Fosters Export

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Mr. Anderson

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So i've got a can of Fosters export, 4.9% so a bit stronger than normal fosters, however on the back.....Beer brewed in the EU by Scottish and Newcastle

WTF?
 
It's brewed in the UK under license from the Australian company. So I suppose the word "export" is stretching it a bit. :p
 
Evangelion said:
It's brewed in the UK under license from the Australian company. So I suppose the word "export" is stretching it a bit. :p
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my point! It is no more exported than the standard fosters, i think they should rebrand it from Foster's Export to Foster's slightly stronger brew
 
You'll find that that the word export is usually marketed as a stronger version of a particular beer rather than it being exported from a different country.
 
vonhelmet said:
They also have three varieties of Strongbow, none of them like our stuff, and all of them hideous.
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Then they do at least share some measure of commonality. :p

Export would describe a drink that was originally designed for exporting, now it refers to the recipe that exists and that it is a bit stronger, the actual lack of importing from another country is almost beside the point.
 
vonhelmet said:
My sister lives in Australia and says Fosters is regarded with a measure of contempt.
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Correct. It had its day, but that day is long gone.

They also have three varieties of Strongbow, none of them like our stuff, and all of them hideous.
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In the good old days we had about five varieties of Strongbow: White, Draught, Sweet, Dry and Lemon. As a fan of Strongbow in both countries I found that the British tap-based Strongbow fell somewhere between our White and Draught.

:)
 
semi-pro waster said:
Export would describe a drink that was originally designed for exporting, now it refers to the recipe that exists and that it is a bit stronger, the actual lack of importing from another country is almost beside the point.
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I'm not sure that the expression has ever been used for beer brewed for export, because most breweries exported their normal brews. Right back in the early eighties "Export" just meant "stronger". The last time beers were specifically brewed for export was the original IPAs, in the Nineteenth Century. If any brewery does do an special "Export" version of that purpose I'd detect a certain note of contempt for the perceived market.

As for where it is brewed, just about all popular canned beers in the UK are brewed here, no matter what the country of origin. This includes stuff like Carlsberg, Guinness (which is why UK Guinness tastes so bad) etc. Bottled beers are a bit more complicated.


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Meridian said:
I'm not sure that the expression has ever been used for beer brewed for export, because most breweries exported their normal brews. Right back in the early eighties "Export" just meant "stronger". The last time beers were specifically brewed for export was the original IPAs, in the Nineteenth Century. If any brewery does do an special "Export" version of that purpose I'd detect a certain note of contempt for the perceived market.

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Interesting, I'd thought that it was generally used to refer to stronger lagers that were 'premium' i.e. for an export market. As for some brewers having contempt for their market, it would hardly surprise me.
 
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