What to drink instead of Foster's
Foster's is sold as Australian and brewed in Britain, at Manchester, at 3.4%. If you were buying it for an Australian lager, these are the beers on the same shelves that are brewed in the country on their label, or are British and say so, within a point of its strength.
Where Foster's is really brewed, with the pack wording and the sources.
The same style, genuinely imported from elsewhere
- Heineken SilverImported from Netherlands · 4.0% · sold as DutchGenuine import Verified
Brewed in the Netherlands. 4.0% here, the same as at home.
- Grolsch Premium PilsnerImported from Netherlands · 3.4% · sold as DutchVerified
Brewed at Enschede in the Netherlands. 3.4% here, against 5.0% at home.
- Rosa BlancaImported from Spain · 3.4% · sold as SpanishVerified
Brewed at Barcelona in Spain. 3.4% here, against 4.8% at home.
British, and honest about it
- Carling Original LagerBurton upon Trent · 4.0% · sold as BritishHonest British Verified
British, brewed at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire and Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. 4.0% here.
- Tennent's LagerGlasgow · 4.0% · sold as ScottishHonest British Verified
British, brewed at Wellpark Brewery, 161 Duke Street, Glasgow. 4.0% here.
How this list is made. Nobody here has tasted these side by side, and no beer pays to appear. A beer is listed when the record says it is the same kind of beer, is either imported from the country on its label or British and sold as British, is not itself brewed under licence in Britain, has at least one source we trust, and sits within a point of the strength of Foster's. Beers from the country on the label come first, then the same style from elsewhere, then British beers. Where an import is weaker in Britain than at home, the card says so.
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