Australian beer

Those who like me were young in the late 80's and early 90's probably remember the beer brand Foster's. It was giant in Europe at that time and synonymous with Australian beer. So do the Aussies still drink Foster's?

The funny thing is that it has never been a big brand here! It's from the start a product created for international marketing, which they did extremely successful.  Since many years you don't find it in Sweden and although it still exists it's not easy to find in Australia either. But also back in the glory days it was a quite odd brand in Australia.

The largest brands now in Australia are XXXX (pronounced forex) and VB (Victoria Bitter)

XXXX is our local Queensland beer and brewed here in Brisbane. In general  Australian beers are pale, not too tasty and easy to drink. Similar to Corona or american beer. Some people would call them washy. That is good though for warm days when you're thirsty and really need to wet your throat. Also good with food. However nothing the connoisseur would write any novels about.To be honest I've tried quite a few of the Lagers by now and they are all very similar.

However there exists a real pearl among the shelves in the liquor stores and pubs, Little Creatures!

What a beer! It's not a lager but an ale and it tastes fantastic. Brewed in Perth from where you also get the brand Fat Yak which is a quite good alternate. Obviously Aussie beer should come from the west coast!

Cheers

BTW  You can actually order Little Creature from Systembolaget, only SEK 42 a bottle  :)