Praxiteles

Egad! Doesn't that mix give you heartburn??

Edited to add: Saké of reasonable quality is a very nice drop indeed. In my younger (read: stupider) days I would roll up to a party with a thermos full of heated saké. Mmmmm. Now that I'm an old git, I'm more than content just to use it to wash down some raw fish etc.

Hmmmm. Might go out for sushi tonight....

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Doubting Didymus

Yes, it does.

But its worth the pain!

Xeluan

For good Aussie beer, I reccomend the James Squire range. The Pilsner is simply magnificent. I suggest (if in Sydney) wander down to The Australian Hotel in The Rocks and try it on tap.

While at The Australian you can also try the beer from the Scharer's brewery located in Picton (about 1 hour south of Sydney). The Burragong Bock is a great beer but be warned. It packs a wallop.

As for wine, I love The Hunter Valley but a few weeks ago I happened onto the Mt Tamborine area which is inland from the Gold Coast. I recommend visiting Mt Tamborine Winery. The reds are great, especially the Shiraz Cabernet.

Xeluan

Cutter

I suppose I should throw in my $0.02 on beers as well (mind you I don't drink much).

If you're just after a beer to slake your thirst then you can't go past Victoria Bitter.

If you want a good tasting beer to actually enjoy, as opposed to just satisfying your thirst, then go for a Cooper's or Cascade.

I also quite like the various cold filtered beers as well.

And if you like stout, Cooper's make a pretty good stout. (Although Guinness is, and always will be, the king of stouts! ).

echidna

Personally I’m partial to the James Boags from Tassie but then again I’m fickle. It’s really only the first 3 which are important for me anyway and given you really only rent the stuff for a few hours, I’ll generally drink anything except for Budweiser.

Cunning tangent Mojo, what was this thread about again ?

Camaban

I can justify 2

1. Gin: You're celebrating our English heritage
2. Red Wine, I think we're one of the worlds top wine producers.

Never tried Sake, what's it like.

Personally, I prefer Crown Lager for that, but... Well, if I've got a choice between that, and chugging down a small barrel of XXXX bitter, I'll go the barrel (Last time was a year ago, I'm still finding out what I did that night. THat night was also pretty much the reason I quit drinking (On the upside, was still drunk in the morning, so no hangover, just pure cheerfulness and bewilderment at the deathstares)

Coopers also makes home brew stuff. Personally, I've gotten sick of Stout/Bitchumen because we made so damn much (one point we were making 80L a week)

Seeing as it got onto the shame of AUstralia for supplying these crack-addicts, I think I prefer the tangent

echidna

Coopers is good, especially the chewy bits which float around in it.

Cutter

Chewy bits?

Good call on Boags, good stuff that.

MOJO-JOJO

HAA! That's great! Yeah. personally I always thought Fosters tasted like Quaker State...never did understand the attraction.

As a side note, when I was working in an international wine & cheese deli as an undergrad at The University of Maryland ('82 I think), I had the good fortune of witnessing Isaac Asimov come in and pick up a six-pack of Ringnes Beer <img src="graemlins/notworthy.gif" border="0" alt="[Not Worthy]" /> . I couldn't f'in believe it. Seems he was lecturing at the university that night and was thirsty afterwards.

All I could squeak out was "Good evening Dr. Asimov."

Camaban

Love his books.