Beer?

[User169]

Up to a point...

The definition is extremely vague but there are some rules, one of which is that the brewery is independently owned, which rules VB out for a start (it's a subsidiary of Foster's).

I'm not sure there's even agreement on that is there? In any event, to me it seems one of the least satisfactory definitions as it doesn't really say anything about how the beer was made.

You'd also then exclude, for example, Unibroue, owned by Suntory but left well alone and Goose Island, although you couldn't really describe their Bourbon County's as anything other than craft ales.

 

[smutchin]

I'm not sure there's even agreement on that is there? In any event, to me it seems one of the least satisfactory definitions as it doesn't really say anything about how the beer was made.

You'd also then exclude, for example, Unibroue, owned by Suntory but left well alone and Goose Island, although you couldn't really describe their Bourbon County's as anything other than craft ales.

Fair point. It's a somewhat grey area.

 

[rich p]

VB is shite. All mainstream Aussie beer is generic yellow píss.

 

[Aperitif]

VB is shite. All mainstream Aussie beer is generic yellow píss.

That's tinnie tus for you...At London Broncos RL matches at Brentford, that was the only foam available. Nice that Victoria Bendleton got a tin named after her though.

 

[rich p]

That's tinnie tus for you...At London Broncos RL matches at Brentford, that was the only foam available. Nice that Victoria Bendleton got a tin named after her though.

or Very Bland

 

[threebikesmcginty]

VB is shite. All mainstream Aussie beer is generic yellow píss.

You could get a job as the spokesman for the Australian Brewers Association, they'd appreciate your straight talking.

 

[Aperitif]

You could get a job as the spokesman for the Australian Brewers Association, they'd appreciate your straight talking.

Be dreadfully accurate if his name appeared on the tinnies though, would it not?

 

[John the Monkey]

You could get a job as the spokesman for the Australian Brewers Association, they'd appreciate your straight talking.

Remember to throw in a few "Look, mate"s and "Yer flamin' galah"s here and there in the interview.

 

[rich p]

I did a blind tasting with some ockers in Sydney - IIRC, Tooheys, VB and Carlton. They failed to distinguish any difference but at least they cooled the fevered brow.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I did a blind tasting with some ockers in Sydney - IIRC, Tooheys, VB and Carlton. They failed to distinguish any difference but at least they cooled the fevered brow.

I've done similar in Texas, all pretty much yellow waz but the saving grace was it was really really cold beer and when it's 110 who cares about taste!

 

[User169]

Fair point. It's a somewhat grey area.

Brewdog's James Watt was banging on about trying to come to some formal definition last year. He stopped when he realized that he couldn't really come up with a sensible definition which would exclude the people he doesn't like, but still include Brewdog.

 

[User169]

Strange that the aussies haven't got to grips with beer when you see what the Kiwis are doing with new hop varieties (Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Pacific Jade et al) and some decent brews: New Zealand or Pacific IPA seems almost to be a recognized style now.

 

[Aperitif]

Strange that the aussies haven't got to grips with beer when you see what the Kiwis are doing with new hop varieties (Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Pacific Jade et al) and some decent brews: New Zealand or Pacific IPA seems almost to be a recognized style now.

I would have thought their 'go to' beer would be all black, given that they are such stout sportspeople. Still, with a war song containing "cuppa tea, cuppa tea..." and a few hops, maybe it's taking a little longer to filter through...

I delegate Rich to tell this lot their beer is 'so-so' - after he's finished with the Wallabies.

 

[BrumJim]

I remember the outcry a few years ago when Greene King IPA won champion beer at the Great British Beer Festival.

Such undesirable outcomes are the danger of a blind tasting!

Still don't understand it. Have drunk Greene King IPA a few times, and each time I have concluded that it is only marginally preferable to a pint of John Smith's. Repeated as my friends keep telling me that it is wonderful stuff. Would rather stay sober than drink it.

 

[rich p]

Still don't understand it. Have drunk Greene King IPA a few times, and each time I have concluded that it is only marginally preferable to a pint of John Smith's. Repeated as my friends keep telling me that it is wonderful stuff. Would rather stay sober than drink it.

I was once stranded in a hell-hole of a place called Kessingland, Suffolk and the pub only sold Greene King IPA, so we had to drink Guinness all weekend.