Just thought you all might like to know that I tried a Boags Premium Light two nights ago and found it is absolutely amazing. Has much greater flavour than the Cascade, which I have found to be a bit lacking lately. Can't do the Hahns any more.
Anybody got any favourites, suggestions in the world of low alcohol beers?
Impressed !!
Boags Premium Light
Boags Premium Light
simm.
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Re: Boags Premium Light
simm wrote:Just thought you all might like to know that I tried a Boags Premium Light two nights ago and found it is absolutely amazing. Has much greater flavour than the Cascade, which I have found to be a bit lacking lately. Can't do the Hahns any more.
Anybody got any favourites, suggestions in the world of low alcohol beers?
Impressed !!
Simm
The Boags premium light was a little expensive for a light beer when released, but they adjusted the price in the market. We have been buying it on special for $27 for the last month and it is great.
As an "old timer", I have taken on the task of getting the 'younguns' who come into my bottle shop to try drinking the premium beers from a glass to "enjoy the whole performance" with great success. Drink VB and other crap beers straight from the bottle and get that alcohol right down in your gut to get you Pi**ed" without having to smell or taste the vile stuff.
Graham
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Gavin Trott
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Re: Boags Premium Light
simm wrote:Just thought you all might like to know that I tried a Boags Premium Light two nights ago and found it is absolutely amazing. Has much greater flavour than the Cascade, which I have found to be a bit lacking lately. Can't do the Hahns any more.
Anybody got any favourites, suggestions in the world of low alcohol beers?
Impressed !!
Hi
I'm the same with beers as I am with Wine, drink less, drink better.
No light beers, currently Carlsberg is the house beer, pretty good, but not great.
regards
Gavin Trott
Gavin Trott
Re: Boags Premium Light
Gavin Trott wrote:Hi
I'm the same with beers as I am with Wine, drink less, drink better.
No light beers, currently Carlsberg is the house beer, pretty good, but not great.
I agree Gavin. The last few beers I've had in the house are Boags Strong Arm, Little Creatures (to see what the hype was all about) and James Squire Porter.
I'm going to make an effort and get some of the current release Cascade Summer Blonde. I had last years and loved it. I also tried the Spring beer this year and was pleased to see that these are actually different tasting beers, not just some marketing hype (like some supermarket coffee varieties tend to do). I did prefer the Summer Blonde, though.
Anybody had the current Summer Blonde? Comments?
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Gavin Trott wrote:Another local favourite for a long time is Coopers Pale Ale, real beer and still family owned brewery.
Other long time favourites include
Becks
Coppers Stout in the winter
And we all know...
"You don't have to be Posh to swallow Becks"
or so the UK advertising campaign said anyway
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michaelw
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michaelw
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More should be doing it Graham. Cheers to you. It stands to reason that adopting this attitude would go well for all premium beers considering that once you move out of the VB, MB, Fosters etc range, you never turn back.
James Squire is a winner, I was really intrigued by the Blonde beers that started popping up, and Coopers is always on the list of favourites, no doubt about it, but the best 'lo cal.' (low alcohol) beers are what I was wondering about.
cheers,
James Squire is a winner, I was really intrigued by the Blonde beers that started popping up, and Coopers is always on the list of favourites, no doubt about it, but the best 'lo cal.' (low alcohol) beers are what I was wondering about.
cheers,
simm.
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Re: Boags Premium Light
simm wrote:Just thought you all might like to know that I tried a Boags Premium Light two nights ago and found it is absolutely amazing. Has much greater flavour than the Cascade, which I have found to be a bit lacking lately. Can't do the Hahns any more.
Anybody got any favourites, suggestions in the world of low alcohol beers?
Impressed !!
Got taken out to dinner on Friday and took your advice - No Boags light on the menu though just the standard - Very nice beer, better than the food actually.
Cheers
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Gerard Connors
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Dear Simm,
I've always preferred Cascade Light to Boags Light (same applies to the heavies) - to each his own! I find a lot of light beers can have a cloying "fake malt" flavour and a soapiness which I dislike.
The Cascade Summer Blonde is great, and easily the best of their Four Seasons (I haven't been fussed on the other three) - I got it really cold on a really hot day and it is so clean and refreshing, lightly hopped with a lovely wheaty graininess to it.
In boutiques, faves would include James Squire range, esp pilsener, Matilda Bay pils (renamed "Bohemian Pils") Redback, Samuel Smith ales, Becks, Trumer, Lowenbrau, Newcy Brown (beer aficionados would be aghast but I love it!) Chimay, Hoegarden (but not the Grand Cru), Guiness and Murphys when in Ireland of course....
Ged
I've always preferred Cascade Light to Boags Light (same applies to the heavies) - to each his own! I find a lot of light beers can have a cloying "fake malt" flavour and a soapiness which I dislike.
The Cascade Summer Blonde is great, and easily the best of their Four Seasons (I haven't been fussed on the other three) - I got it really cold on a really hot day and it is so clean and refreshing, lightly hopped with a lovely wheaty graininess to it.
In boutiques, faves would include James Squire range, esp pilsener, Matilda Bay pils (renamed "Bohemian Pils") Redback, Samuel Smith ales, Becks, Trumer, Lowenbrau, Newcy Brown (beer aficionados would be aghast but I love it!) Chimay, Hoegarden (but not the Grand Cru), Guiness and Murphys when in Ireland of course....
Ged
Gerard Connors wrote:Dear Simm,
I've always preferred Cascade Light to Boags Light (same applies to the heavies) - to each his own! I find a lot of light beers can have a cloying "fake malt" flavour and a soapiness which I dislike.
The Cascade Summer Blonde is great, and easily the best of their Four Seasons (I haven't been fussed on the other three) - I got it really cold on a really hot day and it is so clean and refreshing, lightly hopped with a lovely wheaty graininess to it.
In boutiques, faves would include James Squire range, esp pilsener, Matilda Bay pils (renamed "Bohemian Pils") Redback, Samuel Smith ales, Becks, Trumer, Lowenbrau, Newcy Brown (beer aficionados would be aghast but I love it!) Chimay, Hoegarden (but not the Grand Cru), Guiness and Murphys when in Ireland of course....
Ged
Hi Gerard, yeah that James Squire is good beer. Redbacks used to be my favourite Friday afternoon mind numbing agent when I was a single lad, and I tried one at a wedding about a month ago and it just didn't do it for me. I think it was the texture (watery) combined with a very hard acidic edge.
regards,
simm.
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Gerard Connors
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simm wrote: Redbacks used to be my favourite Friday afternoon mind numbing agent when I was a single lad, and I tried one at a wedding about a month ago and it just didn't do it for me. I think it was the texture (watery) combined with a very hard acidic edge.
Simm,
I just read an article about how they've fiddled with the recipes for Redback and Matilda Bay / Bohemian Pils - I have not tried the "new" product yet. CUB own this and the old Sanctuary Cove Brewery at the Gold Coast, and seem to have "merged" the two, as they are making each others beers now (eg alpha Pale Ale, Beez Neez).
That is a possible explanation for why you didn't enjoy it. I hope the Pils hasn't gone the same way...
Ged