Favourite Beer

[Dagless]

lol sounds a BIT sus but meh if true, who cares...

Diablo, you have 3000 pages of review notes of ALL beers you've tried??? Sorry mate, you are pushing it....

 

[Rockford]

Jeez how old are you? 3000 beers is 1 different beer every day for 9 years, nobody drinks 1 different beer every day for 9 years you'd probably at best be able to squeeze in drinking 5 days a week for such a long period of time so that'd push it out to 12 years give or take. Then there's the fact you'd need to have travelled all over the place and i do mean all over the bloody place in order to have even been exposed to 3000 different beers. I think you're looking at 25-30years of drinking to get to that number and that's with extensive travel. That'd make you mid 40's at best. Are you sure you dont mean you've drunk 3000 beers? Not 3000 different beers.

I went to a beer festival in Ghent, I tried 12 different beers in one day, then cycled home carrying the glass for each of the beers in my jumper.

 

[Dagless]

yeah but deej is talking about averages... Its not like there is a beer festival on everyday that where you can go to all of them...

 

[ashley12]

Its as if I know you or something because I agree with you 100%

Given you got me on/addicted to swan draught I blame you.

Corona = Horse urine

 

[jo172]

In WInter James Squire Amber Ale, in Summer Coopers Pale Ale or Southwark Bitter.

 

[krisholio14]

Jeez how old are you? 3000 beers is 1 different beer every day for 9 years, nobody drinks 1 different beer every day for 9 years you'd probably at best be able to squeeze in drinking 5 days a week for such a long period of time so that'd push it out to 12 years give or take. Then there's the fact you'd need to have travelled all over the place and i do mean all over the bloody place in order to have even been exposed to 3000 different beers. I think you're looking at 25-30years of drinking to get to that number and that's with extensive travel. That'd make you mid 40's at best. Are you sure you dont mean you've drunk 3000 beers? Not 3000 different beers.

I try at least one, if not two, new beers a week at the moment, but for around a 6 year period I was trying 10-12 new beers a week. Now this is not including a period of about 10 years prior to this where I would taste a new beer about every fortnight.

So basically, for 10 years I would say I tasted upwards of 240-250 different beers. Then I got right into my beer drinking for that 6 years, and was tasting as many as 600 new beers a year. Now I'm drinking a bit more wine than beer so it has slowed down to about 50 to 100 new beers a year.

Remember, this is over almost 20 years of beer drinking.

How do I do it? One, I know where to find these beers in this country. Go to Purvis Cellars in Surrey Hills or Acland Cellars in St Kilda for example, and between them they would have somewhere between 500 to 1000 different beers available at any one time. Then you have on line importers who have around another 200 - 300 beers available that are different again. Not only that, but you can ask them to source any beers you have heard about from overseas that you may like to try but can't find here.

Then when you have contacts overseas who are more than happy to send you boxes of US microbrewed ales (of which there are 1000's) and hard to find European beers, it's not hard to find that many new beers to drink.

Now I'm not drinking as much now as I was say, 18 months ago, but as I say, for a 6 year period, I was drinking 4 to 5 nights a week, and every night was pretty much a beer tasting session. I also have a partner in crime who makes the process much more fun and a little easier.

This is why I make no bones about being a beer snob. It takes a lot of time. money and hangovers to go through that many beers, so as my friends all know, when I talk about beer, they listen, because I have runs on the board.

Don't believe me? Come out for a session with my mate and I, and I can guarantee you will have tried at least a dozen beers you've never had before before the night is out. And we could do that every week for a couple of years if you like

 

[krisholio14]

lol sounds a BIT sus but meh if true, who cares...

Diablo, you have 3000 pages of review notes of ALL beers you've tried??? Sorry mate, you are pushing it....

It's in notebook form (and point form, rather than fully fledged reviews). I have a box full of them. I occasionally review beers online at beer advocate, when I can find the time to sit down and reel some off, so the tasting notes come in handy. They are also good if you've come back to a beer you haven't had in a while, to see if anything has changed.

