{"id":879,"date":"2021-02-21T22:15:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T22:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cedricokiorina.com\/5-big-things-in-australia-to-see-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T02:10:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T02:10:10","slug":"australias-5-best-beers-in-my-humble-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cedricokiorina.com\/australias-5-best-beers-in-my-humble-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s 5 Best Beers (in my humble opinion)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"879\" class=\"elementor elementor-879\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51093c1 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed 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elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e5404a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e56bbb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e56bbb8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-432218e9\" data-id=\"432218e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-165516e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"165516e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Normally, I\u2019m a huge proponent of living super-frugally both while traveling and even when I\u2019m at home (though that\u2019s purely so I can save as much as possible for my next adventure!). But before I headed off to Australia, I had a LOT of people reach out to tell me two things about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedricokiorina.com\/category\/australia\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">visiting Australia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s quite expensive and expect to spend a bit more than you budget for<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few of their beers are seriously good and worthwhile when you\u2019re there<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While I was well aware already that Australia was on the pricier side, I had no idea about their beer. Now, I\u2019m not a drinker by all means, but I do know a good beer when I have one. So while I was there, I made sure to try out quite a few brews in order to give you guys a list of the beers I thought topped the list so you could skip the bad ones and get right to the good ones. Of course, though, this is my objective opinion so YMMV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2><b><i>Carlton Draught<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was the very first beer I had after I arrived in Sydney. Fact-wise, it\u2019s a little weird because it\u2019s not even from the state of New South Wales where Sydney is located &#8211; it\u2019s actually native to Victoria. The first sip, I must say, I didn\u2019t really enjoy too much. It\u2019s a very, very strong-tasting lager and took me by surprise. But after a few,I got used to the heaviness of the flavour and ended up really enjoying it. Let me say\u2026 it wasn\u2019t the only one I had during my trip!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2><b><i>Great Northern Super Crisp<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After spending a day around the Sunshine Coast and stopping by to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedricokiorina.com\/5-big-things-in-australia-to-see\/\">check out the Big Pineapple<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I took an opportunity to stop and have an icy-cold Great Northern Super Crisp to cool down. A refreshingly light taste, it\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">very<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> easy to drink &#8211; its alcohol content is lower than other beers. Established in Cairns (in Queensland) way back in 1927, their long brewing history has allowed them to manufacture some seriously awesome beer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2><b><i>Coopers Pale Ale<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Big Lobster was an absolute blast, and on the way back from Kingston SE I was chatting with a fellow traveler who was on his way to the Coopers Brewery in Adelaide for a tour. I decided it sounded like it might be fun so I tagged along &#8211; and I\u2019m glad I did. The tour guide did a super job and made it all a really fun experience well worth the money, and at the end of the tour I tried my very first Coopers &#8211; a Pale Ale (the one with the green label apparently, though mine came from a tap).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I enjoyed the taste quite a lot. It had a cloudy appearance and the taste wasn\u2019t too strong, either.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2><b><i>James Boag\u2019s Premium<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn\u2019t unfortunately make my way down to Tasmania during my trip to Australia. Although, you might say I went there in spirit when I tasted a James Boag\u2019s Premium Lager. It\u2019s really refreshing as a lager beer, and paired really (like, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) well with pretty much every one of the cheeses on the cheese platter we made in the hostel in Sydney.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2><b><i>James Squire One Fifty Lashes Pale Ale<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wasn\u2019t sure what to expect going into this beer. It was actually bought for me by a random local who decided I <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to taste his favourite beer while I was in Australia (he was a great guy who actually let me stay on his couch for a couple of nights which was nice!).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I noticed in Australia that many of their pale ales had a cloudy appearance when you poured them into a glass, and this wasn\u2019t any different. 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