Kent Old Brown

...on tap at some place in Moruya. Brown, nutty, no head, watery, some malt, thin.

On tap at Phin McGoogin’s Irish Bar in Hamilton. Pours light brown with a quick white head. This beer has a very tingly palate. A mild roasted flavor emerges as it warms. I get a bit of pepper on my tongue. A quick finish, but some lingering hops continue. Has a pleasant finishing tartness.

I wasn’t expecting much coming from the CUB stables, but it’s better than I expected. Thin body, slightly vomitous POR aromas and sweet caramel tastes.

Not entirely dire but pretty bland. Whisper thin head, some hints of brownest but not much. A watered down less offensive version of VB with some coffee overtones (not much). Doesn’t seem to have the usual signature metallic taste of most CUB products.

Pale brown amber beer, no head at all. Sweet aroma, especially toffee and brown sugar. Thin body and flavour, light nuttiness.

Bright light brown colour. Metallic brown sugary aroma. Really thin. Macro dark lager without the dark. Bleh.

Hugely inferior rival to Tooheys Old in the Aussie macro ’old’ stakes. Makes Old seem like a masterpiece. Poured an amber colour, which as Mullet says, barely meets the criterion for a brown ale. Skinny head is gone in 60 seconds. Horrible artificial-smelling aroma with faint chocolate notes. Desperately thin on body and flavour. Cardboardy malt is the dominant flavour. Bit of caramel if you look for it. Burp-inducing carbonation. Little or no finish. Pretty disgraceful. (Bottle, best before 30/11/05)

Colour’s pretty light for a brown ale - copper/brown. Head looks artificial. Molasses, nutella on toast aroma with a bit of sweaty yeast and diacetyl. Very mild toasty flavour covers some of the typical CUB nastiness. Tastes like soda water - carbonic sourness is nearly the dominant flavour. Faintest bitterness at the end. Not a lot going on.