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Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 1:14 pm
by BoundaryRider84
Stone & Wood Pacific Ale just tried it for first time, will try again and again

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 1:28 pm
by bennymacca
BoundaryRider84 wrote:Stone & Wood Pacific Ale just tried it for first time, will try again and again



went to byron bay last year and tried everything i can get my hands on, they are very very good at brewing beer.

Other ones i can remember were jasper ale, which was a dark/red ale, and Stone beer, which was a massive stout.

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 1:43 pm
by Brodlach
Anyone tried the Little Brew Co in Stepney?

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:50 pm
by Booney
Some SA brewers getting some high praise :

Yum, I love beer.
http://gabs.beer/hottest-100-aussie-craft-beers/



1 ‘Pacific Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Stone & Wood, NSW)
2 ‘Hop Hog’ American-style IPA (Feral, WA)
3 ‘IIPA’ Double American-style IPA (Pirate Life, SA) NEW
4 ‘Pale Ale’ American-style Pale Ale (Pirate Life, SA) NEW

5 ‘Pale Ale’ American-style Pale Ale (Little Creatures, WA)
6 ‘150 Lashes’ Australian-style Pale Ale (James Squire, NSW)
7 ‘Pale Ale’ American-style Pale Ale (4 Pines, NSW)
8 ‘Kolsch’ (4 Pines, NSW)
9 ‘Former Tenant’ American-style IPA (Modus Operandi, NSW)
10 ‘Karma Citra’ Black IPA (Feral, WA) GABS (2011)
11 ‘Throwback’ Specialty IPA (Pirate Life, SA) NEW
12 ‘Hop Thief 7’ American-style Pale Ale (James Squire, NSW) NEW
13 ‘Taco Beer’ Specialty Beer (Two Birds, VIC) GABS (2013)
14 ‘Milk and Two Sugars’ Sweet Stout (BrewCult, VIC) NEW / GABS (2015)
15 ‘Beechworth Pale Ale’ American-style Pale Ale (Bridge Road, VIC)
16 ‘Golden Stout Time’ Sweet Stout (Big Shed, SA) NEW / GABS (2015)
17 ‘War Hog’ American-style IPA (Feral, WA) NEW
18 ‘Pale Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Coopers, SA)
19 ‘Summer Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Mountain Goat, VIC)
20 ‘Steam Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Mountain Goat, VIC)
21 ‘Dark Ale’ Dark Mild (White Rabbit, VIC)
22 ‘Ramjet 2014/15 (Whisky Aged)’ Russian Imperial Stout (Boatrocker, VIC) NEW
23 ‘Three Sheets’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Lord Nelson Hotel, NSW)
24 ‘Red’ American-style Amber Ale (Nail, WA)
25 ‘India Red Ale’ American-style IPA (Prancing Pony, SA)
26 ‘777’ Double American-style IPA (Riverside, NSW)
27 Noisy Minor ‘Admiral Ackbar’ American-style Amber Ale (Fortitude, QLD)
28 ‘The Chancer’ Blonde/Golden Ale (James Squire, NSW)
29 ‘Cloud Catcher’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Stone & Wood, NSW)
30 ‘Newtowner’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Young Henry’s, NSW)
31 Noisy Minor ‘ANZUS’ American-style IPA (Fortitude, QLD)
32 ‘Fat Yak’ American-style Pale Ale (Matilda Bay, VIC)
33 ‘Bright Ale’ Blonde/Golden Ale (Little Creatures, WA)
34 ‘Small Ale’ Specialty IPA (Colonial, WA)
