The World Through Beer Goggles
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Aussies don’t drink Fosters…. it’s either Tooeys or XXXX Gold
Depends on the state, don’t ever accuse a Victorian or a Tasmanian of drinking Tooheys or XXXX, and don’t accuse a Queenslander of drinking Carlton or Little Creatures.
They are really territorial about beers.
spent 6 months traveling oz to find out that’s what the majority of them drink. – basing it on personal experience. I preferred tooeys new. wanna ship me some?
It’s definitely a state by state thing, I’m from Victoria and I don’t see Tooheys very often and never see XXXX, we drink Carlton mostly and sometimes a Tasmanian beer.
SA mostly drinks Coopers Ales, but Troy is right, No Australian would be caught drinking Fosters even if their life depended on it. It’s an export beer.
It is different by state but no matter what NO state drinks Fosters we all know its oversea crap lol
I actually rather Heineken (guess Un-australian lol)
The one semi-universal beer I found in Australia was VB(Victoria Bitter). Oh, how ubiquitous that green can seemed to be!
VB doesn’t stand for Victoria Bitter, it stands for Virtual Beer
dude, what about VB? or Crownies?
It i not about of what they drink – it is about what drink they remind of to an alcoholic
Fosters is the s**t we send overseas. It’s even worse than VB and that’s saying something. Tooheys, XXXX and Hahn are awful as well.
Coopers Pale is just about the only big-market beer that’s any good. Creatures and Squire are pretty good too, but nothing like as widely available as Coopers.
or most likely VB.
SE Asia = San Miguel!
I’ll bite. San Miguel is Spanish.
Its San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen.
San Miguel is from Spain
actually, san miguel is from the philipines.
no, it’s either Chang or Singha.
” Fancy Beer made by monks” should go to Belgium right ? Then its not really located above germany : P
You know… Yankees and geography.. 2 words that should not fit
Looking at the excellent graphics I can see how you’d expect every country to be in its exact place.
And since when is “ICE” and “BORING” an alcoholic drink?
What, no Vodka?
I believe the map is how countries are to an alcoholic… alcoholics can like stuff on the rocks, thus they need ice. Alcoholics can also still find things boring. Think critically.
also they forgot the vodka triangle, polish vodka is wayyy better than russian. and absolut is swedish. and if you have absolute you obviously have too much money. also british make bitters, which nobody drinks but us… so i’ll forgive the americans on that one, but never again!
It would also fit to Bavaria, but that’s also not exactly in Denmark.
It’s more like Denmark and Belgium
Denmark is Elephant.
No. Denmark is everything you can get drunk on. =)
Think the fancy beer is Tuborg and Carlsberg which is from Denmark, so yeah the right place.
What’s fancy about Carlsberg? Nothing! Try Belgian beer if you want to learn how fancy beer can be.
Danish beer is better in Denmark, Odense Classic, for example, is a very fancy beer that they keep to themselves.
But Belgian beer also has some great examples of great beers.
*sigh*
How sad that America has Budweiser listed. Miller is made in Texas, but we prefer Shiner Bock there.
I hate piss beer.
Hooray for Shiner Bock!
I never touch the big brand crap. I call that stuff “drain cleaner.”
Shiner = Moses’s bubbly joy tears.
Last time I was in Ireland, the Irish were all drinking… Budweiser. So sad.
I visited southern Wales in ’07, and just for kicks, ordered a Budweiser (I otherwise lived on Marsden’s and Brains while I was there) and it was wonderful! Not a hint of the piss beer they make here. Then I noticed some words on the label: “Made and bottled in London under license.” So the Budweiser they drink over there is NOT the same stuff we drink here.
American Budwaiser (Anheuser-Busch) doesn’t have anything common with Budwaiser brewed in the city Budwais (Budwaiser Budvar). Every Budwaiser you get in Europe is from Budwais or is brewed under their license. So Budwaiser you had was beer from Budwais (Czech Republic) and not from US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser
Budweiser?!?!?
Home brew all the way.
