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08-03-2014, 09:02 PM | #721 | ||
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Yeah I agree, I tried Hop Thief on tap, very nice. There are like more then 4 different versions, I think I tried version 3.... Cant buy it anywhere except on tap though, some sort of special thing by James Squire...
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09-03-2014, 02:14 PM | #723 | ||
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I had some coopers celebration ale with my old man last night, he couldn't stand it but I thought it was magnificent.
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10-03-2014, 01:53 AM | #724 | ||
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So, I was down at my favourite watering hole, The Rose Hotel, Bunbury. This was about 3 weeks ago, and Angostura Lemon, Lime and Bitters had a bit of a promo going on. Grab an ALLB and your name goes into the hat to win a ALLB Surboard.
So, I'd had my two pints, having to drive and yet having a good chat while watching the sport on the Telly, I put my hand up for the Angostura. Guess who won the Surfboard? Here's a little pick of the plank... No, I don't surf, and I couldn't imagine waxing this piece of art. It's a work of art. Mates, you gotta enter those pub promo's. I've won a few bits over the years, this one takes the cake. Oh, and the beach pic was a photo from a fellow AFF member. Australia Day. I reckon it said everything I like about Oz, I had it made into a canvas print. Love it. Madaya
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10-03-2014, 10:45 AM | #725 | ||
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Not a beer drinker until a trip to France and Belgium - found Stella and a few other Belg. beers which I liked. Came back to Aus and saw Stella as an imported beer - didn't read the fine print - its NOT IMPORTED its made here and tastes like ****. Settled for Corona with lemon yum. Still pi$$ed at being duped by who ever is making the fake Stella.
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10-03-2014, 07:17 PM | #726 | ||
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It's not fake, it's made here under licence.
Just like Heineken with a couple hundred breweries around the world. |
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10-03-2014, 08:04 PM | #727 | ||
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Maybe I should have said "misrepresentation" rather than fake. Without going into the fact that this tastes nothing like the beer you purchase when in country, a product which is made locally whether under license or not, cannot be claimed to be an "imported" beer.
Imported means it comes into this country as a ready made product even if it was in bulk or in a reduced state like you get scotch.
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10-03-2014, 08:42 PM | #728 | ||
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the bottle I have says brewed in the UK, so the Stella I've been drinking is imported.
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10-03-2014, 09:29 PM | #729 | ||
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Hope it tastes good like the ones I drank in Belgium. I don't buy em any longer, the Corona's is now my fav.
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10-03-2014, 09:32 PM | #730 | ||
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Did you drink it from a bottle or out of the tap? I've noticed a difference between the two.
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11-03-2014, 11:21 AM | #731 | |||
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I have since read up on the licence bit and it seems that the carton I purchased was indeed made in Aus (2009 Fosters manufacture), but there is also manufacturing in NZ and UK. Now stella is being made by Lion Nathan in Aus. with some parallel importing out of the UK.
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12-03-2014, 10:02 AM | #732 | ||
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Yes, absolutely. There are many breweries both Australian and international that surpass Coopers.
Coopers is the largest independent brewery though, so I will still support them. However, there are Australian microbreweries that I also like to support. Off the top of my head: Beechworth Brewing Co (Beechworth) Bright Brewery (Bright) Hargreaves Hill (Yarra Glen) White Rabbit (Healesville) Grand Ridge (Mirboo North - Gippsland) Hawthorn Brewing Company (Hawthorn) Mountain Goat (Richmond - VIC) I used to love Little Creatures - best pale in the country, and Rogers Beer was the closest thing I could find to the old Cascade Amber Ale (discontinued - BASTARDS!), but I refuse to support a brewery that sells out...<puts on thick-rimmed black glasses>
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12-03-2014, 10:07 AM | #733 | ||
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Corona is overpriced.
I suggest that we cut through all the image crap, and just stick with Coopers Clear. It might not make you cool, and it might not cost enough to imply quality, but most of the major imports that advertise are rubbish. With winter and cooler weather approaching, the Belgian ales are calling... Chimay, La Trappe, as well as Zywiec (Polish) Porter being bloody awesome value... The IPAs also are a hit. Sierra Nevada although a sizeable brewery, make a good one for the price, and there are some really awesome Australian ones. Epic Brewing Co make some great stuff. Many other brands. I recommend that you get out to Olinda Cellars. I get my Australian gin from there, as well as many other microbreweries that you simply won't find at Dan Murphy's.
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12-03-2014, 05:27 PM | #734 | |||
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12-03-2014, 07:07 PM | #735 | ||
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Sorry Mark - that post wasn't directed directly at you. Apologies if it was taken the wrong way. Not my intention.
I am a big advocate of Australian brews and I am vehemently against Mexican beer as I think there is a lot of false quality implied in its excessive price. That has been a running comment of mine through this entire thread. My comment was not in direct relation to your post - I was making a general comment.
