7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Schooner on tap at The Grain Store, Newcastle. Deep red/brown beer with a thin white head. Fresh light hoppy nose. Light fizz at first. Effervescent, slightly sweet and bitter all at once. Quite a combination! Nice lacing. Lingering tin is more lager-like. Very easy to drink, very late caramel malt makes an appearance. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Grain Store
on 23 Jul 2026
at 05:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Black with a bare coat of tan head. Mocha fudge and roast aroma with spiced oak and cracked toffee as much as whiskey. Full bodied but well short of syrupy. Elements have room to move. Whiskey is more prominent than past year but there's mocha, roast, spices and enough bitterness. Not as deep as some but quite refined (and decent value).
Tried
on 19 Jul 2026
at 13:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours balcn with a light tan head.
Nose shows gentle roast, nutty malt and toasty notes. Hints of chocolate behind.
Flavours include more soft toasty and toasty malt, a bit of oats, and soft coffee.
Nose shows gentle roast, nutty malt and toasty notes. Hints of chocolate behind.
Flavours include more soft toasty and toasty malt, a bit of oats, and soft coffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2026
at 06:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Quite a dark brown with a large beige head. Mocha and herbal aroma with some bread. Pretty much how it tastes - rich but clean at first before a little roast and a decently bitter herbal bite at the end. Good.
Tried
on 13 May 2026
at 12:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours amber with a large white head.
Nose shows gentle smoked malt, and soft earthy hops.
Flavours include more gentle smoked malt, bready malt and faint caramel.
Nose shows gentle smoked malt, and soft earthy hops.
Flavours include more gentle smoked malt, bready malt and faint caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jan 2026
at 05:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 5
Overall 7.5
Press cloudy orange with a large fading head.
Nose shows intense pine, clean malt, lychee and pear.
Flavours include pine, resinous hops, dank hops, spicy hops. Some very soft clean malt behind.
Body feels a bit watery.
Nose shows intense pine, clean malt, lychee and pear.
Flavours include pine, resinous hops, dank hops, spicy hops. Some very soft clean malt behind.
Body feels a bit watery.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jan 2026
at 05:01
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Pours gold with a large white head.
Nose shows spicy and grassy hops along with soft bready malt.
Flavours include more bready malt and spicy and herbal hops.
Nose shows spicy and grassy hops along with soft bready malt.
Flavours include more bready malt and spicy and herbal hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jan 2026
at 04:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can. Black w a fat coat of tan head. Fudgy aroma with rumbling roast, spicy oak, some overt booze. Bread, mocha, roast, more subdued whiskey than guessed, moderate oaky finish with just hints of bitterness. Nice, maybe slightly less assertive than previously, but it's hard to battle one's own expectations.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2025
at 14:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Made for an event I missed over the weekend with Ron Pattinson, so perhaps not surprisingly lost a bit of condition. Still, gold with a small white head. Fruity aroma - apples, quince, pear - with bread, light citrus and spice. Full bodied with autumnal fruit being overtaken by bitter oranges. Feels heavier than it is.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Local Taphouse (Melbourne)
on 30 Jul 2025
at 10:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Taphouse. Brownish amber, small white head. Bread and stewed fruit aroma - pears, oranges, citrus blossoms. Full bodied with bread, some dark sugars. Sweet with doughy spiced bread and a stinging bitter end.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2025
at 07:50