Pollyana

I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, All the Speckled Hens in Brissie are currently in a box in my kitchen!
You can put an order in though - when a box comes in they'll keep it aside for you, thats what I did....and thats why the shelves are bare
Hope you found some other of a suitable standard!!!

yvsie

you naughty girl pollyanna........500 lines....I must not drink all the speckled hen

Larissa

How many bottles is that then?

Pollyana

Well, there were 24,but 2 of them seem to be empty now.....the Bottle Supermarket gets a random delivery, they never know whats coming in the way of UK stuff , so I reserved a box of Hens.....picked them up last week......this morning I get a text from Cresta complaining that there is no Speckled Hen to be had, and is it down to me..... Too right it is!

MrsDagboy

You can buy Old Speckled Hen at heaps of places around Brisbane, why doesn't he buy it somewhere else?

ABCDiamond

He could always brew it himself

http://www.grumpys.com.au/read.php3?id=21557

Pollyana

No-one was ever able to find us a source before the Liquor Superstore opened.......give us some other suppliers of good old English (sorry, but I like it!) beer and we'll try there too
People suggested lots of places in Sydney and Melbourne, but no-one told him or me of a good beer source in Brissie before (except Dagboys fridge!)

Think he is now brewing some himself, guess he was just down here having a look I'm not allowed to brew my own, the Bloke says we haven't enough space.

MrsDagboy

Polly its been mentioned heaps of times, mainly by Dagboy & myself, you can get it at any of The Grape liquor stores. Many of them have it in stock on the shelves, if they dont, just ask them to get some in & they will order it for you

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...t=Speckled+Hen

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...en#post1408810

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...pe#post1170446

Plus plenty of other threads, in fact in the last one it was you who asked where you could get it!

Our local Grape sells OSH, Greene King Abbot Ale, Adnam's Broadside, something from Fullers, Old Fart, Old Peculier, Hobgoblin and a couple that DagBoy had not heard of (but is prepared to test sometime) just to name a few. There are about a dozen all up, plus some european stuff like Leffe.

There is also a large Liquor store down at Cleveland which has a range of british beers.

tiredwithtwins

i was in morrisons the other night, and chuckled to myself when i saw a shelf full of old speckled hen...!! the supermarket shelves are now heaving with alcohol for the christmas period.......do aus supermarkets tend to overdo the whole christmas shelf stocking like the uk? (i know they dont sell alcohol) - i was at meadowhall the other night and it was bursting at the seems with people carrying bags and bags of stuff...........commercialism has gone mad!!!!!!!!!!!! seems we have forgotten the whole meaning of it all.

JackTheLad

Do you have the address ? Is it that one on Shore road, I didn't notice British beers in there and thats the biggest Bottle shop I know in Cleveland.

Cheers,
JTL

DagBoy

It is on Cleveland Road as you head in towards Cleveland from Capalaba. Just immediately past Dicey Reilley's pub (on the other side of the carpark). I cannot recall what British beers they had but they certainly do a good range of the "ale" type Aussie beers, such as Coopers sparkling, James Squires Amber Ale, Boags strongarm bitter.

Cheers,

DagBoy

JackTheLad

Ah, that would be Liquorworx. Don't go there too often, its usually full of people buying a months supply of alcohol, and only 1 person serving.

I will check it out next time,

Cheers,
JTL

Pollyana

It was only meant to be a jokey thread cos Cresta accused me of drinking all the beer. Wish I'd never started it now, I'm sure you can get all sorts of beer everywhere and I expect Cresta knows that. No need to lecture me.

cresta57

Don't worry Polly there's plenty of other choices in the chiller there . Like a kid in a sweet shop again.
Just read the links Mrs D posted re alternative sources for real ale and I've got to point out that the bottles of OSH I got from the place in Lutwych? were all 500ml bottles straight from U.K I'm sure of that as I've got one in front of me as I type.
Speckled Hen is just one of many favs, I've just stocked up on Double Diamond, Boddingtons, Ruddles and Adnams Mmmmmm.
No I'm not an Alky the last time we went I spent 200 bucks that was nearly 3 months ago. I've just cracked the last bottle of Hen

Pollyana

It is a bit like that isn't it - so many delights, which one to choose!I, rather fond of Hobgoblin & Old Peculiar, Adnams is quite nice too. I also love Leffe, the Belgian stuff, and they've usually got plenty of that

And the OSH is certainly 500ml bottles......