Beers similar to Swan Gold

Mid-Strength Lager·Australia·3.5% ABV·One of 27 Mid-Strength Lagers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Swan Gold's bitter and bready character. A mid-strength lager that ran in Western Australian pubs from 1978 until 2003 and came back to tap in 2023, brewed at Fremantle. The grist is Australian malted barley, the hopping runs on Cluster, and the house yeast carries it. At 3.5 percent the body stays light without thinning out. Pale straw in the glass, with cereal and a soft biscuit note up front, a trace of malt sweetness behind it, and an earthy, mildly resinous bitterness that stays modest through a short, clean finish.

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10 beers like Swan Gold

1

Victoria Bitter Mid Strength

Victoria Bitter

Australia · Mid-Strength Lager · 3.5%

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80%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Swan on earthy notes and malt character: adds hop character, drops bread notes.

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Structure: very close

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

Structure: very close

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2

Hahn SuperDry 3.5

Hahn Brewing

Australia · Mid-Strength Lager · 3.5%

ALTERNATIVE

75%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Swan, same malt character and cleanness; adds dryness, no earthy notes.

What carries overlightcleanbreadybittercrisp

Structure: very close

Compared to Swandrygrassyfruityearthyresinous

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

Structure: very close

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3

Carlton & United Breweries

Australia · Mid-Strength Lager · 3%

ALTERNATIVE

73%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same malt character and cleanness as Swan, adds dryness, but without the earthy notes.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Swandryearthyresinous

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

Structure: very close

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4

Melbourne Bitter

Carlton & United Breweries

Australia · Australian Lager · 4.6%

71%

MATCH

Mirrors Swan's earthy notes and resin notes, plus fruit notes, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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5

Iron Jack Crisp Australian Lager

The Legendary Brewing Co.

Australia · Mid-Strength Lager · 3.3%

70%

MATCH

Like Swan on malt character and cleanness — adds dryness, but without the earthy notes.

Structure: very close

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6

Godspeed Brewery

Canada · American Adjunct Lager · 5%

69%

MATCH

A touch more citrus notes, noticeably less bitter, no earthy notes — resin notes and malt character as with Swan.

Structure: less bitter, a notch stronger

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XXXX

Australia · Mid-Strength Lager · 3.5%

69%

MATCH

Keeps malt character and cleanness like Swan, adds grass notes, noticeably less bitter, drops earthy notes.

Structure: less bitter

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8

Carlton Dry 3.5%

Carlton Dry

Australia · Mid-Strength Lager · 3.5%

66%

MATCH

Shares lightness and cleanness with Swan; adds dryness, but drops earthy notes.

Structure: very close

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Gage Roads Brew Co

Australia · Mid-Strength Lager · 3.8%

65%

MATCH

Less bitter — same malt character and cleanness as Swan, adds noble hop character, noticeably less bitter, but without the earthy notes.

Structure: less bitter

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10

Beerfarm

Australia · Australian Lager · 4.2%

64%

MATCH

Stronger — same malt character and cleanness as Swan, adds dryness, a notch stronger, but without the earthy notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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