Tragedy

[Bob38S]

Cliff that reminded me of the great Queensland beer strike of 76-77. Up untill then Queenslanders drank 4x or Calton (White Death). The beer strike closed both breweries for 6 months.

Qld without beer for 6 months!:eek:

To solve the problem they trucked in all this "exotic" stuff from down south,
Swan,Cascade,KB,Westend etc etc. After that all our taste buds had been educated and there was no going back.

You forgot the "Green Death" :eek::eek: Southwark

I am aware that there is always an exception to a rule and this stuff was it.

Rule #1
There is no such thing as a bad beer - it's just that some are better than others.

#2 Exception = Southwark {perk, spit, spu etc]

#3 Gold of any sort is not real beer - it's like standard rated petrol
You don't put standard into a high performance body

Remember when the strike finished - 1 local pub had a pallet of the green death left over - even when they offerred to give away 6 packs with regular, real beer purchases - most declined the offer.

[Bleedin Thumb]

You forgot the "Green Death" :eek::eek: Southwark

How could I forget Southwark!
It was one of first to come up. It was OK if it was icey cold, but once it warmed up a tad it was like drinking perfume.KB wasn't much better.

I remember the day the strike broke the pubs put on free 4X all day.

Can you remember Bulimber Draught, made in Brisbane. I think they used the water out of the Brisbane River. One sip and you would get a headache, made Darwin stubbies taste good.:eek:

[Groggy]

I can't say where I was working at that time, but I can tell you I was unloading and loading 40,000 lb of beer three times a week during that period - carton by carton.