Introducing Australias First Limited Edition Luxury Lager A Royal S

[Jim_Levet]

At the same time it is unfortunate to see home brewers who have the opportunity to use whatever ingredients they like, opting for over-processed products like pellets & the worst of the worst........hop oils

James I am confused as to your understanding of pellets. They are ground and compressed hop cones. IKE's are processed agreed but pellets no. Unless you refer to the isomerised pellets but I have not seen them in general use.

OK so theygrind & compress the hop cones, that seems like processing to me, maybe not over-processing, but still processed

Just an opinion, I will buy the beer & drink it, not much more I can do after that. If I don't like it I will not buy it again.


James

 

[Jim_Levet]

You really have no idea, do you?
MFS

Well for once I am not in the minority! Have a look around this forum, we are all entitled to our opinions & for me fresh is best!
What I am really waiting for is words of wisdom from the great man himself, the man who is all things hops!

James

 

[Muggus]

Dave,

Where have you seen Deus at that price? I have only seen it at $65.


Wally

Snagged a bottle for $50 the other day from a local Vintage Cellars store.


As for this overpriced, overhyped Crown thing, sounds like a load of bollocks to me.
Wouldn't such an over-the-top beer of such prestige be more worthy if it were an Ale rather than a Lager?
Something about mentioning the "Crown Lager yeast strain" is enough to scare me.

 

[Dave86]

Dave,

Where have you seen Deus at that price? I have only seen it at $65.


Wally

Sorry, only just saw this. One of the local bottlo's in orange, daquino's, has it for $50 a bottle, planning on grabbing one as soon as I can afford it. They're a independent one based here in orange, they do a lot of cleanskin port and such. Not really interested in that side of it, but they and IGA are the two decent beer stockists round here

 

[InCider]

This beer and it's price (cost is another avenue we won't go down!) have got me going.

I'd like to remind us of a famous quote we have all heard while watching 'Skippy'.

An interchange between Sonny and Skippy:

"You're ******* shitting me!"

 

[Screwtop]

This beer and it's price (cost is another avenue we won't go down!) have got me going.

I'd like to remind us of a famous quote we have all heard while watching 'Skippy'.

An interchange between Sonny and Skippy:

"You're ******* shitting me!"

They had trouble with that Kangaroo from episode 1. Swore worse than Gorgon Ramsey, so they introduced a stand in Roo, the two roos were used from then on, the smutty mouthed one was never used in close ups in case the boom mic picked up some foul language, thats how come only a pair of stuffed paws was seen reaching into the pouch. '

Hoo Roo

Screwy

 

[InCider]

That's strange.

I don't remember seeing that episode.

A real pouch potato would know this one.


:lol:

 

[hughman666]

sounds like an interesting beer.

good to see the first few comments prove true the theory that a lot of people on this forum think anything produced by a major label must be ****, before even tasting it.

way to go fellas.....

 

[mfdes]

Well for once I am not in the minority! Have a look around this forum, we are all entitled to our opinions & for me fresh is best!
What I am really waiting for is words of wisdom from the great man himself, the man who is all things hops!

James

I'd like to apologise for the tone of my post to Jim.
I was way out of line and there's no excuse. We're all entitled to expressing our views without being put down.
Sorry Jim.

MFS.

 

[brendanos]

It is a derivitive of a Carlsburg yeast

Upon reflection, aren't most lager yeasts? I do wonder how "australianised" it has become over the years...

 

[Murray]

Sounds like a lot of **** to me. Don't care if it is CuB or Redoak, producing $60 beers is more about self-indulgence and marketing than anything else.

 

[redgums500]

Crumbs People !

Time to fire up the brew kettle, get on to Stuart in Tassie and get him to come up with a flash hop and then hire some marketing department types. Get the marketing dept to place ads ( sorry advertorials ) in magazines which our wine division can't afford (ie jumped in and made a balls up of ) and tell the consumers about the virtues of malt grown in Oz. Then hire some more gurus to come up with the idea that a BIG bottle will be the deal clincher for some 60 something yr old CEO (no offense mature aged brewers) in getting the blonde 20 something bimbo back to the executive suite. Pay for it all on the company's plastic card........

Sounds like they're on a winner to me

Wish I'd have taken more notice in Marketing 101

Redgums

 

[mfdes]

I think from the company's perspective, putting out beers in the price range of their existing stock only result in competition with their own products. This leads to process inefficiencies, why'd you sell 100,000L of 6 different beers when you could be selling the same amount of 4 or 5 and save yourself the production line expenses, as well as marketing, etc...

In order for them not to compete with themselves they have to bring out something either way above or way below their existing market range. It seems like they chose way above. Most people buying beer will not know the slightest thing about it. Using the analogy of Grange Hermitage again: Would you go to the bottleshop and buy yourself a bottle of it? Personally, the only chance I'd ever buy Grange would be if I owed someone who liked wine a very expensive and flashy present.

Maybe it will carve itself a niche in the market, maybe not. You'll never know till you try.

Also reverting onto the Galaxy hops: If any of you have tried Cascade Green, there's a good example of how NOT to use a very nice hop...

MFS.

 

[quantocks]

I had this on Christmas morning with my brother. I must say it was hands down the best beer I've ever had. It was okay chilled, but as recommended drinking between 7-11 degrees is where it really shines. So good that I'm going to see if I can get another bottle to store away for a few years.