6/10
Tack Arvid S.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2024
at 18:07
5/10
Tried
on 10 Mar 2024
at 16:22
6/10
Tried
on 06 Mar 2024
at 21:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Black with a fat coat of tan head that's soon at the rim. Muscular roasty aroma with obvious oaked red wine, plums, chocolate. Creamy texture. The red wine notes don't overwhelm the stout, but there's lots of sweet red fruit and a fair bit of oak - those barrels were not very empty, I'd guess. The roast and a bit of strong bread and chocolate fill things out and then there's some bitterness as well as oak at the end. It gets pretty drying after a while and maybe a whole bottle will be too much. But this is lovely. [For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure I had old Brass Monkey in the late 80s at the Redback Hotel in Flemington - IIRC it was creamy, quite sweet and about 5.5% ABV. ]
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2024
at 14:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Red with a collapsing off white head that's soon gone. Dull cherry aroma. Better taste - dryish with a lick of sourness in the cherries, crackers and a dry and fairly bitter finish. Disappointing. Meek, uninvolving.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2023
at 13:31
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
16/10/2022. Bottle from Beer Wine Spirits. Pours clear deep golden with a small frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, grass, caramel, malt, flowers, slight chalky edge. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Moderate body, average carbonation. Fair enough lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2022
at 04:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Amber with a white head. Aroma of breadcrust and some gentle earthy and spicy notes. Sweetish at firm with breadcrust, then bitterness struggles slightly to come through but ends up balancing quite well. A much maltier offering than I'd guessed and not bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2022
at 13:01
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
375ml can into schooner glass. From BWS, Glen Innes. The last of 3 'Aussie Wheat Ales' released at the same time. Mountain Goat and Green Beacon being the others. Pale amber beer with a slight haze. Bubbly white head which dissipates, medium carbonation. Nose of citrus fruit and bread. Light body, easy to drink. A little bit fruity, a touch of bitterness, hint of pepper. Lingering fruitiness. Pedestrian but not horrible.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2022
at 08:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Almost clear orange with a frothy 2cm white head that never quite disappears. Aroma of oranges, lime, crackers, white pepper. A taste confirms it's not a rebadging of Redback (although that went through the corporate wringer so many times, who knows): citrusy without the softness of a hefeweizen. A tiny twanginess from the wheat then a grassy and peppery finish that's got a bit of bitterness to it. Refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2022
at 13:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
345ml bottle into shaker. From BWS, Glen Innes. Clear golden amber beer with many swirling bubbles and a large head of white foam. Patchy lacing. Nose is sweet malt with a touch of pepper. Light body, neutral taste. Finish is lingering with notes of bitter fruit and light caramel. Really nice lager, quite a surprise.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2022
at 10:14