Great Northern Brewing Co. (Australia) Original

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Great Northern Brewing Co. (Australia) in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺

  Lager - Pale Regular
Score
4.47
ABV: 4.2% IBU: 11 Ticks: 23
Great Northern Brewing Co. Original lager was brewed with an outdoor lifestyle in mind. With its fruity aroma, low bitterness and clean, crisp finish, it's the ultimate refreshment for the Great Northern conditions.
 

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5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

330ml bottle. Clear, orange golden colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Slightly grainy, minimally bready, pale malty aroma, sweet-ish hints of corn, cereals, a touch of brown bread crust, weak hoppy overtones. Taste is moderately bitter, minimally fruity, hoppy and sweet-ish, minimally grainy, pale malty, hints of corn, a touch of orchard fruit.
Watery texture, smooth, simultaneously minimally dry palate, medium, dense, prickly carbonation.
Clean, fairly refreshing - definitely not the worst Pale Lager in the world.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2025 at 18:51


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5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Great Northern Original 4.2%

Courtesy of my Airbnb hosts. Very middle of the road macro beer. Meh.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2025 at 12:06


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Can from Beers of Europe. Clear gold with small white top, decent retention. Aroma of grainy malts, corn and grassy hops. Very bland tasting - chewy basic malts, faint grassy hops with some bitterness. Bit of cardboard in aftertaste. Body and fizz are ok for the style. Poor but I've had a lot worse.

Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:04


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5.5

Tried from Can on 18 Nov 2024 at 21:45


5

Thanks Arvid S.

Tried on 26 Mar 2024 at 16:36



4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Keg at the Melbourne Public, Melbourne. A tinny lager with metallic finish. Standard carbonation and look. Logo a bit too much like ballast point.

Tried on 30 Jun 2023 at 22:53


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

33cl can from Angkor market. Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Bland and watery

Tried from Can on 23 Jan 2020 at 10:07


5

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2019 at 23:29


3.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

On keg at the MCG, Melbourne. Now this isn’t great, not much aroma or flavour. But in comparison to Carlton Mid, it wins hands down! Inoffensive. Pale straw in colour. Light grains, easy drinking.

Tried on 28 Dec 2017 at 15:20