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Fosters is Australian for Piss
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newshinycd
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OP, don't be afraid to try random beers. Go to a good alcohol store in your town where you can pick your own bottles of whatever you want.
For a good intro stout, I'd recommend a Left Hand Milk Stout:
and if you are feeling extra adventurous (and if you happen to like whisky) then grab a couple of these:
For a good intro stout, I'd recommend a Left Hand Milk Stout:
and if you are feeling extra adventurous (and if you happen to like whisky) then grab a couple of these:
triplestation
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i appreciate all beers
Stallion Dan
Member
All beer is vile.
Just pick something and drink enough of it until you get an acquired taste.
Just pick something and drink enough of it until you get an acquired taste.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I think it's fine. Hipsters just caused the price to shoot up. Most cheap beer doesn't have a flavor.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
I couldn't find Fosters literally anywhere in Australia. At this point I think it's purely an export.
XXXX Gold is my favourite Australian beer. It's light as fuck, but that makes it perfect for those perpetual Queensland summers.
Warsteiner is really good. But if you're ever in Germany I'd just drink the local stuff.
XXXX Gold is my favourite Australian beer. It's light as fuck, but that makes it perfect for those perpetual Queensland summers.
Don't know if this is cheap, fancy or just bad beer (if there is such thing), but this is what I always drink and one of the few that I actually enjoy, a lot.
Warsteiner is really good. But if you're ever in Germany I'd just drink the local stuff.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
Update after my first time in a bar.
Had a Rasputin (porter) at the behest of two of my friends and it was horrible. Then I tried some sort of "melon ghost" beer on tap and it was probably the best beer I've ever had. Sour, light fruity hints and an overall refreshing taste.
Had an "adios motherfucker" and that was my first time with hard liquor. Enjoyed it a lot. Tried a shot of Jameson with a ginger ale back, and liked that too. Was a bit jarring but I definitely see the appeal of whiskey. Some girl at the bar recommended a sex on the beach which was very good, but was so sweet it was kind of nauseating after a while. Finished up the night with a crown and coke, which I hated. Would not do that one again.
So the lessons learned:
- Dark beers do not make you cool, if you don't like the taste then you're going to have a bad time. On the other hand, is it normal to try porters with milk?
- If you ask your friends if it's normal to order wine in a bar, you will get laughed at.
- The drinks are stronger in gay bars, confirmed.
- Amf ftw
- Too much sugar in a drink is probably going to make me throw up faster than the alcohol will
- If you're trying to get drunk, just go straight for the shots.
Okay, I feel like I had a pretty diverse set of drinks. What should I try next time?
Had a Rasputin (porter) at the behest of two of my friends and it was horrible. Then I tried some sort of "melon ghost" beer on tap and it was probably the best beer I've ever had. Sour, light fruity hints and an overall refreshing taste.
Had an "adios motherfucker" and that was my first time with hard liquor. Enjoyed it a lot. Tried a shot of Jameson with a ginger ale back, and liked that too. Was a bit jarring but I definitely see the appeal of whiskey. Some girl at the bar recommended a sex on the beach which was very good, but was so sweet it was kind of nauseating after a while. Finished up the night with a crown and coke, which I hated. Would not do that one again.
So the lessons learned:
- Dark beers do not make you cool, if you don't like the taste then you're going to have a bad time. On the other hand, is it normal to try porters with milk?
- If you ask your friends if it's normal to order wine in a bar, you will get laughed at.
- The drinks are stronger in gay bars, confirmed.
- Amf ftw
- Too much sugar in a drink is probably going to make me throw up faster than the alcohol will
- If you're trying to get drunk, just go straight for the shots.
Okay, I feel like I had a pretty diverse set of drinks. What should I try next time?
Lucian Cat
Kissed a mod for a tag; liked it
Ewwwwwwww. I won't even drink this stuff if it's all that's left. So bad.
Goro Majima
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OP the good news is that your taste buds will change and adapt as you drink more variety in beer. Something you absolutely hate at first you may love down the line as you become acclimated to the taste of beer. Or vice versa.
