Whats your favourite Australian and Imported beer?

Australian: Carlton Premium Dry
Import: Maes

and no1 will ever convince me that americans make a decent beer. :bottle:

i agree american beer is shit

stella is pretty popular as a wife beater in britian isnt it?

yeh its known for making people violent

stella artois aka stella illtwatyou aka wife beater

i have also heard our fosters is popular over there... YUCK i thinks its just about our worst.

yeah fosters is foul. i like those new platinum extra drys.

lol pisshead, its that 7% shit isnt it. Want to be grossed out... all tooheys beer is made from the tooheys blue base =(.

we love you for your fosters!

a mate of mine lives in essex (loverly area LOL) and he was saying fosters in cans is good,.... BEER WAS MADE FOR BOTTLES OR SCHOONAR GLASSES!!!!! =)

Budweiser - The KING Of Beers

squeeze some lemon in water... thats about how strong american beer is...

Only half decent Aussie beers we get over here are Toohey's and VB. I hate Fosters.


But then I prefer good British beer like Fuller's, Theakston's, etc. Stuff with flavour.

Large US brewers (bud, miller, coors) are shit, ill give you that, but there are some damn good microbrews/craft beers made here. Bell's, Stone, Weyerbacher, Rogue, Dogfish Head and a lot more that are a lot better than any import i have ever had.

I worked in a liquor store with thousands of beers so I have tried a lot of them. There are some really good belgian beers (Delerium, chimay) Sammy Smith makes a couple good beers (Winter Welcome, IPA).

Point being, dont judge US beers on Budweiser or even Sam Adam's for that matter, there are some good brews from over here.

Stella Artois is piss water-no taste

i have sampled quite a few american beers, and the only 1 i thought tasted non commercial was from a micro brewery,... name has escaped me, but it had a blackberry/current taste to it aswell... like some sort of mix?

Tooheys Extra Dry Platinums are the bombshiz, the only beer i can drink while sober, then i can drink pretty much anything.

Tooheys Extra Dry Platinums are the bombshiz, the only beer i can drink while sober, then i can drink pretty much anything.

how can a beer that strong taste that good. one of the great mysteries. :notworthy

Is crown lager aussie? If so that is quite a decent one. Fosters aint that bad, when im on a tight budget I often sink a few. My all time favourite is coors, i know it a yank beer but it is sooo nice.

Cooper's has always been my favorite Aussie beer.

Tend to favour German beers for foriegn stuff.

Is crown lager aussie? If so that is quite a decent one. Fosters aint that bad, when im on a tight budget I often sink a few. My all time favourite is coors, i know it a yank beer but it is sooo nice.

Yep Crown Lager is another Aussie beer and my favourite of the local blend.
Of the importeds I like Asahi from Japan. Very nice drop which was surprising.

Yep Crown Lager is another Aussie beer and my favourite of the local blend.
Of the importeds I like Asahi from Japan. Very nice drop which was surprising.

yeah a good dry beer is the asahi. i never appreciated crownies the way most people do.

i never really got into the crownies myself. Ok a top 5 for you...

1. Maes
2. Grolsche
3. Carton Premium Dry
4. Coopers Pale Ale
5. Beez Neez / Tiger Beer

i agree american beer is shit

That's because all you get/see is the Buds/Coors/Miller shit. Come to the US and try some of the micro brews. There are at least 10 great micro breweries in San Diego country alone.

That's because all you get/see is the Buds/Coors/Miller shit. Come to the US and try some of the micro brews. There are at least 10 great micro breweries in San Diego country alone.

To be honest you couldnt even pay me to go to the states

To be honest you couldnt even pay me to go to the states


The US can be a very nice place, it's definately worth going. Certainly not for the beer though.

To be honest you couldnt even pay me to go to the states

That seems like a pretty narrowminded thing to say. I can understand not wanting to live here (keep in mind we have enough people here already and don't want anymore), but I think everyone should travel and experience different cultures/countries and to exclude a country like the United States would be rediculous.

The US can be a very nice place, it's definately worth going. Certainly not for the beer though.

Have you had any of the craft brews in the US in the past 5-10 years. There has been an explossion of craft brews that are really good. Have you ever tried anything from Russian River, Ale Smith, Three Floyds or Stone? That being said, most of the beer produced and drank in the US is shit lagers.

We also get a decent amount of good imports as well. And no I'm not talking about Corona, Heiniken, or Guiness.

Are their any proper American beers?? not lager I mean proper beer like John Smiths, Tetleys etc.

That seems like a pretty narrowminded thing to say. I can understand not wanting to live here (keep in mind we have enough people here already and don't want anymore), but I think everyone should travel and experience different cultures/countries and to exclude a country like the United States would be rediculous.

I have travelled around europe, been to hong kong/singapore and malaysia to, but america still holds no interest to me.

Have you had any of the craft brews in the US in the past 5-10 years. There has been an explossion of craft brews that are really good. Have you ever tried anything from Russian River, Ale Smith, Three Floyds or Stone? That being said, most of the beer produced and drank in the US is shit lagers.

