Bare Foot Radler was introduced by Lion Nathan a number of years ago, but recently it has been missing from bottlos. I thought that that may have been because no-one was buying it, but it turns out that Lion Nathan was sued by an American Winemaker – E&J Gallo and had to pull it. E&J Gallo is a massive winemaker that owns dozens of labels, including one called Barefoot. Even though Barefoot is a wine label in the US, Gallo went to great lengths to protect it – the High Court no less – against a marginal beer sold in small quantities in Australia. Maybe it didn’t want any association with this beer.
Radler is a German variety of Shandy, named after the bikeriders for whom the drink was invented. The Lion Nathan version is a beer infused with lemon and lime juice, which is probably more full strength than original German variety. The new name is Barecove Radler.
The label hyperbole of the revamped version refers to “Phenomenally Refreshing” and it might be if I’d drunk after physical exertion on a hot day. On a relatively mild afternoon, when I’d been driven home – I probably didn’t the Barecove (the new time) its best chance to shine. That said, shandy is another acquired taste – and a jammed lime wedge in a Corona neck is as much citrus as I’d like.
Naturally the Cantina contains the bottle top of the original Barefoot.
back of the ferry 
How depressing to know that my favourite beer has been killed by some American fat cat wine-o! I’d been searching for an answer for what seems like forever as to what happened to ‘my’ beer 😦 I’m devastated to know I’ll never find it anywhere… It’s changed names & the motto “Life’s better with lemon & lime” just doesn’t strike my heart the same as “Life’s better barefoot”