That's the real advantage of all three of the machines that you actually get the proper original brewed beer like Heineken from Amsterdam, proper 5% Dutch Amstel, proper Italian Birra Moretti etc. I have the Perfect Draft and I would recommend it to anyone, some turn their nose up at £2.50+ per pint but the beer is so much better than the cheap UK crap it's well worth it to me. Cheers 🍻
Agreed, but sadly the blade Amstel is the watered down UK brew, which is awful in my opinion and the Moretti is pot luck on where it is actually brewed, but most of it seems to be UK brewed now. The krups gets the 5% Amstel though which is great. 🍻👍🏼
@chucklemunch, yeah to be honest the Blade is the one machine I wouldn't have it was always aimed at commercial venues and the beer choice is nowhere near as good as the Sub or Perfect Draft 🍺
Hi Si. I have a decision to make. Watch F1 quali at 6pm then your live stream at 7pm or go out. Are you stoning the crow tonight at 7pm? Please advise. Cheers.
A couple of years ago my Asda was selling six packs of 330ml cans of Dutch brewed Heineken. It was lovely stuff and at a decent price. So much better than the "brewed under license" pish they had along side it, which is what most people were probably buying. Sadly they've stopped doing it.
i happen to live in the Netherlands in a city no more than 15 kilometers from the original factory in zoeterwoude, and in the vicinity here they have a special heineken extra fresh branded one, green bottles wrapped in paper in fact.... the town i live in has a port terminal from/to Rotterdam that is 80% funded by heineken or so, because they trucks clogged up the roads so much, they invested in this thing to keep the transit to rotterdam flowing, so it's basically the fist big drop off from the factory by boat on the way to rotterdam. and the route is mostly just one big streak of cities being split in half by the rhine canal just running through the center of them, because that's how the Netherlands developed their prosperity historically, by water, it's quite amazing how HEAVY loads are you can carry with a proper built freight ship and water just displacing that shit and helping move that shit also, all those big ass billionaire luxury that get custom built, are built not far from here too, and have to cross throuh our city, because the water here is deep and wide enough to get them to the waters to rotterdam from there, so we've seen them all pass lol the breadth of the ships are in fact limited by the width OUR fucking canals right now (14.2 meters), and they may in fact widen that shit up at some point if the jeff bezoses of this world are wiling to cough up the costs lol i bullshit you not about that canal width limit, i've seen these big cruise ship looking motherfuckers push a margin of 10 centimeters in terms of width, and you could still see decks on 6-8 meter bridge height and not just antennas or other shit that made them go over the height. and at this point the in-waters near roterdam are so cramped it's about time they put more trucks on the road again, so it's just this everlasting battle of logistics with heineken because of their gigantic scale lol anyway.... enough faffing about, about the beers, they are pretty crisp, i quite like them, but yeah heineken is created to be an easy drinker so it's not even all that noticably superior to the regular ones to me, again, this may depend on where you're at, i'm pretty close to the source, so it's likely i get either regulars or extra fersh ones in a very short term from the production line.
Simon - have you actually checked where it is brewed or just assumed? I contacted Beerwulf about their 2L Subs and they said everything is brewed under licence in the UK.
Strange the Heineken and Amstel torps I've just looked at on Beerwulfs site clearly says it's from the Netherlands and always has done, how odd they would say that to you when it's never been the case.
@userhc6dm9ej1x - Billy wrong you set that channel up only a month ago, 6th October 2023. Did Si block you before for trolling!? Provide your proof of what you stated. I believe username Class68driver here, not you.
@@BlueVanMans_ArantingEgghead No idea what your agenda is here pal. No, Simon has never blocked me. I set up the account to hopefully ask Simon a legitimate question based on what I had asked Beerwulf who said it was all brewed under licence in the UK, something that took me by surprise. I was just asking if Simon had checked the label on the packaging before he assumed it was not brewed in the UK. If you’re interested, I ordered some SUBS for Christmas and they all say they’re packaged in Pollein, Italy (Tiger, Moretti, Pelforth and Puntigamer if you’re bothered), it doesn’t seem to say where each was brewed. Simon goes on about the beers brewing location but it this video he doesn’t appear to even check, I just wanted clarity on that given what Beerwulf had told me. I’m not sure why you think that makes me a troll? I’m not sure what proof you’re after - I just asked the question on Beerwulf’s livechat service. If you’re that bothered then maybe do the same.
