Budvar is far better than any of those. Original Bud from Czech republic. At a tenner this is a treat.

You have to drink it within 2 hours, that's how it works in my house anyway.

Found this is the Weybridge store

I just couldn't understand the question the way you wrote it originally......there was no rudeness intended (or written)! Apologies if it came across that way, I was just trying to expand on what good beers are available.

Both the beers you mention are significantly better than San Miguel, Amstel, etc. Of the two, I prefer Bitburger (just my opinion of course).

Hi. I am a Beer Sommelier and Budvar is the best lager from overseas by far. Tastes more like Pilsner Urquell than anything else. Both Czech, but Budvar total brew time is over 100 days whereas PU is about 30 days. That means a better more rounded taste. FYI - things like fosters etc take a handful of days to brew...different league altogether.

Thanks OP. I know its not *that* much cheaper than cans, but the novelty factor of a modern Watney's Party 7 suckered me in for a Christmas purchase.

Trouble is, the Old Speckled Hen keeps staring at me from the corner of the garage. It might not live to see santa :smiley:

Hmm, think I'll stick with bottles.

In the fridge, in the garage or outside

Forgive me if this is a really stupid question, but how do you keep the beer cold?

Well I popped to my local for a Budvar but none available .Not really for the deal but for the novelty factor oh and the wife cant count the empty cans.

Next to the empty space for the speckled hen kegs @ £2/l
Multipacks of cans at £2.05 /l

So not the hugely discounted price I had the impression it was

Both out of stock in Eastbourne ☹️️

My advice....get that keg open and nail it tonight....you'll have a **** night's sleep and you'll feel like **** you'll have stopped your brain committing much of the day's activities to long term storage.

So you'll forget what a numpty you were with your maths on this thread :stuck_out_tongue:

Coming up as £27.50 on their site! Else I woulda made the trip.
Good choice there it seems though?
Is it a dispenser bag in a box, I take it?

All gone in Ipswich and this was at 7-00am this morning .

I got an old golden hen keg in Glasgow

Thanks; hadn't heard of them & am just up the road!

double shock! :smile:

Couldn't get any in the two local to me. they said won't be refilling shelves until after offer as its while stocks last

couldn't get budvar in paisley. there was speckled hen thoughh

I'm in shock!:smile:

Budvar OOS everywhere in Glasgow it seems.

out of stock

£1.14 a pint from the keg

Is your local a British Legion? £2.30 a pint for "Old Speckled Hen" is amazing
Cheapest round here is £2.80 for "Black Sheep"

Klarstein! The pump one not the gas one!

can anyone recommend keg dispensers?

Wow. What a deal. A Budvar keg for £10 is truly Xmas comes early. Real beer imported from the Czech republic. Rang Morrisons yesterday and found a store that had some as my first choice didn't. Managed to grab 6 despite it being max 2 per customer. Happy days start from tomorrow when the first one goes.

Just a heads up that the Farnborough (Hampshire) store didn't appear to have any in when I checked tonight. They did have some magnum prosecco and other beer deals on however.

Budvar (nice drink ice cold) is by far the best deal here-

• a bottle of Budvar is £4.00 a litre
• the 5L keg of Budvar is £2.00 a litre

so half price!

Old Speckled hen

• 440ml cans (x10) £2.05 a litre
• the 5L keg of Old Speckled Hen is £2.00 a litre

So Budvar lovers are gettin a bargain
Old Speckled Hen lovers - not so

just my 2 pence
ps

The Budvar really does give a 'pub' experience probably my imagination but pours like a local.

Not long at all once opened!!

its by the exit, strange as easy for someone to pinch.

Hi
The Budvar is the same as the new Old Speckled Hen keg

1/ turn sprigot clockwise and use a spoon to gently prise out sprigot.
2/ press button and fill a large glass till it stops
3/ turn black widget (on top of keg in the centre) clockwise as far as it will go.
4/ press button on sprigot and enjoy

best used within 3 days

hope this helps

cheaper than £2.20 a pint then...and some...trouble is I don't usually like drinking at home...prefer my local with mates and our gorgeous barmaid.. I like the craic as drinking alone sucks!.

I think that might be a reflection of your local store/area and the availability... if you're able to get it delivered from a different store or to elsewhere (friend/relative), then it might show up stock that way? :smiley:

5 litre is 8.79877 in pints, according to Google; so just shy of 9 pints worth, I guess :smiley:

oos online and no Budvar...

