Canterbury Draught

Formerly brewed at Canterbury Brewery (Lion Breweries - NZ)
Style: American Dark Lager
Christchurch, New Zealand

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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easily the best beer I’ve ever had, but I’ve just begun. Hard to find. My Uncle’s brother stocks up when he’s flying to antarctica and stops in NZ.

330 ml bottle at Mt Hutt Lodge. Amber pour, clear and quite carbonated. Not too much head. Yeasty aroma with sweet malty caramel notes. Not too much taste but quite drinkable.

Draft. Amber colour, creamy texture, a bit dry. Caramel notes, light sweetness, no bitterness.

A great beer, grew up in Christchurch drinking this stuff, and my uncle works at the brewery so always had free samples. Its well finished, mouthfilling, creamy and a strong tasting provincial beer. Sometimes you get it smelling a bit off, but the Canterbury water makes it eminently drinkable. The only bugbera is its hard to find outside of Canterbury and Otago (And you would lynched for drinking it in speights land). Its a secret beer well kept. If anyone visits Christchurch or Canterbury you must drink at least a 6 pack of this stuff.

Can. An amber beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt as well as light notes of metal. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and metal, leading to a bitter finish.

330ml can. Faint caramel honey biscuit malt with grassy hops aromas, no bad aromas just very lacking in intensity. Small white frothy rapidly diminishing head, golden light amber hue. Caramel sweetness in the flavour. Medium bodied mouth-feel. Didn’t enjoy the metallic finish

Draft at Sullivan’s in Christchurch. Pours a red-copper-amber color with a medium creamy eggshell head. Aroma of sweet malts, caramel, sugar, and light hops. The flavor is very sweet and sugary, and has an unfortunately artificial quality to it. Smooth, but finishes sticky. Easy to drink, but far from anything special.

a very poor beer used to be called wards beer and going down the gurgler until they changed the name to canterbury draught then all the guys in christchurch thought it was great thisk buggers in canterbury.

UPDATED: AUG 18, 2008 On Tap. Faint malt/caramel aroma. Poors a amber colour. Can’t comment on head size as keg pours a huge head. Decent head retention though. Typical NZ "Druaght" beer, weak malty taste, with a faint and very short caramel after taste. Drinkable, but there are better "Draught" beers out there if it must be this style.

Can in New Zealand. Amber beer with a light head. The aroma is plainly dry and the flavour is creamy and dry. Overall a very average beer.