Australian Beer Tastes Like Piss

Bearman Cartoons Australian Beer Tastes Like Piss

 

Today’s cartoon is an homage to the beer of Australia.   In America we get Foster’s as pretty much the only import of Australian beers.  You know the commercial  “Fosters, Australian for Beer.”  However, you won’t find it anywhere in Australia and if you ask an Aussie, they will tell you that Fosters is crap they can and market to foreigners (typically “piss” is used in the sentence as well.

Now I am not a beer connoisseur like another in our travel party.  I like pilsner and lagers.  Don’t like wheat beer, don’t like ales, don’t like Guiness.   Hell most of the time a Miller Lite is good enough for me (got to keep my figure you know).   The beer whiz in the party thought all Australian beer tasted like piss.  Compared to the microbrews all over the United States, it definitely was a much weaker taste.   And trust me we went all over.   In fact, here is a little taste of what beers I drank.

Australia BeersTooheys and James Boags (OK I know it is Tasmania not Australia) were probably my favorites.   Four X was one my least favorite though it is the most popular beer there.

Sadly there was one Australian Beer that I didn’t get to try… PISS BEER.

From their website:

Aussies have been on the piss, getting pissed, drinking piss, drinking more piss and, most definitely, taking the piss for the past two hundred years.  The amazing thing is none of us thought to bottle it earlier. (Too busy getting pissed, probably.)

 

 

Comments

82 responses to “Australian Beer Tastes Like Piss”

  1. Mike W Avatar

    But in your opinion, how did Fosters compare to the brews you tried?

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Funny enough it has been so long since I had Fosters I can’t remember.

      1. Red Dwyer Avatar

        It is Australian for piss.

  2. George Avatar

    I’m probably no the best judge of beer either. I usually can take it or leave it. If it has a high alcohol volume, I’m gonna be a fan regardless of what it tastes like.

    How is the australian ganja? Or are you saving that for another post? 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      This boy don’t do the ganja.

      haha. I like the weak alcohol mainly because then I can drink two over the course of an evening and still be OK to be the wife’s DD.

      1. Binky Avatar

        Wife better not see that one!

  3. Tony McGurk Avatar

    I can’t remember last time I had a Fosters either. Boags is my favourite. Because it is brewed locally here in Launceston, about a kilometre from home, it is always the cheapest which is an important factor for a cheapskate. If I am in Hobart for a visit then Cascade is cheaper than Boags. Coseness to the brewery does seem to affect price. Queensland local beer is called XXXX because Queenslanders can’t spell beer.

    1. Tony McGurk Avatar

      Never tried American beer. I always drink Lite beer ‘cos I don’t like the strong flavour of full strength.

      1. Tony McGurk Avatar

        P.S. Great cartoon & so true to life.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Yes I really liked the Boags Lite. I didn’t take a picture of that bottle for some reason.

          I came home and it was the only thing I could find (other than Fosters) in our party store.

          Price for 6 bottles – $13.50

      2. JerryBenedict Avatar

        And I can’t say I’ve ever even had an Australian beer. I was always more of a wine cooler guy… I will now cower in the corner and prepare for all of the abuse that’s about to come my way!

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Oy boy. You are probably sad the 80’s aren’t around anymore Mr Bartles and Jaymes.

          1. JerryBenedict Avatar

            I’m more of a 90’s guy… the music was better!

          2. Bearman Avatar

            Not according to my wife.

    2. Binky Avatar

      A mile from your house? So you have it directly piped in?

      1. Tony McGurk Avatar

        No not at the moment but Hey it sounds like a great project for the weekend Peter, sorry I mean Binky. OK gotta go now & get some plumbing supplies.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          First he needs to unclog his toilet.

  4. Comedy Plus Avatar

    Foster’s is real cheap as I recall. I had a friend that drank it because of the price. I don’t drink beer very often and a Coors light does me just fine right along with the pizza. That’s when I like a cold beer.

    Have a terrific day. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I’m with you…stick with the light beer. Does me just fine. Though I had pizza tonight and no beer.

  5. Deb Avatar

    I haven’t had a beer in ages, but when I did, I rarely finished it.

  6. Colleen Avatar

    When I arrived in Australia it was the dead of winter and all their beer tasted like crap to me. I just plain don’t like beer in the winter. Summer is another thing. We drank VB in Victoria and Boag’s and Cascade in Taz. It all seemed to hit the spot when the weather got hot. Hey save me some bottlecaps, will ya?

    1. Bearman Avatar

      VB I forgot to take a picture of that one too.

      NOW you say you want Bottle Caps. Tony can probably send you some.

  7. frigginloon Avatar

    Oh for crying out loud Bearman you drank that piss? You should have come to WA we have real beer . Tsk, tsk I think the bartender was pulling the piss on ya. Those beers are crap.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well when that is what they have on tap, it is pretty sad.

      1. susi spice Avatar
        susi spice

        i was just about to say that loon…for goodness sake bearman i want to clobber your knuckles for generalising “xxxx they love it there”..how dare you! thats a Queenslader crap beer and non one else around australia drinks it! im quite offended by your generalisation… we have some damn good beers, you seem to have picked the beers brewed and marketed for younger women. im still offended at your generalisation!

        1. Bearman Avatar

          I went with a beer lover. Trust me, everything on tap in 95% of the bars was the “younger women” beer. Which I happen to love thank you.

  8. frigginloon Avatar

    Love the toon by the way. So true 😉

  9. Binky Avatar

    I stick to milkshakes.

    1. Androgoth Avatar

      I dread to think what will be on the
      other side of the wall in this instance 🙂

      1. Bearman Avatar

        haha. Back to the wombat poop jokes.

