Beer thread
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@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Just settled into a nice pint of hazy at pomeroys in Christchurch. One of the finest pubs in the country
Edit: and it's thirty six degrees outside. Dry but crazy heat
How can it be one of the finest pubs in the country if you have to be in Christchurch to experience it?
Imagine how awesome it would be if it was in Palmy!
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@voodoo said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Just settled into a nice pint of hazy at pomeroys in Christchurch. One of the finest pubs in the country
Edit: and it's thirty six degrees outside. Dry but crazy heat
How can it be one of the finest pubs in the country if you have to be in Christchurch to experience it?
Imagine how awesome it would be if it was in Palmy!
Youâd have died of chlamidia before you made it to the front door.
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@MN5 downvote
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@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@voodoo said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Just settled into a nice pint of hazy at pomeroys in Christchurch. One of the finest pubs in the country
Edit: and it's thirty six degrees outside. Dry but crazy heat
How can it be one of the finest pubs in the country if you have to be in Christchurch to experience it?
Imagine how awesome it would be if it was in Palmy!
Youâd have died of chlamidia before you made it to the front door.
Maybe that's what BOD meeting by 'i coulda doid'?
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@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@voodoo said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Just settled into a nice pint of hazy at pomeroys in Christchurch. One of the finest pubs in the country
Edit: and it's thirty six degrees outside. Dry but crazy heat
How can it be one of the finest pubs in the country if you have to be in Christchurch to experience it?
Imagine how awesome it would be if it was in Palmy!
Youâd have died of chlamidia before you made it to the front door.
Thatâs Hamilton
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I did some mathematic, and figured out how much I spend on craft beer each week. Spoiler: too much.
So - figured I'd try to downgrade a bit, and try some of the "pseudo-craft" beers out there.
Mistake.
Monteith's "Sounds Hazy"... what the fuck. I genuinely don't know what this actually is... there is zero taste. Like - less than Heineken zero. I tried it out of the bottle, I tried pouring it into a glass, I noticed there's a shit-heap of sediment in the bottom of the bottle, I swirled the bottle around for 5 minutes to get all the sediment into the beer - drank it out of the bottle, tried again with getting all the sediment back into the beer, poured it into a glass.
Zero taste.
In fact, maybe looking back at the name of it... I'd always assumed the "Sounds" was a marketing name referring to Marlborough Sounds. But maybe, it's just that the product "sounds like a hazy beer", but sure as hell doesn't taste like one.Never again... until I forget, and get one thinking "at least it's better than the generic other options on tap", and then remember... nope, I'd have been better going with water, or Steinlager, or Wild Buck.
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BTW - I've avoided becoming full-blown beer nerd, but I truly do have a deep fear of forgetting how bad the Monteith's "Hazy" was...
and am semi-seriously considering getting an app like untappd... does anybody else have it, use it, recommend it? Would it be useful for the one purpose I have... which is remembering which beers are shit, which I enjoyed, etc.I don't give a shit about the social aspect of it... as far as I'm concerned, drinking is me-time... the fact that pubs have other people is a necessary evil. Hot barmaids, that's the only social interaction I need when drinking.
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@Kruse considered doing some home brewing? You'll get craft beer for about a dollar a pint ... fresh and tasty at home
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@Kruse considered doing some home brewing? You'll get craft beer for about a dollar a pint ... fresh and tasty at home
Too much work, too little space.
I've got less than 50sqm in my entire apartment, including balcony.
I did try some back in the Uni days, did one batch, was shit, gave up.
Feel free to talk me into it though, I'm on a roll for being influenced by the Fern. If you convince me I can do it in my limited space, with no real temperature control - I'd probably buy a kit on the way home. -
@Kruse said in Beer thread:
Feel free to talk me into it though, I'm on a roll for being influenced by the Fern. If you convince me I can do it in my limited space, with no real temperature control - I'd probably buy a kit on the way home.
