Bad Shepherd Brewing
in
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia 🇦🇺
Associated Venue: Bad Shepherd Brewing
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7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
From a 355ml can on 8/3/2026. Pours a dark brown with the barest of heads. The nose features some sharp raspberry and light peanut butter. This is even more pronounced on the sip - heaps of peanut butter and raspberry, against a background of dark chocolate. Finishes with a firmish, sharp bitterness. medium bodied with average to lively carbonation. Really full on flavour wise for the modest ABV. Absolutely as advertised and really nicely done.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 08 Mar 2026
at 03:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Clear golden amber with a cm of white head. Aroma of kumquat, breadcrust, pine, some mango skin. Clean and medium sweet with resin building towards a decisive bitter finish. Enough character in the crusty bready malt. Mostly tenor register citrus. Not going for anything new here, just a very solid drop.
Tried
from
Grape and Grain
on 04 Mar 2026
at 11:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can. Dark brown, a beige head fades to a cm fairly quickly. Yes, rum, chocolate and biscuit aroma. There's a little roast and tidy finishing bitterness so it doesn't feel like all the work is being done by the additions. Cleverly balanced and pretty good.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2025
at 11:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours dark brown almost black, light tan head.
Nose shows biscuity notes, bready notes, soft rum, chocolate, coconut.
Flavours include biscuits, coconuts, chocolate. Perhaps soft hints of rum but not boozy. Very moreish.
Nose shows biscuity notes, bready notes, soft rum, chocolate, coconut.
Flavours include biscuits, coconuts, chocolate. Perhaps soft hints of rum but not boozy. Very moreish.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2025
at 13:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A very high quality APA with a full body and lots of citrus.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2025
at 22:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Dark brown pour, medium beige head. Aroma is semi sweet hazelnut, toasty, nutty, toffee. Nice mouth feel, creamy carb. Lovely nutty, hazelnut and roasty finish, low bitterness, a nice quaff.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2025
at 01:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours gold with a large rapidly fading head.Nose shows spicy, herbal and resinous hops, a bit of pine, some grapefruit. Behind is clean sweet-smelling hops.Flavours include more pine, dank spicy hops, super herbaceous and piny, almost solvent-/cleaning chemical-like.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2024
at 09:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 355ml can on 22/11/2024.Pours a clear light golden with a medium head. Has a pleasant sharp ripe fruit nose. The taste features lemon, lime, orange and some pineapple. A touch more savoury than sweet. Has a decent sharp, tangy, lingering bitterness at the back. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Solid little IPA if not necessarily a world beater.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2024
at 12:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours gold with a large lasting white head.Nose shows lychee, peach, grapefruit, resinous hops, clean malt.Flavours focus more on pine, resinous hops and grapefruit. Very clean malt, not too much sweetness!
Tried
on 05 Oct 2024
at 07:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours gold, small white head.Nose shows biscuity malt, soft tropical fruit, clean delicate malt.Flavours include soft lychee, herbal and earthy hops, soft sweet cookie dough-like malt.Light body, but to be expected with a mid strength.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2024
at 09:04