robert e lee

LoL.  Most I've ever seen was 4, all brought home in a suitcase (the people who clean forget FedEx is everywhere . .  .)

Tanker is down in San Marcos, Texas, about a 4 hour drive south of where I am, in the DFW "metroplex".   I've seen some Tiger (semi-NZ) both here and down to San Marcos (which is a bit of a toursit area with rivers and a pretty lakes and vinyards).    There's a snooty beer place in town with Speight's, but at US$10 the (us) pint, it's not something I've ordered.

I can get KB Tooth (which I like better than Foster's) locally.  Sometimes.  Had some Castlemaine at a snooty microbrew joint in Washington state, but, it was on someone else's dime.

a carton in australia , hold's 24-30 cans or stubbies [ small bottle's 375mm ] , should see a bloke out for the evening . castlemaine , is the local queenslander's pub drop , foster's is victorian , tooth's is new south wale's ,

CapnMac82 ;

 I am so sorry to burst your bubble . No I am NOT ! LOL.LOL.LOL. I do live a little further south than San Marcos . I live in the " Home " of Schlitterbahn .Yup , That's right  , New Braunfels ! Lotsa beer around here and not all Bud either .

 There is a Hotel here that serves , or did serve Fosters , Lately though I have had to stay centered on Samuel Adams .  T.B.

Hi !

In your opinion , which is the absolute best to have available .  T.B.

Gene1 ;

  Hey guy , Do you have any idea where I can get those books ? They are out of print and the Library is having a Divil of a tyme findin them .  T.B.

Tank, I don't know other than ebay & they are generally real good on old books. I do have a bunch of riverboat books. Our best friend ran a big library & could get me a lot of books I wanted. She got me  Way's Packet Directory , which is great.

  That Mississippi Steamboat book is the best for pictures. Bil Reed's book of frameable paintings is super. I have framed a lot of them. He painted all those pictures in the hotel bar in Marrietta Ohio. I got some things at the Howard Museum in Jeffersonville Ind. They built a couple of the R E Lee's there.  If you haven't been there it is the best riverboat museum. I will see if I can find the address for it. It has been 10 years since we were there. I do save everything tho.

Tank,

Odd thing, just checked the beer menu at the Flying Saucer in Austin--not a single Anzac brew on the list.

the heathens , LOL .

Well Then Cap'n Mac - 82 ;

 Have the Blighters get some or start giving your custom to someone who does have the " Right Stuff " . T.B.

Northside (Austin) Specs had KB Tooth in the big gold rolled steel textured cans a couple years ago when I was last in there.

If I understad it rightly, Foster & KB are a bit like a 40 of Peral or Lone Star would be considered here.  Drinkable, but not what you'd brag to out-of-towners about.

The Castlemaine was good, but the Victoria Bitter was better--but, I like a bitter if I can't get a porter, stout or a Bock.

And, to swerve this back on topic, a river boat probably ought to have a couple kegs of beer on board, if not wooden crates of bottles.

Oh FOYsters is horrible stuff. Just crap, like Shlitz.

Octoberfest starts this weekend.

Spaten for me, and pork hock!

try VB ,G ,

The VB is good--if you can get it.  Worth the trip to Austrailia, too

But, if you're having schweinehocken, or a jägerschnitzle, please, get a good octoberfest like Späten, or Hacker-Pshorr.  I'm getting set to stockpile Rahr, St. Arnold, and Shiner Oktoberfests to get me through the month.

man after my own heart capnmac

bill , did you mean the under side of the deck , if so I didn't touch it , as it is not seen . the top side of the bottom two deck's , I painted MM tan , gloss coated it , and used a wash of , burnt umber oil , over the top . hope this helps .

Hi, this is a nice and motivating thread!

I, too, have started to build the Robert E. Lee, it will be interesting to compare both ships later on: two different persons, two different results! :-)

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