antiphile Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I'm not going to say anything other than I saw this link on AHB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Nice find P2. I can only say I too am enraged by what was done. On two fronts it is nothing short of disgraceful. The following exert from the article displays the level of contempt that is held by these multi-nationals & how they view the general public. It just has me seeing red! “It just goes to show how much of a joke this microbrewery ‘culture’ is. Everyone knows there is only one way to tackle a hard earned thirst' date='” “We won this round, and we will win again. This craft beer bullshit is just a phase. Long live the green demons.”[/quote'] The only thing missing from the article was what the beer(s) presented under this label actually were. If indeed it was the traditional VB, then the judges & public in Surrey Hills really need some help if it can be assessed as being anything resembling a 'craft' beer let alone win a category. What a disgrace! I hope I live long enough to see SAB Miller EAT THOSE WORDS! Sorry for the rant & vent, but they deserve nothing less! Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownsworthy Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Preposterous! Absolute f@#&ing bulls#!*!!! How much did they pay the judges! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Inner-west craft beer enthusiast and former microbrewer, Banjo Clementé, was one of five judges on the day – he has since spoken out about the embarrassment. “Looking back, I was mainly impressed mainly by Vaucluse Bitter as a rags to riches story, it wasn’t necessarily about the taste, turns out they weren’t as cool as I thought.” I thought a beer judge was meant to, you know, judge how a beer tastes? Quote from SABMiller was pretty funny though. As I understand it, microbreweries/craft brewing in Australia started sometime in the 80s and is still going around 30 years later... "Just a phase" though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnaman Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Now just help me out here please "beer judges" tasted VB from a glass and gave it top marks??? Is this true? Only thing I can think of is it must have been a blind test. "the judges" were blind drunk! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Hey Guys You blokes need to chill. It's no big deal if VB took out beer of the show. It was probably entered as an Australian Bitter, a Lager full of POR taste and aroma. I reckon that VB would compete quite well in this category. Looking through this years running list for the International Beer Fest I can't see any craft or micro-breweries offering up an Aussie Bitter. Cheers Scottie Valley Brew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICzed Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 WTF!? I'm not going to say anything other than I saw this link on AHB. *tips hat* This article also shocked me Islamic State demands to be included in 2015 Cricket World Cup. BTW - I do like the Lyrebird silhouette in their masthead. Cheers + beers, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaKiwi Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Please tell me that I'm not the only person that knows betootaadvocate.com is a satire/bullshit website? This falls into the "or not" category Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Please tell me that I'm not the only person that knows betootaadvocate.com is a satire/bullshit website? This falls into the "or not" category I didn't know that' date=' but I thought it was pretty easy to tell the article was a joke from the way it was written. The quotes from the SAB spokesperson were hilarious, but not the way a spokesperson from ANY company could get away with talking. [img']lol[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaKiwi Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I didn't know that' date=' but I thought it was pretty easy to tell the article was a joke from the way it was written. The quotes from the SAB spokesperson were hilarious, but not the way a spokesperson from ANY company could get away with talking. [img']lol[/img] I thought it was obvious to, especially if you take a look around and look at some of other articles. Just thought I'd spill the beans as it looked like a few people were getting a bit worked up over it! Although, perhaps this is what that mischievous antiphile intended.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I would not put it past P2 whatsoever. It's one of the reasons we love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 For a site to publish complete fiction like that about what appears to be reporting on a real event, I do find a little bizarre. I hope you're having a good giggle there P2! I'll just step out for a moment to clean the egg off my face... Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 For a site to publish complete fiction like that about what appears to be reporting on a real event' date=' I do find a little bizarre.[/quote'] There are plenty of sites around that do the same thing, maybe The Onion started it? They are pretty damn funny I reckon, but every now and then you will get one which is not quite far fetched enough and people buy into it. Even funnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiphile Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Guilty as charged. But in my defence, I only loaded the round into the chamber. I didn't pull the trigger. Alright, that's a really poor defence; I'll crawl back into the naughty corner. My current favourite satirical/parody news website is theshovel.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownsworthy Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Dang I didn't really read the article just glanced over and thought what rubbish. Gonna have to keep a close eye on you Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Haha, I figured there was something a bit amiss, but waited to see what the real story was. I have to say, there is a good chance if that sort of trick was played it would work; some are so obsessed with POR, that they think it's the only way to go with beer, whether commercial, microbrew, or even some home brewers! Whenever I have a commercial or craft beer (including Coopers Original Pale Ale) that has what tastes like POR as the dominant hop, I just think to myself; why can't they be more original and take a risk, rather than use the almost cliched hop that so many other brewers use to give their beer its bite? I challenge anyone who thinks that POR is a great hop to try a few others, and if that's not enough, go for a drive to Ringwood to see the suburb that POR is named after - from my memory of the place is a bit cashed up bogan, so IMHO it's a bogan hop named after a bogan suburb. Sure POR does its job, but when it's the default hop for so many, it really just shows that in many cases it's being used to bitter and flavour a pretty ordinary brew - which once you get used to it tarnishes other brews made with it. I reckon if you need to rely on POR for bite, you're not trying hard enough, or need to have more faith in your brew and try something different. That's why LCPA, Endeavour, and others are so popular, they break from the pack, and are willing to use a hop with a different flavour profile. Sure the masses will still drink megaswill stacked with POR, because they're conditioned to it, but surely most that actually enjoy their beer - rather than just down it to get pi$$ed prefer flavour over blandness with a bitter aftertaste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I saw this a little while ago and didn't realise it was fake. Also, I kinda liked the idea that all these craft brewers (including us) had been given a reality check by the stunt. Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Haha' date=' I figured there was something a bit amiss, but waited to see what the real story was. I have to say, there is a good chance if that sort of trick was played it would work; some are so obsessed with POR, that they think it's the only way to go with beer, whether commercial, microbrew, or even some home brewers! Whenever I have a commercial or craft beer (including Coopers Original Pale Ale) that has what tastes like POR as the dominant hop, I just think to myself; why can't they be more original and take a risk, rather than use the almost cliched hop that so many other brewers use to give their beer its bite? I challenge anyone who thinks that POR is a great hop to try a few others, and if that's not enough, go for a drive to Ringwood to see the suburb that POR is named after - from my memory of the place is a bit cashed up bogan, so IMHO it's a bogan hop named after a bogan suburb. Sure POR does its job, but when it's the default hop for so many, it really just shows that in many cases it's being used to bitter and flavour a pretty ordinary brew - which once you get used to it tarnishes other brews made with it. I reckon if you need to rely on POR for bite, you're not trying hard enough, or need to have more faith in your brew and try something different. That's why LCPA, Endeavour, and others are so popular, they break from the pack, and are willing to use a hop with a different flavour profile. Sure the masses will still drink megaswill stacked with POR, because they're conditioned to it, but surely most that actually enjoy their beer - rather than just down it to get pi$$ed prefer flavour over blandness with a bitter aftertaste? [/quote'] Hey Beeblebrox Interesting comment. I assume that you are auditioning for a reporters job on betootaadvocate.com. Cheers Scottie Valley Brew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Well if I were to be a journo, I can think of worse places to be based on stories like this one: http://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/how-to-indentify-a-wanker-this-summer-advocate-in-focus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I didn't manage to tick any boxes. Perhaps if there had been a category on preferring craft beer to mega swill, or preferring Riwaka Hops to Pride Of Ringwood I my have scored a few points. If I was asked to identify bogan suburbs I may have scored higher as well. Cheers Scottie Valley Brew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I didn't manage to tick any boxes. Perhaps if there had been a category on preferring craft beer to mega swill' date=' or preferring Riwaka Hops to Pride Of Ringwood I my have scored a few points. If I was asked to identify bogan suburbs I may have scored higher as well. Cheers Scottie [i']Valley Brew[/i] I ticked a few boxes, but mostly due to circumstances beyond my control; private school education (or Catholic brainwashing, depending on your perspective), I live near a bit of a wanky Pub that prides itself on it's craft beer on tap, as well as so called gourmet food - which is prone to cause food poisoning, and of course I live in a somewhat nice suburb, but being in public housing kind of counters that. Of course it reminds me of the old TISM song; Whatarya (yob or wanker?). I'm proud to say I'm an individual, and don't follow trends or fads, other than home brewing, but that's because I like well made beer, and would rather make it myself than be ripped off $70 per carton for craft beer; especially as I have practically no income. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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