Comments on: (Collapse of) Stout Party http://alastairwilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/collapse-of-stout-party/ it's a state of mind Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:17:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: alastairwilson http://alastairwilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/collapse-of-stout-party/#comment-17 alastairwilson Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:13:24 +0000 http://alastairwilson.wordpress.com/?p=71#comment-17 Hi Nathan, thanks for dropping in. I'll let Moses decide if he wants to provide balance at your site on First Harvest - I've not drunk the stuff. Perhaps I'll comment on some other beers on your site in due course. Cheers! Hi Nathan, thanks for dropping in.

I’ll let Moses decide if he wants to provide balance at your site on First Harvest – I’ve not drunk the stuff. Perhaps I’ll comment on some other beers on your site in due course. Cheers!

]]> By: Nathan http://alastairwilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/collapse-of-stout-party/#comment-16 Nathan Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:03:28 +0000 http://alastairwilson.wordpress.com/?p=71#comment-16 Re: First Harvest I can quite easily understand how and why you didn't like the beer. Beer is a very personal thing and I guess thats part of my website is trying to promote beers we enjoy but at the same time not trying to force a single (possibly bias opinion) down your throat. We'd rather let everyone jump on review it, good or bad, share their experience so we can all learn and hopefully make the right choice the next time in a bottle shop or ordering online. For example if someone else rates a beer you enjoy highly chances are another beer they rate you might like also. The flip-side is true also. Thanks for the link in and it would be great to see you participating on the website. As I said, no-one is punished or blacklisted for posting a review in opposition to anothers review. Its all about having fun and enjoying beer! Cheers, Nathan Re: First Harvest

I can quite easily understand how and why you didn’t like the beer. Beer is a very personal thing and I guess thats part of my website is trying to promote beers we enjoy but at the same time not trying to force a single (possibly bias opinion) down your throat.

We’d rather let everyone jump on review it, good or bad, share their experience so we can all learn and hopefully make the right choice the next time in a bottle shop or ordering online.

For example if someone else rates a beer you enjoy highly chances are another beer they rate you might like also. The flip-side is true also.

Thanks for the link in and it would be great to see you participating on the website. As I said, no-one is punished or blacklisted for posting a review in opposition to anothers review. Its all about having fun and enjoying beer!

Cheers,
Nathan

]]> By: alastairwilson http://alastairwilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/collapse-of-stout-party/#comment-15 alastairwilson Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:39:05 +0000 http://alastairwilson.wordpress.com/?p=71#comment-15 Re: Resch's Smooth Black Ale - anything before about September 2008 is before my time, as I've only been living in Oz since then. Pity to hear another dark ale has disappeared, though, especially one that was decent - I'm a big fan of Toohey's Old and Carlton Black as session beers. Re; First Harvest - what's a "limited edition finish" when it's at home? Sounds like more advertising rubbish to me. Hope your mates are still talking to you! Re: Resch’s Smooth Black Ale – anything before about September 2008 is before my time, as I’ve only been living in Oz since then. Pity to hear another dark ale has disappeared, though, especially one that was decent – I’m a big fan of Toohey’s Old and Carlton Black as session beers.

Re; First Harvest – what’s a “limited edition finish” when it’s at home? Sounds like more advertising rubbish to me. Hope your mates are still talking to you!

]]> By: Moses http://alastairwilson.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/collapse-of-stout-party/#comment-13 Moses Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:00:57 +0000 http://alastairwilson.wordpress.com/?p=71#comment-13 Do you remember a beer called Reschs smooth black Ale? I was about 20 at the time it came out and enjoyed them, went down so so smooth. With regard to your Cascade Craft Beers, more recently I had a Cascade First Harvest, picked up a 4 pack on a brewery tour there at the end of 07 and was not impressed by the result. I'm not experienced in describing the flavours of beer, yet, but to me this had quite a stouty flavour yet a golden colour. Had a 4 pack and ended up giving 3 to mates so they could also 'sample' it - truth be told I had no intention of finishing them. All 3 mates agreed it was pretty ordinary, but then <a href="http://www.beerguide.com.au/beer-reviews/Cascade-Brewery-Company/First-Harvest" rel="nofollow">these blokes</a> rate it highly, so what would we know ;) <blockquote>First Harvest is the only brew of its kind in Australia brewed using fresh green hops. Once a year, at the first harvest of hops in Tasmania's Derwent Valley, we hand select new hop varieties to brew a single batch of suport fresh, super premium beer. Within hours of harvesting, the dew soaked, green hops are combined with new season pale malt, Cascade's exclusive yeast and the purest Tasmanian water. The result is a limited edition finish and prominent herbaceous aromas.</blockquote> Do you remember a beer called Reschs smooth black Ale? I was about 20 at the time it came out and enjoyed them, went down so so smooth.

With regard to your Cascade Craft Beers, more recently I had a Cascade First Harvest, picked up a 4 pack on a brewery tour there at the end of 07 and was not impressed by the result. I’m not experienced in describing the flavours of beer, yet, but to me this had quite a stouty flavour yet a golden colour. Had a 4 pack and ended up giving 3 to mates so they could also ’sample’ it – truth be told I had no intention of finishing them. All 3 mates agreed it was pretty ordinary, but then these blokes rate it highly, so what would we know ;)

First Harvest is the only brew of its kind in Australia brewed using fresh green hops. Once a year, at the first harvest of hops in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley, we hand select new hop varieties to brew a single batch of suport fresh, super premium beer. Within hours of harvesting, the dew soaked, green hops are combined with new season pale malt, Cascade’s exclusive yeast and the purest Tasmanian water. The result is a limited edition finish and prominent herbaceous aromas.

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