Carter Premium Lager

Brewed by Southern Beverages Australia
Style: Pale Lager
Caringbah, Australia

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

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Bland and watery. Where does this ’premium’ tag come from. Corny and cheap to the taste. A bad kiwi beer.

330mL bottle...a twist top infact Deep golden body, head doesn’t hang around. Suprising aroma, as in there is something! Cereal malts, good hit of butterscotchy diacetyl, some floral perfumey hops(!). Medium-to-light body, dries out quite quickly - guessing there’s a fair bit of adjunct. Carbonation is fizzy. Not much on the body, a bit of diacetyl keeps interest. Finishes with mild bitterness, actually somewhat sweet, a suggestion of the that floral hop. Not what I was expecting, has a bit more to offer than other beers at this price point. Having said that, the edge of diacetyl stands out like dogs bollocks, big fault by the brewers there!

330ml bottle. Pale in the pour but darkens to an amber gold in the glass. Neat snow white head that disperses. Strong grain aroma that reminds me of the massed produced lagers I drank before discovering craft beer. Thin and watery in the mouth with little taste and not much left on the palate.