Old Speckled Hen is £2.20 a pint in my local (has been for ages) and I like the stuff....think I will leave my local for a few days and buy a couple of these Kegs at this price!
How much does this stuff from the keg work out in pints?

Thanks picked up a couple of Budvars this afternoon.

its an ok deal at 2 quid a litre but its usually 2.12 at asda in cans - with no expiry dates wories

Picked up a Budvar, tnx Op

Also picked up a keg of Warsteiner from Costco for £11 - you have to pay to be a member but that's a wicked brew

never any stock when I go

Real ale is what I meant :smiley:

Got 4 buds and a hen for delivery later so fingers crossed they turn up.

Got all three types in Morrisons Openshaw, East Manchester. Tucked away inside the door near the salad bar.

I've returned them. The wedding is in June.

So, the 12 an early celebration or okay for the wedding?

I bought 12 hoping to use them for my wedding next year.
Be warned if you're buying them in advance to use at an event / celebration / whatever, the sell by date will be around April 2017.

Yeah, good shout Shaz

Great post by shaz but I agree he was referring to 'real ale' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cask_ale

Plenty available in Leighton Buzzard just inside the door along with the 1.5l bottles of wine for a tenner too.

I think he meant into real ale.
Not ales in general

out of stoke at the hanley stoke-on-Trent store was told they sold out yesterday only 2 cases what a con. they wounder why people stop shopping there

Wrong. Unless the beer is meant to secondary ferment. From Camra `Brewery-conditioned, or keg, beer has a longer shelf life as it is not a living product. Basically, after the beer has finished fermentation in the brewery and has been conditioned, it is chilled and filtered to remove all the yeast and then it is pasteurised to make it sterile. This is then put in a sealed container, called a keg, ready to be sent to the pub.

The problem is that removing the yeast and ‘killing off' the product through pasteurisation also removes a great deal of the taste and aroma associated with real ale. Because there is no secondary fermentation occurring in the container (i.e keg) in which is held, there is no natural carbonation of the beer so gas either carbon dioxide or a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen has to be added to "fizz up" the beer. This creates an unnaturally fizzy beer rather than the gentle carbonation produced by the slow secondary fermentation in a cask of real ale.`

Lots at Aylesbury store.
Golden hen also.
Hobgoblin also down to £13.

All located on the main aisle at the back of the store around the beer

Either way these taste far better than out of a can

My point was either way they still taste far better and smoother than the smaller cans or bottles as i Have had these plenty of times in the past and others above agree. Not a novelty, they taste better than the 50p a can.

LOL

Good one, collected 4 yesterday happy days, suspect they maybe gone at the weekend though as my son has his eyes on them.

Is that because with them by the exit door of Morrisons you thought they were complimentary?

I've got beer kegs most mornings. Sadly they're free.

Yep. Maths has never been my strong point. Good job I only bought 2 kegs...

​I found the best way to be to wrap string around it a few times after you've prised up the edges. Then give it a yank

lovely present hope your car runs till 300,000 miles

Got some for my dad as a thankyou for helping fix my car :smile: I am sure he will be very happy :smile: fab price for a tenner and looks great in the mini keg form.

Just about to reply to this, you beat me.

l forgot the :wink: ​

​Hey.. No Andy l just rushed out to get me more beer as l believed your working out!

If Old Golden Hen is part of that deal (as the picture above seems to show) then I'd better get down the local Morrisons!

Can confirm they have them in store, but not with the rest of the alcohol, they were on a Black Friday stand near the entrance with some cheap fizz in the Milton Keynes store. But there's a limit of 2 per customer!!

Andy thats just plain greedy!

Out of stock online!!!

yep Andy's been tasting the goods and calc has been effected strong stuff at 5.0 !

You better check your calculation again Andy.

Hi sorry to correct you but its equal to £1.00 a 500ML can a tad less than a 10 pack of 440ML of "The hen"

if its was "That works out to 50p per 500ml can" it would be a fiver a keg and 1984

Its a 5 litre keg so thats 5000ml. That works out to 50p per 500ml can. Its cheap. HEAT!

You try wrapping 4 tinnies up for Xmas and getting away with it.

Found this is the Weybridge store

Great price , although it still had £15 on display :smiley: Checkout girl had sold loads today so knew the price when I asked

We all make mistakes you taught me something today.

