Views of Melbourne

[Tim754]

Please make it to the next HBBB Mark, I have been carting a six pack of Corona piss around for two years* to repay the cold one you gave my there. cheers Tim754

* OK the six pack may have been changed to a um fresher brew now and then............

Melbourne Bitter and all the other Carlton and United brews are now owned by Sows Afreakin firm S A B Mueller (Miller?). Does Australia still own anything?

[Hoony]

When I'm in Melbourne I drink rum. None of the local beers are worth the heartburn.

oh come on now Firko & Dave,  and you blokes drink Road Tar (called tooheys old) 

Nice views of Melb' Stan each and every one. Remember Abbotts Larger.... shame that's gone.

[mxmaniac]

What about XXXX? what a name It must be illegal to write SHIT on a stubby

[firko]

and you blokes drink Road Tar (called tooheys old)   

Magnificent brew, unique to NSW. Tooths Old is good as well but it's hard to find these days. 20 years ago it was on tap in nearly every pub. Damn you Gen Y wankers and your Corona and Stella bland piss .
I don't drink much beer any more but when I do I try and partake in a boutique craft made brew. Pikes from South Australia being my current favourite.
                                                                                                                   

[jerry]

Too much Big M and not enough Honcho restoration by the look of it Stanley. J

[Rookie#1]

What about XXXX? what a name It must be illegal to write SHIT on a stubby

 

When I'm in Melbourne I drink rum. None of the local beers are worth the heartburn.

Remember Abbotts Larger.... shame that's gone.

Didn't that become "Crown Lager" a very long time ago?? been told that a few times, occasionally by someone that "may" have a clue  .

Cheers, Brendan

[Sorelegs11]

  The Tooths was also my favourite, after drinking that horse piss being passed of as Tooheys New the "Old Bloke" that I worked with put us onto it and the hang overs were halved, you still got a good headache but no more  crapping acid for two days.
As the over the hill gang thinned out at the local there was only a couple of us on it so like all good things they cut it out  >:
Coopers is my poison now                                                                                                             

[dalesween]

the new (old) VB for me

cheers Dale.

[Rosco86]

Abbotts was around at the same time as Crownies. Unfortunately discontinued due to small patronage. Greyhound trainer mate of mine, John Cameron put me onto Abbotts. Coming home from a plumpton (straight track) trial on a Sunday, could always guarantee a cold Abbotts beer cause no one else drank it. VB in and out of the fridges sometimes hardly chilled.Nowadys watch the doggies from the verandah of the Capalaba pub which has been recently renovated to include the World of Schnitzel. Good food a Monkey Piss or Larks foot Pale Ale and a view of the doggies. Not bad living in the warm Qld sun after being on hols in chilly Melbourne for the last couple of weeks.

[Tim754]

OK Firko Pikes fish guts flavour brew it is then
Can I get cans at the Cairns bait shop??
Do they have a worm in the can like that Mexican paint stripper cactus piss?
Do you need a short or long rod to reel some in?
Enough..

Personally I enjoy an ice cold  South Aussie Coopers now and then , but that other SA stuff called Southwark or Southwart or is it Southfark .. a blend of used sump oil and pig turds....

[Tex]

There are all kinds of excellent beers being made in Melbourne by small breweries, such as Fat Yak Pale Ale, Mountain Goat, Little Creatures, Hawthorn Premium Pale Ale, etc. Admittedly you might have to hunt around a bit to find some of these. 

What happened to the pic of DeGraves St? It was a nice shot.

Tex

[matcho mick]

the new (old) VB for me

cheers Dale.

geezas ,a vomit bomb, ,hey sorelegs black,or brown that was it,bitd when the black stopped i used to fight the pensioners off when the delivery truck arrived with the Hunter Ale cartoons at the local bottle shop,(didn't pay to sleep in  ),

[firko]

There are all kinds of excellent beers being made in Melbourne by small breweries, such as Fat Yak Pale Ale, Mountain Goat, Little Creatures, Hawthorn Premium Pale Ale, etc. Admittedly you might have to hunt around a bit to find some of these.   

Fat Yak and Little Creatures are both West Aussie brews but don't let that put you off them. They're both excellent and both on tap at my local. I've got a taste for alcoholic ginger beer and Cider lately. I was down in Adelaide for the Clipsall 500 a couple of years ago and discovered a pub called the Tap Inn which had the best 8% ginger beer I've ever tasted. The strangest I've seen lately is Budweiser on tap in a few pubs around Sydney. It beggars belief that people would pay money to drink it when Fat Yak, Hahn Extra Dry, Tooheys Black and even bland old Stella Artois are also in tap in the same pubs . 

[Tex]

Fat Yak and Little Creatures are both West Aussie brews but don't let that put you off them.

Oops, of course Fat Yak is a Mathilda Bay brew, although it's listed as being brewed in Port Melbourne on their website. Little Creatures has a large venue in Fitzroy, so I got a bit confused there for a moment.

Sideshow Ticket Booth Pale Ale is a nice Melbourne brewed drop.

Tex

[Rookie#1]

 Stan, turns out you're not the only piss head here after all!!