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Not so sad losing West End.
If it wasn't for the demise of Southwark, SA would have continued to have 2 crap beers.

Beasley Hutton wrote:

Tiger of old wrote: I’m a Gage Roads man now myself, drinking Swan and Emu was just supporting eastern states jobs.

Local WA micro breweries like Gage Roads, Feral etc continue to go from strength to strength which just highlights the difference in taste and how us West Aussie's still love a locally brewed beer.

A couple of small mickey mouse operations, produce next to nothing even presently on a national scale and don't employ anything like Swan did at its height in the 80s.

Demons Forever wrote: Not so sad losing West End.
If it wasn't for the demise of Southwark, SA would have continued to have 2 crap beers.

Southwark is still brewed.

Tiger of old wrote: I’m a Gage Roads man now myself, drinking Swan and Emu was just supporting eastern states jobs.

yep fair enough, Export is going through a real revival young blokes love it in the bush, real pity they moved it over east.

I dont mind Alby, but the 330 ml stubbies are a rip off,

DD wrote:

Beasley Hutton wrote:

Tiger of old wrote: I’m a Gage Roads man now myself, drinking Swan and Emu was just supporting eastern states jobs.

Local WA micro breweries like Gage Roads, Feral etc continue to go from strength to strength which just highlights the difference in taste and how us West Aussie's still love a locally brewed beer.

Until they get gobbled up by the big brewery giants like Lion Nathan. Thats what happened to Little Creatures though still locally brewed here I think.

Yep Little Creatures gone a few years back but still local, although they brew in Vic as well , how long before Gage Roads gets bought out who knows , but I dont reckon the sales are anything like LC where when Lion grabbed them.

Bazza wrote:

Beasley Hutton wrote:

Tiger of old wrote: I’m a Gage Roads man now myself, drinking Swan and Emu was just supporting eastern states jobs.

Local WA micro breweries like Gage Roads, Feral etc continue to go from strength to strength which just highlights the difference in taste and how us West Aussie's still love a locally brewed beer.

A couple of small mickey mouse operations, produce next to nothing even presently on a national scale and don't employ anything like Swan did at its height in the 80s.

Probably because there was bugger all beer choices back then it was Swan products or very little else!