RobbOz Posted December 17, 2017 #1 Share Posted December 17, 2017 QV beers on Adriatic cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadOfToadHall Posted December 17, 2017 #2 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Can you supply a microscope ?!!! :beer-mug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbOz Posted December 18, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted December 18, 2017 :) Mmmm - see what you mean. I haven't worked out how to resize images - I'd better type the beers instead: Draught (all pints) Fosters $5.95 (undrinkable) San Miguel $6.50 (even worse) Stella Artois $6.25 (hardly better) Fuller's Seafarers $6.65 (3.6%, so forget it) Marston's Pedigree $6.25 (a life-saver) Guinness $6.50 (OK, if you're Irish) Classic Cask Batemans XXXB $6.95 (didn't like it) Dark Star Hophead $6.95 (3.8% see Fuller's) That's it for the Draught - a pretty poor selection made by someone who doesn't drink beer. Bottles Lagers (all 330 ml.) (I shall not include the light beers) Asahi $5.75 (always excellent) Beck's $5.50 (always bad) Brooklyn $5.75 (not tried) Peroni $5.75 (if you like weak Italian beer) Samuel Adams $5.75 (very good) Tiger $5.75 (excellent) Tsingtao $5.75 (not had it) Usual beers one would avoid unless really desperate Budweiser, Carlsberg, Heineken Beers one would just not drink Cobra, Corona, Grolsch Pale Ales Jaipur $5.95 (only 330 ml., so didn't bother) Punk IPA $5.95 (popular, but not to my taste) Side Pocket for a Toad $6.35 (that was interesting, 500 ml.) Sierra Nevada $5.95 (always good, but 330 ml.) Tribute - St. Austell $5.95 (their beers are always really nice, 500 ml.) Wheat beers Blue Moon Belgian White $5.95 (quite nice, but 330 ml.) Erdinger Weissbier $5.95 (one of my favourites, 500 ml.) Wheatbeer - Meantime $5.95 (didn't try, 330 ml.) Classic English Ales (still bottled, but all 500 ml.) Admiral Lord Collingwood $6.25 (can't remember) Bombadier $5.95 (sorry, just don't think much of it) Doom Bar $5.95 (sorry again - totally over-rated, I reckon) Hobgoblin $5.95 (oh dear, see last comment) London Pride $6.25 (now we're getting better) TEA - Hogs Back $5.95 (I quite like this beer) Golden Ales Lady Godiva $6.25 (not tried) Oxford Gold $6.25 (Brakspear - so always good) Real Smiler $6.25 (not tried) Speyside Oak Blonde $5.95 (Greene King, so should be all right - but 330 ml. bottle) Tangelfoot $5.95 (worth a try) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadOfToadHall Posted December 18, 2017 #4 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Interesting comments on the beers there. I would certainly drink Grolsh and Cobra and Peroni. Doom Bar is overrated as you say, but it's a triumph of marketing. Rather like Magners cider - very popular but utterly foul. Blue Moon is really nice. I had some on board but it was not chilled enough. The prices are interesting; for bottled beer, the prices are in line with UK hotels or more expensive city centre bars. But from draught beers, they are well over the top - £5.20 for a pint of Fosters. No one would pay that. It's a £3/pint lager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted December 18, 2017 #5 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Thanks for posting the details, one of the advantages of Cunard for us is the choice of "real beer", Mr HH still hasn't forgiven me for booking a Holland America cruise (it was 6 years ago !). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underwatr Posted December 18, 2017 #6 Share Posted December 18, 2017 When we cruised on Caribbean Princess to Scandinavia (five years ago) there was exactly one beer tap onboard, by the Lido pool, and it was Stella. HAL wasn't as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warringtonian Posted December 19, 2017 #7 Share Posted December 19, 2017 One advantage of Cunard (I think) is that you can take your own beer aboard. As someone who only drinks one or two beers a day it works out fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbOz Posted December 19, 2017 Author #8 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Perhaps I was a bit harsh/ratty on the beers, Mr. Toad. They were quite expensive, given the compulsory tip (enough said about that). I've only had Grolsch once, and I couldn't drink it - I'll give it another try - perhaps the barrel was off. Off to New Zealand on Celebrity Solstice on Thursday, so shall be checking their beers out. Caribbean Princess is now crossed off my list, Underwatr. And, yes, Warringtonian - no probs. in taking a couple of cans of the local brew on board QV at each port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadOfToadHall Posted December 19, 2017 #9 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Grolsh is much nicer in bottles than on draught. It's also not normally available on draught, at least not very much in the UK. I too once had a terrible draught Grolsh whilst on holiday. I can even remember the pub I had it in ! So it must have made a lasting impression on me !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splice the mainbrace Posted December 20, 2017 #10 Share Posted December 20, 2017 It's not on your list but I had Adnams Broadside beer on board QM2 recently, I had not tried it before but even though strong in alcohol (6.3% !) and taste I found it to be very pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underwatr Posted December 20, 2017 #11 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I'll try to post a complete QM2 beer list over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ew101 Posted December 22, 2017 #12 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I was impressed by the beer list on QV. The mainstream US lines (NCL etc.) are I think constrained by the unlimited beverage packages. These are by some reports sold to ~40% of guests aboard. If a guest will drink 10 beers a day, they still make money serving Bud Lite @60 cents a can but would lose on some epic IPA @$1.25 a bottle if you include shipping and handling costs. I agree with much of the commentary from RobbOZ. On a long voyage one could work through the entire list and validate his research :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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