Beer thread
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@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Machpants said in Beer thread:
@MN5 Fook Mi, why hasn't this sort of thing spread to all stadiums?
Cos the genius's who run the caketin think hotdogs and flat mid strength monteiths are a worthy substitute.
NZ rugby stadia really cater to the lowest denominator. When I went to Wembley for the football they had bars and restaurants along with the usual greasy fare. Same at the G. Catch up NZ!
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@canefan said in Beer thread:
@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Machpants said in Beer thread:
@MN5 Fook Mi, why hasn't this sort of thing spread to all stadiums?
Cos the genius's who run the caketin think hotdogs and flat mid strength monteiths are a worthy substitute.
NZ rugby stadia really cater to the lowest denominator. When I went to Wembley for the football they had bars and restaurants along with the usual greasy fare. Same at the G. Catch up NZ!
Fucken aye bro. It's not league for crying out loud !
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@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
@Bovidae I thought the Chilli Pils had a great taste, but wouldnt want more than a couple...I love me chillis, but it didnt agree with me.
I'm always game to try anything spicy and grow Carolina Reapers amongst other chillies.
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I wasn't sure what thread to post this on. Mod's feel free to move somewhere more appropriate
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@Stockcar86 just so you know, hop tea is a thing too
How to Make Tea from Beer Hops
While hops may be a brewers best friend, they aren't just for brewing beer. In fact, one of the most popular uses is to make hop tea. Here's how you do it.
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@Stockcar86 just so you know, hop tea is a thing too
While hops may be a brewers best friend, they aren't just for brewing beer. In fact, one of the most popular uses is to make hop tea. Here's how you do it.
What an age we live in
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tried a few different beers (sadly mostly mainstream crap) this week, but one that was served at our hotel, Furphy Refreshing Ale stood out.
Nice drop, nice flavour, from the LIttle Creatures stable of drinks I think
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@raznomore said in Beer thread:
@Tim I had a Deep Creek Aloha on NYE. I'd just some fish n chips and it was very refreshing. Im a solid IPA guy too and wouldn't usually drink sours but I like it. Its guava & passionfruit based.
Like you, not really a sour beer guy but agree, that one from Deep Creek is pretty good.
My beer of the year for 2019 was/is the Deep Creek Haiku Double Hazy IPA. Full of flavour, great balance and mouth feel and hides the 8% ABV very well.
In my opinion, Deep Creek have been hitting it out of the park with their range of beers throughout 2019! Their entire HAZY IPA PROJECT lineup (http://www.dcbrewing.co.nz/beer/) Misty Miyagi, Zen, Sensei and Haiku are just brilliant. Their Totem - West Coast IPA Series is also pretty fu&cking fantastic!
What's been great for those of us in Sydney, can't speak for other parts of the big burning land, Deep Creek beers used to be very hard to find but are now showing up in Dan Murphy's and other mainstream bottle shops where as before, you had to go to the specialty craft beer shops to hunt them down.
I'm heading to Auckland for a short holiday (with my son who recently turned 18 and scored a 99.05 ATAR from the HSC) in mid Jan and the Deep Creek Brew Bar will be on my must visit list as I wasn't able to make it there on my last visit to NZ.
In terms of Kiwi craft beer, another place I love to visit in Auckland as I've been there a couple of times, is The Brewers Co-Operative - NZ Craft Beer and Fish and Chips. An ever changing line up of craft beer and the food there is really good. It's also close to Brothers Beer City Works Depot where the beer isn't that good, a bit disappointing really, but it's a pretty hip place and attracts a good crowd.
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@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
Deep Creek Haiku Double Hazy IPA
I do like that beer, but I am such a light weight now that I really prefer much lower strength. At least that way I can have more than 2 or 3 in an evening! But good for a one off
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@RoninWC Im trying to get Sensei but it's not anywhere on the GC. My goto beer is DC Brewtiful Haze. I like Good George too but it's hard to get anything other than their IPA here.
Parrot Dog beers are showing up but it's just the base range. Really want some Keith but again no one stocks it.
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@raznomore how good is the Brewtiful Haze, I absolutely love it and will pick it up every time I see it. It was the beer that got me onto DC and was the first of their beers readily available in Sydney, funnily enough, at the local First Choice Liquor. Now First Choice has most of the lineup available and Dan Murphy's is stocking more of the DC range as well.
The Sensei is also a great beer, worth getting a hold of it if you can. If you can't find locally, what I do suggest is looking online and ordering from something like Boozebud or the Beer Cartel. I've ordered beers from both and every time they have arrived in perfect condition.
I get email notifications from both so if I see it available, I'll PM you.
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@RoninWC First Choice is exactly where I go. If you like the hazys and want to give a local beer a go Feral Biggie Juice is actually very good. Feral make some mass-produced shit but Biggie Juice is great.
Would love the heads up too!
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@raznomore said in Beer thread:
@RoninWC First Choice is exactly where I go. If you like the hazys and want to give a local beer a go Feral Biggie Juice is actually very good. Feral make some mass-produced shit but Biggie Juice is great.
Yup, love Biggie and even better, the Imperial Biggie. Most of the Feral range is pretty shite really but I love both those.
A great example, Feral Hop Hog is on tap right now at the Rag and Famish hotel here in North Sydney and I had a pint the other day and walked away from the last third it was that disappointing. Watery, lacked any real mouth feel and just disappointing.
On the other hand, the Rag has had several times this past year both the Biggie and Imperial Biggie juices on tap at the same time. Going from the Biggie to the Imperial is an awesome journey.
Over the past couple of years, I've really gotten into the Hazy's and the NEIPA's and I try to get my hands on any one I possibly can.
It's also great that Parrot Dog beers are becoming more readily available. My mate recently got the Parrot Dog Hazy IPA from the St. Ives Vintage Cellars. He drank that along side the Balter Hazy DC and said the Parrot Dog was better so I'm trying to track it down local to me.
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@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
A great example, Feral Hop Hog is on tap right now at the Rag and Famish hotel here in North Sydney and I had a pint the other day and walked away from the last third it was that disappointing. Watery, lacked any real mouth feel and just disappointing
get utterly fucked
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@mariner4life I will drink the absolute fuck out of a girly cocktail too
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@raznomore said in Beer thread:
@mariner4life I will drink the absolute fuck out of a girly cocktail too
on christmas day i got drunk as a lord on vodka, Schweppes blood orange, and lime.