35 ‘Indian Summer Pale Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (4 Pines, NSW) NEW
36 ‘Hangman’ American-style Pale Ale (Rocks, NSW)
37 ‘Copy Cat’ American-style IPA (Mash, WA)
38 ‘XPA (Extra Pale Ale)’ American-style Pale Ale (Wolf of the Willows, VIC)
39 ‘Vale Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Vale, SA)
40 ‘Dog Days’ American Wheat (Little Creatures, WA) NEW
41 ‘Imperial West Coast Red Rye IPA’ Specialty IPA (4 Pines, NSW) NEW
42 ‘Praline’ Belgian Specialty Ale (La Sirène, VIC) GABS (2014)
43 ‘Return of the Dread’ Foreign Extra Stout (Little Creatures, WA) NEW
44 ‘Roger Ramjet 2015 (Bourbon Aged)’ Russian Imperial Stout (Boatrocker, VIC) NEW
45 ‘IPA’ American-style IPA (Hawkers, VIC) NEW
46 ‘Tusk 2015’ American-style IPA (Feral, WA) NEW
47 ‘IPA’ American-style IPA (Little Creatures, WA)
48 ‘Australian Pale Ale’ (4 Pines, NSW) NEW
49 ‘Fred’ American-style IPA (Murray’s, NSW)
50 ‘Growler’ American-style Brown Ale (2 Brothers, VIC)
51 ‘Fancy Pants’ American-style Amber Ale (Mountain Goat, VIC)
52 ‘Windjammer’ American-style IPA (Green Beacon, QLD)
53 ‘Pale Ale’ American-style Pale Ale (Hawkers, VIC) NEW
54 ‘Watermelon Warhead’ Berliner Weisse (Feral, WA) GABS (2012)
55 ‘Californicator’ American-style IPA (Big Shed, SA) NEW
56 ‘Pale Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Kosciuszko, NSW)
57 ‘Citrus IPA’ Specialty IPA (4 Pines, NSW) NEW
58 ‘Golden Ale’ Blonde/Golden Ale (Two Birds, VIC)
59 ‘Temptress’ Porter (Holgate, VIC)
60 ‘Pale Ale’ American-style Pale Ale (Hawthorn, VIC)
61 ‘Calypso’ American-style Pale Ale (Odyssey, VIC)
62 ‘Two to The Valley’ American-style IPA (Newstead, QLD)
63 ‘F-Yeah’ American-style Pale Ale (Big Shed, SA)
64 ‘Kung Foo’ Pale Lager (2 Brothers, VIC)
65 ‘Garden Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Stone & Wood, NSW)
66 ‘Pale Ale’ Belgian Pale Ale (White Rabbit, VIC)
67 ‘Sunset Ale’ American-style Amber Ale (Two Birds, VIC)
68 ‘Dark Red IPA’ Specialty IPA (Six String, NSW)
69 ‘Atomic Pale Ale’ American-style Pale Ale (Gage Roads, WA)
70 ‘Angry Man Pale Ale’ American-style Pale Ale (Murray’s, NSW)
71 ‘Winston’ American-style Pale Ale (Shenanigans, NSW)
72 ‘Hopsmith’ American-style IPA (Akasha, NSW) NEW
73 ‘Clout Stout 2015’ Russian Imperial Stout (Nail, WA) NEW
74 ‘Grizz’ American-style Amber Ale (2 Brothers, VIC)
75 ‘#010 West Coast IPA’ American-style IPA (Exit, VIC) NEW
76 ‘Draught’ Kölsch (Colonial, WA)
77 ‘IPA’ American-style IPA (Mornington Peninsula, VIC)
78 ‘ESB’ Extra Special Bitter (4 Pines, NSW)
79 ‘Yenda Pale Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Australian Beer Co, NSW)
80 ‘Rogers’ American-style Amber Ale (Little Creatures, WA)
81 ‘Splice of Heaven’ Specialty IPA (Moon Dog, VIC) NEW
82 ‘West Coast IPA’ American-style IPA (Batch, NSW)
83 ‘Vanilla Milk Stout’ Sweet Stout (Thirsty Crow, NSW)
84 ‘Barrel Breed Barley Wine’ UK-style Barleywine (Mountain Goat, VIC) NEW
85 ‘Bling’ American-style IPA (Bridge Road, VIC)
86 ‘The Fox’ Vienna-style Lager (Rabbit & Spaghetti, SA) NEW
87 ‘Session Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Mismatch, SA)

