375ml clear bottle into pint glass. A gift from BWS, Glen Innes. Clear bottles do not inspire confidence in me, usually you crack it open and you're greeted by the familiar smell of rotting vegetables and bubble gum. Hey, no surprises here! Pale amber beer, large white head of foam, medium carbonation. Medium body, smooth with a little fizz. Finish is lingering sweetness. Basically a sweet macro-lager.

So how's Furphy travelling - well enough to risk being an umbrella brand or badly enough to warrant a quick cash grab before the slide into the abyss? Clear bottle. Gold with a sudsy white head. Aroma is grainy with some paper and weeds. Not much to the taste really - there's a little caramel but it's pretty empty before low but nagging bitterness.