This is why I made the original claim. There are four things in life that I live for, Alcohol, Sport, Music and Food. When you have an obsession, it's not hard to drink that many

 

[Dagless]

Nah thats cool just sounded a bit weird...

Its obvious though... You don't need notes to remember the best of the best....

 

[krisholio14]

Nah thats cool just sounded a bit weird...

Its obvious though... You don't need notes to remember the best of the best....

No doubts about that!

 

[Rockford]

How do I do it? One, I know where to find these beers in this country. Go to Purvis Cellars in Surrey Hills or Acland Cellars in St Kilda for example, and between them they would have somewhere between 500 to 1000 different beers available at any one time. Then you have on line importers who have around another 200 - 300 beers available that are different again. Not only that, but you can ask them to source any beers you have heard about from overseas that you may like to try but can't find here.

Awesome I went to Acland St Cellars a fair bit when I lived in St Kilda. Their range in all alcohol is extensive. So, can you give us a run down of your three top beers? Also, have you tried Jupiler? And do you know anyone who can get it for me here in Oz?

 

[The Dice Man]

3000 beers at the age of 35 without ever having left the country...

LMFAO!!!



Ive told you 6 billion times, do not exaggerate!

 

[krisholio14]

3000 beers at the age of 35 without ever having left the country...

LMFAO!!!



Ive told you 6 billion times, do not exaggerate!

Didn't you read my post describing how I did it?

It's not that hard when your life pretty much revolves around finding new beers to try for a half dozen years.

 

[krisholio14]

Awesome I went to Acland St Cellars a fair bit when I lived in St Kilda. Their range in all alcohol is extensive. So, can you give us a run down of your three top beers? Also, have you tried Jupiler? And do you know anyone who can get it for me here in Oz?

It's a tough call to narrow down all the beers I've tried over the years to my three favorites, because there are so many different styles and interpretations of style. For example, A Czech pilsener is not the same as a German pilsener, which is different again from an Australian pilsener.

Off the top of my head, and I know I'll be forgetting some here, I would say my three overall favorites would be

Rochefort 10 - is a Trappist beer and quite simply, the most intense, complex beer you could possibly try. If I had to nominate a beer that everyone should have at least one of before they die, this would be the one. Not only that but one of these will sit you right on your ass.

Batemans XXXB - an English strong bitter, it is a beautifully balanced, yet understated beer that you will still be savoring with as much pleasure at the end of the night as you did at the start.

Young's Double Chocolate Stout - A milk/sweet stout from London, it is rich, smooth and most of all, chocolatey (they put pure chocolate and essence in the boil). It's the sort of beer your G/F who doesn't like beer will want to have a taste of

As for Jupiler, Euro lagers (in fact lagers in general) are not really my thing. The one positive about Jupiler is it tastes a lot less like most other Euro lagers where the only real flavor is adjuncts. For me it's one of those beers I wouldn't knock back if offered, or would happily drink if it was the only thing there, but I wouldn't be spending my hard earned on it. I have seen it about the place over the years, so when i'm out this weekend buying beer supplies, i'll have a look and see if anyone has them at the moment. If I don't find it about this time, I can promise you it will bob up eventually.

 

[hellfire]

Sol is not beer.

Wow, talk about not letting anybody have an opinion.

For me, my top 15 off the top of my head (in no order) - I'm not a stout fan, despite them generally being regarded the 'best' beers:

Brok
Squires Golden Ale
Coopers Pale
Budvar Lager
Gage Roads Lager
Gage Roads IPA
Grand Ridge Gippsland Gold
Pepperjack
Mildura Cloudy Ale
Little Creatures Bright Ale
Stella (has to be the import, not the Aussie shit)
Hoegaarden
Delirium (many people hate it, so I'm prepared for abuse)
Lowenbrau
Kokanee

I'm sure there are others more deserving for my top 15 that I can't think of right now. I have a spreadsheet of the beers I've had and their ratings, but I've forgotten to put in so many that it's not even worth looking at. I'd say I've tried about... 150 or so beers. Nowhere near the 3000 benchmark that's been set here....though I am only 20.

