Thread: What have I done?

Originally Posted by Tins

After XXXX Bitter how could you possibly tell?

Shhh- Brad is in Perth- Some of us tried a Big Bird Bitter which with one sip was easy to tell was Bond-age crud

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Pot, kettle, from the man whose home state brews Fosters!
I'll admit Victorian brewed Carlton products were superior to the Queensland brewed equivalents, the Milton product far exceeded both.
Ah, the days most pubs were tied to a brewery. XXXX hotels were far more prevalent and popular, than Carlton, in Queensland.

I'm not sure "brews" is the correct word when it comes to Fosters.

Cairns Draught anyone 🤮

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Shhh- Brad is in Perth- Some of us tried a Big Bird Bitter which with one sip was easy to tell was Bond-age crud

I realise you were referring to bush chook. Same but different : My grandmother was a "Swan Gold" drinker from way back. Years after it stopped being "created" (however they did it), she was over and asked for a "can of Gold". We pointed out it had been out of circulation for years and she pointed out we still "had a carton on the shelf in the garage". She was right. I duly put 6 in the freezer and when they were cold enough opened one to scrape out the yoghurt into a glass. Oddly enough after witnessing this she wasn't that thirsty and would settle for whatever amber fluid we happened to have that didn't need to be served with a fork.

I dunno how they made that stuff, but "brewing" isn't a term I'd use.

I'm not sure I'd class anything that came from the Swan brewery as "beer". More a chemical cocktail that was supposed to resemble "beer".

Originally Posted by BradC

I realise you were referring to bush chook. Same but different : My grandmother was a "Swan Gold" drinker from way back. Years after it stopped being "created" (however they did it), she was over and asked for a "can of Gold". We pointed out it had been out of circulation for years and she pointed out we still "had a carton on the shelf in the garage". She was right. I duly put 6 in the freezer and when they were cold enough opened one to scrape out the yoghurt into a glass. Oddly enough after witnessing this she wasn't that thirsty and would settle for whatever amber fluid we happened to have that didn't need to be served with a fork.

I dunno how they made that stuff, but "brewing" isn't a term I'd use.

I'm not sure I'd class anything that came from the Swan brewery as "beer". More a chemical cocktail that was supposed to resemble "beer".

Is Little Creatures still brewed on the waterfront, in Freo? That wasn't a bad drop.

Originally Posted by RobMichelle

Cairns Draught anyone 🤮

Or Macs, bottled directly from the Fitzroy River. Then there's Gulf Lager, all the slops from Milton, bottled and labeled Gulf.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Is Little Creatures still brewed on the waterfront, in Freo? That wasn't a bad drop.

Freo and Geelong.

Originally Posted by Saitch

You are correct, oh learned one.

XXXX Bitter was the choice of cold beverage in those days, although I think Coopers has been brewed since the 1860s.

Tin's post, above, brought back memories, some horrible (Southwark et al ), of the '70's beer strike.

I noticed you edited the date.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Fixed that for you. There was some awful Tassie sewerage floating around then, too.
That strike was deliberately provoked by management. They needed to shut the production line down for a major update. The modernisation took six weeks, then the dispute was amazingly settled, quickly, in favour of the workers.

Further to our phone conversation, it was '78.

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