Whats your favourite beer?

[PatientHawk]

Boags draught for me

Boags and a win on game day in tassie:thumbsu:

[amos]

I didn't appreciate beers and was fiercly loyal to VB and Crownies before moving overseas and being introduced to microbrews and Belguin beer. Hoegaarden is my beer of choice.

[Hugshawks]

An ice cold Heineken is my choice. Or rather six ice cold Heinekans :)

[DESTRUKTOR]

Will Bourbon do??

I hate beer! Missed many a free piss up because of it. Wild Turkey is totally my choice of Bourbon. Great kick, good flavour!!

[Gary Shadforth]

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When the Hawks win and XXXX when we lose.

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[The Kipster]

the one and only Melbourne Bitter and infact here in the West it is a popular beer....I must know of at least 20 MB drinkers...:thumbsu:

[Bennycoff]

Corona.

[Cynic]

Victoria Bitter.

[KingRich]

Like most beers but Carlton Draught or Melbourne Bitter for me! Draught would be my first purchase though.

[KingRich]

Will Bourbon do??

I hate beer! Missed many a free piss up because of it. Wild Turkey is totally my choice of Bourbon. Great kick, good flavour!!

I feel sorry for you! Would make life tough if you dont like beer!!!

[kolchak]

the one and only Melbourne Bitter and infact here in the West it is a popular beer....I must know of at least 20 MB drinkers...:thumbsu:

Big M.

Wasn't impressed with the last one I drank.

[ralphwiggum]

I didn't appreciate beers and was fiercly loyal to VB and Crownies before moving overseas and being introduced to microbrews and Belguin beer. Hoegaarden is my beer of choice.

I'm not really a beer drinker, nor a drinker of any sort (madatory victim of the designated driver's program through my uni days ;) )

But I must say that Hoegaarden would about be my fave, too... I am not an educated beer conoisseur, i drink it, and either I like the taste, or I don't.

So please let me ask u beer buff hawkers, in regards to Aussie beers, I like Cascade premium and Crown Lager, are they generally regarded by the beer-lovers in Aust as excellent, good, averge, bad or crap? :confused:

[Adelaide Hawk]

Corona.

I agree with that. Actually, my favourite kind of beer is a free one :)

[footy_paul]

Melbourne bitter when ice cold, coronas are awsome. but my overall beer of choice is a free one :thumbsu:

[haze.13]

Coopers Pale. Come over to the green side! :thup:

[Hawk0373]

Steinlager, $39 a slab at uncle dans and a mighty fine drop. The kiwis finally got something right.

[kolchak]

This thread makes me want to drink. :thumbsu:

[Hawk Dork]

I had a Sol beer in Mexico for 12 cents but you had to drink it on the steps of the shop so you would give them the empty bottle.
Excellent
I went to order a Corona also in Mexico the local said it was gringo drink and ordered me a Tekate which is the one mexcians squeeze lime in and put salt on the rim......... it tatsted like VB
But when I worked at CUB and they still made Abbotts Invalid Stout and you could sneak a drink out of the 6 storey high vat when no one was looking and before it got pasturised..........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[The Dice Man]

I'm not really a beer drinker, nor a drinker of any sort (madatory victim of the designated driver's program through my uni days ;) )

But I must say that Hoegaarden would about be my fave, too... I am not an educated beer conoisseur, i drink it, and either I like the taste, or I don't.

So please let me ask u beer buff hawkers, in regards to Aussie beers, I like Cascade premium and Crown Lager, are they generally regarded by the beer-lovers in Aust as excellent, good, averge, bad or crap? :confused:

All crap. Most big Aussie beers are rubbish, but due to popular icons used in clever advertising ads, people believe they are good beers.

Cascade's not terrible(but it aint much better than terrible) and dont be fooled into thinking it's Tasmanian, cause its not. It's owned by Foster's and brewed on the Gold Coast at Yatala, using water from the Hinze Dam(GC water supply).

They also brew Guiness, Kilkenny and Stella Artois.

If you wanna try a decent Aussie beer try a Coopers, or some of the James Squire beers(although not Australian owned, it is brewed here).

[Macquarie Eagle]

Tooheys Extra Dry.....

