Chinese National Beer

NickMoore · Post by **NickMoore** » Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 12:25 pm

when you're looking to shed a few hundred million from your population, every death from formaldehyde poisoning helps.

buscador · Post by **buscador** » Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 12:50 pm

i wonder if coopers will come out with CFA soon...!!

loved to see how long that one lasts on shelves

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 1:27 pm

I might think again before drinking Chinese beer now!

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 1:44 pm

I've had my last chinese beer.......

it would be safer to drink adelaide tap water

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 1:46 pm

That is a bit of a stretch...

Anyway, you guys aren't going to have any tapwater next year.

Anzac Cookies · Post by **Anzac Cookies** » Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 2:02 pm

buscador wrote:nick- you made me remeber some one told me a while back that they use phermeldihide (spelling?) in Newcastle Brown.

Anyone know if this is true and what other beers have it?

why?

will this make me live longer?

b

It think this is what you are thinking of............ http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ulti ... 001703;p=1

The good old Brown Ale Ward

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Tuesday Jan 23, 2007 2:38 pm

reservoir is looking good after the weekends storm, faaaark it pissed down here.

The broon ale! Lived in Durham, 15 miles from Newcastle, for the last 2 years and that stuff was everywhere. Not a bad drop but with every pub having 2-3 ales on tap i was trying others. The formaldehyde may the reason all those geordies go feral after a few pints........ and that was just the chicks

buscador · Post by **buscador** » Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 8:00 am

was at a pub last night and couldnt resist ordering a newcastle to test my sanity, i can safely say this beer did not give me any magical powers, headaches, or motivation to run rampant through the streets of Melbourne, but...

I did end up at my own nut house last night with a nice heat on...

vitalogy · Post by **vitalogy** » Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 8:08 am

I'm please you guys shared that information about the Chinese beer. I was over there early last year and drank a fair bit of it. No ill effects though (yet!). I'm off again in a month or so, don't think I'll be touching a drop somehow. It's gonna be a dry fortnight though

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 8:34 am

No need to be dry vitalogy mate, they import euro beers. Pretend you are a pom on holidays and only drink carling/carlsberg/stella.....

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 8:47 am

drsmurto wrote: Pretend you are a pom ...

Cheers,
Greg

vitalogy · Post by **vitalogy** » Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 9:10 am

drsmurto wrote:No need to be dry vitalogy mate, they import euro beers. Pretend you are a pom on holidays and only drink carling/carlsberg/stella.....

I was thinking that. Heineken was available in a fair few places, so I'd be happy enough sticking to that. Trouble is, I'm not sure if it'd be imported or brewed in China under license. If it's the latter, there's a good chance I could still be ingesting bloody formaldehyde

As an aside, if anyone's ever in Hangzhou, take a walk along Nanshan Road to a bar called 1827. It's owned by a big German bloke called Paul who brews his own beer on premises. Had a few very nice pints of his lager when I was there last.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Jan 25, 2007 1:29 pm

buscador, you obviously didn't drink enough if you didn't get any magical powers.