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.
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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.
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?
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
I 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.
That's a beer that's harder on the kidneys than the liver.
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
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