Beer
Mythos Hellenic Lager
I went to a 40th on the weekend and amidst all the plate breaking, gyros eating and watching my mate’s uncles do the zeibikiko dance (Google it), I was introduced to a new Greek delicacy, Mythos Hellenic Lager. Mythos beer as it turns out is Greece’s third highest selling beer; the brewery in Thessaloniki is the second largest in Greece. It hasn’t been available in Australia for that long, but it...
Menabrea 1846
A mate, let’s call him Duane, swung past the other day with a couple of most unexpected surprising beers I’ve had in a while, a great little drop from Italy called Menabrea 1846. I say unexpected as the only Italian beers that I, like many others I guess, have ever tried are Peroni Nastro Azzuro and Birra Moretti. But while those two were good, the Moretti in fact very good, I didn’t expect to fin...
Carlton Dry Fusion
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” The words of my Religious Education teacher came rushing back to me once I took my first sip of beer from the bottle, and while coughing and spluttering looked at the label to see “Carlton Dry Fusion”. I use the word “beer” very loosely here. I think the marketing departing at CUB must be patting themselves on the back for coming up with that ...
U-Brew-it
Most blokes I know have a story about drinking homebrewed beer, whether it is a story about how bad it was, how good it was or more commonly about how crook it made them. Although recently I heard the best story ever about homebrew and how a shed full of exploding homebrew stubbies sliced through an acquaintance’s leg, he passed out from blood loss and was saved by his flatmates. It’s amazing how ...
Chimay Grand Reserve Blue Label
The last Chimay this week, the Chimay Grand Reserve, also known as the Chimay Blue (for the blue label). The Trappist monastery at Chimay in the south west of Belgium has a long history of brewing beer. The Blue label is the last of the Chimay range, and I’ve been using a lot of music references in these reviews so one more won’t hurt: if Chimay Blue were to be compared to the music of Meatloaf, ...
Chimay Tripel White Label
Ahh…another week, another Chimay beer taste. This week I delved back heaven sent beers that are from the Chimay Trappist Monastery and popped the top of the Chimay Tripel, also known as Chimay White, because of the label colour. It is essentially the middle beer in the very excellent Chimay range that varies in alcoholic content, and price, from Red to White onto their top beer the Blue labe...
Chimay Red Label – God’s Gift to Mankind
A word of warning on this column, if you are more interested paying your bills than drinking quality beer, then there is not much point in reading on….however, if you’re quite willing to relive your University/Apprenticeship lifestyle and only eat instant noodles for a week in order save enough to have a few beers on Friday night, then read on…. After nearly 40 years I’ve managed to wo...
Beer Rant – up on my soapbox
Beer is remarkable. It can raise emotions and opinions in the same way as politics and religion. People who drink beer generally have a view on the it. Sometimes it’s the ad’s, more-often it’s the over-all brand or price, often quite oft handed responses like “oh they make shite beers” Last year I reviewed Summer Bright Lager, that column was criticised, labelling my reacti...