Brewery gets the cold gold shoulder
Kent Mayo of Uralla recalls: 'One Sunday in the 1950s, the vicar at the Penshurst Presbyterian Church (pron 'Chuch'), in his sermon on the evils of alcohol, held up a KB beer bottle, proclaiming that KB stood for 'Kills Boys'. Hilarious, eh? I noticed it was empty and, although I was only ten years old, whispered to the old bloke sitting next to me, 'He drank that last night, I reckon'.'
It's a good idea to go to the experts. One is Ken Finlayson of East Corrimal: 'When Australian Playboy launched, some 55 years back, it included a beer tasting [story]. We young steelworks shift workers were appalled that Fosters got the nod from celebs who likely were more attuned to drinking Mateus. We then conducted our own poll at our regular early opener, where we arranged to sample beers from each state for a tasting after a night shift. It ended up with a drink-off between two Melbourne varieties. The results were submitted, and published in Australian Playboy No.2.'
And while we're talking Mateus, Ross Millar of West Ryde recalls 'That the wonderful writer Kingsley Amis once said of Mateus Rose that 'both the price and the reputation owe more to the craft of the glassmaker than to that of the winemaker'.'
'It was my birthday last Sunday,' writes Mary Carde of Parrearra (Qld). 'My husband gave me a glorious bunch of flowers, bless him. He'd also purchased a lovely card featuring a beautiful image that he knew I'd love. Fortunately for him, just as he was about to enrich it with some profound words, he noticed it was a sympathy card, thus giving new meaning to 'coming within an inch of your life.' His, not mine!'
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Brewery gets the cold gold shoulder
We actually anticipated readers changing beer topics from DA (C8) to KB, but initial responses are based around its meaning. The Beer Police will tell you it stands for Kent Brewery, but that's apparently a divertissement. Max Redmayne of Drummoyne calls it a 'Killer Brew' while John Lees of Castlecrag and Dave Pyett of Maroubra have both opted for a long cold 'Kiddies Beer'. Kent Mayo of Uralla recalls: 'One Sunday in the 1950s, the vicar at the Penshurst Presbyterian Church (pron 'Chuch'), in his sermon on the evils of alcohol, held up a KB beer bottle, proclaiming that KB stood for 'Kills Boys'. Hilarious, eh? I noticed it was empty and, although I was only ten years old, whispered to the old bloke sitting next to me, 'He drank that last night, I reckon'.' It's a good idea to go to the experts. One is Ken Finlayson of East Corrimal: 'When Australian Playboy launched, some 55 years back, it included a beer tasting [story]. We young steelworks shift workers were appalled that Fosters got the nod from celebs who likely were more attuned to drinking Mateus. We then conducted our own poll at our regular early opener, where we arranged to sample beers from each state for a tasting after a night shift. It ended up with a drink-off between two Melbourne varieties. The results were submitted, and published in Australian Playboy No.2.' And while we're talking Mateus, Ross Millar of West Ryde recalls 'That the wonderful writer Kingsley Amis once said of Mateus Rose that 'both the price and the reputation owe more to the craft of the glassmaker than to that of the winemaker'.' 'It was my birthday last Sunday,' writes Mary Carde of Parrearra (Qld). 'My husband gave me a glorious bunch of flowers, bless him. He'd also purchased a lovely card featuring a beautiful image that he knew I'd love. Fortunately for him, just as he was about to enrich it with some profound words, he noticed it was a sympathy card, thus giving new meaning to 'coming within an inch of your life.' His, not mine!'
Sydney Morning Herald
3 days ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Brewery gets the cold gold shoulder
We actually anticipated readers changing beer topics from DA (C8) to KB, but initial responses are based around its meaning. The Beer Police will tell you it stands for Kent Brewery, but that's apparently a divertissement. Max Redmayne of Drummoyne calls it a 'Killer Brew' while John Lees of Castlecrag and Dave Pyett of Maroubra have both opted for a long cold 'Kiddies Beer'. Kent Mayo of Uralla recalls: 'One Sunday in the 1950s, the vicar at the Penshurst Presbyterian Church (pron 'Chuch'), in his sermon on the evils of alcohol, held up a KB beer bottle, proclaiming that KB stood for 'Kills Boys'. Hilarious, eh? I noticed it was empty and, although I was only ten years old, whispered to the old bloke sitting next to me, 'He drank that last night, I reckon'.' It's a good idea to go to the experts. One is Ken Finlayson of East Corrimal: 'When Australian Playboy launched, some 55 years back, it included a beer tasting [story]. We young steelworks shift workers were appalled that Fosters got the nod from celebs who likely were more attuned to drinking Mateus. We then conducted our own poll at our regular early opener, where we arranged to sample beers from each state for a tasting after a night shift. It ended up with a drink-off between two Melbourne varieties. The results were submitted, and published in Australian Playboy No.2.' And while we're talking Mateus, Ross Millar of West Ryde recalls 'That the wonderful writer Kingsley Amis once said of Mateus Rose that 'both the price and the reputation owe more to the craft of the glassmaker than to that of the winemaker'.' 'It was my birthday last Sunday,' writes Mary Carde of Parrearra (Qld). 'My husband gave me a glorious bunch of flowers, bless him. He'd also purchased a lovely card featuring a beautiful image that he knew I'd love. Fortunately for him, just as he was about to enrich it with some profound words, he noticed it was a sympathy card, thus giving new meaning to 'coming within an inch of your life.' His, not mine!'
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