27. Toohey’s Extra Dry

Smoothness 4
Cost 3
Piss-Factor 3
Aftertaste 2
Coolness 3

It was amazing to have a place to live that wasn’t a hotel. I know it sounds incredible but we were actually getting bored of eating out and it was such a good feeling to have a kitchen and a living room of our own. What wasn’t so amazing is that when we first moved in our only furniture was a blow up mattress (which was deceptively comfortable and a steal at $49 from a local camping shop) and one chair.

But that didn’t put us off enjoying our first home-cooked meal in the flat. I suppose this story would be better if we’d eaten crocodile burgers or kangaroo steaks but alas we opted for a Hawaiian pizza straight out of the freezer section of our local supermarket. Still, it tasted fantastic and we washed each slice down with generous gulps of Toohey’s.

I don’t think that it’s a particularly cool beer but what is brilliant is the fact that the bottles have no label. The details of the beer are actually embossed right onto the glass. A quality idea hence is gets a 3 for coolness. Perhaps I should contact the hotel we stayed in that had the Crown label soup bucket on the bar and tell them to stock this instead.