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Fosters Brewery

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Additional Information

Foster's was created by two Irish American brothers, William M and Ralph R Foster, who arrived in Melbourne from New York in 1886. The brothers began brewing Foster's Lager in November 1888, In 1907 the company merged to form Carlton United Breweries.
Foster's Lager was first imported into the UK in 1971 and in 1981, the brand was brewed in the UK under licence by Courage. Courage was acquired in 1986 by Australian businessman John Elliott and renamed the Foster's Brewing Group in 1990. In April 2006, Scottish & Newcastle plc announced that it had agreed to acquire the Foster's brand and then in April 2008, S&N's operations were sold to Carlsberg and Heineken, the former acquiring the Foster's brand.
Some of the Brewery's Range
Foster's Lager -
Foster's Gold -
Foster's Ice - Launched around 1996 (ish)

Over the years the brand identity is updated and re-launched with subtle changes, a change of Logo or a new font.
Sometimes this brand update is done by the new owners after a brewery has been sold, other times just to give the brand a fresh new look on the ever growing market.

Below are some notes to help identify some of these changes and an aid to reference the year of the glass.

 Old Fosters Brewery Logo

Fosters Logo
Circa 1980s
This style logo featured in most of the
Paul Hogan Fosters commercials during the 1980s

 Old Fosters Brewery Logo

Fosters Logo
1990s





 Old Fosters Brewery Logo

Fosters Logo
Circa 2000





 Old Fosters Brewery Logo

Fosters Logo
Pre 2011




(2009 Shown)

 Old Fosters Brewery Logo

Fosters Logo
2011 to 2015




(2011 Shown)

 Old Fosters Brewery Logo

Fosters Logo
2015 to 2017




(2015 Shown)

 Old Fosters Brewery Logo

Fosters Logo
2017 to date




(2017 Shown)
Fosters Beer Mat 20 Front Fosters Beer Mat 20 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W10.3 x H10.3cm).
part of a collection given to me in September 2020
(Original date unknown, Circa late 1980s)

 Fosters Beer Mat 2 Front Fosters Beer Mat 2 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Win a trip to OZ.
(The competition closed 04/09/2016)

 Fosters Beer Mat 14 Front Fosters Beer Mat 14 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in January 2016.
(1 of 6 in the 1888 series 1 set, circa 2015)

 Fosters Beer Mat 15 Front Fosters Beer Mat 15 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in January 2016.
(2 of 6 in the 1888 series 1 set, circa 2015)

 Fosters Beer Mat 16 Front Fosters Beer Mat 16 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in January 2016.
(3 of 6 in the 1888 series 1 set, circa 2015)

 Fosters Beer Mat 17 Front Fosters Beer Mat 17 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in January 2016.
(4 of 6 in the 1888 series 1 set, circa 2015)

 Fosters Beer Mat 18 Front Fosters Beer Mat 18 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in January 2016.
(5 of 6 in the 1888 series 1 set, circa 2015)

 Fosters Beer Mat 19 Front Fosters Beer Mat 19 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in January 2016.
(6 of 6 in the 1888 series 1 set, circa 2015)

 Fosters 1 of 6 Fosters 2 of 6 Fosters 3 of 6 Fosters 4 of 6 Fosters 5 of 6 Fosters 6 of 6

How the above set of Fosters 1888 series 1 set should look, when arranged in the correct order.

 Fosters Beer Mat 3 Front Fosters Beer Mat 3 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in March 2018.
(1 of 6 in the 1888 series 2 set)

 Fosters Beer Mat 5 Front Fosters Beer Mat 5 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in August 2018.
(2 of 6 in the 1888 series 2 set)

 Fosters Beer Mat 6 Front Fosters Beer Mat 6 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in September 2018.
(3 of 6 in the 1888 series 2 set)

 Fosters Beer Mat 7 Front Fosters Beer Mat 7 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in September 2018.
(4 of 6 in the 1888 series 2 set)

 Fosters Beer Mat 8 Front Fosters Beer Mat 8 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in May 2019.
(The competition closed 09/06/19)

 Fosters Beer Mat 9 Front Fosters Beer Mat 9 Back

A Fosters "Good Call, More refreshing than..."
beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in November 2019.
(1 of 4 in the series)

 Fosters Beer Mat 10 Front Fosters Beer Mat 10 Back

A Fosters "Good Call, More refreshing than..."
beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in December 2019.
(2 of 4 in the series)

 Fosters Beer Mat 11 Front Fosters Beer Mat 11 Back

A Fosters "Good Call, More refreshing than..."
beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in December 2019.
(3 of 4 in the series)

 Fosters Beer Mat 12 Front Fosters Beer Mat 12 Back

A Fosters "Good Call, More refreshing than..."
beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Picked up from a bar in December 2019.
(4 of 4 in the series)

 Fosters Beer Mat 13 Front Fosters Beer Mat 13 Back

A Fosters beer mat (W9.3 x H9.3cm).
Rising money for the Red Cross to help with the Bushfires that hit Australia in late 2019 early 2020.
picked up from a bar in January 2020.
(Mat is plain on the reverse side.)