Viral flying chair knockout at Australian bar sparked by foul-mouthed beer demand

A foul-mouthed demand for a bottle of beer can be revealed as the incident that sparked the now world-famous “flying chair” knockout.

News.com.au can reveal that the man who knocked out his own mate with a hurled chair intended for a security guard was ejected from Melbourne’s Bar 20 on Friday night after telling a barmaid to “Open the f-f–king beer.”

In an exclusive interview, Bar 20 co-owner Michael Trimble has lifted the lid on the “crazy” eight-minute ejection that led to the incident now seen by over 27 million people worldwide.

It began with a bottle of VB and four words.

“My bar manager pulled a bottle out of the fridge,” Trimble said. “She was about to twist the top off when he looked