On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 07:34:51PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
of sharp turns, short but steep hills and one-lane corduroy bridges.
They make bridges out of corduroy? Wow, Canada's even weirder than
I'd heard...;)
-rob, currently thinking about a long, cold pint of Kilkenny
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At 2002-05-24T00:46:44Z, Tom Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hmmm. Could we sue Fosters' for defamation?
Probably. I visited Perth in '94 (courtesy of the U.S. Navy), and found
your beer both your beer and your inhabitants to be perfectly enjoyable. :)
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Could we sue Fosters' for defamation?
You should. It's the only Australian beer most Americans (including me)
have ever tasted, and most assume that it is representative.
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On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 08:39:21AM +1000, John wrote:
Actually, when I was working in California I discovered that the
Foster's there is brewed under license in Canada. I actually had a lot
of fun when Americans would try to sell me Fosters - I'd pull out my ID
and tell them I'm Mr Foster
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 09:41:24PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
Tom writes:
Could we sue Fosters' for defamation?
You should. It's the only Australian beer most Americans (including me)
have ever tasted, and most assume that it is representative.
I assumed that, myself, and I try to assume
On Tue, 21 May 2002, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and try
a decent bitter or ale sometime ...
If they are close to the Irish Guinness, I'll follow you :)
I used to buy a can of Guinness from time to time, but life went very
hard
Javier Bertoli writes:
I'm seriously thinking on brewing my own!
I've done that. It isn't hard.
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Daniel Toffetti wrote:
No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and
try a decent bitter or ale sometime ...
If they are close to the Irish Guinness, I'll follow you :)
No no no no. This guys having you on.
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 06:48:42AM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote:
Offerings from the large commercial breweries vary (with the exception
of Keith's and Moosehead -- I'm not familiar with Unibroue) from
barely acceptable to plain awful -- one produces Budweiser under
license, which strikes me as
There's just not a lot you can do with an American standard or a lager
beer to make it better.
Agreed on the American lager, but are you throwing German lagers in
there also. I really enjoy ales, especially dark ales, I'm in unison
with Craig Dickson's opinions posted on his site.
However
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 10:15:31PM -0500, Dale Hair wrote:
Agreed on the American lager, but are you throwing German lagers in
there also. I really enjoy ales, especially dark ales, I'm in unison
with Craig Dickson's opinions posted on his site.
I'm just going on what I've experianced.
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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Craig Dickson wrote:
Meanwhile, most Canadian beer is nearly as bad as American
macro-breweries; the only really good Canadian brewery I know of is
Unibroue, which is in Quebec and therefore only nominally Canadian.
Have you
On Thu, 23 May 2002 08:56:05 +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
On 0, Daniel Toffetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Oh boy, here comes a flame war...
opinion source=what I've tasted
The Irish, without a shadow of a doubt, make the best beer in the
world. They are just damn good at it. After them, and I
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:23:23AM +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
Oh, good Lord, no. No no no no no. Fosters is what we _export_. Try
to find Coopers' Ales (pale or dark), Carlton United Breweries Crown
Lager or Cold Filtered. Don't *ever* drink Australian beer from a
can, it's just not worth it.
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:56:50AM +1000, Wienand Ian wrote:
Where do people get the impression that Foster's is an Australian beer
Fosters has been running an ad campaign for the last few years that
always starts with How to speak Australian and always ends with
Fosters, Australian for
begin Gary Turner quotation:
German imports to the US are good to very good for the most part.
Haven't found an outstanding brew (yet).
Admittedly I'm biased towards dark beers, but I find Ayinger Celebrator
and Spaten Optimator to be excellent. Paulaner Salvator is a little
sweeter, but
begin Paul 'Baloo' Johnson quotation:
Have you had Moosehead?
Don't think so. If you say it's worthwhile, I will try it.
In case anyone is curious, my reviews of beers are available at my web
site, http://crdic.ath.cx . They are also posted (along with those of
That's a pretty good
At 2002-05-23T00:56:50Z, Wienand Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Where do people get the impression that Foster's is an Australian beer
Probably from the cheesy commercials on American TV:
Title: How to speak Australian
Pictures of surfers. Underwater shot of a shark.
