Down Under BEER

Tasmania has the oldest brewery; Cascade Brewery was established in Tasmania in 1824. Coopers is family owned, but apart from them, all of the large breweries are now owned by Foster's or the New Zealand-based Lion Nathan.

No Australians drink Foster's Lager, and so it is made mostly for export to the UK. However, the English I have spoken to believe there is much better beers to drink, especially in the lager department.

After my visit to the XXXX brewery, I decided to put together this list; and as aforementioned , illuminate the monopolies that exist even in australia's beer industry.

New South Wales: Tooheys, Reschs, Hahn, James Squire and KB Lager
Queensland: XXXX and Powers
South Australia: West End, Southwark and Coopers
Tasmania: Boags in the north, Cascade in the south
Victoria: Carlton Draught, Victoria Bitter and Melbourne Bitter
Western Australia: Swan and Emu