Re: I can remember when...

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.tv, aus.computers
Subject	Re: I can remember when...
Date	2016-01-15 12:44 +1100
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"Jeßus" <j@invalid.lan> wrote in message 
news:8bag9b12c4lqmuui22mc6fblfjseed9vr7@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:45:54 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Jeßus" <j@invalid.lan> wrote in message
>>news:nh3g9blhf267tjco23t5pkh86b2i8v8e0m@4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 06:29:05 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Jeßus" <j@invalid.lan> wrote in message
>>>>news:mfve9b9rsg32cg3mk51hic8i73tq80mq1t@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:36:45 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>>>>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Jeßus" <j@invalid.lan> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:a0vd9bl5pk5fcc57968jcbnrv8s71onh9n@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 07:24:36 +0800, Clocky <notgonna@happen.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On 14/01/2016 6:37 AM, Je?us wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 03:23:35 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>>>>>>>>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Jeßus" <j@invalid.lan> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:ckpb9bhjovnvablqkqbj2f1idjqvuppmjb@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:45:38 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>>>>>>>>>>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> felix <me@nothere.biz> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> felix <me@nothere.biz> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .. drinks in glass bottles had a screw top that could easily
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> removed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because it wasn't made of light aluminum and pressed on by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> machine. it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was actually screwed on and so could be screwed off 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relatively
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> easily.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, do remember those. But now we have PET bottles that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have easily removed tops
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> say what?! those plastic drink bottles have the tops pressed 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> almost just as hard to remove.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Not the one I got on the train just a couple of weeks ago.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mate of mine reuses the PET bottles with
>>>>>>>>>>>> easily removable tops for his beer he brews.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Gag. How can anyone drink beer out of plastic bottles is beyond
>>>>>>>>>>> me.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Your problem, as always.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Don't even try to tell me it doesnt affect the taste.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Try telling Coopers, fuckwit.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Why? Just because they sell them?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Don't be TOO surprised when
>>>>>>>>>> they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face, just like
>>>>>>>>>> everyone else always does.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You'd be a goon bag fan too, no doubt. Bogan, through and through.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I had a mate who would brew his own. He was so proud but it tasted
>>>>>>>>bad.
>>>>>>>>It was just like Coopers he insisted... well maybe he was right if
>>>>>>>>they
>>>>>>>>really do use plastic bottles.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Coopers uses glass for their finished product, but they do sell 
>>>>>>> empty
>>>>>>> plastic bottles for the home brewer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Bleh.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Got that right. I've had home brew in those plastic bottles and it
>>>>>>> definitely affects the taste,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bet you couldn't pick it in a proper double blind trial.
>>>>>
>>>>> You may be right, depending on how the bottles have been
>>>>> stored and for what length of time. I have a pretty well
>>>>> developed palate though (as pretentious as that may sound).
>>>>
>>>>Someone I know claims to be able to tell if commercial beer
>>>>has been kept in the fridge before selling in a bottle shop etc.
>>>>
>>>>Quite frankly I just don't believe him and I don't know him
>>>>well enough to be able to do a proper double blind trial.
>>>>
>>>>He's a mate of the ex leagues club manager.
>>>
>>> Hmm. That's a bit of a stretch IMO.
>>
>>Yeah, that's what we all recon, no one buys his claim.
>>
>>> From what I understand, significant temperature fluctuations
>>> /can/ affect the taste of beer, but having it merely chilled in
>>> a fridge wouldn't make any discernable difference afaik.
>>
>>> Come to think of it, I've had the occasional stubbie of Coopers
>>> Sparkling Ale left in my ute for days in hot weather, and it does
>>> actually change the beer in some way, less hops flavour or
>>> something like that. But that involves big temperature variations.
>>
>>When I mentioned to the Coopers home brewing fella
>>you can talk to on the phone, that I had had some of
>>theirs in the fridge for quite a while, he did make some
>>remark about that not being great for the taste.
>>
>>Can't say I can taste it myself.
>
> I've been buying cartons of sparkling ale for quite some time now
> (haven't done much home brewing of beer lately but hope to remedy that
> once the new shed goes up, but anyway, I digress).
>
> In the Tassie autumn/winter/spring, I keep and drink my Coopers at
> room temperature as IMO it *does* actually taste a lot better than
> when very cold,

Urk. Must be a pom.

> so there's some truth in what the Coopers bloke said.

He wasn't talking about that, he was talking about keeping the
beer in the fridge for too long before drinking if from the fridge.

> To me there's a fuller, more rounded flavour.

Not into warm beer myself.

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