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From: lyndon@ncc.UUCP (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: stubby beer bottles
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Date: Fri, 14-Nov-86 23:43:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 14 23:43:24 1986
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In article <248@winston.UUCP>, veerman@winston.UUCP (Maarten Veerman) writes:
> In article <290@ubc-vision.UUCP> majka@ubc-vision.UUCP (Marc Majka) writes:
> 
> The point is that the GQ type beer snob DOES exist, and it is this type of
> person that the marketing types in the breweries are thinking about when
> they sell 'Fosters' or 'Coors' or 'Budweiser' that is brewed in Canada. 

The funny thing is, if they were lousy beers, nobody would buy them,
therefore there would not be a reason for the Canadian breweries to
market them... Thank god we have alternatives to Andres wines!

> nonstandard green or long-neck bottles.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^          ^^^^^^^^^ 

Don't know about you, but I haven't seen a *standard* stubby in MANY
months...

> BTW anyone who has been to Oz will tell you that Fosters doesn't hold a
> candle to Swan Lager (from W.A.) or even Tooheys (from N.S.W.). 

And anybody who has been to Canada will tell you Blue doesn't hold a
candle to Fosters (all right, I'm a bit biased!)

> Food for thought: All Canadian beer contains a small amount of fromaldehide

I might be wrong, but I thought Sodium MetaBisulphite was the only
"approved" preservative (?)

> Any votes out there for a law calling for contents to be printed on the
> label, just like most other foods?

Will you be able to read the fine print after five bottles???
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Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM)      Systems Group - A Div. of Nexus Computing Corp.  

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