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I like the Fat Yak :thumbup:

And another thumbs up for the Archive place, they used to do beer tasting sessions (with grub) there too, good fun.

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Fat Yak was on special last month at the local bottle shop. At $38 a carton I had to buy three:blink:
All I need now is Little Creatures pale to come on special & the beer fridge will be back to capacity:fingerscrossed:

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I've never seen it that cheap :eek: I'd be buying a couple as well.

I now reckon the best main stream beer is Cascade pale ale... although thats suprisingly difficult to get. Not sure why, I think it's better than anything Boags do, I'd put Cascade Pale up there with Little Creatures personally.

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I love Cascade Pale too, really nice. Shame they seem to focus on cornering the light beer market and don't distribute it more.

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Most mainstream beers you get in your average pub is ordinary at best, you have to search out the better stuff. 95% of pubs give you very little choice.

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I have never seen that on special.

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As a general rule, for most locations in Aus, you can forget about walking to your local pub and having a pint of bitter.

the beers on offer vary from region to region.

Perth - extremely expensive. Expect to pay $10+ for a pint. That's nearly 7 british pounds. I'm not talking about good beer here, either. This is bog standard lager.

Melbourne / Sydney - the inner suburbs of both, have a fairly good choice of bars and pubs where you can get "proper" beer. Note that a proper beer in Melbourne will probably cost you less that a glass of tap water in Perth.

Brisbane - very little choice of pubs selling proper beers. Up here, you generally have to get used to drinking the local lagers.

Adelaide - not even worth mentioning. Whereas everywhere else in the world, a pint is a pint, in Adelaide, order a pint in the pub and you get a small glass of beer. Write this place off, immediately.


In terms of beers from the bottleshop, as a general rule :

cheap lager, or light lager = $30 a carton. Must be drunk ice cold, or preferably, avoided.
local full strength lagers and beers = $40 to $50 a carton.
premium local lager/beer = $60+ a carton.

proper beers from the UK = at least $70 a carton.

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Good spotting, I would too if was in beer-drinking mode.

I did pick up some James Squire Porter during the week though, I am going through one a night before switching to the red.

It's OK, a bit watery and fizzy for me, if I'm going mainstream then I'll pick up some Coopers Extra Stout, I don't mind that at all.

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Cascade do a damn good stout.

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I am told there is a pub in the Dandenongs near Melbourne that sells English beer.

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ok so its not all that bad then!

i just need to choose carefully!

Tim

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Nope, just $$$$$!

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True... Cost me close to 150 bucks for two last night... including the one course meal. Scotch and Dry and a Pint of Belgian Style Vic Brewed IPA..21 bucks a shout.... It was 7.5 pct and on tap, so a rare brew. Wont be doing it again in a hurry.

Luckily these Gastro pubs are the sort of places I only venture into once every 6 months or so. It was a real experience, However I'd rather go out 3 times as often than pay 3 times the usual cost. Instead of feeling good about a pleasant experience, I'm left with a feeling of slight guilt about needlessly wasting money.

Back to the much cheaper BYO ethnic restaurants I reckon.

The Wife had Mauritian Curry.... Had a quick taste, definitely different, almost certainly genuine in flavour, very distinctive.... but not worth 36 bucks in hindsight.

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I used to get free beer n cheese crackers from a shed on a mountain top in Brisbane,Polly lived there:D

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You forgot to mention the pickled onions :p

Normal service can be resumed at a few days notice ;) I have a local cider supplier now too :sneaky: