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I was thinking about Fosters the other day, and also Carling Black Label. It feels like one of these tings we all make fun of in public, yet in private - we have a fond memory of the stuff. Whilst taking 30 fosters on a camping trip, getting blind drunk and scaring the wife and kids might be somewhat whimsical, I am thinking about those times when we had just turned 18. Walk into Sainsburys, driving license at our hip, pick up a bumper case of the amber nectar, pay, walk out feeling like Berty big boIIocks.
So, with that in mind... do you have a dirty secret of a fond memories of the amber nectar (or Carling BL) you need to get out? Let's come together and celebrate the most "tastes like piss water" themed memories together.
EDIT: I see it is still on sale in Sainsbury's but the ABV is 7.5%. A Spectator article from 2012 bemoaning minimum pricing for alcohol indicated it was 9% then.
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 13:38 - Jan 13 with 997 views
Not a lager drinker, but am I right in thinking that Madri is the same as the old Carling Black Label recipe before they changed it? Or is that just an urban myth?
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 13:40 - Jan 13 with 988 views
EDIT: I see it is still on sale in Sainsbury's but the ABV is 7.5%. A Spectator article from 2012 bemoaning minimum pricing for alcohol indicated it was 9% then.
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Red Stripe had their own version at the time called Crucial Brew. Came in a black and red can and was just as awful as Special Brew. Pity Bad Manners never got round to penning a tune about it
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 13:45 - Jan 13 with 979 views
We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 13:40 - Jan 13 by leitrimblue
Red Stripe had their own version at the time called Crucial Brew. Came in a black and red can and was just as awful as Special Brew. Pity Bad Manners never got round to penning a tune about it
There was also Tennants Extra which I see is still available at 9% ABV.
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 13:45 - Jan 13 with 979 views
We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 13:32 - Jan 13 by norfsufblue
Anyone remember Ind Coope long life ale? .... sure it was popular around the time of the Watney Party 4s and 7s
I remember Ind Coope Bitter. That had a touch of the dishwater about it. These beers were actually much worse than what you get today and are why light and bitter was the drink of choice.
Tartan, Ben Truman, Red Barrel, Holstein, Harp, Skol, McEwans - glorious names from the past!
Ahh, the Party 4 or if you were rich, Party 7. Your gatecrashing entry ticket.
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 13:51 - Jan 13 with 956 views
Used to live in Australia. You wont find Fosters there as it never ever existed. Its a British con beer, just as Madri is. You wont find Madri in Spain unless its imported from the UK.
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 14:12 - Jan 13 with 889 views
We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 14:06 - Jan 13 by BlueForYou
Used to live in Australia. You wont find Fosters there as it never ever existed. Its a British con beer, just as Madri is. You wont find Madri in Spain unless its imported from the UK.
Quite like Madri! Somebody told me it was repackaged Carling but I’ve no idea. True, you can’t get it in Spain. Drunk a few Estrellas, San Miguel, Sagres in Portugal over the years.
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 14:52 - Jan 13 with 856 views
We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 13:28 - Jan 13 by Churchman
All the same to me. Germany, Denmark, Spain, anywhere all much the same.
Done Belgian beer tasting in the U.K. and Belgium - just about every one you can dream of from Fosters style light to stuff in a balloon glass that looks and tastes like it’s come out of the sump of an old Ford Anglia. Some good, some truly dreadful.
Worse by a mile than U.K. offerings is a lot of American stuff. Particularly the liquid you get from those oh so stainless steel micro breweries. When you are reduced to thinking Sierra Nevada beer isn’t bad, you know you are in trouble so back to skull crushing Budweiser.
Ha, fair enough, each to their own. I do wonder sometimes if I should put my sobbishness (snobbism?) to the test and do a blind taste test of various 'quality' and mass-produced lagers and ales to see how I really feel about the stuff (Would probably fail miserably, still at least it would save me a bit if I switched to Carling or whatever!). I saw a youtube vid where a beer conneseur type tried a few blind, knowing one was something hip and the rest were Stella, etc, and he did pick out the posh one correctly, although I think they shouldn't have told him how many were from the big brewers and seen how he got on then.
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 15:45 - Jan 13 with 778 views
We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 12:11 - Jan 13 by J2BLUE
Used to be on special offer in The Heathlands for about £2 per pint.
