Melbourne Bitter

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

Same as vb except less weird aftertaste and more actual beer bitterness..
This is an experiment into whether good beers are much better than bad, so far the bad beers are actually intimidating me, I am scared to finish one as it means it is time to open another ;)

If anyone has seen the Simpsons episode where they visit the Duff brewery and the beer going into Duff, Duff Dry, and Duff Lite bottles is out of the same pipe, this is how I picture CUB's brewery. Same shite different label. Perhaps a tad sweeter and worse than VB.

A very Australian bitter to warm the cockles of both pub-goers and barbie chefs alike. Spanner.

Not a bad drop at the pub. Its also quite alright in bottle (stubbie) and cans. Its got some good reliable flavour as well as appearance. I like it a a regular drink after drink bloody wine all day. A good cleanser!

Thought this was much better than VB but that is not saying much. Some bitterness makes it easier to drink than VB.

Nothing good to say about this fizzy, watery with nasty hop bitterness that sticks to your tongue. Pointless and a lot like VB. Cannot detect ANY fruity or yeasty aromas from this.

Described in a book I have on Australian brewers which is now over 20 years old as different from Carlton's other brews because it has 25% more hops. I can recall in the 70's this wasn't bad, in fact it was a little on the bitter side. Nowdays, 25% of virtually nothing in real hops is still virtually nothing. The same as VB with a red label. I'm positive that CUB just have five different labels, VB, Melbourne, Carlton Draught, Foster's and Crown and one beer that goes into a different bottle. Steer clear of this as well as any CUB product. They are uniform in their horrible taste.

I'm strangely found of this macro lager for some reason. It seems to have less of a chemical taste than some of the main Aussie players. Its easy to drink and can go for quite the session.