Queensland Breweries (AB InBev) Reviews

ResinousRespek26	5 Powers Bitter Please bring this Queensland Beer Back. Plenty of people wanting this! Sunday, January 13, 2019
beerinaglass	4 Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale Monday, March 12, 2018
sniffy59	5 Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale Just not old enough to have drunk it first time around but absolutely loved drinking it on Fathers Day at Blue Moon hotel. A classic ale! Tuesday, September 5, 2017
BaronVonMalt	4.4 Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale A great throwback beer, very Qld. style and smooth on the palate, quite enjoyable with beer battered chips Thursday, April 6, 2017
TedE	2.8 Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale On tap at Brisbane Airport. Golden bronze beer with solid white head. A few bubbles ascend. Mild malty nose. Zingy, malty, not bad. Finish has a touch of dry grain and very slight bitterness. Very similar to Carlton Pale Ale. Saturday, February 25, 2017
danjs5	2.6 Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale On tap at RSL. Sweet grassy aroma. Caramel colour. Some caramel malt sweetness. Very sweet. Honey flavour. Second review of this beer nowhere near as good as first. Friday, February 17, 2017
CurlyJoe	2.6 Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale Mild fruity aroma. Pours a dark golden yellow with thing white head. Taste is not overly pale, seems mostly driven by malt. some bitterness however. Not the ’palest’ ale, but also not the worst. Friday, October 21, 2016
mkel07	0.5 Yatala Brewery Sun Chaser Lager 330ml bottle from Dan Murphy’s. Rating from 2013. Bad is the best way to describe this beer. Sunday, July 6, 2014
KeefOz	1.1 Yatala Brewery Sun Chaser Lager BB 31 May 14. Poured a clear golden amber colour with a 5mm white bubbly head that diminished quickly to a very thin collar. Laced poorly as spots. Carbonation very low and coarse. Aroma slight of wet cardboard. Tastes bland with no bitterness - a sweetish water with no fizz. Light body, very watery. Thin with a nothing finish. Very poor. Friday, February 28, 2014
Pyobon	1.8 Yatala Brewery Sun Chaser Lager (Bottle) Clear yellow / pale amber, no head. Aroma of damp cardboard with a hint of cabbage. Thin palate with coarse, soda like, carbonation. Thin watery flavour; a bit of sugar and a slight citrus tang in the finish. It’s sort of like soda water with some sugar, maybe a hint of light malt and a pinch of citric acid. It doesn’t actually taste awful, but as a beer it is awfully disappointing. Verdict: avoid unless desperate. Sunday, December 29, 2013
Dervock	1 Yatala Brewery Sun Chaser Lager Bottle - pours pale yellow, fizzes up in the glass then settles to no head. Not much of an aroma, of what there is smells a lot like dextrose in homebrewing, with some cardboard. No flavour, very watery. Monday, November 11, 2013
madquacker	1.8 Powers Gold Did not know they mage this. Found randomly on a lower shelf in a FNQ bottle shop. Corn, lurid yellow, very low carbonation and put me to sleep on a hot FNQ day. Saturday, October 12, 2013
KeefOz	1.4 Powers Gold Poured a light golden amber with a three-finger white foamy head that collapsed more than diminished. Laced poorly. Moderate carbonation. Aroma of malt with a strange slightly metallic tint. Taste bit bland up front but has a nice hops bitter after taste. Light (watery) body (3% ABV). Finish is pretty bland with a hint of bitterness. Friday, February 8, 2013
Bisqut	5 Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale Monday, May 28, 2012
gam	1.9 Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale Clear gold pour medium carbonation okay head aromas salt sea air lemon metallic notes the flavours lemony medium ibu sweet grassy notes cardboard influence metallic taste the finish not a lot there some lemon grassy metallic a bitter that is of some value but very below average ale out of a 375ml can Wednesday, May 2, 2012
mkel07	1.2 Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale 375ml can. Blast from the past. This beer has been resurrected from the 80’s. I was too young to try it then but could not pass up the chance to try it now. Clear and amber in colour with a soapy white head. Mostly grassy aromas. The flavour is a bit harsh with some metallic flavours. Some things are best left in the past. Tuesday, May 1, 2012
gam	2.8 Brisbane Bitter Gold pour medium carbonation decent frothy head aromas grassy hoppy metallic notes the flavours medium ibu grassy sweet malt grainy biscuit the finish sweetness more than bitter grain grassy medium ibu session special Sunday, April 29, 2012
