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Used to be a place in St Kilda when I was there 3 years ago that served $2 VB pints on tuesdays and thursdays, think it was called Traffic, just off Fitzroy st
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I'm in the uk at the moment...
4 pack of greene king IPA = £3.18 / AUD$5.75
750ml bottle of leffe blonde or brun, on sale in asda = £2 / AUD $3.62
In general, eating and drinking out here is incredibly good value at the moment...
4 pack of greene king IPA = £3.18 / AUD$5.75
750ml bottle of leffe blonde or brun, on sale in asda = £2 / AUD $3.62
In general, eating and drinking out here is incredibly good value at the moment...
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Its $4.50 for a pint of XXXX gold in Gilhooleys in happy hour. Which is handy because
a) I'm thirsty
b) I have to go back to work, preferably not pissed
c) XXXX gold tastes just fine to my uncultured palate.
By all means pay $10 for your premium imported triple strength brewers droop kind of beer.
I've worked for a year in Germany and Belgium, even lived in a Belgian micro-brewery for 3 months (where they made Gouden Carolus rocket fuel, otherwise called beer). I've tried them all, I'm just not a ponce about these things. They're nice but ridiculously strong (13%)
XXXX is fine, so's Carlton. Hahn quite nice. They all do the job. I hate beer snobs. Almost as much as Guiness snobs. IT TASTES OF PEAT!
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Thirsty people who don't have their heads up their arse?
Its $4.50 for a pint of XXXX gold in Gilhooleys in happy hour. Which is handy because
a) I'm thirsty
b) I have to go back to work, preferably not pissed
c) XXXX gold tastes just fine to my uncultured palate.
By all means pay $10 for your premium imported triple strength brewers droop kind of beer.
I've worked for a year in Germany and Belgium, even lived in a Belgian micro-brewery for 3 months (where they made Gouden Carolus rocket fuel, otherwise called beer). I've tried them all, I'm just not a ponce about these things. They're nice but ridiculously strong (13%)
XXXX is fine, so's Carlton. Hahn quite nice. They all do the job. I hate beer snobs. Almost as much as Guiness snobs. IT TASTES OF PEAT!
JTL
Its $4.50 for a pint of XXXX gold in Gilhooleys in happy hour. Which is handy because
a) I'm thirsty
b) I have to go back to work, preferably not pissed
c) XXXX gold tastes just fine to my uncultured palate.
By all means pay $10 for your premium imported triple strength brewers droop kind of beer.
I've worked for a year in Germany and Belgium, even lived in a Belgian micro-brewery for 3 months (where they made Gouden Carolus rocket fuel, otherwise called beer). I've tried them all, I'm just not a ponce about these things. They're nice but ridiculously strong (13%)
XXXX is fine, so's Carlton. Hahn quite nice. They all do the job. I hate beer snobs. Almost as much as Guiness snobs. IT TASTES OF PEAT!
JTL
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Thirsty people who don't have their heads up their arse?
Its $4.50 for a pint of XXXX gold in Gilhooleys in happy hour. Which is handy because
a) I'm thirsty
b) I have to go back to work, preferably not pissed
c) XXXX gold tastes just fine to my uncultured palate.
By all means pay $10 for your premium imported triple strength brewers droop kind of beer.
I've worked for a year in Germany and Belgium, even lived in a Belgian micro-brewery for 3 months (where they made Gouden Carolus rocket fuel, otherwise called beer). I've tried them all, I'm just not a ponce about these things. They're nice but ridiculously strong (13%)
XXXX is fine, so's Carlton. Hahn quite nice. They all do the job. I hate beer snobs. Almost as much as Guiness snobs. IT TASTES OF PEAT!
JTL
Its $4.50 for a pint of XXXX gold in Gilhooleys in happy hour. Which is handy because
a) I'm thirsty
b) I have to go back to work, preferably not pissed
c) XXXX gold tastes just fine to my uncultured palate.
By all means pay $10 for your premium imported triple strength brewers droop kind of beer.
I've worked for a year in Germany and Belgium, even lived in a Belgian micro-brewery for 3 months (where they made Gouden Carolus rocket fuel, otherwise called beer). I've tried them all, I'm just not a ponce about these things. They're nice but ridiculously strong (13%)
XXXX is fine, so's Carlton. Hahn quite nice. They all do the job. I hate beer snobs. Almost as much as Guiness snobs. IT TASTES OF PEAT!
JTL
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Our local:Pint of Lager (we don't drink it)£1.50,JD & coke £1.39,pint of ale from £1.39-£2.For those in Oz?Look on the bright side,you'll never have drink related health problems!
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It was a nice place, and I occasionally got a few free beers from the owner. He seemed to think I was a regular
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Bearing in mind I've drunk the finest Weis beer straight from the Mannheim brewery. Lots of micro brewery beers from Mechelen, Bornem and Brussels in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and France.
I lived and worked in Dublin for 6 years, and still hate Guinness. Might as well just chew turf.
So come on, tell me what I'm missing, when I really enjoy a cold pint of XXXX Gold on a warm day?
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I reckon he's gonna say Fosters
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