Australian Beer Thread

[Anonymous No.10626700]

Use this thread to discuss Australian beers.

For me, it's Coopers Stout, or you're getting knocked the fuck out, cunt.

[Anonymous No.10626711]

>>10626700
Australians are weird

[Anonymous No.10626726]

>>10626700
>work all day in the disgusting heat
>friend invites me over for a beer after
>its all stout
Who the FUCK drinks stout in the summer??? Just give me a cup of fucking coffee next time instead ya prick. It's just as non refreshing

[Anonymous No.10626752]

>>10626726
Would agree, stout is not a summer beer but if I'm not mistaken ausfags are in fucking winter.

[Anonymous No.10626772]

>>10626726
Anglos, they're just not really people

[Anonymous No.10626773]

>>10626752
What's their winter even like? 60 and cloudy?

[Anonymous No.10626826]

>>10626773
Parts of the country get very cold, especially further south.

As for the beer thing, Coopers is pretty bad in general. I don't mind their new session ale (the blue one), that's pretty good.

Best low brow Australian beers:
>VB
>MB
>Boag's Premium (the draught is also acceptable)

Best high brow Australian beers:
>Gage roads' Atomic Pale Ale (and its brewery mate, single fin summer ale)
> Pact's Mt Tenent Pale Ale
> Stone & Wood's Pacific Ale
> Honorable mention to Cricketer's Arms' IPA, which I haven't seen for several years, and I assume has been discontinued

[Anonymous No.10626904]

I prefer sniffing petrol with centrelink money

[Anonymous No.10626932]

Most international beers are brewed under license here. Went to Bali and their Chang beer tasted a lot better than what's sold in Oz.

[Anonymous No.10627693]

>some dumb fucking bogan Ameriboo thinks anybody else drinks their shitty beer
Nope.

[Anonymous No.10627884]

>>10626700

coopers stout is absolute shite. your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.

[Anonymous No.10628112]

>>10627884
What don't you like about it?

[Anonymous No.10628117]

>>10626700
I like Cooper's stout but my usual bottleo doesnt stock it, and I don't usually want to spend $60+ on a carton

[Anonymous No.10628133]

Milton Mangoes for me.

[Anonymous No.10628134]

>>10626826
>Best high brow Australian beers
>Pasito with beer flavouring x5

Coopers Sparkling is the GOAT and you can't tell me otherwise

[Anonymous No.10628149]

I drink tooheys old, mostly because I couldn't be bothered to find a relatively cheap beer that doesn't make me want to die

[Anonymous No.10628159]

Fuck beer. Pay 10c extra a bottle and then have to take a special trip to wait ten to fifteen minutes in a line for your turn to recuperate $2.40 per case. Or else skip the ridiculous inconvenience and let the government keep that $2.40. They're not squeezing me like this. If you're in NSW and still drink beer outside of the pubs, you're a sucker.

[Anonymous No.10628169]

>>10628159
>pay 10c more to drink at home in my pajamas
>pay $3-5 more to drink at the pub with weird old men
I wonder which I will do

[Anonymous No.10628177]

>>10626826
Damn what a shitty opinion lol

[Anonymous No.10628273]

>>10626826
Fuck your taste is trash.

[Anonymous No.10628305]

All of you
australiaan aggots suck my dick

[Anonymous No.10628308]

>>10626700

My local pub got this on tap recently. Couldn't be happier brehs

[Anonymous No.10628315]

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[Anonymous No.10628354]

>>10626700

Coopers Pale Ale is far superior

[Anonymous No.10628357]

>>10626826
Those Single Fins are god tier, but that brewery is a horseman of the hipster apocalypse to come.

[Anonymous No.10628361]

Isn't beer in Australia prohibitively expensive? I was under the impression that people drank wine more , slapping the goon and so on

[Anonymous No.10628367]

>>10628361
Nah, not really. A six pack of the cheapest piss will set you back around $13.

Our craft beers are very expensive because the brewers are taxed out the arse. It's changing soon, though. Thank God.

[Anonymous No.10628371]

Cascade Pale Ale is personally my favourite of the state beers. VB is a fucking monstrosity, XXXX is pretty bad, too. Cascade Draught ain't bad but I'm a pale ale kinda person.

If we're talking upmarket craft beers I do love Single Fin, Stone & Wood or Furphy's.

[Anonymous No.10628372]

>>10628367
A six pack for $13 is like Nunavut tier

[Anonymous No.10628374]

>>10628361
Teenagers do. People with jobs can afford at least a six pack a day.

[Anonymous No.10628383]

>>10628372
That's a six pack of VB on sale at my local!

[Anonymous No.10628439]

>>10628133

I live like 5 mins away from the brewery. Pick up a few mangos on the way passed evwry time.

[Anonymous No.10628440]

>>10628367
>It's changing soon, though. Thank God.
Please explain.

[Anonymous No.10628446]

>>10626773
it's been about 25 celsius and sunny here lately

>>10628361
it is very expensive
i've had to cut down on my craft beer buying lately, it just costs too much

[Anonymous No.10628454]

>>10628440
Some subsidy for craft brewers proposed in the last budget. That is if we vote for the party that seems intent on letting Dutton become Big Brother.

[Anonymous No.10628460]

>>10628454
Thanks, and noted.

[Anonymous No.10628464]

>>10628454
which party is that? i don't follow politics

[Anonymous No.10628469]

currently drinking this

[Anonymous No.10628474]

>>10628464
Dutton is a Lib, so whichever coalition party runs in your electorate.

