Beers similar to Foster's Lager

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Australian Lager·Australia·4% ABV·One of 45 Australian Lagers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Foster's Lager's malty and bready character. Foster's Lager is sold in its home market at four per cent and under the label Foster's Classic, the form in which it returned to Australian shelves in 2024; the earlier version at 4.9 per cent is no longer made for Australia. Malt gives it a soft, grainy sweetness with light fruity notes, while the hops stay in the background and close crisp and clean with little bitterness. The brand goes back to the Foster brothers, who began brewing in Melbourne in 1888. The beer of the same name in Europe and North America comes from other companies.

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10 beers like Foster's Lager

1

Great Northern Brewing Co.

Australia · Australian Lager · 4.5%

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86%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Foster's Lager's sweetness and cleanness — plus tropical notes, minus fruit notes.

What carries overcleancrispmaltysweetrefreshing

Structure: very close

Compared to Foster's Lagertropicalcitrusybitterfruity

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Victoria Bitter

Victoria Bitter

Australia · Australian Lager · 4.9%

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85%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps fruit notes and cleanness like Foster's Lager, adds bitterness, a notch stronger, drops sweetness.

What carries overcleancrispmaltyfruityrefreshing

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Foster's Lagerbitterearthyfull-bodiedsweet

Structure: Very close — a touch less sweetness, a touch more bitterness.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Victoria Bitter Low Carb

Victoria Bitter

Australia · Australian Lager · 4.9%

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83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

A touch more earthy notes, a notch stronger, no sweetness — fruit notes and cleanness as with Foster's Lager.

What carries overcleancrispmaltyrefreshingsmooth-drinking

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Foster's Lagerdryearthylightsweet

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Great Northern Original

Great Northern Brewing Co.

Australia · Australian Lager · 4.2%

83%

MATCH

Alongside Foster's Lager on fruit notes and cleanness: adds dryness, noticeably less bitter, drops sweetness.

Structure: less bitter

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Utica Club Light

F.X. Matt Brewing Company

United States · Light Lager · 3.4%

83%

MATCH

Shares sweetness and fruit notes with Foster's Lager; adds dryness, noticeably less bitter.

Structure: less bitter, a notch softer

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6

Burleigh Brewing Company

Australia · Australian Lager · 4.2%

81%

MATCH

Same cleanness and crispness as Foster's Lager, adds dryness, but without the sweetness.

Structure: very close

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Collective Arts Saint of Circumstance

Collective Arts Brewing

Canada · Citrus Blonde Ale · 4.7%

81%

MATCH

As with Foster's Lager, same fruit notes and sweetness, plus citrus notes, softer carbonation.

Structure: softer, a notch stronger

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Carlton Dry Ultra Low Carb

Carlton Dry

Australia · Australian Lager · 4.2%

80%

MATCH

Like Foster's Lager on cleanness and crispness — adds dryness, but without the sweetness.

Structure: very close

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9

Modelo Especial

Grupo Modelo

Mexico · Mexican Lager · 4.5%

79%

MATCH

Less bitter — same sweetness and cleanness as Foster's Lager, adds honey notes, noticeably less bitter, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: less bitter

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Grupo Modelo

Mexico · Mexican Lager · 4.5%

79%

MATCH

Less bitter — same sweetness and cleanness as Foster's Lager, adds noticeably less bitter, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: less bitter

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