The weather, your mood, and what your eating will all shift your opinions on how stuff taste. For me Corona with lime and salt is heaven when it's perpetually over 90 degrees. Or really any of the major Mexican beers (it's almost like they know what's good in hot weather!). Winter rolls around and Corona tastes bland and I'm looking for something with more flavor.
The weather, your mood, and what your eating will all shift your opinions on how stuff taste. For me Corona with lime and salt is heaven when it's perpetually over 90 degrees. Or really any of the major Mexican beers (it's almost like they know what's good in hot weather!). Winter rolls around and Corona tastes bland and I'm looking for something with more flavor.
distantmantra
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Radlers/shandys have their place in hot weather, but they're more soda than beer.
Sounds like you had Anderson Valley's Briny Melon Gose. Gose (goes-uh) is a German style of beer lightly soured wheat beer with salt and coriander. It fell off historically until American craft breweries brought it back in traditional form and also stared throwing fruit into them. AV also has a blood orange variant. Look for berlinerweisse beers as well, they're another revived German style that's a kettle soured beer that can be with or without fruit. Both are low ABV and good in hot weather.
I like most beer styles. Saisons, pales and IPAs are probably favorite, but also love a good Pilsner on a hot day. A well made lager or Pilsner is a thing of beauty.
Sounds like you had Anderson Valley's Briny Melon Gose. Gose (goes-uh) is a German style of beer lightly soured wheat beer with salt and coriander. It fell off historically until American craft breweries brought it back in traditional form and also stared throwing fruit into them. AV also has a blood orange variant. Look for berlinerweisse beers as well, they're another revived German style that's a kettle soured beer that can be with or without fruit. Both are low ABV and good in hot weather.
I like most beer styles. Saisons, pales and IPAs are probably favorite, but also love a good Pilsner on a hot day. A well made lager or Pilsner is a thing of beauty.
Pfft...
nattybohs..
friend of mine bought a couple cases of these for a party and now makes us drink one every time we come over because no one drank these. We stopped coming over, lol.
I don't drink much anymore, but casual drinking is usually just Corona or Crown Lager or Rum/Coke. Back when I was in my teens it was pretty much anything I could get my hands on. The only thing I can no longer drink is Vodka..had a bad experience drinking 600ml mixed into a 1.25L bottle of sprite in under a minute when I was 17..Being near an opened bottle I sometimes start to dry retch over a decade later.
I did go through a phase where I just chose the most amusingly named beers..Like "My wife's bitter."
If it's hanging out with friends who just want to get fucked up, most of the time it's Jager Bombs.
I did go through a phase where I just chose the most amusingly named beers..Like "My wife's bitter."
If it's hanging out with friends who just want to get fucked up, most of the time it's Jager Bombs.
Pop-O-Matic
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Nobody's dranken piss until they've had department store-brand beer.
Secret Fawful
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Drink a gose or a sour ale. My absolute favorite kind of beer I've ever had. That or a grapefruit-ish beer or a dark German beer.
Talonz
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Don't know if this is cheap, fancy or just bad beer (if there is such thing), but this is what I always drink and one of the few that I actually enjoy, a lot.
German beers are the best beers.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
Wow, thank you so much for telling me this. I like this brand a lot. Trying one if their potters and it's great! Way better than the Rasputin I had.
distantmantra
Member
Old Rasputin is a big boozy Russian Imperial
stout. Standard porters are much thinner and lower on the ABV. Very different beers.
Drink a gose or a sour ale. My absolute favorite kind of beer I've ever had. That or a grapefruit-ish beer or a dark German beer.
So good when it's too fucking hot outside. Salty and sour.
Australians dont have shit on us when it comes to beer
That is like god nectar compare to Fosters Lager.
PBR is $58AU ($42 American) for a 24 pack here. Thats pretty expensive piss water.
Cracklox
Member
Do Australians even drink Foster's? I don't know a single aussie who does except for Eric Bana when he was doing his Poida sketch.
