Emu Bitter

Brewed by Swan Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.)
Style: Pale Lager
Canning Vale, Australia

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

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clear bright golden colour with a fine head, aroma of plastic, sweet and slightly tart with an aggressive paperboard-like finish - very bad

Hmmmm, out of all the crappy beers in oz, this one is drinkable...just. That’s not to say it’s a good beer or anything, because it isn’t

Medium head carbonation the same bright gold pour aroma fruity grassy mild woodyness flavour bright bitter grassy bit metallic sweet malt the barley finish bitter sweet for a bitter passes as a thirst quencher

cats piss. what, i have to elaborate more? ok. this tastes like cat piss, or what i think cat piss would taste like. it has set the bar for flavour in the urine of a cat

Only every seen is over in WA and its really popular on tap for the locals. I tried it a few times overlooking Cottesloe beach in Perth, its pretty rough but when its hot and the beers cold it does what its meant to do

I never really went for the harsh bitterness of this particular bitter, coupled with the chemical aftertaste it is surely a horrible beer. Drink icy cold or totally motherless drunk. Shame on you EMU!

Pale gold/amber in colour, thin bodied with average carbonation. Large rapidly disapating white head. Flavourless and watery, short dry finish, light bitterness. (375ml brown bottle)

375 ml bottle - Pale goldy amber colour with a lousy head which vanishes shortly after pouring. Medium carbination. Thin and watery with a weak grassy flavour. Similar to Emu Draft and just as bad. It has a slightly more bitter finish.

(Can, thanks Gnoff) Pours deep golden with a white head. Malty aroma with a touch of grain, corn and grassy hops. Maybe a hint of saffron and honey. Malty flavour with a corn-ish grainyness. A slight dry and bitter finish, blended with sourish hints. A bit unclean mouthfeel with a watery body.

(375 ml can, thanks Monty84!) Clear straw yellow to golden color, big white head. Very sweet malty and grainy taste, a bit thin. Medium bitterness. Toffee aftertaste. A bit thin mouthfeel.

UPDATED: NOV 23, 2005 Pale lager masqueading as a bitter. Pretty standard stuff, designed for hot weather and drinking with your buddies. Nothing wrong with that, but nothing exciting either. RE-RATE: Okay, I just had a sixpack of this stuff after a sixpack of VB, and the bitterness was nearly overpowering! The type of bitterness you get when you bite into the pit of a peach. It actually made VB palatable by comparison.