What are you drinking?

[FatherAlabaster]

Just now, AlSymerz said:

I drained the oil on the tractor last week and that's exactly what it looked like. Probably tastes the same too.

I would say so. You're best off drinking the oil.

[AlSymerz]

I used to take Stout to parties when I was 18. It was a passable taste but the main advantage was no prick stole your drinks so you got to drink whatever you took.

[SurgicalBrute]

22 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

This one's for Surge

Cheers brother!

 

[GoatmasterGeneral]

1 hour ago, AlSymerz said:

I used to take Stout to parties when I was 18. It was a passable taste but the main advantage was no prick stole your drinks so you got to drink whatever you took.

That's funny. When I was in Australia I met up with this dude Carl from our previous forum who happens to be an architect from Marrickville "inner west" Sydney. We met up several different times since I was in town for 5 weeks. I'd hop on the train and find him wherever he'd told me to meet him, and then take a taxi back to mum's later because they don't run the trains all night long in Sydney which is stupid. Once was the cricket match at some big stadium grounds in Sydney, but the other times our meetups were at a "hotel" or a pub to see some live local Ausrock bands. And what struck me as the biggest difference to watering holes in the states was that there were no stouts on tap. All the Aussie beer these establishments had on offer was piss colored. I expected that at the cricket stadium, but was a little surprised to find that at all of the pubs. I had to ask Carlissimo which beer to order as I was not familiar with any of the local Aussie brews.

[AlSymerz]

Until recently Aussie pubs were controlled by contracts and to a large extent they still are. Pubs signed a contract with one or the other leading brewer which got them decent prices on keg beer which they pushed hard because the more they sold the more incentives they got from the brewery. For a quite a few years we didn't even have cross border beer on tap (i.e NSW brewed was not available in other states. Vic brewed not available in other states etc). It could be bought by the bottle or by the can over the bar but it was dearer and most people just ordered by the glass.

The main reason things opened up was because many breweries got bought out by other breweries. By the time the Japanese and Taiwanese companies started buying all our local breweries things opened up a bit more. But it was still in a bar's best interest to push their tap beer and the tap beer was chosen by the biggest incentive. There was often only three different beers on tap and those were the ones that were heavily marketed on tv and in newspapers etc. These days things have changed a little bit with more bars offering IPA's and even cider on tap but it's only in the last decade or so that it's happened.

 

[GoatmasterGeneral]

It's much the same here in the states. There are a few major brands of piss-water so ubiquitous here that you can find them in pretty much any bar in the entire country, and often not much else. But since the craft beer explosion we've had the last 15 years or so that has changed in a lot of places and there's a lot more variety to be found now. Generally won't find them on tap though, (unless it's at a craft beer specialty pub who advertizes they have dozens of beers on tap) the used motor oil brews typically get sold in bottles or cans here I assume because most customers still want the same old piss-water they've been drinking for the last 20 - 40 years.

[AlSymerz]

I'm pretty sure there used to be a few places in NSW that had motor oil on tap. Tooheys, (NSW's piss water) made a stout that I seem to remember being on tap in a few Leagues clubs in the burbs when I was living there.

These days we have micro breweries set up in city blocks for the hipsters to go to, while the seasoned barflies hang out at the same dingy shit holes where your feet stick to the carpet and the place doesn't look like it's been cleaned in a decade. Those old barflies aren't changing pubs for anyone, they'll even get used to a new beer if the bar changes contract but keeps the same owner.

[RelentlessOblivion]

I’m more interested in the craft whiskey explosion happening the states presently. Just a shame you don’t get much of it headed our way. Also my view is that almost all Aussie beer sucks, hence my preference for wine or whiskey 

[GoatmasterGeneral]

2 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

I’m more interested in the craft whiskey explosion happening the states presently. Just a shame you don’t get much of it headed our way. Also my view is that almost all Aussie beer sucks, hence my preference for wine or whiskey 

I like rye whiskey so I like the significant variation in flavor profiles from one brand to another. But it can be a bit of a double edged sword. Seems there's new whiskeys coming on the market all the time. But you can't always count on them to be availabe in a lot of places, and many of them are quite pricey compared to the traditional legacy brands which are already pricey. (even if they're not terribly dear compared to what you nut jobs have been paying for booze down under all along) It's definitely good to have the choice to try something new and different though. Still I've been burned a few times when I've bought some shit that sounded like it'd be really good but then was not. Anyone can type up some marketing blurb for the label, doesn't mean that's what it's actually going to taste like.

