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ASF Beer Appreciation thread

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trading_rookie said:
@prawn_86, they add fruits to wine as well ;-)
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Find me a winery that does this and i'll try their wine. Perhaps an odd boutique winery, but i assure you that all the major wine producers do not.

My family is heavily involved in the wine industry, and i worked at a major brand winery for a year and can tell you that the only thing that goes in wine is grapes, yeast, woodchips (for barrel flavour) and chemicals.

Anyhoo this is a beer thread, and yes, it is starting to get a bit cold for beer. Its times like these i switch to port and single malt scotches
 
Hehehe….prawn it was a tongue-in-cheek comment, grape is a fruit is it not? You must have missed the ;-) emoticon… There are wines made from other fruits but I don’t think I’d be too inclined to try fruit wines like pineapple, plum or apple. :-/

Ps – most continental Europeans are well aware of what goes into making wine – bar the woodchips and being of commerical potential. ;-) But a nice home-brew of red mixed with soda water or lemonade and some roasted chestnuts on a bbq makes winters bearable.

No port thanks I prefer the Cognac…and a Glenfiddich aged 12yrs.

But getting back to the topic. I used to love a beer called Toohey’s Ole, couldn’t get enough of the stuff. Got hooked on it as a 18yr old. For some reason they stopped brewing it and replaced it with a dark ale called Toohey’s Old. It (Ole) was a nice brown ale similar to Newcastle’s Old Kent, which itself is very hard to find. Managed to track it at a boating club in south Sydney that had it on tap, then they got rid of it.

Nothing like a thick Caffrey’s Irish ale to satisfy hunger and thirst at the same time ;-)
 
Just about time for the daily home-brew :bier:

today will be a cascade ... lager?... i think.. cant remember... doesn't matter... tastes great.

-cheers all - Duke...E!.
 
trading_rookie said:
and a Glenfiddich aged 12yrs.
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I have a 1.125 litre bottle of that sitting on my bar waiting for the right occasion

Good stuff.

Have never really been into darker ales, although i tried Chimay the other day and it was exceptional in the true sense of the word
 

I've actually found Kiwi-fruit wine to be quite good. I guess it's because of the very similar traits between the fruits though - at least where green grapes are concerned. Both share acidity, sweet & sour flavours ... very similar in my opinion : Quite an interesting taste.
 
I’d say most occasions call for the Glenfiddich. I’ve never tasted anything as smooth and then with a slight delay, your senses are awash with all these alluring flavours, it's as if every other single-malt is inferior!

I’m starting to sound like a pompous ar5e ;-) Glenfiddich will do that to you! I’m hanging out to try the 15 yr aged variety.

Re: dark ales…same here Toohey’s Old tastes like bad medicine

Have you tried a Beez Neez? And someone mentioned Czech beer. Half-litre bottles of Zlatopramen are the go.
 
trading_rookie said:
Have you tried a Beez Neez? And someone mentioned Czech beer. Half-litre bottles of Zlatopramen are the go.
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I can tolerate Beez Neez, but its not high up on my favs. Too sweet for my liking.

Trembling Hand said:
Gee! life is good as a student now days. What happened to the Chateau le cask?
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LOL TH, i have always vowed that i would never need to buy cask wine. I have only drank it on seldom occasions such as schoolies etc

Have to enjoy life, and i must admit that i picked that bottle up duty free so the price was quite nice Plus i dont go out every weekend, i would rather sit in with good mates than go and spend $200 out in a night
 

lol.

no matter which way you look at it, Croatia's a f*cken wee ripper of a place - great beer, meat meat and more meat... did I mention chevapcici? oh and the Dalmatian coast

I haven't tried the Crno, am not really a fan of uber-darks, but eh, it's Karlo, I'll give it a whirl when I eventually get back there.

most definitely worth a mention too:

 
roland said:
I brew my own - normally a Coopers recipe, and although it's pretty damn good and only $0.50 for a long neck, makes me appreciate a commercially brewed drop even more.

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What!!!! ??? Roland Roland Roland!!

Man - if you prefer the commercial junk over your own home brew ...well you gotta be doing something wrong!!

I can't stand most Aussie beers compared to my own - (coopers excepted) home brew just has heaps more flavour and no chemicals = no hangover!!

The only thing that comes close are some of the old style 'hoppy' European commercial beers like the original Budvar (budweiser from czech rep.), English porters etc.,

or the boutique breweries in most major cities these days.

As for Japanese beers - my fave is black 'Yebisu'. .. all natural.

find it at your local 'Rawson'. :
(havn't seen it in Oz)

oishiiiiiii..

enjoy - Dukey
 
(repost from German beer thread)

As for the bottle selling the product, if you're ever in Perth, check out Meads (fish restaurant) at Mosman Bay - they serve (used to serve?) a Slovakian beer called "Topvar".
http://beerlabels.com/labels/labels.pl/4149/topvar-premium-bier.html

The bottles have these beautiful near naked girls in bikinis with genuine "scratchems" for the g string etc. So , who remembers what the beer tastes like!. .

alcohol = "alcool" apparently, and
"continuously is being reached reproduction" ... :eek3:
 

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6 pack o jimmy squires golden ale, and a bottle of Annies lane S.A clare Valley shiraz, wot more could u want!!
 
I find it a nice beer to relax with.. (home brew variety)... zzzzz zzzz

Cheers
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Kauri said:
I find it a nice beer to relax with.. (home brew variety)... zzzzz zzzz

Cheers
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9% beer, so that's what's missing in my life!

My favourite actually comes from near your neck of the woods Kauri.. Little Creatures pale ale.

Another is the Leffe Blond, has to be on tap, not the bottle. Any Belgian beer bar has it..

For later I like the Lagavulin 12yr, a smoky single malt, quite different from their enemy of 200 years Laphroaig, only a few minutes drive away.. they say the water and peat are different..
 
I was given a beer in Germany that was allegedly 19% It's black like Guiness and only made in the spring. It was after a few too many dunkel weissbiers...

...and I have absolutely no recollection of what happened next, 'cept I noticed the Germans didn't drink any.
 
Well now that Spring is upon us (and Spooly reminded me ) i thought i would bump this thread.

Im more of a scotch drinker over winter, but i bought my first carton of beer for the season. Something familiar to start me off, Half James Squire Amber Ale, and half of JS Pilsener.

Both very nice beverages. The pilsener is farly hoppy, whereas the amber ale is a lot smoother and sweeter
 
I had a very nice Belgian beer today... the name I have no hope of pronouncing, or even remembering how to spell.

Hoegardcrlcthten or something like that.

Very noice.
 
Not just Hoegaarden was it Wayne?

That is pretty popular in the up-market places in Aus now. It is nice though, especially with seafood or white meats
 
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