Monteiths

[moodgett]

Was just over in NZ two weeks back as part of a fortnight cruise, I normally buy Monteiths quite regularly from a Newcastle bottlo (warners at the bay) they stock the whole Monteiths range, and i cant say there is 1 of their beers that has upset me. Whilst in NZ i tried a number of beers with the limited time i had at each stop (took photos), and id have to say i was really impressed, no 2 pubs had the same tap lineup, and then there were quite a lot of brewpubs (Shakespeares in Auckland, Dux De Lux in Christchurch i made it to)

I think its great that a Countries Megaswill beers have about approx 9 Different Beer Styles each (Monteiths, Speights and Macs) whereas our pitiful breweries mainly throw out cat piss boring lagers for the masses, i think we could learn a lot from the Kiwis in this regard

CHeers

*dons flamesuit just in case*

 

[winkle]

I don't mind the Pils, thought that the Doublebock was ok, but really like the black - not real complex but solidly good all round.

 

[Greg Lawrence]

Forget Monteiths, go for Macs.
Macs is hardly megaswill, just because it is now owned by one of the big brewerys.
While recently in NZ I tried the Black, Sassy Red, Gold, and my favourites were the Pilsner - Hop Rocker and the Great White.
The pilsner was absolutely full of hops, and the great white (wheat beer) was damn close to a hoegaarden.
Has anyone seen Macs available in the bottle stores here? I would love to get my hands on some more of the Pilsner.

 

[winkle]

Forget Monteiths, go for Macs.
Macs is hardly megaswill, just because it is now owned by one of the big brewerys.
While recently in NZ I tried the Black, Sassy Red, Gold, and my favourites were the Pilsner - Hop Rocker and the Great White.
The pilsner was absolutely full of hops, and the great white (wheat beer) was damn close to a hoegaarden.
Has anyone seen Macs available in the bottle stores here? I would love to get my hands on some more of the Pilsner.

Yeah the Hop Rocker & Sassy Red were good, First Choice stocked them a while back, probably still do.