0.5 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
Coming from Barwon Heads, 20km from Geelong, I am ashamed to admit that this is as close to swill as you could possible get without drinking a bottle with the letters 'VB' on it.
1.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Bitter aroma with hops and malt. Clear yellow colour with no head and poor lacing. Malt bitter hop flavour. Fizzy palate.
1.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
23 Sep 05 - Light sweet and hoppy aroma. Clear yellow gold, awful head and lacing. Light fruit and hop flavour. Light tangy, some bitterness and some lingering sweet hops.
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
I believe this beer is also sold under the name of Mercat draught at the mercat hotel near the Victoria markets. It’s not terrible on tap, sweet and predictable, not dissimilar to Carlton Draught. Probably made with a lot of sugar. Devoid of any defining character.
1.4 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 4/20
Well... yeah it actually had pretty decent head retention and most of the objectionable aromas went away pretty quickly. Other than that it’s thin, metallic, astringent and kind of headache-inducing. And farmboy I can go you one better - I’m from Geelong :)
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Slightly bitter aroma and moderately bitter flavour. Very thin and watery. A real disapointment.
1.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 5/20
The lesser of the three evils - the other two being Geelong Bitter and Geelong Lager. This one still has the same insipid quality with unpleasant alcohol flavours coming through. The head is weak, the palate nasty and the whole experience definately not worth having.
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