Yes, originally made by a Spanish colonial. I’ve not tried that version, the original.
But the made in Spain stuff is good, the made in the UK stuff, not so good.
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Ah, I hadn’t thought of that, those brands sold here are imported beers made in those countries.
They cost about the same for a two dozen slab as the local “normal” beer BUT are 330ml bottles instead of the local 375ml. The other irritation thing about them is that they don’t have twist tops - I will be bringing an opener to the UK, I learned from my last visit - twist top technology has passed Europe by.
The posh local beer also has a tendency to use 330ml bottles which I think is taking the piss but that’s the way it goes. The stuff on the right is 330ml the two on the left are a standard long neck (750ml) and a stubbie (375ml) ie not to scale
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Beer is sold in cans so bring a cup
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No, I am sure I bought it is bottles at food places but discovered the opener was at the checkout after I realised it wasn’t a twist top. I just put a 20c piece on the table (forget what it is in p) and knocked the top off that way.
The only time I have bought beer in cans was VB on a cruise but they gave me a cold schooner glass.
I have been trying to find some nice stubbie holders to bring with me, I was expecting State of Origin ones to be in the supermarket but no sign yet
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I noticed that the Carlton bottle has “brewery fresh” on the label. I think the BrewDog beers also say fresh brew or similar. I had to look this up. Turns out that beer is optimal for only a week or two after brewing, then it starts to lose flavour. I think this is an indirect way of highlighting beers that are bottled or canned on the site where they are brewed - rather than shipped to a bottling plant in tankers.
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I think all our breweries bottle on site. I say “our”, they are mostly owned by the Kiwis in fact.
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Or Japanese - see below
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