Forced labour was used in its construction. About 180,000 Asian labourers and 60,000 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) worked on the railway. Of these, around 90,000 Asian labourers and 16,000 Allied POWs died as a direct result of the project. The dead POWs included 6,318 British personnel, 2,815 Australians, 2,490 Dutch, about 356 Americans and a smaller number of Canadians.
Already a thread on this one chap chap.
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum//ind...showtopic=31840
You could also use Jasime rice for all those killed on the thai burma railway/hellfire pass. Very touching place to visit, especially the cemetary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Pass
Errr that's from last year me old mate... 2009 :icon_cheers:
Yeah I'll be using Aussie Jasmine though.
Anzac Day reminds me of many things and one of them is beer related. I wonder if any one remembers Flag Ale, my farther in-law (god bless him) used to drink this, and he fought on the Kokoda Trail in New Guinea. Also I remember my farther drinking this beer and offering me a shandy at age 7 after mowing the lawns, so this would be around 1966, I have no idea when this beer was first produced.
I’m wondering does anyone remember this beer and what it tasted like. It came in longnecks with a picture of the Australian flag on it. It would be nice to do something along this line for future Anzac Day brews. :icon_cheers:
Hahahaha... schooey's first ever taste of the amber fluid was Flag Ale from a steel can in the back of a Wayfarer ute at the ripe old age of about 12 I reckon.
I think the Coopers yeast defines an 'Australian ale' and am not aware of any other 'local' yeasts that you can buy dry.I only have us05, is it too late to get some Coopers yeast started? Is there a different Aussie or Kiwi yeast I could use?
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