Well, it’s still true that Budweiser (now owned by a Belgian company) is still the #1 selling brand in the USA, but it should be noted that American craft beer is widely available and slowly but surely taking shelf space away from Bud (owned by Inbev, a Belgian company). Unlike a lot of traditional beer brewing cultures which tend to stick to one particular style (eg. Germans = malty lagers, British = hoppy ales), American’s are a lot more open to trying new things, having even invented a few new styles (eg. west coast IPA, American Brown Ale).
It’s sad. Budweiser bought out, not by another American company, or even a German brewer, but by BELGIANS? People known for waffles and chocolate?
mmmmmmmmmmmm……waffles
And real beer.
Belgian beer is actually some of the best in the world, ever heard of “trappist Westvleteren”?
http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/bestbeers_012011.asp
3 beers in the top 20 overall rating on this website. Not bad for a country the size of a peanut I’d say.
budweiser is actually a beer from belgian, but was popular in america so they moved to america to save on shipping costs. and was brought by an american company in the 80′s. so its just beeing returned to its origional owner. and the best beers in the world is from belgian.
What about Milwaukee? So freaking many breweries there, I don’t think they ALL make Budweiser.
Yes. Yes they do.
As far as any Europeans know.
And if we keep them thinking that maybe they’ll stay on their overcrowded, overpriced, unheated, no teeth side of the big water.
Well, according to this graph, they don’t even make beer in Germany or Belgium. And they (plus the Czech Republic) brew the best beers in the world. Period.
Hell yes. Last thing I need is those filthy Brits exporting my Spotted Cow, Lakefront, and Captial Brew and jacking the price up even higher than it already is.
Let ‘em drink the piss-water!
I thought Texas drank Tony Romo’s conceit? Learn something new every day.
Besides, wich Budweiser is? As far as I know, exists 3 kinds of Budweiser, 2 of them are Czech and are waaaay better.
Where’s the Rhum ?
Why is the Rum gone?
It’s gone.
At sea, with the pirates!
Rum should have been placed in the Caribbean u.u
tooheys is drunk in rural NSW and XXXX in north queensland. If you want to try a good aussie beer then go boags or fat yak. Coopers is also pretty damn awesome
To everybody who says the above world map isn’t correct… Look at the title “The World Through Beer Goggles” especially the part that says “Beer Goggles”.
Now you have to wonder: Would you care if the map was correct if you where drunk? If you answer is: Yes.. Shut up and drink some more
clearly forgot Belgium, best beers in the world!
“Fancy beer made by monks” is supposed to be Belgium, not Denmark like on the map.
Right on Dirty Budha about the Shiner Bock!
Greece has Ouzo and it’s not even on the map..! It’s REALLY strong. You should try sometime.
Yes. We do know.
Greece is bankrupt, they don’t count anymore.
Why does Scotch cover all of Britain? Scotch is from Scotland, hence the name. England should have John Smith’s or Tetley’s bitter. Wales should have…erm…sheep urine?
Belgium should have Stella Artois; alcoholic and wife beaters alike love a good Stella.
Rum needs to be added to the Caribbean.
Caipirinha for Brazil. (Sooooo good!)
And I think the Indian beer would be Kingfisher?
Argentina=Wine?
Argentina=Fernet
Argentina = Gancia
Argentina = Wine….. 4,5% (Mendoza)
Chile = Wine
Perú/Chile = Pisco
Northamericans (USA) = ignorant dumbasses. True Story.
Then stay away. At least we’re smart enough not to live in Argentina. How’s that Malvinas thing coming?
Us ignorant dumbasses in Wisconsin probably have more craft beer options per capita than anywhere in Europe. True Story. There are at least 10 different craft breweries represented at the GAS STATION a block from my house. 50+ breweries if I go to an actual liquor store.
Keep drinking the fermeted kool-aid.
Almost every village in Belgium has it’s own brewery. Cities have more then one. Where’s your capita now…
How about North American alcoholics specifically, since the map was created by one of those? If you’re going to do gross generalizations you might as well aim it at the group that did the gross generalization about your country. Or how about you protest any of the other stereotypes? Oh wait, that’s right. Any country is going to be egocentric and only know details about their particular country. Everyone’s ignorant of countries that they don’t live in, not just North Americans.
The balcans are missing. Deleted from memories….
In Slovakia we have Slivovica (from plums) or Hruskovica (from pears)
Yeah, śliwowica, some good stuff!
