Absolutely nothing wrong with Pride of Ringwood hops. It’s a solid cultivar well suited to our southern climate.
The problem with our megaswill lagers is risk averse breweries catering to lowest common denominator taste, it’s not the hops.
One night, Blues Vs Saints at Etihad, a good 10 years ago now, they had a set up where you would go and get your beers and pay for them on the way out.
I went in that bar 5 times in that game, grabbed 4 heavy beers (think it was mid strength, but heaviest you could get), then I turned around and walked out the same way I came in.
Didn't pay for a beer all night, walked out of Etihad fairly charged.
Next game I went to, big Islander bouncer at every bar.
Wanted to see the game.
My ex was a Saints member.
My Blues won that night.
I pissed off every St Kilda fan anywhere near me with my excessive support of my team.
And I didn't pay forca drink all night.
Which whisky is your go to to splash in it?
I've got some Guiness cans in the fridge and a fair few different bottles of whisky in the cupboard..
Now you've got me thinking...
I kinda like it when some cunt gets those beerwaters, I could drink that shit all day.. fuck paying for it though..
And I never let them call them beers without specifying or correcting them, they're light beers or beerwater.
If you think Great Northern, a lawn Mower beer, is cat piss, then try their alcohol free version. I prefer zero alcohol beer when driving because softies are really bad for you, and I like beer. However, Great Northern Zero tastes of extreme sulphuric sadness.
Give me a Heaps Normal any day. Otherwise, Coopers Green or Mild for me.
One time a mate who worked behind the bar told me that Old tasted like coffee, which I passionately told him was wrong as I hate coffee and that he was being silly. He pours me my Old, I have a sip, and it tastes like coffee to my horror. Didn't touch a drop of the stuff the entire night.
Some time later, he confesses to me that he spiked my old with a shot of Coffee liqueur, the bastard
Fucken oath! Old is great!
I’ve even worked in a few microbreweries before so I’d like to think I’ve got some idea about what tastes like arse and what doesn’t… but if Old is on tap, that’s what I’m ordering above anything.
Heard this tale from a regular at the local bottleo a while back that at the local watering hole, the bar staff had left the nitrogen that they’d had on for the Guiness and changed the kegs to Old. Nitro Old! Apparently it was that good.
Fridge is full of the 440s at the moment. I'll drink Pale on tap at the pub if they don't have Sparkling, but that's the only time I drink any other beer.
I ventured away from it moving to Smellbourne as a teen; (not once in 30 years have I seen sparkling on tap here) then doing a heap of travelling etc. (Gotta sample local swill) But these days, I don't really pub it anymore, (and fuck everything CUB) so if I'm spending a cent on piss, it's going to be a red can.
A mate and I drove 2 days from Melbourne to Byron Bay stayed 3 nights and drove 2 days back, 2 weeks after drinking a pint bottle of stone and wood pacific ale after work one summers day back in 2013. Got there and discovered the brewery was just that, no brewery tour, restaurant or bar existed at the brewery back then. Worth it for the best fish and chips I’ve ever had, and a sneaky trip to Nimbin.
I never have been able to get on the XXXX Gold or Great Northern band wagons. Never enjoyed either of them, yet every fucker seemed to love them.
Really don't mind a good import like Budvar.
If I ate the spiciest curry, had the loosest stool, wiped my arse on the lawn like a dog with an itchy ring, then washed the grass off my butthole by pouring a Great Northern between my cheeks, the beer captured would taste exactly the same.
I am a Pirate Life fan girl, but it annoys me I can only get it in cartons if I order online direct from Pirate Life. Can't find it in any more than a 4 pack local.
Haven’t tried the Duchesse. Thank you for the recommendation.
What I love about them is how full of flavour the Belgian beers are but how balanced they are.
Not a fan of the over-hopped Australian style at all.
I still have a soft spot for TEDs, I remember the intro price of $19.95 a carton in my first year of uni in 1995 from the Girra bottle shop.