mkel07	1.2 Brisbane Bitter 375ml can. Wow now hear’s blast from the past. This beer was around in the late 70’s & early 80’s & was often referred to as "Brisbane River". They have gone all retro and released a new version of the original beer, which I never got too try as I was too young. Golden amber in color with lots of grass and grain aromas. Big white head that stays for a while. In the mouth it is quite light with not a lot in the flavour department. Thursday, March 29, 2012
ygtbsm94	1 Powers Bitter Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Bule	3 Powers Gold Saturday, October 1, 2011
mkel07	2.1 Powers Platinum 20 Year Anniversary 375ml can. Vibrant gold colour when poured from the can, with ahead that builds into a nice nest of white foam and leaves a lot of lacing on he glass. Malt and hop aroma with a lightly bittered flavour and a metallic folloow through. Tuesday, August 10, 2010
mkel07	0.8 Powers Bitter 375ml can. Amber in colour with a medium white foam cap. Clear with no real aroma or taste. Typical of mass produced pale lagers. Very unisnpiring. Sunday, September 27, 2009
mkel07	1.9 Powers Gold 375ml can. Dull amber colour with a reasonabley nice head of soft foam that stayed around. Mild carbonation and a heavy malt aroma - skumky. Bitter and tart on thye palate with a long aftertaste. Light and dry texture. Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Bribieboy	1.1 Powers Bitter This used to be a great beer produced by an independent brewery in competition with the big brewers. Carlton United Breweries (Fosters) took them over and gradually denatured the brew until nobody wanted to drink it, which gave them the pretext to axe the brand. (Typical big brewery tactic). I have not seen this beer on sale here for a couple of years. Fosters still have rights to the Powers name and put out a feeble Powers Gold at Holiday times as a cheap ’opportunistic’ special. Friday, March 28, 2008
Bribieboy	1.7 Powers Gold In Australia it is common for breweries to run a special batch of beer to be sold on special, packed in 30-can ’blocks’ and sold quite cheaply compared to the normal can or bottle 24 ’slabs’ as they are known here. Powers Gold is only ever sold as a 30-can block and tends to be issued at major selling times like Christmas or Easter. It is usually very cheap indeed, less than $AUD 1 per can and tastes like it. Originally it was 3.5% ABV but has been watered down to 3% recently. Friday, March 28, 2008
Papsoe	1.9 Powers Bitter (Can 37,5 cl) Pours a clear, golden with a white head leaving some laces. Sweetish aroma of malt and corn. Medium body with sweetish notes of chicken fodder. No bitterness. Classic Aussie swill. 230108 Thursday, January 24, 2008
gam	1.6 Powers Gold Little brother of powers bitter and not too nice,pours out a darkish gold weak head some lace,aroma is malty but metallic,the flavour green and metallic some fruit like but finish bittery sour,I gave it away quick. Monday, January 14, 2008
gam	2.5 Powers Bitter Light gold colour, poured a good head,this beer was very gassy on the stomach.Aroma was very hoppy slight fruity and sweet like.Flavour, bitter tended to be sour,hoppy flavour .Finish,bitter a beer I grew tired of,very boring. Tuesday, December 18, 2007
beerledgend	1.3 Powers Gold Bronze gold colour with big white head. Malty corn aroma. Metalic flavour with hint of oxo cube. Tuesday, December 19, 2006
gnoff	2.1 Powers Bitter (375 ml can from a friend from Australia) Pungent sweet scent. Clear golden color with a white head. Acidic mouthfeel and taste. Medium bitterness. Thursday, November 30, 2006
SledgeJr	1 Powers Gold In the can. Pours pale gold with a medium-sized fluffy white head. Smells like a cross between apple juice and urine. Mild residual bitter finish. Weak and watery. Not sure that this has any sugar-donating adjuncts as it only reaches 3% ABV. Boiled vegetable flavors abount. Yuck. Thursday, November 23, 2006
SledgeJr	1.6 Powers Bitter In the can from a sampler pack at the Sydney Airport Duty free shop. Yellow color, white head of vanishing presentation. Aroma of grains and metal. Thin and watery. Bitterness is limited and harsh, not flavorful. Thursday, November 23, 2006
highlandlad	1.5 Powers Bitter Is there a scarier phrase in the Australian brewing world than the one on the label of this beer: "Queensland brewed"? The Sunshine State has a great deal going for it, but the beer... Ah well. Despite the name, this is another pale gold lager. The aroma has that wonderful Pride of Ringwood metallic ring with some wet grass and butter. Typical CUB lager burp-inducing soda-water carbonation. A hint of honey and peachy fruitiness in the mid-palate before the curse of POR washes it all away in a metallic finish. (375ml bottle) Monday, June 5, 2006
fbennett	2.5 Powers Gold One of six from the "Beer down under" six pack brought back from Australia. This offering from Carlton pours a pale yellow with a thin white lace. There is a metallic pale hop presence, the carbonation is high it almost burns the throat. There is a small bitter grapefruit quality in the finish but overall it is really weak. Monday, March 27, 2006
