Official BEER Thread!

[KRAZGRL]

Originally Posted by Bella

Being a girl, not the 'greatest' fan of beer - Especially some of the Aussie beers that we cop over here (eg: VB) ... But I was introduced to fruit beer when I was over in the UK at the start of the year and love it!

Favourite beers are:

• Fruli (Belgium)
• Floris (Belgium)

Breweries Visited:

• Guiness Storehouse - Dublin
• Meantime Brewery - London
• Bridge Road Brewery - Beechworth, AU

Where I am from, it's mostly wineries but there are a few little breweries hidden around the place.

When my boyfriend and I were OS earlier in the year, we spent 4 days/3 nights in Dublin. It was when there were the massive snow storms and the weather was absolutely terrible, so all the tours were cancelled and we could see only the bare minimum of the touristy stuff... We decided to not let the weather get us down, and set a challenge to see how many pubs/breweries/distilleries we could visit in the 3 nights (nights only, so we could try see as many sights as we could given the weather) while we were there. Managed to hijack a pub crawl thanks to our accents and visit a total of 22 pubs, having a drink at all of them. The atmosphere was absolutely amazing and it was a great way to try beers we wouldn't normally have tried; it was definitely the best few days of our trip!

Being a girl is no excuse to not like beer. It's like, because you're a girl you can't be into cars or sports. Which, in my opinion, is just a product of how children are raised (blue path vs pink path) and completely absurd. (Sorry, I have a degree in Human Development/Sociology... don't get me started. lol)

I'm so jealous that you've been to the breweries you've visited! I can't wait until I can go on a trip to England/Ireland/Germany for some of the breweries high on my list to visit. I have heard that Australia is more known for their wine rather than beer, and importing costs are high. But I'm glad you found some stuff you like! I live by a motto of "I'll try anything at least once" definitely applies to beers. I tried some one trip that I found to be disgusting (Russian River's Consecration - A dark SOUR beer aged in cabernet barrels), but second time around.... I love it. Go figure.

Thanks for you post! I definitely will look up those other beers and see if I can get my hands on them since I'm not too familiar with them.

[Bella]

Originally Posted by KRAZGRL

Being a girl is no excuse to not like beer. It's like, because you're a girl you can't be into cars or sports. Which, in my opinion, is just a product of how children are raised (blue path vs pink path) and completely absurd. (Sorry, I have a degree in Human Development/Sociology... don't get me started. lol)

I'm so jealous that you've been to the breweries you've visited! I can't wait until I can go on a trip to England/Ireland/Germany for some of the breweries high on my list to visit. I have heard that Australia is more known for their wine rather than beer, and importing costs are high. But I'm glad you found some stuff you like! I live by a motto of "I'll try anything at least once" definitely applies to beers. I tried some one trip that I found to be disgusting (Russian River's Consecration - A dark SOUR beer aged in cabernet barrels), but second time around.... I love it. Go figure.

Thanks for you post! I definitely will look up those other beers and see if I can get my hands on them since I'm not too familiar with them.

Haha! I definitely understand that! I think I just haven't become the greatest fan since the first beers I tasted were the likes of VB/Carlton Draught, etc.. Which even my mates say they only drink because it's cheap! That being said, if we go anywhere and the boys grab a few different beers, I will give them a try. I do like some of the wheat beers, and absolutely love cider! They're definitely worth a try! I think Fruli may be difficult to get your hands on, but Floris is imported quite readily - They have some interesting flavoured beers, including chocolate!!

The Guinness Storehouse was amazing and definitely a must-visit, as is the Jameson Distillery if you're ever in Dublin!

That's definitely true! Where I am, there are a heap of the bigger wineries such as All Saints, Brown Brothers, Boyntons, etc all within 30 mins-1 hrs drive, as well as all the smaller more boutique wineries. There is so much competition though, and with the drought/bush fires a lot of them have been decimated over the past few years! I do hope to get a chance to go to a few more breweries/wineries around here over spring/summer when things have quietened down Uni wise!

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I always liked Hoegartten (belgium)