Oh Dear..

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Monday Jul 23, 2007 8:55 am

Yes, that would be a crime Boonie.

Just haven't enjoyed LCPA each time i tried it.

gibbocore · Post by **gibbocore** » Monday Jul 23, 2007 10:10 am

Its pretty endemic of the habitual nature of aussie beer drinkers.

A blood boiling read for me however, marketing propagandah, especially when so many more micorbrewed beers are taking up shelf space in liqour stores.

wildschwein · Post by **wildschwein** » Monday Jul 23, 2007 12:04 pm

I just wonder what the results would be if the tastings were conducted in Germany with the same products but with an all-German panel of tasters. The results would be just as biased as these are. Furthermore, I wonder if this story isn't just a piece of covert advertising as it really draws attention to the "freshness" of Australian beer as compared with imports.

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Monday Jul 23, 2007 1:27 pm

wildschwein wrote: The mindless VB and Toohey's drones just want it served cold while they talk about V8s and glare at some pole dancer's/skimpy's fake tits. Drink up idiots your beer is getting warm.

Are you hanging shit on my 2 favorite pastimes?

wildschwein · Post by **wildschwein** » Monday Jul 23, 2007 1:45 pm

No, it's just a sterotype of people who aren't focusing on their beer: the drink simply becames an accompaniment to other distractions.

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Monday Jul 23, 2007 2:48 pm

I'm sure if i was with Tipsy, i wouldn't be taking any notice of what i was drinking either.

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Monday Jul 23, 2007 10:30 pm

Rysa wrote:Yes, that would be a crime Boonie.

Just haven't enjoyed LCPA each time i tried it.

Yeah, one of my mates had the Triple Karmeliet and he hated it.....I love it, oh well more for me

A few blokes don't rate the LCPA on here, that's cool, I didn't rate Coopers Stout that high

, fair dinkum, it knocks my socks off with the taste, so freakin strong

Still drank it though

......mind you, I've had 1 six pack of this and 2 tasted pretty good and the other 4.....well it was like the 'shocked' emoticon on here with his eyes popping out.

But....if you threw a VB's and a Coopers stout's on the table, the VB would still be there at the end of the night

Cheers

Boonie

kangarool · Post by **kangarool** » Thursday Jul 26, 2007 2:43 pm

Something that seems to have gone missing from the discussion are two fairly critical points in regard to the "research". Well actually more than two, but consider this:

Nowhere do I see any credentials for the experts' 'expertise'. They just keep referring to them as "experts." What the?? "Hi, I'm a Beer Expert. Got any beer ya want tasted?"

Second, and I quote, "CHOICE got together a panel of experts (four men and two women)"

Four men. Two Women. So yeah, I'd agree, these 6 people's judgement should easily and accurately depict the views of a nation of 20+ million.

Someone with a degree in statistics might like to compute the expected margin of error when you substitute 6 for 20 million? Probably only a couple percentage points, right?

The more i look at that site, the more bizarre it seems. Who in the hell would go to "Choice - Trusted Information for Australian Consumers" and let them tell me what beer is 'best'?? Who would pay $10 for that "report"? Who at news.com.au would pick up this "story" and report it as "news" ?? What the hell IS news.com.au anyway? It's... RUPERT isn't it??

deep breath. deep breath. (reaches for LCPA HB clone)

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Jul 26, 2007 2:49 pm

good rant!

I wonder how many experts had any accreditation as far as beer tasting. Objectively tasting beer (or anything) when you don't know what you are looking for, is near impossible. Hence it is solely subjective. In other words, take from this 'report' what you will.

Choice has. I'm sure someone paid the $10.

MOFO · Post by **MOFO** » Thursday Jul 26, 2007 2:50 pm

Agree....

I thought about getting a report on LCD screens when I was buying one recently, but figured online forums and user experience would be a hell of a lot better than "experts"

As for beer - well, thats ridiculous. Next they will have a report for $14.95 showing that experts couldn't tell any appreciable difference between The Wiggles and Led Zepplin. Different audiences... different tastes.