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Foster's at it again ...
Posted: Monday Dec 12, 2005 1:57 pm
by anti-fsck
Ad campaign for Redback
here
Posted: Monday Dec 12, 2005 2:15 pm
by Tyberious Funk
Welcome to the DWW website - the home of the 110% TOTALLY COMMITTED and PASSIONATE AUSTRALIANS dedicated to the promotion of THE ONE TRUE WHEAT BEER - REDBACK
There should be laws against this sort of crap. Redback, the one true wheat beer?
Posted: Monday Dec 12, 2005 2:19 pm
by undercover1
Think this has been around for a while...in newspapers you can turn the page once you spot the little "advertising feature" headings, no such luck on the web.
Posted: Tuesday Dec 13, 2005 3:28 am
by Dogger Dan
How much do you figure a years supply is? .................6 or 12
Dogger
Posted: Tuesday Dec 13, 2005 10:46 pm
by dab123
200 pints imperial . ( give or take 50 or so )
P.S I dont understand the question , what was it again ?
Posted: Wednesday Dec 14, 2005 11:27 pm
by Wimmig
I served up 3 kegs of redback with tequila shots through each serving and it rocked the night like no other.
I'm a big fan of redback, keep it up Matt!
Posted: Thursday Dec 15, 2005 12:53 pm
by Tyberious Funk
Wimmig wrote:I served up 3 kegs of redback with tequila shots through each serving and it rocked the night like no other.
I'm a big fan of redback, keep it up Matt!
I would describe Redback as an acceptable but not spectacular beer. But calling it the "One True Wheat Beer" should be a breach of advertising ethics.
Posted: Thursday Dec 15, 2005 12:54 pm
by MHD
after doing a small amount of travelling in Germany I discovered that Australia does not do wheat beers... full stop
Posted: Thursday Dec 15, 2005 7:25 pm
by kurtz
MHD...
thats pretty much correct !!
There are excellent examples of Weissbeir available (in bottles) in Australia, I have a bit of a soft spot for Erdinger, though Weihenstephan make an excellent brew and of course the old standby Schofferhoffer..
Quite different are the Belgian Wit beers of which Hoegarten is about the only one around.. we are of course talking white beers here.
Redback is a fine beer of course but may I suggest the following tasting session (with a few of your mates)
Redback
Hoegaarten
Erdinger (or other) Krystalweizen..this is optional I do not like Krystalweizen)
Erdinger (or other) weissbrau ..mit heffe of course.oh please do not do the trendy shake the bottle thing..
Redback ..again ...as a control beer
Weihenstephan Dunkleweizen
Erdinger "Pikantus" Dunkleweizenbock.
mmmm...Pikantus....mmmm
You will find that your observation about Australian and German wheat beers is entirely correct

kurtz...
Posted: Thursday Dec 15, 2005 8:31 pm
by MHD
being a local I assume you make the occsasional sojourn north to Debarcle?

Hoegaarten, not suprisingly is one of my favourite, readily available wbs I have had since...
I really wish I would have remembered (or recorderd) the names of brews I had there... but many of them were particular to towns I visited... Sone of the ones I had in the north (around Greifswald, near the very northern tip) were spicy, not hot, just very spicy, the aroma was quite something else....
the word Dunkleweizen rings a bell.... what exactly soes it mean
Posted: Thursday Dec 15, 2005 8:57 pm
by kurtz
Dunkleweizen simply means dark wheat
There are many "darkened" versions of wheat malt produced, chocolate wheat,caramel wheat, dark wheat and so on and all are avilable here in the antipodes...I find that a bit of choc wheat does well in a porter actually....
Kurtz
Posted: Monday Dec 19, 2005 8:49 am
by Tyberious Funk
kurtz wrote:
Redback is a fine beer of course but may I suggest the following tasting session (with a few of your mates)
Redback
Hoegaarten
Erdinger (or other) Krystalweizen..this is optional I do not like Krystalweizen)
Erdinger (or other) weissbrau ..mit heffe of course.oh please do not do the trendy shake the bottle thing..
Redback ..again ...as a control beer
Weihenstephan Dunkleweizen
Erdinger "Pikantus" Dunkleweizenbock.
I'd add Schofferhofer Hefeweizen to that list. Just personal preference of course.
Posted: Monday Dec 19, 2005 9:35 am
by grabman
if you are in Perth an want to try these brews with a good meal I'd suggest the "Alpine Restaurant" in Carlisle! The food is excellent and at $7.50 a beer, 500ml, the prices are very reasonable.
Had lunch there yesterday with my parents, introduce the old man to the joys of Weihenstephan and Erdinger beers. Needless to say I wasn't driving home!!
Posted: Tuesday Dec 20, 2005 7:46 pm
by Lebowski
grabman wrote:if you are in Perth an want to try these brews with a good meal I'd suggest the "Alpine Restaurant" in Carlisle! The food is excellent and at $7.50 a beer, 500ml, the prices are very reasonable.
Had lunch there yesterday with my parents, introduce the old man to the joys of Weihenstephan and Erdinger beers. Needless to say I wasn't driving home!!
What are the food prices like?
Posted: Tuesday Dec 20, 2005 11:08 pm
by grabman
Pretty good!! The old man paid so I didn't see final bill. Set menu for $32, was entree, main and desert. I think mains were around the $20-25 mark, but servings are quite big!!!
I'll be going back!!!
Posted: Tuesday Dec 20, 2005 11:32 pm
by tyrone
as a beer lover you should try
http://www.kingludwigs.com.au/ been there 4 page BEER list.Foods good too.

Posted: Wednesday Dec 21, 2005 7:31 am
by yardglass
looks a nice place.
wouldn't mind a go at that 8% Doppelbock.
yard
Posted: Friday Dec 23, 2005 9:05 am
by tyrone
Had a crystalwizen one time that was just brillent!