Coopers Sparkling surprises. So often left lying on the shelf, in favour of her more glamorous sidekick (Coopers Pale), this oft forgot amber demonstrates great depth of flavour. Sure, the Pale craves a good tumble. The art of a gentle …
Author: oompalumpa
XXXX Gold
If you are going to go Mid Strength then you will struggle to go better than a XXXX Gold. Typically anything below a 4.5 will lack punch with many consumers declaring the consumption of such beverages a waste of time. …
Gusticus went freestyle
Session Tuesday 26 January 2010 Location Sth Curly INS Abbidge, Gusticus, Eatkeen, Tame, Lombok, Oompa Wave height 2 ft Wind direction Light Crowd 4 Rabbometre 1.5 stars Water temp 21 Incidents Gusticus & Oompa unleashed Other Australia Day ’10 …
Franziskaner Weissbier
Franziskaner Weissbier is in no doubt yet another one of those monk brewed European wheat beers which basically cannot go wrong. I don’t think I have ever encountered a nasty experience relishing one of these, whether it has been perched …
Budweiser (US)
Budweiser announces itself as the ‘King of Beers’. Readers of this blog may recall that this correspondent fervently sang the praises of Tooheys New as said King. I am obviously more than a little enamored to that product and have …
Visigoth Hordes Arriving by the Second
Session Sunday 24 January 2010 Location Mid Curly INS Abbidge, Gusticus, Oompa Wave height 3.5 ft Wind direction Light Crowd 7.10am = 8, 8.10am = 25 Rabbometre 3 stars Water temp 21 Incidents Passive aggressive hippie Other Oompa …
Tooheys New
New Tooheys New. ‘Nough Said. This my friends is the King of Beers. You can parade your boutiques, 330mls, 345mls, heavily scented offerings, fancy labellings, variations of glassed packaging, ostentatious display, poetically licenced claptrap, enamouring to foreign lands and associated …
Cintra Pilsener
A sede suado precisa de uma cerveja fria E que a cerveja é pequeno resfriado…. Cintra Pilsener. Roughly translated from the Portugese the above phrase equates to – A hard earned thirst needs a small cold beer And that …
The Tub Filled Up
Session Sunday 17 January 2010 Location Mid Curly INS Toohers, Eatkens, Oompa Wave height 2ft on the high tide Wind direction None Crowd 15 Rabbometre 1 stars Water temp 21 Incidents Nasty shorie close-out developed as the tide hit high. …
Mac’s Hop Rocker Pilsener
Beer tasting, let alone beer judging, reviewing, and reporting is an onerous task indeed. In this obiter dicta I would like to thrash out not only a personal account of my 5 minutes spent with the charming young lass under review, but …
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