To Our Aussie Friends

[AlishanAS]

From Your American Friends:

HAPPY NEW YEAR

[fischfan13]

Oh yeah, it's tomorrow over there now.:woot:

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[YoungAquaticPhotos]

Yea HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[jerrytheplater]

Happy New Year. You should all be getting up soon.

[mack74]

Happy New Year Guys!!!

[Spud]

Thanks Mates and a Happy New Year to you all. Have a good one and be safe. I've heard from Jerrytheplater that you folks are getting some snow. How I miss that !! Reminds me of my old country, always woke up to snow at this time of year. I've woken up to a 40 degree celsius (106 fahrenheit) day. We live near the foothills which can even get hotter. The winds have just eased but we've had 35 knott winds blowing sand down from the hills. It's like being sandblasted. :shocked:

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[AlishanAS]

Thanks Mates and a Happy New Year to you all. Have a good one and be safe. I've heard from Jerrytheplater that you folks are getting some snow. How I miss that !! Reminds me of my old country, always woke up to snow at this time of year. I've woken up to a 40 degree celsius (106 fahrenheit) day. We live near the foothills which can even get hotter. The winds have just eased but we've had 35 knott winds blowing sand down from the hills. It's like being sandblasted. :shocked:

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Spud - what's your old country?

[Spud]

I'm originally from Belgium. Lived in Canada for 5 years, went back to Belgium and then moved to Oz. Have lived in Oz for quite some years and inbetween went back to Belgium to do 18 months National Service. :beerchug:

[AlishanAS]

Damn good beer come from Belgium. I've brewed a saison, dubblel and triple along with another that I can't recall.

[Spud]

Not wrong there mate. If I recall, there's over 380 different types of beers in Belgium. My favorite is Trapist, Stella Artois and Koning. (spelling?) Slowly these beers are coming into Oz but are very expensive. (import duty) Treat myself now and then. I've tried one of your beers, Budweiser ? Not a bad drop and I would need to finish a carton to get any effect. :)

[AlishanAS]

Bud? Bleccchhh! The large American lagers are the pits. Miller, Coors, etc.

Only good to drink when in college and you can't afford anything else.
I think Pabst was $4.00/case back in the day.

[Spud]

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[fischfan13]

Budweiser is good for catching slugs in ones garden.

The only American brew that I like is Sam Adams.

[AlishanAS]

Hey Spud - is The German still around plecomadness? Michael mentioned that he was coming to the States in the new year.

[Spud]

Hey Spud - is The German still around plecomadness? Michael mentioned that he was coming to the States in the new year.

Yeah, The German is still on the Madness but doesn't post much anymore. Best place to find him would be under "Tackle Talk". He hasn't said anything recently about travelling your way. Maybe you should drop him a PM ? I'm not sure that he knows about this great site as yet and you might get him to join. :)


Fischfan, I'm going to hunt me up some Sam Adams and if I find it, i'll let you know what I think. :a-okhand:

[fischfan13]

Spud, here ya go...

As of 2007, the company produces twelve varieties of beer year-round: Boston Lager, Sam Adams Light, Boston Ale, Pale Ale, Cherry Wheat, Cream Stout, Brown Ale, Hefeweizen, Scotch Ale, Black Lager, Honey Porter, and Irish Red. The Sam Adams Boston Lager contains 4.9% abv, roughly average for its style. Other styles have pushed the physical limits of alcohol content for the brewing process - in 2003 one batch of Utopias contained 25.6% abv, beating the records that Samuel Adams Triple Bock and Samuel Adams Millennium had set before it.

Additionally, the company brews five seasonal beers per year, as follows:

* White Ale (February - March)
* Double Bock (February - March)
* Summer Ale (April - August)
* Octoberfest (September - October)
* Winter Lager (November - January)

Samuel Adams also runs a "Winter Classics Mix Pack" near the Christmas Season, consisting of Old Fezziwig Ale, a spiced ale introduced in 1995; Holiday Porter, which is very dark but smooth, introduced in 2004; and Cranberry Lambic, which tastes like cranberries, but is not actually a Lambic-style beer.

The company has also produced several limited-run "Extreme Beers", which are meant to be enjoyed more in the manner of an aperitif or cordial rather than a beer. These include Millennium, Utopias, Triple Bock, and Chocolate Bock. Due to the extremely high alcohol volume in these brews (as high as 25% for the Utopias), their sale is restricted by several states. In November 2005, the brewery continued extreme brewing innovation by releasing a limited release (60,000 units) "Imperial Pilsner Harvest '05" brew.

As of 2008, the Sam Adams brand had 20 styles of beer available in 12 oz. bottles - Boston Lager, Light, Double Bock, White Ale, Summer Ale, Octoberfest, Winter Lager, Old Fezziwig Ale, Cranberry Lambic, Holiday Porter, Boston Ale, Cherry Wheat, Cream Stout, Scotch Ale, Black Lager, Brown Ale, Hefeweizen, Pale Ale, Honey Porter, and Irish Red. One of the most recent of these is Samuel Adams Octoberfest, which won a gold medal in the Marzen category at the 2006 Great American Beer Festival. Samuel Adams Irish Red and Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock[5] were released in 2008.

Five Samuel Adams products are available on draft towers across the country. Boston Lager, with its trademark blue-flame tap handle, is the most widely distributed Samuel Adams draft. However, the seasonal draft line up of White Ale, Summer Ale, Octoberfest and Winter Lager, grows in popularity each year. Also available from the keg in select locations (mostly airports) are Boston Ale, Hefeweizen, Cherry Wheat and Black Lager.

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[Spud]

Hey Fischfan, thanks for the info. There is a liquor store here that imports beers and wines from all over the world. If they haven't got it, I'll see if they'll get some in for me as I'm their favorite customer lol. Sure looks like a good drop. :a-okhand: If I manage to get some, I'll get the missus to take a pic of me sucking on the tube and post it up for ya. :)

[jerrytheplater]

This is my first attempt at using a video camcorder, a Flip video of my sons. I was making Cheese Stuffed Cabbage. I know Spud has seen it, but it does use Sam Adams Octoberfest in the ingredients. You might get a laugh out of it. I didn't realize the camera had sound at first, so bear with the silence at first.

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