Beer thread
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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.
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@mariner4life congrats you've graduated from bogan to eshay
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@mariner4life haha I just googled it too, not sure 'graduated' is the right word!!
Teenage Australian chav/gangsta wannabe asswipe. Known for smoking, drinking, stealing, stinking and unprovoked attacks called “staunching”. Can usually be frightened away by a large stick or adult with a loud voice. Comes from the pig-latin term “Sesh” -> Esh-shay.
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@mariner4life on the net I see it says "young gangsta asswipes" which isn't wrong but certainly not limited to.
My daughter is an adult now and from what I can see she is a fairly sophisticated and switched on young lady. She tells me Eshays will buy expensive grey goose vodka and drink with lift, Schweppes raspberry, and Fanta. They can be old or young but will usually have a pair of Nike Tiens in their wardrobe.
Do you have bikie nikes?
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@raznomore said in Beer thread:
@mariner4life on the net I see it says "young gangsta asswipes" which isn't wrong but certainly not limited to.
My daughter is an adult now and from what I can see she is a fairly sophisticated and switched on young lady. She tells me Eshays will buy expensive grey goose vodka and drink with lift, Schweppes raspberry, and Fanta. They can be old or young but will usually have a pair of Nike Tiens in their wardrobe.
Do you have bikie nikes?
i don't know what those are. god i am old. Wait, googled them. No, fuck no. jesus.
i just read the urban dictionary on the term, it's my laugh for the day.
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@mariner4life said in Beer thread:
@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
M4L, a favourite of yours or just the fact that I walked away from a beer unfinished?
Tell you what I don't do that often, leave a beer unfinished, but it was so disappointing I just couldn't do it. Can probably count the number of times I've walked away from a beer unfinished on one hand but those I have have been either very ordinary like the Hop Hog or like a Oyster Stout a mate and I had at Dainton that made us both nearly throw up it was just so foul.
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@RoninWC i love Hop Hog. Not a session beer though.
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@mariner4life said in Beer thread:
@RoninWC i love Hop Hog. Not a session beer though.
Fair enough, everyone has different tastes.
I myself find Hop Hog one of the most bland boring IPA's out there. But the other two Feral's, the Biggie and Imperial Biggie, are freakin awesome and you may not like those at all.
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@mariner4life have you had many NZ IPAs? Coz I reckon if you drink a lot of Aussie craft beer then Hop Hog is probs all good. Im not a fan of US IPA mostly am ok with Aussie but becuase I started on NZ IPA thats my preference. They are dank and fruity...like me...nah but I like the more tropical flavour and that Biggie Juice tastes closer to NZ beers. Hop Hog was average the one time I drank it and spat it out..
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I like em sour. James Squire Hop Thief is a favourite as well.
But it's too hot for that heavy shit now.
So my go to is Wild Yak. By the carton load. Pump it over summer.
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@raznomore what do you think of some of the Sydney breweries?
BTW, not sure if you are based out of Queensland or NSW, you mentioned earlier in the thread the Gold Coast but then also mentioned Manly?
Have you had the opportunity to try the Marrickville breweries:
Sauce, Batch, Grifter and Willie the Boatman being the core then there is Wildflower, apparently brilliant beers but hardly ever open and Blackfont, the newest, both of which I haven't visited yet or even tried their beers.Love Sauce and Willie's. Batch is a bit hit and miss, with very "grunge" styling and feel to me. Grifter is good with other beers on tap, not just their own but a bit too polished and a polar opposite to Batch.
Then there is the one that is close but not in Marrickville which really started it all in Sydney and is arguably the most successful, Young Henry's. Really liked it when it first opened but I find their beers haven't grown with the rest of the industry. For example, they haven't yet put out a Hazy or NEIPA.
My favourite Sydney brewery and probably overall favourite Aussie brewery over all is Akasha. Absolutely brilliant beers and also a great place to visit.
Have you had a chance to try Akasha yet?
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@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
Sauce, Batch, Grifter and Willie the Boatman being the core then there is Wildflower, apparently brilliant beers but hardly ever open and Blackfont, the newest, both of which I haven't visited yet or even tried their beers.
Had a good afternoon at Willie the Boatman as part of a brewery tour. They had an axe throwing place next door.
Wildflower brew their beers "traditionally". You may be forgiven for noticing the placement of the men's piss trough next to the vats.
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@antipodean said in Beer thread:
@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
Sauce, Batch, Grifter and Willie the Boatman being the core then there is Wildflower, apparently brilliant beers but hardly ever open and Blackfont, the newest, both of which I haven't visited yet or even tried their beers.
Had a good afternoon at Willie the Boatman as part of a brewery tour. They had an axe throwing place next door.
Wildflower brew their beers "traditionally". You may be forgiven for noticing the placement of the men's piss trough next to the vats.
Love Willie's but they have moved now, mid last year, so no longer next to the ax throwing. The new place is much more modern and shinier without the same character as the old place. Has lost a bit of it's charm to be honest.
Haven't yet been to Wildflower and yes, I'd heard they brew in a more traditional method as you say. Natural yeast and fermentation. Interesting comment about the urinals, will have to look out for that when I get to finally visit.
The biggest problem is that they only open like twice a week and never at a day/time I've been to Marrickville.
But on another note, how good is the Marrickville crafty crawl...
Get off at Sydenham station, first stop Batch (or Blackfont if it's open) and keep on going until you're on your knees and back at the station to head home.BTW, how could I miss Stockade brewery from my previous post with the list of Marrickville breweries. I got them and Grifter mixed up. Stockade is the one with other breweries beers on tap. What I like about Stockade is their fixed-in-place food truck, serves awesome burgers!
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@RoninWC I live on the GC but was recently in Manly for a boys trip.
@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
Sauce, Batch, Grifter and Willie the Boatman being the core then there is Wildflower, apparently brilliant beers but hardly ever open and Blackfont, the newest, both of which I haven't visited yet or even tried their beers.
haven't had any of these but will seek them out. Young Henry's have a brewery at The Farm in Byron Bay. I've had a couple goes at their stuff and it was ok. I haven't had Akasha but have heard good things about their limited releases.
I saw 4 Pines In Season IPA is pouring at the moment. That stuff is probably my favourite Sydney beer. All of 4 Pines other stuff is average but that one with the Nelson Sauvin hops is delicious. Not a Hazy but still bloody good.
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@raznomore said in Beer thread:
@RoninWC I live on the GC but was recently in Manly for a boys trip.
Ah okay, got it. So I can safely assume you've been to, if not a regular, at Black Hops?
One of my "beer bucket-list" places to visit.
BTW, love Burleigh Heads, I have family there but haven't visited for years.
As for Young Henry's, they have fallen off the pace, IMO.
That 4 Pines is pretty good and the best thing about it is that it's widely available across Sydney, especially the CBD, at less crafty pubs.
IMO, their core range is pretty average but some of their Keller Door limited editions have been very very good.Akasha really does some awesome beers, their limited editions such as their current hazy, Cloud 9 is awesome. The Korben D is my absolute favourite Double IPA (at 8.5% ABV) going!
Of the Akasha core range, the Hopsmith IPA is a very, very good example of straight IPA and their Mosaic IPA is the best single hop IPA in Aus, IMO.