 

[TheWackedYak]

If you like the JS Golden Ale (as anyone with taste in beer should), get a hold of the Jarrah Jacks Golden Ale - almost as good.

One to steer clear of - Baron's Lemon Myrtle Witbier. First two swigs tasted like beer flavoured lemon drink - it was just too overpowering. Down the sink it went, I couldn't finished it and just moved on to the Jarrah Jacks mentioned above.

 

[Wowser]

As I have posted elsewhere...its starts and ends here...

 

[Vedder]

I had a few Boags draught's last nite, i havent drunk this beer for donkeys, well since i was a teenager, goddamn it tasted like shit

 

[Bourky23]

I had a few Boags draught's last nite, i havent drunk this beer for donkeys, well since i was a teenager, goddamn it tasted like shit

yea its awful stuff

 

[home at dawn]

It's a tough call to narrow down all the beers I've tried over the years to my three favorites, because there are so many different styles and interpretations of style. For example, A Czech pilsener is not the same as a German pilsener, which is different again from an Australian pilsener.

Off the top of my head, and I know I'll be forgetting some here, I would say my three overall favorites would be

Rochefort 10 - is a Trappist beer and quite simply, the most intense, complex beer you could possibly try. If I had to nominate a beer that everyone should have at least one of before they die, this would be the one. Not only that but one of these will sit you right on your ass.

Batemans XXXB - an English strong bitter, it is a beautifully balanced, yet understated beer that you will still be savoring with as much pleasure at the end of the night as you did at the start.

Young's Double Chocolate Stout - A milk/sweet stout from London, it is rich, smooth and most of all, chocolatey (they put pure chocolate and essence in the boil). It's the sort of beer your G/F who doesn't like beer will want to have a taste of

As for Jupiler, Euro lagers (in fact lagers in general) are not really my thing. The one positive about Jupiler is it tastes a lot less like most other Euro lagers where the only real flavor is adjuncts. For me it's one of those beers I wouldn't knock back if offered, or would happily drink if it was the only thing there, but I wouldn't be spending my hard earned on it. I have seen it about the place over the years, so when i'm out this weekend buying beer supplies, i'll have a look and see if anyone has them at the moment. If I don't find it about this time, I can promise you it will bob up eventually.

I'm in the same boat, I've tried well into the thousands different beers also. I'm not sure why people are so uptight about that. When your life revolves around beer it's not hard to do so, and my life is very much about beer, given I'm professional brewer.

Some good choices there diablo. I rate the Rochefort 10 as my favourite beer as well, the best of the Trappists (and yes, I've had all the Westvelterens).

Not as keen on the Youngs DC Stout. What I really love are the Skandie stout and porters, breweries like Narke and Dugges. They make these full flavoured beasts, yet smooth as velvet with the chocolate and roast taste without resorting to cheap tricks and gimicks (which I find tastes wrong in a beer, like the DC, and all those coffee stouts).

I also love a good, fresh hefeweizen. A warm day in a Munich beer garden drinking hefe made 100 yards away is a great moment in life. Some good hefes are starting to show up in Australia. Moo Brew make a great one, and I hear Mountain Goat have had a crack (I haven't tried it yet). But they need to be fresh, same way you aren't going to drink a bottle of wine that has been left in the sun for a couple of weeks.

And that is pretty much the problem of Euro Lagers in Australia. Anything that is made to be clean and crisp and delicate is pretty much destroyed when you stick it in a steel box and put on a boat that crosses the tropics for 2 weeks. But mugs still pay top dollar, so they keep doing it.

 

[year of the roo]

yea its awful stuff

It's up against VB, Draught, Tooheys New, Melbourne, etc. And only Carlton is a better beer. Cascade Draught remains the best draught beer in Australia though.

 

[hellfire]

I'm in the same boat, I've tried well into the thousands different beers also. I'm not sure why people are so uptight about that. When your life revolves around beer it's not hard to do so, and my life is very much about beer, given I'm professional brewer.

Some good choices there diablo. I rate the Rochefort 10 as my favourite beer as well, the best of the Trappists (and yes, I've had all the Westvelterens).

Not as keen on the Youngs DC Stout. What I really love are the Skandie stout and porters, breweries like Narke and Dugges. They make these full flavoured beasts, yet smooth as velvet with the chocolate and roast taste without resorting to cheap tricks and gimicks (which I find tastes wrong in a beer, like the DC, and all those coffee stouts).

I also love a good, fresh hefeweizen. A warm day in a Munich beer garden drinking hefe made 100 yards away is a great moment in life. Some good hefes are starting to show up in Australia. Moo Brew make a great one, and I hear Mountain Goat have had a crack (I haven't tried it yet). But they need to be fresh, same way you aren't going to drink a bottle of wine that has been left in the sun for a couple of weeks.

And that is pretty much the problem of Euro Lagers in Australia. Anything that is made to be clean and crisp and delicate is pretty much destroyed when you stick it in a steel box and put on a boat that crosses the tropics for 2 weeks. But mugs still pay top dollar, so they keep doing it.

So many people rate dark ales or stouts so highly. Personally I wish I had the taste for them, because they're consistantly rated as the best beers in the world, but I just can't enjoy a beer that is so heavy (more than around 7%).

 

[krisholio14]

I'm in the same boat, I've tried well into the thousands different beers also. I'm not sure why people are so uptight about that. When your life revolves around beer it's not hard to do so, and my life is very much about beer, given I'm professional brewer.

Some good choices there diablo. I rate the Rochefort 10 as my favourite beer as well, the best of the Trappists (and yes, I've had all the Westvelterens).

Not as keen on the Youngs DC Stout. What I really love are the Skandie stout and porters, breweries like Narke and Dugges. They make these full flavoured beasts, yet smooth as velvet with the chocolate and roast taste without resorting to cheap tricks and gimicks (which I find tastes wrong in a beer, like the DC, and all those coffee stouts).

I also love a good, fresh hefeweizen. A warm day in a Munich beer garden drinking hefe made 100 yards away is a great moment in life. Some good hefes are starting to show up in Australia. Moo Brew make a great one, and I hear Mountain Goat have had a crack (I haven't tried it yet). But they need to be fresh, same way you aren't going to drink a bottle of wine that has been left in the sun for a couple of weeks.

And that is pretty much the problem of Euro Lagers in Australia. Anything that is made to be clean and crisp and delicate is pretty much destroyed when you stick it in a steel box and put on a boat that crosses the tropics for 2 weeks. But mugs still pay top dollar, so they keep doing it.

In all honesty, Sammy Smiths Imperial Stout is quite possibly my favorite stout on reflection. Among many interesting Sri Lankan stouts i've had, Lion stout is world class and also one of my favorites.

Not a fan of wheat beers at all. Been known to try them here and there, but they do absolutely nothing for me.

Just a question, who do you brew for? If it's one of the micros theres a good chance i've met you at some tasting session somewhere around this town

 

[krisholio14]

So many people rate dark ales or stouts so highly. Personally I wish I had the taste for them, because they're consistantly rated as the best beers in the world, but I just can't enjoy a beer that is so heavy (more than around 7%).

If it's like that, you save one for the last drink of the night

 

[sketch09]

barefoot radler's classy sweet beer

 

[wally funk]

gotta love crownies and coopers red. vb is also a very competent beer, despite the flak it tends to cop.
really can't stand stella, corona, etc. etc. those sorts of (mainly) european style beers tend to make me feel ill from the odd taste compared to aussie beers.