Foster’s beer drinkers in the UK will soon find their lager’s alcohol strength cut to 3.4%.
Heineken UK, which brews Foster’s, said cutting the alcohol strength from the current 3.7% would make the lager eligible for lower rates of alcohol duty.
The brewer hinted at cheaper pints saying “customers benefit from more competitive pricing” because of the lower tax charge.
The change is set to go into effect by February, marking the second time in three years that Foster’s alcohol percentage, or ABV, has been diluted.
Heineken UK said it was responding to changes in UK government policy, which have encouraged brewers to offer lower alcohol options.
Beer is oddly terrible and weak in Australia but Toohey’s Old is good, more rare down here in Vic though
Japan sorta did this, but it was with malt percentage rather than alcohol amount. Beers were taxed under laws that taxed any drink malted more than 67%, so beer companies got around it by dropping the malt percentage. Then a new tax category was created and less malted drinks followed. Long story short they now make a beer type drink malted less than 25% called happoshu.
TIL
What’s the difference between Foster’s and having sex in a canoe?
There’s none.
Both are fucking close to water.
It’s funny that that original joke was Australian (where Fosters’ is from) philosophers questioning the quality of American beer.
It’s a deep Irony that Heineken (of dubious beer quality) is changing the beer in Britain (who are kinda known for low abv beers) to a lower abv and receiving a scolding coined by a Britisch comedy troupe.
Oh interesting, I knew this joke in a “Budweiser” form, but not that it originated from Monty Python.
So I bow to them.
I’m living in Munich and we also have a bit of a connection to beer. Of the famous Munich beer brands Paulaner and Hacker are partially held by Heineken and Spaten, Franziskaner and Löwenbräu by Anheuser Busch.
Fortunately there are still good independent few. (Augustiner, Hofbräu, Giesinger)
I always want to go to the Paulaner or Hacker beer gardens and put a sticker to the urinal “This is where they make Heineken”
I never quite understood why the Pythons made those characters Australian. Was the alcoholism of the Brits not famous enough to be funny?
You have to be such a dork to drink Foster’s. Or Heineken actually.
Australians don’t even actually drink that gross bullshit.
I’m going to Australia soon. What do you recommend?
If you’re in Brisbane at all go to The Scratch near the train station in Milton
I really enjoyed Toohey’s White Stag when i lived there though that was 16 years ago 👴
James Squire 150 lashes, Furphy, Little Creatures, Boags Premium - are my personal favourites from major breweries
There’s also thousands of small independent micro brewers you can visit and some venues will stock a good variety of the local independents who make every type of beer imaginable: lagers, ales, stouts etc
Lot’s of water
Can confirm.
As far as beer goes, each state has a favorite mass produced one and a gazillion local small ones. Try a one of each sort you likeI appreciate it ;)
A VB (Victoria Bitters) is a classic. I was a big fan of the Tooheys New (a regular lager) and especially the Tooheys Old (dark ale). It was one of only two dark beers I could find.
They also revealed their new slogan:
Foster’s: Australian for “tastes like your horse is pregnant”
No what the people want is beer flavored estrogen not estrogen flavored beer
That’s a beer that’s harder on the kidneys than the liver.
Ok. This is way worse than choco rations!
Weak as piss mate. Weak as piss.
It’s hilarious that the term for getting drunk is ‘getting pissed’.
It’s almost deliberate…
Probably tastes like piss as well
Loads of beers have been nerfed
