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Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
Tooheys?
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
Tooheys?
Originally Posted by meadows
Who's going to meet me at Outback?
They exist in Oz. Kind of like Taco Bell in Mexico.
http://outbacksteakhouse.com.au
The menu isn't quite the parody of menu items named after locations in Australia. And cheese plates?
http://outbacksteakhouse.com.au/main-menu/
Who's going to meet me at Outback?
They exist in Oz. Kind of like Taco Bell in Mexico.
http://outbacksteakhouse.com.au
The menu isn't quite the parody of menu items named after locations in Australia. And cheese plates?
http://outbacksteakhouse.com.au/main-menu/
Originally Posted by anndel
That and Foster's, now we're talking.
Get a Victoria Bitter much better.
Shannow it looks great enjoy your weekend mate.
That and Foster's, now we're talking.
Get a Victoria Bitter much better.
Shannow it looks great enjoy your weekend mate.
Originally Posted by y_p_w
And cheese plates?
Forgot that they also have prosciutto and antipasto boards. And no "coconut shrimp", but they do have "popcorn prawns" and "grilled prawns".
And cheese plates?
Forgot that they also have prosciutto and antipasto boards. And no "coconut shrimp", but they do have "popcorn prawns" and "grilled prawns".
Originally Posted by y_p_w
Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
Tooheys?
Dave nailed it with VB...that used to be my go-to...but I DID have a Tooheys on the way home from work with my best engineer to close off the week. Don't buy VB hat much either.
This is my staple, and the one in the pic.
https://coopers.com.au/our-beer/ales-stout/sparkling-ale
and I'm quite partial to this
https://littlecreatures.com.au/beers/pale-ale/
edit, while I was down the street, I decided to hunt out some fosters....they had one solitary 6 pack, and one case of 24 cans...that's itmiddle of the top shelf jammed up the back.
Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
Tooheys?
Dave nailed it with VB...that used to be my go-to...but I DID have a Tooheys on the way home from work with my best engineer to close off the week. Don't buy VB hat much either.
This is my staple, and the one in the pic.
https://coopers.com.au/our-beer/ales-stout/sparkling-ale
and I'm quite partial to this
https://littlecreatures.com.au/beers/pale-ale/
edit, while I was down the street, I decided to hunt out some fosters....they had one solitary 6 pack, and one case of 24 cans...that's itmiddle of the top shelf jammed up the back.
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Originally Posted by Shannow
Originally Posted by y_p_w
Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
Tooheys?
Dave nailed it with VB...that used to be my go-to...but I DID have a Tooheys on the way home from work with my best engineer to close off the week. Don't buy VB hat much either.
This is my staple, and the one in the pic.
https://coopers.com.au/our-beer/ales-stout/sparkling-ale
and I'm quite partial to this
https://littlecreatures.com.au/beers/pale-ale/
edit, while I was down the street, I decided to hunt out some fosters....they had one solitary 6 pack, and one case of 24 cans...that's itmiddle of the top shelf jammed up the back.
As much as people rail on cheap American swill, there are a host of really good American beers. I'll go to this brewery in Berkeley, California called Fieldwork Brewing. That place is nothing short of amazing. They don't sell cans outside of their brewery and "satellite" locations. They do sell kegs to a few customers.
Also we have a place called Russian River Brewing in Sonoma County. Most people think of Sonoma for beer, but it's located in the less posh Santa Rosa, although they recently built a second brewery in the wine county town of Windsor. Their signature beer is called Pliny the Elder. It's a double IPA and basically was the one that started the craze.
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Originally Posted by y_p_w
Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
Tooheys?
Dave nailed it with VB...that used to be my go-to...but I DID have a Tooheys on the way home from work with my best engineer to close off the week. Don't buy VB hat much either.
This is my staple, and the one in the pic.
https://coopers.com.au/our-beer/ales-stout/sparkling-ale
and I'm quite partial to this
https://littlecreatures.com.au/beers/pale-ale/
edit, while I was down the street, I decided to hunt out some fosters....they had one solitary 6 pack, and one case of 24 cans...that's itmiddle of the top shelf jammed up the back.
As much as people rail on cheap American swill, there are a host of really good American beers. I'll go to this brewery in Berkeley, California called Fieldwork Brewing. That place is nothing short of amazing. They don't sell cans outside of their brewery and "satellite" locations. They do sell kegs to a few customers.
Also we have a place called Russian River Brewing in Sonoma County. Most people think of Sonoma for beer, but it's located in the less posh Santa Rosa, although they recently built a second brewery in the wine county town of Windsor. Their signature beer is called Pliny the Elder. It's a double IPA and basically was the one that started the craze.
Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
During the Dundee movie times, it was big here, but I'm not sure how readily available it is now. Saskatchewan liquor stores are known for a pretty good selection, so I don't doubt it's there, but probably not at the store front display any longer.
