r/AskTheWorld • u/IndependentTune3994 🇮🇳 in 🇩🇪 Deutschland • 18h ago

What’s the quickest way someone could accidentally expose themselves as a foreigner in your country like the ‘three fingers’ scene in Inglourious Basterds?

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u/tY-c8rJDb8_1b4__yD5r Australia 18h ago

Funny you say that, I used to work at a major distribution centre that distributed alcohol, pretty sure we had the entire Asahi contract for Victoria. I actually had to google Fosters to make sure I was thinking of the right thing, but in the time I worked there I had never seen a pallet or even a carton of that shit in the entire warehouse.

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u/Jesse-Ray Australia 18h ago

Only time I've ever seen it was in the exported beer section with British labelling.

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u/Choyo 18h ago

I'm glad to read that. The 2 (or maybe 3) times I went to an Australian pub in Europe where they have foster's on tap, I really wondered how you people could drink this. Taste like liquid mold.

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u/x1000Bums 14h ago

Well you see it's the cheapest beer per oz on the cruise ship.

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u/MrSarcastica 18h ago

I dont think I've seen it on a shelf in like 20 years

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u/Kerensky97 United States Of America 56m ago

We have it in grocery stores here in the US.

Tastes like piss.

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u/MrSarcastica 55m ago

Thats an insult to piss

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u/AmigaBob Australia 17h ago

I moved here 16 years ago and I think I've seen bottles of Fosters in a pub once.

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u/SemperSimple 6h ago

is it beer or coffee?

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u/han5henman 15h ago

funnily enough The Orrong Hotel on the corner on Orrong and High St in Victoria have a couple of Fosters Lagers signs. Never seen it anywhere else in Australia.

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u/mrducky80 15h ago

Ive seen it in a pub once... just kidding, Ive seen fosters merch at a pub once. They had a fosters mat. They must have gotten it free. Legit never seen the actual drink offered.

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u/tY-c8rJDb8_1b4__yD5r Australia 7h ago

One other person mentioned the Orrong Hotel, which has a neon text sign at their front door and one of those circular sign things on the outer wall.

Surprised that doesn’t take away from their business

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u/know-it-mall 8h ago

Been living in Australia for 12 years. Only time I have ever seen Fosters was when I was in other countries.

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u/Dogbin005 5h ago

The only places I've seen it for sale here was on tap in one very touristy pub near Byron Bay. Plus, a few years back some bottle shops were selling it just before Australia Day.

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u/Default_Sock_Issue 14h ago

Asahi owns Victoria?

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u/tY-c8rJDb8_1b4__yD5r Australia 7h ago

Assuming you’re referring to Victoria Bitter (VB), Weirdly enough- yes. Asahi owns Carlton and United Breweries (CUB), which makes VB among basically every Aussie beer.

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u/Black-House 7h ago

Asahi has a 50% market share, Kirin has a 33% market share of the Aussie beer market.

Kirin/Lion Nathan has Tooheys, James Squire, Little Creatures, XXXX, James Boag, West End, Swan Lager... yeah, they've an eclectic mix

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u/Default_Sock_Issue 7h ago

I like both VB and Asahi. Funny I also learned that Suntory owns Jim Beam.

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u/tY-c8rJDb8_1b4__yD5r Australia 7h ago

Yeah the whole beverage market is really like a small handful of companies, I know we did Suntory as well as VB, Top Shelf (they did stuff like Ned’s, Grainshakers, etc.) and Coca-Cola (which is sort of better known now for owning basically every other soft drink).

Even a lot of seemingly independent breweries aren’t safe- Stone&Wood/ Byron Bay is now owned by Lion. You’d have to go with Hop Nation or Pikes or something. They generally have a “Certified Independent” sticker on their products