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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

(Can) Pours cleat golden with tiny loose white head. Great aroma, but not of beer! It smells like lemon, lime and bitters. There’s a hint of funkiness in there somewhere. Light body with nice fine carbonation. The taste is good, unusual and interesting. It does a good job of fusing two different drinks - both area apparent and work mostly very well together. It’s dry / tart, without being being over the top. The dry brut combines well with the lemon and lime citrus. There’s hints of light malt and bread in the mid palate. There’s also some notes of peppery hoppy bitterness. The angostura bitters are quite apparent and are the only aspect for me that does not quite work - lemon and lime in beer, whether that’s shandy or fruit in a Mexican beer, can be a good mix. I am not sure what is in angostura bitters but there seems to be something minty or liquorice-like which just doesn’t quite work in a beer. That sounds more negative than I intend. It’s refreshing, inventive, interesting, Australian, and I am enjoying it.