What are the "standard" draft beers of England, Europe, Australia, etc.?

[Omnis]

Okay, I think it's pretty well known that in America, sports stadia, restaurants, and pretty much everywhere that sells beer will feature or at least have Budweiser or Miller on tap.

This got me thinking: What is the "standard" beer for other countries? For example, when you go to a football game in England (or your respective country), what do they feature?

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Well, when I go out me and a majority of the other guys will drink Carlton Cold.

 

[Famine]

This got me thinking: What is the "standard" beer for other countries? For example, when you go to a football game in England...

Alcohol is banned at football grounds in England.

"Standard" pub fair:
Cider: Strongbow/Magners.
Lager (Light Ale?): Fosters/Budweiser/Stella Artois/Carlsberg/XXXX.
Bottled Lager: Fosters Ice/Carlsberg Export/Sol (caution! If you drink bottled lager you are a homosexual... apparently)
Bitter/Beer: John Smiths/Caffreys/Greene King.
Beer/Ale: Usually local produce or Spitfire/Tanglefoot.
Stout: Guinness/Murphys

And a glass of white wine/fruit-based drink for the ladies.

 

[Serge.D]

beer on tap:
jupiler
stella artois
maes pils
leffe
witte van hoegaarden
vieux temps
ginder-ale
kronenburg
tuborg
carlsberg
kriek
......and more.

 

[Omnis]

Alcohol is banned at football grounds in England.

Hahaha. Well, so much for that example.

 

[Famine]

You're okay at cricket grounds though - with the serious drawback that you'll be at a cricket match.

 

[Wenders]

Well, when I go out me and a majority of the other guys will drink Carlton Cold.

When you go out you aren't allowed to drink beer.

 

[Der Alta]

When you go out you aren't allowed to drink beer.

I thought you might have something to say after I saw his post.

As for where I am, if Samuel Adams isn't on tap, there's a problem.

 

[Boundary Layer]

In Canada, specifically Winnipeg:

• Labatt's
  • a huge company and owns a lot of the other ale's on this list, but under the name Labatt's they have these three light lagers:
    • Labatt's Blue
    • Labatt's Light
    • Labatt's Select
• Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale 👍
  • Owned by Labatt's
  • enjoying one of these right now during the hockey game, actually
• Kokanee
  • a lager, also owned by Labatt's
• Lucky Lager & Extra
  • another company Labatt's bought out

• Fort Garry Brewing
  • these are brewed in Winnipeg, so they may not be as popular elsewhere
  • make a lot of products. The more popular ones are:
    • Fort Garry Pale & Dark Ales 👍
    • Two Rivers Red/Light/Lager
    • Frontier Pilsener
    • Stone Cold Draft

• Molson products
  • Another big company like Labatt's, (I think it may be bigger, actually)
  • Under their name, some of their more popular products are:
  • • Molson Canadian
    • Molson Export
    • Molson Dry
  • Also:
    • Rickard's Red
    • Coors Light

• Miller Genuine Draft (MGD)
  • great pale lager 👍
  • Molson is somehow involved here.... not sure how, but on Molson nights, MGD is cheaper.

• Moosehead
  • largest brewery fully Canadian owned
    • Moosehead Lager 👍
    • Moosehead Premium Dry
    • Moosehead Pale Ale
    • Moosehead Light
• Sleeman's
  • Sleeman Original Light & Dark
  • Sleeman Honey Brown

• Anheuser-Busch
  • Budweiser & Bud Light

Depending where you go, you could find any of these on tap (though Sleeman's and Lucky are a little more rare)

 

[Omnis]

I thought you might have something to say after I saw his post.

As for where I am, if Samuel Adams isn't on tap, there's a problem.

Boston ftw. Haha. Do they have Sam Adams at Fenway?

 

[Dave A]

Alcohol is banned at football grounds in England.

It's not banned at the grounds per se, just at football matches. I regularly go to Edgely park to watch Sale Sharks play rugby, and alcahol is served freeley there.

 

[Sureboss]

You're okay at cricket grounds though - with the serious drawback that you'll be at a cricket match.

It's brilliant when they put all the plastic pint cups together and make metres and metres of beer snakes though.

Dave, including the players? I remember a player going out of the tunnel with a pint in his hand

 

[TVRKing]

Bottled Lager: Fosters Ice/Carlsberg Export/Sol (caution! If you drink bottled lager you are a homosexual... apparently)

Oh crap.

 

[Dave A]

Need to come out with something?

 

[ExigeEvan]

You forgot Brains!

And yes, alcohol cannot be consumed within sight of the pitch at a football match. However, rugby, cricket and most stadium gigs are allowed to serve alcohol.

