Great Northern Brewing Co.
Great Northern Brewing Co. was launched in 2010 by Carlton & United Breweries as a lager brand for Queensland and the tropical north. The name recalls the Great Northern Brewery in Cairns, which the company took over in 1931. The beers are brewed in Queensland and aim at hot-weather drinking: pale, lightly fruity, low in bitterness and dry in the finish. The range runs from a full-strength original through mid-strength, light and alcohol-free versions; the brand is part of Asahi.
Beers by Great Northern Brewing Co.
5 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Great Northern Brewing Co. brew within a single family — the differences sit in how, not what.
Across these 5 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one. 4 of them come through every single beer.
Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Great Northern Super Crisp
Their beers place in the Top 43% of the catalogue on average, across 4 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. was launched in 2010 by Carlton & United Breweries as a lager brand for Queensland and the tropical north. The name recalls the Great Northern Brewery in Cairns, which the company took over in 1931. The beers are brewed in Queensland and aim at hot-weather drinking: pale, lightly fruity, low in bitterness and dry in the finish. The range runs from a full-strength original through mid-strength, light and alcohol-free versions; the brand is part of Asahi.
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