Greeting from Serbia with same drinks!
Holland dissapeared, HEINEKEN!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe because it’s the worst beer in the world ?
2nd worst.
That’s just dishwater.
What happened to Greece? Ouzo!
Bankruptcy. Riots.
Wait, “fancy beer made by monks” – dude, Heineken comes from the Netherlands…
Belgium == Denmark? Ah well, when drunk… Anyway, too bad Ouzo isn’t stated here, and Raki isn’t that ‘boring’ to an alcoholic methinks…
How come that Germany is NOT associated with beer?
My thought exactly ^^
What about Ouzo in Greece??
The Belgians have Jupiler, the Cubans have Bucanero and rhum…
This is so wrong!
Oh and the Belgians also have Duvel. Shame on me for not mentioning Duvel!
Where is Oktoberfest (beer)?
It should be bigger than Europe and it’s going to start soon!
Its in Germany
West of the Rockies= Microbrew
I respect the effort, but come to Wisconsin sometime
The real fail is that fosters is more popular in the UK than down under….
Why U NO give Norway, Sweden, Finland a drink? And yeah, rum is Caribbean, not margaritas! And cachaca for brazil!
No-one drinks Akvavit, not even Scandinavians…
I was wondering that too! The easiest way to do it would have been to extend the vodka-part over at least Finland and Sweden… Finlandia and Absolut! Or Finland could have Minttu, that’s really good stuff. Take one of those and you smell like you just brushed your teeth! Awesomeness.
Minttu is NOT good. How about long drink (“lonkero”) for Finland…?
Budweiser is European, not American… wtf
America should be Yuengling
Uh…we drink RUM in the Caribbean….Margaritas are what those in Mexico drink…
Where the hell is PBR?
The world should just be one color….the color of PBR!!!!
ROFL!
Ya where the hell is the PBR?!?!?!?!
THAT should be america’s beer…not that sick oat piss thats there.
So whoever posted this really thinks that England and Scotland are the same thing, and all our real ales are discarded in favour of the generic “Scotch”?
And don’t forget that InBev, the largest producer of insipid lagers, are based in Leuven, Belgium. It’s a shame that tiny little country is the source of both the best and worst beers around!
Probably because they are the same thing. To sheep other sheep probably look different, though
Don’t say that in earshot of a Scott!
margaritas are from mexico
Jäger all over Europe? WTF?
Rum is in Cuba & Puerto Rico
Tequila is a drink with designation of origin, therefore is produced in a specific Zone.
Corona is produced in Guadalajara Jalisco too.
And what about Mezcal, mosquitos or other alcoholic drinks??? tsk tsk tsk…
Dustin needs to travel more often.
WHY is Slovenia in ‘boring’ area?!?! We have LAŠKO! Hmph! -.-
You misspelled Union.
In the US, only Southern and Midwest drink Budweiser, The North East drinks Sam Adams, the Pacific Northwest drink Rainier, and California drinks nothing but Smirnoff Ice. Also, if you think anyone drinks margarita’s in the Caribbean, you’re nuts, they ONLY drink Heineken.
Sounds like you don’t know anything about the Midwest except that it’s what you fly over. Keep flying, nothing to see here.
In the US, only Southern and Midwest drink Budweiser, The North East drinks Sam Adams, the Pacific Northwest drink Rainier, and California drinks nothing but Smirnoff Ice. Also, nobody drinks margarita’s in the Caribbean, they ONLY drink Heineken.
Czech Republic – BEEEEEEEEEEER Only
Apparently, we don’t drink in Alaska.
ash- i drank A LOT in alaska when i was there, mostly purple drank from a clean trash can. (ex military)
What exactly is “Jäger” supposed to be? Jägermeister? (who’s actually drinking that awful stuff?!) At least I don’t know any beer called Jäger.
If you want to put all central Europe in the same box, at least pick a German mainstream beer like Oettinger (bleh!) or Paulaner or Becks. Those brands are _everywhere_.
In the PAC NW we prefer our douchy little microbrews. It’s where hipster cat goes to drink.
chile has the best wine!
Not in this map!
Sam Adams is a more distinctly American beer. Also forgot Mead in the Nordic countries, and Germans love lager.
thats what i was thinking! “what happened to scandinavia?”
