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Got this for Xmas:

Very nice!

Do tell us which are drinkworthy.

I tasted the first of my Xmas beers tonight: The "Campus". Belgium beer 7% alcohol. Ingredients: Water, Barley Malt, Hops and Yeast.

Quite a bit darker than the beer I'm used to:



Drinkable but to dark and "yeasty". The stella artois I had afterwards was way better.

Here are some beers of New Zealand which I "sampled" during my visit during Sept 2011:

Mac's Gold All Malt Lager, didn't like it:


Tui Blond lager, not too bad at all:


Export 33, one of the best I had in NZ:


Steinlager (Steinie), a lot like Castle:


XXX (from Australia), was one of the best (and cheapest):


Monteith's Golden Lager (locally brewed in Dunedin), not too bad at all:


Well this is the ones I have pictures off. Quite a few more were "sampled". You would be quite safe sticking to "blonde lagers" or "golden lagers". The other local beers are too dark.

Today I tried the "Erdinger". Brewed in Erding, Germany. 5.3% alcohol. Ingredients: Water, Wheat Malt, Barley Malt, Hops and Yeast.

Must better than the "Campus":

Thanks - that is useful. Keen to see if I can get that Export 33 here

Tribble wrote:Thanks - that is useful. Keen to see if I can get that Export 33 here

Cool - Let me know if you do.

I shall do. But it is bubbly for the next day or so. And wine. My female friends are not that keen on beer. I get headaches from wine.

Ah but I did buy myself a bottle of Johnny Walker Red. Not very expensive but it came with two glasses. Now that is a treat I am saving for tomorrow. Would have preferred the green or blue but not keen on spending that much on something that ends up in the underground system

Revival time.

What kind of sorcery is this!?

Yes - I want

Wanneer is jy terug meneer. Ek soek bier en geselskap.

As far as I know, to get anything close to that in Uitenhage ..... I shall have to either import or brew it myself.

That is sad

I had an amazing craft beer last night @ Unity in Durban called "1806"

Stuart wrote:Please Enjoy This Picture Of The Beer Queue At The Justin Bieber Concert

A friend of mine who was volunteering at the concert last night (surprisingly, I actually do have "friends") informed me that all of the cooldrink was sold out before he got on stage. Plenty of beer available, though.

Ron2K wrote:

Stuart wrote:Please Enjoy This Picture Of The Beer Queue At The Justin Bieber Concert

A friend of mine who was volunteering at the concert last night (surprisingly, I actually do have "friends") informed me that all of the cooldrink was sold out before he got on stage. Plenty of beer available, though.

That's no surprise - you're actually quite amicable IRL.

What does worry me is why anyone would volunteer at the concert. And why they'd need volunteers to do anything.

doo_much wrote:And why they'd need volunteers to do anything.

Controlling thousands of raging beliebers would not require volunteers?

Stuart wrote:

doo_much wrote:And why they'd need volunteers to do anything.

Controlling thousands of raging beliebers would not require volunteers?

I was referring to the volunteer vs paid help thing.

But then again if I was 30 years younger I might also have volunteered to go herd a bunch of screaming teen girls.


NOT.

Back to beer.

Had occassion to pass through Parys the other day and chanced upon 'The Pickled Pig'.

Quaint little place that sells a variety of craft beers. I will definitely revisit!




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Oh wow. Looks nice

Speaking of- there's this place in Cullinan that I'd like to visit. We went the other day, only to find out one needs a reservation... at what is essentially a brewery...
I forgot the name now. WIll find out and post it here.

@Doo: have you been to the Nottingham Road Brewery?
very nice and you can go on the tour on how they make those beers...
ask Syko about the beers, was there with him before the KZN meet of Dec 2011...

KatrynKat wrote:the Nottingham Road Brewery?

In the Midlands Meander? They do have a nice brew there.