New beer - Boag St George

anti-fsck · Post by **anti-fsck** » Saturday Jul 02, 2005 11:42 am

Anyone tried any of this yet? My local (imported) beer supplier has a slab of it that some of his mates brought across from Tassie. Won't be here on the mainland for another six months or so.

Wimmig · Post by **Wimmig** » Saturday Jul 02, 2005 3:40 pm

I can confirm it will be available for purchase within the next 3 weeks in Australia.

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Saturday Jul 02, 2005 7:05 pm

Isn't Tassie part of Australia or have they finally left the Commonwealth?

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Saturday Jul 02, 2005 8:19 pm

grabman wrote:Isn't Tassie part of Australia or have they finally left the Commonwealth?

Dont be silly, everyone knows that Cascade, James Squire and Boags are imported from overseas

anti-fsck · Post by **anti-fsck** » Saturday Jul 02, 2005 9:09 pm

grabman wrote:Isn't Tassie part of Australia or have they finally left the Commonwealth?

Duh. As though I'd admit to buying Australian beer ...

Wimmig · Post by **Wimmig** » Sunday Jul 03, 2005 11:37 am

grabman wrote:Isn't Tassie part of Australia or have they finally left the Commonwealth?

In sales Australia = mainland.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tuesday Jul 19, 2005 9:28 am

has anyone tried it yet? worth buying? seems to be reasonably priced as an introductory offer, but dont want to end up with a case of crap beer.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tuesday Jul 19, 2005 6:47 pm

was going to try it the other day but liquorland only had cases. from the desciption on the case it sounds as though its an APA?

stevem · Post by **stevem** » Wednesday Jul 20, 2005 5:37 pm

Just tried one. Glad I only bought one and not 2.
One word, "Shandy". It smells and tastes like a beer shandy. My daughter (13) says it smells like lemonade. On the label it says, " aromatic premium beer with a distinctive citrus hop flavour to impart a less bitter, more refreshing style ..."
My tasting is not very sophisticated. I only have 2 classifications. Buy again or don't buy again. In my books, this one is definetly the latter.

Cheers
Steve

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Saturday Jul 23, 2005 9:41 pm

stevem wrote:Just tried one. Glad I only bought one and not 2.
One word, "Shandy". It smells and tastes like a beer shandy. My daughter (13) says it smells like lemonade. On the label it says, " aromatic premium beer with a distinctive citrus hop flavour to impart a less bitter, more refreshing style ..."
My tasting is not very sophisticated. I only have 2 classifications. Buy again or don't buy again. In my books, this one is definetly the latter.

Cheers
Steve

i'm with you steve. bought a 4 pack today & the girl & i both poured one about an hr ago... mines already been tipped down the sink & hers is still sitting on the table as i type with over 75% not drunk..
very light in body.. no flavour.. very carlton like
dissapointing

good thing that i've got a aventinus doppelbock to wash the taste from my mouth tho

db

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Saturday Jul 23, 2005 9:44 pm

Anonymous wrote:was going to try it the other day but liquorland only had cases. from the desciption on the case it sounds as though its an APA?

I have a bottle in front of me, looks more like a Boags attempt to enter the Extra Pale Lager market to me. Tooheys Extra Dry, Carlton Empire, Boags St. George, etc

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Saturday Jul 23, 2005 10:11 pm

NTRabbit wrote:
Anonymous wrote:was going to try it the other day but liquorland only had cases. from the desciption on the case it sounds as though its an APA?
I have a bottle in front of me, looks more like a Boags attempt to enter the Extra Pale Lager market to me. Tooheys Extra Dry, Carlton Empire, Boags St. George, etc

spot on NTR

db

Wimmig · Post by **Wimmig** » Monday Jul 25, 2005 2:12 pm

Looks, smells and tastes like cat piss.

Like a miller with a stupidly hoppy overtone.

Maltybogan · Post by **Maltybogan** » Wednesday Aug 03, 2005 11:37 pm

like drinking a bottle of water with a yellow crayon swizzelled in it. A seriously weak beer that might as well be low alcohol for all the flavour it has. I would almost buy an american light beer instead.

Wimmig · Post by **Wimmig** » Monday Aug 08, 2005 10:46 pm

This has now dropped to $9.99 per 4 pack at major Australian liquor dealers.

Post by **Oliver** » Monday Aug 15, 2005 12:48 pm

I was speaking to my local bottleshop owner about this the other day. He said that there's no way he would ever carry it.

Among his comments were:

"If I want lemon in my beer I'll do it myself; I don't need some f---ing c--- doing it for me."

"We've had some f---ing terrible products released lately, St George and Empire."

"If a friend saw me drinking that shit (St George) I hope he'd whack me."

And so it went on.

Not a big fan obviously.

I was discussing it with someone at another bottleshop. She agreed that it was probably brewed to appeal to people who didn't like beer.

Cheers,

Oliver

Lebowski · Post by **Lebowski** » Tuesday Aug 16, 2005 1:38 am

Got one the other day and also didnt think much of it.

triumph · Post by **triumph** » Tuesday Aug 16, 2005 7:36 pm

Bought one against this forums advice, and yes, you are all correct. would almost rather drink diet coke (almost). I even treated the label to my tradition of adhering it to the door of my beer fridge, and it promptly fell off. My fridge is both older and wiser than me.

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Tuesday Aug 16, 2005 7:41 pm

You know a beer must be crook when your fridge rejects it.

Cheers,

Greg

Beach Bum · Post by **Beach Bum** » Friday Aug 19, 2005 12:49 pm

Has anyone else seen the Ads for this beer?

Apparently "Gallantry is back".......with a twist of lemon.