Top 10 Supermarket Bottled Lager Shootout | What Is The Best Supermarket Lager?

[@burtlangoustine1]

At a glance this is mad funny. 10 poured beers all at once yet only one man, alone, seemingly talking to the wall with enthusiasm. Love it ! 🤣👍

[@chrisb6296]

I think he would be a great character in Gavin & Stacey. He knows what he is talking about...

[@burtlangoustine1]

@@chrisb6296 Car Karaoki 🤣

[@MrJocky82]

This is why I love this blooming channel! No filter, no scripts, just farts, burps, and beers. Class Simon!

[@frankcarter6427]

he's one of the best, most natural presenters on YT isn't he - there's no one else I'd watch reviewing microwave burgers, they disgust me, but he's so watchable

[@MrJocky82]

@@frankcarter6427 couldn't agree more, and thanks to Simon, in now a steinhauser convert. But he just a genuine guy that you could have great laugh with downing a few beers. And I dare say most of his subs are the same. Love this channel.

[@tc2425]

Cheers 🍻

[@1100CAR]

Great comment, he`s a beer superstar, farter, and burper.... honest as you like beer reviewer.

[@jonathanbritland9878]

Simon is just a natural beer drinker, a great presenter, I would love to go to Barry and have a beer with him@@1100CAR

[@anthonyprime]

I've not seen such a joyous video in ages! :) Budvar for me though, every day of the week and twice on Sundays!

[@katieblackmore2004]

Thank you for being real..... You didn't do any silly fancy editing, you were not trying to act like some professional know it all, you just opened, drank..... Got progressively more slightly tanked with each sip that was funny in the right way, and gave your opinion on some decent drinks. Really enjoyed it.

[@PaulMurphyMusic]

Any Italian beer brewed in the UK is a no from me. The best beer there for me is the Budvar🍺

[@NataliaBolshakova]

It's beer o'clock in Russia: thanks Simon for brilliant performance and entertainment! You're simply the best of all those beer channels. STONE THE CROWS. Paul / St. Petersburg

[@poutramos4826]

I had some great beer in St Petersburg in Tinkoff and Metropole. That was a while ago, don't know if they're still going but great places for a beer when I was there.

[@johnp8131]

Maybe worth knowing, Tsingtao, was originally brewed in China by Germans when it was part of the Imperial German Empire and the brewery was owned by the Anglo-German Brewery Co, pre WW1.

[@woodrowclose]

Lovely beer. Drank it all the time when I worked in China

[@TechnicianKC]

A personal favourite since I came across it in a small off licence about 30 years ago!

[@lpatterson5005]

You would think china's water would be tasting rank compared to others because of their pollution and overpopulation etc?

[@graytoby1]

I fucking love this channel Sir Edit: I feel a live stream Drink along would be a fantastic thing for this channel. You tell us the beers to buy a week in advance and Friday evening do a lovely live streamed tasting

[@greattobeadub]

Krombacher is the beer of choice where we live in Germany. You can get a crate of 24x .33l bottles (we buy by the crate of course) on a special offer in the local supermarket for €11. Lovely.

[@schizoidmen]

I just discovered Krombacher Dark and my life is complete!

[@timomomomo969]

You are living the dream! Great comparo. I don’t know how you keep it going /it please keep it going!

[@Etalex77]

Before I started watching I had my own top three worked out: 1: Krombacher, 2: Budweiser Budvar, 3: Staropramen. Good to see that we agree about the nr 1. I don't like my beers brewed with glucose or fructose syrup like Singha and I prefer the Czech aroma hops to the ones used in Tsingtao.

[@Doupyourflies]

You've pointed out exactly what's wrong with this tasting, you knew before he tried which would win. So did I. So what was the point? His Saturday night go to beer was always going to win.

[@madsleonardholvik3040]

I don't agree with you. This is a fun video, and there are 10 beers, so there are 9 places before 1 place! And anyways, he gives 10 out of 10 for several of the beers. I think you should make your own video before complaining about this one. 😊👍

[@Rich.Aardvark]

Totally agree with everything said 👍 import only beer unless its from q proper British brewery. Thats been my rule of thumb for 30 years.

[@neilstorey4772]

NOt touched British breewed larger for years, its shit

[@ralphfiligenzi6180]

This has to be the best beer review Simon has ever done!

[@edwardwilcox6606]

There`s something very special about Krombacher, it shades all-comers for me......great top ten Simon. Cheers!