We also get a decent amount of good imports as well. And no I'm not talking about Corona, Heiniken, or Guiness.

We don't really get US speciality beers over here. Best we get is Sierra Nevada and Sam Adams (both very cheap).

Every country has some crap beer. Most of the big European beer producing countries have big breweries that churn out a good pint though along with plenty of smaller top quality places making top notch beer.

i can tell you one thing, i have never had a bad beer from belgium

i can tell you one thing, i have never had a bad beer from belgium
Stella isn't much good though, but for the cheapest, crappiest belgian brew its better than the cheap shite from other countries.

i have been drinking truckloads of maes..

i have been drinking truckloads of maes..

You ever had any Kwak, mate? Now that's a top notch Belgian beer.

i have tried it in sydney, but its extremely hard to get out my way. I liked it, but only had 1 so i think i might have to take a trip to get some more.

ok now lets have a look at the worst aussie beer...

VB

any dissenters?

ok now lets have a look at the worst aussie beer...

VB

any dissenters?

Fosters..................

fosters is by far australias worst beer imho. VB original ale is actually quite nice, but fosters and xxxx is definately no chop :P

Whats your favourite Australian and Imported beer?

Australian: Carlton Premium Dry
Import: Maes

and no1 will ever convince me that americans make a decent beer. :bottle:

C'mon, why all the hate? America makes alot of nice 'craft' brews; ever try Samuel Adams?:beerchug:

Tooheys Extra Dry....and Platinum
Carlton Cold is ok
Melbourne Bitter is the beeriest beer of all beer, its awesome
Crown taste like shit in QLD but in Melbourne there good because of the water used, same as just like VB





Wild Turkey > Beer

yeah i can handle a carlton cold quite well too..

teds..platinum

Whats your favourite Australian and Imported beer?

Australian: Carlton Premium Dry
Import: Maes

and no1 will ever convince me that americans make a decent beer. :bottle:

Castelmaine is the only Aussie beer I know of and that is just lovely.:)

Castelmaine is the only Aussie beer I know of and that is just lovely.:)



I make Castlemaine when I go for a piss.

Budweiser - The KING Of Beers

Indeed. Love it. Don't give a shit what anyone says.

bud is terrible lol. and xxxx isnt much better imho :P

bud is terrible lol. and xxxx isnt much better imho :P

Too bloody right.


Bud is as bad as Fosters.

i can actually handle the taste of XXXX. shame shame shame.

I just recently started drinking "Stella Artois" and find it has a pretty flavorful yet crisp and dry taste. As for Budweiser, I used drink it by the gallon but now I rarely touch the stuff.

I just recently started drinking "Stella Artois" and find it has a pretty flavorful yet crisp and dry taste. As for Budweiser, I used drink it by the gallon but now I rarely touch the stuff.

I bet you don't buy stella by the pint glass in the pub though. I found that they don't when i ventured across the pond.

Plus Yanks don't batter the wife after 8 pints of it.

Nothing beats a can of "Wife Beater"

I bet you don't buy stella by the pint glass in the pub though. I found that they don't when i ventured across the pond.

Plus Yanks don't batter the wife after 8 pints of it.

What's the difference if it's in a bottle, can, or pint glass? And I don't get the 'wife beater' reference...

What's the difference if it's in a bottle, can, or pint glass? And I don't get the 'wife beater' reference...

Stella is nicknamed 'wife beater'. Because after drinking Stella some people apparently beat their wives. A pint glass will obviously be bigger than a bottle or a can.



Stella is okay, not the worst cheapo lager. If there isn't any decent Czech, German or other Belgian lager in a pub then Stella will do.

there is a huge difference between a bottle and a can. Drinking beer out of a can should be illegal, it tastes tinny and flat and down right bad imho.

there is a huge difference between a bottle and a can. Drinking beer out of a can should be illegal, it tastes tinny and flat and down right bad imho.

whole heartedly agree.

schooners are my favourite beer holding device. :beerchug:

I'll never really drink beer from a can, a bottle is certainly much better.

Its true, taste can vary from vessel to vessel.

I always think you can tell more from soft drinks than beer though - i mean, drink coke from a bottle and then a can and you can tell the difference.

Do you guys in Australia have many American imports, specifically 'craft beer' like Sam Adams, Harpoon, Sierra Nevada, etc. ?

we get 20 cans of foster for £10 over here what the price over there?

we get 20 cans of foster for £10 over here what the price over there?

Wow, you just brought back memories of my Foster's drinking days and the funny commercials that used to be on TV....

Btw, what happened to the "How to speak Australian" Fosters commercials? I loved them...

Do you guys in Australia have many American imports, specifically 'craft beer' like Sam Adams, Harpoon, Sierra Nevada, etc. ?

fair bit of sierra nevada around but i dont think ive seen the other two

we get 20 cans of foster for £10 over here what the price over there?

bout $25

bout the equivalent of ten pound.

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