Speights in the UK?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Speights in the UK?:
@MN5 we get it, Speights hurt you in some way
Not remotely. It had a time and place in my life, old dark still tastes ok to this day.
I'm fairly certain Gold and Old Dark both made their way into my yardglass ( amongst others ) in May 1998.
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@Kruse said in Speights in the UK?:
... Speights a "Gold Medal Ale" - they really did find a way of turning gold into shit.
surprisingly, when I visited the Speights Brewery in Dunedin a few years ago, I had fresh speights on tap. Not expecting it to be any good, I was suprised that fresh and local it tasted pretty decent. Clean, malty, reasonably boring (I am a beer nerd), but well brewed and I'd have enjoyed a pint on a sunny afternoon.
The contrast with overpriced speights from a plastic bottle at rugby stadia was severe.
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@nzzp said in Speights in the UK?:
@Kruse said in Speights in the UK?:
... Speights a "Gold Medal Ale" - they really did find a way of turning gold into shit.
surprisingly, when I visited the Speights Brewery in Dunedin a few years ago, I had fresh speights on tap. Not expecting it to be any good, I was suprised that fresh and local it tasted pretty decent. Clean, malty, reasonably boring (I am a beer nerd), but well brewed and I'd have enjoyed a pint on a sunny afternoon.
The contrast with overpriced speights from a plastic bottle at rugby stadia was severe.
Speights was my bland-NZ-alelager of choice back in the day...
I do miss being able to enjoy it without the knowledge that there is far tastier and more expensive beers out there.
Maybe I'll buy some Speights, Lion Brown, Waikato, DouBro, and have a Waitangi Weekend of reminiscing. -
@MN5 said in Speights in the UK?:
@Kiwiwomble said in Speights in the UK?:
@MN5 we get it, Speights hurt you in some wayNot remotely. It had a time and place in my life, old dark still tastes ok to this day.
It must have done some kind of damage. Your brain now thinks there was a Rugby World Cup in 2008.
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@JC said in Speights in the UK?:
@MN5 said in Speights in the UK?:
@Kiwiwomble said in Speights in the UK?:
@MN5 we get it, Speights hurt you in some wayNot remotely. It had a time and place in my life, old dark still tastes ok to this day.
It must have done some kind of damage. Your brain now thinks there was a Rugby World Cup in 2008.
Haha, someone didn’t proof read that article very well
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@MN5 said in Speights in the UK?:
@JC said in Speights in the UK?:
@MN5 said in Speights in the UK?:
@Kiwiwomble said in Speights in the UK?:
@MN5 we get it, Speights hurt you in some wayNot remotely. It had a time and place in my life, old dark still tastes ok to this day.
It must have done some kind of damage. Your brain now thinks there was a Rugby World Cup in 2008.
Haha, someone didn’t proof read that article very well
maybe that's the joke
"Froth Level: The All Blacks in the 2008 RWC quarterfinals." - ie...non existent
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With the global supply chains being absolutely screwed at the moment, there maybe quite some wait.
Kind of curious what will happen with Kiwifruit season as all the Afco storages are full of meat at the moment due to a lack of chilled container available. That's the same place as where Kiwifruit would have been stored.
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@JC said in Speights in the UK?:
@MN5 Yeah, I feel bad for getting in the way of a quality rant.
I know. It’s brilliantly written. Was gonna try and steal it and claim it as my own but keen fern readers would know I don’t have a way with words like that or the attention span to write something that long.
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Well, in a disturbing turn of events, I seem to be continuing yesterday's precedent of "make all micro-decisions based on recent discussions on The Silver Fern"...
...And bought myself some Speights on the way home.First sip... instant regret. Subsequent sips... yeah, I can probably get through a can or two of these as the first beverages of the evening.
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@Kruse said in Speights in the UK?:
@MN5 said in Speights in the UK?:
@Kruse said in Speights in the UK?:
@MN5 said in Speights in the UK?:
@Kruse said in Speights in the UK?:
I assume you tried the obvious - sanza.co.uk - they're currently out of stock, but it looks like they expect more stock in one weeks' time.
Otherwise - yeah, @MN5 's idea has merit, although I can't think of any beers in the UK which have that particular NZ not-really-ale-not-really-lager colour or "taste". Maybe Carlsberg with some food-colouring? Or Red Stripe?I know what you mean, the UK has other beers that are just as shit as Speights and then some but there is a definite "UK" flavour to them. It's a different kind of generic blandness if that makes sense.
Yeah - UK has proper ales. And proper lagers.
Whereas NZ has some bastard-child of the two, somehow. I don't know the technical details of how they did it, but - when you can call Tui an "East India Pale Ale", and Speights a "Gold Medal Ale" - they really did find a way of turning gold into shit.Maybe try mixing some bland ales, with some bland lagers, and see what you get. Get some bottles, fill them up, away you go. Genuine Speights.
Tui Is The Worst Beer in New Zealand
Tui is a scourge upon our entire society. Fuck Tui. It looks and tastes like Speight’s with a little bit of poo mixed in. It’s exactly the same as every other generic NZ Draught style beer, but somehow manages to be worse. On the
Hell yeah. I'm going to relish reading that, I just read the first line, and wholeheartedly agree.
I got forced into drinking some when visiting family, and actually felt physically ill after a couple of stubbies. I considered checking whether perhaps they were actually past Best-Before-Date, but didn't bother... it's just that shit.
Fuck, I hate Tui. Even back in the day when the only choices were DB Draught, Lion Red, Export Gold, Speights, Tui, CD, Ranfurly Draught, Rheineck, etc.... and I knew that I could barely taste the difference between most - Tui was the worst.
That's right, I'm saying it... Tui was worse than Rheineck. Tui was worse than Ranfurly Draught.
They are all basically the same beer in a different can now.
I miss Joseph Kuhtze.
Reineck was to beer what Blue Nun was to wine. An abomination.On topic though, I would also think that SANZA is the best source for you although any outfit charging £42 for a doz DB Draught is literally taking the piss.
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@Davesofthunder NZ Beer Collective to the rescue.
https://nz-beer.myshopify.com/ -
@Bones said in Speights in the UK?:
@Davesofthunder NZ Beer Collective to the rescue.
https://nz-beer.myshopify.com/Wrong thread. This one looks very much for CBW thread.
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@Bones said in Speights in the UK?:
@MajorRage the who what?
This thread is about somebody trying to find camel's piss beer in the UK.
That link you've posted, looks like those who prefer to only get the aroma of Camel's piss going across the middle 3/8 of the pallet with fresh seasonings of eidelflower, a hint of cranberry & dashings of honeydew melon, bee's dick cheese & porpoise ear wax in the back.
Or as they call themselves, the beer superiors, who dominate the beer thread.
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@MajorRage does it help that one of the founders is from Wainui?
