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Hawks1523 said:
Cbf reading through 40 pages of beer talk.

Carlton dry fusion lemon.
Carlton draught.

I've never ever drunk beer, I've always been spirits / bourbons / scotches. My brother gave me a fusion lemon for Origin 1 and I loved them. Then went out to a local pool bar and the drinks I usually get were aroudn $10 I figured I'd just force myself to drink beer with the boys and am slowly developing a liking for CD.
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You might find it easier to enjoy beer if you didn't drink such rubbish.......
You don't need to look through the entire thread, but there are a lot of very good beers mentioned......
Just try them.... see if you enjoy it a bit more.....
 
Blue_Ninja said:
You might find it easier to enjoy beer if you didn't drink such rubbish.......
You don't need to look through the entire thread, but there are a lot of very good beers mentioned......
Just try them.... see if you enjoy it a bit more.....
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From the age of 14 I've never really been able to stomach beer. I'd drink it but hate it, and avoid it at all costs. Only lately have I really started to enjoy the tastes of beer, gotta start somewhere I spose. :p
 
Hawks1523 said:
From the age of 14 I've never really been able to stomach beer. I'd drink it but hate it, and avoid it at all costs. Only lately have I really started to enjoy the tastes of beer, gotta start somewhere I spose. :p
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IMHO, after 2 and a half years working in liquor, good beginners beers are:
Asahi
Tiger
Coopers Pale Ale
Boags Draught
Hoegaarden White
Guinness/Tooheys Old
Boags Premium/Gage Roads Premium

Drinking these will give you a pale ale, a wheat, a very simply put together dark beer, some sort of 'premium' lager to compare against CD, and some very easy to drink asian lagers. Asian lagers are a good place to start, they are light and crisp, match well with food, and are inoffensive. Boags Draught is my preferred macro lager, it is so much better than CD, VB, New, et al it is not funny.

So start with asian lagers, build through a classic, mainstream representation of each style, see what you like.
 

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cartel said:
IMHO, after 2 and a half years working in liquor, good beginners beers are:
Asahi
Tiger
Coopers Pale Ale
Boags Draught
Hoegaarden White
Guinness/Tooheys Old
Boags Premium/Gage Roads Premium

Drinking these will give you a pale ale, a wheat, a very simply put together dark beer, some sort of 'premium' lager to compare against CD, and some very easy to drink asian lagers. Asian lagers are a good place to start, they are light and crisp, match well with food, and are inoffensive. Boags Draught is my preferred macro lager, it is so much better than CD, VB, New, et al it is not funny.

So start with asian lagers, build through a classic, mainstream representation of each style, see what you like.
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Just recently started working in Liquor myself and am gaining an understanding of beer, I've seen Tiger and Asahi around, will definately give them a try. Tried the Corona / Millers / Budweiser wasn't a fan of them other then Corona but will definately try those you've listed and see how they go! :thumbsu:
 
Some good insight in the last few posts.

I couldn't stand beer for the first 10 or so years of my legal drinking age, (mainly spent in Australia) but then I went to Japan and had some of the crisp offerings they have there, and the rest is blurry history. It's understandable that with the mainstream offerings in Australia, there are quite a few younger people who just plain don't like beer. VB was the main choice of my associates at that age and it wasn't for the enjoyment of the beer, rather, getting p***ed. Plenty of other drinks you can do that with, and also enjoy it on the way.
 
cartel said:
IMHO, after 2 and a half years working in liquor, good beginners beers are:
Asahi
Tiger
Coopers Pale Ale
Boags Draught
Hoegaarden White
Guinness/Tooheys Old
Boags Premium/Gage Roads Premium

Drinking these will give you a pale ale, a wheat, a very simply put together dark beer, some sort of 'premium' lager to compare against CD, and some very easy to drink asian lagers. Asian lagers are a good place to start, they are light and crisp, match well with food, and are inoffensive. Boags Draught is my preferred macro lager, it is so much better than CD, VB, New, et al it is not funny.

So start with asian lagers, build through a classic, mainstream representation of each style, see what you like.
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In my view the best beer to start drinking when your first getting into it is Corona. Half the ones you've mentioned here I would totally disagree with. If you just getting into beer definately steer clear of wheat beers and anything with a large amount of body (e.g Guinness, Hoegaarden, Coopers Pale Ale). Also beers that are quite fruity like both the Boags mentioned are beers you more gradually get into rather than enjoying from the word go. The Asian ones are a good place to start as well as they are easy drinking and taste nice.

If you have a sweet tooth then try some of the radlers. The best I have had easily is the Monteiths though its more on the expensive side. Also a good substitute for beer is Stones Ginger beer. Its alcoholic and tastes exactly like the Bundaberg Ginger Beer but its alcoholic.

Thats my opinion anyway.
 
bigburger said:
If you have a sweet tooth then try some of the radlers. The best I have had easily is the Monteiths though its more on the expensive side. Also a good substitute for beer is Stones Ginger beer. Its alcoholic and tastes exactly like the Bundaberg Ginger Beer but its alcoholic.
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That stuff is fantastic.

