Your lovely lady is a keeper. Nice present

Drink it warm on a park bench with a roll up

I remember when this first came out it was bloody tasty!

Why Christmas is the place to chew an orange! Mash it of a beer sock!

This knocks the spots off Beavertowns Blood 'ell, now that the ABV has been severely reduced on it!

As you may have guessed I'm not a fan of these Christmas/Advent boxes as they've got bugger all to do with Christmas and there just a cynical cash in, seasonal beers to me are chocolate Stouts/Porters, Barley wine and spiced ales, I don't think your going to find many of them in here.

The film reference is off-putting but I suppose it would be like a Radler.

why the rush, full review please

Hmmm, that's 2/2 for ones that you can get in the supermarket. Surely they're not all going to be stuff you can easily get right.....riiiight!?

Nothing says Christmas like hazy Jane Peach BAH Humbug,

Starting off with their now pseudo flagship beer I see. Hopefully there won't be many (if any) duplicates for you. Looking forward to the next 23 days!

Steady brewdog offering

Brewdog make decent stouts everything else is a turkey shoot, your reviews are generally short but this was barely a whisper, in your heart of hearts I think you knew this beer was poor and since madame director made the purchase you where a true gent for saying no more.

I regret buying the dupe. Not even close taste wise to proper job. No depth of flavour, no citrus flavour coming through, and rougher down the gullet.

Greedy king

Gonna try this one soon great value thanks for sharing

I recently tried Iron Maiden Pale Ale recent which was new for me, but not had 6.0 IPA hopefully I can find it in the shops

There's no 4 for 3 deal on this and I ain't paying £3 for a no frills IPA, up the Irons!

I had this beer in their Cart & Horses Pub London thought it was very good. Such a shame the pub only has this in the bottle and not a tap version but still very good.

I like a strongish beer with that piney side but without too much of the grapefruit.

Really good review, it's a cracking ale. I do like a 6% IPA, has a kick to it. Have a try of Camerons Motorhead IPA called To Hell and Back which again is a bloody good beer, but as far as I know you can only get it online. 🤘

Did not know there are two different types, cheers for the info

Well I've learnt something new, I didn't know there were different versions of this! My favourite Trooper beer is Hallowed, which us a Belgian style ale. It's only released periodically, but whenever it is, I always try to get it! Nice one David!

I'm completely in agreement about maiden being the best rock/metal band. Somewhere in time for me being their best offering. The beers rather nice too

Good value for money £1.10 a bottle brilliant looks good too

No butter 🧈 no no no😂

I tried this yesterday. I used to drink Krombacher, but due to gut problems, ive cut it out. But this tasted yesterday as good as my old mate Krombacher. But i cannot drink too much. Good review

I'm surprised with this review! I'm basing that on the coffee Stout sold by Aldi and brewed by Badger! It's such a perfect beer imho!

fun thing is... Harnaś is known among my friends group as kind of a meme beer a very cheap and mediocre one, hyped up by ads mostly i started drinking it as a joke, but i actually grew to like it my personal favourite one is Żywiec Białe (and its two variations - peach and rapsberry variations) and Perła Export comes in second

Kronny seems a bit sweet, but both 5%,.... for the price aldi is the winner.... £3.85 now 4 a 4 pack of 1897.... rather than nearly a fiver for kronny.....

Prefer this drink in the box with zero carbonation. 3 litres of goodness for as little as £6.50. Bargain

During my Highland hike this year, I had the chance to try their Scotch Ale. Very good. I can imagine they make good stuff in general.

I wonder, if this had been marketed as a porter instead of a stout, would it have changed your opinion on the body? (which I agree with, stouts SHOULD have full bodies.) I always attribute porters to having a thinner body than a stout, but maybe that's just me?

Hi David. A stout needs to be rich and indulgent, especially when combined with chocolate and orange. Ummmm, your review may or may not persuade me to try it. I’m concerned by you saying it has a “thin” mouth feel. As always, a cracking good review. Thank you. 👏👏👍😀🍺

I love your analogy of the abandoned 70's children, cola bottle with paper straw and salted crisps with the blue packet of salt, brilliant stuff.

Maybe its time to get away from these cheap fake H/B beers and spend a few pennies on this Years Fullers Vintage or give the new Timothy Taylor/Northern Monk nitro stout a go (Morrisons) its pretty decent.

I’ve got a habit of drinking this when I’m already drunk after the pub thanks for sharing

Thanks. I love this Beer. You need to pour it all in one because it's quite soupy. Extremely cheap for the quality and yes it's a little rough round the edges but that is part of it's appeal.

Not being of drinking age in the 70's either, but being brought up in a Pub, an Ansell's, later Tetley's, House. I can confirm the overwhelming choice of drink was Bitter, delivered in huge 36 gallon kegs. There was one Mild pump and one Lager (Skol). In bottles, you had Double Diamond, Light Ale, Guinness & Mackeson, and that was yer lot.

I am not exactly sure but I believe this and the love lane brewery are under the ownership of the home bargains owner? I have yet to have a home bargains own beer attempt that was any good. I guess at that £1.39 price point they're limited but for not much more there's better beers available. On the other hand Home bargains do get into their stores a variety of European lagers that are generally decent.

I really hope nobody buys me that for christmas.

Hop extract doesnt violate the purity law since its just another form of hops, plus the law itself doesnt specificy the form of the hops (fresh? Dried? Pellets?). A common practice that is the closest to a violation of the reinheitsgebot would be the addition of minerals into the brewing water imo.

Hi David. Oh my, what is wrong with Higson’s. Don’t they employ a Master Brewer in their reincarnation? Thank you for such an honest review.

You're braver than I am trying that!

Why oh why oh why is beer considered to be an appropriate conduit for every mad flavouring? It's not like you can get beer flavoured custard (I hope). Bah humbug!.... hmmm.... thinks.... beer with a hint of humbug.

Another reviewer I watch absolutely condemned this! I still don't think I'll give it a go. Also, Home Bargains now owns Lovelane brewery under their T.J Morris corporate name, hence why you only ever see them in there!

Yeah i always pull that face with any kind of flavoured diabetic stouts. Completely given up on those now, nasty

Had this last year under a different brewers name, it was piss poor, got it again to try, not expecting much.much better out there

Was the one called st Christopher in the 80s

Remember the day they come out rubbish then rubbish now but thanks for the video