Beer loving Aussie here, with a surname that matches the product. Even I don't go near the stuff.
Carlton Draught all the way!!
Next you'll let slip that Outback Steakhouse isn't very authentic and is basically Cajun food.
Hesemonni
Banned
Somehow this made me chuckle.
Subpar Scrub
Banned
Fosters isn't even Australian 😡
I've never seen anyone drink it. I've never even seen it for sale in general, and I frequent the odd bottle-o and bar more than I should.
I've never seen anyone drink it. I've never even seen it for sale in general, and I frequent the odd bottle-o and bar more than I should.
Subpar Scrub
Banned
Do Australians even drink Foster's? I don't know a single aussie who does except for Eric Bana when he was doing his Poida sketch.
No we don't haha, it's trash-tier. Also, why is a gif of Shane Warne or your run-of-the-mill bogan posted?
jokes he's great
FlexMentallo
Member
'Murica (well my co-workers) introduced me to (OK trolled me with) Fosters Premium, the oxymoron of beers. Brewed in Georgia.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
My beer of choice these days.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
It was delicious. I guess I really, really like gose. Thanks to everyone who posted in this thread. I'm going to stop bumping this zombie and post in drinkingGAF from now on. Thanks, all!
nephilimdj
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I saw Coopers Sparkling Ale in a few random pubs while in Europe, they do sell decent aussie beer in Europe, even if its one of our worst flavours by our best mainstream brewery
Beer is piss anyway.
Own it. I gave no illusions that I was drinking piss from 15 to 31 with sporadic gold (better alcoholic drinks) sprinkled in. Makes you a better man. Then you quit entirely and the days of falling in a hedge and getting a lift to your parents at 2am in a police car because the address you told them doesn't exist are over.
Own it. I gave no illusions that I was drinking piss from 15 to 31 with sporadic gold (better alcoholic drinks) sprinkled in. Makes you a better man. Then you quit entirely and the days of falling in a hedge and getting a lift to your parents at 2am in a police car because the address you told them doesn't exist are over.
zorlaczerohero
Banned
My beer of choice these days.
Me too! Have a case in the fridge right now. My local also does Lazy Yak on draught which is better as a session beer at 4.2%.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
I'm searching hard for a pub with Fat yak on tap. Seen a couple with lazy yak but it just lacks the flavour!
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Deleted member 57681
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So when you guys shit on Budweiser, you mean the US one, right? Because I like me some Czech Budweiser.
Spuck-uk
Banned
If you like Blue Moon, you'll almost certainly like other, better beers in the style.
Don't know what's available in your area, but the german ones are fantastic; Schneiderweiss, Maisels Weiss, Franziskaner, even Erdinger is alright. You might want to avoid the darker styles under you've had a few.
I knew a guy who drank Fosters during the '90s. I believe he's dead now. Outside of that, I can't remember seeing anyone drink it, buy it or seeing on the shelf. I do remember seeing it in a catalogue, so it's obviously still around.
Shots will find a way to fuck up your life in some way at some point.
I used to drink this, but I now prefer 150 lashes. It's getting quite common on tap too.
Shots will find a way to fuck up your life in some way at some point.
My beer of choice these days.
I used to drink this, but I now prefer 150 lashes. It's getting quite common on tap too.
PhantomZone
Member
I never understood why people mention Fosters internationally, it's like drinking cat pee!!! And not Australia's best beer, not by a long way.
stone and wood and balter is good beer
Nice summer beers:
Stronger beers, nice for in the spring and autumn:
Even stronger:
Amazing list.
These are top quality beers OP.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Mate we export all our cheap shit piss overseas to sell to wankers who'll drink anything 
On a more serious note just work your way through this list and you'll find plenty to like and hate:
https://www.boozebud.com.au/hottest100
On a more serious note just work your way through this list and you'll find plenty to like and hate:
https://www.boozebud.com.au/hottest100
distantmantra
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Dee Dah Dave
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Get a can of Special Brew and some Smirnoff Ice then make Turbo Shandies with it. Never look back!
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