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Great Northern Brewing Co.

🌍 Australia · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Great Northern Brewing Co. is a Queensland lager brand created in 2010 by Carlton & United Breweries and brewed at the Yatala brewery south of Brisbane. The name goes back to the Great Northern Brewery in Cairns, acquired by CUB in 1931 and closed long ago. The range was developed for the humid tropical north: a full-strength Original, a mid-strength and a light version, and a 0.0 percent beer, all pale and low in bitterness. Great Northern has since grown into one of the highest-selling beer brands in Australia. CUB has belonged to Asahi since 2020.

4Beers
1Styles
3.2%Avg ABV
2010Founded

Beers by Great Northern Brewing Co.

4 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 4 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 4 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
crispevery beer
4 of 4 beers
cleanevery beer
4 of 4 beers
grassyevery beer
4 of 4 beers
fruityevery beer
4 of 4 beers

With 4 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Focused4 beers · 1 style family
Lager 4

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.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 586 other breweries making Light Lager and Alcohol-Free Lager.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Light Lager and Alcohol-Free LagerGreat Northern Brewing Co.
in no beersin every beer
grassy
in all 4 of their beers · typical Light Lager and Alcohol-Free Lager brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Far more grassy than typical.
fruity
in all 4 of their beers · typical Light Lager and Alcohol-Free Lager brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Far more fruity than typical.
smooth
in none of their beers · typical Light Lager and Alcohol-Free Lager brewery: 2 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 57%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
2 / 3
beers above the median
#1172
best ranked beer
Great Northern Super Crisp

Their beers place in the Top 57% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Great Northern Brewing Co.

Great Northern Brewing Co. is a Queensland lager brand created in 2010 by Carlton & United Breweries and brewed at the Yatala brewery south of Brisbane. The name goes back to the Great Northern Brewery in Cairns, acquired by CUB in 1931 and closed long ago. The range was developed for the humid tropical north: a full-strength Original, a mid-strength and a light version, and a 0.0 percent beer, all pale and low in bitterness. Great Northern has since grown into one of the highest-selling beer brands in Australia. CUB has belonged to Asahi since 2020.

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