To confirm the 5L kegs and cans are filled under pressure zero gas so in effect the 5L key is no different to a 500 or 440ML can of "The Hen"

Interesting article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_brewery_cask_units#Hogshead

Not familiar with Budvar but did snag one earlier will try and have a look later
cheers

sorry, yes.

Don't know if it's been mentioned before but they also have kegs of Golden Speckled Hen for £10 - at least they do in Watford store ...

... can't find it on their website though !

For Home Brewers
https://youtu.be/tA9ZLNQhrgg

Thanks op, loads of stock in Chippenham, worth stocking up for Christmas, but only bought the one... for now

50p for late evenings for me.

I picked up a couple of Budvar in the MK, Leisure Plaza store first thing this morning. They has a display area just as you enter the store and none on the shelf except the Old Speckled Hen which was still showing £15, although that and Old Golden Hen were a tenner on the display. They had approx. 8 of each on display and the Budvar had use before date of April 2017 if any will last until then :smile: It clearly said MAX 2 PER CUSTOMER on the signage too.

Are you drunk.

You are aware no gas is ever put into ale? hence why cans and the small cask will have the same effect, how would you think that these are different taste?

Not sure how limited your knowledge is so I want to check that you are aware that pubs use 9gallon firkins and not 5l aluminium casks.

Old Speckled Hen does taste better out of the these Kegs but not pub better IMHO also the difference is more noticable in the 1st 60% of these mini Kegs after that they become more like out the can.

The new press button spigot is a definite improvement to my favorite tipple.

Unfortunately the Bury St Edmonds based Green King have zero presence in North Wales from what I can see. Shame.

Not really sure how many people in here drink these but not alot of you by these comments, It's like saying carling tastes better in a can than out of a barrell in a pub?!!

These are not novelty and the taste is far better than out of cans. If your an ale drinker, Old Speckled Hen out of can or bottle tastes just like the rubbish out of a carling can in comparison to tap at a pub which is so much smoother.

Old speckled hen and ale drinkers down the pub will know the difference. The 50p a can stay at home drinkers will rate this cold.

l got 3 today and 1 Old SH.
cheers OP.

same deal in Morrison in pboro as well. picked up 2 kegs of golden hen....will try not to drink it before crimbo

Hi
That is Budvar?

My guess would be when the pouring stops, as in when the 'flow diminishes'...

Picked a speckled and a budvar up this morning, cheers OP. They also had kegs of golden hen as part of the deal

Morrison Wrexham have plenty of Old Speckled Hen, Budvar and Golden Hen on offer.
They are by the exit not where the booze is.
I stopped off and treated myself to a Christmas lunch (available from 11.30 to 2.30pm) massive portion and good value for Roast Turkey and all the trimmings - a fiver

What's the best way to get the plastic plug thing out? (not using for homebrew........just want to keep it.....for....stuff)

Could someone whose had these before just explain to an idiot what it means by;
4. Slowly turn air release when beer flow diminishes?

Do you do this before, during or after you pour?.
Cheers.

I went this morning and was told it's a 2 keg limit (which was OK with me, as that's all they had)

Plenty of stock in Fishponds, Bristol

No budvar in Morrisons netherfield, Nottingham. Also the kegs they did have were £15 sadly.

I'm equidistant to Connah's Quay and Wrexham was going to got to Wrexham. I tend to alternate.

Have they started building the garage at Connah's Quay yet?

Picked up a Budvar in Chorley this morning; plenty of Speckled Hen and Budvar, also a few Old Golden Hen at the same price

Just ordered my Speckled Hen for tomorrow morning! Thank you

Picked up 1 of each in Connah's Quay this morning... had plenty of Speckled Hen but only about 5 Budvar left

Hi
I agree.
Old Speckled Hen my favorite the cheapest I can see is the 10 x 440ml cans for £9.00 at Morrisons which is £2.05 a litre
or £1.02 1/2 p for 500ml
This deal at £1.00 for 500ml is 25p a keg cheaper
not worth rushing / queuing for



The only thing with the 440ML is they don't last very long, come to think about it the kegs don't either!

Greene King have just updated the kegs and they are much better now, fair play.

budvar now showing as £10
https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Budweiser-Budvar-Keg/353205011?from=search&tags=%7C105651¶m=keg&parentContainer=SEARCHkeg_SHELFVIEW

Good spot, heat added.
I'm not too keen on Budvar (I prefer the taste of more whimpy, weaker lagers).
Speckled Hen is also a bit strong but the flavour is lovely. I shall go for one of these.
Thanks for posting.

