Oakes (33770) reviewed Golden Bitter from Sweetwater Brewing (AUS) 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Actually cloudy amber with a very effervescent character, foaming over. Earthy caramelly, a mellow hop note, and overall a respectable, if inchoate, bitter.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Summer Ale from Sweetwater Brewing (AUS) 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Cloudy and pale with a big head. The aroma is quite toasty. Balanced but the beer gets tart late on the palate, which is a bit of an issue.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Summer Ale from Sweetwater Brewing (AUS) 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft. Hazy amber color, medium white head. Aroma is fruity with a bit of grass and citrus. Taste is malt forward, with a slight bitter finish. OK.
DreamAudit (3935) reviewed Pale Ale from Sweetwater Brewing (AUS) 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From a 330ml bottle on 25/6/2012. Pours a murky amber with the tiniest head which disappears almost immediately. Has a slight fruity, yeasty aroma. The flavour is primarily citrus and stone fruit with some more yeasty notes. Finishes with a medium bitterness. The carbonation is a touch high. Has a bit of a home brew feel to it. This is okay but there are plenty of better Australian pales out there.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Porter from Sweetwater Brewing (AUS) 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Crisp clear cola coloured body with a ridiculously thick tan head that shows a lot of glistening microbubbles - but huge for sure. Aroma of raisins, earthy malt, plums and prunes and a good dose of sugars tossed in the mix. Medium-bodied; Assertive plum and raisin flavour at first with a touch of tobacco and smoke with a touch of a meaty flavour at the end - all with some good sweetness and a little malty bite. Aftertaste shows more of the meaty and tobacco flavours than anything else, but some of the sweetness comes out as well. Overall, not such a great beer, but some interesting flavour combinations and a great way to celebrate an amazing Australian Open 2012 final between Nadal & Djokovic. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from just down the street from Rod Laver Arena at Slowbeer in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 31-December-2009 for AU$3.50 sampled at home in Washington on 29-January-2012.
DreamAudit (3935) reviewed Porter from Sweetwater Brewing (AUS) 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
From a 330ml bottle on 20/7/2011. Pours dark with a medium head. Has a nice strong chocolate aroma with a dash of coffee. There’s more chocolate in the mouth, with some cherry and a mild roastiness. The carbonation is spot on. All up, this is a good, solid, well balanced porter. Rating 3.6.
Re-rate 23/7/2013. Not nearly as good as the in initial rating. The aroma and the flavour are quite subdued and the texture is a little thin. Just okay the second time around.
hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed Porter from Sweetwater Brewing (AUS) 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Opaque dark brown with a decent tan head. Smells of mild roasted malt, cherries, hay and a little cheese. Taste has some roast malt, licorice and coffee. Thin body, short finish. Sharp carbonation. A bit between two stools - it has neither the gentle mouth-filling touch of lighter porters nor the bracing firmness of more roasty ones.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, pours amber with a ridiculously huge beige head. Ended up pouring out of pint glass into a monster tulip and letting it sit for a while, which tamed the carbonation a bit. Smells of toasty caramel and lots of grass and resin. Taste is quite bitter backed by firm caramel and toasted malts. Not very English at all, but I suppose it fits as an ESB. Odd, but pretty harmonious.
hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed Pale Ale from Sweetwater Brewing (AUS) 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, 10C. Pours light amber with a large beige head that subsides a fair bit. High bead. Sweet malty nose with a whiff of pretty stylish hops - there’s grass, grapefruit, flowers and pine. A bit of metal, too. The taste is rather more towards the sweet end - it’s got caramel and some hard-to-pick fruit (rockmelon?), but there are still some tasty hops there. Pretty good.
DreamAudit (3935) reviewed Summer Ale from Sweetwater Brewing (AUS) 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
From a 330ml bottle on 17/1/2010. Pours cloudy with quite a bit of yeast sediment, a little like Coopers Sparkling. Nose is quite fruity and distinctive. Taste wise, it’s just a little too sweet for the tiny touch of lemony bitterness at the end, and doesn’t have a whole lot of character. Okay, but certainly nothing to write home about.