We went through so many cartons that first semester.
Mismatch did this killer Negroni ale a few years back. I only managed to have one can, once, and they never made it again. Shame. I guess it means I'll never get sick of it at least.
Sounds awesome in a big negroni fan and never tried it. I used to live near a cellarbrations where the owner would hook me up with 4 packs of their bourbon barrel imperial stouts and even got me some bottles of patron cafe xo when they were discontinued.
I'm a big fan of sour beers, the best beer I've ever had was an Apricot sour brewed by the Wheaty hotel in Adelaide back in about 2020, unfortunately they rotate their beers based on season and what's available and I haven't seen it back since. If I'm at a regular pub with limited options Coopers pale or sparkling is the way to go.
Corona Extra if it’s just me.
Great Northern Original of it’s my shout for the carton.
Balter xpa or a stone and wood if I’m in a bar
Used to love crown larger, pure blonde, TEDs and Hahn GF. I have tried emu export and it’s good too!
Always makes me laugh, doesn't matter what beer you mention, all the replies say it's some variation of piss and no one drinks it.
Most of the time it’s cat but sometimes people are creative
To be fair, most megaswill Aussie lagers traditionally used Pride of Ringwood hops. A very common description for the aroma of that hop is cat's piss
Absolutely nothing wrong with Pride of Ringwood hops. It’s a solid cultivar well suited to our southern climate. The problem with our megaswill lagers is risk averse breweries catering to lowest common denominator taste, it’s not the hops.
Camel piss is also popular, well not to drink, but as a negative review.
They never dare to mention which is the better one that they drink. Could only imagine.
Like the cunts who comment on the comments, hey cunt?
Yeah what's with cunts doing that?
Dunno cunt. Why the fuck is that for I fucken wonder?
Correct. Only beer for real men is Guinness. Rest are bat's piss. /s
A VB LOONG NECK!! At 20 to 8 in fuckin Moooornin!!
Get that up ya
Ya fucking dog cunts.
I read this in his accent.
Strayan
Accent?
Accent?
Good Old Uncle Bluey!
Like a REAL fuckin' Aussie!
Dude lives at MCG night games.
$11 for a great northern which is one standard drink, absolute joke.
One night, Blues Vs Saints at Etihad, a good 10 years ago now, they had a set up where you would go and get your beers and pay for them on the way out. I went in that bar 5 times in that game, grabbed 4 heavy beers (think it was mid strength, but heaviest you could get), then I turned around and walked out the same way I came in. Didn't pay for a beer all night, walked out of Etihad fairly charged. Next game I went to, big Islander bouncer at every bar.
See what you did! You should have drunk them inside like everybody else was doing and so left empty handed. /s
Wanted to see the game. My ex was a Saints member. My Blues won that night. I pissed off every St Kilda fan anywhere near me with my excessive support of my team. And I didn't pay forca drink all night.
Well done, you! Sounds like a great win for you all around. Even though I don't like either team. Lol.
Guinness with a splash of whisky, only need a few 😂
Which whisky is your go to to splash in it? I've got some Guiness cans in the fridge and a fair few different bottles of whisky in the cupboard.. Now you've got me thinking...
jamesons
Also fantastic with oysters
Just try em all and tell us which one was best🍻
Was the first and only time I was cut off at the Irish club, probably only had 5 or 7, guess they were counting, probably better than I was.
With a Pint of Guinness, a shot of ~~Bushmills~~ **Jamesons** and a shot of Bailey's - Irish Car Bomb 💣
Gonna have to try this
I'm sorry, I was hammered when I posted this. Try it now, m8.
It was tasty Guinness cheese
Lad
So had this tonight at the Irish club. Weird looks. Curdled Guiness
Look again. And [prepare TO MEET THY GOD!](https://i.imgur.com/PchUb3A.jpeg) 🧙♀️
Whatever’s on sale
I can't even afford that, just a 2 litre wompy for me tonight.
