The Gold Fassl Debate

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 14:03

"Whilst many beer drinkers speak critically of Gold Fassl beer, it is the cheapest beer in the supermarkets in north Cyprus. Currently 6 bottles are being sold for 8TL, approximately 55p a pint and almost half the price of "Efizz" as my partner calls Efes."

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stilluvithere



Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 765

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 15:09

I have been drinking gold fassl for many years and am always disappointed that bars don’t stock it. The biggest problem with G F is the brewery does not make enough, that is why bars don’t stock it, I am told because you can’t sell a beer for 3 days and have no more for a month. If the brewery made enough so bars can sell it and panic buying doesn’t occur when a new batch arrives in the stores there would be many more converts I am sure

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 17:31

anyone know anything about the G F brewery, I heard a rumour that lack of bottles was the reason for a lack of consistent output! Must be something stupid like that because a standard brewery produces without long breaks

pond JuMpEr



Joined: 16/11/2007
Posts: 58

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 19:14

If their are a lack of bottles on the island, then why not put a deposit on them. This may also help keep the beaches clean.

teatime


Joined: 20/10/2008
Posts: 852

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 19:21

I much prefer GF to Efes, shame more places don't do it!

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 21:33

I hate to say it, but I remember collecting bottles and taking them back for the 2d deposit on them. You're right pond JuMpEr, it would make the beaches safer places.

Grinderman


Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 33

Message Posted:
17/11/2009 08:45

Gold Fassl.



1. It's cheap.

2. It's inexpensive.

3. It doesn't cost much money.

4. It's cheap.



Can't think of anything else good to say about it!

stilluvithere



Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 765

Message Posted:
17/11/2009 09:08

Grinderman, is that a roundabout way of saying that you dont like gold fassl

Grinderman


Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 33

Message Posted:
17/11/2009 09:30

Stilluvithere

Well.... yes! It's just another Pils. There's way to much of that rubbish about. Gassy, flavourless, bland, inoffensive, and dull.

I'd like to see some real Belgian or British beers about. Not the mass-produced rubbish, but the real stuff.

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
17/11/2009 09:42

Grinderman, but they are around if you're willing to pay 4.95TL for 500ml of Pedigree for example. Try Ileli in Alsancak. G F is not particularly gassy unlike Efizz.

MarkVPiazza


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 530

Message Posted:
17/11/2009 10:18

I prefer GF, and to top it off, it's cheaper, and locally produced



Mark

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
17/11/2009 10:22

I was told that GF is brewed for draft. Any over production is bottled and is always limited in quantity. Not sure how accurate that is - could be that the GF brewery couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery....(?)

stilluvithere



Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 765

Message Posted:
17/11/2009 10:24

when I say I like gold fassl that is because I live here in N Cyprus. By choice I would be drinking Hobgoblin or Old speckled hen from the barrel. I am in for a treat in 4 weeks time as I go back to England for 4 weeks and a mate of mine has lined up a session in a pub that pours straight from the barrel. MMMMMMMM