Cricketers Arms Lager - Sundance Brewing International

heygeebee

Australia

3/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

From iPhone notes

Surprisingly like Heineken - ok there I have said it, basically a comparison not a review.

Bought to go with curry and did the job quite well.

Aromas and taste benefit from the fact that good freshness is obvious, and lifts the Euro-aligned taste up a notch.

Not as bad as others might make out.

Serving type: bottle

10-01-2012 08:18:58 | More by heygeebee

csmartin6

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev +13.6%

09-12-2012 07:46:58 | More by csmartin6

doktorhops

Australia

2.45/5  rDev -14.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

I found the back of this intriguing; "brewed with the finest Amarillo hops", sounds delish, let's give it a run. Drunken ironically while watching the cricket.

Poured from a 330ml bottle into a tulip pint.

A: Clear and golden, everything a lager should be. The head started out really excited (like a teenage boy getting a fake ID) but died down to a typical Aussie pub thin lacing... slight disappointment crept in.

S: Smells typically like a grainy lager, but what's that? Spicy and floral hops! In a lager? Get. Out. Of. Town. Go on, now! There was a genuine surprise that maybe the label on the back of a bottle (finest Amarillo hops) was not mere hyperbole... let's find out!

T: Hop promise not fulfilled. Yes there is a slight grassy hop presence, but it's otherwise boring lager grain flavours all the way here. Oh well, they tried didn't they? Other than being an average lager it has a Helles dry slant. There is a hint of something artificial in there as well, like the smell of burnt plastic it raises hairs on my neck that I can't quite put my finger on but I suspect it's something macro-brewers love to use to save money (i.e. flavour enhancers and other crap).

M: Crisp, dry and watery. Carbonation is a little less obvious than most lagers.

D: Drinkable like a glass of cold water in Antarctica... wait that's probably what they drink there, anyway you get the picture. Although it is not as bad as the many Australian macro lagers out there (VB, Toohey's, Carlton Cold), I'm not exactly hard pressed to go out and buy another.

Food match: Fast food, anything you can eat with your hands will do, it's not exactly fine dining but neither is the brew.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2011 09:27:42 | More by doktorhops

CrazyDavros

Australia

1.73/5  rDev -39.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Pours gold with a small quickly fading white head.
Nose is very mild with a little sweet malt and a hint of corn. No hops.
Very similar flavours, the same light sweet malt and no bitterness.
Carbonation is too high, way too high.
Not much to say about this, very plain.

Serving type: bottle

02-21-2011 23:46:30 | More by CrazyDavros

dgilks

Australia

3.28/5  rDev +14.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Clear straw colour with a small, short lasted white head.

Mild sweet malt with a mild fruity hop aroma. Not bad actually.

Slightly fruity with a touch of acetaldehyde and benzaldehyde. Not bad but a little flawed.

Medium-light body with moderate carbonation. Fine.

A drinkable lager with a couple of technical flaws.

Serving type: bottle

01-19-2011 06:48:31 | More by dgilks

laituegonflable

Australia

3.43/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Enjoyed before a meal at Sourcedining, Albury.

Pours a clear gold colour with steady moderate bead up the glass. Head is decent when poured; sinks to leave a ring of puff at the edge and reasonable lace webs behind. Pretty decent, could have better head retention.

Nose is clean and lagery, with nice herbal grassy notes and a pleasant citric twang from the hops. Yeah, nice fruit hiding behind the crisp bitterness, a decent clean lager smell.

Taste is alright. A fair amount of that clean lagery attenuation flavour, with nice subtle citric twang giving slight ascerbicness and a hint of buttery malt underneath. Finish consists largely of bland hops, with slight bready overtones. Clean enough to enjoy but not very tasty.

Mouthfeel is light, with a quite nice carb sizzle that is well tamed and not too effervescent; just a nice lager tezture.

Yeah, decent lager. Pretty smooth as it goes down.

Serving type: bottle

01-18-2011 00:14:21 | More by laituegonflable