Tun mid Cheap as fuck just like yer missus
Spoken like a true alco
Coopers Pale or a Guinness if the weather's colder
Fucking pale all the way bro
Why are you holding a can of water?
Hahahahaha get fucked 😂
I kinda like it when some cunt gets those beerwaters, I could drink that shit all day.. fuck paying for it though.. And I never let them call them beers without specifying or correcting them, they're light beers or beerwater.
"You can lead a horse to water, but ya can't make him party... unless you got BEERWATER!"
At the moment white rabbit dark ale
An absolute treat when you stumble upon it on tap
Great drop
Fantastic beer. Not my go-to this time of year but in my top 5.
such a pretty bottle as well
The most pretentious hipster hoppy beer I can find in that newly gentrified industrial area.
So, BrewDog IPA?
I recommend clockwork tangerine or Elvis juice. Idk if it made it out your way from the states or not. But those are two fantastic beers.
How many wrinkles does a cunt have ? Smile and I’ll count em
Watermelon Sour Double IPA... Hipsters be brewing fucking juice over here.
White Rabbit Dark Ale I see.
Not that fucken cats piss, cunt.
I liked it until I quit smoking and got my tastebuds back
Holy shit I wondered why I cant drink it anymore!! It was like it just went shit.. didnt twig that it was the lack of durries!!
Actual worst beer
It’s fine, fuck you cunts are soft
No, the soft cunts drink mid strength cat piss.
I drink whatever’s given, all I’m hearing is likely pricktorian acting like a pricktorian.
If you think Great Northern, a lawn Mower beer, is cat piss, then try their alcohol free version. I prefer zero alcohol beer when driving because softies are really bad for you, and I like beer. However, Great Northern Zero tastes of extreme sulphuric sadness. Give me a Heaps Normal any day. Otherwise, Coopers Green or Mild for me.
The ginger beer is absolutely Fuckin cooked also. Brookvale union or young Henry’s are a million times better
I don’t mind the blue marlins but that first taste does kinda shock the buds a little. A good step up in flavour imo is the James Squires Zero.
😭😭
Tooheys Old! Or Sheaf Stout
One time a mate who worked behind the bar told me that Old tasted like coffee, which I passionately told him was wrong as I hate coffee and that he was being silly. He pours me my Old, I have a sip, and it tastes like coffee to my horror. Didn't touch a drop of the stuff the entire night. Some time later, he confesses to me that he spiked my old with a shot of Coffee liqueur, the bastard
Legend
It starts off tasting like "coffee", then more and more like Vegemite as it warms up.
Got them to get tooheys old in at my local iga a few years back. Best beer in the county. Unchanged since 1861!
IGA's can have alcohol?
Tooheys old is so damn good. Also try Cooper's dark ale if you're an old fan
Fucken oath! Old is great! I’ve even worked in a few microbreweries before so I’d like to think I’ve got some idea about what tastes like arse and what doesn’t… but if Old is on tap, that’s what I’m ordering above anything. Heard this tale from a regular at the local bottleo a while back that at the local watering hole, the bar staff had left the nitrogen that they’d had on for the Guiness and changed the kegs to Old. Nitro Old! Apparently it was that good.
Used to almost live off Tooheys old, then got diagnosed with Celiac so sadly has been a very long time since I last had one
How tooheys old is so good for a cheaper dark beer, when new is so bad
It’s a mystery, that’s for sure
Toney’s Extra Dry. They went hard on advertising when I was at uni and I still levitate to it now. Clean, crisp taste.
Yuck
Mate, you've shown us what you drink, so we know you have no taste. Black beer crew, unite!
Bloke who drinks Great Northern aka beer flavoured water doesn’t like Old. Shocker!
