Favourite Beer

[Crooza]

Bluetounge Premium is my Fav at the moment. Very Nice Drop

 

[cammo84]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried that "Cruiser Hummingbird" passionfruit-flavoured beer? Just the idea of a passionfruit beer made by the people behind Vodka Cruisers disgusts me.

 

[suedehead]

I wonder why.

I guess that rules out any chance of getting a regular source of Speights Old Dark Ale then too

I was at the Speight's brewery in Dunedin a few days ago. Did the tour and tasted a bunch of their beers. The nicest one was the Summer Harvest, a wheat beer that tasted like apricots. It was a limited release thing, though, and you can't even find it in NZ anymore!

I'd do anything to get my hands on some!

 

[St 07]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried that "Cruiser Hummingbird" passionfruit-flavoured beer? Just the idea of a passionfruit beer made by the people behind Vodka Cruisers disgusts me.

I got jokingly handed one at a BBQ. It's literally the worst beer I have ever tasted. It's designed for girls, but not even the girls came close to liking it.

 

[Sin City]

Carlsberg.

I heard it was probably the best beer in the world.

It probably isn't but I love it.

 

[cartel]

A mate came over to mine for a few beers last night.

He brought VB Gold, thinking it was a premium version of VB .

Needless to say, it was an absolut shocker. Overly sweet, you miss out on the alcohol, but somehow you still end up with a VB headache...

I still drank it, as I didn't want to offend!

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Just wondering, when people drink a Tasi beer they usually drink Boags. Anyone drink Cascade?

 

[EasternTiger]

I have been enjoying Weihenstephaner Tradition lately. Local Dan Murphy has run out of them

 

[Pumbi]

Just wondering, when people drink a Tasi beer they usually drink Boags. Anyone drink Cascade?

I'm from Hobart, so it is loosely considered that preferring Boags over Cascade is a felony (Territorial). Subsequently Cascade Draught and Pale Ale are pretty much my first drink of choice. Pale Ale in particular is just an all-round solid beer.

 

[Ljp86]

A mate came over to mine for a few beers last night.

He brought VB Gold, thinking it was a premium version of VB .

Needless to say, it was an absolut shocker. Overly sweet, you miss out on the alcohol, but somehow you still end up with a VB headache...

I still drank it, as I didn't want to offend!

VB Gold is probably the best midstrength going around in my opinion.

 

[krisholio14]

I have been enjoying Weihenstephaner Tradition lately. Local Dan Murphy has run out of them

A little pearler of a beer

 

[Dee Snider]

I have a real soft spot for a Mexican beer called 'Tecate'.

When in a restaurant in Mexico a few years back the waitress asked which beer we wanted to drink (they had 6 local beers on the menu) to which we replied "bring us one of each beer you have in the order they appear on the menu'. We skipped Coroner as its a horrible beer.

We got through them all and pretty much agreed Tecate was our new beer of choice. Its not gonna change you life or anything - its just a cool little number to enjoy. And thats what beer is all about.

Hard to get here - the bottle shop down the far end of Ackland Street (not Luna Park end) gets them in but have not seen them many places other than that.

 

[Catfish Alley]

I also spent some time drinking Tacate in Mexico. As you said, it's not the greatest beer or anything but it goes down ok on hot days. My local IGA used to have them for about $10 a six-pack but haven't seen it in a while.

I had some pilsners called Red Angus last week. It's made by De Bortoli and was very good.

 

[handy point]

I was at the Speight's brewery in Dunedin a few days ago. Did the tour and tasted a bunch of their beers. The nicest one was the Summer Harvest, a wheat beer that tasted like apricots. It was a limited release thing, though, and you can't even find it in NZ anymore!

I'd do anything to get my hands on some!

didn't happen to be on the 7th, did it? I was on the 5pm tour.

Summer harvest was a good un, but the distinction ale was fantastic.

 

[iGNITER]

Went to The Hofbrauhaus in Melbourne last weekend.

Had a German meal and washed it down with a nice stein of Beer but for the life of me cannot remember the name of it!!!!

Was very nice though... icy cold for the hot day and went down so well.

Indeed prob went down too well as I need to order another litre.. lol

 

[Sportman1987]

I've probably posted in this thread before + 1 again for Tooheys Old

I had a great beer today at the German club too, Hofbrau

 

[Macca19]

The new Coopers '62' Pilsner is pretty decent.

 

[Macca19]

The new Coopers '62' Pilsner is pretty decent.

 

[krisholio14]

The new Coopers '62' Pilsner is pretty decent.

Compared to what? Tasted like cats piss to me.

You can get Budweiser Budvar, Pilsener Urquell, Weienstephaner Original or Kozel Premium for the same price or less and they are 10 times the beer.

 

[krisholio14]

I have a real soft spot for a Mexican beer called 'Tecate'.

When in a restaurant in Mexico a few years back the waitress asked which beer we wanted to drink (they had 6 local beers on the menu) to which we replied "bring us one of each beer you have in the order they appear on the menu'. We skipped Coroner as its a horrible beer.

We got through them all and pretty much agreed Tecate was our new beer of choice. Its not gonna change you life or anything - its just a cool little number to enjoy. And thats what beer is all about.

Hard to get here - the bottle shop down the far end of Ackland Street (not Luna Park end) gets them in but have not seen them many places other than that.

I saw a clearance shop in Richmond selling six packs of cans for 5 bucks.

 

[Sin City]

Just wondering, when people drink a Tasi beer they usually drink Boags. Anyone drink Cascade?

Don't mind Cascade Pale Ale, wouldn't touch any of the other stuff.

 

[cartel]

Compared to what? Tasted like cats piss to me.

Compared to Coopers Clear, absolute shocker.

Don't understand why an honest, family run brewery have to put out crap like this. Surely Pale Ale and Sparkling Ale have enough fanboys (like me ) so they don't have to brew stuff like this, just for the extra money?

Pure Blonde and Hahn Super Dry (plus maybe Boags Classic Blonde) have got the low carb market pretty much covered anyway.

 

[cammo84]

Had a stubbie of Coopers Clear today. Very generic low carb beer, it offers absolutely nothing flavour-wise to make me go back for more. I suppose it would be a pretty good beer to knock back on a really hot day, as it's dry, crisp and quite easy to drink. Anyone who's into the rest of Coopers range should probably give it a miss.

It's better than Pure Blonde and whatever the Boags one is called, but it doesn't take Cascade Green's place as best low-carb in Australia.

 

[Dagless]

Tried a Gage Roads Premium Lager. Pretty good drop I must say.

 

[year of the roo]

Tried a Gage Roads Premium Lager. Pretty good drop I must say.

Try their IPA, a much better beer.