Those cleanskins are unreal at the moment. I bought a Marg. River Semilion 1/2 doz for $12. Fantastic for BBQs. Likewise with the South Australian red blends.

Squires are just rebranding all their beers, same beer new label

cider is not a type of beer, the end.

I buy my beer in slab form. I'm not tight enough to worry about saving $2 a slab that I'd probably use in petrol getting there anyway. It's alright if you're buying top shelf though.

You deserve it for not READING THE LABEL before you drank it. Magners is pretty average for a cider anyway.

The thing with cleanskins is that they taste how they're MEANT to taste. The thing with the brand wines is that they can put up to 5% of a wine variety into a bottle and not have to put it on the label. So they're mixing in things like pinot noir with a Shiraz to make the Shiraz more 'drinkable' and taking away that classic peppery characteristic that makes Shiraz what it is. Pisses me off to no end. Smaller wineries and cleanskins are where it's at.

I need to get me a bottle of Caduceus Cellars and Two Paddocks to try.

Need to try some Andrew Thomas wines if you ever see them, expensive but worth it

Nanny Goat make a superb Pinot Noir. I'm not really one who spends more than $30 on a bottle of wine.

Not really one for wines myself; however, Iv'e consumed a few of these in my time. 8-[

lolskies... Schoolboy Error

Magners is better than Strongbow atleast... i heard the other day that Bulmers and Magners were exactly the same but Magners only comes in the bottle and Bulmers is only on tap?

Edited by The Doctor: 17/6/2011 12:24:27 AM

:lol: Good ol' chateau cardboard, Heineken. Never touch the stuff. If I want to drink to get drunk I'll get a bottle of tequila.

Nah, you can get Bulmers in a bottle, but you're right, it's the same stuff. Their Pear Cider is quite good. I don't mind strongbow, hits you quick and it's crisp. Better than 5 seeds in many regards. Rekorderlig is pretty good stuff, but a lot of their ciders are too fruity for my tastes.

i always drink that stuff :cool:

Wrong, both come in bottles.

Magners and bulmers weren't originally the same, but they are now owned by the same company so producde the same stuff basically.

You can get both in bottles and on tap just depending on where you are.

We've got Bulmers Cider - Original and Pear on tap, and I've noticed the Pear sells a lot more. Having tried both, along with 5 seeds and Strongbow, I've come to the conclusion I don't like Cider. :lol:

The more you know

It was a stubby in a fridge amongst other stubbies of beer. I just figured it was a new beer I had never tried before. Oh well, you win some you lose some.

Really don't see the attraction of Cider, few times I've given it a chance (Strongbow, 5 seeds and Mercury) its been utter shit and generally costs more than a pint of lager

Thing is most of them are shit... especially 5 Seeds, Bulmers & Magners goes alright

Cider smells acidic and disgusting, but it goes ok when you knock back a few on a hot day. Especially some of the boutique ciders.

The problem that I have is that I can sit there drinking beer all night, or cider all night. Start mixing the two and I know I'm going to chunder at some point.

Urgh, I'm like that with Beer and Spirits

I can switch between beer and spirits and beer and wine all night. Add Cider and I'm in trouble.

That said, beer to wine to scotch gives me the WORST hangover.

Was switching between tequila and spliff last night, seemed like a good idea at the time but felt like shit all day today

I love Tequila. Eats straight through to the kidneys. Got a mate who can drink as much as me on any given night, has 2 shots of tequila and he's out for the count.

Weed and Tequila I generally haven't mixed :lol: I'll have to give it a go.

Actually, Corona's another one that gives a seedy as hangover for some reason. Doesn't fuck me up, but the seedy feeling is killer the next day. Must be the mexican drinks.

The only beer that seems to seedy hangover are Tooheys Extra Dry's. Iv'e gotten well and truely tanked off them twice this year (both times at APIA games - Doc ;) ) and the next morning iv'e woken up feeling like utter shite. :-&

Not a big fan of TEDs to begin with tbh, but i'll drink them if they're avaliable. :lol:

TEDs are alright, as long as you don't drink the dregs :lol: The thing that gets me though, is that people buy a sixpack of TEDs for around $17 won't buy something like Amstel for $2 more, when it is a FAR superior beer. Surely people understand that the $2 outlay is well worth the better taste. It's not like they're buying a case of Guinness for $85.

I don't have a problem with TED's except people give me a funny look when I ask for a TED's and I have to fucking spell it out for them :lol:

Amstel's a very crisp beer, there's not a lot of aftertaste to it. I don't think it's worth the $19/sixpack.

TEDs were the first beer I really got into. Haven't touched the stuff in ages and have no desire to go back.

cause you try and go drink for drink but can't keep up ;)

Amstel is brilliant. Great drinking and a fucking cool lid.
I'm usually on the Bluetongues if I'm out for a big one. Easy drinking and only $3.50 a schooner down here. #winning

Cool lid, cool bottle.

Bluetongue is ok if you're in NSW, the last time I had it down here it tasted fucking terrible so I'm not game to try it again for a while. Plus, it's something like $15 for a six-pack up there, and $20 down here.

Yeah, it's pretty poor below the Barassi Line. Even in Canberra it's not fantastic.
When I went to Gossy for the Matildas game, they weren't allowed to put the taps on the Bluetongue. I had a good laugh: they really didn't expect many people to go.

Becks beer in the fridge and I feel it is time to drown my sorrows.