Well.. Denmark has changed there name to Belgium now. And there are monks immigrating with fancy beer!?!
Hummm they got Israel, but forgot Lebanon, land of Aarak, Almasa and some damn good wine.
at 170 proof, Aarak is definitely not in the Boring category
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arak_%28drink%29
No, they just put in real countries. Not one’s ruled by someone else.
The fancy beer made by monks is Belgian Beer
Am I the only one that sees that Africa looks like a giant penis?
Yes Brucey. You were the only one. Assume you’ve booked a flight?
I posted this exact comment earlier… but it got deleted for some reason.
What a bunch of whiners? If you weren’t so busy trying to sound smart about where drinks come from, you would realize that this picture is a joke about a drunk, ethnocentric American’s geography. It’s supposed to forget ouzo and Fosters…everyone is. Joke’s on you for pointing out inaccuracies when they’re the whole point of this. Thus illustrating that you don’t get the joke. Thus, dumb comments all
Thanks for explaining that. You are real smart.
Fosters is on the map.
The US seems to be missing moonshine from the appalachian regions, and Jäger Bombs from the Jersey shore area. And Hurricanes from New Orleans, can’t forget those.
You got one thing right: the boring area. Except it should extend all the way over North Africa.
Trippel by Fat tire brewing company is my personal favorite beer, and I am from the Pacific northwest…but alas I am under age(19) and its is 1 of the 3 somewhat decent beers I have ever tried
In Mexico we are famous for tequila, but we have more than Corona. Here you drink Corona if you are out of Victoria or Indio (dark beer that is). And in the center of the republic you can find Pulque, and you can ask for it in “blocks” (that is, after how many blocks you wanna fall).
UK used to be a couple of different bitters, now it’s just alcopops and strongbow :/
Aquavit for norway plx.
In Sweden we mix all the other drinks together and have it served by naked girls while hunting polarbears for fun!
India => Kingfisher
the chance of you being served Kingfisher in the buffet is almost 70%
This graphic fails in so many ways. Hence the bad rating.
The netherlands is marked fancy beer made by monks??! how can you forget Heineken, Amstel, Grolsch etcetc
what happens?, Run = Latin America
Don’t forget Barbados = Rum
I’m Candadian (Quebec) and all the people I saw drinking Molson or bud were poor losers.
No Soju love for Korea?
heineken ? holland, seems to be populair to me
If by “boring” we’re referring to Muslim nations where alchohol is not readily consumed, then all of North Africa (Morocco through Egypt) should be included in that category
Thanks, I’ve recently been hunting for info about this subject matter for ages and yours is the best I have discovered so far.
Manischewitz is from upstate New York
wtf, why is sweden just yellow? o.O
amm… margaritas are also mexican… they are made with tequila…. LAME
Rakı for Turkiye
What about the small, green spot in the center of Europe labeled ‘Absinthe’? I guess this should be Switzerland (where Absinthe actually was banned for many, many years).
Come on! The entire Balkans is “boring”. What about rakija (AKA plum brandy)!?
Where is Caipirinha?
My God … Whoever made this is clearly retarded. Germany and Belgium for the best beer bro! I’m not saying tht other countries suck at making beer, but Germany and Belgium are obviously THE best countries for beer, with a huge amount of breweries, AND quality beer.
And for the netherlands: Heineken is really one of the worst beers ever created, the thing with Heineken is that those Dutch people hve an incredible nose for business … It’s dishwater fueled with a tiny bit of alcohol, nothing more.
Heineken is just one of the 300+ brands from The Netherlands
poland under Jagermeister? no way!
vodka all the way
OMG….Marked Budweiser all over the US? do you guys even know where is it made? And mark Absinth in Czech republic? Germany as Jager? wtf?
This is the Biggest fail i’ve ever seen……
Poland = vodka. Sorry.
brasil- brahma chopps or caipiringa (like a mojito only less sissy)
The yellow blob in Europe is representing The Netherlands and Belgium, as they are the only countries making Trapist (=fancy beer made by monks).
They forgot Soju from Korea…
that yellow spot next to the Boring one is Lebanon. Fave drink is Almaza beer or araq( distilled moonshine)