Of those three, the first one must have been one I skipped, the second (USA) I received in July last year, and the thirs (Netherlands) I got in May last year. Hope your beers are all still in date !
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Yes, all appear to be in date with plenty of life left.
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Yes, I got the second one last July as well - some nice beers in it, but itās odd that theyāre still going out to people.
Just had notice that my Manchester Box is on its way. As noted before 2 of the beers are actually from Cheshire breweries and 4 are from Fierce Beer Co. in Aberdeenshire, 2 of which are under Beer52 fake breweries. After much gnashing of teeth and getting really close to cancelling for good, I have decided to hang on for the Spanish Box coming next. If that one contains mostly nonsense too, that will be it for me.
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Iāve been there several times now. Every third box seems to be a goodāen and I suspect the Spanish one will be one, The two boxes in-between, despite containing fake breweries and other inexplicable beers, the overall quality is still reasonable for the price.
They seem to do just enough for people like me not to make that call. To be honest though its nice to have a mystery box that I donāt have to think about. Its getting painstaking finding beers that I can afford that Iāve not tried before. Its getting to the stage in my Ratebeer life where I order a beer online convinced Iāve not tried only to find I rated it over 2 years ago. For that reason I may stick with Beer52 until my dying breath and possibly longer if I forget to tell my wife to cancel the subscription!
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I have no idea what they will send me next if my last three boxes were all old stock. Was hoping for Spain or Manchester, but itāll be a surprise no matter what arrives.
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My Spain box from Beer52 arrived today. Why am I not surprised that they regard Aberdeen as being in Spain ? Two more fake brewery beers from Fierce again.
Anyway, the total offering should be
Common beers
Oso Ifiesta !
Nostalgia Saudade (Fierce)
Arriaca Hoppy Pale Ale
Barcelona Cerdos Voladores
Light Case
La Virgen Jamonera
Oddity Sleepless
Basqueland Ondarreta
Round Corner Casa Melton (yes from Melton Mowbray)
Mixed Case
Basqueland Pasajes
Barcelona La Nina Barbuda
Free Assembly Higo Negro (Fierce)
Arriaca Porter
10 Beer Upgrade
Peninsula Paseo
Tyris Blonde Beer
12 Beer Upgrade
La Pirata Suria
Naparbier Psychedelic
There is also a full page advert for Untappd !
Since the number of Spanish beers I have rated before can be counted on my fingers I am quite happy with what Iāve received (8 beers mixed), but the fake breweries do rankle though.
Next month is āYorkshireā I shall be giving that one a miss.
Manchester for me this time, I appear to be catching up, Spain and Aberdeen next I hope!
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My Manchester box had hardly any Manchester beers in it, really hoping for better with my Spanish box.
Iām promised the Siren 10th birthday one next month.
So low ABV versions of theiir normal beers in 250ml cans.
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Think itās time to start a new thread for Beer52 and other subscription sites, so I will raise one now!
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Okay, I was speaking to someone from the trade in Leicester on Friday and we talked about Beer52 and I mentioned that we are now getting this generic āimported from the EUā information on the cans. I was told that Beer52 have some deal going with White Hag, so it could be possible that these are all being co-produced there. Looking at most of the beers I got in the last box, virtually all carried this message. Next box is Northern Ireland but it could very well be my last if they continue to take the piss.
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Iāve read elsewhere that the Northern Ireland box has a grand total of 1 beer produced in Northern Ireland ! [ Most of the rest are āProduced in the EUā] Makes me glad I finally managed to unsubscribe