Love the silver and defo could drink all day lad. Always make the mistake of downing strong ale at chrimbo and end up making the missus a cup of gravy and poring coffee on the turkey
Just demolished a bottle of Erdinger Dunkel never had it before beautiful- When I get to the pearly gates I need a case of these and Steinhausser. Then I will know I have arrived in heaven as long as I have an occasional kebab and Chicken Vindaloo.
Dutch brewed Heineken is a lovely session lager for sure. One of the things that tempts me to get a blade machine. Although I do think of a lindr machine at times for the money.
I'm going to have to stop drinking ALDI Steinhausser. You can have too much of a good thing. It's like steak and chips or a good curry if you have it every day it loses it's magic. Just been to Tesco and got some Krombacher and some Weissbeers. My friend has bought Doombar. She is the best woman in the world, she stocks my fridge up with beer when empty lol. Cheers to all beer lovers and members of this channel. Simon, you need to copyright phrases like "Smokiness", "Beer O'Clock" and the way you remove bottle tops! Great stuff.
Looks all right althought I can't understand why anyone would want to drink such a weak, thin lager? Ironically, I'm quite partial to a mild that's even less strength like Brains Dark but far more flavour.
The Blade's brews are the fake UK versions; the Sub Compact, the real deal imports. I'm surprised you forgot this. Do an ABV comparison between some of the drinks and you'll see. For instance, Amstel on the Sub is 5% abv. On the Blade, it's the UK 4.1%; Tiger is 4.7% on the Blade and 5% on the Sub. Just 2 examples, but there are more. This is why I never bought the Blade. It's a great looking dispenser, but the fake UK brews lets it down.
I used to like breaker lager 5% if i rember right. Also Harp lager in pubs. You dont see harp now. Does anyone remember diamond white? Park bench cider and hangover juice!
Harp is still alive and kicking here in Northern Ireland as I think it's brewed here in Belfast (edit - Dublin since 2013, formerly Dundalk lol). But to be honest it's not great. Diamond white still widely available in the independent off licences in 500ml cans too.
@@William-Anderson I haven’t seen it down south in a long time . My dad used to have a pub and we sold a lot of it on draft, everyone said it was hangover juice 😂.
Liked Heineken silver, one of the only 4% beers I’ve liked. Problem I now have is it’s vanished from my Tesco and Sainsbury’s now, I can’t find any to buy! 🤷♂️
I remember at one point you could get both the Irish brewed 4.3% and the Amsterdam brewed 5.0% in off-licences in ireland , the 5% version had a bit of character to it
It's still available at 5%, at least bottled and tinned in the UK. More so than that Silver, light rubbish they're pushing the same as they did with Becks? So I would think in Ireland too.
@@johnp8131 i actually haven’t drunk Heineken in ages apart from the zero stuff . I dunno what they’re doing anymore. The Heineken in ireland is brewed in Murphy’s brewery in cork . It’s “fine”’but unremarkable
It’s not that it’s terrible, but when compared to the stuff brewed in Holland, there’s no competition. The Dutch stuff is smoother, more malty, better balanced beer. The UK one has a metallic twang which doesn’t go down as well and imbalances the beer as the malt profile is hardly there. That’s what I pick up and have done many comparisons.
You might have a different opinion if you tried the original Dutch brewed Heineken alongside the UK pisswater. You can get the imported stuff in the little 330ml cans. The difference is night and day for me, it's like comparing fake beer to actual beer.
@@mrchico2621 Mate I’ve drunk beer around the world. I was a soldier from 98 been all over the place, still I don’t think Uk Heineken is that bad. Although I will add that the last time I drank Heineken was on a flight a couple of weeks ago and that was 330ml cans.
When’s the Stoned Crow back mate? Us regulars miss it dearly 🙏
That's the real advantage of all three of the machines that you actually get the proper original brewed beer like Heineken from Amsterdam, proper 5% Dutch Amstel, proper Italian Birra Moretti etc. I have the Perfect Draft and I would recommend it to anyone, some turn their nose up at £2.50+ per pint but the beer is so much better than the cheap UK crap it's well worth it to me. Cheers 🍻
Agreed, but sadly the blade Amstel is the watered down UK brew, which is awful in my opinion and the Moretti is pot luck on where it is actually brewed, but most of it seems to be UK brewed now. The krups gets the 5% Amstel though which is great. 🍻👍🏼
@chucklemunch, yeah to be honest the Blade is the one machine I wouldn't have it was always aimed at commercial venues and the beer choice is nowhere near as good as the Sub or Perfect Draft 🍺
Hi Si. I have a decision to make. Watch F1 quali at 6pm then your live stream at 7pm or go out. Are you stoning the crow tonight at 7pm? Please advise. Cheers.
