[Turkey]

Turkey, on 11 June 2010 - 04:01 AM, said:

I just bought a carton of Blue tongue lager. I enjoy Tasmanian beers and it says no preservatives and other stuff on the box.

I might be keeping the mods busy the next couple of days ... I looked at the expiry date and because of the lack of preservatives I'm gonna drink it fast.

Replying to myself ... awesome!

The first blue tongue tasted very sweet but was after a Hahn Super Dry.

Subsequent ones have been quite dry but very tasty.

I'm now into double figures, woot!

[Turkey]

Also had 5 Castle export beers (from South Africa). They're good but I'm struggling with stomach capacity at the moment.

[Turkey]

I discovered tonight that there are two separate stomachs, one for beer and one for Southern Comfort.

It was impressive how easily the SC slid down after I felt like a bloated pig on too many Hahn Super Dry's.

[staringclown]

Turkey, on 27 June 2010 - 09:49 AM, said:

I discovered tonight that there are two separate stomachs, one for beer and one for Southern Comfort.

It was impressive how easily the SC slid down after I felt like a bloated pig on too many Hahn Super Dry's.

It's the same stomach - it's just seeing double

[tor]

Turkey, on 27 June 2010 - 09:49 AM, said:

I discovered tonight that there are two separate stomachs, one for beer and one for Southern Comfort.

It was impressive how easily the SC slid down after I felt like a bloated pig on too many Hahn Super Dry's.

Shame the legs stay the same for each stomach

For the true southern comfort experience (and plus to broadcast to the world you are 16, have new boobs and are amenable to negotiation regarding bedroom activities involving said new boobs) you simply must try Southern Comfort with L&P.

http://en.wikipedia....emon_%26_Paeroa

It is tacky but I love experiencing the really crass bits of any countries culture. High class restaurants are the same the world over and a martini is not much different bar to bar but when you drink the local "teenage slut" drink or eat the "Truckies wake up" breakfast you get a bit of coolness thrown into the mix.

[staringclown]

tor, on 27 June 2010 - 10:50 AM, said:

Shame the legs stay the same for each stomach

For the true southern comfort experience (and plus to broadcast to the world you are 16, have new boobs and are amenable to negotiation regarding bedroom activities involving said new boobs) you simply must try Southern Comfort with L&P.

http://en.wikipedia....emon_%26_Paeroa

It is tacky but I love experiencing the really crass bits of any countries culture. High class restaurants are the same the world over and a martini is not much different bar to bar but when you drink the local "teenage slut" drink or eat the "Truckies wake up" breakfast you get a bit of coolness thrown into the mix.

I think the queensland equivalent is the rum and coke (or bourbon and coke in the SE corner) With bourbon and coke drinkers being slightly more sophisticated in that their knuckles don't quite reach the ground.

[Bernard L. Madoff]

Turkey, on 27 June 2010 - 09:49 AM, said:

I discovered tonight that there are two separate stomachs, one for beer and one for Southern Comfort.

It was impressive how easily the SC slid down after I felt like a bloated pig on too many Hahn Super Dry's.

Castle is a nice drop, had many with old jaapie (no offence meant) mates from many an 8 pack of mental cases (thats the 8 headcases from the loose head to the No8 for you soccer luvvies). Saffer Reds are nice from Paarl.

Southen Comfort (like Bourbon) is good straight and possibly with ice. You start throwing mixers in and its just a pop.

[Dose]

What to drink when you're chasing beaver.

Molson

[Bernard L. Madoff]

I love (and miss *sob*) Canada


This was the best of them all (speakers up)


OK maybe this most famous of all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqUde5i4KbI&feature=related

This one I like because of the song (girt by sea?), the cameo by the starfleet captain from Montreal, Quebec and The SCRUM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWDXE9Pbjic&feature=related

[Turkey]

tor, on 27 June 2010 - 10:50 AM, said:

Shame the legs stay the same for each stomach

For the true southern comfort experience (and plus to broadcast to the world you are 16, have new boobs and are amenable to negotiation regarding bedroom activities involving said new boobs) you simply must try Southern Comfort with L&P.

http://en.wikipedia....emon_%26_Paeroa

It is tacky but I love experiencing the really crass bits of any countries culture. High class restaurants are the same the world over and a martini is not much different bar to bar but when you drink the local "teenage slut" drink or eat the "Truckies wake up" breakfast you get a bit of coolness thrown into the mix.

When I was trying to be a (male) teenage slut I used to drink a fair bit of Southern Comfort, lime and lemonade. I wonder if that tastes similar to Lemon Peroa. Now I don't like sweet drinks but I'll resort to them when the beer (or stomach) runs out.

