Just a storm in a Beer Can. RAB
NYC man suing Miller Brewing Co. because Foster’s beer is brewed in Texas, not Australia
BY
John Marzulli
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, December 14, 2015, 5:31
MARK BAKER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Manhattan physical therapist claims he was duped into thinking Foster’s is brewed in Australia.
This lawsuit may belong in a kangaroo court.
A Manhattan man has served Miller Brewing Co. with a proposed class action lawsuit alleging he and other drinkers of Foster's beer were duped into thinking it is made in Australia.
Leif Nelson, 37, is hopped up about advertising slogans like "Foster's Australian for Beer" and "How to Speak Australian" with actors who have Australian accents which, he says, falsely give the impression that the beer is imported from Down Under.
The suit, filed in Brooklyn Federal Court, contends that Foster's moved its beer brewing operation to Fort Worth, Texas, in 2011 to save money.
Nelson, a physical therapist, was a Foster's customer from 2012 to January 2015 when he learned the truth that it is not imported from Australia. The suit does not state how much Foster's beer he drank in that time.
"You did a good job tracking me down, but I have nothing to say," Nelson told the Daily News.
Nelson apparently is still a satisfied customer — if the oversized beer can is accurately labeled in the future, he would continue buying it, according to the suit.
Calls to his lawyer and were not returned.
A spokesman for MillerCoors said the company, "even employs an Australian brewmaster so that the beer tastes as true to its origin as possible."
