Carlton & United Breweries traces its line to the Carlton Brewery in Melbourne and took its present shape in 1907, when several brewers from Victoria merged into a single company. It grew into the largest brewing group in Australia, absorbing houses such as the Victoria Brewery, McCracken's and Foster's, and today runs plants in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania. Since May 2020 the company has belonged to the Japanese Asahi group. Its house brands are almost entirely lagers at full, mid and zero strength.
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Drawn from all 16 beers in the catalogue.
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
Everything sits in one family — which makes the comparison below the interesting part. It isn't what they brew that sets them apart, but how.
Across 16 beers in 3 style families, one trait still carries through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.
Their beers place in the Top 31% of the catalogue on average, across 15 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.
Based on style overlap and flavor profile
Carlton & United Breweries traces its line to the Carlton Brewery in Melbourne and took its present shape in 1907, when several brewers from Victoria merged into a single company. It grew into the largest brewing group in Australia, absorbing houses such as the Victoria Brewery, McCracken's and Foster's, and today runs plants in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania. Since May 2020 the company has belonged to the Japanese Asahi group. Its house brands are almost entirely lagers at full, mid and zero strength.
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