BREWERY: Foster's Group Limited
STYLE: Adjunct Lager
ABV: 5.0%
PURCHASE: Draft (22-oz.), $6.25
SERVING: Chilled tankard. Standard inch-high head from the tap. So-so retention.
APPEARANCE: Adjunct straw. White head. Shocking. Not very visible bubbling--but that could be the glass at play. (It was a thick tankard.) Pretty good lacing, though.
BOUQUET: Somewhat bready with a whiff of yeast. Not much else going on.
PALATE: Middle-of-the road body, middle-of-the-road carbonation. Decent hop-malt balance, particularly for an adjunct. Slightly lemony finish--seriously--which was something I didn't notice in the canned version. Yeasty aftertaste but not overly dry. Not a mind-blowing palatial experience, but makes for effortless drinking.
MUSINGS AND METAPHORS: In my first review for Foster's, I compared it to Outback Steakhouse. For my follow-up tonight, I had it on draft . . . at Outback Steakhouse.
My opinion of both remains the same. Foster's is still better than average for an adjunct lager, underrated by hipsters and beer snobs. And Outback is still not a real Australian restaurant.
ORIGINAL GRADE: C+
NEW GRADE: C+
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