Carlton Empire Lager

Formerly brewed at Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Style: Pale Lager
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Not a beer as much as an alcohol delivery device for young tools while out clubbing. Late hopped? Maybe they actually put them in too late, i.e. in the fermenter/kettle after the beer was already pumped out, and none of the flavor/aroma got in. All marketing/hype and no substance, save just a hint of malt sweetness.

Crisp bouquet of wet dog invites the connoisseur to dive on in and appreciate the brilliance of a murky brown liquid dancing on your tongue. Punters may be afraid to embrace this amber fluid en masse, but rest assured the second half of the case is just mischievious and adventurous as the first beer of the day. Carlton Empire - drink it or your a sissy!

Smells nasty (pineapples, yeast) and whilst it tastes reasonably clean, it’s both watery and very sweet. Really quite bad, but I thought the little corrugated parts on the bottle were a nice touch.

Strong notes of imperial decay with a Corgi-like after-taste. Best served to lubricate the great minds of the H R Nicholls Society

Another dire beer from CUB. Though they managed to remove the foul chemical metal taste of VB they also took out any discernable flavour. I’ld prefer the chemical foulness of VB over this bland beer to nowhere. The labelling is also rediculous. I hope they take a bath on this dog of a beer.

Guam SwillFest 2004: Pours a golden yellow with a thin white head. Light fruit aroma-again there is the grape thing going on with all these Australian beers. Lightly hopped flavor with more fruitiness and a bit of alcohol, even for a 4.3% beer. Overall, not bad. Refreshing.

Light Yellow in coloring with a white head that doesn’t last all that long. A hint of chemically, bitter hops aroma. Bitter, almost malty flavour. Very boring, flatish type of beer. Lacking any true flavour.

Suckers! Provide a now-generation ad campaign with Ekkied up teenagers and a new phallic-like bottle... Just pop in some crappy Carlton Cold, sell it at some nightclub and you’re away. Where’s the so-called late hopping. Suckers