SimonF (3322) reviewed Cavalier Bloody Maria from Cavalier Beer 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Can) Pours hazy golden with big loose short lived white head. Very unusual aroma entirely consistent with a Gose Bloody Mary hybrid - salty, tangy, tomatoes, chilies, spices. Great mouthfeel - soft smooth medium bodied with fine carbonation. Very unusual and enjoyable taste. There’s a citrus tartness at the start which is joined by saltiness, chilies with a little heat, tomatoes and a hint of booze. Dangerously drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours amber with a large white head.Nose shows pine, caramel, heavy malt, resinous hops.Flavours include more pine and resinous hops, along with herbaceous notes. Heavy sweet malt and caramel underneath.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can. Clear copper with a cm+ of off white head. Aroma of damp breadcrust, pine, grapefruit, hints of red berries. Um, really quite smoky, much more obviously so upon a swig. Moderately sweet with a creaminess that lightens the texture a bit. Citrus gets a bit lost but pine takes over towards a fairly bitter but not very dry end. Hard to rate - not wholly unpleasant but not right.
Davros (5279) reviewed Ale Caesar Mosaic XPA from Cavalier Beer 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Pours amber with a small head.Nose shows pear, apple, resinous hops, soft fruit confectionery and clean malt.Flavours include tropical fruit, biscuity malt, a bit of a grainy note leading to a metallic bitterness in the finish along with some faint buttery diacetyl.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Ale Caesar Mosaic XPA from Cavalier Beer 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Clear pale amber with a white head. 3+ Expressive aroma of kumquats, earthy red berries, dried mango, bread. Only just creeping up on medium bodied, lowish carbonation. Very clean with a brief but intense burst of fruit and herbs, not much from the malt, then a strongly bitter finish. Herbal and almost sweaty notes join the fruit. Punchy, good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours dark amber with a large lasting head.Nose shows toffee, sultanas, port and rum, caramel, toffee. Very rich.Flavours include more toffee, caramel, some bready and toasty notes, a bit of spicy hops, some golden syrup notes.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Thrice Spiced Porter from Cavalier Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. The "spices" are wattleseed, saltbush, pepperberry. Black, an inch of beige head. Smells bigger than 5.5%. Chocolate, nuts, earthy wattleseed, spice-studded orange. Medium bodied. Some bread, licorice and toffee. Not a lot of roast. Clean with a neatly bitter end. The spices are nice but a wee bit prominent for me. But a cheery and quite involving beer.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The carbonation keeps chunks of pulp floating up and down like a hazy lava lamp. The hops and orange pulp make for some pretty bitter notes - it tastes of orange peel and citrus but also caramel and lots of salt. In fact the dominant aroma is salted caramel rather than the orange. It's the salt that lingers longest, and the alcohol certainly makes its presence known in your throat. It's not the perfect beer, but it's a really great effort at something that's genuinely different.
Davros (5279) reviewed Braggot from Cavalier Beer 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Pours dark brown with a quickly fading head.Nose shows soft honey, grapes, apple, pear and booze.Flavours include light honey, green apple, vegetable notes, solvent-like booze and cereal notes.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Karlton Kraft Lager from Cavalier Beer 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Tap at the Catfish, Melbourne and I won't thank them for serving this. It does them a disservice. If ever there was a beer that demonstrated how overused the word "Craft" or even "Kraft" is.... this is it! Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a thin white head. The aroma is dry cardboard malt, very light hop. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a truly awful dry malt, sickly, sweet, floral dry hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. I really can't find the words to describe this beer. It's bad and then some more. I tasted things in this beer that I've never tasted before and I really hope that I never taste again. I ordered a pot. Four Dollars wasted.