Mines just been delivered, many thanks OP

The Budvar has this statement below the add button `This product is available for orders to be delivered after 4pm on Friday `. Thanks OP.

Excuse me. Functioning alcoholic degenerate, please.

My local Iceland has bitburger kegs for £13.50

Ooooooooo old speckled hen
Gonna go empty the boot of the car now :smirk:

Not in my local (Folkestone) but they had a Stella keg plus two half pint Stella chalice glasses for £18

Yep, it's just a big version of a normal can. I'll be stocking up for certain!

Nothing's free.....

Even nicer if drunk in Brooklyn. Even better if in Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse where its free.

You are absolutely right!

I Like the SA Boston lager but Brooklyn lager is the nicer brew for sure!

and annoyingly only in 350ml bottles for Brooklyn.

Would this keep,if bought and then used Xmas day ?

I am deffo in.. Budweiser budvar is a top brew! If the Speckled Hen is in the deal better still!
So off to my local in the morning.

Calm down savile

Its times like this I wish I had a shed at the bottom of the garden

Well the Bud is now reduced to a tenner but sod all else is:

https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/getSearchProducts.do?clearTabs=yes&isFreshSearch=true&chosenSuggestionPosition=&entry=keg&dclid=CMXKiKL2qtACFeim7Qodg_gPBA&dnr=y

It's also listed now on their "offers" page:

https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/getCategories.do?tags=103120%7C150066%7C161713%7C161719

No mention of any other kegs in this deal...at least as yet.

Defo be "a draught experience" in our garage.
It's chuffin freezin atm!
Chase this with a litre of Jack Daniels Honey @£20 in Sainsbury's & it's a very merry Christmas to one and all!!!
HEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAT!!!!!

Budvar is showing £10 now

Just been on the site. This offer appears to be live already for the Budvar.

haha love it, me all over )

Not bad when compared to bottle price but as already said, not anything special against the can

no wonder this country is full of alcoholic degenerates

Budvar is closest to a peroni or staropramen.
Is one of the best premium lagers that you can buy on the shelves.
Nothing like budwieser (thank god!).

You have to drink it within 2 hours, that's how it works in my house anyway.

£1.13 per pint. hot

The reason i like the kegs over cans, is you can choose what you want to drink.
It'll last quite a long time. I BELIEVE it's around 5 days?
You can choose to have a small glass or a pint.
If you're having a party, it's easier to dish out in whatever size glasses.

A slight novelty, i'm sure you'll agree!

ok so based on the comments ghost ship might not be a tenner.....will still nip out tomorrow to my local store to check this deal out neverless

​Vent the keg through the top valve before you open and pour the first pint. Reduces the amount of froth hugely.

Probably means you have to consume it quicker, but it does work

keep an eye on iceland, they have it on offer sometimes, got some in the summer for about £13?

I got tomorrow morning between 6am and 7am for 50p!

what's usually the cheapest home delivery slot? never used Morrison's before and nearest one is 15 miles away.

An alcoholic, really? Why's that? Because someone would dare to drink this in less than 4 days!

Said like a true alcoholic! This is the equivalent of about 11 normal (440ml) cans

Sorry but cold from me it's £10 for 8 cans with a shorter shelf life once opened.

What exactly is the taste difference between bottles and cans?

THere was Stella Kegs in my local Morrisons last weekend... £18

Budvar is online at £10 but it seems to be the only 1 at the moment.
https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Budweiser-Budvar-Keg/353205011?from=search&tags=%7C105651¶m=keg&parentContainer=SEARCHkeg_SHELFVIEW

Jeez Paddy, that brought back memories of flogging the odd one of those per month in my Offie in the early 80's, along with the Mild in the blue can. Horrible stuff.
Where are they now; Long Life, Double Diamond, Skol, Harp, Ben Truman, etc,. They all deserved to disappear.

people still drink factory lager? Don't you know craft beer happened?

​showing your age there fella. I have only heard of this!

​or if you cant find any Brooklyn lager you could always drink, not even your own, but someone elses p1$$

Genuine answer: you are right

and on top of that (IMO), your bottles will taste better.

​"Ultra hot"

so then sir, how will you be voting this deal? Hot like the masses or will you be exercising your right to vote by pressing the 'ultra hot' button....

