Carlton LJ

Brewed by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Style: Pale Lager
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

So, so boring, i agree with mutant, tastes more like soda water than beer, could be the most deadly boring beer in history, if not, its probably the most boring i’ve had.

makes me appreciate every other beer i have ever tasted. zero malt profile, bland hop finish only noticeable because the beer has nothing else

When will this fad pass? All the fast food chains that adopted low-carb menu items are quietly dropping them from their line-ups, and I can only hope that brewers move in the same direction. These all taste the same-- watery, and with a more grainy/cereal taste than "normal carb" beers. Pass.

Bright clear golden colour with a white head that didn’t want to hang around for too long. Faint aroma of hops. Taste was pretty bland, front of the palate was a little malt flavour and then a metallic hop finish. This beer is drinkable for the diabetics only.

Low joule and no fat! Fanbloodytastic! Goes well with a fatless, wheatless pizza.

Lower in joules, eh? Hmmm... also lower in flavour, aroma, body and character. There was a waft of violets during the pour, but after that this pale gold lager with a skinny soapy head developed characteristic CUB metallic and sugary notes. Quite fruity at first sip, like a heavily watered fruit cordial with carbonation you can taste but not really feel. Something nagging and artificial in there - sweetener? No malt to speak of and very little hop presence. Very strange. Can’t finish this - drainpour. (355ml bottle)

What a total load of old cobblers the commercial description is, since when does beer contain ’fat’? Pours a small, medium to short lasting white head over a medium gold clear coloured brew. Dishwashing detergent and a faint light corn malt and stale hops aroma. Medium light watery body with mild stale metallic hops flavours. Moderately vile ’well over the hill’ bad beer aftertaste. Unfortunately it’s actually not much worse than most other CUB beers.

The final thread of the ’gimmicky’ macro-lagers available from my friendly local. As far as I knew a joule was a metric measurement of energy, which means this one could help in depressing the mind rather than uplifting it. I am sure it wasn’t an angle the brewer was after. Poured into a tallboy glass, a thin lather of foam floated atop a clear medium gold body. Head became dense and left a lot of dried suds down the glass. Not much aroma to speak of, cordial-like and slightly tinny. Thinly watery in the mouth, lightly carbonated and as oxidised as a 20 year old Datsun. Had the presence of a flat soda and came across as completely artificial, but it was hard to tell as it was completely lifeless. Oddly it went down without too much of a fuss and seemed a little better than some of the more offensive of the CUB offerings.