[@richardyoung1975]

Simon , i totally love this review , I like the way you just said I've picked 10 beers , different glasses , a bit hectic but spot on mate

[@WolfmanWoody]

ONLY because of you doing this; I went to Tesco today and I bought a Tsingtao Lager together with a Singha and I also bought a Tyskie to find out why so many Polish anglers leave their bottles at our fisheries. (BAH!) So tonight I opened the Tsingtao and . . . it certainly is a beautiful lager. Love it! And that despite I don't like buying stuff from China, but I promise, this is an exceptional lager. Well worth the money and I got the 3 bottles for £5.50. I will drink the Singha and Tyskie on other nights (because I'm diabetic and have to limit my intake), but I do love this Tsingtao. SURPRISED! 😲

[@Dexton0742]

Off his rocker this guy 😆. Great video to watch on a Friday night... While having a beer

[@frankcarter6427]

Foreign beers brewed in the UK - so different hops , malt and water ,prob a different recipe but a similar label - excellent video

[@tobyjackman3212]

The moment these foreign lagers switch production to the UK (inevitably to be watered down & pumped full of wretched glucose syrup) is the moment I stop drinking them 🤦🏾‍♀️ Shouldn't be allowed under the trade descriptions act if you ask me -it's a bloody swiz!

[@zorbzod6475]

Yet he highly rates at least one glucose ghastly

[@alienbiker5036]

simon absolute legend my beer consumption has gone up ten fold since watching this channel 😁

[@stuartbuxton2546]

Warsteiner - known to me and countless other British Army veterans simply as 'Wobbly'. Drank gallons of the stuff in my years in Germany.

[@huwtindall7096]

I like how slowly more and more inebriated you got throughout this video. Amazing. Think the Tsingtao only got so far because it was in your Welsh dragon glass!

[@thomaseriksen6885]

I'm a park bench drinker and you've got some of my favourites here.

[@jimmyd12001]

Great video. Surprised you got to the end without wetting yourself 😂

[@ramenlover334]

Thanks to you I’ve been purchasing so many different beers at Asda. Tsingtao is definitely one I remember drinking first in Birmingham

[@richardstadden9006]

Great weekend viewing, can't beat a mega lager battle 💪 👍 😁

[@paulscott2502]

I remember when I first drank Krombacher, which was in a German themed bar, poured from draught and straight away I thought, WOW, that is one amazing pilsner. I still haven't found a regularly available pils that beats it.

[@sirpeasantstu1444]

I spent 3 years in China and Tsingtao on tap is amazing !!

[@marcw1]

Great vid, I found the Rheinbacher a few years ago by accident and keep going back to it, a very good drink. Plus the bonus of an inflation beating price in Aldi 😎👍

[@franciscorrigan1150]

Singha is not the beer that it was when originally imported from Thailand and it's also down in strength from the original 6%ABV. The Shephed Neame version isn't bad, but it's not a patch on the original. Tsingtao is still the great beer it always was. I originally came across Tsingtao in Hong Kong in 1993 and couldn't understand why all the expats never drank it, but preferred Carlsberg and Heineken, which to me were awful. When I discovered that the port of Tsingtao (Qingdao) was built up by the Germans back in colonial days and that after building their trading facilities, the first thing they did was build a brewery, it became obvious why the beer was so good. It's brewed under the same beer purity standards that the Germans brought with them. It's great that it's easily available in the UK and every time I drink it, I pray that they don't ever allow it to be brewed under licence in the UK. It's only £5.50p for three large bottles in Tesco and although I'm a draught beer drinker in the pub, I always have some Tsingtao in the fridge..

[@MikeyWanchai]

I first went out to Hong Kong in 1980 and drank Tsingtao at seafood restaurants in Lamma and Po Toi (my Dad, an expat, was preparing me for a long life of beer drinking). I worked in Hong Kong from 1994 to 2014 and at some point Tsingtao became an inferior drink as they added rice to the mix whereas previously they had followed strict German purity laws. I had many trips to Thailand and Singha went down hill in 2005 when they reduced the alcohol content from 6% down to 5%. Most expats preferred to drink Philippines-brewed San Miguel rather than the Hong Kong-brewed San Miguel, imported Carlsberg and Heineken.

[@littlepeanut5557]

Agree.....Thailand brewed Singha was my go to lager, alas it's UK version isn't.

[@roybatty4687]

It's not 6% in Thailand anymore either.

[@conormacdougal2344]

If you have ever watched Serpentza channel and his travels around China, you will seen him buy the draught version, in a plastic bag, from the brewery. And yes it was his beer of choice in China.

