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BluntyTV t1_jb8l8es wrote

I know my Countrymen. And I lived in Queensland for a year.

You get exactly ONE guess as to what will happen when the average 18-25 year old Aussie learns there's "excess alcohol" in Watermelon flavored "beer".

Additional prediction, there will be a mid-scale tiktok trend of these idiots chugging it within days.

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deadwlkn t1_jb8n8n8 wrote

Corey Wotherington could make a comeback, lol

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Harryisharry50 t1_jb9vshf wrote

Watermelon flavored alcohol is bad . I leaned my lesson can’t taste the booze in it and drank way too much . Nothing like being puking drunk and not being coherent

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Ximidar t1_jbbc5ob wrote

No worries m8, we'll take care of it

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bigbangbilly t1_jbalfhc wrote

>Countrymen. And I lived in Queensland

I see what you did there.

Joking aside, marketing alcohol to minors is terrible

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BluntyTV t1_jbap3xf wrote

The legal drinking age in Australia is 18. No one is talking about minors here.

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bigbangbilly t1_jbayg34 wrote

My mistake. I live in the States and forgot 21 isn't the worldwide drinking age

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CrazyThure t1_jbb9iyn wrote

Insane How ”taking a shot” has widely different meanings for 18 year olds in different places ;)

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Revenge_of_the_User t1_jb95gb0 wrote

Company: "Send it back, its got too much alcohol in it."

Purchasers: "....No?"

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Freethecrafts t1_jb97fdj wrote

Purchasers: here’s the empty containers. It was too dangerous to keep around. We poured it out.

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MrMustard347 t1_jbaoxg8 wrote

"Poured it out into our bellies!" you mean?

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Freethecrafts t1_jbi91ys wrote

Nope, was too dangerous. Half a percent over would mean adding a cup of ice for every twelve pack or so. Well, much less than that, but danger.

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rrickitickitavi t1_jb8nnmb wrote

I will dispose of it by pouring it out ... and into a glass.

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TreyWait t1_jb8ops5 wrote

...and the buying frenzy begins.

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ScaryEire1916 t1_jb8kc7o wrote

There is absolutely no way an aussie is sending that shit back hahaha

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hydrOHxide t1_jbc7vi3 wrote

Back in my first year at university (more like college for the anglo-american model), I had a chemistry prof who always liked to tease the local newspaper.

One day, he published a press release that he had found ethanol in the beer of local breweries.

The PR guy of one of said breweries had apparently flunked chemistry at school and immediately issued a denial.

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Jump_Like_A_Willys t1_jba3tee wrote

Meh, I've had a few high-alcohol beers and to me the excessive alcohol "taste" (or whatever you want to call the alcohol sensation on the tongue and mouth) ruins the beer taste. But that's just me. Although it's not just the alcohol, because I like hard liquor.

Give me 9% or below in beer. I've had the Troegs Mad Elf (11%) and it was "ok" but I quickly tired of it. I've had a couple 12 or 13% beers that were not enjoyable at all.

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Abba_Fiskbullar t1_jbbvni3 wrote

Alcohol percentage labeling is kinda BS. I've had so many beers in the last few years that were labeled at 8% or so, but from mouth feel tasted more in the 11-14% range.

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desi_guy11 t1_jbczcx2 wrote

beer = alcohol

Popular beer = excess alcohol

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KeithMyArthe t1_jb8stoi wrote

Best marketing ploy since the Y2K bug was "invented"

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MrMustard347 t1_jbar2r5 wrote

That bug was real. The panic about it that ensued was engineered, though, as software engineers already had a solution and were well on their way to implementing it.

The US news scared people unnecessarily, but a good portion of the public weren't scared about this. Stations made it seem like the world was going to end like they were some kind of doomsday prophet.

In the end, the day came, the day went, and the world moved on.

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