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    Quote Originally Posted by edhewitt View Post
    A 620ml bottle of bintang beer is 33,000 rupea which is about $3.30 plus 11% tax and 10% service charge in the hotel i am in.
    Do you have a free view of any erupting volcanoes Ed? And that's too much for beer in Bali mate!


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    Quote Originally Posted by MickR View Post
    Do you have a free view of any erupting volcanoes Ed? And that's too much for beer in Bali mate!


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    No erupting volcanoes, and that is the hotel price. Besides i dont intend on drinking that much, but yes that does work out about the same price as emu export if you buy it by the carton.
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    Ah Emu Export! The nearest thing WA has to a real beer like XXXX (Four Ex). Brings back a few memories. Took more away than it brings back though. Does it still come in the red can?


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    Quote Originally Posted by MickR View Post
    Ah Emu Export! The nearest thing WA has to a real beer like XXXX (Four Ex). Brings back a few memories. Took more away than it brings back though. Does it still come in the red can?


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    Yup, red can. And xxxx is only called xxxx coz you cant call that swill beer, or coz aussies cant spell beer
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    On this day (31 May) in 1859, Big Ben started keeping time.

    It was in original condition, faded red, well-worn, but nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cangooner View Post
    On this day (31 May) in 1859, Big Ben started keeping time.
    To what tune??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    To what tune??
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    Oh right that makes sense now, i was wondering where he was putting all the time he was keeping.
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    Quote Originally Posted by edhewitt View Post
    Yup, red can. And xxxx is only called xxxx coz you cant call that swill beer, or coz aussies cant spell beer

    Yep it's an old joke, and one I like, but do you know the real reason behind the name? No? I didn't think so! You're not that well educated . The real reason for the Ex's is to denote the strength of the beer. It's a throwback to jolly old England apparently (so who can't spell beer now huh?! ) The forerunner to Fourex the beer was XXX Sparkling Ale. The Ex's are meaningless with regards to beer strength these days, as the name hasn't been changed to suit any of the lower strength beers brought out by the same company, except to add the word 'Gold' to the modern mid strength as well as earlier variants. XXXX, Fourex or Barbed Wire, what ever you choose to call it, it's one of Australia's best commercial beers.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MickR View Post
    Yep it's an old joke, and one I like, but do you know the real reason behind the name? No? I didn't think so! You're not that well educated . The real reason for the Ex's is to denote the strength of the beer. It's a throwback to jolly old England apparently (so who can't spell beer now huh?! ) The forerunner to Fourex the beer was XXX Sparkling Ale. The Ex's are meaningless with regards to beer strength these days, as the name hasn't been changed to suit any of the lower strength beers brought out by the same company, except to add the word 'Gold' to the modern mid strength as well as earlier variants. XXXX, Fourex or Barbed Wire, what ever you choose to call it, it's one of Australia's best commercial beers.


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    Yeah i read that on a can of gold that i was forced to drink at karratha airport once, so gold should really be XXX
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