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Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by cresta57
(Post 9109995)
Duvel & Lucifer are akin to Cask ales like Theakston's Old Peculiar Bateman's Salem or Adnam's Broadside. Any mass produced swilling beer is crap in comparison whether it's Dutch, German British or Australian. It's hardly comparing like for like;)
My current favourites are Little Creatures Pale Ale, Fat Yak Pale Ale & a rather nice New Zealand Pear Cider by Monteith, very refreshing as a sundowner after work:thumbup: |
Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by DeadVim
(Post 9110044)
Oh yeh, I forgot the Fat Yak, that's nice ...
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Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by DeadVim
(Post 9110044)
Oh yeh, I forgot the Fat Yak, that's nice ...
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Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Coopers Sparkling Ale red label 6.3%:thumbup:
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Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by Stu Ward
(Post 9111504)
disadvantages : You've got to provide your own bottles. You've got to store it in the fridge afterwards... but the biggest one, you've got to bottle the beers yourself. This is a major pain in the back side. advantages : if you have a friend who knows the owner, you can sit there all day and just drink their beer. :thumbup: This concept of brewing your own beer at someone else's premises, is a nice option to have... but it is fairly hard work and not really that cheap either... hence it hasn't really taken off. |
Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by asprilla
(Post 9111521)
Tried a similar company called "brew brothers" a few years back. 4 of us put some $$$ together. For $120 we got 6 cartons of pretty tasty beer.... though you will always have that "essence of homebrew" with these kind of places, it just can't be avoided.
disadvantages : You've got to provide your own bottles. You've got to store it in the fridge afterwards... but the biggest one, you've got to bottle the beers yourself. This is a major pain in the back side. advantages : if you have a friend who knows the owner, you can sit there all day and just drink their beer. :thumbup: This concept of brewing your own beer at someone else's premises, is a nice option to have... but it is fairly hard work and not really that cheap either... hence it hasn't really taken off. You only buy the bottles once. After that the beer is approx half price. we pay around $1 a bottle. You think that spending 1 hour with your mates on a Sat morning drinking beer whilst you bottle it is hard work ? |
Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by Stu Ward
(Post 9111544)
You only buy the bottles once.
After that the beer is approx half price. we pay around $1 a bottle. You think that spending 1 hour with your mates on a Sat morning drinking beer whilst you bottle it is hard work ? Look, I enjoy the drinking part. I'm not arguing there. It's just the other parts that aren't so great ! :) I guess that for some people it works, for some it doesn't. |
Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by Stu Ward
(Post 9111544)
You only buy the bottles once.
After that the beer is approx half price. we pay around $1 a bottle. You think that spending 1 hour with your mates on a Sat morning drinking beer whilst you bottle it is hard work ? As the price of some of the Squires & Coopers range is rapidly reaching $20 a 6 pack $1 a stubbie seems like a reasonable price. When my folks lived here we brewed vast amounts of homebrew. It kept my dad busy with fermenting, drinking, bottling, drinking, cleaning & drinking;) I simply don't have the time to do my own anymore:( I do have vast amounts of sterilised tallies & stubbies still though;) If I lived closer to one it's an enjoyable way to spend a Saturday morning once a month;) |
Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by asprilla
(Post 9111521)
though you will always have that "essence of homebrew" with these kind of places, it just can't be avoided.
I have brewed my own beer from grain for over 30 years....it is identical to, or better than, commercially brewed beer. I am not sure what you mean by "essence of homebrew"? |
Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 9109470)
The Germans, Czechs, Belgians, Dutch know how to do it. Brits have not got a clue.
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Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 9109470)
The Germans, Czechs, Belgians, Dutch know how to do it. Brits have not got a clue.
Originally Posted by elfman
(Post 9111645)
bollocks
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Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 9111663)
I second your "bollocks" and raise it with a "bullshit" :D
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Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 9111663)
I second your "bollocks" and raise it with a "bullshit" :D
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Re: Possibly The Best BEER Thread in the World !
Originally Posted by Grayling
(Post 9111640)
:confused:
I have brewed my own beer from grain for over 30 years....it is identical to, or better than, commercially brewed beer. I am not sure what you mean by "essence of homebrew"? Of course I could be completely wrong and merely imagining this.:D |
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