"Top drop that"

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  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Quoting tussuck on 30 May 2023 07:35 AM

    Home made Ginger Beer rocks the world!

    You bet, particularly when the bottles blow at 3am in a chain reaction that sets a whole shelf of them off. My old shed had a line of dimples in the tin from that.  I probably shouldn't have used a batch of 50 year old Tarax soft drink bottles, really thick glass and very secure internal plastic screw tops. 
  • beaglebasher
    beaglebasher
    1 year ago
    Never tried ginger beer but an Irish mate suggested we make the traditional Irish moonshine called potcheen. The original recipe used potatoes so thats what we tried but we fucked it up cos we brewed it in a galvanised garbage bin and sealed the lid with a thick rubber gasket and a couple of bricks. When we distilled it , all you could taste was rubber.
    We didnt give up but, we had another go with a  Tooheys beer keg that we stole from a pub and welded on a flange and a tap.
    The first brew wasnt particularly successful but the second brew was fuckin rocket fuel.  We added apples for some flavour but all you could taste was rocket fuel. When it hit your lips it burned and you could  feel it burning your throat and guts.

  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    Quoting tussuck on 30 May 2023 07:35 AM

    Home made Ginger Beer rocks the world!

    Quoting obisteve on 30 May 2023 09:59 AM

    You bet, particularly when the bottles blow at 3am in a chain reaction that sets a whole shelf of them off. My old shed had a line of dimples in the tin from that.  I probably shouldn't have used a batch of 50 year old Tarax soft drink bottles, really thick glass and very secure internal plastic screw tops. 

    My mate Milkshake did that, he used the old stubby stubbies with crimp tops, his missus was less than impressed when they started exploding in the linen closet, flooded the hallway, carpet, he was in the dog house.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Tonight's sipper.
    This one's a good one too, but is hot, with roasted Habanero trace. Means it's not as good as the Don Julio for straight sipping at room temperature (currently 8° here), so I generally have it with 2 ice cubes and a squeeze of fresh lemon from the tree out back.


  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    Obi you may well have some good stuff going on but any man that bags VB while having Bundy on the shelf looses credibility 😂
  • bloodog
    bloodog
    1 year ago
    Quoting obisteve on 02 Jun 2023 11:08 AMedited: 02 Jun 2023 11:11 AM

    Tonight's sipper.

    This one's a good one too, but is hot, with roasted Habanero trace. Means it's not as good as the Don Julio for straight sipping at room temperature (currently 8° here), so I generally have it with 2 ice cubes and a squeeze of fresh lemon from the tree out back.


    looks like a bong
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Quoting obisteve on 02 Jun 2023 11:08 AMedited: 02 Jun 2023 11:11 AM

    Tonight's sipper.

    This one's a good one too, but is hot, with roasted Habanero trace. Means it's not as good as the Don Julio for straight sipping at room temperature (currently 8° here), so I generally have it with 2 ice cubes and a squeeze of fresh lemon from the tree out back.


    Quoting bloodog on 02 Jun 2023 09:28 PM

    looks like a bong

    Don't they have any old plastic Orchy bottles where you are?  Much easier to cut holes in for the hose.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    Every time I see a well stocked home bar I wonder how the fuck they manage it 🍻
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 03 Jun 2023 01:29 AM

    Every time I see a well stocked home bar I wonder how the fuck they manage it 🍻

    Have mates who have given up the grog and are on the 12 steps.
    Or turn 70 and invite a lot of people, most will assume you need to drown your sorrows and bring you a birthday bottle. The Kah skull tequila bottle was a present from my stepson, a good bloke.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 02 Jun 2023 12:32 PM

    Obi you may well have some good stuff going on but any man that bags VB while having Bundy on the shelf looses credibility 😂

    I used to work for what was then Carlton and United breweries as a young bloke, in the hop extract plant in the old bluestone stables in Bouverie St, Carlton. Saw a bloke have a shit in the vat of hop extract late one night shift on his last night on the job. It became a bit of a tradition, and there was a high turnover of workers then, about 1973.
    Also used to own a few shares in what became Foster's brewing, never thought I'd get rich off it but liked the idea of being part owner of an Oz brewery. Then it got sold to the Japanese, and the 5% of shareholders who didn't want to sell, probably blokes like me, got compulsorily bought out. Made some money, but wasn't in it for that, so fukem.
    And that Bundy isn't their normal rotgut, it's their small batch reserve, a beautifully smooth tasty drop.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 02 Jun 2023 12:32 PM

    Obi you may well have some good stuff going on but any man that bags VB while having Bundy on the shelf looses credibility 😂

    Quoting obisteve on 03 Jun 2023 06:07 AM

    I used to work for what was then Carlton and United breweries as a young bloke, in the hop extract plant in the old bluestone stables in Bouverie St, Carlton. Saw a bloke have a shit in the vat of hop extract late one night shift on his last night on the job. It became a bit of a tradition, and there was a high turnover of workers then, about 1973.