 

[TVRKing]

Need to come out with something?

Err.....

No, nothing at all. Absolutley not, no.

 

[Mclaren_Man]

Here is australia's take (well south australia anyway)

most popular beers that are usually on tap are Coopers (local brew) they have pale ale, sparkling ale and a stout. Pale is the most popular.

Then you have Toohey's extra dry or TED's, there is also a Toohery's platinum that is 6.5% alcohol but is too sweet for my liking. Carlton cold is also a good drop considering its generally a lot cheaper

Victoria bitter and West end draught are fine if you have no taste at all, seriously these two are like beer flavoured soft drink.

then the Imported stuff, Corona's, Sol, heiny's, becks etc.

Note that Foster's is extremely difficult to find here, considering its meant to be an aussie beer.

 

[miata13B]

Okay, I think it's pretty well known that in America, sports stadia, restaurants, and pretty much everywhere that sells beer will feature or at least have Budweiser or Miller on tap.

*snip*

It is interesting to hear this to tell the truth. Most of the places I go to around town do not carry a single "Major Brewery" beer on tap. Most actually only get sold in bottles. Actually, the Bar that I managed for the past year never had a major label in it until 4 months ago. We went with a concept of supporting American Micro-Brews. I had the pleasure of introducing Connecticut to wonderful beers such as Boulder Beer Company's Hazed and Infused their Mojo Double IPA. I brought in Lagunitas, Rogue, Allagash, Dogfish Head, Flying Dog, Hooker, Brekshire, Cotrell, Brooklyn, Smuttynose, etc. Our sister bar did the same with European beers, bringing such wonders over like Aventus, Delerium, Old Speckled Hen, Samuel Smith, Boddingtons, Young's.

The concept really opened the gateway to beer fantics in the local area. Then through networking we get people driving from all over the state to come to our bars believe it or not. if you truely are a beer fantic then I would suggest trying more Micro brews. I must say that American Micros do try too hard to make a beer good, and in the process they mess up what a perfectly good beer is. The Europeans have the formula down right. They never overdue anything. I do suggest trying a good Belgium style beer; I recommend Delerium Tremons.

If you also want to check out some great information on beers and join a community that caters towards beers, I suggest going over to beeradvocate.com (This might be in breach of the AUP, but I am giving it for information purposes).

 

[DQuaN]

Alcohol is banned at football grounds in England.

When I used to go to Highbury there were loads of bars in the ground. You just weren't allowed to take your drink on to the stands.

 

[Touring Mars]

Yes, this is still the case... you can buy a beer at Charlton Athletic aswell... they even have Charlton Athletic pint glasses (plastic), but you can't take them into the stands. Given how badly Charlton have played this season, you bloody well need a beer before the second half

Nobody's mentioned the good old 'cooking lager', Carling... they've just launched a new beer called C2, which is a low-alcohol version. Even 'full strength' Carling is not exactly looney-juice. I drink it in the pub, though, since I prefer lower strength beer in the pub. There was a tendency a few years ago for more 'premium' beers, like Carlsberg Export (5% ABV) rather than 'cooking lager' Carlsberg, Kronenbourg and Stella etc., but now there is a growing tendency towards lower strength versions, like's Beck's Vier (4%) and C2 (2%) as pubs move to take advantage of the anti-binge drinking bandwagon. More choice = good, though. Sometimes time dictates that you have 2 pints rather than one, and nobody likes shandy! So two pints of C2 would be just the ticket in that scenario.

 

[MustangSVT]

In canada, the main beer on draft is Molson Canadian, Coors Light and Labatt's I think. Then depending on what pub you're at, there's other brands too like Sleeman's (diff. varieties), Rickard's Red, Alexander Keith's, Moosehead, Grasshopper and so on. If you go to a hockey game or concert let's say, they'll usually only have Molson Canadian. I don't like Molson myself, I like my beer to have taste to it and I usually like brown beer like Sleeman's Honey Brown.

 

[Jimmy Enslashay]

Don't drink British beer. They drink it warm, and I'd rather eat my own face than drink warm beer.

In New South Wales (where all the normal Australians live), Tooheys would be the most popular beer these days. Tooheys is always on tap, whether it be Tooheys Red, Extra Dry, Super Dry (probably my favourite beer at the moment), etc.

There's always Carlton Colds around, too.

Otherwise, it can be pretty random what's on tap around here. From James Boags and Crown Lager to imports like Heineken or Stella. Just depends where you are.

There's always VB in the bogan areas, which tastes like it's been poured fresh from the urinals.