The best beer CUB ever made was Fosters Export - which, naturally you couldn't get in Australia ...except one time the Grand Prix in Melbourne had it for the Officials' party....probably because the circuit is deemed 'International'.

Anyway...it was pretty good.  What actually killed Fosters generally was the move to aluminium cans...most CUB beers tasted of a combination of Al and plastic sealant.  The worst of that was Carlton Light...it tasted of nothing else...and was a piss-weak beer which really had no point.

I've been drinking beer for half a century.  Life is short.  I refuse to waste my time on junk beer.  Instead, since 1985 when the GP was first in Adelaide I started on Coopers Sparkling and these days buy 2 slabs at a time each month or two....interspersed with something like Innis and Gunn...the odd bottle or 2.

Dining is often simply Guinness [on tap - any other option is crap] by the pint [I 'like to watch' but not too frequently]... it almost has enough flavour...and is low enough in alcohol you're not legless after a few....though the most I've had at a meal/get-together is more accurately measured in gallons.

My old man let me have shandies back when I was about 13 or so ....so it's been nearly 53 years refining my preferences....

I've had Fosters Export and the local variety.... both are worse than swamp piss and I never ever want that swill in my mouth again.  Apparently Fosters is very, very popular with the yuppy set in London and other UK cities.  Don't say much for taste.... even the worst British beers are streets ahead of Fosters for taste and flavour.

I had a mate in Queensland some years ago and he would buy nothing but Fosters, so that's all I'd get if I went to his for a few beers.  I stopped going there when he became quite morbid and sometimes aggressive after a split with his then girlfriend, but that's not what put me right off Fosters.  One morning he was still well over the limit, as he so often was, and he drove up the back of a parked truck while on the way to dropping his two boys at school.  The two boys survived but he didn't.... was decapitated as the roof down to the door handles was ripped off.

Mine too, on our way home from work each day, but I was tippling before that.  My mates and I were around 10 when we found a 20 gallon keg and spike that we polished off over a week or so.... then an older kid who easily passed for 18 or older used to get us supplies from various off-licenses.  Another time I was 15 and met up with some Dutch sailors.  We went on this massive pub crawl over a couple of days and I think that's where I got the taste for imported beers.  I'd show them the various British beers and they were getting me all these European beers... and it didn't cost me a penny.

Anyhow, folks, keep 'em coming from the various beers you've tried.  

Strakers you mentioned no fruit in your beer preference. A lot of the mexican beers are great with a little lime in them. Pacifico comes to mind along with Modelo, Does Equixx

Yep....in Oz there are two versions of Corona [not the virus] ....one's a 'copy' brewed in a vat instead of XXXX [or something].

If you look for 'Imported' at least you get the real McCoy, not just that, but Heineken too ....and Grolsch ...etc.

I don't mind a tad of lemon or lime in lagers but I draw the line at tropical fruits being added to beer.  I tried one called Pacific something-or-other [just the one mouthful] and it had guava, pineapple, kiwifruit and coconut.  Put bluntly and succinctly, it was fechen awful and NEVER to be tried again.  There were some boutique beers that were intended for the yuppie set that also were laced with fruit... NEVER to pass my lips again.

As for Heinekin, all the stuff I've tried is imported from Holland and a very nice lager indeed, as is Hollandia.  In fact, I still have 8 500ml cans in the fridge for later, plus a case of 30 375ml cans of 'Ice', which is brewed here in Australia by Tooheys.  Ice is only 4% alc vol, but it is still a nice a refreshing drop, especially after working outside in the yard.  Yup, believe it or not, I can still work up a sweat in just 12c here in Tassie's winter, and a cold beer afterward is just the ticket.

BTW, I have tried Modelo and Pacifico before, but I may just have to refresh my memory with another venture into them.  Thing is, there are so many imported beers to try, but I do fully intend to try them all... less those with damned tropical fruit in 'em.

I like the fully imported Corona [but not the mid-strength one... too watery for mine] and another Cerveza group beer made in El Salador called Cantina.  It is similar to Corona but a tad more bitter, though I quite like them both.

I spend quite a bit of time in the import section at Dan Murphys to specifically research imported beers and their ingredients.  There are some European and British beers that have a taste of fruitiness, but I've mostly enjoyed all the ones tried thus far.  There's a Greek beer that has a hint of liquorice in it and I figured that I wouldn't like it.  However, at a Dan Murphys tasting session I was pleasantly surprised and took home a 6-pack to savour a bit more.

Where I am in the states, Southern Ohio, we have a large abundance of micro breweries around us. Lots of IPA's and and anything ya want. Its real big here. Too many to keep track of.    Cheers

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Where I am in the states, Southern Ohio, we have a large abundance of micro breweries around us. Lots of IPA's and and anything ya want. Its real big here. Too many to keep track of.    Cheers

 

 

Yeah, there's a few micro-breweries here in Oz brewing what's known as boutique beers.  Thing is a lot of them are adding fruits that simply do not belong in beer, so I avoid 'em.... that is the fruity beers.  I have tried some of the fruitless boutique beers and thus far I've been pleasantly surprised with the content and quality of most. 

We have a distributor here named Dan Murphys and they have probably the largest selection of imported beers in Australia, also dozens of Aussie boutique beers, and now that I'm a member I can get special member savings on a lot of my fave brews.

Today we tried a couple of newbies [to us] that were quite nice:  Monteiths Black Beer and Urquell Pilsner from the Czech Republic.  Let's just say that both are very flavoursome and nice on the palette.  Another we have in the fridge for tomorrow, etc, is Steersmans Extra Dry.  I've not tried that one before so I have something to look forward to.

Something that's truly pissing me off at the moment is various Aussie breweries are shrinking bottle and can sizes and charging the same price or more for less.  One such mob is Great Northern Brewing Co.  When they first went on the market, their cans were 375ml, their large bottles were 750ml and the stubbies [smaller bottles], were 375ml.  Now their so-called large bottles only hold 660ml, and the stubbies down to 330ml, and drinkers are paying more for less product.  I point blank refuse to buy it, on principle.

I don't mind paying the going price for imported beers with only 330ml because they were mostly that size and price beforehand... unlike those bastards shrinking bottle and can sizes to ramp up profits.  Sadly, it's a practice that's being used right across our product range to ramp up profits.... many people don't notice the smaller sizes when they're at the supermarket, bottleshop and even pharmacy, but I do and I've boycotted that many products now it's hard to keep count.

Yair .... I remember when beer came in man size ...

OMG! Heineken and Grolsch are both Dutch! Were you really in Germany??    

Still drank the heck out out of both for 2 years at Ramstein AB.     

Went to dinner with wife last nite and this is the glass. Anybody know of this brewery?

I don't know of that particular brewery but I'd give their beers a try if Dan Murphys stocks it.  Other US beers that we are going to try are Shambles Summer Ale Shambles American IPA.... and both are currently in stock.

Yesterday we tried Steersmans Ultra Dry and it was quite nice.... was very refreshing after working in the yard.  Today we're going to try Shepherd Neame Spitfire Kentish Ale and maybe John Boston Pale Ale.

Another beer we have on order is Aktien Landbier 1857 Helles.

I love the ornamental bottle top.  It's more expensive than I'd normally pay, but I figured 'wot the heck, not getting any younger and I wanna try every beer on the market.... minus those fruity effers.

There's a pub in Werribee that has 180 beers...either on tap or in bottle.   I had one a few years ago that was 18 percent ...cost a fair bit...but was pretty good...can't remember the name.  When this lock-down is over I'll try to get back there...