traditionally I've always drank CUB...

the working mans beers..

Melbourne Bitter (when younger)
Victorian Bitter and
Carlton Draught....

non of this homosexual wine sipping garbage... 

anyways.. my brother said to me a while back that he only drinks European beers because they are not allowed to put preservatives in them... 

and...

that he doesn't wake up with a hang over/headache the following morning after having a few.. he's not a big drinking by any means... myself, I never drink before a work day and he drinks less than me... so you do the math..

so anyways.. I've been browsing the internet and finding similar stories... hang over and headaches after drinking CUB products...

while down in Tasmania I've been drinking a couple of Cascades Pale Ale... and the following morning been waking up as fresh as a daisy ... 

Carlton Dry ( a newer beer )  is another good new product whereby you can have a good night on the turps and wake up pretty good the following day... its a new product that is low on carbs... its also low on flavour which I don't mind as other low carb beers are like drinking a bad home brew... 

but Cascade Pale Ale is a great tasting beer... (156 carbs per stubby) you can taste the lightly roasted barley and it lingers on the palate between mouthfuls.. 

so there you have it.. I'm a changed man.. and am willing to do some more exploring !!!!

Cascade have about 10 different brews.. which one?

pale ale is one of the oldest brews in Australia... although im finding it hard to find on the main land... I've got an order in at Dan Murphy's..   

who say its one of their main stream beers but haven't got any... 

anyways.... im moving on from the traditional CUB beers.. it's like losing your first child.. 

but anyways.. im open for change... im even willing to try Monkey's Fist... 



http://danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_733701/sail-anchor-monkey-s-fist-pale-ale

I don't really like beer much....

The best drink, on a hot day, especially when up suffering from Queensland's heat...is shandy beer with lemonaide....so refreshing.
When I was 13, and in them olden days, at the outback country pubs, going in with dad in his travels....I had my first taste of shandy stout....and I loved it!
Apparently, mum told me, when she was pregnant with me, she was feeling that morning sickness, and a doctor told her to drink stout which would help...so maybe that's why I love it 

Gnads wrote on Jan 29^th, 2014 at 6:50pm:


im not sure what I was thinking about there...

maybe something I could recommend for Frances ...

a good monkey's fist... 

Sophia wrote on Jan 28^th, 2014 at 11:28pm:



struth... stout...

I had one once....

yes.. once... 

Frances wrote on Jan 28^th, 2014 at 10:32pm:


Chardonnay Latte` perhaps? I'll buy....  umm, perhaps a little of that rough Italian red - now that's not bad! Maltese home-made Port.. those Maltese know how to tramp a vintage....

Or a cocktail?  Drambuie in a bucket?

Ah - for Madame - as befits a lady - a little Benedictine - not the cheap brandy watered down stuff - the good drop from the Monk's mouth! Lightly chilled in the refrigerator until it is ... yummm - thick to the tongue and slides down like a fine oil....

Perhaps a small Guinness as a chaser?  Or does Madame prefer Irish whiskey - I am, humbly, something of a connoissieur of this drop..... I would....... share with you......

True Blue... wrote on Jan 29^th, 2014 at 8:00pm:



It doesn't taste that good.