Guess what? Blogging can change the food system. A few months back I wrote about faux import beer: the beer that looks imported but is actually brewed locally or by some third party. Yesterday, in The Age:
The Australian Consumers Association is demanding clearer, more prominent labels on bottles of foreign beer made locally under licence, to show drinkers exactly what they are buying.
Beck’s, Heineken, Stella Artois, Kirin, Guinness, Kronenbourg and Carlsberg are some of the foreign brands being made here.
The Sunday Age bought a random selection from a liquor store in St Kilda last week. A 330 millilitre bottle of Heineken ($3.39) was brewed in Sydney and a 330 millilitre bottle of Carlsberg ($3.49), which had “Copenhagen, Denmark” and “by appointment to the Royal Danish Court” on the front, was brewed by Foster’s Australia in Victoria.
Now, lets argue about correlation equalling causality.
for your amusement
http://www.holytaco.com/if-alcohol-was-more-realistic
Mr Stickyfingers has been banging on about this for a year. He feels ripped off – that it’s a con. His main argument is that you should not have to pay import prices on beer brewed locally and would prefer to drink beer from the original source. I agree about the cost but feel that the locally brewed stuff is fresher and potentially better tasting.