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Emu
Hi! Good job on the emu article; well done. A few comments: Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:10, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * "the red led"? - Maybe "the red lead"?
 * "(the Kerosene probably also had a bitter taste)" - Mmmm. Amusing, but hardly encyclopaedic ...
 * "where Hannan's Lager and Kalgoorlie Stout still held there own" - their own
 * "a drink for woman and young men" - women
 * "suggesting his choice of brew indicated some question about his sexuality." - perhaps "indicated something questionable about"?
 * "The beer originated from the Stanley Brewery which was James Stokes, a 27 year old settler from Bristol in England, second Perth brewery (the Stanley Brewery)." - Was it Perth's second brewery, or Stokes' second brewery? And why was it called "the Stanley Brewery"?

Question: Bitter & Export are "lager"s. What sort of beer is Draft? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:13, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Another question: Is the "Skol" you refer to the same beer as Skol? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:17, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Was the guy's name "Stoke" or "Stokes"? Pdfpdf (talk) 08:21, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Answer: Stokes. Pdfpdf (talk) 08:44, 3 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Have a look at http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/wa/Perth/EmuBreweryformer/20188
 * It states that the Emu Brewery was the first commercial brewery in WA.
 * It also says: "The first brewery was built by J Stokes in 1837 (only eight years after the founding of the WA colony). The site has been used continuously for brewing since that time. In 1887 the brewery was taken over by the Stanley Brewery Company Ltd and in 1908 the name was changed to the Emu Co-operative Brewery, then to the Emu Brewery Ltd."
 * These statements conflict a little with your statements.
 * They may be wrong; do you have any supporting evidence for your statements?
 * Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 08:44, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Thanks for tidying up for me.

Red lead wasn't one of my contributions. Draft is meant to be like beer that comes from the keg - less preservatives they would have you believe but really just a slightly different tasting lager. The Albion and Stanley Brewery were built adjacent to each other on the same site at Spring Street 9named after the spring that supplied teh required water for both brewery's. See http://www.australianbeers.com/history/swan.htm and

Stokes according to http://www.australianbeers.com/history/swan.htm

and http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/C%20-%20A-D/Carlton%20Hotel%20(P-AD).PDF

"The brewing  company  was  originally  established  in  the  1830s  as Stoke’s Albion Brewery, which was situated under Mt Eliza  on the site  of the  old  Emu  Brewery.    Sited  over  a  natural  spring  the  Albion  Brewery became the Stanley Brewery Company in 1887.   In  1905,  the Company sold

the manufacturing  side  of  the  business  to  the  Stanley  Co-operative Brewery, while the Stanley Brewery Company Ltd. carried on as the owner of a  certain  freehold  property  in  the  metropolitan  area. This led  to confusion so  that  it  1908  the Stanley Brewery Company changed  its name to the Emu Co-operative  Brewery. In 1928,  the  Emu  Brewery was  taken over by the Swan Brewery Company" It's confusing I think I will just say "one of two perth breweries...."

Yes Skol is the same stuff; Skol International beer was brewed by the Swan brewery before it started making the similarly bottled Special Bond. See the old Swan/Skol label here http://cgi.ebay.com.au/West-Aust-Skol-International-Beer-Label-Mint-Cond_W0QQitemZ300247009606QQihZ020QQcategoryZ567QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

see Special Bond label here: http://www.taverntrove.com/items/34580.asp

Regards Aussiblew

we digress

 * Thanks for the reply. I'm a bit busy with doing the income tax at the moment, (my wife wants her refund cheque - preferably yesterday), but I'll give your reply the attention it deserves as soon as I have placated her. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:19, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I understand I am also a FCPA and the Treasurer of the Fishers with Disabilities Association Inc. so BAS returns and similar ATO/tax driven matters have also been occupying my time too. It's been probably 15 years or more since I tried an Emu bitter - I'm a Rogers Beer man now. I can't even recall how I ended up on the Emu Bitter page but the lack of an explanation for calling it the much more recent name of "Kennie" and the absence of the names it was called when I first started drinking it in the late 1960's got me started.


 * 1) http://www.fisherswithdisabilities.org.au/index.php - Very interesting! (You learn something new every day!)
 * 2) Never seen, or even heard of, Rogers. However, being a frequent contibutor to the wealth of the Cooper's family via their Pale Ale, you'll not be surprised to learn that I'm also rather fond of http://www.littlecreatures.com.au/paleale/ which, unfortunately, is rather expensive here.
 * 3) "I can't even recall how I ended up on the Emu Bitter page" - Lol!! For that matter, neither can I! (It probably had some obscure six-degrees-of-freedom thing from Lion Nathan trying to take over Coopers ... )
 * 4) Your "exposure" to Emu sounds very similar to my own history with Southwark, also a very bitter-tasing beer (which was my father's staple diet). However, I'm not aware of anyone ever equating Southwark with ANY form of distilate, much less kerosene ... Personally, I'm a "Coopers" man, though after living in The Hague for 5 years, my favourite beer is Grolsch. Somewhat strangely, I can buy Grolsch more cheaply here in Adelaide than I can buy Little Creatures.
 * Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:13, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I also like Little Creatures Pale Ale and Adelaide. I took the family to Adelaide for our last holidays; I go there a lot for work and I knew they would enjoy it; friendly people like West Australians and lots of nice restaurants.

FCPA

 * P.S. I have a pretty fair idea of what a CPA is. What's required to become a Fellow? (WP seems to think FCPA is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.) Pdfpdf (talk) 14:46, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Fellow is just and old CPA (i.e to become a FCPA you just have to be an experienced accountant and CPA member for a long time). Often referred to by other CPA's as an "old fellow". I actually I work as a fisheries manager rather than an accountant these days; got there by also being an economist and its more interesting than adding up numbers.

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