I've been batching micro batches of about 10L. Just uses stovetop and oven in a 20L pot, and cool it in your sink. For ghetto brewing (I'm down with this) you can ferment in the damn pot, with a swamp cooler around it of water and a towel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooler).
If you genuinely don't have space for a pot and tray somewhere, so be it, but it's a nice pathway to great, cheap beer. Personally, I love the brewing part of it, but you can brew 'good' tasty beers in an hour or so. To get great beers is like 'great' coffee - you go down a rabbit hole of diminishing returns. And - for context, there are few 'great' beers on the market; you'll be brewing competitively with most commercial craft beer (and way better than most of the beer sold on the market) very quickly
Edit: Happy to post more if folk are interested. I've been brewing a decade or so, and have gone the full range from 110L right down to 9L batches,
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the results of GABS Hot 100 poll have come out. Hazy's dominate with Garage Project's Sunrise Valley the Peoples #1 Choice
https://www.gabsfestival.com/nz-live-countdown-2020
GP have 5 in the top 15. Panhead's Supercharger APA is the most widely available of the top 10 in that it's in all? Lion pubs.
https://www.gabsfestival.com/nz-live-countdown-2020
I've sampled most of the top 30 but only 45 of the entire 100 Work to do!!
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
the results of GABS Hot 100 poll have come out. Hazy's dominate with Garage Project's Sunrise Valley the Peoples #1 Choice
It's a really sensational beer. Seroiusly good.
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
the results of GABS Hot 100 poll have come out. Hazy's dominate with Garage Project's Sunrise Valley the Peoples #1 Choice
It's a really sensational beer. Seroiusly good.
Is it widely available at supermarkets etc?
I bought some Birdseye to drink on Christmas Day - very tasty.
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@Bovidae not widespread I don't think - it seems to have been quite hard to find. My neighbour (also craft beer nerd) hooked me up with some after he bought and tasted it.
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@nzzp Never seen it - missed the boat it would seem. Bugger. Google suggests it is sold out everywhere
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As mentioned elsewhere: I bought a share in a craft brewery that operates as a co-op. Brother in law got me onto it, while they were first setting up a taphouse in Newtown.
Anyway that was 2 years ago, and despite multiple discussions on getting there for a beer, it didn't eventuate as the taproom was finished not long before COVID hit.
So I ordered a case when they had a run, of their standard IPA and a collaboration they did with nearby bistro/brewery. The results are both in and out of focus below. At 6.5% they pack a decent punch and they're not short on flavour from start to finish.
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@Bovidae said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
the results of GABS Hot 100 poll have come out. Hazy's dominate with Garage Project's Sunrise Valley the Peoples #1 Choice
It's a really sensational beer. Seroiusly good.
Is it widely available at supermarkets etc?
I bought some Birdseye to drink on Christmas Day - very tasty.
The Sunrise Valley from GP is a unicorn here in Oz. I missed it on it's first release but managed to score a couple of the second release. GP really does it in limited quantities which helps to build up the mystique.
Fom perusing both Top 100's, there is quite a difference in the Oz v NZ GABS top 100.
The Ozzie one has more voters who are more mainstream and less crafty than the Kiwi voters from the looks. The Oz list tends to be dominated by those beers readily available at Dan Murrphy's, BWS, etc and misses some truly awesome but hard to find Aussie Craft beers.
I think having Sunrise Valley as #1 really shows some sophisticated beer palates as does those in the top with Parrot Dog, Deep Creek, Behemoth, etc being well represented.
Also, I can recommend the Yakima Valley GP, it's almost as good as Sunrise Valley!
And the GP Party & Bullshit is one of my all time favourites. In no way is it a Hazy, it's an out and out, balls to the wall, hoppy Westcoast IPA and a brilliant one at that!
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Actually, just comparing the two GABS Top 100 lists, I've had more of the Kiwi Top 100 than I have the Aussie Top 100.
And there are more of my favourite beers on that list too.
Hats off to the Kiwi craft beer industry, they really are better than their cousins across the ditch!
