Beer thread
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@gt12 said in Sports Memes:
@canefan said in Sports Memes:
@gt12 said in Sports Memes:
@machpants said in Sports Memes:
I'd rather drink the toilet roll than Steinlager
Downvote.
Steiney Pure is one of life’s great pleasures.
Sitting on the deck drinking a Steinlager with my old man is a dream for me right now.
Steinlager sooo overrated. I suspect your vision of you and your dad is less about the beverage and more about the company...
Its certainly about history, but also location. But, btw, my old man doesn’t drink Steinies.
My preferred (mass-produced) beers would probably be Delirium Tremens, Duvel, and Leffe.
But, here in Japan on a hot day, I want a Heartland - even though I can buy all three of those above, and in Okinawa, I want an Orion even though it is just bubbly water.
You don't have a friend in Hokkaido who can send you Sapporo Classic?
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@antipodean said in Sports Memes:
@gt12 said in Sports Memes:
@canefan said in Sports Memes:
@gt12 said in Sports Memes:
@machpants said in Sports Memes:
I'd rather drink the toilet roll than Steinlager
Downvote.
Steiney Pure is one of life’s great pleasures.
Sitting on the deck drinking a Steinlager with my old man is a dream for me right now.
Steinlager sooo overrated. I suspect your vision of you and your dad is less about the beverage and more about the company...
Its certainly about history, but also location. But, btw, my old man doesn’t drink Steinies.
My preferred (mass-produced) beers would probably be Delirium Tremens, Duvel, and Leffe.
But, here in Japan on a hot day, I want a Heartland - even though I can buy all three of those above, and in Okinawa, I want an Orion even though it is just bubbly water.
You don't have a friend in Hokkaido who can send you Sapporo Classic?
And when I’m in Hokkaido, I drink just that.
It’s still not as good as a cold Heartland, from the big 500ml glass bottle, in Tokyo though.
Edit: and if any of you guys had ever lived in Tokyo when the heartland bar was the local meat market, you’d know why. Fucking memories. Holy shit.
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What the pierdolić @Duluth, I specifically crafted my little hill to die on in the jaunty streets of Sports Memes, and you cast me (with my hill) into this den of beer snob vipers? You puszysty króliczek.
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@booboo said in Beer thread:
@bayimports said in Sports Memes:
@gt12 $10 for a toilet roll? ha ha
COVID pricing
Am not sure how a post about bog paper and mass idiocy got into a beer wankery thread that I had on ignore but I will just say I live by my Dad's mantra: all beers are good, though some are better than others.
I shall continue to ignore you. Carry on.
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its all about persective...When I was in the UK, most pubs had Fosters, XXXX, Carlsberg, Kronenberg, Grolsch etc on tap (mostly local brewed, not imported) and I can tell you when I managed to get hold of a Steinie, Lion Red, Export Gold, man they were like liquid gold!
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@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
its all about persective...When I was in the UK, most pubs had Fosters, XXXX, Carlsberg, Kronenberg, Grolsch etc on tap (mostly local brewed, not imported) and I can tell you when I managed to get hold of a Steinie, Lion Red, Export Gold, man they were like liquid gold!
I got 72 bottles of Pure last year from a place that was overstocked due to COVID (I guess). I’ve never seen it for sale before, or since.
My wife and I had one each a day over August / September while we watched our boy play.
It was bliss.
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@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
its all about persective...When I was in the UK, most pubs had Fosters, XXXX, Carlsberg, Kronenberg, Grolsch etc on tap (mostly local brewed, not imported) and I can tell you when I managed to get hold of a Steinie, Lion Red, Export Gold, man they were like liquid gold!
Those are not beers.
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@catogrande don't think I mentioned beer...just that was what was on tap
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@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
@catogrande don't think I mentioned beer...just that was what was on tap
True but this is a beer thread so by implication…
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I think Fosters UK is slightly different to Fosters Australia?
Although the difference is arguable, one is almost drinkable crap, one is unbelievably crap. -
and now an admission: if I didn't like Panhead's supercharger, is there any hope for me as a one-day cultivated beer drinker?
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@nostrildamus said in Beer thread:
and now an admission: if I didn't like Panhead's supercharger, is there any hope for me as a one-day cultivated beer drinker?
Yep.
Beers are like people; they are a binary scale in the end. Drink what you like, and you may find it changes with time. Hops are an acquired taste, but they are goddamn addictive.
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@tim said in Beer thread:
I am drinking whatever is available at the supermarket.
Tuatara really went down the toilet when Lion took over.
I think it was more to do with moving the brewery. The one in Reikorangi had its own very good water supply which is by far the biggest ingredient in beer.
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@nostrildamus said in Beer thread:
and now an admission: if I didn't like Panhead's supercharger, is there any hope for me as a one-day cultivated beer drinker?
Real Beer piston wristed gibbons ( people EVEN worse than me in this regard ) think of Supercharger as pretty mainstream these days, maybe that’s why you’re not a fan ?
Apparently it’s pretty inconsistent depending on where you go but not sure how true that is.
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@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@nostrildamus said in Beer thread:
and now an admission: if I didn't like Panhead's supercharger, is there any hope for me as a one-day cultivated beer drinker?
Real Beer piston wristed gibbons ( people EVEN worse than me in this regard ) think of Supercharger as pretty mainstream these days, maybe that’s why you’re not a fan ?
Apparently it’s pretty inconsistent depending on where you go but not sure how true that is.
That would only be the case through bars having substandard equipment/cleaning.
There is a lot of wankery that comes out when a boutique producer sells to a multi.
Richard Emerson set the bar high when he sold out. He was still to keep management and control of brewing, recipes and ingredients. In return he cashed in and the business got a money injection to increase capacity/ build a(awesome) brewbar/taproom etc.
Same happened with Panhead. Still brewed by the same people in the same place (extended of course). Just more of it, a brewbar or two and much better distribution.
Tuatara also did the same but IMO became quite 'average' with concentration on the boring brews. Possibly slight taste changes from water supply as well. Also worth noting that their head brewer had left to set up Panhead.
Personally I just don't think the original passion continued with Tuatara. They had created a brand with unique award winning packaging that was worth a multi purchasing to be able to put something 'craft' on their taps. -
@crucial said in Beer thread:
@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@nostrildamus said in Beer thread:
and now an admission: if I didn't like Panhead's supercharger, is there any hope for me as a one-day cultivated beer drinker?
Real Beer piston wristed gibbons ( people EVEN worse than me in this regard ) think of Supercharger as pretty mainstream these days, maybe that’s why you’re not a fan ?
Apparently it’s pretty inconsistent depending on where you go but not sure how true that is.
That would only be the case through bars having substandard equipment/cleaning.
There is a lot of wankery that comes out when a boutique producer sells to a multi.
Richard Emerson set the bar high when he sold out. He was still to keep management and control of brewing, recipes and ingredients. In return he cashed in and the business got a money injection to increase capacity/ build a(awesome) brewbar/taproom etc.
Same happened with Panhead. Still brewed by the same people in the same place (extended of course). Just more of it, a brewbar or two and much better distribution.
Tuatara also did the same but IMO became quite 'average' with concentration on the boring brews. Possibly slight taste changes from water supply as well. Also worth noting that their head brewer had left to set up Panhead.
Personally I just don't think the original passion continued with Tuatara. They had created a brand with unique award winning packaging that was worth a multi purchasing to be able to put something 'craft' on their taps.Tuatara have the best bottles…..but they’re WAY down the list for best beers these days.
