About
Jason Harris and Craig Basford decided they were going to do more than just brew the beers they’d been concocting in their man shed for years: they wanted to bring others along with them. So, more than a decade after they’d started making beer together in a rented farmer’s shed in the Barossa, when Big Shed Brewing Concern became a reality it came with an invitation to their peers: if you’re looking for somewhere to brew, we’ve got the space for you.
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows soft spicy hops and some biscuity malt.Malty flavours, with some nutty and biscuity notes along with a hint of spicy hops.Hits the mark a lot better as an English Pale Ale, nothing American about this.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2016
at 20:22
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Dark brown with a light tan head. Aroma of filter coffee, singed biscuits. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Sweet biscuit and coffee with lots of burnt notes that at first overwhelm both malt and hops. But after a while some the sweetness asserts itself and the bitterness if not the aromatics of the hops emerges.Couldn’t get past the burnt flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2016
at 06:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 330ml bottle on 9/12/2015. Pours a dark brown with the barest of heads. The aroma really does smell like a Gaytime - creamy toffee ice cream. Take a sip and there’s heaps more toffee and vanilla ice cream an chocolate, but some sharp roasty notes rounding things off at the back. The texture is creamy with the carbonation average. This s pretty impressive - very reminiscent of a Golden Gaytime in liquid form, but still sufficiently beer like. Tops the Moon Dog Gaytime brew,which is a pretty decent brew in its own right.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2015
at 03:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
640ml bottle into tulip glass. Hoppy nose with hints of cocoa, liquorice, pepper. Cloudy caramel colour with foamy white head. Zingy mouthfeel, oily texture. Finish is fruity bitterness with some stray umami notes (peanut?). More fruit notes appear as it warms. Good, enjoyable, easy-drinking ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2015
at 05:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught on October 17, 2015, at The Australian 11th Annual Beer Festival.Murky orange color, yellow head. Malty, sweet, caramel taste. Bitter, caramel, floral aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Malty, caramel, hoppy scent.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2015
at 08:03
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught on October 17, 2015, at The Australian 11th Annual Beer Festival.Hazy to murky dark brown color, teal head. Roasted, ash, bitter, floral taste. Floral, bitter, roasted aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, a bit fizzy. Medium bitterness. Roasted, hoppy scent.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2015
at 08:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampler. Strong cocoa aroma. Chocolate sauce appearance. Tan head. A little zingy. Finish is fruity cocoa with a cordial sweetness. Nice.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2015
at 22:42
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught as part of a tasting paddle, at The Local Taphouse in Sydney, on October 10, 2015.As "Big Shed / Doctor’s Orders Dr. Shedlove 2015". A collab?Black color, dark brown head. Sweet, alcohol, some smoke scent. Sweet, alcohol, light spicy, some liquorice taste. Alcohol aftertaste. Medium to full mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Boozy.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2015
at 21:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler, 10C. Amber with a large off white head. Aroma of mandarins, peach, pine, some tropical notes, a little toast. Quite sweet with lots of fruit and some caramel, but the pine is enough to stop it being fruit salady. Fairly strong bitterness. Would have preferred a drier finish to help define that bitterness, although a colder second glass improves things. Pretty good.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2015
at 07:28
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Lately I’ve have been sooking it up and avoiding the seemingly endless Australian beers made to taste like icecreams, lollies and cocktails. This one slipped through. Bottle. Black with a fat coat of tan head. Yes, it smells like a Golden Gaytime: caramel, cheap vanilla, fake honeycomb. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Very sweet. Caramel topping, fake honeycomb, vanilla essence. There is little relief from this - a very slight bitterness is there I guess. I’m sure it’s clever and it is what it says it is but it’s disgusting and I tipped it out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2015
at 07:54