Tooheys Old
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Tooheys Old is a dark ale type of beer
produced in Australia by Tooheys
. It has been brewed since 1869 and Tooheys began bottling it in 1970. It has 4.4% alcohol per volume.
It is on tap in many bars in New South Wales
, Australian Capital Territory
, South Australia
and Queensland
. It is made with top fermentation ale yeast
, lightly hopped with black malt giving it a very dark, almost blackish, colour. At the pub, it is commonly ordered as Black.
The beer was formerly known as Tooheys Hunter Old Ale.
It is one of the only two Australian mass-produced beers to earn a mention in The Great Beer Guide (ISBN 0-7894-5156-5) along with Dogbolter.
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
produced in Australia by Tooheys
Tooheys
Tooheys is a brewery in the suburb of Lidcombe, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It produces beers under the Tooheys and Hahn trademarks, and is part of the New Zealand Lion Nathan beverages group.-History:...
. It has been brewed since 1869 and Tooheys began bottling it in 1970. It has 4.4% alcohol per volume.
It is on tap in many bars in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
and Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. It is made with top fermentation ale yeast
Yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species. Most reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by an asymmetric division process called budding...
, lightly hopped with black malt giving it a very dark, almost blackish, colour. At the pub, it is commonly ordered as Black.
The beer was formerly known as Tooheys Hunter Old Ale.
It is one of the only two Australian mass-produced beers to earn a mention in The Great Beer Guide (ISBN 0-7894-5156-5) along with Dogbolter.