I am currently working in Narrabri NSW on a 3 month contract with the local council and this is about the pick of the beers available in town here. Lots of 4X and Great Northern drunk here.
I was in Townsville for a wedding a few years back. All of the locals drank heavily every day. Interestingly, each of them started proceedings daily with a few "Goldies" before moving on to the full strength. Their idea moderation, I guess.
Give a man a beer and he wastes an hour. Teach a man to brew and he wastes a lifetime.
It's a really difficult beer to describe. It is equal parts malty, smokey and beety - really solid and not at all what you'd expect from something so, well, pink.
The smokiness is kind of peaty (like Laphroaig whiskey); not the bacon scratchings of most rauchbiers. The whole thing is earthy.
Quite special, not craft-gimmicky... Highly recommended.
Give a man a beer and he wastes an hour. Teach a man to brew and he wastes a lifetime.
Sounds like it's worth a try. Will keep an eye out for it. Might have to wait till I come to Melbourne next I think. Not much chance of finding one in Mildura, or Narrabri.
Well, I'm a bit unsure how to post pics now? Photobucket wants money to share pics now. Is there a way to upload to the forum?
Anyway it was a pretty simple beer
4500.0 g Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (3.9 EBC) Grain 1 90.0 % 500.0 g Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC) Grain 2 10.0 % 20.0 g Vanguard [5.20 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 10.7 IBUs 4.00 g Brewbrite (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 4 - 23.0 g Tettnang - Home grown [5.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 5 2.2 IBUs Mixture of Saaz 1.0 pkg Saflager Lager (DCL/Fermentis #W-34/70) [50.3 ml] Yeast 6 -
The summer before last we were running low on water so I decided my hops had to fend for themselves. They didn't like it...I thought I killed them, anyway they popped up again last spring/summer but were very small just like 1st year hops. I got a whole 23g of cones off the 2 plants mostly Tettnang.