[Anonymous No.10628480]

>>10628440
>>10628454
Currently kegs below 38L are taxed more than kegs 38L and above, government wants to change that so they're taxed at the same rate, which helps craft breweries have more competitive prices.
Doesn't mean we'll be buying 6 packs of craft beer for cheaper than VB though

[Anonymous No.10628481]

>>10628133
>XXXX Gold
Sorry, I'm not a 30 year old Liberal voter from Queensland

[Anonymous No.10628492]

>>10628454
it's actually literally nothing, likely won't save you anything at all
https://newsteadbrewing.com.au/good-bad-ugly/

[Anonymous No.10628610]

>>10628481
I always assumed proper Queenslanders drank full strength XXXX.

[Anonymous No.10628625]

>>10628308
Now this is a good beer. The Brewery in the Rocks is so good. Top beers with pretty good food, highly recommend to go there.

[Anonymous No.10628629]

>>10626700
>Stout
>Not dark ale
ew

[Anonymous No.10628887]

How autistic is everyone with craft brewers? Locally in Adelaide there's been a bit of uproar about Pirate Life being bought up by Anheuser-Busch.

http://www.afr.com/business/retail/fmcg/worlds-biggest-brewer-anheuserbusch-inbev-buys-pirate-life-20171129-gzvpft

Pirate Life is legit trash though except for their mosaic IPA, so there's no huge loss, I've heard a lot about people refusing to buy or stock it over the acquisition. I wonder if it'll last as a brand. Young Henry's is a comparable brand that seems to have gone from strength to strength while remaining independent, although they do better beers and seems to have nailed their hipster market. I find it interesting that selling out still holds clout as a legit criticism. Also posting best Coopers, more sessionable than the session tßh

[Anonymous No.10628906]

>>10628371
Funny thing is Cascade Pale Ale isn't even an ale, it's actually a lager.

[Anonymous No.10628907]

>>10626726
I've never understood this. My mates are like this but they're all half-casts so I always chalked it down to inherent weakness. How can you not love stout. It's a beer milkshake with an incredibly rich, delicious taste.

[Anonymous No.10628911]

>>10628357
Single Fin is good shit. They actually bought themselves back majority owning from Woolworths, the absolute mad men.

[Anonymous No.10628918]

for me it's Foster's, the best beer in all of Austria, neigh the world!

[Anonymous No.10628926]

>>10628918
based

[Anonymous No.10628933]

I put down a batch of home brand homebrew this morning.
The ingredients cost about $12 and it will make about two and a half cartons of beer.

[Anonymous No.10628952]

>>10628933
When Coles still had branded brewing kits I was living the dream. They were like $8 a can so shove in two of those with a kilo of brown sugar and you ended up with a very drinkable beer. Fuck steralising/bottling though, too much time, I sometimes miss my tafe/neet days.

[Anonymous No.10628973]

>>10628887
I don't have anything against breweries selling out to big companies. It's a nice reward for good work and if anything probably encourages more craft brewers to show up and try and get that big day.

It's disappointing if/when their beers go to shit afterwards, but usually what happens is they fall into a kind of middle area with pretty good quality and not too expensive pricing which fills a good niche since top quality craft beer is always so expensive here.

Recently over here, Feral got bought out by Coca Cola.

As for Pirate Bay, I like their stout but their IPAs and pale ales don't do much for me. Their beers are still good though so far. The same guy still runs them so that's a good thing.

[Anonymous No.10628982]

>>10626726
If people can want ice-creams and thickshakes in summer, then a stout really isn't that inappropriate. A big part of refreshment is the temperature contrast.

[Anonymous No.10628984]

>>10628911
Gage Roads are an interesting one. They sold out to Woolies, their beers actually did go to shit but they must have sold well, immediately came back with Little Dove winning international beer awards and now they're a massive independent brewer, selling beer at stadiums and shit. Good for them.

[Anonymous No.10628997]

>>10628464
Just vote Labor, they're the only party that's ever done anything for the working class of Australia.

[Anonymous No.10629108]

Crown lager is the best lads

[Anonymous No.10629133]

>>10626711
They're just really gross.

[Anonymous No.10629156]

>>10626826
I don't know how anyone could rag on Cooper's but then recommend old sock swill like VB and Malbourne

[Anonymous No.10629249]

>>10628308
As jaded and burnt out as I get trying new beers (especially IPAs which are one of my least favorite styles but sadly the most prevalent) nothing gets me back on track and refreshes the pallate like a good, balanced pale ale.

[Anonymous No.10629419]

>>10628610
Nah golds so you can drink em all day and still drive home from the pokies.

[Anonymous No.10630200]

Are there any australian beers that aren't pure shit, or is it like the wine?

[Anonymous No.10630312]

>>10626700
>Boohers

[Anonymous No.10630320]

>>10630200
Crownies

[Anonymous No.10630372]

I only drink Asahi

[Anonymous No.10630652]

>>10628469
I love eagle bay Kolsch.
I live in Busselton and I am actually going there for lunch again today. Beautiful spot. Awesome good.

>Can confirm cold as fuck in southwest wa.

[Anonymous No.10630660]

>>10628469
Also, that photo is taken in Fremantle.

[Anonymous No.10631515]

>>10628952
This was 9 bucks a can and I just chucked in some dextrose and dried malt extract with it.
And yeh bottling sucks, I have a keg setup. Takes me about half an hour to keg 2 batches.

[Anonymous No.10631570]

for me? it's gotta be the carlton dry

[Anonymous No.10631586]

>>10628610
Outback Queensland, gold seems to dominate over bitter, 4.2% Great Northern is the more common higher % beer but still pretty weak. It's a bit annoying not having that many true fullstrength beers. It's not hot all the bloody time.

[Anonymous No.10632179]

>>10630320
never heard of it

[Anonymous No.10632483]

Why are you always drinking Fosters in movies?

[Anonymous No.10632518]

>>10632483
So Americans don't get confused