Geelong Premium

Brewed by Geelong Brewing
Style: Pale Lager
Moolap, Victoria, Australia

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

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Better than the Draught and the Bitter put together but still a crappy taste for the price.

Sweet bitter hop arma with some nuts on the side? Clear yellow colour with poor head and no lacing. Bitter hop malt flavour. smooth palate.

21 Sep 05 - Simple slight sweet, light apple fruit and slightly spiritous aroma. Clear yellow golden colour, with poor head and lacing. Low malt, low hop flavour. Light tangy bitter finish and some lingering sweet hops. This beer is a bit ordinary.

I really don’t know what to make of this. I’m actually getting some enjoyment from this beer but I can’t believe it’s in the manner that the brewery intended it. Aroma is nuts, cider and metal, as with most of this brewery’s beers but perhaps less objectionable with the cideriness quite appley (Granny Smith). The beer tastes thin, sour, very appley and astringent. It really in no way resembles a good pale lager. I’d kind of describe it as cross between my insipid (but OK) home-brewed cider and a wussy lambic (maybe Belle-Vue Gueuze). Looks pretty good. High carb. Tastes like granny smiths.

Pretty screwed up. Better than the pale ale, i tasted more hop in this (but it ain't any where close to being hoppy). Classic Aussie chemical finish, (although, it does say that theres no preservatives). Pretty shite. Premium my butt!!!

Slight malt aroma and bitterness. Watery with an unpleasant aftertaste. Not worthwhile.

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2009 Well, this supposed ’premium’ stuff is slightly less bad than the confusingly named "Geelong Premium Lager", but that’s not saying much. This seems to have aspirations toward being like CUB’s Crown Lager, with added unpleasant floral aromas, flavours and aftertastes.