Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
Mar 23rd 2010, 4:13 am
#31
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
Bloody ridiculous !~
Recently I had to go to Sydney to meet an old mate and we decided to have a beer in a 'flash' joint in George St.
I ordered a schooner of VB and could hardly belive the price..... $4 That's less that's they charge at our local 'bloodhouse' of a pub in the township where I live.
I can't remember the name of the joint, but it's accross the street from an awful faux Irish joint and Harry's cafe de Wheels.
I reckon that a $4 schooner of full strength beer in Sydney would be hard to beat.
Recently I had to go to Sydney to meet an old mate and we decided to have a beer in a 'flash' joint in George St.
I ordered a schooner of VB and could hardly belive the price..... $4 That's less that's they charge at our local 'bloodhouse' of a pub in the township where I live.
I can't remember the name of the joint, but it's accross the street from an awful faux Irish joint and Harry's cafe de Wheels.
I reckon that a $4 schooner of full strength beer in Sydney would be hard to beat.
When I was there in 2005 we used to get jugs (2 pints) of VB on a monday night for $5 at the great eastern hotel in george st.
Mar 23rd 2010, 4:20 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
Bloody ridiculous !~
Recently I had to go to Sydney to meet an old mate and we decided to have a beer in a 'flash' joint in George St.
I ordered a schooner of VB and could hardly belive the price..... $4 That's less that's they charge at our local 'bloodhouse' of a pub in the township where I live.
I can't remember the name of the joint, but it's accross the street from an awful faux Irish joint and Harry's cafe de Wheels.
I reckon that a $4 schooner of full strength beer in Sydney would be hard to beat.
Recently I had to go to Sydney to meet an old mate and we decided to have a beer in a 'flash' joint in George St.
I ordered a schooner of VB and could hardly belive the price..... $4 That's less that's they charge at our local 'bloodhouse' of a pub in the township where I live.
I can't remember the name of the joint, but it's accross the street from an awful faux Irish joint and Harry's cafe de Wheels.
I reckon that a $4 schooner of full strength beer in Sydney would be hard to beat.
Mar 23rd 2010, 5:34 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
I realise that VB tends to polarise Aussie beer drinkers, but I love the stuff. I like a beer with a bit of 'bite', a bit of palet cleansing bitterness.
A lot of the beers on the market these days seem to be absolutely tasteless. Little more than cold, carbonated, sources of alcohol, probably aimed at the 'entry level' beer drinker, or sheila's who think it's cool to drink beer, but don't like the taste of the real thing.
If you don't like VB, what is your beer of choice ?
Mar 23rd 2010, 5:42 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
Horses for courses.
I realise that VB tends to polarise Aussie beer drinkers, but I love the stuff. I like a beer with a bit of 'bite', a bit of palet cleansing bitterness.
A lot of the beers on the market these days seem to be absolutely tasteless. Little more than cold, carbonated, sources of alcohol, probably aimed at the 'entry level' beer drinker, or sheila's who think it's cool to drink beer, but don't like the taste of the real thing.
If you don't like VB, what is your beer of choice ?
I realise that VB tends to polarise Aussie beer drinkers, but I love the stuff. I like a beer with a bit of 'bite', a bit of palet cleansing bitterness.
A lot of the beers on the market these days seem to be absolutely tasteless. Little more than cold, carbonated, sources of alcohol, probably aimed at the 'entry level' beer drinker, or sheila's who think it's cool to drink beer, but don't like the taste of the real thing.
If you don't like VB, what is your beer of choice ?
Mar 23rd 2010, 6:56 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
I quite like an ice cold VB on a hot day. I'm a wine drinker and don't really have a beer palette. That said, I do enjoy the Coopers.
Mar 23rd 2010, 7:02 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
It was bought for me by a young pommie builder in the bar of the airport hotel I stayed in on my first night here. He had been working in the sun all week and was scarlet and covered in mozzie bites. He was flying back to the UK the following morning.... and in his own words "its worth every penny of the two grand airfare to get a decent ****ing beer"
Mar 23rd 2010, 7:03 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
I'm with creature. VB is the Carling of Australian beers.
Always tastes a bit stale to me. Cheap as chips though.
Always tastes a bit stale to me. Cheap as chips though.
Mar 23rd 2010, 7:07 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
Very first beer I had on Australian soil was a bottle of XXXX Gold.
It was bought for me by a young pommie builder in the bar of the airport hotel I stayed in on my first night here. He had been working in the sun all week and was scarlet and covered in mozzie bites. He was flying back to the UK the following morning.... and in his own words "its worth every penny of the two grand airfare to get a decent ****ing beer"
It was bought for me by a young pommie builder in the bar of the airport hotel I stayed in on my first night here. He had been working in the sun all week and was scarlet and covered in mozzie bites. He was flying back to the UK the following morning.... and in his own words "its worth every penny of the two grand airfare to get a decent ****ing beer"
Mar 23rd 2010, 7:11 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
Mar 23rd 2010, 7:11 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
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...and I'm actually quite partial to a Gold!
Mar 23rd 2010, 7:13 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
Maybe I should go and have a beer (Squires IPA) to get rid of my agreeable mood?
Mar 23rd 2010, 7:38 am
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Re: Bloody Hell $7.50 for a pot of beer
I assumed it was called Crackenback for a giggle but it appears to be named after the town in NSW.
