I am currently traveling in Malaysia on the island of Langkawi which is famous for its beaches and its duty-free status – lazing on the beach, drinking cheap beer, more could you ask for in a holiday destination.

Imported Australian beer sells for around US$1 a can.  Interestingly the Malaysian importer has attached a sticker, listing its ingredients, which is not found on the original can.  Victoria Bitter is one Australia’s most popular beers and contains your usual malt, yeast, barley, in addition to coriander and dried orange peel.

The beer’s brewer Fosters, describes the beer on their website as:

“a full flavoured brew, less malty in character and slightly darker than CUB’s traditional lagers. A gentle fruitiness in the aroma complements the sweet malt on the mid-palate balancing perfectly with a robust, hop bitterness.”

I wonder how many Australians realize the “fruitiness” of their favorite beer comes from dried orange peel.

Mike Henry is currently traveling through Asia.  You can read more of his adventures on his travel blog.

Aussie beer’s secret ingredients is a post from: The Inquisitr

Karl Tilcock worked at the Castelmaine Perkins brewery in Brisbane for 12 years supporting a wife and two children, and posts comedy routines to YouTube under the name Austdingo, and his videos include him poking fun at his autism.

Tilcock told news.com.au that some of his routines did poke fun at Fosters, but said that he’d removed the offending material after originally receiving a letter for the company. Fosters said Tilcock was warned repeatedly about making videos in violation of company policy, and that it was clear from some videos that he was making them at work.

The Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union has instituted proceedings in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to have Tilcock reinstated.

* Fosters was originally known as Carlton United Breweries and actually makes some great beers and owns the Southcorp wine business. However Fosters is not drunk in Australia, at least by more than a handful of people, presuming you can buy it here, which you usually can’t. It’s universally considered locally to be cats piss.

Fosters sacks autistic employee over YouTube channel is a post from: The Inquisitr