Subj : Re: Help me here .. I am confused ?
To   : Spectre
From : Adept
Date : Tue Dec 06 2022 14:59:32

 Sp> You coming the raw prawn there?  We don't have no shrimps.. aside from
 Sp> small people.  And I don't actually know anyone that'd throw a prawn on
 Sp> the barbie either, mind you I have a thing against food with

Yeah, I think it's just some backwards thing I heard about from Outback Steakhouse commercials at some point in time.

 Sp> That Fosters swill, is what they send or brew overseas to call
 Sp> Australian, but you can't even buy it here.  The "Australian" beer is

Seems about right.

 Sp> probably a local more local than one might expect.. Victoria Bitter -
 Sp> Victoria, a oddly enough. XXXX for Queenslanders because they can't

Yeah, I do tend to think of beer as a generally local product -- if the brewmaster doesn't live in the area (or bottles were directly exported from wherever the maker lives), it's mass-produced, least-common-denominator drinks. That, sure, are probably acceptable much of the time, but not particularly compelling.

But, on the other hand, "mass-produced, least-common-denominator drinks" also avoid some of the... unpleasantly-flavored versions that surely exist. You know what you're getting.

That said, I do imagine there's some more-unique Australian wines out there, but my knowledge of Australian wine is mostly just mass-produced things that are unlikely to be sublime.

....though alcohol is generally wasted on me, anyway.

 Sp> spell be    Not being much of a beer drinker myself, you'd have to look
 Sp> up the other locals... Tooheys, Coopers, Cascade, not sure what else...

What's something more "Australian" that you do consume?

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