Saltram of Barossa Pepperjack Hand Crafted Ale
Matilda Bay Brewing Co. in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
6.66
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
From a 345ml bottle on 10/4/2011. Pours a dark orange approaching amber. Has a relatively slight aroma of fruit, nuts and malt. This is a bit of a weird one taste wise. Most prominent is sweet dark fruit, with some blackcurrant coming through, followed by a relatively short, tart, slightly peppery finish. Notwithstanding the presence of some fruity notes, I’m not sure this has been correctly charcterised as a fruit beer. Reminds me a bit of White Rabbit Dark Ale, but more a bit more harsh and less well balanced.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 34,5 cl. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. A little caramel in the nose, slightly metallic too. Medium body, lightly sweet caramel, again a little metal or iron accents. I believe I can actually pick up a little red grapes, but it may be just because I know they are there. Discreet bitterness. 140211
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
34.5 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off white head. Aroma is roasted malty and light fruity. Sweet, fruity and light hoppy fruity. Mild citrusy and slight peachy. Fruity and slight bitter to citrusy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. An amber beer with notes caramel, malt, and some hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and some spicy hops, leading to a dry and bitter finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours dark amber with a large quickly fading head.Nose shows lots of fruity hops: pineapple, mango and orange blossom are all noticeable. A fair bit of caramel, toasted and nutty malt shows as well.Flavours almost perfectly mirror the aroma - lots of light fruity hops with caramel, toasted and nutty malt following.Moderate carbonation suits the beer well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, about 10C. Red-tinged amber with a small but tight beige head. Quite high bead, nice lacing. Aroma of caramel, wine, grass and flowers. Taste is mostly sweet with modest bitterness. The wine character is noticeable is odd but quite pleasant. It’s just a touch and adds a syrupy contrast to the otherwise straightforward malt as well as a little sourness. Unusual and pretty well done, but I could have done with a bit of bitterness to keep it from getting a bit dull.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled, thx to NoiZe. Clear redbrown color, short head. Aroma of caramel malt, some grapes. Sourish taste, quite dry, skin of dark plums, some cherry pits. Quite dry palate. Strange.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Golden-amber. Bright. Complex aroma with syrah, peach/pear cobbler, rich caramel and bready malts. Fairly lean body with subtle vinous notes. Might be a bit fizzy at the back, but a well-rounded, subtlely complex ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
This ruby reddish-amber brew shows notes of cherries, brownies, caramel and milk chocolate. THe body is a bit too thin for my liking, but then I drank it in the middle of several high ABV beers. Light caramel finish. Will revisit on its own to confirm rating.