Morrisons - Cheap Chimay Red and Schneider Weisse

Cheers for this- got a new 'flagship store of the future' Morrisons opening next to my work in the next couple of weeks, so will be def keeping an eye out for this and any other bargains. I think by 'store of the future' they mean it'll have those misting things over the fruits and veg that the yanks have had for years.

 

They have that in our local Morrison's too, plus a whole range of things like exotic tomatoes.Quite a lot of interesting beers too with one at £1 a bottle or 2 for £2.
We had a village greengrocer with a misting arrangement but it only worked when it was raining or foggy

 

MIsting in vegetables? What is this devilry you speak of?

 

They have the veggie misting in Germania as well....

 

Thanks for the info - I'll try and pop into a Morrisons tomorrow and see what they've got...

 

What does it mean though? Or is it literally just an artificial mist cloud over the aisles?

 

Ha - the fruit & veg sections have pipes that coat the produce in a fine spray. This is just directed at the veggies - it doesn't fog up the general atmosphere. Keeps them cool and fresh (though whether it actually achieves anything except in the mind of the customer is another matter).

 

God, I've lived in the UK so long now I've almost forgotten about misting vegtables at the local supermarket. Still, things have really improved vegwise in UK supermarkets since the early 90s where even finding a ripe red tomato was liike an episode of Challenge Anneka. Of course my first UK supermarket experience was in Glasgow so that may not have accuately reflected the reality then across the UK...

Getting back to the OP, the prices seem pretty good though I'm actually not a really big fan of either beer given my infamous ranting about Chimay's long standing late 80s brewing equipment blunder & the (at least to me) dominance of cloves whenever I taste Schneider Weisse.

Only a year or so ago Tesco charged less that £1.50 for a bottle of Duvel whereas now its about £2.09. I hope all this doesn't mean big price hikes are on the way.

 

Chimay is my favourite trappist brewery I even have a chimay pen for exams! Though red is my least favourite, and their tripel is inferior to the westmalle tripel...

 

I'll be calling into my local Morrisons on Thursday and have a look. I bet these are not on offer where I am. As for the Hedgerow Porter, I enjoyed that but as for the Hot Cross ale, yikes!! I thought It was crap. The Chimay red is only average at best these days. I have not had the 75cl bottles or Grand Cru in the Magnum for a while but the Quality in the bigger bottles is or was much better than the 33cl bottles. Now, if they have Duvel reduced! No, better not. I have just put an order in for £130 of beer on the internet so will have to watch my wallet for a few weeks. Besides, I have exhausted the beer range at Morrisons and want something different.

 

I've only ever had the SW weizenbock which was great.

 

Went into Morrisons earlier to look for the Chimay - f*** all on the shelves. They had every other beer under the sun, including the Schneider Weisse. What a waste of a trip. Oh well....

About the Duvel - I remember a point last year when it was available at Tesco/Sainsburys for £1.27; an absolute bargain. I picked up quite a few and I've still got some of them......mmmmmmh!

 

Screw the Schneider Weisse actually go to Sainsburys and get the Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen!

 

Hate to say it but these days the UK supermarkets don't offer much variety compared to years ago. In the 'olden days' Sainsbos carried Aventinus while the long gone Safeway stocked Dogfish Head WW Stout and its just never been the same since.

 

WW Stout! Incredible....I remember a year or so back when Tesco stocked Flying Dog's Gonzo Imperial Porter. I can imagine something more routine like DF 60 minutes appearing in a supermarket, riding the current trend for US craft, but WW Stout would be something else....

 

I fully agree with you in that since Safeway was swallowed up by Morrisons the beer range in supermarkets has never been the same. I got some incredible beers in Safeway, Alaskan Winter Ale, Alaskan Smoked Porter, 4 or 5 Brooklyn beers plus the 4 packs of beers such as Duvel, Chimay and Pauwel Kwak with the glassware.

 

When Safeway had stocks of the World Wide Stout in around 2004/05, it was at the higher ABV than it is brewed today, 21% and priced at £7.99 I think it was for one 335ml bottle. Ah! those were the days.