #7

Kebabcasualty

1 Apr 16 11 #5

Yeah, it's great. Bought too many which has left me hungover today. Nearly cried at a donkey charity ad on TV earlier. :confused:

CoolElectronics to Kebabcasualty

1 Apr 16 1 #12

a kebab casualty who's hungover on a Friday.......Welcome to the UK 2016.

Nath2904

1 Apr 16 1 #8

A truly great drop, I alternate between this and leffe but will defo be stocking up on this at 99p a bottle!

fishmaster

1 Apr 16 1 #9

Welsh Yoda says, I'll be there now in a minute drinking this isn't it

fishmaster

1 Apr 16 1 #10

There's a gluten free alcohol free version of this available and naturally it's cheaper, it's called Evian. I think it's quite apt if you say it backwards.

japes to fishmaster

1 Apr 16 2 #18

Evian is usually the same price as beer.......

ultrak3wl to fishmaster

1 Apr 16 2 #31

Years ago Evian had an ad campaign which was "Eau" this and "Eau" that. Finally some comedian tagged it as "Eau-verpriced"

Murielson to fishmaster

2 Apr 16 1 #47

Think you will find Tap trumps this on price

superewok

1 Apr 16 #11

Hoegaarden and Leffe are my fave beers and I'm always on the lookout for any white beers that have a similar taste but not at a premium price, so I will definitely check this one out thanks.

louthepoo

1 Apr 16 #13

love this stuff

Kebabcasualty

1 Apr 16 1 #14

Lol. I did have today booked off work. That's my excuse anyway!

Nobull

1 Apr 16 #15

Anyone seen it at any other stores?

MisterSkinflint

1 Apr 16 1 #16

How strong is it?

Kebabcasualty to MisterSkinflint

1 Apr 16 1 #19

eklynne to MisterSkinflint

1 Apr 16 #20

CoolElectronics

1 Apr 16 #17

Fair play to you then :smile:

CoolElectronics

1 Apr 16 2 #21

Whats in the other 95% then?

AdolfHeatler

1 Apr 16 1 #22

I like wheat beer and I'm willing to try it soon.

katchiib to AdolfHeatler

2 Apr 16 1 #43

Buy, or Buy Not. There is no try...

buttondup

1 Apr 16 #24

water?

dodgymix

1 Apr 16 2 #25

Great drink

Just wish they sold Paul Anner heff in this country also

Another quality German beer alongside erdinger

CoolElectronics

1 Apr 16 1 #26

I see your keeping to the goverment guidelines then.......... :smile:

ChrisRX

1 Apr 16 1 #27

I do love German wheat beers so this is a great excuse for me to stock up

livreg

1 Apr 16 1 #28

For a split second I read it as Frank Skinner.

Chasloyal

1 Apr 16 1 #29

I am returning to the UK for good the week after next so all this lagging at ridiculously low prices will end but wait there......give me five to get a pic took and lobbed on me photobucket :sunglasses:

Chasloyal

1 Apr 16 1 #30

One needs to take a bit of stock back to blighty......the Jäger was 9 Euro a bottle, that nasty Jack D single barrel pony I bought for a mate and for the drinks cabinet €22.50 a bottle, the Prince Polignac came in at around €14.50 and the three different vodkas around 9 Euro a piece.

Interspar done their monthly/bi monthly 25% off all spirits last week and the Jack single barrel and Jäger was already on specials.

I am in for a very rude awakening when it comes to alcohol prices from mid April I know :disappointed:

jayelloh

1 Apr 16 1 #32

a beautiful weisbier

Krizzo3

1 Apr 16 1 #33

Very nice, very yeasty compared to erdinger

iceni

1 Apr 16 1 #34

To be fair more and more of us work 7 day rotas.

andrewfmills

1 Apr 16 1 #35

Have some heat for a good first deal. Will give some a try next time I'm in Lidl.

grizzle81

1 Apr 16 1 #36

Beer made properly.

eelvis

2 Apr 16 2 #37

Only drink German wheat beer now, das good.

blackster

2 Apr 16 1 #38

das jackpot wünderbar!

naughtybunnies

2 Apr 16 1 #39

Is this in the 'Sweet Dreams' section of the Lidl promotion leaflet?

bluebearjam

2 Apr 16 1 #40

One of my favourites. Heat added.

