Financial Post- Beer shortage is a nightmare before Christmas for Australians
The nation’s two biggest brewers — Lion and Carlton & United Breweries — have flagged protracted delays and lower production of some of the beer-loving country’s most popular brews due to supply chain problems. That’s sparked fears major retail chains might start imposing limits on booze purchases at the worst possible time, with millions of Australians only recently emerging from a series of bleak lockdowns and hoping for a summer holiday season resembling some kind of normality.
No beer?! Allahu Akhbar!
Supply chain disruptions are now endemic. Collapse interest rates to zero and this is what the resulting mismatch between the supply of capital and it’s demand will get you.
Something else you can blame the Chinese for.
Chinese slave labour kept western inflation low, while Beijing bought influence in western capitals by investing the proceeds of slave labour into western government bonds. Our elites preferred to speculate in real estate rather than invest in anything productive.
Everybody was happy until the release of Wuhan flu resulted in a sudden shortage of slave labour.
L – “One of the key culprits is a dearth of wooden pallets, a key supply chain input used to transport stock. Sourcing them has become increasingly difficult amid a nationwide shortage, a position which has forced Lion, the maker of brands like Tooheys, James Boag and Furphy, to cut back on production and prioritize more popular products.”
Clearly, a national emergency, the patriotic Aussies form the Malt Militia, commanded by the beverage experienced, Corps of Engineers. A volunteer army of millions, start work with both electric and hand tools. Suitable trees are felled and processed into wooden pallets and transported on or in, any and all vehicles. Each pallet delivered is exchanged for a malt beverage or suitable credit.
Within a fortnight, the Malt Militia produced 2 years worth of wooden pallets.
During their victory march with beverage in hand, they voted that all C-19 Covid Lockdown measures to be rescinded. The vote was unanimous, as every armed forces and police officer, worthy of the name, had also manned up and joined the militia.
Politicians and Public Health Officers fearing this outbreak of courage might be contagious. They all fled for safety to hide out on crocodile farms, and were never seen, again.
*(No masks were worn in said production. Any sod, who advocated for such, found themselves an inmate in a wooden pallet jail cell. )
*slow clap*
Update from Oz:
Vodka is, apparently, regarded as an acceptable “COVID repellent”.
Slightly diluted with quality Tonic Water (containing Quinnine), apparently moreso. See also Gin or anything palatable that runs past 35%.
Beer? MUCH more field research required…..
See also wine, particularly red varieties.
And a Vegemite sandwich to replace the Vitamin B leached out by the tasty liquid organics.
Let them eat cake beer.
Barley sandwich
I wonder if it’s made Victoria bitter??
(slow golf clap) 🙂
I had heard that a brewery went on strike (a union was involved, of course). The union was confident that public anger would let it have its way.
People switched to cider.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
I spent just over a month travelling around Australia (NSW and Queensland, specifically) in a camper van.
The price of beer is astronomical! They guy at the Bottle-o (Australian, shorten the word and add O to the end) said they increase the taxes on beer, every year on a certain date, it’s perpetual! Most Aussies make their own beer, he said, or buy “Goon” (wine in a bag). You can use the empty foil bag from the wine, blow it up with air and it becomes a “Goon Pillow”.
I saw a 6 pack of Molson Canadian (import beer, oooo) for 19 dollars Australian, singles $4, on sale, in one store and took a picture! We did find a place with reasonable prices $55 Auz for a 24, bought 2! Toohey’s Dark became my favourite..
Another fun road game we’d play: Hydro or Petro. What was more expensive in the towns we’d stop in. It was usually pretty close between the price of gas and the price of water, around a $1.20/l or so. The highest price I ever saw for water was in a town called Kingaroy, it was $30 aus for a 28l water cooler jug full!
Years ago now, at a space interest group meeting, someone commented on how milk was more expensive per litre than petrol then …! I agreed, but dryly added that most households didn’t usually consume say, on average, 60 litres of milk a week..
I can’t stand a bunch of drunks.
Their aim is terrible.
Don’t fuck with my whiskey, pilgrim.
Could get bitter grim from there.
Mean it.
Been warned, now, you hear?
Just part of the complete covid scam.