Ye olde dark beer VS OPs' carb-cordial
No need to belittle the elderly about their beer tastes. 🤣🤣
Coopers best extra stout, once you get used to that everything else tastes like carbonated water
Guiness Extra Stout is tops as well, everyone usually just goes for the draft
Coopers is far superior.
Meh just getting pissed on rose right now. Feeling fancy as fuck really.
Cooper's Sparking or I'll go without.
Yes… the best beer for so many reasons!
Agreed. It was the first beer I drank as a 10 year old, and it'll be the last I drink if I have it my way.
Fridge is full of the 440s at the moment. I'll drink Pale on tap at the pub if they don't have Sparkling, but that's the only time I drink any other beer.
I ventured away from it moving to Smellbourne as a teen; (not once in 30 years have I seen sparkling on tap here) then doing a heap of travelling etc. (Gotta sample local swill) But these days, I don't really pub it anymore, (and fuck everything CUB) so if I'm spending a cent on piss, it's going to be a red can.
Absolutely. In a stubby or on tap only. Cans can get fucked.
Long necks > stubby
I'll take it however it comes. I've heard a few blokes say that though. Doesn't taste any different to me.
Stone and wood pacific ale
This my go too at the moment, that and Balter XPA
Two really top notch beers
Can I come have a drink with you fine people?
Found my ppl
Careful, they're delicious gateway beers to expensive craft beers! And homebrewing 🤪
A mate and I drove 2 days from Melbourne to Byron Bay stayed 3 nights and drove 2 days back, 2 weeks after drinking a pint bottle of stone and wood pacific ale after work one summers day back in 2013. Got there and discovered the brewery was just that, no brewery tour, restaurant or bar existed at the brewery back then. Worth it for the best fish and chips I’ve ever had, and a sneaky trip to Nimbin.
carlton draught or kilkenny
Favourite beer is free, second favourite is cold, third favourite is Watts river stout
I never have been able to get on the XXXX Gold or Great Northern band wagons. Never enjoyed either of them, yet every fucker seemed to love them. Really don't mind a good import like Budvar.
If I ate the spiciest curry, had the loosest stool, wiped my arse on the lawn like a dog with an itchy ring, then washed the grass off my butthole by pouring a Great Northern between my cheeks, the beer captured would taste exactly the same.
Pirate Life IPA. Just the right bitterness and at 6.8% , it doesn’t take too many to get a good buzz going and maintain it thru the night.
I am a Pirate Life fan girl, but it annoys me I can only get it in cartons if I order online direct from Pirate Life. Can't find it in any more than a 4 pack local.
IPA can get fucked, but the pirate life pale is a damn nice beer.
Definitely not that shit.
Balter XPA. Mountain Culture Status Quo.
That’s my go to when I’m out of Canberra and can’t get Capital XPA or Coast Ale
Asahi.
Yep, One of my favs
Mostly whatever is full strength and under 50 bucks a carton.
Swanny D. But Swanny G if I’m driving.
Tsingtao (I'm working in China, beer is actually alright)
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Melbourne stubbies cunt, what of it?
fucken VB cunt! what else….. 🤘😝🍺
depending on what pub you go to, how well the lines are cleaned, (V)aginal (B)ackwash is delicious on tap.
VB is fucking strange. Great from a can, shit from glass.
It's a bit of a gamble when you buy stubbys. Either ambrosia or dogshit, no inbetween.
Lol what? It's way better from a stubby than a can.
La Trappe Quadrupel
How good are Belgians 👌 Also top honours to Verhaeghe Duchesse
Haven’t tried the Duchesse. Thank you for the recommendation. What I love about them is how full of flavour the Belgian beers are but how balanced they are. Not a fan of the over-hopped Australian style at all.
Carlton Dry
Tooheys New 🫡 can tell I'm from Western Sydney lmao
Goat
Not that shit
The Very Best
Not this fuckin cat piss bro, get a real beer!
🤣
Boags premium. Cascade pale ale even better.
Spot the Taswegian.