EportJake

2 Apr 16 2 #41

Not my favourite wheat but good nonetheless, and at 99p it's a steal.

coachie

2 Apr 16 2 #42

Thanks OP, rinsing out my weizenbier glasses now and turned my fridge down to 2 degrees in anticipation.
Hopefully my local Lidl will have plenty of these and the excellent Zinfandel Lodi @£4.79

_B3N_

2 Apr 16 #44

Superb beer at an amazing price! Have some heat! This is a great alternative to my favourite weiße beer: Paulaner.

mrbond007

2 Apr 16 #45

what size bottles are they?

Kebabcasualty to mrbond007

2 Apr 16 #48

500 mls

Morenenth

2 Apr 16 #46

Quite right, Imho hoegarden is very different to franziskaner, and franziskaner is better

strummer01

2 Apr 16 #49

Not available yet in Pollokshaws, Glasgow.

Wonder if Lidl will also start selling the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_A5FKO1aQ

soldierboy001 to strummer01

2 Apr 16 #63

Yes the Germans like a big head on their beer.

Chasloyal

2 Apr 16 1 #50

Fair bit of choice on the wheat beer front for a rather small sized Merkur over here I'll have you know :sunglasses: and all beers 25% off for 'Friends' loyalty card holders this week too!

Because I'm taking so much booze with me when we move back to the UK week after next we got to watch the weight of our Sprinter so had to stick to can purchases. Also got to take in to account that you're paying a deposit of €3 per crate €1.80 for the 20 bottles per crate over here, which soon adds up.

I cleared them out of the only wheat beer they got stock of in cans which is Löwenbräu Weisse, not as nice as Edelweiss but beggars can't be choosers. RRP 89 cents a can so take the 25% off and I weighed on just over 50 pence per 500ml tinnie in proper dough, my life I'm going to miss living over here :disappointed:

Kulaak

2 Apr 16 1 #51

Aldi do a similar wheat beer which is quite good for £1.25

villan57

2 Apr 16 #52

Aquired the taste for this stuff when I was in Munich . Two things the Germans excel in Beer and sausage. You can stick their cars where the sun don't shine.

gggav

2 Apr 16 #53

Nowt like Erdinger, this tastes and smells like baked beans :confused:

Shinoke

2 Apr 16 #54

Oh my goodness, weheinstephaner for 1 Euro 22!
That's under a pound per bottle. Half the price of here.

To be fair, Belgian beers have an even greater price difference - e.g. Chimay - around £3 at least here for 33cl. Easily had for 1 Euro 50 across Benelux/Western Europe.

Shinoke

2 Apr 16 #55

Just to mention, Hoegaarden is completely different. It's a witbier - Belgian, not a Hefeweizen - which the Franziskaner and Erdinger are - German wheat beers.

The German wheat beers are purer - the Beglain witbier has corriander and orrange peel added, for quite a different flavour.

Naturally wheat bears can have a phenolic taste - e.g. Bubble gum and often Banana are mentioned as flavours. Estery aromas. And cloves too. But the Belgians actually add ingredients to add to those natural flavours.

I like hoegaarden but it does have a much more pond water taste.

I've tried Franziskaner - but I didn't think much of it personally. Weheinstephaner is much nicer in my opinion.
Heard good things about Paulaner too, although it's hard to find here and not tried it.

My fave so far is Weheinstephaner's Dunkelweizen.

Dunkel's are hard to find in the UK too, especially the supermarkets. Waitrose used to sell the Weheinstephaner's Dunkelweizen.

As the name suggests it's a dark wheat beer. Perhaps less banana flavour, but very tasty.

dai bonehead

2 Apr 16 #56

Who's coat is this jacket hanging on the floor byere?

Chasloyal

2 Apr 16 #57

Indeed, and bear in mind that at the till they take 25% off that price when they scan your Merkur Friends card during check out :wink:

When I came over here nearly five years ago I used to smoke 60 snout a day, including a good half dozen reefers, and barely ever drank.

I gave up smoking over two n half years ago now even though 20 Benson silver even now are only €4.20 for 20 I believe and funky is around 30 Euro for 5 grammes hmmmmm hardly surprising I became a lag boat when you consider I got 7 bottles of Jägermeister for 63 Euro from Insterspar last week to take back to Essexshire with me in a fortnight's time :smile:

telttruth

2 Apr 16 #58

Whereabouts in Germany are you?