[RelentlessOblivion]

3 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

I like rye whiskey so I like the significant variation in flavor profiles from one brand to another. But it can be a bit of a double edged sword. Seems there's new whiskeys coming on the market all the time. But you can't always count on them to be availabe in a lot of places, and many of them are quite pricey compared to the traditional legacy brands which are already pricey. (even if they're not terribly dear compared to what you nut jobs have been paying for booze down under all along) It's definitely good to have the choice to try something new and different though. Still I've been burned a few times when I've bought some shit that sounded like it'd be really good but then was not. Anyone can type up some marketing blurb for the label, doesn't mean that's what it's actually going to taste like.

Very true, there is one YouTuber I watch who has quite similar taste to me, so I generally know if he enjoys something I probably will as well. That being said he doesn’t drink rye, so I really don’t have any knowledge on that side of whiskey.

[Dead1]

Some new fangled non alcoholic booze called "Tap Water."

 

Apparently all the cool kids are into it.

[AlSymerz]

7 minutes ago, Dead1 said:

Apparently all the cool kids are into it.

Especially when it comes in a bottle with a fancy name written on it.

[Dead1]

I pay $360 a quarter for mine!   Very schmancy.

[AlSymerz]

Write Evian on the bottle and it will triple in value to the right people.

[SurgicalBrute]

Founders Breakfast Stout

 

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

The morning coffee, i’ll have to get more of the Cuban coffee beans soon, these Guatamalan ones just aren’t quite as good.

[SurgicalBrute]

 

Dream Eater from Burlington Beer Company

"Double Stout with Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Coffee, Vanilla & Milk Sugar."

[FatherAlabaster]

2 hours ago, SurgicalBrute said:

 

Dream Eater from Burlington Beer Company

"Double Stout with Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Coffee, Vanilla & Milk Sugar."

Whaaat

[Nasty_Cabbage]

15 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Whaaat

Little odd they chose to actually include the General Mills brand in the description. I was running through my head trying to think of a play on Cinnamon Toast Crunch's old add campaign from way back, the best I could think of was "The taste you can see, until you've had eight or so". I think I can sort of understand why my parents hated those commercials so much... at least until that fucking Honeycomb monster came out and took the annoyance factor of child-targeted marketing to a whole new level.

[SurgicalBrute]

29 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Whaaat

Description is pretty outlandish but surprisingly it's actually really well balanced. Not cloying at all.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/33136/376577/

15 minutes ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

Little odd they chose to actually include the General Mills brand in the description.

Well technically they said cinnamon crunch cereal. Think someone was ad libbing a bit in the Untapped description I copy/pasted

[RelentlessOblivion]

Westmalle Trapiste Tripel, the reliable Belgian beer never disappoints. Perfect for watching Australia in the Cricket World Cup.

[navybsn]

I had 5 Finnish Long Drinks (8%) playing golf today. Made the round enjoyable it didn't make my score better. I don't like gin, but I can drink these things all day.

17 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Westmalle Trapiste Tripel, the reliable Belgian beer never disappoints. Perfect for watching Australia in the Cricket World Cup.

Love me some Belgians. Although I prefer golden strings, dubbels, and quads...I ain't kicking a tripel outta bed.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Options are a little limited where I am and since that was the first Belgian beer ever tried going back six or seven years ago, now, where does the time go, I find it preferable to Stella Artois. With that being said, ordinarily, my first choice would be Duvel but they were out of stock sadly.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Peter Lehmann Valley View Shiraz

[Dead1]

Earl Grey tea - someone has to be the responsible parent.