Favourite beer

[qldtiger]

Once and for all the place we can debate one of the finer things in life, beer! list your favourites here.

I have a few in no particular order, as different conditions (weather, sport watched along with beer, place of drinking, drinking company etc...) call for different types of beer.

Also out of interests sake list your least favourite beers here.


Ok faves are (in no particular order):
Caffreys (magical creamy flavour)
Miller (light refreshing beer, the only decent beer out of USA, perfect for a hot summers afternoon/evening)
XXXX (When in Rome etc... actually grown to like the local brew, very decent $31.95 a slab beer)
Cascade (Fantastic crisp taste, seems to go especially well with watching cricket for some reason!)
Crown Lager (always doled out by sales reps at sales meetings, have finally acquired the taste after finding it quite overrated at first)
Carlton Cold (Those new tops are magic, easy to open! Good crisp beer inside also)
Bitburger (No more fun to be had drinking beer with mates than when you occasionally stumble across one of the Bitburger mini-kegs!)

Least favourite in particular order
1. VB (Eergh the sourness of that crap, surely people buy it on marketing alone)
2. Fosters (Absolute cat urine, weak and tastes shocking)

 

[Aussie-Basher]

Interesting choices .....

Mine would have to be:

Brit Beer: Tim Taylor's Landlord, Theakston's Old Peculiar, Anything by Marston's, Adnams, Hopback, Shepherd Neame, Harvey's.

Fizzy Cat's Push genre: Stella Artois .....

Stout: Not really an expert here ..... Guiness, I guess ...

American "Boston-style": Sierra Nevada, Brooklyn Lager, Red Hook

Most good Czech and German Beer (not Bitburger)


Oh yeah .... and 2 cans of Tennant's Super .... "the cause and solution to all life's problems ....!"


Food for thought ... I often find it is a country's worst beer that gets recognition (pushed) abroad ...

I'm thinking specifically of Foster's, Budweiser or Miller, Labbatts etc.
I live in New York ... and I was amazed to see how many Americans mentioned to me that they were a "Bass-drinker" ... like it is something to be proud of!!!!

 

[Mobbs]

Melbourne Bitter ... ever since Abbots Lager was taken off the shelf.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

use to like crownies but now its hahn premium while carlton cold another fav.

cheers!

 

[mantis]

If I go to a pub that has Redback on tap, I prefer to drink that, other pubs & take aways then the good old VB, can't understand how some people don't like it.

 

[noodle]

crownies

crownies

crownies

 

[windyhill]

Originally posted by qldtiger
Once and for all the place we can debate one of the finer things in life, beer! list your favourites here.

I have a few in no particular order, as different conditions (weather, sport watched along with beer, place of drinking, drinking company etc...) call for different types of beer.

Also out of interests sake list your least favourite beers here.


Ok faves are (in no particular order):
Caffreys (magical creamy flavour)
Miller (light refreshing beer, the only decent beer out of USA, perfect for a hot summers afternoon/evening)
XXXX (When in Rome etc... actually grown to like the local brew, very decent $31.95 a slab beer)
Cascade (Fantastic crisp taste, seems to go especially well with watching cricket for some reason!)
Crown Lager (always doled out by sales reps at sales meetings, have finally acquired the taste after finding it quite overrated at first)
Carlton Cold (Those new tops are magic, easy to open! Good crisp beer inside also)
Bitburger (No more fun to be had drinking beer with mates than when you occasionally stumble across one of the Bitburger mini-kegs!)

Least favourite in particular order
1. VB (Eergh the sourness of that crap, surely people buy it on marketing alone)
2. Fosters (Absolute cat urine, weak and tastes shocking)

xxxx better than V.B
Queensland sun doing it`s brain altering job.

 

[Portia]

Someone else's

 

[Winmar]

Aaaaanything is better than VB. I make a point of trying new beers wherever I go, and VB is by far the worst I've had. It's the only beer I struggle to finish a can/stubbie of. CUB's marketing is working a treat though.

The nicest beers I've had are some of the high-alcohol Belgian ones (can't remember what they were called though). Also love most English bitters. Not so much John Smith's (run of the mill), but Theakston's, Old Speckled Hen and others.

As far as Aussie beers go, Cooper's, Cascade and Boag's are all great.

One thing that ****s me though..........those beers are sold at normal prices in their home states, but when sold in Victoria (and probably elsewhere) are sold at "premium" prices. I hate it.

 

[Royal Blue And White]

Coopers Pale by a long shot (Although Cascade Pale Ale tastes largely the same)

Newcastle Brown is also a great tasting Ale


On the beer stakes.....San Miguel and Millers are my picks

 

[Au_Blue#24]

ROGERS

by little creatures brewing

 

[Angus1]

My favourite would probably be Kilkenny Irish Draught although it's too expensive to drink all the time.
The one I drink most of the time is Coopers Pale Ale.
Was brought up on Melbourne bitter and still have one every now and then but Coopers is by far a better quality beer.

 

[Port1978]

Used to be Coopers - pale & sparkling. But I can't drink much beer now.
Emu Bitter would have to be the worst

 

[dreamkillers]

Coopers Sparkling Ale

Used to love the old depth chargers mix as well.........

 

[TigerCraig]

Coopers Pale, James Boags Premium and James Squire Amber Ale.

VB is drinkable out of the stubbie if its been on ice - drinking it on tap is disgusting and gives the worst hangovers.

 

[Mobbs]

Does Dogbolter still exist? I used to like that.

 

[windyhill]

Originally posted by TigerCraig


VB is drinkable out of the stubbie if its been on ice - drinking it on tap is disgusting and gives the worst hangovers.

Yeah it`s not a goer through the tap V.B, magic in cans/stubbies. C****** Draught when in a pub is the go

 

[Bakes]

Originally posted by qldtiger

XXXX (When in Rome etc... actually grown to like the local brew, very decent $31.95 a slab beer)

Don't kid yourself. I've been up here nearly a year and it still tastes like camel pi$$. Wouldn't drink it if it was free. And since when is $32 a slab, a decent price. Shop around, you might find someone who will give it to you for free.

 

[redback]

Originally posted by Mobbenfuhrer
Does Dogbolter still exist? I used to like that.

If you are referring to the very dark, potent original Dogbolter, then no, but I think there might be a sub standard variety out now, not too sure, as the person I knew who drank it doesn't figure in my life anymore, thankfully.

Bugger, work pooter still logged into Redback, but I Mantis posted it.

 

[Portmanteau]

Local: Coopers Pale Ale, James Boag's Premium, VB (when I'm slumming it )

International: Grolsch (mmm...), Guinness, Corona

Worst is West End. Had some very bad experiences with this tripe, pity it's the only stuff you can get at most sporting venues. I'm inclined to feel that Crownies are overrated also, but they do have an undeniable aura.

 

[iceman]

Crown Lager or Tooheys Extra Dry

Nothing else compares

 

[mellowyellow]

Boag's Draught ,Crown lager...... and vb when the hoards come nockin at the door

 

[rubberman]

Most of Coopers range is good, but my preference is Cascade premium.

 

[Grogette]

* Cascade Premium Light
* Coopers Pale & Sparkling Ale



PS: I hate the Camel P*ss "Westend" that we have to drink at the SANFL, because they sponsor it!!!

 

[Docker_Brat]

Beer that's cold would have to be my favourite