KB Lager - the famous brew remembered fondly as 'Kids' Beer', 'Cold Gold' and 'Rolled Gold' - is back in bottles shops a decade after it was discontinued. Cases of the distinctive gold cans have appeared in Liquorland and First Choice Liquor outlets in New South Wales as part of a limited release 'heritage run'.
Brewer CUB still owns the trademark to beers including KB which it no longer regularly makes due to changing tastes favouring craft brews. A trial batch of 5, cases of KB released in July has proved so popular CUB has produced 20, more, making , cans available for nostalgic drinkers. A series of television commercials during the golden age of Australian beer ads featured thirsty men with moustaches cracking open iced cans pulled from their Eskies.
Park footballers were encouraged to emulate their professional counterparts after a hard game with the slogan 'Shake hands with a cold gold KB'. The death of KB was announced in November after years of dwindling presence in bottle shops and pubs - and absolutely no promotion from CUB. An online petition calling for its return quickly appeared and Facebook pages were devoted to the drop, including Bring Back KB Lager. This is something we'll factor in as we plan our brewing runs for next year and beyond.
It was unclear if the latest batch was brewed to the original recipe but Liquorland described it as having 'subtle, fruity flavours, slightly malty sweetness and light body. Liquorland patrons have welcomed back KB to the bottle shop's shelves with five-star reviews.
Some reviewers remembered a sweeter flavour. A third said: 'Remember drinking this underage and we joked it stood for "Kids' Beer" only to find it wasn't on tap anywhere when I was legal. For a long time the KB logo was more often seen on classic old advertising posters outside pubs than inside hotel fridges. It experienced a brief resurgence early this century when the cold gold can was adopted by drinkers at inner-city bars and CUB was making just 16, cases a year.
We get that a lot - steel can, cold gold, Sydney Cricket Ground on the Hill. A cold KB also remained the drink of choice while it lasted for football fans attending Newtown Jets home games at Henson Park in Marrickville. A cold KB also remained the drink of choice while it lasted for football fans attending Newtown Jets home games at Henson Park in Marrickville pictured.
Reagan, the creation of NRL star turned television presenter Matthew Johns, explained in that latter-day KB drinkers were trying to recapture something of their childhoods. Ppl have commented some places in nsw are selling but only by 6 pack. I can't remember for certain if I had ever tried this before as it was really only around NSW and the ACT before stopped making it the last time. I've spent most my life in tassie and Vic so a bit sheltered.
I'm happy with the way I make my own lagers and pilsners so far but would be nice to give it a go as was meant to be one of the few Aussie lagers with a bit of hop flavour at the end. The company owned a large brewery on Broadway in Sydney from until , known as the Kent Brewery. Marketing at its finest there "draught brewed" that's not even a thing. Yep, draught beer comes out of a tap. Any beer that is served out of a tap is draught beer.
If it comes out of a bottle it's bottled beer if it comes out of a can I remember these cans at the footy when I was a kid. Dad would drink enough of 'em so I could stand on the empties to see over the heads in front.
Back story: every ten years CUB have to re brew a brand to retain the trademark. Don't be surprised to see Ballarat Bitter as well. The interesting thing is that rather than just fill the cans with VB or something, the CUB accountants usually let the brewers off the leash for a run up the beach, and they genuinely try to replicate the original recipes but with modern ingredients of course.
The KB is bang on from what I remember in the s when I used to sit on the beach with a six pack. It's a rich, hoppy lager and is deep gold with toasty nutty malt character I think CUB use Joe White's version of roasted barley which is far less black than euro stuff.
And check out the original 4. I'm definitely going to break the budget and get in another carton from the local LL tomorrow before it sinks into oblivion again in a month or so. As for "draught brewed" at that time there was originally the tap version but wasn't called KB until they started to can it I think it's in Peter Symonds' books somewhere, I'll check. Aha, found it.
Tooths New was brewed in and was of course in competition with Toohey's New. The canned version was KB. KB stands for Kent Brewery and to this day the Lismore brewery, now a sawmill, still has the outline of a faded Kentish horse on the ends of the original brew house.
I had this recipe lined up to do in the near future as I remember the beer and would like to see if I can make something close. That's if you are into beer history etc. Pitch at 10 C, ferment 18 days the raise to 16 C for 2 days, then lager at 0 C for 23 days.
Carbonate at 2. Good timing. His knowledge of the industry is unsurpassed. I don't think KB can be made to the original. CUB threw out the tooths brewery yeast when they took it over. I make this one quite a bit. A very nice lager. Show only. Free Returns. Returns Accepted. Authorized Seller. Completed Items. Sold Items. Authenticity Guarantee. More filters Not finding what you're looking for?
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