[@ldm7532]

I have not seen your results yet Simon....but mine would be 1st krombacher,budweiser budvar, Stella unfiltered

[@Aetherius21]

If you're interested in getting 4 or 5 of the same type of glass (since you always bring it up with these beer tests), you could head up to Wilko's. They sell pilsner and ale pint glasses forunder £2 a piece. I like to have the same type of glassware so it all looks consistent and I don't personally like logos on my glasses. You've got some great glassware though, I don't think having different glasses influences perception of the beer *that* much...

[@tommyist598]

Tried all of those:budvar, krombacher and paulaner are my top picks though I wouldn't complain about drinking any of them 👍

[@thesten6982]

This is really informative, very good video xx

[@samwilde595]

You could do like a beer World Cup over a few videos, rate them against each other in groups and have a knockout until you get the winner 😊

[@neilthomson4279]

Great video Simon, surprised Paulaner was ousted so early, but yeah Krombacher is always very reliable. Think I may need to revisit Tsingtao though, had a few dodgy ones in the past and never tried it again. Cheers 🍻

[@stephanbreme3317]

Congratiulations Simon, a very realistic ranking.

[@andrewmccormick3776]

Honestly benn waiting for you to review this. Tsingtao is my go to if I'm treating myself, crisp, clean beautiful lager. Would of been happy if it made the top 5😂

[@philandrews100]

Being a loyal follower, I've just started watching this - 47 minutes! Simon might be pissed by the end...

[@Nagap08]

. You Sir are a Master Connoisseur of Beer and I have so much to learn from you. Thanks

[@Trevor-iy6db]

Excited to watch this Simon. Great idea for a video, I write before I’ve actually viewed, as it’s peaked my curiosity. Interested to see your conclusion. Love the channel, great work 👍.

[@sean_heisler]

One of your very best videos!

[@johnlindsay3820]

Good choice - Krombacher takes some beating. Probably my favourite - full of flavour but not too malty and not over strong. Lowenbrau is lovely but at 5.2% is bit too strong for any sort of session. Different type - but Whistable Bay pale ale is a current favourite and well with checking out.

[@theshowmanuk]

Great review. great video. Nice one !

[@mikemundy5685]

You took one for the team there, Simon. Bloody great video! I’ve become a bit of a snob when it comes to larger and pretty much only drink German; totally agree that UK brewed is generally an embarrassment. As a result, the big surprise for me is the Chinese beer, so I’ll be checking that out. Keep on keeping on fella!👍

[@mvhtriple]

I'm surprised that TsingTao made it this so far. I was thinking at the beginning "oh I personally like that beer very much, but he might put it off the shelf soon"... Guess not 😄 A local chinese restaurant with a very good reputation and high quality standards "De Nieuwe Chinese Muur" near my place at the Bergse Dorpsstraat sells the TsingTao (bottled). I was a bit sceptical the last time I was there ordering it and saw the "green" bottle and thought "it might get skunked" but It didn't and after that I ordered 4 more and none of 'm skunked. I knew from my father that the restaurant owner (James Wang) always wanted high quality standards for their fresh food, food for delivery and also these green bottled beers I guess.

[@cd0u50c9]

23:12 Having a good German pilsner with a suitable tache to accompany it! The fart mid way sealed the video for me - absolutely hilarious and entertaining! Good man, keep these coming.

[@JackLyons-og8ub]

currently in bavaria near tegenseer germany enjoying a paulaner octoberfest beer

[@thumper8684]

How much does this come down to childhood memories? I remember in my late teens enjoying a couple of bottles of Budvar with pickled onion Space Raider crisps and thinking it was the best thing in the world.

[@lightoftheworld417]

Gonna have to pick up some Tsingtao now. Got my Budvar glass yesterday.

[@ivanhoelinewatch9624]

Funny enough I was at a house party over the weekend where they had Krombacher in the fridge - which was awesome. When it ran out - I had to resort to a Stella, which was undrinkable in comparison - had to pour it down the sink!

[@Belfast-Biccy]

That was all over the place Simon, had to watch it over 6 sessions, even The Ice Cream Van was hinting you missed the Ice Cream Concentrate. I guessed wrong on the outcome when I seen the Thumbnail. Have tried them all. Here's an idea, you could do a sequel, there's easy another 10 you didn't include you could do the same again. Leave in the mispronunciation, farts, burps, wrong names the lot! What's those folded up bits of branded cardboard on the bar?....let me think........Beer Mats, they're Beer Mats! (London Beer Festival) gaff😂 Cheers Simon. 💥

[@tombaker4050]

Stella Unfiltered is brewed at the ABInbev brewery in Samlesbury near Preston and has been since it’s release. It has never been brewed by Camden Town Brewery.