Chasloyal

2 Apr 16 #59

I'm in Austria, a small gaff called Eisenstadt about 10 mile from the Hungarian border

telttruth

2 Apr 16 #60

Ah, my bad. I'm off the Bavaria next week and was hoping for some tips on the off chance. Never mind.

Chasloyal

2 Apr 16 #61

Well depending on what part of Bavaria you're off to you might only be a stone's throw from Austria. To be honest I got no idea on the prices over there as I'm obviously on the totally opposite end of Austria.

My only tip would be if you're going by train, don't puff a drawer that you might/might not have bought on route in Holland in the khazi or you could well end up in custody in Passau on some Catholic saint's day bank holiday like I did about 10 years ago :smile:

telttruth

2 Apr 16 #62

Munich, Augsburg and Nuremburg. There won't be any gear being smoked, just beer and lots of it with the odd jager. Cheeky football trip with a couple of games and a Noel Gallagher gig.

soldierboy001

2 Apr 16 #64

Yes but don't forget the Europeans tax all bad for you things at a well lower rate than the UK government.

Chasloyal

2 Apr 16 #65

Where's the gig at then, is it in Nürnberg? Nice manor that and quite a few decent shops for clobber if you're taking a few quid with ya.

What game you watching, are you going to Nürnberg against Duisburg then? The pondlife from the Reeperbahn play there in about a month's time but that said I don't think Nürnberg are particularly political, definitely not right wing like say Dresden, Rostock or some of the the other Ossi clubs are so it's not that big for them, Fürth is their derby.

I go Rapid Wien a bit and have made quite a lot of friends there since I been going. There's a friendship between the Rapid and Nürnberg ultras but there's a lot of needle between the respective hooligans/casuals of the two clubs. Weird situation that makes no sense to me, when there's some Nürnberg ultras visiting here the Rapid firm leave em be and when Rapid ultras travel to their games Nürnberg's posse leave them alone. The beef is only between the thugs whilst the ultras are so pally :confused: they do things different over here

telttruth

3 Apr 16 #66

Noel Gallagher is on in Munich, it is actually the week after next i go. Then going to watch Augsburg v Stuttgart and then Gruether Furth v Fortuna Dusseldorf. Mixed in with beer, sausage and whatever else is on offer. Mini Oktoberfest starts on the Friday in Munich as well which is a bonus.

soldierboy001

3 Apr 16 #67

Cummon Dusseldorf.

Chasloyal

3 Apr 16 #68

I've never been to Fürth town, never mind the football ground, I don't think there's anything spectacular going on there.....apart from great bangers and top beer like everyhwere in Bavaria. Driven past it on the motorway loads of times but always in a rush otherwise I'd have turned off to have a nosey. I am rather fond of going to any random manor I am passing with a football team to take a butcher's at the ground.

All the cabaret will be in the away end there then :smile: there's been proper aggro between Düsseldorf's ultras and casuals about a friendship with Athletico Madrid for quite a while now. I got a feeling they may even have segregation between the two groups at away games nowadays, bit like was the case with PSG for years and Partizan Belgrade in more recent times.

Düsseldorf's posse are called the Bushwhackers funnily enough :sunglasses: I wonder where they got that name from hehe

Hope Augsburg win the other game but Stuttgart look like they're out of it already this year, shame, as they are a proper pet hate of mine and I'd love to see them get relegated one of these days.

German football rocks, big crowds with proper passionate fans, the clubs ain't fleecing them like they do back home either. I never go in to matches back at home, well perhaps a couple of times a season, I go down there course but I just stay in the pub instead. Fell out of love with football many years ago if I'm honest

telttruth

3 Apr 16 #69

Yeah i agree, i think Furth has nothing to offer but it isn't far from Nuremburg so we can have a few pints there first, or take cans/bottles seeing as drinking in the streets is fine in Germany.
The atmosphere at German games are top class, we went to Hannover v Dortmund last year. We were in the home end next to the Dortmund fans and might as well have been in the Dortmund end considering the amount of Dortmund fans in the home end. Class game, class atmosphere.

