Beer Icons & Who needs hops

[jt]

I've been passing by AHB on a regular basis for a few years and Coopers Pale Ale keeps coming up regularly as one of THE beers to clone.
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/index.php/?autocom=recipedb&a...
It's as if there's a national pride in it, like it's an icon.

Do we have such a beer in New Zealand ?

I know we have icons in the marketeers beer world, the yea right, red like a fire engine, export yourself beer, but you know I don't mean that.

What's the beer that we all accept as a good one, not swill, not boutique, not a one off or seasonal.
What's the accepted good beer out there that always draws us in ? Is there is one beer that has almost universal acceptance ..

I'd suggest that there's been a few possibilities over the years .. Mac's (which one though), Hopsmacker, Bookbinder .. Any more ideas chaps ?

Now the next part.

If you can decide what this beer is - why not brew it for the next case swap - or maybe a seperate class in the SOBA homebrew comp - an ANZAC day brew day ?

I think the interpreation and the results could be quite fascinating

cheers, jt

[denimglen]

666 Brewing?

Someone tell him to get some of that shit to AK ASAP, looks the frickin business.

[Kempicus]

I've got a couple of beers that i think are icons...haven't and can't be arsed reading this whole thread but given this

"What's the accepted good beer out there that always draws us in ? Is there is one beer that has almost universal acceptance .."

I'll go with...

Emersons Pilsner
Epic Pale
Limburg Hopsmacker
Tuatara IPA
Speights Porter


What do you reckon?

[Reviled]

What is this Limburg??

edit ; Just googled it, a closed down brewery :o( Stink..