Thread: Free Beer! Queensland bush pubs shout.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

VB, the beer with no taste brewed for people with no taste.

Known far and wide outside its home state as "Surfside Sex".

Always called it and used it as the name refers
Visitors Beer
If I got given a carton it would be saved for when people came over
XXXX alright when cold
Soon as it gets mildly warm you may as well chew on a ciggy butt
A good beer is one that tastes good cold and Kimberley cold
Bush chook ( emu export )
Coopers ( mild, pale, sparkling ales )
Not many others come to mind

A fresh VB is fine. Perhaps you all leave them in the fridge too long (maybe don’t get too many visitors ). Since returning to 4.9% it’s actually not that bad. Sorry, but someone had to stick up for it against the beer snobs.
I prefer Coopers sparkling ale but it knocks me around a bit these days. My mate calls it wife beater.
I turned professional drinking Emu Export but can’t stand it now.

You blokes have never had to drink Brisbane River. I know Northern Territorians drink a lot of green and blue cans, but that doesn'y count, they'd drink anything. AND Kimberley cool.

Originally Posted by biggin

A fresh VB is fine. Sorry, but someone had to stick up for it against the beer snobs.

I'm no snob, but I do know that a good beer is crafted ( like the Coopers you mentioned ). Anyone who has been to the 'brewery' in Abbotsford will know that "craft" is a word that has long been forgotten in the VB world.

There are many what are described as boutique beers around, with real hops involved. My niece's husband ( is nephew-in-law a thing?? ) used to be the wine maker at Knappstein in Clare. They found an old beer kettle from a long forgotten brewery that was called Enterprise, and so Knappstein decided to produce Enterprise Lager, with Paul as the brewer. He's no longer there, having moved to McLaren vale, but the beer still exists. Try it some time. Wonderfully hoppy and yet really refreshing. Not cheap though. See, I told you I wasn't a snob.

Just on the phone with a cool Banana bender. He mentioned only 10 people max in any pub no matter how big or small We agreed logic and rules are not always aligned

Enjoy what ever you drink- Having a nice black tea myself. I did just help my sister buy a 1990 grange this week. Apparently the best of the best for my Nieces birthday. None has have passed my lips. Happily ignorant of what I am missing

Opps- my head hurt just recalling Emu Export under the Fremantle Bridge! Who mentioned NT people drinking anything wet? Emu is known as a "case of domestic violence" by some Not throwing mud myself. I have tried many shockingly bad beers

I am 79 and have been a dedicated beer drinker since I was 16. age has lowered the intake lately but I try to keep the national average up. In all those years of travelling this land the best "on tap" beers I have drunk were Resch's Waverley Bitter from the South Dowling St. brewery, Tooheys Hunter Old from the Newcastle brewery. Best bottled beers were XXXX Games Special, a very strong lager brewed for the Commonwealth Games and again about 15 years later for a short time. Cooper's Sparkling when it was hard to find outside SA and only in long necks. Best bulk or mainstream beers are XXXX Bitter Ale, Tooheys New. I try to avoid any products of Carlton/Fosters considering these the Oz equivalent of Bud-Millers-Pabst-Coors. Tasteless US beers. The only good thing to come out of Victoria is the Newell Highway.

Originally Posted by bob10

You blokes have never had to drink Brisbane River ..........................

Back in the days of the 'beer strikes' here in Victoria we suffered through some pretty crap beer. Cairns Draught in a copy cat Carlton Draught can and who can forget NQ Lager ? (everyone hopefully ). No wonder North Queenslanders are a bit different after the genetic damage this did over the years.

NSW beer wasn't much better with Tooheys sludge, both old and new and equally disgusting, and the unforgettable and aptly named Reschs, and you think Corona virus is bad ?

South Australian beer wasn't any better, Coopers was terrible, basically undrinkable and not the beer it is today and as for Southwark, even the pigs wouldn't drink it but but the crow eaters lapped it up

Emu Bitter and Swan lager were thousands of 'K's away on the other side of the country and unknown to those in the East but certainly saved the day for me and those in the know during the beer strikes of the '70's.


Here in Victoria we were blessed with the 'nectar of the gods' not only did we have Australia's most popular and universally drunk beer, Victoria Bitter. The beer of choice for all discerning drinkers with any remaining taste buds/brain cells but backed it up with Carlton Draught, Melbourne Bitter, Fosters and Abbots Lager.

Aah .................... they were the days. None of this fancy Millennial craft beer crap back in the day when real men didn't eat Quiche and women were the only ones with hand bags.

Times have changed, Queenslanders still can't make beer though had another go with Powers, NSW gave up and sold their breweries off to the Kiwis, SA hadn't figured out yet that you need good water to make good beer (you know the saying ........... "1/2 an hour and 10 years behind the rest of the country" )

Can't forget the Tasmanians, a bit like Ireland here with Boags to the north and Cascade to the south and never the twain shall meet. Boags OK but Cascade tasting like a mixture of Retsina ( the worlds most disgusting alcoholic drink) and Tooheys old ( the worlds second most disgusting alcoholic drink).

The Territorians had it all worked out though with the Darwin Stubbie , with a capacity of 8 good old fashioned Victorian 'pots', none of this NSW schooner crap down here in the 'Land of the Golden Nectar'. Now a days the afore mentioned quiche eaters/handbag carrying bean counters have reduced the stubby to a mere shadow of its former self with a miserable money gouging 300 ml offering


But the wheel has turned, in my dotage I drink only mid strength beer including the previously mentioned XXXX Gold swill, if I can get it cold enough to kill any semblance of its so called 'taste' or even 'Black Fish' or Iron Jack. Oh how the mighty have fallen, as long as it's under $50 a box I'll drink it

ps. If there's anyone here I haven't offended please let me know.

Deano

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Here in Victoria we were blessed with the 'nectar of the gods' not only did we have Australia's most popular and universally drunk beer, Victoria Bitter. The beer of choice for all discerning drinkers with any remaining taste buds/brain cells but backed it up with Carlton Draught, Melbourne Bitter, Fosters and Abbots Lager.



Deano

Yes, but with the unfortunate side effect of sending the drinker delirious. Not to worry Doctor xxxx will fix it.