Chasloyal to telttruth

3 Apr 16 #70

Hey listen don't hold me to it but I would assume that in Germany, but especially in Bavaria, you can get hold of Almdudler. It's like a fizzy pop soft drink, really is like what Irn Bru is in Scotland Almdudler is here in Austria, and it is the mutt's nuts for recovering after a hard day's over indulgence from over eating and getting lagging drunk at the football :wink:

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z450/Chasloyal/IMG_20160403_143912_zpsce4d4hns.jpg

And as you can see here there's a special limited edition cannabis, sorry hemp, flavour available at the minute and I highly recommend it :sunglasses:

Edit: I am ok with H96 but never been much of an admirer of BVB, don't get me wrong literally anyone is better than the unwashed underclass from the Reeperbahn and than Bayern when it comes to Germany, but I don't like the club and don't like the town. I'm very much Schalke sympathetic round that neck of the woods, I would be far more comfortable with preferring Bochum but seeing they lick Bayern's Harris because of their mutual hatred of Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen I can't stick them either.

Maybe I'm bias but I'm all for the east because to me that's where it's at when you think FCH, Dresden, Magdeburg and even Karl Marx Stadt(Chemnitz), Cottbus, Erfurt and Halle are all languishing in the third division yet all them clubs' support is so staunch.

Of course Dynamo are definitely going back up to the second and plastic Leipzig will most likely be going up to the Bundesliga 1 with Red Bull money but none of them have had even a sniff of real success since reunification nearly 30 years ago now. It's actually gutting it's taken corporate money to get an Ossi club within touching distance of the top flight again after a good five, perhaps ten years.

peterfuse

3 Apr 16 #71

Great deal, got the same in Newtownabbey Lidl

htfc06

3 Apr 16 #72

What size are the bottles ?

Kebabcasualty to htfc06

3 Apr 16 1 #73

500 mls

htfc06

3 Apr 16 #74

Thanks I will try it.

JezB

4 Apr 16 #75

Weihenstephaner is the daddy if you ask me, Franziskaner is OK, and Erdinger is practically tasteless in the bottle, though drinkable on draught. Worth keeping an eye out for the regular Groupon deal that does 23 wheat beers and a proper glass for £30, pretty good selection of bottles you wouldn't otherwise find in the UK, quite a few dunkels included, also a light beer selection for the same price, and a strong beer one with less bottles (neither of which I have tried).

Chasloyal

4 Apr 16 #76

There's a special dark Franziskaner called Royal comes out over here around Christmas time I think in a special selection box with a few of their others, including unfortunately a couple of bottles off their zero percent dross. That said, the supplied glass does make it worth the purchase :man:

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z450/Chasloyal/IMG_20160404_230118_zpskhfxw5g9.jpg

Kulaak

5 Apr 16 #77

Aldi do this German beer for £1.25 if no luck with this

https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1586/24188211504_54fcac8817_b.jpg

Chasloyal to Kulaak

5 Apr 16 #78

I've never heard of it to be honest though I'll have a nosey for it next time I go Hofer(Aldi in Austria).

It's obviously meant to look a bit Franzi with the monk and obviously the Rhein Ruhr area is miles from Bavaria yet having took a nosey on their site I wonder how they are able to supply Aldi and at such a low price too as they seem to be a rather nice boozer restaurant with a small brewery.

We got a gaff like that near me in Eisenstdt called the HaydnBräu and both their grub and home brewed beers are superb but they don't supply their beers to anyone else.

http://www.haydnbraeu.at/start.htm

soldierboy001 to Kulaak

5 Apr 16 #79

Gets pretty poor results on beer drinker sites out of 5 gets 2.74 and 3.2 averages and most rate as coloured water with taste.

Kulaak

5 Apr 16 1 #80

Well I've tried it. Didn't think it was to bad. Wouldn't touch it again if tasted ill & weak. Not saying it's same league but to me taste like a quality wheat beer worth trying.

Morenenth

5 Apr 16 #81

wow could not find any of these at the branch i visited, might try another

Chasloyal

7 Apr 16 #82

Branch you visited, why where are you?

sylv

8 Apr 16 #83

Couldn't find any in West Point Shopping Centre Lidl (Chilwell). :disappointed:

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