As far as lagers go, this was very nice in color. The beer was a very clean-looking, light gold color with a white slightly foamy head. Bright and active would be a pretty good way to describe the appearance of this beer.

Aroma: the beer had a slight Heineken-type aroma on the nose (very slightly skunky). Sweet, light malty aromas also dominated the nose. Other than that, there was not much happening.

The sweet malts and cleanness came through immediately upon the first sip of the beer. It was all very typical in its qualities as a lager with one exception: the beer was more hoppy than a typical big brewery lager. Quality-wise, the Toohey’s was at about the same level as Heineken but with a touch more hops. About the middle of any given sip, the hops would come through and stay all the way until the beer faded into a dry finish.

Overall, nothing impressive happened in the beer, but it is nice to have a good, clean beer that you don’t have to think about too much. But only once in a while.

Mike’s Rating

Overall Satisfaction: ★★¾☆☆ 

Among other Australian beers: ★★★☆☆ 

Among other Lagers: ★★½☆☆