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I have a confession to make.

A mate and I went to the Grand Prix in Melbourne the other week (that's not the confession).

It was the Saturday and we were in a corporate box

Because the race is (was) sponsored by Foster's, the only full-strength beer there was, you guessed it, Foster's.

Well, I have to admit that I didn't hate the Foster's. It was pretty easy drinking and fairly bland, but nice enough, paricularly considering it was free.

And the amazing thing is that even though we each drank an absolute sh--load of the stuff, when we compared notes about hangovers, we agreed that it was non-existent.

Am I less of a man for not vomiting at the taste of Foster's?

Oliver

Oliver,

To be pedantic, your post doesn't belong in "The beer you buy" since it was free. And while we might generally observe that you get what you pay for (cheap beer tends to be horrible, expensive beer might be nice), free beer always tasts better than the same beer when bought!

Back to recapping my CMP which I bottled too early - takes 15 minutes to uncap, and then is impossible to pour. Recapping works a treat though.

cheers,
Tom

Oliver,

The sin of drinking Fossie, heinous though it may be, is mitigated by the fact that passing up free beer and being thirsty(sober) at a sporting event are both bigger sins. Say 17 hail homebrews, wash your mouth out with a good stout and all will be forgiven.

Cheers,
Rev. Greg.

was at a gig a few weeks ago where we got 6 free drinks each which was fosters on tap. It's nothing spectacular as you noted, very bland but not a horrid beer.
I wouldn't waste my money on it but it is drinkable.

Same pennance for you Simo.

Cheers,
Rev. Greg

I must reiterate my favorite saying. "There is no such thing as bad beer, it's just some are better than others". AND, free beer is the best type of any beer available, all be it fosters.

just say 3 x our homebrews and 6 Hail Bourbon's!

...6 Hail Bourbon's

Wassa, You are so going to Hell.

Cheers,
Greg

Wassa wrote:and 6 Hail Bourbon's!

...i'd rather drink fosters

If it had been Fosters Light on the other hand... then you would have been in trouble!

Fosters Lite: Two sins for the price of one. Damnation and Hell fire awaits you.

Cheers,
Rev. Greg

I was in a simular situation some time ago and chose not to drink

are you sponsored by forsters?

Wassa wrote:I must reiterate my favorite saying. "There is no such thing as bad beer, it's just some are better than others".

I disaggree, I would say: "there's no such thing as a bad beer, and Fosters doesn't qualify as beer"

Even great beer can taste wrong at the end of a monster session, and even a terrible beer can taste like gold, when you have been working in the hot sun all day.

Oliver wrote: Am I less of a man for not vomiting at the taste of Foster's?

Yes. Yes you are. Why don't you try a XXXX next?

I've been known to drink a bit of Fosters in my time. I honestly don't think it's any better or worse than VB or Melbourne. The only truly evil beers i've had are Carlton Cold and Tooheys Red, they both make me wake up feeling like i've been run over by a truck.

The other good thing about drinking Fosters is while you're drinking it, you cop a heap of smartarse comments you can use on others when they're drinking what you believe is a crap beer. (eg: How do they get the cats to piss in the cans?)

Oliver wrote:I have a confession to make.

A mate and I went to the Grand Prix in Melbourne the other week (that's not the confession).

It was the Saturday and we were in a corporate box

Because the race is (was) sponsored by Foster's, the only full-strength beer there was, you guessed it, Foster's.

Well, I have to admit that I didn't hate the Foster's. It was pretty easy drinking and fairly bland, but nice enough, paricularly considering it was free.

And the amazing thing is that even though we each drank an absolute sh--load of the stuff, when we compared notes about hangovers, we agreed that it was non-existent.

Am I less of a man for not vomiting at the taste of Foster's?

Oliver

As long as it is free and cold Oliver.

But I agree, you may go to hell for that sin....

PLEASE DONT DRINK FOSTERS

Did anyone see the article in The Australian on Wednesday about Fosters restructuring their overseas operations? It was something like they were going to phase out the Fosters beer (but keep the name as a company name as opposed to a brand name) and start flogging VB as a premium beer.

The words "VB" and "premium" should NEVER be used in the same sentence.

It seems a pitty that Australia has some really world-class beers, but we're famous for our crappy ones. I'ts even worse that forieners seem to like them too.

Well the same tactic worked for crownies. Tastes pretty trashy but put it in a flash looking bottle and jack up the price and people are convinced its a superior brew.