my friends dad likes to make gruppa

which is basically ethanol

yea you're allowed to home brew here, but not distil

well i think you're allowed to make like 4 gallons a year or something

tbh i wouldnt be surprised if thats the national monthly consumption of beer here

probably more, but i'm talking spirits

how much is 4 gallons in litres?

16ish

tbh id go through that much spirits a month if i had the money

yea

but when vodka is $60 a bottle

fuck that

lol

ive kept a bottle of russian standard going for nearly a year

im surprised homebrewing/distilling isn't a bigger part of your culture with that level of tax

well it is

you know of our moonshining culture, right?

coopers has a very popular brand of home brew kits for sale

that's specifically because of taxes

oh ok

we get coopers here, pretty good stuff tbh

orly

SA stuff, most popular beer in australia and its actually australian

unlike veebs

where is VB made?

thailand?

kek

its made here but its not owned by australians

ah ok

veebs was bought out by sabmiller, a south african company

same guys who own fosters

i didnt know coopers was international though

on the coopers brewing company though

Its shares are primarily owned by the extended Cooper family, and the company's constitution and classes of shares makes it difficult to sell shares outside the family.

budweiser was bought by inbev

it comes in red, yellow, and green bottles, right?

theyre the 4 main bottles

thats sparkling ale, stout and pale ale

theres also brown, dark ale

orange, mild ale

I think we get 3