Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: If political parties were beer ... https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321696#post321696 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321696#post321696 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:19:38 +1200 Tosh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321678#post321678 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321678#post321678 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 05:26:33 +1200 Ray Gilbert https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321409#post321409 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321409#post321409 I remember Rupert E Taylor of the Headless Chickens, after winning the Rheineck award, endorsing the product

I remember them playing Dunedin in the resulting tour and one member – who I can't recall from so long ago, wearing a Joseph Khutze t shirt. It took some a while to…

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:25:31 +1200 Rebecca Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321363#post321363 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321363#post321363 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 21:20:09 +1200 stephen walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321359#post321359 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321359#post321359 i hate to be pendant-ic, but Kirin Holdings is not owned by something called "Mitsubishi".
Kirin is a member of the Mitsubishi keiretu but its shareholders are spread all over, including 28% outside Japan.

reference:
http://www.kirinholdings.co.jp/english/ir/stock/stock.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi

p.s. (off-topic)
please consider boycotting Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Toshiba, since they…

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:34:45 +1200 Swan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321344#post321344 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321344#post321344 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:08:43 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321338#post321338 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321338#post321338 Yeah I like Rheineck back in the 80s. It was the beer of freedom and rock awards.

I remember Rupert E Taylor of the Headless Chickens, after winning the Rheineck award, endorsing the product by claiming that, while there were still times when he’d need to put on a miniskirt…

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:41:38 +1200 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321337#post321337 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321337#post321337 I would have gone for Steinlarger for the Nats, solidly corporate and once the controlled environment breaks down and it reaches room temperature the gloss goes off the taste and it tastes like Whale Piss.

attended by close to 50% women.

I have met some of those 50% women.
And…

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:34:40 +1200 Galleto https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321324#post321324 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321324#post321324 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:50:14 +1200 Don Reid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321311#post321311 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321311#post321311 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:42:52 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321295#post321295 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321295#post321295 ...more bliss...
I'm thinking Rheineck for Dotcom's party rather than 'Dunne-over-the-hill'
– sounds german and supports local music?
...and it's really not that bad!

Do any of the others have a good head ?
are they frothy or flat?
National we know is 'on tap' through Ede and Slater
while…

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:32:05 +1200 Tristan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321294#post321294 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321294#post321294 its very male centric in its beerishness

my mum used to drink Rheineck buy the truckload...of course that was in 1988.

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:24:55 +1200 Will de Cleene https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321271#post321271 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321271#post321271 Tasteless and with an icky flavour! Act just can’t win, can they?

Like apple juice or making love in a canoe.

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:44:19 +1200 Julian Melville https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321266#post321266 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321266#post321266 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:20:18 +1200 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321261#post321261 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321261#post321261 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:51:37 +1200 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321257#post321257 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321257#post321257 I appreciate woman as much as men love a good beer

While I actually really like the post, I should have pointed that out perhaps... and totally get the humour and the Grant nailed my choice of beer and party, its very male centric in its beerishness, imo

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:48:11 +1200 Andrew Geddis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321256#post321256 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321256#post321256

That’s because it’s imported, tasteless, has an icky flavour and very difficult to stomach.

Tasteless and with an icky flavour! Act just can’t win, can they?

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:47:11 +1200 Annon_sorry https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321251#post321251 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321251#post321251 Bob, you are such a fool if you believe women do not like beer. Beervana was held this past weekend in Wellington, attended by close to 50% women.

As to the post – love that you assigned Emersons to the Greens. While they are owned by Lion, they still make…

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:33:30 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321246#post321246 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321246#post321246 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:26:14 +1200 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321240#post321240 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321240#post321240 no wine options, we're good at wine allegedly
no female option either

so basically if you don't like beer or are not a MAN you're stuffed

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:15:33 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321239#post321239 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321239#post321239 What you're saying is that all our parties, without exception*, are owned by huge foreign multinationals who do their best to obfuscate this through layers of flag-wrapping.

* I checked. Emersons ∈ Lion ∈ Kirin ∈ Mitsubishi
Boundary Road ∈ Independent Liquor ∈ Asahi

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:14:35 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321238#post321238 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-if-political-parties-were-beer/?p=321238#post321238 Discussion from blog post.

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