Carlton Mid

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

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

Brought back from Australia in the "Beers down under" six pack. This offering from Carlton pours a pale yellow with a highly carbonated body. The inital smell is lemon, somewhat herbal hop presence. The taste is dry, I’m finding that alot of Carlton’s beers are basically the same. The taste reminds me of dried lemon rind, merged with a simple syrup (sugar and water) sweetness. The finish is sour, gives your mouth a tart aftertaste for a bit.

Decent enough, and light years better than most of the other CUB stuff. Not quite as bitter as you might expect from the double hopped call, but it does have that little bit of metallic hop flavor. I also picked up something reminiscent of grape soda in the finish. Other than that, not much in the taste department. A beer to drink when you dont want to think about it.

Can. Another from the Uncle Don six pack brought over in his Autumn 05 return to the States. I hate to say this, but I like this damn beer. Another very low alcohol beer, but full of flavor. These Aussie lagers have a nice amount of hop and are just pretty good tasting. This one is golden colored and laces well... and the nose is blah, but the taste is a little bit sweet at first quaff, then a well handled hop bitterness and almost a roasted malt quality. I like it. Smooth and low carbonation really add to the drinking experience.

Not to bad for CUB or a mid strength. Doesn’t have the usual chemical aftertaste of most CUB products but thats probably because there is no taste. Is very dry.

Yellow/Pale Coloring. Bitter...Metallic..Carbonated. Not Very Flavorful but Not Skanky....Just a Lack of Flavor.

Yellow color with no head, no aroma, and no taste. Kind of a dry finish, but it’s hard to really rip on a beer that has absolutely no qualities about it.

Nice pale colored lager. Lacking in flavor and aroma but any beer at the footy game is good beer. Bonus points for being resonably priced.

Double hopped with 1oz per batch, maybe. Pale golden beer, aroma is slightly malty, a touch of sweetness and toffee. No hop flavour and low bitterness. Light sweet finish.