88 ‘Crankshaft’ American-style IPA (BentSpoke, ACT)
89 ‘Pale Ale’ American-style Pale Ale (Mornington Peninsula, VIC)
90 ‘28’ American-style Pale Ale (Burleigh, QLD)
91 ‘3 Quarter Time’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Newstead, QLD)
92 ‘White Ale’ Witbier (White Rabbit, VIC)
93 ‘Sly Fox’ American-style Pale Ale (Feral, WA)
94 ‘ESB’ Extra Special Bitter (Hargreaves Hill, VIC)
95 ‘55’ American-style Pale Ale (3 Ravens, VIC)
96 ‘Metamorphosis’ American-style IPA (KAIJU!, VIC)
97 ‘Sparkling Ale’ Australian-style Pale Ale (Coopers, SA)
98 ‘Zoo Feeder’ American-style IPA (Modus Operandi, NSW)
99 ‘Hopped Out Red’ American-style Amber Ale (KAIJU!, VIC)
100 ‘Hazelnut Brown’ UK-style Brown Ale (Bad Shepherd, VIC) NEW

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:32 pm
by mighty_tiger_79
I am expecting you to go through that list with a review on each one!

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:34 pm
by Booney
I'm certainly heading to the Wheaty tomorrow after work to try some of the Pirate Life numbers.

Two in the top 5 and 3 in the top 11 has got me lickin ma'lips!

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:41 pm
by mighty_tiger_79
I have heard very positive reviews about those beers

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:42 pm
by Q.
Their IIPA is pretty much a 10/10 for me.

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:54 pm
by bennymacca
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:I am expecting you to go through that list with a review on each one!


I quickly counted how many i had tried the other day, and I got to 37 without checking untappd, so it is probably more like 40.

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 3:48 pm
by RustyCage
Booney wrote:I'm certainly heading to the Wheaty tomorrow after work to try some of the Pirate Life numbers.

Two in the top 5 and 3 in the top 11 has got me lickin ma'lips!


How'd they go?

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:22 pm
by mighty_tiger_79
currently getting stuck into 13 week old Muntons Blonde homebrew, quite refreshing today!

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:32 pm
by Grenville
Have been giving No.32 a thorough testing this afternoon. Passed with flying colours. Cascade Pale Ale is well worth a try also, as is doing the brewery tour with a pregnant missus, that way you get to have a good go at all the samples at the end.

Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:44 pm
by bennymacca
My birthday was Saturday, and my sister in law Just gave me a mixed 24pack of some of the hottest 100 beers, what a cracking present!

I think it's from the 2014 list, and they are all normal stubby size so quite a few of the big IPAs aren't there as they are normally long necks, but still awesome

I'm gonna try and have them in reverse order

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:38 pm
by bennymacca
Just went through the beers that were in the carton, and I have listed them here. I have tried 13 of the 24 beers already, 11 new ones isn't bad since I am up to 396.

I have also included the ratings I have given the beers I have tried so far, out of 5, but ill update those ratings as I go.

My rating system is

5 - The very best beers I have ever drank - I have only given 2 beers 5 stars.
4+ - Truly Excellent, will actively seek out and have again
3+ - Very good, will happily buy again
1.5-2.5 - flavourless, but still beer - i.e most mass produced lagers
less than 1.5 - has flavours that i actually dislike

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Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:27 am
by MatteeG
bennymacca wrote:
5 - The very best beers I have ever drank - I have only given 2 beers 5 stars.


What were they Benny?

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:39 am
by bennymacca
Sierra Nevada "Southern Hemisphere Harvest" and "Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop Ale"

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:57 am
by MW
I can't get my head around all this IPA crap. A nice cold beer will do me fine thanks.

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:08 am
by Booney
After several weeks of drinking pretty much only my brew made at U Brew It, I got stuck into some beers at the pub last night. **** me, am I ****** this morning! My head is a mess, my guts doesn't know whether to sit or jump, it's rank.

The preservative free gear at home hasn't done this to me in 2 months.

Ick.

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:14 am
by gadj1976
Anyone tried any of the Aldi beers?

Re: Your poison of choice?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:30 am
by bennymacca
MW wrote:I can't get my head around all this IPA crap. A nice cold beer will do me fine thanks.


IPAs are cold too mate :D

Bit rich calling something crap just because you dont like it. Also nothing wrong with just preferring easy drinking lagers, but not sure why you need to come and tell us all about it.

IPA is god's elixir :D