Carlton W.A. Gold

Brewed by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Style: Pale Lager
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Wasn’t expecting much from a beer deemed to recreate the Swan Gold beer once brewed by the Swan brewery. Swan Gold wasn’t much to sing about, and this wasn’t much better. Tasted from the can into a stein glass. Clear lightest amber-gold body with ’soda stream’ carbonation raising up a thin, soapy off-white head. The head became dense after a minute or so, retained for the length and left globs of lace down the glass. Typical, late Friday night bar-mat pong for an aroma, with hints of sweaty sock and metallic bittering hops. Thinly watery in the mouth, soft in carbonation and a lot cleaner than the aroma. Flavours of lightly toasted malt seemed evident amongst the cardboard and soapy bathwater mix before a lightly bitter and metallic finish. An odd hint of parsley came in halfway through drinking, as it seemed to morph as it warmed. Even more odd, it was easy to drink with each character cancelling the next. Not bad, not good!!! (375mL, BBE10/05)

Again, I tried this one while up in the East Kimberley. And again I was prepared for the worst, as this is another beer that is available in cans only (a virtual guarentee that this is a crap product). But I was a little surprised really-- deep gold with a decent head that actually left some lacy rings down my glass (I swear to God). Tinny aroma, but not a bad palate for a canned bread-and-butter pale lager. I’ve had much worse.

worse than i thought. has that taste familiar to all cub beer. watery and grassy tasting, with the typical sickly sweetness that a lot of low/alc beer has.

This is a blatant take off of the old Swan Gold by Swan Brewery. It is brewed by their rival Carlton at their W.A. brewery. It even tastes similar to the Swan gold of old. Coppery golden colour with a fluffy white head. Slight hoppy nose, Light malt taste followed by a trace of bitterness, very light in body and a chalky finish. Head was mainly lasting and left some lacing, also some vanilla and lemon in the taste. Flavoured water!