The Great Northern Brewing Co., commonly known as Great Northern, is a brand of full and a mid-strength Australian lager owned by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB), and brewed in Queensland at the CUB Yatala Brewery.[1] It comes in 330mL "stubbies", 375mL "tinnies" and 700mL "tallies" (ie. tall bottles) at 3.5% Abv or 4.2% Abv.[2]
Overview
In 2010 Carlton United Breweries (CUB), announced the launch of a new brewery Great Northern Brewing Co.[2] Great Northern is styled on 'Cairns Draught', a product first brewed in 1924 by Auguste Joseph François de Bavay, whose studies of sewage contamination in drinking water helped end diseases such as typhoid.[3] Both brands feature a marlin character in their logo and package designs.[4]
In the bottles the full strength 'original' style beers are identifiable by the gold-coloured bottle top and a white-coloured marlin fish on its label whereas the mid strength has a silver-coloured bottle cap with a black marlin on the label.
It was recently (2021), (2022), (2023), (2024) and (2025) the best selling beer in Australia.[5]
See also
- Australian pub
- Beer in Australia
- List of breweries in Australia
External links
References
- Dan Murphy. Great Northern Brewing Company Original Lager Bottles 330mL Dan Murphy's, retrieved 30 March 2017^
- CUB To Bring New Queensland Beer To Queensland Beer Lovers Carlton & United Breweries, retrieved 30 March 2017^
- George Parsons. Auguste Joseph François de Bavay Australian National University, retrieved 23 April 2024^
- Brett Stubbs. CUB in Queensland Brew News, 25 November 2010, retrieved 30 March 2017^
- https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/drink/great-northern-crowned-australias-bestselling-beer/news-story/7f9a2bbf85724cb4e6f9af0dfc4476de?amp^