Imported beers

[poonda]

Hey guys, did anyone watch the ACA last night about the supposed imported beers, that are actually produced here in Australia, mostly in Victoria and South Australia.

Beers like

Stella Artois
Heineken
Becks
Guiness
CarlsBerg
Kuiri??(Japanese style beer)

I hope I got the names right, if not, meh.

What really pissed me off, is the fact, that they are produced locally, yet we still have to pay a lot more to drink them.

[HeReTiC]

i knew Guiness and stella was, becks surpises me.

Carlsberg is shit so no loss there :P yeah the word imported does make it seem of higher quality. which is stupid really, our beer is of a pretty good standard..

[psyave]

i knew stella, hiene and becks were done in SA. I'm surprise that the market is large enough to make guiness and the jap one here. I think I've seen one guiness ever been ordered in a round, and it turned out to be calton black on tap. :P

[Rip]

yep, when I was working at the bottle shop, just have to pick up the beers and check the labels most have it written on them where it was brewed, I'm surprised it made the news.

The only thing imported about them really is the recipe

[Knight Of Nih]

made here or just bottled here?
if stella is made here why dont they lower the price?

[poonda]

Knight Of Nih made here or just bottled here? if stella is made here why dont they lower the price?

If the label says "Product of Australia" they are made here. Maybe rec can answer that one, if of course he has a stella close by.

Maybe they have to bring the glass from belgium, to make it a bit more expensive.

[HeReTiC]

No, they just charge more because people think its imported, therefore, they will pay a higher price because of the illusion its of higher quality.

and its pretty damn good beer :P

[rec]

Not suprising at all that they're brewed here. Not suprising at all that we still pay import prices for them either.

There's just way too many shitty, mainstream, over-marketed, over-priced beers on the shelves that are made out to be something they're not. But your general consumer thinks these are premium items, and will happily pay a premium price for it in a deluded state of self-worth if they have a case of Corona in the fridge instead of Carlton Draught. You know the people I hate most? The people that go to an import beer cafe, and buy Stella. You fools. Anyway, enough of where this rant is going. :P

When I'm not drinking ACTUAL quality imports (Rochefort, St. Bernardus, Chimay, La Chouffe etc), I'll go grab myself a case of Little Creatures, Coopers or James Squires. Better tasting than all of the aforementioned shitty beers, and almost always cheaper.

[Rip]

Knight Of Nih made here or just bottled here? if stella is made here why dont they lower the price?

yeah Stella Artois is brewed and bottled in Australia by Carlton.

[uber tard]

as if the bogans who watch ACA/TT drink imported beers no matter where they're produced... now if it turned out XXXX or VB was made in China the boganry of this country would riot.

ps. why were you watching ACA =/