Novelty - There is no other reason; as soon as far as I'm aware as soon as you open this you need to consume within a couple of days. Bottles/cans are better but this is a novelty item to look the dogs **** in front of your mates.

proper not paper!

excellent will probably buy this although potbelly brewery in Kettering do a smashing ale box for around £20 for 10 litres and that's the normal price for some paper proper stuff. my all time favourite is hop trotter.

Nah, I'm sticking with my Watney's Party Seven!

Once you've emptied the keg they are really easy to reuse for those folk that dabble in homebrew!

Although I see these kegs in the shops I never see any kind of thingy to get the beer out. I take it that there's some kind of tap or something ?

Keeps in keg for at least a month as sealed until you open the frothy bevy.

How long will the beer in keg keep for?

Been waiting for these on offer, cheers op

I liked your post. Good one. :wink:

Brilliant, 3 weeks off work at xmas.....Darts, Football, Horse Racing....and now this :smile:

I just couldn't understand the question the way you wrote it originally......there was no rudeness intended (or written)! Apologies if it came across that way, I was just trying to expand on what good beers are available.

Both the beers you mention are significantly better than San Miguel, Amstel, etc. Of the two, I prefer Bitburger (just my opinion of course).

Hmmm you're sounding a little rude, I thought it was pretty clear. Does Budvar (and Bitburger) taste anything like fosters or Heineken or Amstel or San Miguel etc...?

Any experts tell me which, more commen, lager Budvar and also Bitburger most resemble (tatsewise)?
Cheers.

Most are now made here too. All the Japanese ones pretty well are...

Hey all. Genuine question (not meaning to disrespect the deal :smiley: ). The normal price I pay for 4 X 500ml can of Speckled hen is £4.50 (£5 at the most sometime but sometimes £4 too). So that's £1.125 per 500ml. This deal is £1 per 500ml. Its a bit cheaper but nothing I'm going to rush out and buy. Why is this so hot? Genuine question as I suspect people might just like the novelty of a keg, maybe as a Christmas present but in terms of value for money its not really that good. Sorry I feel like a party pooper ;-). Genuinely interested. Thanks!

It's the speckled hen like handpull or is it gassy like it's bottled?

Good deal

It's imported from Belgium and it's 5%. Picked up a couple at the weekend, each keg comes with 2 'the chalice' glasses, that are great. The whole lot makes a great gift. Says the beer keeps fresh for 30 days once opened. Ideal for storing in the garage or shed where it's cold, and pop to pull a pint. Supposedly a draught experience

Never tried budvar, shame they don't do Stella/Budweiser or Amstel.

Where are folks getting the idea that Ghost Ship is also going to be included in this deal?. I can't see any mention of this in the Op and the link just takes you to the search results for "keg". By this logic the Hobgoblin would be in the deal...unless I'm missing something here?.

Not quite the same tho, if giving it as a gift!

£2/ltr vs Stella in Asda at £1.52/ltr in 30 handy size mini-kegs that retain freshness through to Christmas

my local adnams shop sells ghost ship for £17 a keg so ultra hot from me

Fantastic deal. Thanks OP

Brilliant! Using a voucher I have from my more card I'll end up with 2 of these for £15, was looking for a way to spend £20 in store before Sunday! (already maxed out on spirits) :smiley: Cheers OP!

Roughly £1.11 a pint.
Heat added :sunglasses:

bought one for the grandads birthday yesterday it worked a treat. they had a Stella one in morrisons also but more expensive

GHOST SHIP! HEAT ADDED.....

This is the only time the £/ltr drops below or the same as the price for just buying cans/bottles.

I guess you could argue these are more fun if you're easily amused.

It has a pull up cap on top to it to increase the pressure, which brings the fizz back, but yeah they last no longer than 3-4 days

Finally I have no excuse to get one but don't you have to drink it in 4 days or does keep longer than they say ?

Does it have a ring pull on the top?

This is too good to be true! Defo get some from "Christmas" not the next few weekends, honest...

stock even

think I'll stick up on this for Christmas. cheers.

BUDVA yum yum yum only problem Morrison is about 10 miles from me & in the past never had the deals I went for! This time will call the store 1st.
Nice find Op HEAT ADDED for this bargain deal :sunglasses:

Wow I contemplated buying one only last Saturday for £15... Destiny is real!!!

Christmas friends...

Before any one else says it Roll out the barrel. sizzling hot.

Thanks, hope my local has stock, will be ideal for Christmas.

TH14 - Legend :wink: