THIRSTY MATT Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 cheers mate! the store has probably got casual kids doing prices over easter n put wrong price on shelf! matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 A batch of English Bitter prizes, from the newsletter competition, went out in yesterday's post. The was a glitch with pricing on the Coles shelves but it should be sorted out now. I live for the day when a new product release runs smoothly : :roll: : The retail price should be in line with the others in the International range. Looks like the Union Jack adorned glass on the label has started some debate on other brewing forums, hilarious! As Bill Cooper says, "Any publicity is good publicity." :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJosh Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I got mine today! Thanks for the stubbie holder to! ill put the brew on in the next three of four days after i bottle my original Bitter. Whats the aprox alc content when compleat!? Thanks again Paul And Coopers!!!! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 Should be a fridge magnet in there, too. The back panel of the Light Dry Malt has an approx alcohol table. Something like 3.8 or 3.9, from memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJosh Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 just had another look and was about to tell you there was no magnet. as i was typing i thought id go and have a third look! I found it! under the cardboard flap inside the box! Thanks! or it would have ended up in the bin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter in the ACT Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I too, received a kit etc yesterday. Thank you Coopers (PB2). I intend to use an extra 500 gm of DLM (total 1 kg) ferment it a at a low temp (hopefuly 20-22 degs) for about 8-10 days and do a secondary ferment in the keg. I shall let you know how it works out in about 5-6 weeks time. Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 "Coopers will cease to be an "independent" brewery before my last home brew is drunk!!!! Mark my words...enjoy it while we can). " Let's hope not!!! My grandafther, then my father and then myself made Coopers or drank Coopers. The day they sell out to the big corps is the day the loyalty ends for me. Let's hope it never happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Sorry Ghost, your comment seems to be a bit from "left field". :? What prompted you, not something to do with the Kirin / Lion Nathan saga?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTY MATT Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 hi all, pretty big statement ghost??? i love a conspiracy........excite me mate? matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJosh Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I think Ghost is refering to Max and his comment on page 1 of this thred.................... And who said us Aussies were an insular, short sighted bunch...(hmmmm "bitter" pommie crap indeed). Yes there is crap and its called Carling, Fosters & XXXX (brewed under license), Carlsberg, John Smiths, Tetleys, etc.....(or perhaps....... there are the real ale/bitter supporters as typified by CAMRA (Capiagn for Real Ale)...which is what us home brewers try to emulate). The wise among the forum members have quoted the UK brewery Timothy Taylor (well done) as something to emulate....or perhaps why not try some of the micro brew ales/bitters which have sprung up in Oz in the last 5 - 10 years. Struth!!!!....25 years ago the only microbrewery was Redback, now every man and his dog in seems to be pumping out some microbrew..(ahhh but the world wide lager behemoths of Inbev SA, SAB Miller, Anheuser-Busch, Lion Nathan, etc....continue to grow. Coopers will cease to be an "independent" brewery before my last home brew is drunk!!!! Mark my words...enjoy it while we can). A good bitter is a good bitter (regardless of where its from)...let us see what the Coopers boys/girls have bestowed upon us with this new incarnation of the amber homebrew kit Hoooray!!! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 With you now - back to the post from Max, right!! I can assure Max and others - the Cooper family and shareholders (extended family), particularly those directly employed by the business, consider themselves to be merely custodians of something special. As such, it is not their's to sell off the Coopers legacy. During the attempted Lion Nathan takeover, 99% of shareholders wore a badge - "It's not about the money!" The others 1% have now liquidated their shares and are out of the game. :) The prospect of Coopers being bought out?? - It aint gonna happen in my lifetime :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJosh Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Cheers to that Paul! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Good to hear Paul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 And now Lion Nathan are facing a takeover... BooHoo... :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTY MATT Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 thanks josh!! cheers mate...who is considering buying lion nathan luke? matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Kirin Holdings has a 46% stake in Lion Nathan and wants to aquire the rest of the company according to Saturday's paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Who is this Kirin Holdings? I assume it is some overseas corporate giant? ...not that I drink any Lion Nathan products anyway. Recently moved and my home brew is in storage so I went up to the local and got a carton of Coopers Pale Ale. Like drinking nectar!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coopers Dad Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Sorry to break your heart Ross but Coles Margaret River has Original Bitter to clear $5.99. Bit far to drive! Paul New Bitter still priced at $20.85?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 It seems that they are not listening to us. We need customers to complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJosh Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 You guys should come to SA original bitter is still in all the shops i got to! But not for $5.99!!! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Kirin is Japan's oldest brewery. Their main sellers are Kirin Lager and Ichiban Shibori. It has holdings in businesses around the world, from beer and softdrinks to pharmaceuticals. As already mentioned it owns 46% of Australia's Lion Nathan, and now has tentative approval to buy the rest of it at $11.50/share. It has also just increased its 15% stake in the Philippine's largest brewer San Miguel to 48.3%. San Miguel was, up until recently, the owner of Tasmania's Boags Brewery, which it sold to Lion Nathan. In the same month, November 2007, San Miguel sold National Foods (Pura Milk and Big M) to Kirin. Just to complicate matters further, Kirin is part of the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi. It's pointless trying to remember all that, because by the time you do, it will have changed. Things change quickly in the world of beer and big business. Back to the important things at hand - English Bitter. Looked for it on the weekend, down my way. But no stocks as yet! And as most of know by now, patience is not my best quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTY MATT Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 thanks tricky! hey what do you do for a living tricky? your a very resourceful person! matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thanks Matt. Simply put, I write stories and draw pictures. All about cars. So these are two of my greatest loves - cars and good beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTY MATT Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 damn...beats drivin trucks! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Hey Thirsty, You probably drive a Kirin Fuso? Right? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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