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
During the Dundee movie times, it was big here, but I'm not sure how readily available it is now. Saskatchewan liquor stores are known for a pretty good selection, so I don't doubt it's there, but probably not at the store front display any longer.
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Originally Posted by Garak
Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
During the Dundee movie times, it was big here, but I'm not sure how readily available it is now. Saskatchewan liquor stores are known for a pretty good selection, so I don't doubt it's there, but probably not at the store front display any longer.
IIRC, Fosters is just another Anheuser-Busch brand, like so many others that masquerade as being "ethnic" like Becks, Stella....etc.
Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
During the Dundee movie times, it was big here, but I'm not sure how readily available it is now. Saskatchewan liquor stores are known for a pretty good selection, so I don't doubt it's there, but probably not at the store front display any longer.
IIRC, Fosters is just another Anheuser-Busch brand, like so many others that masquerade as being "ethnic" like Becks, Stella....etc.
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Originally Posted by Garak
Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
During the Dundee movie times, it was big here, but I'm not sure how readily available it is now. Saskatchewan liquor stores are known for a pretty good selection, so I don't doubt it's there, but probably not at the store front display any longer.
IIRC, Fosters is just another Anheuser-Busch brand, like so many others that masquerade as being "ethnic" like Becks, Stella....etc.
Kind of complicated really. Went through a lot of hands, and with licensing agreements with other companies. Right now it's AB InBev owning the entire brand, but MillerCoors actually makes it for the US market.
For the longest time I remember that the version we got around here was made at a Molson brewery. And as much as people trash large breweries, they have the technical chops to make almost anything - even on a large scale. They made watered down beer because that's what their customers want.
Still - the history of the brand in Australia seems to be that it was near death in Australia right around the time that it became heavily marketed around the world. And possibly even a time when there was no longer any production within Australia, so whatever they sold there was made in another country.
Originally Posted by Garak
Originally Posted by Shannow
I'll let you into a secret...nobody drinks fosters....
During the Dundee movie times, it was big here, but I'm not sure how readily available it is now. Saskatchewan liquor stores are known for a pretty good selection, so I don't doubt it's there, but probably not at the store front display any longer.
IIRC, Fosters is just another Anheuser-Busch brand, like so many others that masquerade as being "ethnic" like Becks, Stella....etc.
Kind of complicated really. Went through a lot of hands, and with licensing agreements with other companies. Right now it's AB InBev owning the entire brand, but MillerCoors actually makes it for the US market.
For the longest time I remember that the version we got around here was made at a Molson brewery. And as much as people trash large breweries, they have the technical chops to make almost anything - even on a large scale. They made watered down beer because that's what their customers want.
Still - the history of the brand in Australia seems to be that it was near death in Australia right around the time that it became heavily marketed around the world. And possibly even a time when there was no longer any production within Australia, so whatever they sold there was made in another country.
In talking with several Aussies a number of years ago the talk was that Carlton was the most popular beer in Australia but you couldn't find anyone that would admit to liking the stuff.
As I recall Victoria was a favorite but a number of smaller brewers made their list of recommendations.
The one point everyone could agree on was that Budweiser was a ghastly brew and why anyone would drink it was baffling.
As I recall Victoria was a favorite but a number of smaller brewers made their list of recommendations.
The one point everyone could agree on was that Budweiser was a ghastly brew and why anyone would drink it was baffling.
Originally Posted by PimTac
The one point everyone could agree on was that Budweiser was a ghastly brew and why anyone would drink it was baffling.
I don't know about that. It is what it is. It's a mild-tasting, watered down American adjunct lager. When A-B claims it's expensive to make, they're actually not wrong about it. They use extremely high quality ingredients, have highly skilled people working on it, and are remarkably consistent across a dozen breweries. That type of beer is some of the hardest to make in the world. If they make a mistake, there aren't a lot of strong flavors to mask it.
It's frankly an inoffensive, easy to drink beer. I've talked to Germans beer drinkers who say they have no problem with it, although it's really about not really caring after already being inebriated from something with a stronger cast first.
I've been on one of their brewery tours, and the really funky thing is that they explain what "beechwood aging" does. They let visitors take used beechwood chip samples, and apparently they donate some to be used as playground wood chips. We're asked to take a piece and smell it. It has virtually no smell, so it's not like aging wine/liquor in oak. It's basically used because it's neutral. It really only there as a growing medium for the yeast, so that they don't rely on it working in a pile at the bottom of the fermenting tank. It creates more surface area for the yeast to ferment the beer.
The one point everyone could agree on was that Budweiser was a ghastly brew and why anyone would drink it was baffling.
I don't know about that. It is what it is. It's a mild-tasting, watered down American adjunct lager. When A-B claims it's expensive to make, they're actually not wrong about it. They use extremely high quality ingredients, have highly skilled people working on it, and are remarkably consistent across a dozen breweries. That type of beer is some of the hardest to make in the world. If they make a mistake, there aren't a lot of strong flavors to mask it.
