Thursday, June 16, 2016

I LOVE AUSTRALIA

Just reappeared in my building's basement grocery:


Know what else I love? I love how "Bundaberg" sounds like Tolkien's "Gundabad"—as in the "Gundabad wargs" referred to in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." Now if only the Aussies had a drink company that sounded like "Rhosgobel"...


6 comments:

  1. Well, I guess that answers the question of whether or not Bundaberg has hit the shelves. I'm going to have to look a little harder the next time I'm at a mart.

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  2. I was distracted by the green bottle, but that one's a bit alcoholic. Not that I've never had wine coolers and other lightly alcoolisé drinks before, but in this case I'm more blandly curious than seriously tempted.

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  3. They are sell those bottles at e-mart as well.

    Must say that ginger beer is amazing.

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  4. Brier,

    My buddy Steve doCarmo used to bring over cans of Idris Fiery Ginger Beer, a British brand, whenever he visited my place for Thanksgiving and Christmas. That stuff was something else. Luckily, it was never as "fiery" as the name implied, but it did have a bit of a kick. I'd put Bundaberg at about the same level as Idris, although it's much smoother, like the Northern Neck Ginger Ale that I've mentioned elsewhere.

    I drank two bottles last night; I've got two more waiting for me tonight. Only problem is how expensive the beers are: they're about W2,500 a bottle in my local grocery. (Which is a mini E-Mart, by the way.)

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  5. The Gongdeok e-mart. Never had ginger beer before I saw it at the store. Almost wish it had more bite. I also tried mixing with a Sam Adams beer to make a shandy, but wasn't to my liking. The ginger beer as it is, is amazingly refreshing.

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  6. No alcohol in the lemon lime & bitters concoction. (Unless one adds gin, which probably makes a pretty yummy drink... If one were to drink gin.)

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