
For me, summer is the smell of freshly mown grass, festivals, cricket, golf, tennis (TENNIS!!) and drinking Pimms (or anything else) in the great outdoors. Due to this association, the amount of Pimms my family and I get through in a decent summer can be mind-bogglingly immense; so it's a necessity to try and cut the cost if possible.
At the moment Pimms is actually on offer at Tesco for £12 a litre (always buy pimms in full litres if you can't get gallons) but I'm afraid it is rarely available for such a bargain price. Austins, on the other hand, is available at £5.99 for 70cl at Aldi, so it's got to be worth a go! He says, tempting fate...

In direct comparison there is the very slightest taste difference, but not for the better or worse - it's not like you say "Goodness gracious! That Austin's tastes like Satan's unholy, newly passed water!"
Despite this slight variation when sampled one after the other, if you were to taste one in isolation I would challenge anyone to tell the difference. As far as I can see the most significant difference is purely cosmetic with Pimms throwing a bit of froth that clings to the side of the glass.

I really stand by the quality of Austins in the face of Pimms, it is a most absolutely passable and drinkable alternative at half the price, that no-one apart from the very most discerning (and stuck up) would call you out on.
In conclusion, it is Austins o'clock, raise the union flag, and sing of the fact that the sun still never sets on the British empire (seriously it doesn't, how crazy is that?). We're going to be celebrating the wonderful thing that is Andy Murray for many weeks to come, and Austins provides summer in a bottle at a huge saving in these austerity-ridden times. Huzzah!
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