This post has been edited by Turkey: 28 June 2010 - 02:38 AM

[urchin]

ugh, very bad southern comfort (non-)memories. don't think i will touch that again so long as i live. same with rum (why couldn't i have been sensible and just drank american "beer"?) i'm not a fan of sweet liquor anyway.

[tor]

urchin, on 28 June 2010 - 05:31 AM, said:

ugh, very bad southern comfort (non-)memories. don't think i will touch that again so long as i live. same with rum (why couldn't i have been sensible and just drank american "beer"?) i'm not a fan of sweet liquor anyway.

I was never a big fan of southern comfort although (in my bar competition days) I did start making martinis with southern comfort instead of vermouth. It was relatively popular for a while.

[Bernard L. Madoff]

I'm starting to become a big fan of this stuff. Not cheap bad damn good. American style they say, never tasted anything like it in the good ol' (Urchin, being a cultured New Englander may have tho (??))...

[tor]

Bernard L. Madoff, on 28 June 2010 - 09:46 AM, said:

I'm starting to become a big fan of this stuff. Not cheap bad damn good. American style they say, never tasted anything like it in the good ol' (Urchin, being a cultured New Englander may have tho (??))...

American style pale ale is typified by the use of cascade hops which give it the astringency as well as the almost fruity flavours.

I think it is a californian thing (Sierra Nevada Pale Ale springs out of my memory as a really good example http://www.ratebeer....ale-bottle/365/)

However little creatures is rated very high in the same style, usually beats sierra nevada in competitions.

From memory the fat yak was a bit more malty than the little creatures. Kind of like matilda bay seemed to do an over the top version (alpha ale) and a toned down version (this one).

[Turkey]

tor, on 28 June 2010 - 09:58 AM, said:

However little creatures is rated very high in the same style, usually beats sierra nevada in competitions.

My brother spruiked me silly about little creatures. I promised myself I would finish the mountain of beers in the store room before I was allowed to buy some, hence the recent drunken babbling.

This post has been edited by Turkey: 28 June 2010 - 10:02 AM

[urchin]

tor, on 28 June 2010 - 09:58 AM, said:

American style pale ale is typified by the use of cascade hops which give it the astringency as well as the almost fruity flavours.

I think it is a californian thing (Sierra Nevada Pale Ale springs out of my memory as a really good example http://www.ratebeer....le-bottle/365/)

However little creatures is rated very high in the same style, usually beats sierra nevada in competitions.

From memory the fat yak was a bit more malty than the little creatures. Kind of like matilda bay seemed to do an over the top version (alpha ale) and a toned down version (this one).

never had fat yak (with a name like that i would've remembered!) but i did consume many gallons of sierra nevada pale ale when i was in calif. it wasn't nearly as expensive as little creatures, though, since i was but a poor grad student at the time and still managed to kill plenty o brain cells with it. a very good brew for the price. i think the west coast has a much broader selection of beers than the east coast - i spose micro brews are more popular (both as businesses and potables) out there.

good stuff.

[Bernard L. Madoff]

The yak tastes similar to Nova Scotia's nectar Alexander Keiths India Pale...

[staringclown]

urchin, on 28 June 2010 - 10:29 AM, said:

never had fat yak (with a name like that i would've remembered!) but i did consume many gallons of sierra nevada pale ale when i was in calif. it wasn't nearly as expensive as little creatures, though, since i was but a poor grad student at the time and still managed to kill plenty o brain cells with it. a very good brew for the price. i think the west coast has a much broader selection of beers than the east coast - i spose micro brews are more popular (both as businesses and potables) out there.

good stuff.

Fat yak is available in Canberra urch. Both at the civic hotel and king o'malleys. Of course you may be a wig and pen man.

[tor]

Bernard L. Madoff, on 28 June 2010 - 10:33 AM, said:

The yak tastes similar to Nova Scotia's nectar Alexander Keiths India Pale...

Wow the Alexander gets panned heavily:
http://www.ratebeer....-pale-ale/1518/

I went to look because an IPA tasting anything like an american pale ale has got to be bad labelling

[Bernard L. Madoff]

tor, on 28 June 2010 - 07:03 PM, said:

Wow the Alexander gets panned heavily:
http://www.ratebeer....-pale-ale/1518/

I went to look because an IPA tasting anything like an american pale ale has got to be bad labelling

Ahhh, beer ratings. Like stock ratings, risk ratings, wine ratings, standard of living, restaurants etc.

Worthless fluff for the masses, where no one is contrarian, always fall in with consensus. I'm self flagellating for wasting a joule clicking on a ratings link.

I've lost count of the lowly rated (wine, restaurant's, beer, scotch, bonds, currencies, etc) which I've found superb and and the highly rated that have proved rubbish.

Keith's is not very bitter for an IPA nor as bitter as FY. I think the commonality I was seraching for is the yeasty after taste like Cooper's Sparkling.