Was in Aldi today and noticed their 440ml craft cans are at the bargain price of £1.59! Having largely enjoyed their English ale bottles (mostly Marston's, I think), I thought I'd give them a go.
What a mistake that was.
The Stout About It vanilla stout smells nice, but tastes mostly of candle wax.
The Twice as Nice Double IPA is as if Greene King brewed a strong ale in their usual manuery style in a green, oxidised brass barrel.
We're Jamming, the strawberry lager, instead of being quite refreshing like Camden brewery's take on the style, tastes like San Miguel with a spoonful of strawberry jam mixed in.
Sharp Tongue grapefruit pale is basically a malty English pale with some synthetic fruit flavours. Done very much on the cheap, none of the citrus comes from US hops.
It's certainly given me much more appreciation for standard supermarket craft cans which can sometimes be a bit run-of-the-mill, but actually provide the flavours they're intended to. The four cost me just over £6 and missed the mark in such a staggering manner that I found it funny (and I'm still drunk), so not such a wasted evening, but fucking hell how do they ever expect to sell this stuff over a long period? Last year they had a couple of pretty decent hoppy IPAs which weren't present at all today. Next time I'll stick to their bottled ruby and amber ales I think.
