Foster’s beer drinkers in the UK will soon find their lager’s alcohol strength cut to 3.4%.
Heineken UK, which brews Foster’s, said cutting the alcohol strength from the current 3.7% would make the lager eligible for lower rates of alcohol duty.
The brewer hinted at cheaper pints saying “customers benefit from more competitive pricing” because of the lower tax charge.
The change is set to go into effect by February, marking the second time in three years that Foster’s alcohol percentage, or ABV, has been diluted.
Heineken UK said it was responding to changes in UK government policy, which have encouraged brewers to offer lower alcohol options.
It’s funny that that original joke was Australian (where Fosters’ is from) philosophers questioning the quality of American beer.
It’s a deep Irony that Heineken (of dubious beer quality) is changing the beer in Britain (who are kinda known for low abv beers) to a lower abv and receiving a scolding coined by a Britisch comedy troupe.
Oh interesting, I knew this joke in a “Budweiser” form, but not that it originated from Monty Python.
So I bow to them.
I’m living in Munich and we also have a bit of a connection to beer. Of the famous Munich beer brands Paulaner and Hacker are partially held by Heineken and Spaten, Franziskaner and Löwenbräu by Anheuser Busch.
Fortunately there are still good independent few. (Augustiner, Hofbräu, Giesinger)
I always want to go to the Paulaner or Hacker beer gardens and put a sticker to the urinal “This is where they make Heineken”
Yeah, as a western neighbor, I must apologize for the Heineken bit.
I’ll raise a glass in your general direction! Zum wohl!
I never quite understood why the Pythons made those characters Australian. Was the alcoholism of the Brits not famous enough to be funny?
Quite a bit of python humor is absurdism. So ratio is not necessarily an aspect.