Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is the same with Belgian beer abroad--the most popular one is probably Stella Artois, which I would drink only in an emergency when I lived in Belgium (i.e. when the alternative would be to hit the wife's perfume). But in the UK it is considered a premium beer. Brilliant marketing. Nathan On 13-jan-2008, at 11:37, Marty Deveney wrote: > > Tooheys New is brewed in Lidcombe, Sydney. I had several at the > cricket on Thursday night. It's pretty good, but I like Tooheys > Old better - a dark ale style beer and the first that John Thomas > Toohey started brewing at his original brewery at Darling Harbour > in 1869. Tooheys Old and a Western Australian dark beer called > Dogbolter are the only Australian beers in the Great Beer Guide. > > Here in SA, we have Coopers, who produce rather startlingly good > Pale and Sparkling Ales and a variety of other great brews. > Tasmania's Cascade brewery produces a very nice Premium Lager and > used to seasonally release several very tasty beers (Spring Fest, > Summer Blonde, Autumn Amber and Winter Warmer), two of which > (Blonde and Amber) are now part of their Degrave's Collection. > > My favourite is Piss Beer http://www.pi55.com/ just for the name. > > Fosters is reasonably uncommon in Australia, fortunately, since > it's among the most average Aussie beers. Most Australians do live > up to their reputation of liking to drink. I am partial to a > tipple myself. > > Marty > > > Gallery: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/main.php?g2_itemId=7617 > > Most people can only judge of things by the experiences of ordinary > life, but phenomena outside the scope of this are really quite > numerous. > Shen Kuo - 'Dream Pool Essays' > > > -- > Are we headed for a recession? Read more on the Money Portal > Mail.com Money - http://www.mail.com/Money.aspx?cat=money > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog