Thread: It's official, XXXX beer kicks VB'S rear

Beer - still as popular as it once was? Matt Kirkegaard - ABC Queensland - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Originally Posted by woody

xxxx gold has never been an Ale as it owes it heritage to the old Castlemaine Perkins Diet Lager and has always been different to the xxxx Bitter ale, the only thing that connects the two is clever marketing.

is there a xxxx bitter ale? afaik its been a lager since 1988.

Am I the only one who will fess up. I enjoy XXXX Gold. I won't say it's the best beer out there, but it's not bad and it would be my beer of choice 95% of the time.
Some of you appear quite snobbish. By all means drink your choice, but when my beer choice has been named most popular in the country it can't be that bad.
Kenley

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

xxxx used to be rather good when it was an ale,

XXXX Bitter has always been a lager first brewed by a Danish brewer from Carlsberg using a Carlsberg yeast. It just happened to be called "ale".

My late father-in-law always referred to any Carlton beer as Surfside Sex.

VB has no taste to avoid offending its customers who are likewise.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Australia's largest privately owned/family mangaged brewery produce the worlds highest ranked selection of ales and lagers consistently winning international beer tasting competetitions. If you dont know who they are keep drinking your auspice and salt.

Yes Coopers for sure, that's what I drink given a choice, and it's not about being snobby. Why would someone spend $40.00 on a carton of VB, when you get Coopers Pale Ale*, for the same price?


* Regularly on special for $39.95 at Dan Murphy's.

Meh call me a beer fairy!

I drink XXXX, VB, Carlton, Tooheys, Coronas & Hahn on a regular basis. Love them all.
Actually I dont mind most beers, except Carlton Cold, that taste like a good beer with 40% more water added to it Hahn Lights are also horrible.

As far as I am concerned our standard yobo beers taste pretty darn good!

Dammit! Now I am thirsty. Lucky there is some XXXX gold in the work fridge eh

Originally Posted by woody

xxxx gold has never been an Ale as it owes it heritage to the old Castlemaine Perkins ....................

Yeah................... old Perkins sump oil. Like XXXX good for painting fence posts and thats all.

Me, I'm cheap and buy whatever CUB product is on special at 2 for $76 at Woolys/Safeway/Coles.
Though as a dark horse I'll nominate Blue Tongue, a very nice lager, don't know who makes it, best of all it's bought by my boys. I reckon as a dad I'm probably about 4,265 slabs behind by now so am doing a bit of catching up.

PS. Am still looking for a low carb beer that actually tastes like beer.

Deano

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Yeah................... old Perkins sump oil. Like XXXX good for painting fence posts and thats all.

Deano

We in Qld were fortunate not to be inflicted with certain interstate beers, until the great brewery strike of the Bjelke years. It was then truckloads of Yarra river sludge and Sth. Aust. mud made their way north. It was only the fact Qld makes Bundy rum that prevented a generation of Qlders. from taking the pledge. It was no surprise, either, that given the choice of Vic. & Sth. Aust. beer, home brewing took off up here. Bob