Not tonight sorry
@@realaleguide Thanks for replying!
What happened to the Space Hopper you brewed with the Pinter 3?
A couple of years ago my Asda was selling six packs of 330ml cans of Dutch brewed Heineken. It was lovely stuff and at a decent price. So much better than the "brewed under license" pish they had along side it, which is what most people were probably buying. Sadly they've stopped doing it.
Try your local Tesco. Mine still sells them thankfully 😌
i happen to live in the Netherlands in a city no more than 15 kilometers from the original factory in zoeterwoude, and in the vicinity here they have a special heineken extra fresh branded one, green bottles wrapped in paper
in fact.... the town i live in has a port terminal from/to Rotterdam that is 80% funded by heineken or so, because they trucks clogged up the roads so much, they invested in this thing to keep the transit to rotterdam flowing, so it's basically the fist big drop off from the factory by boat on the way to rotterdam.
and the route is mostly just one big streak of cities being split in half by the rhine canal just running through the center of them, because that's how the Netherlands developed their prosperity historically, by water, it's quite amazing how HEAVY loads are you can carry with a proper built freight ship and water just displacing that shit and helping move that shit
also, all those big ass billionaire luxury that get custom built, are built not far from here too, and have to cross throuh our city, because the water here is deep and wide enough to get them to the waters to rotterdam from there, so we've seen them all pass lol
the breadth of the ships are in fact limited by the width OUR fucking canals right now (14.2 meters), and they may in fact widen that shit up at some point if the jeff bezoses of this world are wiling to cough up the costs lol
i bullshit you not about that canal width limit, i've seen these big cruise ship looking motherfuckers push a margin of 10 centimeters in terms of width, and you could still see decks on 6-8 meter bridge height and not just antennas or other shit that made them go over the height.
and at this point the in-waters near roterdam are so cramped it's about time they put more trucks on the road again, so it's just this everlasting battle of logistics with heineken because of their gigantic scale lol
anyway.... enough faffing about, about the beers, they are pretty crisp, i quite like them, but yeah heineken is created to be an easy drinker so it's not even all that noticably superior to the regular ones to me,
again, this may depend on where you're at, i'm pretty close to the source, so it's likely i get either regulars or extra fersh ones in a very short term from the production line.
Simon - have you actually checked where it is brewed or just assumed? I contacted Beerwulf about their 2L Subs and they said everything is brewed under licence in the UK.
Strange the Heineken and Amstel torps I've just looked at on Beerwulfs site clearly says it's from the Netherlands and always has done, how odd they would say that to you when it's never been the case.
@userhc6dm9ej1x - Billy wrong you set that channel up only a month ago, 6th October 2023. Did Si block you before for trolling!? Provide your proof of what you stated. I believe username Class68driver here, not you.
@@BlueVanMans_ArantingEgghead No idea what your agenda is here pal. No, Simon has never blocked me. I set up the account to hopefully ask Simon a legitimate question based on what I had asked Beerwulf who said it was all brewed under licence in the UK, something that took me by surprise.
I was just asking if Simon had checked the label on the packaging before he assumed it was not brewed in the UK. If you’re interested, I ordered some SUBS for Christmas and they all say they’re packaged in Pollein, Italy (Tiger, Moretti, Pelforth and Puntigamer if you’re bothered), it doesn’t seem to say where each was brewed. Simon goes on about the beers brewing location but it this video he doesn’t appear to even check, I just wanted clarity on that given what Beerwulf had told me. I’m not sure why you think that makes me a troll?
I’m not sure what proof you’re after - I just asked the question on Beerwulf’s livechat service. If you’re that bothered then maybe do the same.
Love the silver and defo could drink all day lad. Always make the mistake of downing strong ale at chrimbo and end up making the missus a cup of gravy and poring coffee on the turkey
Just demolished a bottle of Erdinger Dunkel never had it before beautiful- When I get to the pearly gates I need a case of these and Steinhausser. Then I will know I have arrived in heaven as long as I have an occasional kebab and Chicken Vindaloo.
Dutch brewed Heineken is a lovely session lager for sure. One of the things that tempts me to get a blade machine. Although I do think of a lindr machine at times for the money.
Glad you like it mate.
