Thanks for hauling the bottle over Jim. Light sweet, a hint citric aroma. Dark golden, no head. Fairly watery, light grain, a hint hops, not offensive, but not particulary interesting either.

375ml bottle gold colour,head weak,lite lace cover,carbonation fair.Aroma,sweet,hoppy,malt.Flavour good hop bitterness,little metallic finish,dry and sweet.

Well what can you say? After the Swan Brewery was sold and it went overseas the recipe changed. Before the change it was a mediocre beer, chemical flavours reigned supreme. Only the black fellas drink this shit in rural Western Australia. No wonder the government is so concerned! Petrol sniffing is a far better past time than drinking this crap.

Malty and grainy flavour with a little sweetness, dry finish. An allright tasting lager.

When compared against the Aussie archtype (Foster’s) this is a darn good beer. And when compared against the U.S.s mass produced beers this is a winner. It has a solid mouth feel (again considering we are talking about a mass produced lager and not a more complicated brew). It’s slightly hoppy, not nearly in the range of a fine IPA but the taste is definitely there. The same brewery produces an EMU Bitters that will bump up the hops. Not a very sweet malt but not very dry. The carbonation is not excessive and neither is the alchohol content (though the ABV is high enough that it must be respected). This beer fits its home environment perfectly. The kind of beer you would love to have while playing out in the desert - enough taste to be interesting but not so overwhelming as to slow you down while you enjoy a couple of cold ones before sunset. For the type of beer it is trying to be it does a very good job. The range of beers from the Swan brewery is characteristic of the unknown Australinan brands.