Free At Dans: Beer Styles Booklet

[Truman42]

Just went to Dans and they have a free booklet on beer styles plus other information about the history of beer in Australia, bios on prominent brewers all that sort of thing.

Not bad for a freebie.

 

[manticle]

Do they have a section on recommended storage conditions for packaged beer?

 

[Bongchitis]

Do they have a section on recommended storage conditions for packaged beer?

Hahaha

 

[Tony]

Do they have a section on recommended storage conditions for packaged beer?

And perhaps a food matching guide for out of date imports?

Id rather refer to the BJCP site for style guidelines any day

I remember going to Dans once and some pimple faced 18 year old tried to get me to taste Sol. I said..... mate, I'd rather drink my own pee, and i have better home brew on tap at home. He said to me........ well it wouldn't be as good as this!

At that comment, i just smiled and kept walking, and my wife burst out laughing and told him i had a state brewing title to my name.

She told me he said "what.... can you make home brew better than bought beer?"

Love going to uncle dan's sometimes

 

[Yob]

can you just wander in and grab one? effed if Im buyin anything from there

 

[DU99]

Wonder if it has a section for Use by or Best By

 

[winkle]

There is bound to be a section for heat damaged and oxidised beers.

 

[Truman42]

can you just wander in and grab one? effed if Im buyin anything from there

Yes you can Yob, there out the front.

 

[Truman42]

All the Dans ******** and advertising aside its not a bad book especially for noobs.

 

[Kiwimike]

It can also be downloaded from their website
http://danmurphys.com.au//guides/beer-styl...;SI_LINK=B2#/8/

 

[mwd]

Yeh it is a freebie I got one the other day when I bought 12 Zweic Porters and various others then managed to break two of the Zweics when the package broke. I was gutted.

Noticed our local Dan's and Liquorland are selling a much bigger selection of beers now which is all good but plenty unhealthy to the wallet Looking forward to trying my Kozel Premium at least it is in a 500ml bottle.

 

[milob40]

nice guide for a freebie but can't blame people for not liking dans, 2 weeks ago my wife bought me a ctn of xxxx gold to take on a crabbing trip.
bb date was july this year!
competition to win a navara ute which was drawn around christmas, that pallet must of been stuck at the back, just shows even fast moving stock gets the same treatment as craft beer, complained to management as the beer tasted very stale and strong but as usual
you would think i had introduced him to running water by the reaction i got.

 

[the_new_darren]

I remember going to Dans once and some pimple faced 18 year old tried to get me to taste Sol. I said..... mate, I'd rather drink my own pee, and i have better home brew on tap at home. He said to me........ well it wouldn't be as good as this!

At that comment, i just smiled and kept walking, and my wife burst out laughing and told him i had a state brewing title to my name.

You can make a Mex lager better than Sol? Was your "title" for a LAGER? If not your wife is misinformed

tnd

 

[hsb]

The R.J. King Wingwalker Belgian Style Wheat Ale is one of America's finest craft beers

My local one decided to 'classify' their wines alphabetically, irrespective of style or origin. Every single bottle arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the name on the bottle. Very innovative! Took them a few days to do it!!! Only took a few months for them to change it back!!!!

 

[milob40]

i wonder if anyone at dans is reading the forum and even if they were would they really care?......
if a tree falls in a forest but nobody hears it...............................

 

[Gar]

I once asked a bloke at Dan Murphy's if they had any barley wines, he replied "Bali wine, that's one of those Japanese beers isn't it, I'll just have a look" :lol:

I do buy stuff from Dan's though, just for the proximity.

 

[stux]

Nice little booklet. Noticed Gage Road is quite prominent. Partly owned by woolies of course

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

I picked a few minor inaccuracies in it. Nothing major.

IIRC - clue: look at the description for Stella Artois.

Goomba

 

[Tony]

i wonder if anyone at dans is reading the forum and even if they were would they really care?......
if a tree falls in a forest but nobody hears it...............................

Well it is owned by woolworths the fresh food (from 2009 stored in a gas filled warehouse) people.

but i guess it is good they are doing a bit to promote something other than the regulars.

Im a bit bored with their beer range these days and only really use them for cheaper spirits for the wife.

 

[Phoney]

2 weeks ago my wife bought me a ctn of xxxx gold to take on a crabbing trip.

You were expecting something good when your missus turned up with xxxx gold?