[@zorbzod6475]

Brewed by Bud; bad hews

[@justbreakingballs]

​@@zorbzod6475 it's a nice ale end of

[@welshroadrunner]

Brilliant review Simon! Good effort working your way through all those! Off to buy some Krombacher I go! 🍻

[@manutd1622]

Krombacher is just lovely, 4 cans is €9 but well worth it 🍻 great vid again Simon 👏

[@stephenparker9434]

Shoot out at the bottled Supermarket lager Corral..! An agonizing decision based on some choice bottled lagers! Wavering and uncertainty to the very end - a close call. I'd have to drink all 10 bottles (for fairness of comparison sake- lol), then call the competition quits based on invalid inebriation. That's why I judge your informed knowledge Simon for insight. Great show, great concept!

[@thfccfht]

I now live in Thailand, of Anglo Saxon origin...Singha is a very good locally brewed Beer, the best in South East Asia in my opinion....Paulaner and Krombacher are both superb lager/beers....anyway love your videos, after yankee bollocks English corporate beers are the worst in the World.....PIsswater.

[@tomwilliams7391]

Lager brewed for the UK and USA markets tend not to taste as good as mainland continental European lager!

[@godlyelf]

The UK brewed stuff is shite, I can't believe it stayed in for as long as it did!

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@tomwilliams7391not true

[@ClubRugbyWales]

That was a great video well done, some of my absolute favourites in there and my 2 favourite beers came 1st and 3rd. The only one I haven't tried is Menabrea but I have a bottle in my fridge so can't wait to try it.

[@jonathanbritland9878]

Just natural, the burps make me laugh though. I love this channel, proper beer drinking community. We should all meet up for a beer one day. It is great, I'm having a 538ml Draught Guinness from LIDL, can't get them anywhere else. Gorgeous widget can. Love you all, Jon

[@woodrowclose]

Love my Warsteiner. used to get a great deal from asda but currently out of stock .Tsingtao is great too. Had that all the time when I worked in China.

[@Richo8809]

Had a Tsingtao last night… Lovely lager after a week at work🍺

[@colinjames5643]

Couple of surprises there with beers I've never considered buying before. Next time I'm doing a threefer I might give the Asian ones a chance..

[@fiswis2]

This is without doubt my new favourite channel! ...

[@deanzaZZR]

I appreciate how the pronunciation of Tsingtao becomes more difficult over time. 😆 Although it's spelt Tsingtao on the bottle it sounds more like Ching-dao (青島). It's the name of a port city in the north that was occupied by the Germans who of course commenced brewing beer in their newly acquired territory.

[@Dean-f2c]

Stella unfiltered is lovely, was so surprised when I tried this. Warsteiner and Krombacher are levels above for me

[@dantecarp]

If stuck on a desert island WITH a fridge and endless supply only one beer / lager.. what would it be folks ? Mine Stella unfiltered or Heineken. Both are clean and next to know hangover for me 😊

[@zoiksandmorezoiks2719]

Dorada especial, which also would mean I must be stuck on lanzarote which wouldn’t be too bad at all since that’s the only place I can get the stuff 😂 5.7abv

[@gary.corcoran]

Hi Simon, great video as usual. Have you tried Bitburger Pils? It's an awesome beer 🍺

[@theonlynemesis]

I wont lie, at 46:18 I lost it and laughed so hard. Completely unintentional but funny none the less.

[@jaserogers997]

Slightly creamier mouth feel LMAO

[@roybatty4687]

Singha beer is my fave. I lived in Thailand and its stuck with me.

[@fremenondesand3896]

Big fan of Budvar. First drank it 22 years ago when it was sold in the local coop.

[@tomwilliams7391]

This is a pretty good selection of lager!! These are still pretty good, the ones brewed by these companies seem to still taste good for the UK market (at the moment!) I see you've left out the ones that have been messed up eg Beck's!! The lagers must go all warm when opened at the same time Stella unfiltered is much closer to Belgian brewed Stella, I quite like it

[@liftfan2]

This is gold dust! So refreshing just to see a bloke drinking beer enjoying himself without a box ticker popping up every three seconds as with normal TV.

[@intruder313]

I drank Staropramen from a Bargain Booze until I found Warsteiner and Erdinger Weissbiers in a proper pub and had my mind blown

[@dWFnZWVr]

If anyone’s interested, Tsingtao is actually pronounced “ching-daow” in mandarin.

[@nathanrodriguez780]

He’s cracking me up with “Ching-chow. “ 😂

[@dWFnZWVr]

@@nathanrodriguez780 haha literally, at least he got the ‘ching’ right 😂😂. I simply had to post this when I heard him pronounce it. I ordered it in Wetherspoons once and I remember the bartender just looked at me and said “oh, you mean ‘Ting-taow’” 💀.

