45. Carlton Dry

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

The TV in Australia is pretty crap. Not many people have cable and most just have the terrestrial TV. Instead of calling it “Council TV” like we do at home they call it “Povo-TV” and they refer to the TV guide for those channels as the “Povo-pages”.

As such you often find yourself desperately flicking through the channels looking for something decent to watch and since there is usually nothing on, you end up watching various shopping shows.

One particularly boring day found us engrossed in an infomercial for a new sit-up device called “The Bean”. I’m not usually one for actually buying these kind of things but firstly the price was reasonably cheap and secondly there was not one but two shops in the area that sold them. We took it as a sign and purchased this inflatable miracle.

As soon as we got it home, I blew it up and did a few sessions on it. Quite easy actually and no pain in the back. Also, if it ends up gathering dust we can use it as a rocking chair as it’s so comfortable.

Anyway, after trying to get rid of my beer gut I felt I deserved some beer so I went our and got some Carlton Dry. We still haven’t been paid yet so it was one of the cheapest beers in the shop. However, it wasn’t bad. Really smooth with very little aftertaste. It’s got an average alcohol content but it’s so cheap that it would be a good selection for a night on the piss, hence the high Piss-Factor.