Thread: feeling a little upper class tonight !

Originally Posted by billiardbrett1

350RRC, you are almost right. About 20 years ago I was good friends with one of the brewers at CUB in Sydney and was told that Crown is actually Fosters lager but with an extra 2 weeks fermentation to improve the flavour "slightly" (my quote marks). I also have the feeling that VB and Melbourne Bitter are only seperated by whichever run of labels is in the machine at the time but I can't verify that one. MB never took off in NSW it just goes to show the power of advertising. It just amazes me that people think they are getting a so much better beer when they pay more money. BTW, it has been proven many times in blind tastings that after 3-4 beers, unless you change to a completely different style ie stouts or "black" beers, it is almost impossible to seperate the taste of regular beers. I know pretty much every beer drinker will disagree but having been in the pub game most of my life I have seen it proven time after time.

Crown's gotta be a better beer than VB cos it's in a classier bottle!

One of my mission's in life has been to go around the world and seek out bad beers. Ain't found many, I think they are all OK it is just that some are better than others and, all are great when you are in a place where you can't get any...beer.


I agree with your outlook here although I need to mention that SKOLL, a Brazillian beer mutilated under license in the DRC, is a beer that at first tastes like a decent home brew but, similar to VB, after te second bottle the head ache is almost fatal. This is a beer that I would avoid drinking!!