The only six beers to buy from Aldi — tried and tasted by our expert
The range is divided roughly into three parts: leading mainstream brands; cheaper own-label versions designed to look and taste like those mainstream brands; and more straightforward own-label beers, produced exclusively for Aldi by British brewers.
The big commercial brands are the same as they are anywhere else — you'll have your own opinion of them, whether you love or hate them.
Aldi's lookalike versions of these same beers are sometimes intriguing but mostly bad. Carista is marginally better than Corona. Grande is more authentic than Madri, in that it is actually brewed in Spain rather than Tadcaster. Its 1897 is pretty close to Kronenbourg 1664 — both are faint on the palate, like the ghost of a decent lager, but there's nothing offensive. However, several of the other wannabes came with flavours of wet cardboard or damp dog — a sign they were heavily oxidised. This staleness is common in old beers that have been left unrefrigerated for most of their shelf life, especially those in bottles rather than cans. It's unforgivable in freshly canned beers that have almost a year to go before their sell-by date.
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