Beer Garden

[Hooligan]

On the topic of beer. What is everyone's poison of choice?

I have Boags premium in the fridge normally, but ive recently had Stella (imported strangely it was a gift)

I really enjoy the micro brewery scene as well as some of the german and belgium beers.

Whatever is available.
If you really want to know what shit faced is, I've got some home made stuff that will strip your cars paint better then the professionals.
Guaranteed by the third drink you'll be stumbling.

I want to try this.

[monotonehell]

Corona.

Ah yes, the beer that bogans (that don't think they are bogans) drink.

You're not a bogan if you have a slice of lime in it.

I actually like Corona also. Or a Singha goes well with a pud thai or similar. Still can't go past a Cooper's Pale Ale. If I'm feeling sufficiently Germanic I'll go a Schofferhofer Hefewiezen with a shot of Jagermeister on the side for sipping.

But really... we are in the middle of a fantastic beer glut. There are SO MANY kinds out there. Places like Ghost Ships above the Crown&Anchor on Grenfell Street or the new Hotel Wright Street (amongst many others) have a wide range, try them all! I do.

[Nathan]

There's only one pub in Adelaide for the real beer drinker and that's The Wheatsheaf. Craft beers from around the state, interstate and occasionally international, with the handpump and the grasshopper. The girls that run it know more about beer than anyone else I've ever come across.

As for specific beers, the Karl Strauss Pintail Pale Ale (from San Diego) has become my new session beer at home. Brooklyn Brewery do some great beers too which have recently become more available locally, and same with To Øl. Locally, Lobethal Bier Haus keep kicking goals, Brew Boys have some nice beers, and Prancing Pony are doing some really nice ales.

And don't bother trying the new Coopers Artisan Reserve Pilsner. Got given a sample and it was just a bland generic lager. It's "premium" in the same way that Crown Lager is (in other words, not at all).

[Waewick]

I used to live near the Earl of Leicester which has a pretty good range also.

[The Scooter Guy]

I was right again. In the first place, it was way beyond too late to say "Hands off Grenfell St!"

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sout ... 6859509705

[Vee]

SA and Adelaide ....
“Indeed, the state and city ‘punch well above their weight’ compared to their population size" - so says a report by ipData’s Executive Director, George Giannakodakis ... referenced in today's InDaily.

Small is good for SA economy, says report

South Australia’s economy is in better shape than most analysts suggest, a new report says.

‘Growth without Growth’ by local urban research consultancy ipData, claims South Australia and Adelaide may be outperforming other states on a per capita basis when long-term indicators are considered on a per capita basis.

“Indeed, the state and city ‘punch well above their weight’ compared to their population size,” ipData’s Executive Director George Giannakodakis said today.

“The research indicates that over the past 10 years SA has been growing its Gross State Product (GSP) at a much faster rate than comparatively larger states; that its debt per capita is actually the lowest of any mainland state; that it invests a proportionally higher level of good debt into infrastructure than other states, which underpins productivity improvements, and that Adelaide has the most affordable inner and middle ring housing in the nation.”

Giannakodakis’s report uses a concept that describes the detachment between population and economic growth.
Coined a decade ago by urban economist Paul Gottlieb at the Brookings Institute, ‘Growth without Growth’ places cities into four categories: Wealth Builders, Conventional Wisdom, Population Magnets and Low Growth.

“When applying this economic approach to Australia, it becomes apparent that larger cities and their parent states such as Melbourne and Victoria are underperforming compared to their population growth rate, while states with a poor economic reputation are in fact creating more economic prosperity on a per capita basis,” the report claims.

“States with low population growth such as South Australia should therefore not despair over their low population growth rates, given what high growth has inflicted on other Australian cities with infrastructure shortfalls, traffic congestion and a lack of services in new areas.

“In cities in the US ‘population magnets’ such as Melbourne are more vulnerable to housing boom and busts.”

Giannakodakis, a civil engineer, says the traditional aim of becoming a “population magnet” is becoming outdated.
“We can see that a low growth rate is not necessarily a good thing either for building wealth given our ageing population.”

His report argues that South Australia and Tasmania had the lowest level of “net debt per capita” of any mainland state.

InDaily:
http://indaily.com.au/business/2014/03/ ... ys-report/

[dsriggs]

Could've used that report last week...

[Waewick]

Could've used that report last week...

I think it more like a back handed compliment that anything

Hey Adelaide, you are doing well at not growing!

[rev]

I wonder if passenger numbers on Malaysia Airlines flights to/from Adelaide have dropped off or will?

[monotonehell]

LOL cute idea. Would you pay $10 to use the carpool lane?


http://youtu.be/vV3U6j8ZGuw

[Hooligan]

Just for shits and giggles, let's compare our two AFL clubs membership advertisements:

Port Adelaide:


Adelaide:

[slenderman]

Just for shits and giggles, let's compare our two AFL clubs membership advertisements:

Port Adelaide:


Adelaide:

Both are terrible and embarrassing. Port's has more of a point while the Crows are just doing a stupid chant, but at least the Crows don't need to remind everyone that they "WILL turn up".

Go Crows. Wish we'd hurry up and burn that stupid 19th man thing though.

[Hooligan]

Will the 19th man please stand up? please stand up? please stand up?

[Vee]

Adelaide, 5th most liveable city in the world.
Neat graphic presentation, designed for the UK market.

Sunny days a special feature!!
http://www.southaustraliagov.co.uk/live ... -the-world

[The Scooter Guy]

With the new look Adelaide Oval in full swing now, the periodic bus lanes for the FX buses to AAMI Stadium are now not much use anymore!
I was thinking that the tram line could be extended even further from Hindmarsh to West Lakes by means of turning from Port Rd onto West Lakes Bvd and going through where the bus lanes used to be!