Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) Melbourne Bitter

Melbourne Bitter

 

Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) in Southbank, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

  Lager - Pale Regular
Score
4.33
ABV: 4.6% IBU: - Ticks: 28
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5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Can at Down under. Clear golden body, white head. Smooth, creamy, floral-fruity aroma, hmm. Lean taste, medium to low body, bit creamy maltiness, low fruit and mushroom taste, no bitterness, weirdly works for the level it's at. Can't find a major flaw with it in its bracket. Just don't expect an actual bitter.

Tried from Can on 23 Jan 2026 at 19:32


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

Can at Down Under. Med-thin body, med-light carbo. Med-light bitter, low sweet, quite dry. Flavor is dull, med-light general estery fruitiness. Light grassy, earthy. Mostly just fruity tho. Drinkable, but just too dull.

Tried from Can on 23 Jan 2026 at 04:33


6

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2024 at 18:52


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

A little caramel, some weeds. Less weedy but more bitterness than VB - so meeker but cleaner.

Tried on 11 Mar 2023 at 10:34


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

at Chenoa's Hood! Pale golden. Malty, wet cardboard, faint hops. Purchased at The Bourbon

Tried on 16 Oct 2020 at 13:04


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

33cl bottle from Angkor Market. Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Ok, not much to it

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2020 at 09:42


3

Better than VB...but that’s not saying much.

Tried from Can on 24 Feb 2019 at 21:20


3.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

On tap. Pours a clear pale yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has wet sweet bread and cookie with a bit of sweet grain underlying. Flavor has musty grains and a bit of fart with straw backing.

Tried from Draft on 23 Feb 2019 at 12:22


3.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

375ml bottle sampled on Aussie tour 2017-18. Pours pale golden with a white top. Aroma & taste of cereal malts but little else, watery & dull. Preferred this to VB but that is absolutely no endorsement

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2018 at 02:04


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

(Can) Pours a good looking clear golden with a decent white head. Little aroma, but what there is isn't offensive, or particularly promising - slight cereal / bread notes, maybe something slightly sweet and fruity. Light bodied, with decent, smooth carbonation. Taste is pretty poor - watery start and middle with bread notes and some sweetness, there's some bitterness in the finish but it's harsh and rather metallic. Drinkable, but not good.

Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2018 at 07:28