pjk33	2.5 Powers Gold Can. My Uncle Don brought this one over from Sydney in a pack of 6 different Aussie beers. Can says that it’s good until April 06. OK. I didn’t get to try this one in Australia, so here we go. Pours with a fluffy head, and that head leaves quickly, but surprisingly leaves some decent lace. Golden color, a little darker than I anticipated. Nose is like a lot of domestic macros, but not unpleasant, just corn and hops. I glanced at the can and .... what?.... 3 percent?.... Is this near beer for Aussies? Lots of flavor from the hops when I take a slurp. Pride of Ringwood hops I’m guessing because it tastes a lot like the other Australian lagers that I have had. Not bad. Highly carbonated. I think that I could easily drink 15 of these. Pretty tasty actually. Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Sully	1.2 Powers Gold Damn, bugger and all those really bad words. I looked at the ratings of some of my colleagues and I noticed I hadn’t rated this. So, being in close proximity to the Australian Hotel in the Rocks I wander in and find, to my dismay, that this was available. Yup, typical Queensland description of a mid strength beer with all that such a style promises. Too grainy, corny adjuncty to be a real light and not enough guts to be a heavy. These beers are a bit like a transvestite, they technically have balls but they just can’t use them to any real extent. And they certainly are trying to be something they aren’t. Thursday, November 3, 2005
bluevegie	1.9 Powers Gold A lot of Aussie mainstream mid-strength beers have gold in their title, maybe to fool the unwary that they are buying a premium beer. This one is trying to fool you as well! Metallic tasting, corn aroma and the colour looks artificial. Still I could drink it. Friday, October 28, 2005
robertsreality	1.8 Powers Gold Yellow Coloring. Corny Aroma and Flavor. Not All That Enjoyable. Overall, Autralia, Needs to Work on This! Sunday, September 11, 2005
badgerben	2.3 Powers Gold Yellow color with no head. Grainy aroma. Bitter taste and finish, but not from any amount of hops I could detect. Saturday, September 10, 2005
mullet	2.1 Powers Bitter Big, fat, toffee, earthy crystal malt aroma with diacetyl and mushrooms. Quite interesting. Crystal malt flavour isn’t so dominant but it’s there, light acidity and metallic bitterness. A bit watery, some pineapple. It’s actually not that far off a real bitter, which is a bit of a surprise. Saturday, January 8, 2005
mullet	0.9 Powers Ice At the CUB brewery tour. Has a level of that typical CUB grass-metal-vomit type funk that is unrivalled by any CUB product with the possible exception of Carlton Cold. Otherwise crap too. No good. Friday, December 10, 2004
dreamboat	2.1 Powers Bitter Pale gold, coarse carbonation to form a thin head which drops to nothing within a minute. Carbonation finished in a similar time. Pleasenet, sweet malt/honey aroma, but not well balanced. thin body, drying with a harsh metallic bitterness, and still a notable sweetness. Sounds like it should be nicely balanced but somehow misses out. Sunday, July 11, 2004
Trogdor	0.6 Powers Gold terrible australian mid-strength lager, avoid if possible, poor quality all-round. Wednesday, December 17, 2003
bfgill	1.5 Powers Bitter This beer was alot better than I expected, but it is still not good, it looks like an average lager but with a nice head. Average, average, average, pretty poor. cheers Friday, October 17, 2003
Jahills	1.4 Powers Bitter Nothing to say about this brew except for being not as bad as i thought it would be. Lager that surprised me no end. I was expecting something harsh tasting. Inoffensive for its price. Friday, October 17, 2003
Sully	1.2 Powers Bitter A bit like Virgin Blue. It started with a bang and a promise to be a real challenger to the big boys. In the end it became just another mass produced piece of dross that failed to deliver. I bought this on an Impulse Ansett it on the table. After drinking it I was let down. Did I Com.....pass. Thursday, May 15, 2003
Betty	0.9 Powers Bitter Classic post-wood-chop beer (I'm thinking of you 2pac). Strictly a sculler for the boys. Less alumiunium than Swan... Thursday, May 15, 2003
MicroRob	1 Powers Bitter To enjoy this beer you must chill it to near freezing. Kinda like drinking Molson but less flavor. The are pretty proud of this and similar products down under. Wednesday, March 12, 2003
winkle	1.5 Powers Gold Adjuncts with a few hops. Better than Tooheys gold (what isn't? )OK in a emergency Friday, October 4, 2002
duff	1.1 Powers Gold Corny, sugar sweet start, kind of bland, corny, fizzy, adjuncty with a bitter finish, well, its suprisingly drinkable and, for a midstrength (3.6%ABV) has more flavour than a lot of full strenghts, still pretty crap though. Wednesday, September 25, 2002