From old tasting notes. Clear deep gold color with a big foamy white head. Slightly sour malt aroma. Flavor is light and fruity with a hint of tartness upfront. Fish is sour and lightly hopped. Quaffable but devoid of any real character.

I had this many years ago and for some reason it has an almost mythical status in Australia. There are always rumors flying around someone has seen for sale somewhere and people getting way too excited if they do find it. I have no idea where the fascination for this beer came from but there is really only one way to describe it: shit!

only place ive seen KB lately is the Australian Hotel in Sydney. not what i would call an enjoyable beer, but will always have 1 there on Australia Day, after drinking MANY good quality brews to kill the tastebuds

375ml can. Didn’t realise that they still made KB . Bright amber colour with a fluffy white head. Barley and hay aroma , pretty bland and not too much to get excited about. Clean, crisp sweet flavour that is not as bad as expected. Okay overall.

I love this beer. I have not seen it around in years. Believe it or not, the first time I had one was on Saipan, an island in the Mariana Island chain. I have been looking for it ever since. I was in Auckland and Sydney a few times and had no luck. Needless to say I didn’t find it in Samoa or Tonga either. Too bad I live in the US now because there is even less chance that I will find it here. Cheers, Craig of Saipan.

Hmmm, its a fine golden beer with just a hint of bitterness and hops. Slightly better than most Aussie ’lagers’ but nothing to write home about. Sure its easy drinking and cheap but if you are after pure gold try something else. A bit watery and good on a hot day.

For rate number 500, I had to pick something special. Growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney during the early 80’s this was the beer. Kids Beer it was commonly known as, but I don’t know why really. Maybe because of the sweetness, but more probably because the gaudy gold can with the big red ’KB’ attracted even the youngest toddlers. I have memories from my early childhood of my father and uncles, all with their Dennis Lillee styled handle-bar moustaches, drinking this around the wood-fired barbie at home during a typical stinking hot Australian summer. Back then I’m sure the cans were textured, and they had the good old ring pull where the whole thing came off in your hand. This is probably the first time I’ve ever seen what the beer looks like, because every red-blooded Australian male knows the only way to drink their KB is out of the can, which is being housed in a styrofoam stubby holder (with or without the Aussie flag design on it). I now discover that the "cool gold" of KB is indeed quite golden, with a fairly sparse head. Bugger all aroma, especially if drunk at the correct temperature (ie ice cold straight out of the esky). However, if let to warm a little while you’re turning the snags you may find some adjuncty sugar, a bit of alcohol and wet Daily Mirror (whoops, Daily Tele - it is 2006 of course). The flavour is definitely not as sweet as I was expecting, but it doesn’t really have much at all there to activate the taste buds before sliding down the throat. All the best if you want to slam down a few tinnies outside in the lunch break before going back inside to watch Lillee and Thomo tear through that flimsy pommy defense. Reasonably pleasant palate, possibly one of the best of the CUB lagers. The carbonation level is quite restrained, and it thankfully doesn’t seem to have that sharp metallic bitterness to finish. In another era this was the staple diet of many Aussie man, dressed in their ruggers and blue bonds singlets and terry towling hats. However, it’s now 2006 so you’re more likely to see ’average’ blokes with Ian Thorpe styled metro-hawks, downing Crownies in their Armani suits talking on their mobile phones after spending all day in front of a computer. Aaahh, KB, thanks for the memories.

Great beer. One question! I want to know where I can buy it in cases in the Sydney area.

In the can. Pours typical Oz golden yellow with a bubbly white head much like most of the other CUB offerings. While this is not the best beer that I’ve ever had, it certainly is no worse than MB or VB. Maybe differs from the others in that it has a slight vegetable flavor in addition to the sugar adjunct. I remember this being available in the states many years ago in the giant oil cans alongside Fosters.

Old gold can. Not quite as poisonous as VB. Quite sweet with no trace of hops other than a hint of CUB rusty junkyard car panels (although not as bad as usual). Smells like water and has a body to match. I think the best thing it has going for it is that it is innoffensive. Initial taste is strangely reminiscent of alexander keith’s India Pale Ale. Go figure.