Hi Paul,
Yes I make plenty of English style beers. All 100% natural and with genuine ingredients. These are as lovingly crafbrewed as the sausages you make
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I am currently drinking an Oatmeal stout, a Robust porter and an English ordinary bitter as well as a couple of American pale ales. I also make lagers and will be trying some Belgian styles soon.
As for your son. Its true that the well known Aussie beers are shockers. We call it megaswill here. Its like in England I suppose where the big corporations take over as many breweries as they can to put them out of business and then try and make a beer that will offend as few people as possible.
There are specialist bottle shops were you can purchase imported beers from all over the world but its true that they are very expensive.
If he wants to drink quality ale he should consider making his own. Its a fraction of the price to make and not too hard at all.
At
www.aussiehomebrewer.com we have a very large online community and there are members from all over Australia. There are even some expats of yours there as well.
Also there are a couple of brewclubs over his side of town.
here is a link for Vicbrew.
http://vicbrew.org/ Under homebrew clubs there is informatiom for the Westgate brewers who meet on that side of town. A well as Corio Bay Brewers in Geelong.
There is also what most Melbourne brewers consider the best brew shop on that side of town
http://www.grainandgrape.com.au/ . I can thoroughly recomend the myself. (no affiliation)
As far as casing go I only started ringing around last week and found this place here.
C.W.B. Australia Pty Ltd
Wide range of products incl Red, White meats, smallgoods & game meats.
http://www.cwb.com.auADDRESS
27- 29 Booloora Rd
Springvale
VIC, 3171
Australia
Ph: (03) 9558 4544
Fax: (03) 9574 6655
Got to admit they sounded expensive at $32. But i really dont know what to pay for them anyway. I was talking to a young lad (probably the youngest apprentice) who could not tell me for sure how much casings you got for that amount.
For all I know it may be a years worth
.
I'm sure there should be a couple more places around.
Anyway, I will keep you updated re the casings and I hope your son finds some proper beer soon.
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