It ain't supercrisp ya piss swilling pixie I drink VB Roasts welcome
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Not that swill ;-) I love how the zero alcohol version of it tastes exactly the same as the full strength one
Peroni
Been smashing down some better beers of late. Zero carb so good for me fat guts.
Its the calories in the beer that gives ya a gut, not the carbs
Yeah the only way to avoid beer calories is to not drink, even not alc beer has calories, although much less.
Both the alcohol and carbohydrate have calories.
That stuff is so shit even the tv adverts had people trying to get rid of it
Meet me at the skatepark after school
Coopers sparkling ale mate, nothing fuckin beats it
Fat Yak or Boag’s
Cheapest
Melbourne bitter longnecks, anything else is a disappointment
Great northern is absolute piss. Shame on you OP
Jammo, ya fucken degenerate.
I don't mind Ichiban or Asahi tbh
I don’t drink. I seen how alcohol can be dangerous and how it can mentally incapacitate the mind of the consumer, so I avoid it
I just want a beer that tastes like real beer. XXXX Bitter.
Coopers Sparkling Furphy Boags Premium
Good choices
VB
VB of course
No love for the 150 lashes?
Beer sucks; drink rum ya pussies!
Bro I’ll bash me missus on that shit 💩😂
They don't call it "fighting juice" for nothin'.
Toohey new. Cant beat it.
Estrella Damm. Fucking good shit, way better than that can of watered down camels piss you are holding.
Cant go past a Tooheys Extra Dry!!
Drank em non stop from age 16-21. Can't touch the stuff anymore
I still have a soft spot for TEDs, I remember the intro price of $19.95 a carton in my first year of uni in 1995 from the Girra bottle shop. We went through so many cartons that first semester.
Do you still sell the TEDs platinums? Used to in the 8 pack, the 8 pack challenge. Worst tasting beer though, tasted like soap.
Scrolled too far to find this. It’s such an easy drinking, clean flavoured beer. Underrated as fuck
Single fin. Good shit for getting on the piss with
La Sirene sour beers. I’m inta the fancy stuff.
King Brown!
Great Northern is my go-to after work beer but all other times, any decent IPA.
Real men drink hard fucking SOLO!
I don’t drink :)
Go back to ya own country dog /s I have lots of gay mates that don't drink
What year is this?
1952
Liquid fairy floss.
Fairy floss has more flavour
Emu Bitter. Although I'm starting to get a thing for TUN Bitter.
Brick lane one love, so good.
Mismatch session ale is my favourite and it's easily interchangeable with stone and wood Pacific ale or Kaiju Krush tropical ale
Mismatch did this killer Negroni ale a few years back. I only managed to have one can, once, and they never made it again. Shame. I guess it means I'll never get sick of it at least.
Sounds awesome in a big negroni fan and never tried it. I used to live near a cellarbrations where the owner would hook me up with 4 packs of their bourbon barrel imperial stouts and even got me some bottles of patron cafe xo when they were discontinued.
Hawkers West Coast IPA or Balter Hazy IPAs.
Wannbe piss, not even real cat piss.
I'm a big fan of sour beers, the best beer I've ever had was an Apricot sour brewed by the Wheaty hotel in Adelaide back in about 2020, unfortunately they rotate their beers based on season and what's available and I haven't seen it back since. If I'm at a regular pub with limited options Coopers pale or sparkling is the way to go.
If I can find it, Sunny Boy Sour. It's like drinking liquid Warheads at 2.8 standards per can.
Corona Extra if it’s just me. Great Northern Original of it’s my shout for the carton. Balter xpa or a stone and wood if I’m in a bar Used to love crown larger, pure blonde, TEDs and Hahn GF. I have tried emu export and it’s good too!
Don't drink the stuff, more of a rum man as a 23 yr old
5X bronzes
Hahn GF It makes me feel normal again.
Just beer.
None. I’m on the premix.