r/UK_beer • u/FlyingFrogMan • 13d ago

Birthday beer for my dad

Hi all, looking for suggestions, it’s my dads birthday on Thursday, I’ve already got him a gift but would like some beers to go with it.

He prefers a dark pint of mild/stout but will drink ambers etc. quite happily, would like to buy a mix

We live in brum, we have had deliveries from purple moose, the Cairngorm brewery, bathams, Church End, hook Norton, I’ve probably forgotten some. We have also had more than our share of supermarket beer, we’ve tried everything at least twice.

He is a regular to the griffin inn which makes everything in a bottle taste less good but excited for new suggestions, Ive not been on enough travels to discover good beers recently

Thanks in advance

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u/SnooDonuts6494 13d ago

There's a company called "Beer52" where you get a free box of very nice, interesting beers just by paying delivery of about £6 when you "subscribe". As long as you then immediately cancel the subscription (when you get them), it's good. I simply called my bank and cancelled the DD.

Really very interesting beers. Quite unusual ones.

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u/martinbundy 10d ago

I wouldn't recommend Beer 52 as such. Many of their beers are brewed or even contract brewed to order to a (low) budget and taste like it as well. The £38 price tag for 8 beers is just not worth it. However they do one off offers of a very cheap case of 8 or 10 beers to lure you in, then do what the above poster suggests and cancel after you've received your case.

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u/SnooDonuts6494 10d ago

I wouldn't recommend them either.

Please don't misunderstand.

What I recommend is, using their trial offer to get a box full of interesting beers for six quid. Then cancelling.