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[kyburg]

Would you please tell some of these Yanks what good Australian beer is? (They all think Fosters is it. We know better.)

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[dr-nebula.livejournal.com]

Fosters? Gah, - it's the Budwieser of Oz.

When I was doing research in Perth, I had 'mass quantities' of Swan (esp. the 'stout) and Emu Bitter.

[pseudicide.livejournal.com]

Oh gods. It's so not fosters!

Tooheys Old is good if you like dark, Carlton Draught is not bad at all, Crown Lager is, well, a lager, Beez Kneez is a brilliant Honey Amber Ale out of Tassie, and Mountain Goat does a large range of beers out of Melbourne, but it can be hard to find, cause it's considered a microbrewery.

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

The only Australian (pronounced aus-tral-yah, not aus-trail-yah) beer that I had was Victorian Bitter, which is more of a stout than a beer. And seeing as I'm already a Guinness man, I loved it straight away.

And even though I'd never been to Australia in my life until 1997, I knew damn well that Fosters was most likely considered the Milwaukee's Beast of Australian beers.

You drink it for the same reason you drink Night Train, Mad Dog 20/20 or Blue Nun; to get blind-stinkin-plastered ASAP for cheap.

Except Americans thinks it's cool, so here you get charged an arm and a leg for something less palatable than horse piss.

[amizadai.livejournal.com]

Victoria Bitter! And one I just discovered during my last trip there in April: St George. The latter has a picture of a knight on the label, and is all yaargh manly, but it tastes really light. Great for introducing beer to girls who only drink coolers.

I *think* its Australian.