Chemical in a can

Wandering the streets of Berlin and Germany in general, I must say, the Germans love their beer. And why not? The quality and selection of German beer is very high unlike our own very drab offerings.

Once upon a time, beer consumption in Australia was very regional, XXXX in Queensland, Swan Lager or Emu Export in Western Australia, Victoria Bitter in Victoria and Tooheys in New South Wales.

There was NT Draught in the Northern Territory and Westend in South Australia - I have no idea what they drank in Tasmania back then. Needless to say, this was awful, chemical in a can - you paid dearly the next day.

The German beer on the other hand is robust in flavour, high quality and not mass produced chemical lager. Fortunately, the Australian beer market has turned the corner, no longer will the breweries be able to pass off this chemical swill as state based loyalty.