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@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
The Sunrise Valley from GP is a unicorn here in Oz. I missed it on it's first release but managed to score a couple of the second release. GP really does it in limited quantities which helps to build up the mystique.
And that's also a problem. If you aren't in the loop about limited releases or strike it lucky, many of us never get to drink some of these highly rated beers.
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A small personal win yesterday that might amount to a big change so decided to celebrate a little with some good beers.
Decided on going with a GP tasting.
All awesome, preferred the Jan over the Dec. Party & Bullshit is one of my all time favourites and that Green Cheek X Hapi Sessions Vol. 7 is a monster. 9% of West Coast IIPA goodness, one of the best beers I've had.
By the end of that tasting, I was quite toasty
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@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
that Green Cheek X Hapi Sessions Vol. 7 is a monster. 9% of West Coast IIPA goodness, one of the best beers I've had.
And only about $15 a can over here.
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@antipodean Sure is, Sydney craft beer prices are obscene!
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@RoninWC that's some sesh fella.. good work
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Whatever happened to the Croucher Brothers?
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@tim said in Beer thread:
Whatever happened to the Croucher Brothers?
As in from Rotorua? Still going I think. I had some Croucher over summer.
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@crucial said in Beer thread:
@tim said in Beer thread:
Whatever happened to the Croucher Brothers?
As in from Rotorua? Still going I think. I had some Croucher over summer.
@taniwharugby you have a connection with these guys donât you? (Or have I got the wrong man?)Croucher Pilsner was one of my early gateway beers. Outstanding - just so much harder to get than Emersons. Pioneering brewry
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@crucial not really, my cousin did and he took me to thier brewery in Vegas for some tasting, but this was back just as they were on the rise, seemed good guys though.
All thier stuff i have tried is good.
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@tim said in Beer thread:
Whatever happened to the Croucher Brothers?
Online store here http://www.croucherbrewing.co.nz/
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@roninwc said in Beer thread:
A small personal win yesterday that might amount to a big change so decided to celebrate a little with some good beers.
Decided on going with a GP tasting.
All awesome, preferred the Jan over the Dec. Party & Bullshit is one of my all time favourites and that Green Cheek X Hapi Sessions Vol. 7 is a monster. 9% of West Coast IIPA goodness, one of the best beers I've had.
By the end of that tasting, I was quite toasty
Damn you Craft beers for being so tasty but also so bloating and fattening.
Have tried all of those bar the Green Creek. All very good bar the Fresh IPA which was a bit too "Orange juice" for my tastes.
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Sunshine Brewing's Gisborne Gold light lager is very good, but their Gisborne Green pilsner isn't. No real malt body, no good bitter hop flavours or aftertaste. Actually, aftertaste is a bit sweet. Just needed to be a bigger and more bitter version of the lager, without being a psuedo IPA. Disappointing! Ordered direct from brewery, so freshness should not be an issue.
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@tim cheers for the review.
I just got triggered by seeing Tui described as an 'IPA'. Wow, marketers are bold.
'I like IPA as I like Tui'. Yeah right
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@tim cheers for the review.
I just got triggered by seeing Tui described as an 'IPA'. Wow, marketers are bold.
'I like IPA as I like Tui'. Yeah right
Tui is a scourge upon our entire society. Fuck Tui.
It looks and tastes like Speightâs with a little bit of poo mixed in. Itâs exactly the same as every other generic NZ Draught style beer, but somehow manages to be worse.
On the nose, I detect subtle notes of wet dog and semen. It tastes almost entirely of malt and carbonation. Itâs difficult to identify any one particular flavour, but I would have to choose⌠farts. Not necessarily bad farts. Kind of OK, like the way your own farts smell. Itâs technically gross, but you can somewhat appreciate it. The aftertaste is just a hit of sweetness and drymouth. I get the feeling the brewers may have forgotten to add the hops.
