Proposal to get this list back on track

[Karl Goetz]

John wrote:
> Sasha Tsykin wrote:
>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>
>>> Tristan Wibberley wrote:
>>>
>>>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> And the Canadians! I hear they don't like "beer." Can you believe
>>>>>> that?
>>>>>
>>>>> We don't like some of the urine you guys _call_ beer.
>>>>
>>>> They don't call that "beer", they call it "export beer"
>>>>
>>> Well, one of these days I hope to get to Oz and find out what the
>>> natives
>>> drink :-)
>>
>> VB (very popular here in Australia) isn't that much better. The beer
>> here isn't too great generally. As a side note, I'm ashamed to say but
>> there are actually people here who drink fosters for preference
>> (needless to say I don't associate with them ;) ).

Dont think i'v ever seen someone drink fosters... they must do it in
secret cults around the place...
> 
> Of course he does, he's a Victorian.
> 
> It used to be a regional thing, Swan and Emu Export (and maybe
> Kalgoorlie Stout) in WA, Tooheys (new and old) and Resches in NSW, XXXX
> in Qld, Coopers (complete with sediment) in SA, Courage in Tasway,
> Carlton and Fosters and VB in Vic.

and Cascade in Tasmania... if you have heard of the place ;)
kk

> 
> Then Bond bought Swan (and Kalgoorlie which he shut down), went broke
> and sold to the Kiwis, Elliot took over Carlton and tried to Fosterise
> the world, nearly went broke in the attempt, a few forigners entered the
> market and now one can get almost anything almost anywhere. I don't know
> that we're actually better off for the variety though, it all tastes
> pretty terrible to me.
> 
> 


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Karl Goetz
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