DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Blowhard Pale from Bright Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From a 330ml bottle on 15/5/2010. Pours a slightly opaque golden orange colour with a lasting head. The aroma is floral and fruity (citrus and grapefruit) with some grassiness. Flavour wise, you get sweet fruitiness, with some honey and caramel malt. Finishes with an assertive grapefruit bitterness. Comes across as a bit of an APA/IPA hybrid. Quite an unusual brew but a pretty good one.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Razor Witbier from Bright Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Hazy orange with a large white head. Aroma of oranges and lemons, lemon delicious, coriander seed. Taste has sharp lemon - almost like a squeeze of juice, very light wheat sourness and a little grain sweetness. I’ve had this before (IIRC I bought some from the brewery) and it was nowhere near this good. I guess this is a really fresh one.
Davros (5279) reviewed Hellfire Ale from Bright Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Pours dark amber with a lasting small head.Nose is faint, but shows some banana and apples along with some floral hops.Lots of toasty nutty flavours add a new dimension with some of that banana following through. Unfortunately the malt is slightly grainy.Carbonation is too high.
Davros (5279) reviewed Razor Witbier from Bright Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Pours pale gold with a small head.Nose shows coriander and doughy notes with orange peel evident later. Subtle.Similar flavours but there’s also some annoying grainy malt in there.Good light body and moderately high carbontion.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Hellfire Ale from Bright Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Amber, large fluffy beige head. Very high bead. Mild aroma of caramel, grass and spice. Taste is mild caramel sweetness with touches of fruit with modest bitterness. There’s a slight burnt wood note and a little butter. Drying finish has more bitterness. Not going to set the world on fire, but a tasty enough session beer from the bottom of the Victorian snowfields.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Hellfire Ale from Bright Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
From a 330ml bottle on 13/5/2010. Has a slightly unusual, almost sour smell to it. Doesn’t present as a typical amber ale. Actually has a fair bit of taste to it, and is almost a little lemony. Extremely big on the hops for this style. An interesting attempt, but it doesn’t quite come together for me.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Staircase Porter from Bright Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Dark brown. Admittedly I poured this into a tulip, but a crazily huge tan head - it was well out of bottle when I started to pour. Aroma of roasted malt, tart apple juice and chocolate. Tastes sweet then quite sour, with some coffee bitterness and apple sourness/ acidity at the finish. Medium body. Some toasted nut and soy sauce, too. A bit wacky, but I liked it.
Davros (5279) reviewed Staircase Porter from Bright Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pours dark brown with a small tan head.Nose shows masses of dark chocolate, sweet licquorice, roasted barley, and unfortunately, some salty vegemite. Very rich.Flavours are overshadowed by that some salty, tangy vegemite note, almost sour. There’s a fair bit of roasted barley in there and an assertive roasty bitterness follows. But its all partially ruined by that wierd, salty, tangy flavour.Rich, creamy carbonation, but a little full-on.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Fainters Dubbel from Bright Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Vaguely murky caramel, no head to speak of - fairly ugly beer. Nose has roasty, chocolatey and caramel malts and some pine. Not obviously going to be sweet. Quite syrupy texture. Raisins, prunes and red berries. Brief spicy and chewy finish. Hides its alcohol quite well. Just enough yeastiness to keep it from being sickly. I’m not convinced that I like this style much, but I like this pretty well.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Blowhard Pale from Bright Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Hazy yellow, very large white head. Vigorous bubbles. Looks like a wheat beer. Dry aroma with zesty grapefruit. Taste is initially dominated by citrus. Some hay-like malts, but feels a bit thin. Once the citrus kick wears down a little the second half of the bottle started to taste more balanced and interesting.