Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[Muggus]

As mentioned elsewhere,
A couple that I opened on Saturday night.

Crown Lager Ambassador, and Murray's AA1.

Oooo how was the Murrays Anniversary? Being meaning to try it!

I cracked open a few imperials on the weekend...

Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout.
Good entry level imperial, similiar to a foreign style we're used to (Coopers, Southwark, etc) down under. Big roasted character.

Then I just had to compare that to my new favourite beer...

Before and after, just to get an idea how awesome the lacing on this beer is...along with everything else!
So thick, so rich, so smooth, so complex...so fuckin delicious! :icon_drool2:

 

[glennheinzel]

It was Keller-fest on Friday night.

Memminger Kellerbier (from Warners at the Bay?) was good with a touch of yeast on the nose.

Green Man Keller (from Warners at the Bay?). Despite having sat in my fridge for a month, a careful pour threw up heaps of floaties. It only had a week before it hit its "best before" date so it was a bit average.

Burleigh Brewing Hefe (from Dan Murphys) had a clovey aroma (White Labs Hefe IV?) and was a nice easy drinker.

 

[peas_and_corn]

James Squire Sundown Lager

 

[Muggus]

Howsit taste, P&C?

 

[peas_and_corn]

Quite nice. It's a good session beer- not very bitter, but it has some good hop flavour to make up for it. This stuff was so hard to find- the bottlo only had 8 cartons, and that was the entire allocation (just arrived on the pallet)

 

[Tony]

Found this while i was burning last years $50 xmas gift voucher on a $100 bottle of scotch at 9am this morning.

Had to do a full coal board medical with drug tests ect and was 1 block form the vintage cellars. so why not.

bloody fantastic beer. Tastes aged but young. Fresh but has that smooth age character to it. I think its a blend.

Big nutty caramel flavour and aroma, little hops. Nice deep ruby in colour. malt sweetness with just enough bitterness to hold it up. Smoooooooooooooth creamy finnish. Low carb and not much head as a result. I served it up at about 10 deg and let it warm up slowly to near room temp as i drank it. It was great at all temps with the malt becoming more prominent at room temp. You could pull this beer off the shelf and drink it warm no problems.

cheers

 

[ozpowell]

Negra Modelo with authentic mexican food in Cozumel, Mexico

 

[reviled]

As mentioned elsewhere,
A couple that I opened on Saturday night.

Crown Lager Ambassador, and Murray's AA1.

Whats a Crown Lager Ambassador??

Tony - Love the Strong Suffolk, get it from time to time and never disappointed with it...

 

[matti]

I aware that load of you like exotic beer so I Will disappoint you.
Downing a Carlberg ATM and it is brewed by Fosters on Licence.

No picture sorry as it isn't that exciting.

I just wanted to comment that it is a very malt driven Beer and Foster has managed to make a decent Job out of it.

Not all bad for a Mega Swill, not quite the replica but it goes down.
Full on DMS

 

[quantocks]

Whats a Crown Lager Ambassador??

http://www.crownbeverages.com.au/

basically a 5,000 bottle limited run of a specialty brew, $55 per Long neck. I still haven't opened mine, but I think I will at Christmas time.

 

[drsmurto]

Had a Murrays night last night.

2IPA, BE Porter then the Wild thing (Imperial Stout)

2IPA was everything i expected it to be, malty with a big hop presence. Surprised to read its an IIPA cross an AIPA, the american hops arent that prominent. I would have picked it as a straight english IIPA. Ken tasty!

BE Porter should have been served on ice cream, damn nice and sooooo much chocolate.

I love stout. Good stout. This is a gorgeous stout! Pity i only had 1 stubbie.... So much flavour.

 

[THE DRUNK ARAB]

Spotted this in Dan's last night, thought I better try it.

It is okay but has a sweet sugary taste that to me says is under-attenuated.

Photo isn't the greatest. :huh:

C&B
TDA

 

[quantocks]

TDA, is that a Polish beer? what's the alc% of that? I think I had a few of those in Europe and felt violently ill afterwards!

 

[Tony]

Its a czech pils actually..... as far as i know.

It used to be darker and more bitter. I bought some a few months ago and it was sweeter and lighter and i wasnt as impressed.

cheers

 

[quantocks]

you're right Tony, I knew I had it somewhere it was all a blur where exactly

 

[Tony]

must have been a good trip then

sounds like the 6 months i spent living in Cobar, near broken hill...... a blur

I only had tooheys draught back then though

cheers

 

[Thunderlips]

I only had tooheys draught back then though

The very first beer I tasted, when I was about 13, down by the Nepean River in Penrith with some mates, and girls
Loved it too. Back in the early 80's that was.

I do somehow recall it tasting better than the New of today, or maybe it's just my imagination.
The old white can with red writing is firmly imprinted in my head though

 

[Tony]

yeah thats the stuff. cant remember what it tasted like though........ it was used as intended...... to be poured down the throat as fast and easily as possible.

I drank draught, from bottles instead of new from tap because i got half a glass of line flush liquid too often.

Ahhhh country pubs

cheers

 

[newguy]

From my last trip to the liquor store:



The Pyramid Imperial Hefeweizen was really good, but nothing like what I was expecting. They obviously used a clean ale yeast and not an authentic German weizen strain. Colour was cloudy golden/amber. The smell was really intriguing - orange/nectarine to start, which morphed into a really appealing spicy/floral hop. It was quite well balanced with a good hop flavour. Very nice.

The Lagunitas Lumpy Gravy, from its label, is "released in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of THE SECOND PART OF FZ'S 3-PHAZE MASTERWORK". I have absolutely no knowledge of Frank Zappa or his work - I picked this up because it looked interesting. Colour was medium brown with ruby highlights. The aroma featured a low roasted malt with hints of nuts, biscuit malt and perhaps a touch of munich. No hops in the aroma at all. The flavour followed the aroma - pronounced dark roasted malts with a very assertive bitterness that carried right through and lingered into the finish. Kind of like a roasty version of an American brown, but without any late hops at all. Very tasty.

The Floris Chocolat, which is what's in the glass, is perhaps the worst beer I've ever tasted. Smells like cocoa but with some floral notes kind of like honey. Taste is sickeningly sweet with some very sweet chocolate and something else that I can't quite put my finger on. Gross.

 

[newguy]

One more. Peach Cream Ale from the Tin Whistle Brewing Company in Penticton BC. Nice fresh peach aroma, no real beer aromas at all; not that a cream ale has a distinctive nose anyway.

Flavour is really quite nice. A good balance between a solid cream ale (sweet malt, no hops, some graininess, no yeast derived flavours) and a gentle peach presence. Finishes a bit on the tart side, but that's probably due to using real fruit, and there's a lot of it in Penticton. Has a good body for a fruit beer - mine always end up thin. All in all, a nice beer.