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04-06-2017, 01:18 PM
Oldest living Aussie leader loves chugging beer so much, he's created his own
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It sounds almost made up, but it's true. Australia's oldest living former leader is also a world-class beer-chugger.*
An ex-prime minister, Bob Hawke downs 'em in one go wherever he finds them. On the jumbotron, in the pub and among admiring fans. The man loves beer. It seems only logical that he'd eventually create his own.*
SEE ALSO: Australia's prime minister skols a beer, dribbles some on his shirt (http://mashable.com/2015/04/18/tony-abbott-beer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Ever the legend (he did launch Medicare), Hawke lent his name to the new brand only on the condition that Hawke's Brewing Co. donate a percentage of profits to rural programs, according to the Daily Telegraph (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/hawkes-lager-bob-hawke-launches-new-beer-bearing-his-name/news-story/91301a1465e33e2660c1cc2fc7094c15). And thus, Hawke's Lager was born. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/06/bob-hawke-gets-his-own-beer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It sounds almost made up, but it's true. Australia's oldest living former leader is also a world-class beer-chugger.*
An ex-prime minister, Bob Hawke downs 'em in one go wherever he finds them. On the jumbotron, in the pub and among admiring fans. The man loves beer. It seems only logical that he'd eventually create his own.*
SEE ALSO: Australia's prime minister skols a beer, dribbles some on his shirt (http://mashable.com/2015/04/18/tony-abbott-beer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Ever the legend (he did launch Medicare), Hawke lent his name to the new brand only on the condition that Hawke's Brewing Co. donate a percentage of profits to rural programs, according to the Daily Telegraph (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/hawkes-lager-bob-hawke-launches-new-beer-bearing-his-name/news-story/91301a1465e33e2660c1cc2fc7094c15). And thus, Hawke's Lager was born. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/06/bob-hawke-gets-his-own-beer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Hawkes Brewing Co (http://mashable.com/category/hawkes-brewing-co/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Beer (http://mashable.com/category/beer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Prime Minister (http://mashable.com/category/prime-minister/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Bob Hawke (http://mashable.com/category/bob-hawke/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/huWLgOcG9-A