Stag Draught Beer
The can merely states that it was "brewed for safeway traders" so I am only assuming that it was by independent breweries because they contract brew a lot of other beers in this country. This one is contract-brewed for the "New World" chain of supermarkets and as such is a version of the mainstream NZ brown ale style. In appearance it is a pleasant amber colour but with an absolutely pitiful head that lasts no time at all. The taste is of malt and chemicals with a light hop bitterness. It tastes a lot better straight out of the can which says much of it. My flatmate said that it gave him a relatively light hangover but thats the only evidence I have that it isn't chocker with adjuncts - it certainly tastes like it. Its cheap as anything and if anything its good to see that the supermarkets have given us a cheap'n'nasty brown instead of a cheap'n'nasty lager.