Carlton Sungazer Fruity Beer (Raspberry)
Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) in Southbank, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
5.54
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
300ml can into glass. A free gift from BWS, Glen Innes. So no great expectations here. Pours a pale amber with zero head, high carbonation and a smell of raspberries that fills the room. Taste is slightly beer-like, zingy light carbonation. Finish is sweet raspberry with a lingering fruity sourness. One is definitely enough. Too much sweetness, not enough body.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
CUB has released a whole raft of these under various brand names and are intimating that fruity beer is an innovation. It's presumably their response to the challenge to their business posed by RTDs. Can. Pale orange with no head. Aroma of raspberries - real but not deep - vague sugary crackers far behind. Lightish bodied, surprisingly low carbonation. Sweet with ice-cream like caramel and fake vanilla, rather less raspberry. No perceptible bitterness but the sweetness doesn't linger at first. I guess I'm not the target market for this.