Beer Radar for TWTW Friday 19th Oct 2012
By John Krüger
Matter of fact, the father-in-law never noticed.
VB is back to full-strength. Sales took a bit of a tumble apparently so the bean counters have let the brewers of VB have a bit more malt or sugar or whatever’s in VB to bring it back to its original 4.9%abv instead of the excise lowering 4.6%. It’s not a huge difference. My father-in-law insists on bringing over a couple of dozen cans of VB every time he visits. He used to tease us about drinking what he referred to as mid-strength Coopers Pale Ale (4.5%). The teasing stopped when we started drawing his attention to the lower alcohol level of his beloved VB. He never even noticed, and I doubt he’ll ever notice the change back.
In other beery news, we noticed a new Matilda Bay beer on tap at the Stag hotel in Adelaide recently. None of us can remember the name but we knocked off quite a few litres over a beefy lunch. The PR company that usually keeps us up to date with the goings on with Matilda Bay beers have been a bit quiet about it. All we can tell you is it was described as an Aussie ale on the tap flag, it’s moderately hoppy and is good for at least 5 pints and counting. We’ll have more news about it when someone in Sydney returns our calls.
