Outback Beer cheating
If there’s one thing Aussies take great enjoyment in, it’s a cold beer on a hot day. But some drinkers have been complaining that the beer they are getting at fancy restaurants does not seem to quench their thirst. The country’s beer drinkers put back an estimated 82 litres (173 pints) of beer per person per year. The complaints got so serious that the government stepped in. While beer consumption in Australia has declined for the past five decades, official figures show enjoying a cold one is still a healthy past time. The discovery was made when Australian government sent undercover inspectors out to 436 licensed venues around the country in October 2025 to see if they were filling glasses high enough. A statement from the National Measurement Institute’s audit report released this week said preliminary findings showed 32% of the drinks served failed to deliver the “correct amount.”
Results show 30 per cent of licensed premises visited by undercover inspectors were not serving customers what they paid for. Officials went to 436 venues across Australia last October for “secret shopper” trial purchases to check the size of every pot, schooner, middie, pint, nip, shot and glass poured was correct when sold by measurement. Those findings led to 130 non-compliance notices being issued. Common reasons for the under pours including inaccurate measuring instruments, unapproved glasses and “spillage during pouring.” Hoteliers said Friday they were hard at work to ensure every pour of beer passed the top-of-the-glass test. Unfortunately, issues sometimes arise due to incorrect measuring devices and spillage – especially when things are busy at the bar.”
But overall, the NMI report says the vast majority of pubs – seven in 10 – were serving correct drink sizes to their patrons. The major shortcomings at non-compliant venues were inaccurate or unverified instruments, unapproved glassware or simple measures and pillage during pouring, meaning customers got less than they paid for. Sydney publican Brian McGettigan says the findings show some industry “rogue operators” were ripping off customers. The Australian Hotels Association statement was, “We are working with our membership to ensure we fix any short comings to ensure all patrons receive exactly what they have paid for.”
Hold my beer
The girl I brought home last weekend didn’t seem impressed by my collection of beer commercials.
Apparently, she’d misunderstood when I told her I had six-pack ads.
I always get the same seat at the ball game: between the beer vendor and his best customer.
My wife crashed the car again today. She told the police the man she collided with was on his mobile phone and drinking a can of beer.
Police said he can do what he likes in his own living room.
Beer makes you smarter.
Well, it made Budweiser.
February 10th Birthdays
1991 – Emma Roberts, 1939 – Roberta Flack, 1989 – Emily Morris, 1974 – Elizabeth Banks
1930 – Robert Wagner, 1955 – Greg Norman, 1950 – Mark Spitz , 1974 – Glenn Beck