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Post by obiwan27 on Dec 23, 2011 19:59:20 GMT 12
If you are someone or know of someone who has an interest in aviation and likes a tipple, then this is the place to go. www.wigrambrewing.co.nz/Menu/Products.phpCurrently enjoying a selection of a dozen of this company's product for the Christmas/New Year period. |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Dec 24, 2011 8:05:20 GMT 12
I LOOOOVE this beer! So handy to home too!! In the immortal words of Norm Peterson (off Cheers) when asked: "Beer Norm"? replies: "Have I gotten that predictable"?
"Can I pour you a beer, Mr. Peterson?"
"A little early isn't it, Woody?"
"For a beer?"
"No, for stupid questions."
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 24, 2011 11:28:11 GMT 12
Norm was classic.
Wigram Brewery's beer is great. Another nice aviation themed beer is Flying Fortress from Boundary Road Brewery.
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Post by chinapilot on Dec 24, 2011 17:38:37 GMT 12
Great labels...but the price seems a trifle high?
Or am I out of touch with the price of a cold beverage in NZ now?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 24, 2011 20:14:50 GMT 12
Those prices seem hugely excessive, it's much cheaper in the supernarket.
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Post by beagle on Dec 24, 2011 20:20:03 GMT 12
yeah, I saw their Czar Stout in NW tonight. was going to try it as a dark beer fan but at $8.50 per small bottle...................
as the billboard says
YEAH RIGHT
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Post by obiwan27 on Dec 24, 2011 20:30:58 GMT 12
$72 for a dozen 500ml bottles of quality beer seems ok to me. Best to buy it direct rather than at the supermarket perhaps?
Plus you get 20 cents per bottle returned to the brewer :-)
Anyway, Merry Xmas and a happy 2012 to one and all.
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Post by chinapilot on Dec 25, 2011 15:24:10 GMT 12
Phew...glad to hear that.
Arrived in AKL this morning for a night and was pleased to see that I could still buy quite a few bottles of good Kiwi wine at reasonable prices :-)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 25, 2011 15:58:09 GMT 12
Now that you say they are 500ml bottles - which I hadn't realised - it's not so bad.
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Post by ErrolC on Dec 27, 2011 20:48:31 GMT 12
And there are also the Warbirds beer mugs (also available via Stevens), a great pressie suggestion. I got the coasters for Xmas.
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Post by Darren Masters on Dec 28, 2011 20:55:32 GMT 12
Yuuummmmmmm!!!! ;D ;D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 28, 2011 21:23:50 GMT 12
Don't forget the Spitfire Ale from England which you can get in NZ occasionally.
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Post by nuuumannn on Dec 29, 2011 12:49:48 GMT 12
Don't forget the Spitfire Ale from England which you can get in NZ occasionally. Marketed as "The Bottle of Britain"! I get given a drop every now and then. Good strong ale. The one thing I really enjoyed about the UK was the pub culture; I used to live a few miles from the Leefe Robinson VC in north London. There are so many aviation themed pubs around that Key Publishing published a wee book with them listed, so you could theoretically drink your way round aviation inns around the entire country! |
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Post by AirVanMan on Dec 29, 2011 13:35:53 GMT 12
Unfortunately in my minimum wage GA job I have to stick to the cheap nasty stuff  Some day in the future I wont bat an eyelid at $70 per doz.... well actually I probably still would. |
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Post by obiwan27 on Dec 29, 2011 20:16:14 GMT 12
As a pressie to our household after the year we have had down here in Christchurch, it was well worth it. So far every bottle is a winner :-) 8 down, 4 to go.
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