I have been trying to cut down on my drinking and so have decided to only have one beer a day from now on.

And here it is.

Thanks durry4 for drinking all the fosters for us aussie cause we can stand the bloody stuff

you do realise they fill Fosters cans from the outlet drain of the local public toilets ?

cleans drains well

What is the best beer to drink when I come over this July? Seriously...

I can answer that depending on what you are actually doing in July.

I will be sitting in a bar in Gove part of the time,,,,what beer should I ask for?

Carlton Draught

I always have one too many, the first one

cheers,
Mark.

seeing as you are at the bar try every one of them!

there is NO such thing as a bad beer,anyone that argues the point has never carted 1500 small bales of hay on a 110f day in Victorias summer.

Beer can never understand how anyone could need a drink that bad

Have you never heard of Scotch??

I only drink this Scotch after a few beers of course.



You havent done any manual hay carting obviously.

Well the picture was obviously set up (it is actually a beer cooler/fridge).

In reality I have never had a Fosters Lager. Since in Aust. I have had "Crown", "Victoria Bitter", "Cascade" and "Blonde".

I kind of like them all but have a "soft spot" for a blonde.

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Originally posted by drwes:
What is the best beer to drink when I come over this July? Seriously...

Cascade Premium Lauger. That's all I drink when I am there, and it would be my drink of choice if I could get it here in Texas. I have noticed that most of the locals don't drink Fosters. In the pubs I have been in, most people were drinking Guiness. Victoria Bitter is pretty good too. If you can't spell, just ask for XXXX!

I agree TP...Beer tastes like crap to me.

no such thing as a bad beer some just take more getting used to than others

the 3 basic food groups are covered by looking out for these beers one from each side of Australia

http://www.bluetongue.com.au/A...abid/63/Default.aspx

https://www.littlecreatures.com.au/

http://www.coopers.com.au/

And to cover the northern end of Australia slip into ( he means consume ) a few Darwin stubbies.
That quaint picture of that bloke trying to choke down a frosty fosters looks about the right proportions for the average overseas geezer on his 3rd or 4th Darwin stubbie the fist time he has a go at a six pack.
http://www.beerstore.com.au/detail.asp?beerID=53

Where we will be hunting alcohol is banned and the Ph does not have a permit for alcohol in camp so I plan on trying as many of the local beverages as possible when in town. Being from Texas,, I guess I am a yank to you guys, we will drink a beer,, especially on a hot Texas day, but most people here drink these "light" or low calorie beers that aren't much different than water to me. And yes we will drink a Scotch or any other spirit as well. MY philosophy on eating and drinking is:
" You have to keep your stomach guessing at all times!"

Years ago when Continental Airlines flew into Aus my missus and I befriended one of the flight girls and she loved Aus to the extent of buying a house and shacking up here with an Aussie fella.

She maintained that VB was the best beer ever made and all US beer was in her words 'pisswater'.. and at times brought the whole crew back to her home in country Victoria where we all partied on and boy those Yanks got right into the VB`s too.
Now after a few years she packed up her gear and left to go back to Colorado after her relationship broke up and I was there the day the packing crew were loading her furniture etc into the truck to be containerised for the trip home...well this fine young girl loaded 1/2 dozen slabs of VB into the load also as she wanted to hand a few 'real' beers out to her friends back home.

Me? I have gone off VB and for quite a few years I have been knocking back Coopers Pale Ale or their red label Sparkling Ale....real beer` they are,none of that lightweight stuff for me!

And for you blokes here that drink some of the imported Euro beers like Stella for one....check the label,they are brewed bloody HERE ffs!

Last time I was down under i drank VB mostly. When I got back to Alberta Canada I found a store in Edmonton that stocked VB. So every time I was in Edmonton I would make a point of picking up a 6 pack for a treat.

Same with Stone's Green Ginger Wine. Discovered it in Au. and then found I could get it in Alberta.

Bundaberg rum is good but bloody expensive. Never bought much of it in Au and never bought it in Canada. After three or four rum, pepsi and lime, they all taste pretty good.

I like Stella, especially on draft. I think the same bunch that owns Stella are the folks that now own Budweiser.

I don't drink ouzo any more. (Well maybe sometimes)

If you don't like beer you need a more physical job, as a rule I don't drink it until that time. In fact the same could be said for hunting. If you come back after a hunt and go for a whiskey straight away then you haven't hunted very hard.

I don't drink any more, but I certainly don't drink any less!!

And I certainly don't drink anything stronger than pop---but then pop will drink anything!!

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Originally posted by wirehunt:

If you come back after a hunt and go for a whiskey straight away then you haven't hunted very hard.

Exactly/Absolute applause!

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Originally posted by drwes:
Where we will be hunting alcohol is banned and the Ph does not have a permit for alcohol in camp so I plan on trying as many of the local beverages as possible when in town. Being from Texas,, I guess I am a yank to you guys, we will drink a beer,, especially on a hot Texas day, but most people here drink these "light" or low calorie beers that aren't much different than water to me. And yes we will drink a Scotch or any other spirit as well. MY philosophy on eating and drinking is:
" You have to keep your stomach guessing at all times!"

Drinking light beer is like having sex in a canoe......



It's fucking close to water.

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Same with Stone's Green Ginger Wine

I met the wife thanks to Stones. We were teens and she was pissed in the park on the stuff (I was drinking something else.)

and this is how you arrived at your first child , perchance ?????

No no Muzza my funny talking friend, that was waaay before the birth of the boy.

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Originally posted by Bakes:
I agree TP...Beer tastes like crap to me.

Nah Nah Bakesy mate, aussie beer tastes like crap.
Case in point, VB! ewwwww.

Ciders, Tui and Vodka are my preference.

Andyboy

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Originally posted by Andyroo:

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Originally posted by Bakes:
I agree TP...Beer tastes like crap to me.

Nah Nah Bakesy mate, aussie beer tastes like crap.
Case in point, VB! ewwwww.

Ciders, Tui and Vodka are my preference.

Andyboy

Nah Nah, beer is good! Some just better than others. WC Fields once said "the worst part of my life was when I was marooned on an island, for weeks we lived on nothing but food and water!"

The most I can tolerate is one stubbie just to be polite when its offered. I'd much rather have a bourbon.

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Originally posted by Andyroo:

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Originally posted by Bakes:
I agree TP...Beer tastes like crap to me.

Nah Nah Bakesy mate, aussie beer tastes like crap.
Case in point, VB! ewwwww.

Ciders, Tui and Vodka are my preference.

Andyboy

That sounds like an interesting cock-tail. How much Cider, how much Tui and how much Vodka goes into it?

haha, that's bloody good.

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Originally posted by duffy4:

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Originally posted by Andyroo:

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Originally posted by Bakes:
I agree TP...Beer tastes like crap to me.

Nah Nah Bakesy mate, aussie beer tastes like crap.
Case in point, VB! ewwwww.

Ciders, Tui and Vodka are my preference.

Andyboy

That sounds like an interesting cock-tail. How much Cider, how much Tui and how much Vodka goes into it?

Crikey! Cocktail! no no noooo.... I meant separately, Ciders as in apple and pear etc ciders on there own. Tui is a golden ale, very tasty, probably the beer I enjoy the most. And Vodka straight or mixed with any just about any fruit juice or Vodka a Coconut juice Ice cold is nice.... etc Vodka is so versatile. Never tried Beer and Vodka


Andy boy