Continuing on that ginger beer theme, I used to live up Newcastle way back in the late 90's/early 00's and frequented the Brewery on the Hunter river, there. Mainly for the alcoholic ginger beer that was originally brewed onsite. Went back in 2007 and the taste was totally different. Anyone else found the same? Was it something to do with the promotion of Bluetongue ginger beer?
 
CBF reading 40 odd pages but my favourite beers would be

1. Little Creatures Bright Ale
2. Becks
3. Boags Stgeorge
4. Fat Yak
5. Newcastle Brown

The Bright Ale is a fair bit in front of the others but but I would say it is close running for the next 4
 
Found a bottle of Harviestoun Old Engine Ale (I think that was what it was called) in First Choice Liquor...very nice. Classic dark ale, very well put together. Hadn't heard of it before, it's from Scotland (I think). First Choice is everywhere, so should be easy to find.

bigburger said:
In my view the best beer to start drinking when your first getting into it is Corona. Half the ones you've mentioned here I would totally disagree with. If you just getting into beer definately steer clear of wheat beers and anything with a large amount of body (e.g Guinness, Hoegaarden, Coopers Pale Ale). Also beers that are quite fruity like both the Boags mentioned are beers you more gradually get into rather than enjoying from the word go.

If you have a sweet tooth then try some of the radlers. The best I have had easily is the Monteiths though its more on the expensive side. Also a good substitute for beer is Stones Ginger beer. Its alcoholic and tastes exactly like the Bundaberg Ginger Beer but its alcoholic.
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I think we should agree to diasagree. I personally don't think you should start drinking beer by drinking things that aren't really beer (ie radlers, ginger beer).

I thought about adding Corona to the list, but my blind Corona hate glasses went down and that was that. There are much better, and much cheaper beers than that over priced filth. Any beer that needs a garnish is not worth bothering with.

Personally, I think you should taste a representative of each very broad style. And probably these should be easy to get, mainstream, and fairly cheap. And drink reasonable quality (ie no Corona ;))

Just like you would if you were starting to drink wine, so you would see what you like. (After many happy hours experimenting I discovered my preferred drop is cool cimate shiraz).

In my experience, I have started many people on beer who have claimed they hate the stuff, after only drinking VB, on Hoegaarden White. Wheat beers aren't for everyone, but for some they are a way into beer.
 
I have been drinking Wells Bombardier, tonight its the English Bitter, last night I had Satanic Mills, which is my favourite out of the two. Three standard drinks in one 500mL bottle, about $5 a bottle from the international beer shop in West Leederville, but definitely worth the price, one bottle is enough to make you tipsy, and the important thing is that its a great taste. I don't think I'll be going back to the TEDs/Coronas etc for some time.
 

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Mate and I bought a 6 pack of Coopers Vintage Ale from my local drive-thru last night. They were on sale for $17, I think they're normally around $20-22.

I've had Vintage before but hadn't tried any of this year's batch, and it was fantastic. We both agreed that it had an almost sticky-date pudding flavour to it, if that makes sense. It's an extremely rich, heavy beer - definately not one for a hot day. At 7.5% (2.2 standard drinks) they pack a punch and by the time I had 3 of them I felt like I was well on the way to being mildly drunk. One of the best Australian beers I have ever had, everyone who likes heavy ales should pick up a 6.
 
Living on and off in Toronto and there is a brewery here called Steamwhistle which makes a bloody fantastic pilsner. I make sure there is always some in the fridge.

Fairly local at the moment and can't imagine you can get it in Australia.

When I'm back in Melbourne I'll usually just buy VB cans or Boags Draught (really like this beer and prefer it to premium) but if I've got a few extra bucks lying around I'll buy a slab of Kirin or Grolsch.
 
matera_goal said:
Tooheys Extra Dry. **** all these cosmopolitan beers. Give me a good Aussie beer for a reasonable price. Roughly the same price as Export and Bitter, but so much better
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for aussie beers;

Tooheys extra dry
crownies- surely have been mentioned i hope
have only few coopers cant remember which type though but i enjoyed it

for imports stellas artois is heaven
and a japanese beer asaki i rated very highly
 
cammo84 said:
Mate and I bought a 6 pack of Coopers Vintage Ale from my local drive-thru last night. They were on sale for $17, I think they're normally around $20-22.

I've had Vintage before but hadn't tried any of this year's batch, and it was fantastic. We both agreed that it had an almost sticky-date pudding flavour to it, if that makes sense. It's an extremely rich, heavy beer - definately not one for a hot day. At 7.5% (2.2 standard drinks) they pack a punch and by the time I had 3 of them I felt like I was well on the way to being mildly drunk. One of the best Australian beers I have ever had, everyone who likes heavy ales should pick up a 6.
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Im glad another person has seen the light, Sometimes you have to keep reminding yourself they are around 8%, because i could drink 6 of them within an hour, Have to pace myself:cool:
 
With the cold weather we've been having, the James Squire Porter has been going down nicely, likewise the Coopers Dark Ale.
 
Moo Brew when in Hobart. Any of them are good. Favourites are the Wheat and Dark.

Red Hill Brewery is great. Australian Ale by Bridge Rd Brewery (I think) is good.

Cherry Tree in Richmond has a heap of good Victorian beers on tap that go well and knowledgeable staff that love beer. Give them a whirl
 
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