They claim to be an âEast India Pale Aleâ, which is the biggest crock of shit since the âtotally realâ moon landing. The IPA was invented because adding a lot of bitter hops to beer meant it could last the entire journey from Britain to India without going off. Tui couldnât even make it to Nanâs and back. It lies to your face with all the subtlety of Aaron Smith claiming he doesnât have a girlfriend.
It tastes like how Michael Cheikaâs face looks. It tastes like how a toothy blowjob feels. It tastes like how Max Keyâs music sounds. It tastes bad.
Tui ads used to have the line, âYouâre a man, you know what you like, and you like what you knowâ. Well Iâm pretty sure I donât like fermented camel piss in a can, so Tui is out the proverbial fucking window.
The worst part is that you canât even get properly drunk off this shit. Itâs a well-known fact that your liver processes one 4% beer in the time that it takes for you to drink a 4% beer. Itâs barely even alcohol. You need a proper finisher, like Diesels, to have a good night. While youâre at it, get a good starter too, maybe like Diesels. Fuck it; just drink Diesels.
Tui? Yeah Right
Taste Rating: Fucking shit/10
Froth Level: The All Blacks in the 2008 RWC quarterfinals.
Pairs well with: Having no tastebuds, sense of shame, or self-respect.
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@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@tim cheers for the review.
I just got triggered by seeing Tui described as an 'IPA'. Wow, marketers are bold.
'I like IPA as I like Tui'. Yeah right
Tui is a scourge upon our entire society. Fuck Tui.
It looks and tastes like Speightâs with a little bit of poo mixed in. Itâs exactly the same as every other generic NZ Draught style beer, but somehow manages to be worse.
On the nose, I detect subtle notes of wet dog and semen. It tastes almost entirely of malt and carbonation. Itâs difficult to identify any one particular flavour, but I would have to choose⌠farts. Not necessarily bad farts. Kind of OK, like the way your own farts smell. Itâs technically gross, but you can somewhat appreciate it. The aftertaste is just a hit of sweetness and drymouth. I get the feeling the brewers may have forgotten to add the hops.
They claim to be an âEast India Pale Aleâ, which is the biggest crock of shit since the âtotally realâ moon landing. The IPA was invented because adding a lot of bitter hops to beer meant it could last the entire journey from Britain to India without going off. Tui couldnât even make it to Nanâs and back. It lies to your face with all the subtlety of Aaron Smith claiming he doesnât have a girlfriend.
It tastes like how Michael Cheikaâs face looks. It tastes like how a toothy blowjob feels. It tastes like how Max Keyâs music sounds. It tastes bad.
Tui ads used to have the line, âYouâre a man, you know what you like, and you like what you knowâ. Well Iâm pretty sure I donât like fermented camel piss in a can, so Tui is out the proverbial fucking window.
The worst part is that you canât even get properly drunk off this shit. Itâs a well-known fact that your liver processes one 4% beer in the time that it takes for you to drink a 4% beer. Itâs barely even alcohol. You need a proper finisher, like Diesels, to have a good night. While youâre at it, get a good starter too, maybe like Diesels. Fuck it; just drink Diesels.
Tui? Yeah Right
Taste Rating: Fucking shit/10
Froth Level: The All Blacks in the 2008 RWC quarterfinals.
Pairs well with: Having no tastebuds, sense of shame, or self-respect.
Outstandingly accurate.
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@mn5 your finest post I think, genuinely outstanding post.
Want a sixer of Tui sent to you?
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@mn5 reads like someone else wrote that!
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@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
@mn5 reads like someone else wrote that!
Yeah, kinda reads like some Otago University student wrote that for their Uni newspaper.
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@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
@mn5 reads like someone else wrote that!
Itâs because they did
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!!
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@canefan said in Beer thread:
@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
@mn5 reads like someone else wrote that!
Itâs because they did
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!!
People should know Iâd never write a post that long
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@mn5 well it's only cos I have read enough of your
shitposts over the years to think that just didnt sound like something you thought up all on your own!
