Foster’s Premium Ale
Foster’s Group Limited | Southbank, Australia
Not purchased; received as a gift.
Style: Adjunct Ale – Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
ABV - 5.5%
This brew poured up a dark amber colored body with an enormous foamy off-white colored head with fair retention and marginal lacing. Go easy on the pour cause this brew foams up fast! Aromas are somewhat musty and smell of wet grains; none to pleasant. Flavors … egads this was a bland brew but there are some grapefruit and caramel but none to my liking though. Medium-bodied and somewhat carbonated. The finish is dry and hoppy and a poor aftertaste to say the least. To be honest I did not get through the entire brew as the flavor was just not my cup of beer.
Pairing Recommendations: swash it down at the BBQ or fish fry
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