Get involved, Aussies!

Discussion in 'Australia' started by AzfromOz, Feb 11, 2022.

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  1. NorsemanOne

    NorsemanOne Pooh-Bah (2,331) Sep 17, 2021 Utah
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    Well hey I'm becoming a more active user, and what I would give to move there

    But best of luck to you!
     
    #21 NorsemanOne, Nov 22, 2022
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  2. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    Then come on over - we've got plenty of room for more of you Yanks!

    Cheers
     
    #22 AzfromOz, Nov 23, 2022
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  3. Arassuil

    Arassuil Crusader (409) Jan 21, 2008 Australia

    Do we? Do we really??
    (Speaking as a Yank expat that's bene in Oz since 2007)
     
    #23 Arassuil, Dec 18, 2022
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  4. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    Ha! Just trying to be nice to the neighbours!

    You've had better luck than me - I've been trying to convince the missus and kids to move to Queensland for years now, yet here you are living on the other side of the planet. Although maybe Queensland is another planet...

    Cheers!
     
    #24 AzfromOz, Dec 18, 2022
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  5. NorsemanOne

    NorsemanOne Pooh-Bah (2,331) Sep 17, 2021 Utah
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    Local brewery just made an Australian Sparking Ale, man that was delicious. Will put the details on their brew page soon. New favorite.

    Wish I could find Coopers close by - no offerings anywhere within 150+ km.

    Cheers!
     
    #25 NorsemanOne, Jan 13, 2023
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  6. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    Kinda like the outback steakhouse and Foster's Lager, Australian Sparkling Ales are as rare as hen's teeth in Oz, with Coopers Red being the only one I'm aware of. I'm sure there are others, though, and Untappd and my fridge seem to be full of the category of Australian pale ales, but those are more citrusy and aroma-driven than the more yeasty, drier version that you get from Coopers. I am, however, going off memory about the Coopers beer, so don't @ if my recollection of the flavour profile is wrong!

    Cheers!
     
    #26 AzfromOz, Jan 16, 2023
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  7. NorsemanOne

    NorsemanOne Pooh-Bah (2,331) Sep 17, 2021 Utah
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    IIRC Fosters was bought out my AbInBev, right?
     
    #27 NorsemanOne, Jan 16, 2023
  8. NorsemanOne

    NorsemanOne Pooh-Bah (2,331) Sep 17, 2021 Utah
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    I still enjoy Fosters Lager as opposed to the green can one personally
     
    #28 NorsemanOne, Jan 16, 2023
  9. ALEBOY

    ALEBOY Zealot (629) May 31, 2003 Australia

    My first post in a looooong time. Nice to see a few familiar names from the past on this thread
     
    #29 ALEBOY, Jan 21, 2023
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  10. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    Yep. From Wikipedia (which would never lie to me):

    "in 2011, Foster's was acquired by SABMiller; the latter was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV in October 2016"

    Cheers!
     
    #30 AzfromOz, Jan 22, 2023
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  11. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    That Fosters green can is an international thing as far as I know - I've never seen one anywhere in Australia, or even seen it referred to in any Australian context.

    Cheers!
     
    #31 AzfromOz, Jan 22, 2023
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  12. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    Welcome back!
     
    #32 AzfromOz, Jan 22, 2023
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  13. ALEBOY

    ALEBOY Zealot (629) May 31, 2003 Australia

    I'm imagining that the green can is most likely Fosters Special Bitter... which was certainly available in Australia 30 or so years ago. However I find it rare to see Fosters Lager now let alone the Special Bitter.
     
    #33 ALEBOY, Jan 24, 2023
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  14. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    Do you mean the stronger, six percentish version they brewed for a little while in Oz? I only ever saw it in bottles, and it might have even had a green label from memory. I actually liked that and sought it out even back then as a maybe 20-year-old. But you're right, that one hasn't been brewed in Oz for nigh on 30 years now.

    Cheers!
     
    #34 AzfromOz, Jan 24, 2023
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  15. Reidrover

    Reidrover Grand Pooh-Bah (4,886) Jan 14, 2003 Oregon
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    You can get bother pretty easily even in supermarkets here. It's about the only "Australian" beer we see apart from the rare appearance now and again of Sheaf Stout.
    I actually like the Special Bitter. Nice drink in the summer
     
    #35 Reidrover, Feb 7, 2023
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  16. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    It's so Australian none of us drink it!

    Sheaf Stout is as rare as hen's teeth too. I've only ever drunk one.

    Cheers!
     
    #36 AzfromOz, Feb 7, 2023
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  17. Shanex

    Shanex Grand Pooh-Bah (4,960) Dec 10, 2015 France
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    Unfortunately we pretty much only ever come across Foster in these parts, even those fairly typical Australian bars like Café Oz over in several Paris locations would have this as the main option.

    https://cafe-oz.com/

    I have some fond memories of hanging out in these, meeting up random strangers and chatting.

    Met my share of Aussie blokes there, all good to me but past happy hours the place becomes quite loud and it becomes just harder to engage a conversation.

    Cheers!
     
    #37 Shanex, Feb 7, 2023
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  18. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    Someone should try opening an outlet in Australia, to make all the tourists feel at home when they come here!

    ps., that website is very broken, at least on my browser...

    Cheers!
     
    #38 AzfromOz, Feb 7, 2023
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  19. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    When I saw it labeled as Special Bitter, it was 3.5% abv(or 2.5%) and was very drinkable. The one I see now is over 6%abv and not drinkable at all to me.
     
    #39 Bitterbill, Feb 7, 2023
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  20. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    In the US, the Foster's sold here had long been brewed outside Australia - first by Molson (IIRC, that was all tied up with the confusing interconnection of Foster's [then-called Elder IXL] owned Carling-O'Keefe, Molson and Miller in the mid-1980s - mid-1990s) and later by MillerCoors (now Molson Coors), using the dba Oil Can Breweries :rolling_eyes:, in their US breweries and that has continued to be the case, based on the agreement with the US Department of Justice which allowed the SABMiller take-over by ABInBev.

    The "fine print" on US Foster's' labels:
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    That was not the case, of course, in the 1970s:
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    What do you think? Did that forklift driver drink beer or two after work, or what?
     
    #40 jesskidden, Feb 10, 2023
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