[@Steven91637]

For my top 5 beers from this video are Paulaner Hell,Warsteiner,Krombacher,Singha Beer,Tsing Tao

[@jonertiger]

Got the real great taste of East German bear in the early 90s while working there then fell in love with German & Belgium beer the best in the world

[@malcolm784]

It's good that the recipe for warsteiner hasn't changed when carlsberg bought them over.fingers crossed!

[@johnrayner3940]

Excellent video. There are three beers I really, really wish we could get in this country: 1. Brewed in USA Budweiser 2. Brewed in Belgium Stella Artois 3. Brewed in France Kronenburg 1664 I've searched high and low, even in French and American shops, and I just cannot find them. Feels like a conspiracy...

[@johnrayner3940]

Thanks@@GavJ_81

[@danblair7553]

Love the reviews. Have you tried the new Aldi Wheat Beer? Their version of a schneider weisse. Great beer. Rheinbacher Weissbier

[@its_Mattyyy]

46:20 you sure it was glasses next to your face Simon? 🤣

[@hobbs172]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@scottb5907]

Please do Stella unfiltered, bottles vs cans. They seem different to me and I like the cans even more.

[@Non-Stick_Pan]

Tsingtao is a great beer, I drink it regularly. German quality combined with Asian ingredients - excellent. There's also something about the weight of a Tsingtao bottle in your hand, nothing to do with the beer itself.

[@danielshirazi6636]

Well done! Impressive performance by Singha. Have you done or thought about doing a budget, super market own larger top 10?

[@thebeermonsterreviews]

i respect you opion but no way staropramen should be last!! unless it was super skunked even the uk brewed one. I think its defiantly one of the best uk brewed lagers same for stella unfiltered. great vid did u manage to drink them all?

[@justmadeit2]

I tried the Steinhauser that you recommended in another video too, they are good

[@pauljermyn5909]

Came across your channel, decided to try the krombacher, i don't even like lager, it was bloody nectar, cheers bud

[@poutramos4826]

More tea vicar? Great video! Tonight I did my own tasting with fewer beers than you tho. I had Paulaner Munchen Hell, Hofbrau, Orgininal, Bitburg and my wife got me a couple of bottles of Ikea Dark Lager which was quite good really. I wasn't able to pick a winner but at least with much less burping and farting 🙄

[@andersa6140]

Top video. Have you thought of doing a brewed for supermarket knock out. I am sure many years ago there used to be a tesco value lager.

[@jamesatoneill]

Hes done it

[@johnbirtles3373]

Fantastic vid... but we are having a falling out over the early elimination of Pauliner 😂

[@popeymadethis]

Good review, love Tsingtao, glad you didn’t get a skunked bottle!

[@acpc89]

It's funny, cos I started watching these, hoping you would do a review on Tsingtao, later I realised you did a review on it like 10 years ago and you didn't like it. But that's my go to beer, if someone asked me what does beer taste like or smell like. I'd give them a Tsingtao! Singha is another beer which I find pretty damn tasty, especially when you visit Thailand. Can never seem to find Chang in a shop in England, which is the other big beer they have over there. Have been looking forward to you doing a review like this and getting a little tipsy trying to keep up with all the drinks. Side note, perhaps the drinks taste slightly different, because you are drinking them 1 after the other, as opposed having a sip of water, or as the wine tasters would have, a spit bucket! haha

[@johnnydavidson595]

Menabrea for me❤.

[@ronaldelfleet3123]

It's a hard job but someone has to do it - I enjoyed this !!

[@pompeyjim]

Just from the thumbnail, Paulaner and Budvar for me

[@BigBoneESB]

I do prefer the Paulaner Pils over the Helles. Over the Krombacher and Budvar as well.

[@jamesedgewood4643]

Being a beer KZbinr is a pretty good excuse for getting bent out of shape at 10 in the morning.. love it.

[@bossMrMontana]

I think I found my new favorite KZbin channel! I want to get a beer now watching this hahaha

[@Time2Fly74]

Agree with you on both the 600ml "Tsingtao $4.20NZ" and "Krombacher $4.90NZ". Quality import beers & great value which are routinely $2NZ cheeper than my local Kiwi/Aus 660mls beers.

[@EmsThaBreaks441]

Simon takes ten for the team. Shame Supermarkets do not sell local beers at these prices

[@zoiksandmorezoiks2719]

Loved the little fart to clear the palate 😂

[@andyc750]

have to say I am not surprised by the Tsingtao as have drunk it a few times and it really is very good, having said that I wish you had included the Aldi Rossini Gran Riserva as I think that would have been up there with the best as well

[@jgh7394]

23:00 Classic!!