You might remember our cute Budwieser ad last week about a donkey wanting to be a Budwieser Cyldesdale. Well we have found a follow up to the ad..its just as good and there are a few new critters interested in joining up.

We found this great Budweiser commercial featuring a donkey going for a job interview as a cydesdale. It its pretty funny and the donkey sure is cute. Take a look as you enjoy an ice cold bud- the king of beers.

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SharamQ are one of the hottest J-Pop bands in Japan and they feature in this series of Suntory Beer Comercials. Wiht their lead singer Tsunku looking a bit like Adam Ant they belt out the Suntory Jingle. The band  formed in 1988 and ran for a few years then came back due to popular demand in 2006 and have continued to today.  They have had a string of hits but our favorite is Shin R?men Daisuki Koike-san no Uta - which translated is about about Koike who likes Noodles- again only in Japan.

Virgin Blonde Beer was introduced onto the Australian market a few months ago and is the first of what is hoped to be a range of beers by …… using organic products with no nasty chemicals or synthetic products. This tasty blonde dosen even have extra sugar added to the brew it uses just barley, yeast, New Zealand grown hops and water- Nothing else.  Brewed by the Steel River Brewery in Mayfield, New South Wales, which is near Newcastle north of Sydney. This beer contains 4.0% alcohol volume and is very refreshing and lets not forget dosent’ contain any of those nasties so many other beers contain with all the big words like Polyvinylpolypyrrolidinone or Rhoiso-alpha acids or Di-Ammonium Phosphate - their names alone are bad for you.

Beer vending machines in the street- well it could only be in Japan. Although not as common as soda or icecream vending machines Japan has Beer vending machines. Many of them are easily accessible on street corners, you just put in your Yen select which beer you would like and presto- a can of beer, you can even purchase your favorite smokes in an adjoining machine how convenient is that.  Minors don’t touch them as there’s a sign on them saying you have to be 18 to purchase grog- a wonderful deterrent, which some how seems to work.

The Cuban Revolution started in January 1st 1959 when the US backed dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown and later taken over by Fidel Castro who has hung on to power until recently passing power to his brother. Well, with the history lesson aside its time to talk about Cuba 59 the beer. Well this beer’s label and price might make you think it is a genuine  Cuban Beer, but  infact it is brewed in Australia by Australian Independent Brewers who make a wide range of quality beers including Haagen Australian Lager and Platinum Blonde to name a few.  The beer plays tribute to the beers of Cuba with a crisp clean palette with a touch of malt and a bit of citrus aftertaste. The beer is fairly light and not unlike many of the Mexican beers like Sol or even Tegate.  Being an extra dry the beer is a good summer beer and with some clever marketing underway should do well next summer.

Canada is known for some pretty good beers and Kokanee is no exeption. Its light golden nectar is very flavorsome and packs a 5.0% alcohol volume. Named after the Sockeye Salmon the beer is made from glacier fresh water at the Columbia Brewery in Creston, British Columbia, which has been owned by Labatt since 1974, their beers date back to 1898 and is pretty much the most popular beer in Western Canada.  The beer can be found oustide Canada and is fairly distinctive in the fridge with a white and blue lable feauturing Grays Peak with the infamous Sasquatch ontop of the peak.  Kokanee have one of the flashest beer websites we have seen for a while  www.kokaneebeer.ca - well worth checking out.

Recently Australia’s Carlton & United released a limited run of 5000 slabs of Richmond Lager. The lager is one of the heritage brands they are bringing back in limited editions.  The beer has a 4.5% alcohol volume and has a good hoppy flavor with a slight bitterness similar to VB one of the breweries more popular brands.  The original Richmond Lager was produced by the Richmond NS Brewing Company which dissapeard in 1962 to become part of the CUB group of companies after the death of Grant Hay who owned the brewery and about a 6% share of the Victorian beer market.  The original brewery was located in Church Street Richmond one of the inner suburbs of Melbourne. Reports show that when the brewery was closed down by CUB in April of 62 the workers were treated to half an hour’s free beer at the brewery owned Prince Alfred Hotel in Church Street as a parting gift- barely enough to drown their sorrows.  Richmond NS Brewing was known for using only natural ingredients with no flavoring or perservatives. - Do some hunting and look for a the Richmond Tiger next time you are at the bottleshop- before it becomes extinct again.

Acording to this news article on Business Day Fosters Group is considering introducing a Low Carb VB after seeing a souring demand for low carb beers after the introduction of its Pure Blond range in 2004. The low carb VB will become the 3rd VB product if the plan goes ahead after the successful launch of VB Mid strength in 2007. Low carb beers have been late to catch on in Australia unlike in the US where their low carb equivalent (known as Lite Beer) accounts for one in every two beers drunk. Fosters first attempt at a low carb beer was back in 1995 with Carlton Diamond. If you cant remember it, its probably because it didn’t last long on the market and was a bit of a flop despite a huge marketing campaign at the time. Check out the video above if you need jog you memory.

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http://business.theage.com.au/business/low-carbs-in-line-for-vb-fightback-20090614-c7dp.html

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Thought we feature another cleaver beer ad today this time from Thailand’s Cheers Beer. Cheers Beer is made by Thai Asia Pacific Brewery, a fairly young brewer, the company also produce Tiger and Heineken for the some parts of Asia and have produced Cheers since 2005. We haven’t tried Cheers yet but we have had conflicting reports of its taste. It seems there are just as many people who love it as there are who hate it, if your sucking one down now let us know what you think below.