Crown Pilsner

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Crown Pilsner

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yep, Crown Pilsner.

One word to describe it...


CRAP
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Why am I so not surprised?

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Post by Oliver »

I've only heard about this. I haven't had the joy of trying it.

Has anyone else? If Crown Lager is any indication, I can't see it would rate in my, oh, top fifty-thousand beers.

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Oliver,
Believe me mate, don't waste your time or money.. Has the classic soapy dish water taste!


Think Crown Lager, only worse..

And its in Twist top bottles... :shock:
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Haha I was playing in a string quartet at a wedding the other day, and I went out the back after we'd finished playing to beg for longnecks. Got myself a case of Crown Lager longnecks, thought "Great! Crown seal longnecks!" But unlike the stubbies, the longnecks are twist tops. :cry:

They're the same shape as the stubbies though, with that annoying gold wrapping close to the top that makes it hard to tell when the bottles are full. :lol:
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Reviving a dead topic here. But I went into Dan Murphys and they were doing a tasting of wines and beer. The beer was Crown Pilsner. It was probably the worst example of a "pilsner" that I have ever tried in my life. There was a complete lack of bitterness, hop aroma and hop flavour.
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I'm rather partial to an ice cold Crownie myself.

But has to be ice cold.
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Wassa wrote:But has to be ice cold.
Aaah the sign of a quality beer. :P
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Numb the tongue, that'll fix it.
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Re: Crown Pilsner

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Good news. Looks like this beer is now where it belongs: Dead.

I can't find any reference about it on the Foster's website, and a Google search doesn't reveal anything useful (except a link to this thread!).

There's also nothing on http://www.crownbeverages.com.au, which is the Crown Lager home page.

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Re: Crown Pilsner

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A friend of mind had an idea and reasoning behind the Crown Pilsner, they found a bunch of old and unused Saaz in storage and decided to make Crown Pilsner.
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Re: Crown Pilsner

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Iron-Haggis wrote:... they found a bunch of old and unused Saaz in storage and decided to make Crown Pilsner.
I think the closest any saaz hops have been to the CUB factory in Abbotsford would be in a car after the driver's visited in the homebrew store around the corner in Church St, Richmond :D
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