I drank it but never really liked it that much. Then I later discovered ale and realised it was just lager in general that I didn't really like.
You frequented the Heathlands too? So many fond memories of that place. Steve was such a friendly bloke - still doesn't feel right seeing the place selling meal deals and toilet paper
When it comes to beer adverts, this has to be my favourite, even though I am not sure it was ever shown in England.
It features the great Dougie Maclean song Caledonia (sung by Frankie Miller), about a Scot returning to Scotland, a song I played at both my mother and father's funeral.
On another version of the video on the You Tube there is the lovely comment.
typical scot, jacks a perfectly good job to go on the pish
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 16:43 - Jan 13 with 701 views
We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 14:06 - Jan 13 by BlueForYou
Used to live in Australia. You wont find Fosters there as it never ever existed. Its a British con beer, just as Madri is. You wont find Madri in Spain unless its imported from the UK.
That’s not correct though. Fosters was first brewed in Australia (Melbourne I think) over 100 years ago and then imported into the uk in the 70s/80s where it took off. It’s since been bouncing around a few of the larger global brewers who seem to sell it off again after a few years. It’s currently owned by Asahi.
Its biggest market is the Uk and it doesn’t feature in Australia’s top 20 selling beers - but it is one of the oldest Australian beer brands that’s still around.
Over here in Western Australia you never see it on tap, but if you really hate yourself you could buy it from most bottle shops (what off-licences are called over here).
There’s been a huge craft beer movement in Australia over the last decade or so - led by the likes of Little Creatures, Coopers and Balter Brewing - but even so, seven of the top 10 biggest selling beers are long established Australian lagers that are all pi$$ (Great Northern, XXXX, Carlton Dry, VB, Tooheys, Hahn and Pure Blonde). Throw in two huge international lagers in Corona and Asahi, and that leaves Coopers Pale Ale as the only non lager in the top 10 (and even then Coopers is a really bland Pale Ale compared to most on the market).
I do get it, when is 30c+ from late November to mid-April, you want something that will quench your thirst, but there are so many better local lagers available if that’s what you need. A lot of the craft breweries are focusing on Kolsch style lagers - and some are really good. There’s a medium sized brewery down in the South West called Eagle Bay and their Kolsch is lovely.
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 16:45 - Jan 13 with 702 views
We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 15:54 - Jan 13 by DJR
When it comes to beer adverts, this has to be my favourite, even though I am not sure it was ever shown in England.
It features the great Dougie Maclean song Caledonia (sung by Frankie Miller), about a Scot returning to Scotland, a song I played at both my mother and father's funeral.
On another version of the video on the You Tube there is the lovely comment.
typical scot, jacks a perfectly good job to go on the pish
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I loved these when I was a kid.
Trust the process. Trust Phil.
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 17:11 - Jan 13 with 669 views
We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 14:12 - Jan 13 by Churchman
Quite like Madri! Somebody told me it was repackaged Carling but I’ve no idea. True, you can’t get it in Spain. Drunk a few Estrellas, San Miguel, Sagres in Portugal over the years.
We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 14:06 - Jan 13 by BlueForYou
Used to live in Australia. You wont find Fosters there as it never ever existed. Its a British con beer, just as Madri is. You wont find Madri in Spain unless its imported from the UK.
Fosters was available when i spent 3 weeks in oz in 2008.
They also drink it in crocodile Dundee!
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We all make fun of Fosters... but we love it really on 17:57 - Jan 13 with 598 views
I liked Fosters when it first came to the UK. It was imported from Oz, and about 4.8% abv. As soon as it got popular, it started being brewed in the UK under licence, and at an abv of about 4%. Gnats' piss. Even worse, it is now even weaker.
Castlemaine 4x suffered a similar fate. Legend has it that the UK version was provided to the Oz team dressing room for an Ashes tour. After sampling it, they insisted on future supplies being imported.
There's a new beer now on the UK market that claims to be from Mallorca, Rosa Blanca. In Mallorca, it is a pleasant 4.8% lager with a bit of citra hop; if Oakham.did a basic lager, this is what they'd do. In the UK, it is watered down to 3.4%, to slip under the 3.5% duty threshold. Suitable only for the gullible and desperate, or the man who'd order a Korma in a curry house.
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