        1. Binky Avatar

          I’m never eating or drinking anything at your places!

          1. Bearman Avatar

            Good…more for me.

  10. Lisa Avatar

    But doesn’t all beer taste like piss?

      1. Binky Avatar

        But it’s got great marketing!

  11. duncanr Avatar

    I don’t drink much beer nowadays but when I do, I tend to buy Mexican or Indian beer (the Aussie beer on sale in uK tends to be crap like fosters and xxxx)

    1. Bearman Avatar

      They don’t export the XXXX here. I think the government bans it because they think it is pornographic.

  12. Valentine Logar Avatar

    Love the cartoon, funny. Cannot weigh in on the beer discussion I think it all tastes like piss. Except for Fat Tire before Coors bought it.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      If Coor bought Fat Tire, why can’t I get it in Cincinnati. They only sell it west of Indianapolis.

  13. Androgoth Avatar

    This is piss funny Bearman, well done 🙂
    Have a great start to your Thursday and
    watch out for those weak looking beers 🙁

    1. Bearman Avatar
  14. Androgoth Avatar

    The guy with the moustache looks like
    that ageing old fart Magnum PI 🙂 lol

    1. Bearman Avatar

      …and my brother.

      1. Binky Avatar

        Magnum in the family?

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Yes…we are all PI’s

          1. Binky Avatar

            Can I borrow your Ferrari?

  15. spilledinkguy Avatar

    That surprises me… I would have guessed the exact opposite!
    Although many ‘domestic’ light beers seem pretty ‘watery’ to me, too, I guess…
    🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      This from the man who lives in the home of Budweiser.

      1. spilledinkguy Avatar

        Hahaha…
        psst… don’t anger the Clydesdales! They’re pretty big!
        🙂

  16. J-Dotson Avatar

    I want to try and make my own one day… When I was a young man I got to go to Germany. Man you talking about BEER. After two years there I could drink any of our domestic beers like water. I remember running at 6 in the morning and about to fall out puking my guts out from the beer I had the night before and the corner beer stand that looked like newspaper stands were just opening and had Germans standing in line for a beer… Weizen was my beer of choice over there. Last Fosters I had was a lot stronger then a regular Budweiser.
    They still have the micro brewery up there in Ft. Wright Bearman?
    Great cartoon by the way.
    J-Dotson

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Which microbrewery you talking about. I don’t remember one.

      But about 10 years ago they opened a Hofbrauhaus near the river. Is that what you are talking about?

      I thought Weizen was a type of beer not a brand. Wheat beer…yuck.

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  18. Miss R Avatar

    I’m gonna go out on a limb here, but I think Piss Beer is probably bottled by Anheiser Busch.
    Oh, never did enjoy Fosters. doesn’t keep me from wishing to spend time in australia though.

    Great cartoon Bearman 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Yes…nothing should keep you from wanting to go there.

  19. Tim Green Avatar

    Note to self….Always order beer in the bottle when in Australia…

  20. Japanese Ghost Avatar

    Paulaner of Munich, Germany is my favorite beer. It is a hefeweizen bier. The darker the better 🙂

    Can’t stand most American beers. It taste like bitter crap in a can.. or bottle.

    I didn’t know I had been had when I drank a Foster’s and thought I had a real good Aussie beer. Dang :-/

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Paulaner is one of the few wheat beers I can stand. That is on the lighter side.

      1. Japanese Ghost Avatar

        Oh, you like Paulaner? Now we are one step closer to being friends 😉

  21. Jack of Gulls Comic Avatar

    Watch out, that Roo can punch!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      But he has short arms.

  22. Jaydee Avatar

    Bearman.

    How much piss do you drink a day? You must down a lot to be able to draw a comparison.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Average a beer a day….I didn’t get wasted.

  23. duncanr Avatar

    from the comments so far, I seem to be the only one who can put hand on heart and say I’ve never drunk piss (mine or anyone else’s) and so can’t draw any comparison with aussie beer 😆

    1. duncanr Avatar

      damn, Jaydee beat me by 5minutes – should have pressed that Post Comment button straight away instead of going for a piss first ! 🙁

      1. Bearman Avatar

        Jaydee is quick that way.

        So you haven’t ever changed a baby? I don’t know how you avoid getting sprayed at least once.

  24. Croc Dundee Avatar
    Croc Dundee

    They’re all mostly light/middies you PUNCE!!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I KNOW. I am saying 90% of what was on tap was this.

  25. Red Dwyer Avatar

    <<< hates beer. I prefer tequila. Or cognac. Or Scotch. Hahn is not so bad, but I am not one for light beers. Give me German black lager instead.

    The closest I come to liking a light beer is Tequiza. That has more to do with the tequila in it than the cerveza.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Hates beer but if she is going to drink it will go all the way.

      1. dontchawannadream Avatar

        I prefer Pastis. Yayyy.
        Love this cartoon, Bearman. 🙂

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Thanks Cha. Never had Pastis

  26. Mark Stokes Avatar

    I’m lovin’ all these interesting travel notes, Bearman. ..(hic)..

    1. Bearman Avatar
  27. Tyler Avatar

    At least it’s from a kangaroo, I guess.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Even smellier I think.

  28. Young American Wisdom Avatar

    I’m not sure about the piss content in Australian beer, but I have heard that’s what makes up 75% of what’s in a Corona. Sadly, this does not prevent me from enjoying a cold Corona on a hot sunny day.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Ugh. I believe the piss in that one. I can’t drink Corona. No wonder people have to put a lime in it.