hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed M.I.A. IPA from Bright Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
[7/15] Bottle. Amber with an inch of white head that lasts all the way. Big noseful of hops: loads of tropical fruit (passionfruit, lychee, guava), hashish, a touch of menthol, grass, singed toffee. Very sweet and fairly plain toffee, creamy texture. Waves of resin, tropical fruit, grass, pepper. Bitterness is only enough really to clean up the sweetness. A bit on the sweet side for me but very good indeed. [3.9] [10/16] Really very sweet but delightful. [4/18] Perhaps less dopey and even more fruity this time. I like the way eventually there's just pepper.
Davros (5279) reviewed Stubborn Russian 2014 from Bright Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Pours black with a small tan head.Nose shows cocoa, coffee grounds, liquorice and heavy roasted malt.Very roasty flavours, quite dry, somewhat boozy. Almost acrid. Some coffee notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
So it seems this version has some of a stock ale aged in a whisky barrel blended into it. Bottle. Black with an inch of tan head that lasts well. Fruity and earthy aroma with chocolate, plums, muscat, whisky, fruitcake spices. Taste has mocha, whisky, spices and an interesting sour plum/ berry note that’s a little astringent. Fairly bitter and a bit ashy at the end. Like this a little less than the old version as it is now, but this may well be spectacular in a couple of years.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Smoko Rauchbier from Bright Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Lovely clear bronze with an off white head that soon retreats to the rim. Aroma of rich toffee and smoke is straightforward and good. Lowish carbonation - wouldn’t have minded just a tad more. Sweet with gentle bitterness. Woody rather than hammy smoke. Would’ve like a little of a deeper bottom layer in the malts. Nowhere to hide with this sort of thing and it’s pretty convincing.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Pilot Light from Bright Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity). Cloudy amber with a few bubbles. Aroma of peach, pears, caramel. I’m a couple of days late to the party, so perhaps it’s lost condition: anyway it’s completely flat. But still tastes pretty fresh and like a pretty good session bitter. Lightish bodied and summery, but not watery. Fruit as in te aroma, along with some bread crust. Fairly dry at the end with moderate bitterness.
omhper (44752) reviewed Pilot Light from Bright Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at The Local Taphouse, Melbourne. Cloudy copper colour. Englisg style cask bitter character with a bit of strawberry and caramel. Mid dry with sofy mouthfeel and light, yet firm body. Earth, caramel and red berries and spice. mid bitter finish. Nice English style low gravity cask bitter.
Davros (5279) reviewed M.I.A. IPA from Bright Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours amber with a fading head.Nose shows lychees, papaya, rockmelon along with fruit confectionery. A fair whack of sweet clean malt underneath.Full-on flavours. Big fruity notes along with truckloads of sweet clean malt roll through followed by an aggressive bitterness.Carbonation could be a little higher.
omhper (44752) reviewed Stubborn Russian from Bright Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled, thanks baggio! Near black, small beige head. Rich aroma of coffee, brandy and licorice. Mid sweet with medium-full body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Coffee folllowed by a pepperyu alcohol finish.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Stubborn Russian from Bright Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 13C. 2013 version is 9.1%, not 7.5%. Black with an inch of light tan head that gradually fades to a fat coat and laces well. Aroma of mocha, blackberries, burnt toffee, some earthy and herbal notes. Silky texture, lowish carbonation. Rather sweet with toffee and mocha, berries, licorice, some ash, light grassy/ herbal notes in brooding bitterness. Aroma made me think there was going to some astringency there at the end, but no. Big, but alcohol is well-integrated: no heat at all. A little on the sweet side for me, but a fine stout. that’s harmonious and interesting.
gnoff (11188) reviewed Stubborn Russian from Bright Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught at Beer DeLuxe, Melbourne. On July 25, 2013.Black color, brown head. Sweet, liqourice, toffee taste. Toffee, sweet aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Sweet, malty scent.