Long live middle of the road beers (Fosters Lager)

Member Name: puddingmancan

Product:	Fosters Lager
Date:	10/10/09 (28 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Cheap, not repulsive

Disadvantages: You'll pee forever

In my experience, most Australian's dismiss Fosters as one of their beers and think us brits stupid for thinking it as the beer of Australia. However, after drinking a few of the beers they are more proud of (such as Carlton, VB, XXXX and Tooheys), I think they should have a bit more pride in what is their only drinkable export.

I'm not saying that Fosters is a great beer, far from it, in fact, it's just not a bad beer. There are many bad beers about, most for a lot more money than Fosters, horrible over yeasted beers or beers so fizzy you may well explode. Fosters however, is adequate in most ways, it's light, not too strong or weak at a usual 4.1%, and most importantly, it's usually at the cheap end of the beer spectrum.

The main problem with Fosters is something I truly believe science needs to get involved in and that is the mystery of the 1 pint in, 2 pints out phenomenon. How is it that any beer can make you need the toilet so much? Fosters at a festival is never a good idea (however cheap it is for a crate) as you'll miss half the bands!! 6 pints of Fosters equates to about an hour and a half of bladder evacuation.

All in all I don't know anyone who chooses Fosters over any other beer, but on the same card I don't know anyone who won't touch it. It truly is a middle of the road beer that you'll happily drink if it's the only thing going or the cheapest....long live Fosters!!

Summary: Fosters a truly average beer