Poms stumped why iconic Aussie beer is more myth than truth
A British couple who are travelling through WA have discovered that a product which they were excited to witness in its home environment may be more myth than truth.
Chris Hutchinson and his wife Tamira were confused when they went to a bottle shop and discovered that Fosters was in the imported section.
'We thought that Australians drink Fosters, because in the UK, that is what it is marketed as — the Australian beer,' Mr Hutchinson said in a TikTok video.
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'I think the slogan is 'think Australian drink Australian'' he continued.
'But it seems to be in the imported section, and I've just asked someone and apparently Australians don't really drink Fosters. It's really weird.'
Fosters is brewed in Australia by Carlton and United Breweries but has been owned by Japanese brand Asahi since 2020. Fosters Credit: @mcrichardlofish / Instagram
Followers flooded the comments section on the video to confirm that the Australian relationship with Fosters wasn't the stereotype it was made out to be overseas.
'Fosters is the biggest and longest joke we have played on the world,' one person wrote.
'I'm a 31yo Aussie and I don't think I've ever actually even seen a fosters in person my whole life 😂,' another said.
The revelation of Fosters not being an Australian-owned product is not a new one.
'Foster's lager, as we know it in Britain's pubs and supermarkets, is an Australian brand; it is not an Australian beer. 'Australian for lager' it may claim to be, but 1.2bn pints of the amber nectar a year are brewed in Manchester, not Melbourne,' a Guardian article stated in 2011.
Despite the lack of Fosters, the family of five are loving their trip around Australia and admit it's made them re-evaluate their future.
'It's absolutely blown us away, being here in Perth,' Mrs Hutchinson said in a TikTok video on Thursday.
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