 

[Nevalicious]

You can make a Mex lager better than Sol? Was your "title" for a LAGER? If not your wife is misinformed

tnd

Well done ********

2 minutes into visiting AHB after a few weeks away from it and one of the first posts I read is this...

You and others like you are reason for many people boycotting AHB. Post something useful... ****

 

[bum]

SWMBO pointed this book out to me when we were in Uncle Dan's yesterday (out of HB ).

I laughed then told her to get ******. She looked thoughtful for a moment then didn't even get mad.

They barely even sell any beer that can teach you anything - why would their advertising help you?

[EDIT: typo]

 

[seemax]

They barely even sell any beer that can teach you anything - why would their advertising help you?

Hardly true for someone who is drinking megaswill and looking to try new styles (which I was some 5 years ago).

Sure it's no taphouse, slowbeer, etc but if you ignore the out of date factor (isn't a huge problem at my local store) there is a sufficient number of styles for newbies to try .... ESB, APA, IPA, Belgians, Wit, etc etc ... they may not be the best in their style but they offer something.

 

[bum]

Sure, but my assumption is that that is not who I am talking to here.

 

[milob40]

Nice little booklet. Noticed Gage Road is quite prominent. Partly owned by woolies of course

worst pale ale other than wingwalker i have ever tried, very treacley (syrupy) although maybe they don't know how to store/ rotate it, heaven forbid....

 

[Bribie G]

I must be one of the lucky ones but I've never had a problem with anything I've bought from Dans. The two branches I frequent are North Lakes where they have to receive all their deliveries immediately into the dock as they don't have any personal yard space. Chermside is in the mall itself so likewise. Beers always seem to have a good date and the DAB, OSH, TTL and of course my Zywiec varietes have always been spot on.

They recently had a discount promotion for 8 singles plus a free carrying thingo so I got a variety of Polish, Czech etc which worked out at $3 per 500 ml, and they were all delicious.

I guess the trick is to find the Dans that have their own yard and forklifts and pallets sitting out in the sun and strike those off your list B)

And why would any AHB member actually need assistance in choosing beers? Even Darren? :wacko:

 

[mwd]

+1 I have never had a bad drop from Dans not that I go in that often I think it is getting an unfortunate slagging.
The range of beers stocked is quite good and seems to be growing, well in my local anyway.

They seem to be stocking a larger range of Australian Craft Beers too which can only be a good thing.

It is the only place round here that stocks Punk IPA so that's worth it IMHO.

 

[Spiesy]

I do most of my shopping at Dan's as well. Their range is heaps bigger these days - good on them for meeting the growing demand for craft beer.

When you get a "warehouse" grog shop as big as Dan's, unfortunately the chances of a store manager not rotating/clearing stock as he should increase... part and parcel... but if you look at your best before date, you shouldn't have much of an issue really.

 

[Steve@PMF82]

I must be one of the lucky ones but I've never had a problem with anything I've bought from Dans. The two branches I frequent are North Lakes where they have to receive all their deliveries immediately into the dock as they don't have any personal yard space. Chermside is in the mall itself so likewise. Beers always seem to have a good date and the DAB, OSH, TTL and of course my Zywiec varietes have always been spot on.

getting slightly :icon_offtopic:

When i was at murrays at manly last and had had a few...i got into a yarn with murrays daughter about poor handling of their beers from DM.

She seemed quite aware and better informed of the situation than me. They had made their own investigating with Dans due to ongoing complaints about bad bottles.
She said that Dans openly admit that most of the mishandling takes place not at individual stores but at the main distribution warehouses when they have to much stock to handle or not enough staff to handle it and beer gets left outside to wills of nature for " short periods" and there is nothing they can do about it....
We both came to conclusion that beer should be purchased only from those who care about it.

Anyway could be true could rubbish just to shut me up, but i have had more bad beers than good ones from uncle dan.

EDIT: Funnily enough Punk IPA has always been pretty good from dans for me

 

[Murcluf]

I try very very hard to avoid buying any imported beer from Woolworth's establishment because of the very poor condition of their beers in total.

But just to let you know if you purchase a single out of date bottle of imported beer and then write a letter of complaint to their head office (via their website). You will receive a phone call from the manager of store you purchased it from offering you a carton up to the value of $80 (well that was a couple of years back).

Being known for selling out of date beer is very bad for the "brand" so they like to sweeten you up as best as possible. Where as poor quality beer can be blamed on a number of other players before the mud sticks to them. Plus they would use the "we don't have any issues with other brands like VB NEW etc.