Im sure this will come handy on tonight’s stone crowed virtual pub!! 🍻
I'm going to have to stop drinking ALDI Steinhausser. You can have too much of a good thing. It's like steak and chips or a good curry if you have it every day it loses it's magic. Just been to Tesco and got some Krombacher and some Weissbeers. My friend has bought Doombar. She is the best woman in the world, she stocks my fridge up with beer when empty lol. Cheers to all beer lovers and members of this channel. Simon, you need to copyright phrases like "Smokiness", "Beer O'Clock" and the way you remove bottle tops! Great stuff.
Looks all right althought I can't understand why anyone would want to drink such a weak, thin lager? Ironically, I'm quite partial to a mild that's even less strength like Brains Dark but far more flavour.
Most beer company product managers need to come to UK to try their British brewed beers.
There is an issue with the encoding on this video which causes stuttering. It might be a memory issue on your phone
The Blade's brews are the fake UK versions; the Sub Compact, the real deal imports. I'm surprised you forgot this. Do an ABV comparison between some of the drinks and you'll see. For instance, Amstel on the Sub is 5% abv. On the Blade, it's the UK 4.1%; Tiger is 4.7% on the Blade and 5% on the Sub. Just 2 examples, but there are more. This is why I never bought the Blade. It's a great looking dispenser, but the fake UK brews lets it down.
Love the keg reviews mate keep them coming 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Best Heineken I've tried was a little bar in Rome, steaming hot outside, and a litre to cool us down.
I used to like breaker lager 5% if i rember right. Also Harp lager in pubs. You dont see harp now. Does anyone remember diamond white? Park bench cider and hangover juice!
Apparently it’s still popular in Northern Ireland
Harp is still alive and kicking here in Northern Ireland as I think it's brewed here in Belfast (edit - Dublin since 2013, formerly Dundalk lol). But to be honest it's not great. Diamond white still widely available in the independent off licences in 500ml cans too.
Thanks for your reply fellow beer lover@@William-Anderson
@@William-Anderson I haven’t seen it down south in a long time . My dad used to have a pub and we sold a lot of it on draft, everyone said it was hangover juice 😂.
@@jquill6 Apparently it has been brewed in Dublin since 2013 so strange one considering it is owned by Guinness!
Liked Heineken silver, one of the only 4% beers I’ve liked. Problem I now have is it’s vanished from my Tesco and Sainsbury’s now, I can’t find any to buy! 🤷♂️
Coop still sell it
I remember at one point you could get both the Irish brewed 4.3% and the Amsterdam brewed 5.0% in off-licences in ireland , the 5% version had a bit of character to it
It's still available at 5%, at least bottled and tinned in the UK. More so than that Silver, light rubbish they're pushing the same as they did with Becks? So I would think in Ireland too.
@@johnp8131 i actually haven’t drunk Heineken in ages apart from the zero stuff . I dunno what they’re doing anymore. The Heineken in ireland is brewed in Murphy’s brewery in cork . It’s “fine”’but unremarkable
Up until around 2007 Heineken was brewed in the UK at 3.8%
I really like the way you talk Simon about being able to drink the beer all day long and not get into trouble . It’s very honest. Good on you mate!!
Love Heineken 5% but certainly not the Silver version.
It's a no from me Simon. Never liked Heineken and think it's one of the worst beers around.
Well, if you drink the whole keg in a day you actually might get in trouble. ;)
Si when is the stone crow next on?
He's still quiet on that front. Thought a YT short would have been posted or a mention on facebook
cant tell you how many times ive not pushed that button lol
Unpopular opinion, Heineken brewed in Burton is a good lager
It’s not that it’s terrible, but when compared to the stuff brewed in Holland, there’s no competition. The Dutch stuff is smoother, more malty, better balanced beer. The UK one has a metallic twang which doesn’t go down as well and imbalances the beer as the malt profile is hardly there. That’s what I pick up and have done many comparisons.
You might have a different opinion if you tried the original Dutch brewed Heineken alongside the UK pisswater. You can get the imported stuff in the little 330ml cans. The difference is night and day for me, it's like comparing fake beer to actual beer.
@@mrchico2621 Mate I’ve drunk beer around the world. I was a soldier from 98 been all over the place, still I don’t think Uk Heineken is that bad.
Although I will add that the last time I drank Heineken was on a flight a couple of weeks ago and that was 330ml cans.
R 2 d2 from star wars has turned into a barman
You ever drink wine? Be cool to see some wine reviews of what you drink
five hundred quid?
Its bite is a little weak, flavor ok. But lack of carbonation is lacking. Doesn't have a body, more like half bodied 😮
Simon, are you having a love affair with that door😉
4.0%? get that stuff out of here.
Review the real Heineken. Brilliant beer compared to the shit you get in pubs here & cans