The Golden State prevails...

[buscador]

hit up the 20% at GnG and picked up

SNPorter
SNStout
Anchor Steam
Anchor Liberty Ale*
and Anchor Porter

I know there are looming Seppos such as myself on this site, but I have to put my hands together for the best beers I have tried (again after a long time it seems) lately. Aussies, go to Cali for the best US beers, we don't call it the Golden State for nothin'!

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crackin' another one...

[Iron-Haggis]

The only one I've tried is the Pale Ale, which may be pretty similar to most people on here.

[Chris]

PA is by far the best IMO.

[James L]

Too hard to get my bloody hands on....

Otherwise i'd drink them... quite quickly

[rwh]

I've never been able to get a bottle of any SN stuff, despite keeping my eyes out for about a year. I do a SNPA clone which is pretty much my favourite HB recipe.

[buscador]

in a perfect world, i would invite you down to the pub tonight to taste each one, sadly- i had a feeling my poll would be to difficult to judge,

yes, the pale is the standard and does pack a nice punch, but the porter (and there may be one or 2 left at GnG) is worth the 5$, i didnt drink much other than the pale, which ran like water at home, back in the states, although ive tried them all and miss them dearly now that i make my own grog

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[James L]

I was looking on Beerstore, which is a australian online beer store (funny that). And they seem to have Sierra Nevada PA to purchase. The price is not listed, and i think it may be a POA.

Would be interested on the price, but havent dared ask....

http://www.beerstore.com.au/product.asp

[rwh]

Yeah, I think the story is that they used to get it, imported through the European distributor, until SN found out about it and cracked down. Now there's no supplier for Aus. I think the idea is that SN doesn't want their beer sold where they can't guarantee the supply chain keeps the product under the correct conditions.

[Kevnlis]

Yeah, I think the story is that they used to get it, imported through the European distributor, until SN found out about it and cracked down. Now there's no supplier for Aus. I think the idea is that SN doesn't want their beer sold where they can't guarantee the supply chain keeps the product under the correct conditions.

Fair enough too! Australia seems to need some help in the "sourcing fresh imported beer" category!

[pacman]

Kevnlis, I suspect it is a stock rotation problem more than "sourcing fresh imported beer".

Here in Toowoomba, unkindly categorized as "Woop Woop" by one poster, we can purchase German beers a year or more before best before date, whilst UK beers are sold either rapidly approaching or past their BBD.

Suspect different importers have different approaches to stock rotation.

Anecdotal evidence here in Toowoomba suggests that stock rotation is often delegated to delivery drivers. Not really their job, so no wonder there is some stale stock on the shelves. Also suggests that German beer is delivered by a carrier who refuses to rotate stock for demanding and lazy retailers.

[Kevnlis]

Kevnlis, I suspect it is a stock rotation problem more than "sourcing fresh imported beer".

Here in Toowoomba, unkindly categorized as "Woop Woop" by one poster, we can purchase German beers a year or more before best before date, whilst UK beers are sold either rapidly approaching or past their BBD.

Suspect different importers have different approaches to stock rotation.

Anecdotal evidence here in Toowoomba suggests that stock rotation is often delegated to delivery drivers. Not really their job, so no wonder there is some stale stock on the shelves. Also suggests that German beer is delivered by a carrier who refuses to rotate stock for demanding and lazy retailers.

Possible, but it doesn't help the fact that I can't run down to the local bottler and buy a sixer of my favorite import and expect to enjoy a good fresh beer, not a stale skunky bottle of piss.

Admittedly there have been a few times I managed to get fresh stock, but they would be the minority.

I think it probably also has to do with the bottle shops not ordering quantities that they can realisticaly expect to sell in the time before it is (IMHO) undrinkable.

I am also sure you would get great varience from BS to BS and metro to rural areas as well. Toowoomba is a fair cry closer to the city than Bundy, even if it is still out woop woop