"Foster's" is NOT Australian for bee-ah.

[devilgrrl]

That's right folks! According to my Australian travel mates, no self respecting Australian would be caught dead drinking Foster's.

I believe them.

[Droopy]

1. I thought Foster's was Australian for Budweiser. n/t

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Ain't it brewed in Canada?

[htuttle]

3. Likewise

If you find yourself in Milwaukee, do NOT order a "Milwaukee's Best".

[gollygee]

4. My husband is Australian and says the same thing

He likes Victoria Bitter

[Pale_Rider]

9. Yes Victoria Bitter is nice and so is ...

... Castlemaine.

[bif]

5. And the shit we get is from Canada anyway!

The Australian stuff is almost drinkable.

[kixot]

6. Gee, that's funny.

I wonder why it's the only beer they would ever order at german pub I used to frequent that would get tourists from all over?

Don't get me wrong, it's about as appealing as our blandest macrobrewed domestics I could never get why the Austrailian tourists would never order any other beer. It was like they were homesick or something.

[Eikon]

7. What's so bad about Fosters?

I think they're pretty good, and fairly stout too.

"Milwaukee's Best"

We call it the beast around here ;)

[Parche]

8. beer

i drink heineken anyway

[fob]

18. HEINEKEN! Fuck that shit, PABST BLUE RIBBON!!

[Wat_Tyler]

10. Steinlager kicks Fosters' arse, anyway.

[bif]

11. Actually Foster's Special Bitters isn't bad

the one in the big green can (if you can find it).

[DieboldMustDie]

19. Hey! I used to like that stuff too...

but I haven't been able to find it for a couple of years now.   I think you and I may have been the only 2 people in the America buying it. :shrug:

[ET Awful]

12. Silly me, I always thought "beer" was Australian for "beer"

:)

[Xipe Totec]

13. I like Foster's Bitter Lagger (green cans)

Its pretty decent.

The stuff in the blue cans tastes like carbonated dishwater

[mac56]

17. The green can Bitter isn't bad.

but the phrase "bitter lager" makes me cringe! AAAGGGHH! "Bitter" is an ale!

[tigereye]

23. I used to love those cans though

I suspect I had already had too many other drinks, when I used to drink Fosters to know it wasn't that good. I don't think there were any other Austrailian beers available back then, when I used to drink it, back in the 80s.

[DoNotRefill]

14. You mean it's supposed to be an import????

I just bought it because the cans were big.

[Calico Jack Rackham]

15. When I went to "OZ"

it was explained to me that Fosters was the Hamm's of Australia. I preffered VB.

[mac56]

16. According to the reviewers at BeerAdvocate.com

Australians export this (and contract it to Canada) because they won't drink it. Even kangaroos spit this out.

[HEyHEY]

20. Same as Molson - Canadian don't drink that shit

[Blue-Jay]

21. "Ah, I see you've played knifey spooney before then eh?"

[ChickMagic]

22. Toohey's is the best!

I stared at a Victoria Bittah for an hour. It was awful, at least according to my taste buds. I really enjoyed Lord Nelson's Blood at the Lord Nelson Inn. It couldn't be beat along with potato wedges.

[Chovexani]

24. But the commercials are funny.

And it's a never-ending source of jokes at my Aussie boyfriend's expense. Who cares if it tastes like shit? :)

[Elidor]

25. So what? I have no taste anyway. Cheap beer.

It stands head and shoulders above that budweiser shite that so many Americans guzzle. And the 25.6 oz. can is reassuringly hefty and means fewer trips to the frige.