It's frankly an inoffensive, easy to drink beer. I've talked to Germans beer drinkers who say they have no problem with it, although it's really about not really caring after already being inebriated from something with a stronger cast first.
I've been on one of their brewery tours, and the really funky thing is that they explain what "beechwood aging" does. They let visitors take used beechwood chip samples, and apparently they donate some to be used as playground wood chips. We're asked to take a piece and smell it. It has virtually no smell, so it's not like aging wine/liquor in oak. It's basically used because it's neutral. It really only there as a growing medium for the yeast, so that they don't rely on it working in a pile at the bottom of the fermenting tank. It creates more surface area for the yeast to ferment the beer.
Originally Posted by PimTac
It must be an acquired taste then.
I don't drink beer any longer but when I did I enjoyed the products from Deschutes Brewery. Mirror Pond Pale Ale was a top choice for me.
I wouldn't even say it's an acquired taste. It's inoffensive and even the novice beer drinker isn't going to gag on it. In the words of Eric Idle's faux-Aussie character, "it's ****** close to water". I always think of "acquired taste" as something that is strong and may seem bizarre to someone. Coffee is an acquired taste. So is Scotch whisky.
But around the San Francisco Bay Area we have a wealth of good relatively small-production breweries. I've discussed big brands like Budweiser with people in the craft beer industry. I can't find a single one who says anything bad about Budweiser. One even drank it in front of me. I remember one brewmaster talking about Budweiser or Coors, describing it as "perfect". He wasn't necessarily talking about the flavor, but how technically sound it was.
It must be an acquired taste then.
I don't drink beer any longer but when I did I enjoyed the products from Deschutes Brewery. Mirror Pond Pale Ale was a top choice for me.
I wouldn't even say it's an acquired taste. It's inoffensive and even the novice beer drinker isn't going to gag on it. In the words of Eric Idle's faux-Aussie character, "it's ****** close to water". I always think of "acquired taste" as something that is strong and may seem bizarre to someone. Coffee is an acquired taste. So is Scotch whisky.
But around the San Francisco Bay Area we have a wealth of good relatively small-production breweries. I've discussed big brands like Budweiser with people in the craft beer industry. I can't find a single one who says anything bad about Budweiser. One even drank it in front of me. I remember one brewmaster talking about Budweiser or Coors, describing it as "perfect". He wasn't necessarily talking about the flavor, but how technically sound it was.
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
IIRC, Fosters is just another Anheuser-Busch brand, like so many others that masquerade as being "ethnic" like Becks, Stella....etc.
Or the products they've taken over to masquerade is being small brewers.
IIRC, Fosters is just another Anheuser-Busch brand, like so many others that masquerade as being "ethnic" like Becks, Stella....etc.
Or the products they've taken over to masquerade is being small brewers.
Originally Posted by y_p_w
It's frankly an inoffensive, easy to drink beer. I've talked to Germans beer drinkers who say they have no problem with it, although it's really about not really caring after already being inebriated from something with a stronger cast first.
I can't argue with that. It can be difficult to make something that is inoffensive, let alone minimize batch variation. I tried Bud's Prohibition Brew, since I stopped drinking years ago, but always liked beer. I made the joke that the good news is that it tastes exactly like Bud and the bad news is it tastes exactly like Bud. Coors latest nonalcoholic beer is actually pretty remarkable. I'd call it the best non-alcoholic beer I've ever tasted (not that there is a plethora of choice out there) and it's better than their "real" beer.
It's frankly an inoffensive, easy to drink beer. I've talked to Germans beer drinkers who say they have no problem with it, although it's really about not really caring after already being inebriated from something with a stronger cast first.
I can't argue with that. It can be difficult to make something that is inoffensive, let alone minimize batch variation. I tried Bud's Prohibition Brew, since I stopped drinking years ago, but always liked beer. I made the joke that the good news is that it tastes exactly like Bud and the bad news is it tastes exactly like Bud. Coors latest nonalcoholic beer is actually pretty remarkable. I'd call it the best non-alcoholic beer I've ever tasted (not that there is a plethora of choice out there) and it's better than their "real" beer.
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Originally Posted by Garak
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
IIRC, Fosters is just another Anheuser-Busch brand, like so many others that masquerade as being "ethnic" like Becks, Stella....etc.
Or the products they've taken over to masquerade is being small brewers.
Yup, that too.
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
IIRC, Fosters is just another Anheuser-Busch brand, like so many others that masquerade as being "ethnic" like Becks, Stella....etc.
Or the products they've taken over to masquerade is being small brewers.
Yup, that too.
When I did drink beer, one thing I always noticed in this province, versus even big liquor stores in Alberta, is no matter how small the liquor store was here, or in how small of a town, I could find Rickard's Red and Moosehead, large varieties of vodka and rye. But, if I'd hit a large liquor store in Edmonton, it was like 3 varieties each of rye and vodka, and the biggest sellers only for beer. Cripes, you can get Sapporo beer in most small town liquor stores, and I can't see that moving like mad there.
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