Kaiju! Betelgeuse
South East Brewing Co. (KAIJU! Beer) in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.91
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American Amber Ales are like American Pale Ales but with more body, more caramel richness, and a balance more towards malt than hops (although hop rates can be significant, like in this one). Expect an enormous and delicious beer. Brewed for GABS 2015.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 375ml can on 27/9/2020. Pours a clear deep red amber with a small head. The nose features a bit of caramel malt, resin and fruit. On the sip, it's quite malty with caramel and biscuit, some sharp citrus notes, and a bucket load of tongue coating, herbal, resiny hops. The mouthfeel is syrupy, the carbonation moderate. Intense, complex and pretty impressive.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Sep 2020
at 09:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Deep copper. Caramel nose. Lovely and rich with resiny bitterness. A real classic.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2020
at 11:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at L6, thanks to Tipple, 21/03/19. Clear golden amber with a well formed beige head. Nose is caramel malts, faint spice, fruit esters, light alcohol, brown bread. Taste comprises sweet malts, caramel, fruit cake, pinch of spice, cheesecake base, dried fruits, brown sugar sprinkle. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2020
at 11:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the Columbus Tasting 21/03/2019. Many thanks A deep copper red coloured pour with a lasting sticky beige head. Aroma is sweet brown malts, sticky, woody bark, sticky brown sugars, soem piney hop. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, cherry, jolly rancher, red cherry, brown malts, brandy snap sugars. Boozy fruit cake. Palate is medium sweet, oily, sticky, lowish carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2019
at 16:15
7/10
Tried
on 21 Mar 2019
at 19:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London - cheers to Tipple. Pours clear copper with a bubbly tan head. Throwback stuff, tons of pine, toasted bread, graham crackers. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Resinous finish, lots of pine, ripe oranges, grainy toast. Fun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2019
at 19:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ Royal Albert Hotel, Sydney, Australia. Pours hazy âmbar with a creamy offwhite head, light lacings. Aroma of malt, caramel, fruity hops, peach, citrus. Flavor is light sweet, rather bitter, malt, caramel, fruity hops, citrus, light alcohol. Medium to full body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 100317
Tried
on 10 Mar 2017
at 03:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at the Good Beer Company, Singapore. Poured a clear medium chestnut brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is woody floral hop, light sweet toffee. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a big toffee caramel malt, alcoholic bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. I enjoyed the sample that I had but this beer was pretty much undrinkable in any kind of volume and not just because of the ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2016
at 01:09
4.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
Bottle shared at The Good Beer Company, Singapore. Cloudy brown with a tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, toffee, caramel, brown sugar, with certiorari dark fruit and some light fruity hops. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter. Above medium bodied with alcohol warmth and soft carbonation. Not pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2016
at 23:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle. Clear amber with a beige head that lasts very well. Aroma of toffee, raisins, peach, tropical bubblegum, mandarins. Very sweet with as much fruit as caramel. Some spices at the end too. You can tell it’s quite strong, but there’s no overt alcohol or dodgy fumey notes. Bitterness struggles to get through the sweetness. Doesn’t offer a lot for 10%.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2015
at 08:42