Beer and Australia are strong related. Although, the unbelieveable high prices and the the very strict laws around this topic, Australia is a great beer nation. Lets begin with the the costs.

Alcohol and especially beer is very expensive, you can easily combare with the prices in the northern countries in europe. Depend on the time of the consumation and the location, you have to pay between 7 and 11 australian dollar for one pint or sometimes even for only a little bottle. A lot of restaurants have happy hours. So, if you are a clever tourist or even a Australien citizien you can take advantages of this information. In lots of the suburbs or in small town, a lot of the australians are member of some community clubs, in which you can buy cheap food and drinks (including beer and other alcohol).

To drink alcohol in the public is not allowed in whole Australia. Therefore, you can only drink alcohol in the pubs or in your private home. The law is settled to prevent public drinking parties. The police practice is quite similiar with our law about canabies. If you only drink one beer beside a normal meal in a park, the police won’t give you a fine. If a group of young people are hanging around with forty bottles of beer, the police will stopp this dinking party.

The choice of tasty beers are huge. The majority of the beers we have tried were absolutely tasty. The Australiens like strong aromatic beers. Of couse, you can also drink some less flavor beers, like the xxxx-beer, but I recommend definitly the the Ale-Ones (e.g. little creatures, pacific ale). Most of the bars or restaurants offers a wide rage of different beers, usually more then four brands. The most impressing topic about the beer culture is the ale-bank, just fascinating.