Lager Choice for Pop-Up Pub

[S6PNJ]

I'm about to run a Pop-up Pub in my local Village Hall, to try and engender some Village spirit but being a bitter/ale drinker I'm not overly versed in the world of lager. We are going to have 2 different lagers available so I'm throwing it over to you lot to try and give me some advice as to which 2 lagers are more preferable and hopefully giving a different taste/experience. No point in having 2 things the same.

If you would make 2 choices, I'd be very grateful. The poll will let you pick more but that will just skew my results, so 2 only please. No other suggestions of lager please. For one reason or another, we've shortlisted these as it's also based on serving size and cost, but those are not involved in down choosing from this list.

Many thanks - over to you!

Oh, and the Pop-up Pub is Fri 27th Sep 2019 so any choices after that date won't be counted but may still be charged!

[T-195]

Krony.

Not keen on San Miguel and I don't think it's 5%er.

[p4cks]

Stella served at the town hall?! Recipe for disaster with that roudy lot

[alex98uk]

Can't get Hop House? Seems to be the nicest of the mainstream lagers and a bit different to the normal stuff.

Stella might attract the wrong crowd.

[S6PNJ]

p4cks said:

Stella served at the town hall?! Recipe for disaster with that roudy lot

Another committee member and I both know of Stella as WB (abbreviated) but why does it have that reputation when there are stronger lagers available?

[T-195]

S6PNJ said:

p4cks said:

Stella served at the town hall?! Recipe for disaster with that roudy lot

Another committee member and I both know of Stella as WB (abbreviated) but why does it have that reputation when there are stronger lagers available?

A pint of Nelson (Mandela)

[Munter]

S6PNJ said:

p4cks said:

Stella served at the town hall?! Recipe for disaster with that roudy lot

Another committee member and I both know of Stella as WB (abbreviated) but why does it have that reputation when there are stronger lagers available?

Because "aspirational larger drinker", also tends to overlap quite heavily with "violent tosser".

Anyway. Not Bud. Dear god not bud.

[markiii]

Warsteiner

[Bill]

alex98uk said:

Can't get Hop House? Seems to be the nicest of the mainstream lagers and a bit different to the normal stuff.

+1

[Pothole]

This poll was never going to reflect what mainstream lager drinkers will be looking for. Carling is the most popular lager in the on trade in the UK (or was in 2018 at least https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2018/1...

Top 5 up to August 2018:

1. Carling
2. Fosters
3. Carlsberg
4. Peroni
5. Stella

[DoubleD]

Anything is better than butwiper, its really bland.

[tribalsurfer]

One you don't see to often but is probably my favourite is Grolsch. Lowenbrau also used to be lovely but you never seem to "Laughing beer" anymore.

[S6PNJ]

Pothole said:

This poll was never going to reflect what mainstream lager drinkers will be looking for. Carling is the most popular lager in the on trade in the UK (or was in 2018 at least https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2018/1...

Top 5 up to August 2018:

1. Carling
2. Fosters
3. Carlsberg
4. Peroni
5. Stella

Agreed, but as we are a small Village Hall and not a High Street pub attracting passers by, I'm not overly worried about meeting the most popular lager in the trade and am more worried about providing 2 lagers that are palatable to those who drink it. We won't be selling the bitter I like to drink either (or red wine etc etc) but are hopefully selling something that our Villagers will still enjoy.

[Truckosaurus]

I'd have one 'mainstream' lager from that Top5 list posted above, and then something 'premium' whether that's Warsteiner or HopHouse13 or whatever.

Perhaps just get whatever is cheapest and sell that at a promotional price eg. "Drinks from £1.99 a pint"

[WhiskyDisco]

Why not offer something that you don't find in run of the mill pubs. My local Indian sells Warsteiner, which is a a nice lager beer.

[S6PNJ]

WhiskyDisco said:

Why not offer something that you don't find in run of the mill pubs. My local Indian sells Warsteiner, which is a a nice lager beer.

Our nearest Pub or Indian is about 3 miles away, so within (reasonable) walking distance there is nothing else on offer. We are running the PuP this month and next month we have a mobile fish and chip shop van coming as well, so it's all about trying to give something to the Villagers something that they otherwise wouldn't have rather than trying to have a competitive edge.

[DoubleD]

In that case, what ever you offer will go down well.

[S6PNJ]

DoubleD said:

In that case, what ever you offer will go down well.

[Pothole]

S6PNJ said:

Pothole said:

This poll was never going to reflect what mainstream lager drinkers will be looking for. Carling is the most popular lager in the on trade in the UK (or was in 2018 at least https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2018/1...

Top 5 up to August 2018:

1. Carling
2. Fosters
3. Carlsberg
4. Peroni
5. Stella

Agreed, but as we are a small Village Hall and not a High Street pub attracting passers by, I'm not overly worried about meeting the most popular lager in the trade and am more worried about providing 2 lagers that are palatable to those who drink it. We won't be selling the bitter I like to drink either (or red wine etc etc) but are hopefully selling something that our Villagers will still enjoy.

Would the most popular lager in the country not fit that brief then? Are "villagers" a bit different? Are you actually looking for local lager for local people...Tubbs?

[C0ffin D0dger]

Wife beater

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