Voiceover: Guppy
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:23:23AM +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
Oh, good Lord, no. No no no no no. Fosters is what we _export_. Try
to find Coopers' Ales (pale or dark), Carlton United Breweries Crown
Lager or Cold Filtered. Don't *ever* drink Australian beer from a
can,
Ah, well, now you get down to the point of it all...
On 0, Gary Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 23 May 2002 08:56:05 +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
[snip]
be impartial here, we Australians do a damn good beer. It's not
OK. I won't judge by Foster's. Certainly not an exemplar.
No. I
On 0, Kirk Strauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 2002-05-23T00:56:50Z, Wienand Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Where do people get the impression that Foster's is an Australian beer
Probably from the cheesy commercials on American TV:
Title: How to speak Australian
Pictures of
O Beer is beer. Budwiser makes more beer because they have
bigger horses, that's all.
Aaarrgghh !!! Hunt the heretic and put him in jail !! :-D
No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and
try a decent bitter or ale sometime ...
If they are close
Daniel Toffetti wrote:
No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and
try a decent bitter or ale sometime ...
If they are close to the Irish Guinness, I'll follow you :)
No no no no. This guys having you on. Ale and bitter are a practic
joke we play on
On 0, Daniel Toffetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
O Beer is beer. Budwiser makes more beer because they have
bigger horses, that's all.
Aaarrgghh !!! Hunt the heretic and put him in jail !! :-D
No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and
try a
Oh boy, here comes a flame war...
opinion source=what I've tasted
The Irish, without a shadow of a doubt, make the best beer in the
world. They are just damn good at it. After them, and I am trying to
be impartial here, we Australians do a damn good beer. It's not
exotic, it doesn't
begin Tom Cook quotation:
Oh boy, here comes a flame war...
No kidding.
opinion source=what I've tasted
The Irish, without a shadow of a doubt, make the best beer in the
world. They are just damn good at it. After them, and I am trying to
be impartial here, we Australians do a damn
Tom Cook writes:
After them, and I am trying to be impartial here, we Australians do a
damn good beer.
I rank Foster's, the only Australian beer I've tried, just a bit above
Budweiser.
After that the whole world really goes to hell, with the French-speakers
only not coming last because the
On 0, Dale Hair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh boy, here comes a flame war...
opinion source=what I've tasted
The Irish, without a shadow of a doubt, make the best beer in the
world. They are just damn good at it. After them, and I am trying to
be impartial here, we Australians do a
I rank Foster's, the only Australian beer I've tried, just a bit above
Budweiser.
Where do people get the impression that Foster's is an Australian beer
I'd never even had the misfortune of drinking a Foster's till during the
Olympics, when it seems they started to pay some pubs in the city
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 07:00:34PM -0500, Dale Hair wrote:
Can you give me an example of good Aussie beer that might be available
in the US. The only one I can think of is Fosters, I wasn't overly
impressed with it (as in I will drink one, but I won't buy one).
I'm told by natives that
On Wed, 22 May 2002 13:25:47 -0700
Craig Dickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] banged a keyboard:
The Wig Pen in Canberra au brews their own ale, especially 'Creamy Ale'
{:), which is like a white guinness, almost as thick as Guinness and has a
hint of caramel depending on that months brew.
/me wanders off
I'm told by natives that Fosters isn't Australian for Beer, it's
Australian for Budwiser.
After a hard day in the Texas heat the first budweiser actually tastes
good, probably the same goes for Fosters in Australia.
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[1] There's a difference between American beer and Oregonian
beer, though, Widmer Brothers and McMenamins are still good;
Henry Weinhards used to be good until they sold out to Miller,
they're brewed out of St. Louis and the formula changed: it
tastes like Miller Lite now.
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 12:45:09PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
[1] There's a difference between American beer and Oregonian
beer, though, Widmer Brothers and McMenamins are still good;
Henry Weinhards used to be good until they sold out to Miller,
they're brewed out of St.
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