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12-03-2014, 07:50 PM | #736 | |||
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Last time up at the mountain an old bloke swigging on VB called me a poof for drinking it................
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12-03-2014, 08:20 PM | #737 | |||
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12-03-2014, 08:22 PM | #738 | ||
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Importrd Becks for me
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13-03-2014, 06:33 AM | #739 | ||
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13-03-2014, 09:33 PM | #740 | |||
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The best on that list would have to be the beechworth. But you have missed 2 that are even better 1 stone&wood and 2 Coldstream
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16-03-2014, 05:21 PM | #741 | ||
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Hey fellas I just tried some 'BROO' cans and its a very nice Lager beer.It has a roadsign with a kangaroo as the advertisement. Its brewed in "Sorrento' Vic so down on the beach near Torquay/Bells Beach etc...If ever there was an Oz beer to support it would surely be this one!!!!!
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16-03-2014, 09:29 PM | #742 | ||
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OK, at the risk of biting the hand....
I saw OeTTINGER Pils at Dan Murphy’s for like $29 a slab and thought anything that cheap will be poison. I have lived in Europe for nearly a decade and made it my business to try as many beers as possible. Purely for research purposes! So many beers, so little time! At home I usually enjoy a Coopers as a quaffing beer. I sent the wife to buy me some "cheap beer" and she came back with OeTTINGER stubbies. They are smaller than Australian stubbies, 330mls V 375mls. I tried OeTTINGER stubbies and for the price I defy anyone to find a better beer. I have done a lot of "research" on this product. I can confirm the fact it sticks to German purity obsession and only has four ingredients; water, barley, hops, yeast. During my extensive research over the past year or so I have never had a hangover, in spite of the amount of "research" I may have indulged in. IMHO it is worth a try. Certainly not the best beer in the world, but for the price could put the local market on notice to pick up their game!
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18-03-2014, 07:18 PM | #743 | |||
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Stone and Wood Pacific Ale is grouse. I really should get out there for an ale or 10...and of course, I won't be driving, because AFF promotes responsible driving.
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21-03-2014, 09:07 AM | #745 | ||
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Barossa Valley Brewing is our local microbrewery. They donated a few kegs as part of sponsorship of the cricket club and they've gone down a treat!
Another microbrewery that I like is Bear Republic. It's a bit difficult to get these beers though as they are from a little country town 2.5 hours north of San Francisco! There is an Irish Pub down near Albert Park in Melbourne that stocked a couple of their beers. It brought back memories drinking that! As for Corona, it's the Fosters Mexican equivalent. The local apparently don't drink it. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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16-06-2014, 10:17 AM | #746 | ||
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Slightly off topic, but this is the best place to ask.
What do you use to revitalise your beer drinking glasses? I've got 4 x 425ml pilsener style glasses that have only ever had beer in them and are stored in the freezer. They don't hold the head or "work" the bubbles anywhere like they used to. I've followed my dad's oath of only washing them in warm salty water which worked for a while, but it's now failing. Have tried using the sterilising stuff like sodium metabisulphite and Milton's baby bottle wash to no avail. They've never seen dishwashing detergent. To spark them up I'm now putting the tiniest pinch of salt in before I pour - yeah, I know that's just not on! Any ideas guys? Thanks in advance. Back on topic, my all time favourite beer was Tooheys Pils, sadly it was taken off the market. Unless I'm up for a treat, I buy whatever heavy beer is on special at the time. Cheers!
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16-06-2014, 01:35 PM | #747 | |||
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Also your use of the freezer for storing your glass. The warmer a liquid is, the easier it becomes for dissolved gases in solution to come out of solution, therefore the opposite is the colder a liquid, the slower the gases come out of solution. This is why antartic waters have such high fish polulations. Maybe keep the glass in the fridge and not the freezer. The glass of a quality drinking vessel should not affect the drink unless there is a residue from not being cleaned properly. Glass is an inert material used throughout science as it does not react with almost all liquids and solids.
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23-06-2014, 09:06 PM | #748 | ||
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If you gotta put lime or lemon in a beer to make it taste nice, then it must be crap in the first place. Corona is overrated beer, don't like it ,don t buy it, Went to Czech republic recently and drank KOZEL dark ale and KOZEL premium. The premium is delicious. Dan Murphy stocks it $60 for (20 x 500ml bottles )
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23-06-2014, 09:14 PM | #749 | ||
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I only ever drink Corona if its a stinking hot day. Otherwise its to watery for me.
One I dont really like is the Gage Roads Sleeping Giant India Pale Ale..one or twos ok..but its got a funny bitter taste and I usually like IPA's.
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01-07-2014, 07:24 AM | #750 | ||
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If I can get them at a good price Moosehead or Beez neez
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