[kolchak]

Crown is the worst beer I have ever drank. It comes in a nice shaped bottle and fancy label, but it's terrible. It is the worst on the market by a mile!!!!

[Hugshawks]

Crown is the worst beer I have ever drank. It comes in a nice shaped bottle and fancy label, but it's terrible. It is the worst on the market by a mile!!!!

Not worth the price tag, but still a nice tasting beer.

[Hawk Dork]

Crown is pure Fosters
Fosters is pure sometimes but usually mixed with a percentage of what ever is left that week of production.

[kolchak]

Crown is pure Fosters
Fosters is pure sometimes but usually mixed with a percentage of what ever is left that week of production.


That makes perfect sense. :thumbsu:

[Hawk0373]

anyone ever had the displeasure of a Tooheys New? My god, what were they thinking?!!:eek:

[The Dice Man]

Crown is pure Fosters
Fosters is pure sometimes but usually mixed with a percentage of what ever is left that week of production.

Having spent a year working in a Foster's Brewery I can assure everyone that this is absolute rubbish. They brew to order, there's no such thing as having left over production at the end of the week. The Brewery I worked at is teh most technologically advanced brewery in Australia, and everything is made to order, down to the very last drop(this of course takes into account wastage).

All you have to do is taste Crown and Fosters at the same time to realize this. The thing that separates Crown from VB, Carlton Draught and other common Foster's beers is mainly quality of ingredients, with slight variations in the recipes (different yeast strains for each beer) and adjustments in preservatives and additives.

Basically all ingredients are graded by the brewery, and the highest graded ingredients are used for Crown. Having said that, there isn't a whole lot of difference in the quality of ingredients.

Also the Crown packaging is alot more expensive than the standard beers.

[delirious1]

Kilkenney is good
Tooheys extra dry is also good
but coopers sparkling ale for me :thumbsu:

[Hawk Dork]

Having spent a year working in a Foster's Brewery I can assure everyone that this is absolute rubbish. They brew to order, there's no such thing as having left over production at the end of the week. The Brewery I worked at is teh most technologically advanced brewery in Australia, and everything is made to order, down to the very last drop(this of course takes into account wastage).

All you have to do is taste Crown and Fosters at the same time to realize this. The thing that separates Crown from VB, Carlton Draught and other common Foster's beers is mainly quality of ingredients, with slight variations in the recipes (different yeast strains for each beer) and adjustments in preservatives and additives.

Basically all ingredients are graded by the brewery, and the highest graded ingredients are used for Crown. Having said that, there isn't a whole lot of difference in the quality of ingredients.

Also the Crown packaging is alot more expensive than the standard beers.
I worked at CUB in Abbotsford about 20 years ago and that was what I was told by the guys working there.
Carlton Draft was a combo of the dregs of everything
Crown was pure Fosters Export Fosters was pure Fosters and the production crew could tell by the codes on the bottle when Fosters was pure and would buy it only when it was.
Obviously different flavourings where added to make them consitantly taste like what they where supposed to.
They also scooped out the yeast to go to Vegemite and would exchange yeast with Tooheys in order to keep consitancy

[The Dice Man]

I worked at CUB in Abbotsford about 20 years ago and that was what I was told by the guys working there.
Carlton Draft was a combo of the dregs of everything
Crown was pure Fosters Export Fosters was pure Fosters and the production crew could tell by the codes on the bottle when Fosters was pure and would buy it only when it was.
Obviously different flavourings where added to make them consitantly taste like what they where supposed to.
They also scooped out the yeast to go to Vegemite and would exchange yeast with Tooheys in order to keep consitancy

I worked at Foster's up until around 4 months ago. 4 months > 20 years.

Although the yeast is still sold onto Kraft after the brewery is finished with it.

Think you'll find there's been enormous changes in brewing over the last 20 years too.

[Hawk Dork]

Yer no more Abbotts Invalid Stout for one

[Hawkmatic]

Boags Premium. Yummy beer! :thumbsu:

[hyperswivel]

I don't drink beer. I wish I could, it'd be cheaper.

Top 3 are Vodka, Tequilla and Wine.

[kolchak]

I don't drink beer. I wish I could, it'd be cheaper.

Top 3 are Vodka, Tequilla and Wine.

You must throw up a lot.