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Ok, so we all know that Chimay Blue is a top drop, and that other German beer made by a long lost tribe of buxom bavarian wenches is good too. But what about "drinking" beers ? I mean you'd be hard pressed having a night on Chimay Blue (you probably wouldn't last the night to start with).

So yeah, what are your top 5ive DOMESTIC "drinking" beers ?

Mine -

1. Coopers Sparkling Ale
2. Little Creatures Pale Ale
3. James Squires Amber Ale
4. Tooheys Old
5. Redback Original

Depends on the situation and availability but here goes.

1.James Squire Amber Ale (carton/pub)
2.Cooper's Sparkling Ale (carton)
3.Coopers's Dark Ale (carton)
4.Tooheys Old (pub/carton)
5.Carlton Draught (pub/carton)

Tooheys Old and CD are the cheaper options for a big night when many a beverage is consumed while the top three are for enjoying in smaller quantities.

Will try a Chimay on the weekend for Dad's 50th as everyone seems to be raving about it.

Jay.

I need a few more longecks and am sick of Cascade Draught , how much do these cartons cost ?

Creemore Springs

Dogger

My top five sessional, Australian, mainstream beers (subject to change without notice):

1. Cooper's Pale Ale (Sparkling is too heavy)
2. Little Creatures Pale
3. James Squire Amber Ale
4. Cooper's Sparkling Ale
5. Carlton Draught (tap only)

Oliver

squire's pilsner
coopers pale ale
squire's ipa

1) Redback Orginal
2) Coopers pale ale
3) Little Creatures pale ale
4) James Squires amber ale

Funny how we all like the same beers!

At the pub:

Coopers Pale - agree with Oliver Sparky is way too heavy for a session
Cascade Four Seasons range
Squires
Tooheys Old tied with ( depends on the day) Tooheys New (braces for a barrage of abuse)

To impress the barman pour a Coopers into a glass then write your initial (in my case a 'G') in the head of a beer with the mud.

In the Carton
Coopers Pale
Matilda Bay Bohemian Pilsner
Squires
Old and New as per above.

I am yet to try the Mountain Goat range, but I am impressed by the IPA and Stout blurbs on the website.

Greg, been as you like tooheys old and new, have you have tried a tooheys 50? Its a half and half of old and new, an old boy at the pub, talked me into it the other day, quite drinkable and doesn't have the bloating feeling that you get with a skinful of old!

AS for my top beers:
James Squire Amber Ale
James Squire PIlsener
Redback Original
Coopers Pale Ale
Coopers Sparkling

in no particular order!

Ok I'll give it a go. Hard to pick only 5 fav's so I'll limit to tap availabilities around town.

1 Cooper's Pale
2 JS Amber Ale
3 Toohey's Old (the missus would kill me if it wasn't on the list)
4 VB (Am waiting for the abuse to start but it would be wrong for me not to include. Drank far to much of it before discovering what I was missing out on and still go there occasionally as you can't always afford the goos stuff eh.)
5 Cascade Pale/JS Pilsener

Little Creatures Pale would be just about my favourite Aussie drop but does not exist on tap here.

I agree with most re Coopers Sparkling and Pale being on the list. I would add:

Hahn Premium with some lime or lemon added to the neck
Boag Premium
Little Creatures

and would not allow anything labelled Tooheys onto the list

In no particular order for me it would be

Coopers Pale Ale
Coopers Sparkling
Boags StrongArm
James Squires Amber Ale
Redback Original


StrongArm doesn't get mentioned anywhere so far.
Does anyone here like it at all??

I reckon Strongarm is a great beer, although less so since they changed the recipe and made it weaker a few years back.

It used to be a Beer of the Year contender. Now it's just a sessional, middle-of-the-road beer.

Cheers,

Oliver

Don't drink as much in boozers these days but here goes;-
1) Has to be be Tooheys Old
2)Coopers Sparkling (Too heavy?????I know the Mardi Gras is imminent but what has happened to the men!!!!!)
3) DAB;- just had three pints for lunch at the German Club--very palatable.
4)Tooheys new as I now have a mild aversion to VB.Will drink Cascade and Boags if on tap in preference to the new or VB.It's a question of availability.
5) Suppose this should be at 1 but relegated to 5 so as not to offend our erstwhile host-------Crown Bloody lager...

I
don"t live in the deep south so access is limited. But here goes.
1.ALPINE a local product
2.Canadian red
3.Holsten festboch
4.Coopers stout
5.whatevers on hand

Drink beer and be happy.

Hey bobbioli,

Forgive my ignorance, but what's the P.E.I. in P.E.I. Canada?

So you get Cooper's Stout where you are?

Oliver

PEI,

Prince Edward Island, the Island Province North of New Brunswick, known for potatoes, red mud, and Anne of Green Gables the Centennial Causeway and ofcourse Hockey.

Where can you get Coopers Stout? I have only been able to find the Sparkling in Canada.

Dogger

Hey there people,

My top 5 commercial beers in varying order depending on the day/mood are:

Hoegaarden Wit Bier
Coopers Best Extra Stout
Pilsner Urquel
Boddingtons Pub Ale
Guinness, but only on tap

That shitty Steinlager isn't too bad lol

Also, if any one has the chance to try the Holgates range, they're pretty good, but it's a local beer in Woodend, central Victoria.


Cheers,

Matty

i like beer but when there is a choice

Coopers Sparkling
James Squire amber ale
Kokanee glacier beer
Kilkenny tap only
Harp lager tap only
Tooheys New ( only when drinking exceeds monetary funds)
last one
KB (only cause dad drank it.)