New beer - Boag St George

[Oliver]

Well, I tried one of these last night (was at a friend's place and it was either that or Carlton Cold).

So I thought I'd give it a go.

I can confirm that it one of the worst beers anyone is likely to taste. Ever. Actually, you can hardly taste it because there's nothing to it. Bloody terrible stuff.

Slight lemony taste, next to no bitterness and a body you could only describe as anorexic it's so thin.

After I finished it, I ducked out to the bottleshop around the corner and returned with a six-pack of Cooper's Pale Ale and two stubbies of Cooper's Stout. Now they're beers.

Oliver

[Wimmig]

Oliver,

I recently tried a beer from El Salvador, which is about to be nationally carried. It's....shocking. A friend of mine, after tasting requested the glass be thrown away as well, to ensure consistancy in the future.

I would love somebody to compare the following in a blind tasting;

Cantina
Miller
Boags "St George"
Corona

If anybody in the local area would like to do a [blind] tasting (db?) please e-mail me and i will send a sample 4 pack out, with requirments of a full in detail tasting to be mailed back.

[triumph]

I was at the local bottlo late this afternoon and was looking at the St George display. It appeared undisturbed, save for some downward movement in the price. With the rate it is leaving the shop you would think every six pack comes with an electric shock and a years supply of pubic lice.
Wimmig, great idea with the beers in return for a tasting sheet. Sorry to say that looking at the beers, I am glad I am in melbourne, far away from those four! Good luck though!

[simonb]

I tried the St George on Friday night at a pub cause a mate bought one in his shout.

It was so bad that I could not finish it. Probably the first time for me that I could not get through a whole stubby of a bad beer.

This is yet another example of lots of money spent marketing a product, rather than making a quality product.

[Oliver]

Here's hoping it dies a quick death and teaches the bozos that run Boags a lesson or two.

I wonder how much San Miguel (which owns Boags) influenced the ludicrous decision to brew this dud?

Oliver

[simonb]

Yes - I'm not sure
but at least one positive thing I have noticed in melbourne lately is the growing popularity of the coopers brand in bars and bottle shops that have never stocked it before

[Guest]

Oliver,

I recently tried a beer from El Salvador, which is about to be nationally carried. It's....shocking. A friend of mine, after tasting requested the glass be thrown away as well, to ensure consistancy in the future.

I would love somebody to compare the following in a blind tasting;

Cantina
Miller
Boags "St George"
Corona

If anybody in the local area would like to do a [blind] tasting (db?) please e-mail me and i will send a sample 4 pack out, with requirments of a full in detail tasting to be mailed back.

thanks heaps for the offer wimmig
but judging on the amount of weeks the 4-pack of st. george, that i (stupidly) bought, hung around in my fridge for it'd probably take me a few months to get the tasting notes back to you something i'm guessing you wouldn't be keen on
cheers

[db]

Oliver,

I recently tried a beer from El Salvador, which is about to be nationally carried. It's....shocking. A friend of mine, after tasting requested the glass be thrown away as well, to ensure consistancy in the future.

I would love somebody to compare the following in a blind tasting;

Cantina
Miller
Boags "St George"
Corona

If anybody in the local area would like to do a [blind] tasting (db?) please e-mail me and i will send a sample 4 pack out, with requirments of a full in detail tasting to be mailed back.

thanks heaps for the offer wimmig
but judging on the amount of weeks the 4-pack of st. george, that i (stupidly) bought, hung around in my fridge for it'd probably take me a few months to get the tasting notes back to you something i'm guessing you wouldn't be keen on
cheers

sorry.. that was me.. i forgot to log on

[Beach Bum]

Bought a four pack of this recently.

My wife liked it.

My wife doesn't drink beer.

case closed.

BB

[thehipone]

I had this not too long ago.

I was HAMMERED
from a long day of drinking and when we ran out of beer someone came back with the St. George.

I hated it.

Its one thing with a fresh palate to dislike a beer, but when anything cold and alcoholic will do and it still sucks, wow.

[Merlin]

Had a go at this stuff last night. It wasn't the worst beer I've ever had (it does run pretty close though), but only because if not told that it was beer, I'm not sure that you'd know. It's almost as though they have bittered it entirely with lemons (or a similar chemical compound) and not bothered at all with hops. My question to Oliver - if Carlton Cold gets half a star for being beer and one star for being better than Bud, what would you rate this?

[Dogger Dan]

Am thinking it is Centennial hops they used

Dogger

[Oliver]

My question to Oliver - if Carlton Cold gets half a star for being beer and one star for being better than Bud, what would you rate this?

I'd have to say it would rate pretty close to Carlton Cold, which received 0 stars

We'll make a point of tasting it, but we'll probably only need a stubby between us, as one sip will be all that we consume.

Cheers,

Oliver

[Mewshew]

Wow, this one got hammered in the ratings.

As birthday gift my old man put together a "mystery slab" (sounds mysterious doesn't it?) which consists of 2 6packs of my choice, and 2 that he thinks I might like or find interesting. I chose Coopers Sparkling and Pale. Boags St George was one that he chose.

So then, I tried it and the first thing I noted was that it didn't really taste like any other beer I'd had. There was a strange flavour to it. It was a 40 degree day outside and the beer was damn cold and it went down damn well. So well in fact, that I marched back to the fridge and grabbed another.

I'll have be a little more careful with my next tasting.

[shane_vor]

I'd hate to have to go against the grain here, but my missus bought me a whole carton...without asking what I'd like...maybe she judged the beer on price!

Sure I'd have picked something else and yeah, it doesn't taste like any other sort of beer I'd usually drink.

tell you what though, when the weather's hot and the St Georges are COLD they can still be pretty good! If the stubbies were bigger and the price smaller, I'd probably buy some more.

FECK! It's beer! Evenif only just!

[shazzam]

well theres the solution - just chill the absolute heck out of it & wait for a scorcher. I tried it six months ago when renewing my whats new to drink card - It sucked followed closely by the cantina crap from south america somewhere. Had to get a six pack of imported becks to cure my problems
I do drink Coronas though - don't hold it against me (usually extremely cold though)

[Mewshew]

Well I've had time to taste and think and It seems pretty clear to me now. As a beer this drink rates very badly. As a refreshing drink this beer rates very well in my opinion. Probably somewhat due to the lemony flavour that a few people have mentioned.

[501]

Yeh me agees, but it might be nice if the citussy taste was a tad milder.
Kinda like a Corona with hopsy lemon already installed.

fkn big soft drink bubbles though.

cheers 501.