Good NZ and Australian Beer...please help!

[madsamoan]

Okay, I'm drinking Fosters beer but i wanna know if that's what real Australians drink and if not, can you recommend any good ones and where to buy it? I also drink Steinlager from NZ but wanna know if there are any other ones out there? Thanks a lot guys!

[rafsta]

from NZ... tooheys, tooheys new and dry is popular, tooheys old is alright too...

if you want to drink a real australian brew, then go for victoria bitter, or emu export... fosters is a nice lager, same brew as crown lager, but its not true blue aussie without the bitter, because the best cold beer is vic, vic bitter.

[Buhda]

Toohey's ain't NZ beer, it's Australian so it must be shit.

New Zealand Beer is, Tui, Speights, Lion Red, Double Brown, Export Gold, Flame and Monteith's and other but I can't think of them right now.


Here arte some websites

www.exportgold.com
www.tui.co.nz
www.monteiths.co.nz
www.speights.co.nz
www.lionred.co.nz

[AndrE16686]

if you wanna feel Australian go for Victoria Bitter and a packet of Winfield blues after a BBQed lamb chop in white bread LOL!

[alkhamist]

Aus. - Victorian Bitter (VB), Tooheys New, Tooheys Extra Dry, Premium Extra Dry, Carlton Cold.....

[AndrE16686]

Aus. - Victorian Bitter (VB), Tooheys New, Tooheys Extra Dry, Premium Extra Dry, Carlton Cold.....

Yeah Victoria makes the best beer in Austrlia

[rafsta]

Toohey's ain't NZ beer, it's Australian so it must be shit.

New Zealand Beer is, Tui, Speights, Lion Red, Double Brown, Export Gold, Flame and Monteith's and other but I can't think of them right now.


Here arte some websites

www.exportgold.com
www.tui.co.nz
www.monteiths.co.nz
www.speights.co.nz
www.lionred.co.nz

shit i thought tooheys was N.Z ?? damn, tooheys is a good brew man, especially tooheys new...

[MidoriHaze]

lol @ Fosters.

Fosters = the "Australian" beer that no one inside of Australia drinks. I dunno how it got so popular overseas, it's really a bad representative of what is actually popular in Australia. To be honest you have to ask for it over the counter, because it's rarely displayed out front. Was popular in the 70's and 80's though, along with KB.

Anyway best Aussie beers imo* =
Carlton Draught (VIC)
Carlton Cold (VIC)
XXXX Larger - Despite being mid-strength (QLD)
West End Draught (SA)
Toohey's New (NSW)
Crown Larger (VIC)
Coopers Pale Ale or Sparkling (SA) (a local family brew that's only just starting to get popular overseas)
Swan Draught (WA)

Aussie Beers to aviod (not including light beer, but that goes without saying) imo* =
Toohey's Extra Dry (NSW) - too watery, it's a beer for those people that don't like strong tasting beer
Victoria Bitter (VIC) - I can only have a few of these before an horrible after-taste gets to ya
Redback Wheat Beer (WA) - Probably the worst Aussie beer i've ever had, don't even bother with it.

[Kill]

XXXX Larger - Despite being mid-strength (QLD)

yeah, I like XXXX

[rafsta]

lol @ Fosters.

Fosters = the "Australian" beer that no one inside of Australia drinks. I dunno how it got so popular overseas, it's really a bad representative of what is actually popular in Australia. To be honest you have to ask for it over the counter, because it's rarely displayed out front. Was popular in the 70's and 80's though, along with KB.

Anyway best Aussie beers imo* =
Carlton Draught (VIC)
Carlton Cold (VIC)
XXXX Larger - Despite being mid-strength (QLD)
West End Draught (SA)
Toohey's New (NSW)
Crown Larger (VIC)
Coopers Pale Ale or Sparkling (SA) (a local family brew that's only just starting to get popular overseas)
Swan Draught (WA)

Aussie Beers to aviod (not including light beer, but that goes without saying) imo* =
Toohey's Extra Dry (NSW) - too watery, it's a beer for those people that don't like strong tasting beer
Victoria Bitter (VIC) - I can only have a few of these before an horrible after-taste gets to ya
Redback Wheat Beer (WA) - Probably the worst Aussie beer i've ever had, don't even bother with it.

fosters is the same brew as crown lager...

[madsamoan]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, much appreciated!

[MidoriHaze]

fosters is the same brew as crown lager...

lol nah

i don't know who own's Fooster's but it tastes a lot different to Crownies, no where near the same taste or near as good aftertaste wise.

[rafsta]

fosters is the same brew as crown lager...

lol nah

i don't know who own's Fooster's but it tastes a lot different to Crownies, no where near the same taste or near as good aftertaste wise.

yeah crown is fosters... its brewed in the same brewery exactly the same way... what isnt quite a crownie chemically n shit is labelled a fosters...