    Also used to own a few shares in what became Foster's brewing, never thought I'd get rich off it but liked the idea of being part owner of an Oz brewery. Then it got sold to the Japanese, and the 5% of shareholders who didn't want to sell, probably blokes like me, got compulsorily bought out. Made some money, but wasn't in it for that, so fukem.
    And that Bundy isn't their normal rotgut, it's their small batch reserve, a beautifully smooth tasty drop.

    Thank god I was too young to drink back then.......but I can't wait to tell my dad haha
  • bloodog
    bloodog
    1 year ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 02 Jun 2023 12:32 PM

    Obi you may well have some good stuff going on but any man that bags VB while having Bundy on the shelf looses credibility 😂

    Quoting obisteve on 03 Jun 2023 06:07 AM

    I used to work for what was then Carlton and United breweries as a young bloke, in the hop extract plant in the old bluestone stables in Bouverie St, Carlton. Saw a bloke have a shit in the vat of hop extract late one night shift on his last night on the job. It became a bit of a tradition, and there was a high turnover of workers then, about 1973.

    Also used to own a few shares in what became Foster's brewing, never thought I'd get rich off it but liked the idea of being part owner of an Oz brewery. Then it got sold to the Japanese, and the 5% of shareholders who didn't want to sell, probably blokes like me, got compulsorily bought out. Made some money, but wasn't in it for that, so fukem.
    And that Bundy isn't their normal rotgut, it's their small batch reserve, a beautifully smooth tasty drop.

    Worked at a bakery midnight shift, ( saving money to buy a CR250 ) the baker would flop his cock on the bread dough. The blocks would yell out when he done it, they all thought it was a great laugh. 
    It creeped me out.
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    1 year ago
    Ohh, there’s some sick shit there boys. Back to ‘drink’. Fucken loved father Ted, if anyone remembers the comedy Irish. Anyway just sat down in the sun, yeah came out today, after doing some hard yakka , with a beer. Non alcoholic from woollies.,Fuckme James squire non alcohol . Think it might turn me into drinking again, I mean wats the fucken point.Tastes ok.but…
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Quoting Baloffski on 04 Jun 2023 05:05 AM

    Ohh, there’s some sick shit there boys. Back to ‘drink’. Fucken loved father Ted, if anyone remembers the comedy Irish. Anyway just sat down in the sun, yeah came out today, after doing some hard yakka , with a beer. Non alcoholic from woollies.,Fuckme James squire non alcohol . Think it might turn me into drinking again, I mean wats the fucken point.Tastes ok.but…

    Just explaining why I don't drink VB or any other CUB or Foster's brewing product. Although to be fair, I've done a bit of poking around online that last couple of days and found they demolished that brewery in 1987. Even if they transferred that part of the plant to their Abbottsford brewery the taste would be out of the machinery by now. Apparently they kept the old bluestone facade of the stables building as part of the new development on site. Still don't think I'll buy a VB to check if the taste still lingers.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    You don't wanna know what goes into Bundy then, even the bottles with the flash labels 😂
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    That's what I mean about keeping a well stocked bar, nothing lasts long around here 😂
  • bloodog
    bloodog
    1 year ago
    Not only dose it taste like an angel just pissed on yu tonsils                   ( cheers Kevin )
    But you get this amazing information under the cap. 
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    Haha, love it, have you tried the new one in the little bottles? Got some clout, 1.3 in 250ml, they disappear quick but they get the job done.
  • bloodog
    bloodog
    1 year ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 08 Jun 2023 03:49 AM

    Haha, love it, have you tried the new one in the little bottles? Got some clout, 1.3 in 250ml, they disappear quick but they get the job done.

    Yep I like the buzz but not an improvement  on the flavour. 
  • beaglebasher
    beaglebasher
    1 year ago
    Quoting bloodog on 08 Jun 2023 02:35 AM

    Not only dose it taste like an angel just pissed on yu tonsils                   ( cheers Kevin )

    But you get this amazing information under the cap. 

    Thats got me thinking. Which beer was it that had a trivia question under the cap? They did it for a year or two maybe 10 or 15 years back.
    Im thinking it was VB but I could be wrong.  Needless to say I learned all the answers. 
    Its probably the reason I am such an intelligent cunt these days.
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