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New beer - Boag St George
Posted: Saturday Jul 02, 2005 11:42 am
by anti-fsck
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.
Posted: Saturday Jul 02, 2005 3:40 pm
by Wimmig
I can confirm it will be available for purchase within the next 3 weeks in Australia.
Posted: Saturday Jul 02, 2005 7:05 pm
by grabman
Isn't Tassie part of Australia or have they finally left the Commonwealth?
Posted: Saturday Jul 02, 2005 8:19 pm
by NTRabbit
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

Posted: Saturday Jul 02, 2005 9:09 pm
by anti-fsck
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 ...
Posted: Sunday Jul 03, 2005 11:37 am
by Wimmig
grabman wrote:Isn't Tassie part of Australia or have they finally left the Commonwealth?
In sales Australia = mainland.
Posted: Tuesday Jul 19, 2005 9:28 am
by Guest
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.
Posted: Tuesday Jul 19, 2005 6:47 pm
by Guest
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?
Posted: Wednesday Jul 20, 2005 5:37 pm
by stevem
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
Posted: Saturday Jul 23, 2005 9:41 pm
by Guest
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
Posted: Saturday Jul 23, 2005 9:44 pm
by NTRabbit
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
Posted: Saturday Jul 23, 2005 10:11 pm
by Guest
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
Posted: Monday Jul 25, 2005 2:12 pm
by Wimmig
Looks, smells and tastes like cat piss.
Like a miller with a stupidly hoppy overtone.
Posted: Wednesday Aug 03, 2005 11:37 pm
by Maltybogan
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.
Posted: Monday Aug 08, 2005 10:46 pm
by Wimmig
This has now dropped to $9.99 per 4 pack at major Australian liquor dealers.
Posted: Monday Aug 15, 2005 12:48 pm
by Oliver
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
Posted: Tuesday Aug 16, 2005 1:38 am
by Lebowski
Got one the other day and also didnt think much of it.
Posted: Tuesday Aug 16, 2005 7:36 pm
by triumph
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.
Posted: Tuesday Aug 16, 2005 7:41 pm
by gregb
You know a beer must be crook when your fridge rejects it.
Cheers,
Greg
Posted: Friday Aug 19, 2005 12:49 pm
by Beach Bum
Has anyone else seen the Ads for this beer?
Apparently "Gallantry is back".......with a twist of lemon.