Beer Review Bluetongue Pilsner
Beer number 17 out of my Forty Birthday Beers turns out to be the wonderful Bluetongue Pilsner.
I have been fortunate enought to have had a couple of these little fellas before….. in fact a couple of days after I opened this one in front of my video camera I was at a bit of a gathering where a mate of mine offered me one of his Bluetongue Lagers…. mmmmm….
In short – this is a Wonderful Beer.
This pilsner is slightly fruity, but only a little hint. It’s crisp. It’s slightly bitter and it tastes great.
The Blue Tongue Brewery is located in Australia, in the area known as the Hunter Valley, north west of Sydney – almost as an outer suburb of Newcastle. The Hunter Valley is perhaps more well known as a wine region, but there are a couple of nice breweries there as well.
According to their website, “Our full bodied pilsner has a malty flavour, pleasing bitterness and fruity aroma”.
One of the things I like about the BlueTongue Brewery website is their “On Tap Locations” page.
http://www.bluetongue.com.au/OnTapLocations/tabid/57/Default.aspx
Simply type in your post code, and the map will reveal to you your nearest local watering hole that has Blue Tongue Beer on tap. Excellent !
This Beer Review gives a ver commendable 9 out of 10 on the Forty Beers Cheers O Meter.
If you find yourself in a bottleshop, make sure you look for the distinctive Blue Tongues and buy several. As already mentioned, they have a Lager as well, which is equally as beerilicious.
Thanks 
Matthew
P.S. Don’t forget that the Forty Beers Beer Store is now open…. there are heaps of Beer Tshirts with amusing slogans, and you can’t go past a new bottle opener….
Tags: Australian Beer, Beer Review, Pilsner
Hi Rob,
Here in Melbourne I found a bottle shop where the Blue Tongue Lagers were on special – a slab / case / box of these has unfortunately not lasted very long, much like the pilsners….. !
I like your crusade against 330 ml bottles. Say “No !” to small beers !!
My recent trip to Vietnam revealled that the standard Vietnamese beer “stubbie” is 450 ml minimum, and usually closer to 600 ml. Fantastic ! The cans were very small at 300ml, but at less than 75 cents a can they went down very quickly….
I am looking forward to watching your Advent Beer Calendar unfold.
Thanks,
Matthew.
Hi Matthew, great video review, thanks. I had a BT Pils last night, as part of my ‘Advent Beer Calendar’ – much the same idea as your ’40 beers for your birthday’!
This year I started with some micro brewery beers. The BT Pils was way better than I expected. Your comments are spot on and this is one beer I will buy in the future, though I try not to buy the little 330ml bottles because it only encourages more breweries to shortchange us with less beer.
My advent calendar is here is you’d like a look – http://shed.robhealey.com.au/g.....ndar-2010/
cheers
Rob
Cairns
Australia
Hello Matthew,
I love your work, it has help me a lot to find local beers to put in my bar as the special beer of the month.
Quip the good work up!!!!
Would love to send you some local sydney beers for you to reviews.
You can send me your address if your interested.
All the best mate
Jerome
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