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Five Steps to the Perfect Beer.
Posted: Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 2:08 pm
by SpillsMostOfIt
While searching the planet for information on the effect of copper on beer, I came across this article titled '5 Steps to the Perfect Beer:
http://www.fosters.com.au/enjoy/beer/5_ ... 0_beer.htm
Strangely, it did not include as one of the steps "Pour our product down the drain and git yerself a homebrew"...
Posted: Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 2:53 pm
by KEG
Beer is never better than when it is delivered from the brewer. It does not improve with age; in fact, over time it will lose some of the crispness of it's flavour. So, for the perfect beer, choose a bottle that hasn't been hanging around the house too long.
what the...
Posted: Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 3:32 pm
by rwh
That's for pasteurised beer. No yeast present to further condition it or mop up oxidants.
Posted: Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 3:42 pm
by KEG
yeah, i guessed that... but it's pretty broad advice to give, considering the more 'connoiseur' style beers - hoegaarden etc - have live yeast in them.
Posted: Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 3:51 pm
by rwh
Haha yeah, but how many Fosters beers do?
Posted: Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 3:56 pm
by KEG
how many fosters drinkers look for how to drink beer properly?
Posted: Wednesday Jan 24, 2007 3:56 pm
by Pale_Ale
Yeah, pretty bad general advice to give, it implies that's the case with all beer.
Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2007 11:30 am
by Barney
Pale_Ale wrote:Yeah, pretty bad general advice to give, it implies that's the case with all beer.
Yeah, but most manufacturers consider their beer to be the ONLY beer, don't they?
Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2007 11:34 am
by Pale_Ale
Most mass manufacturers, yeah.
It also serves to show that you can tell a Fosters drinker absolutely anything and they will believe it.
Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2007 1:11 pm
by Chris
That was good for a laugh!
"Pour the beer into a glass and slosh it around a bit..."
Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2007 1:19 pm
by Pale_Ale
Step 6 - Palm off inferior Fosters beer to the Poms and other gullible tourists
Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2007 1:20 pm
by Chris
Poms and Yanks!
Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2007 8:25 pm
by chris.
'Bring the glass to your lips and inhale gently to take in the aroma of the beer. This will awaken your tastebuds to the flavours that are to follow. Then sip, letting the cool beer flow over the tongue so you savour the full complexity of the flavour. Perfect!"
Aroma?! Flavours?! Complexity?!!!..... surely they are not talking about their own product?
Posted: Friday Jan 26, 2007 11:55 am
by silmaril
chris. wrote:Aroma?! Flavours?! Complexity?!!!..... surely they are not talking about their own product?
http://www.fosters.com.au/enjoy/AA7619A ... 0ED178.htm