6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From a 375ml can on 14/7/2019 (ABV listed as 7% not 7.5%). Pours a deep brown witgh a medium tan head. The nose features roasted malt , a bit of coffee and some fridge like notes. Taste wise, you get lots of roasted and burnt malt up fronty, a bit of coffee, and nuts and smokiness, followed by some pretty firm hops, with a slight saltiness at the back. Medium bodied with average carbonation. As others have observed, this is more a black IPA than a porter. Has a fair bit of character but could use some more sweetness to balance things out. Just okay.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2019
at 05:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint on tap at Basement Brewhouse, Bankstown. Brown beer with a foamy white head. Nose is very sweet caramel. Medium body with a bit of sparkle in the mouthfeel. Taste is mildly bitter and fruity. A real quaffer, well balanced.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2019
at 08:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From a 375ml can on 26/6/2019. Pours near black with a small to medium tan head. The smell is roasty, with some chocolate and light coffee. Tastes of dark and milk chocolate, caramel and burnt toffee, a touch of coffee and spice, with some berries, dried fruit and roasted/burnt malt, finishing with a moderate bitterness. Has just a hint of booze. Fullish body with a slightly syrupy texture, and moderate carbonation. Tasty enough and reasonably well done, but not really my kind of impy.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2019
at 11:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375mL can, pours jet black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out plenty of roasted malt, with gentle cocoa, maybe a touch of espresso. Flavour is along the same lines, with a hearty, robust roasted malt character, with some dark cocoa, and some gentle espresso in back. Nice and roasty, without being too brutal. By the books, but very competently done. Great stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2019
at 04:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Black with 2cms of brown head that slowly fades to a fat coat. Roasty aroma with mocha, hints of pine and spice. Full bodied, short of oily Smooth with lowish carbonation. Holds the alcohol well. Rich malt with more chocolate than coffee, some pear. Spice from yeast rather than hops I'd guess. Some solventy piney notes that don't really fit for mine join towards the firmly bitter finish. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2019
at 12:36
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pout red-tinged copper with a large lasting head.Nose shows caramel, toffee, bready nad biscuity malt, with piny, spicy and earthy hops in the background.Flavours include more caramel and toffee, bready notes, and a bit of spicy and earthy hops.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2019
at 08:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
375ml can as gift from Australia. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma is pine and fruity. Taste mid to long bitter. Rich body.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2019
at 23:00
6/10
Never seen a can with a full pop top before.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2019
at 15:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From a 375ml can on 4/3/2019 (ABV listed as 7.0%, not 6.7%). Pours a slightly hazy golden with a small head. Has a pleasant tropical fruit, honeyed nose. Flavour wise, there's lots of biscuit malt, citrus, stone and tropical fruit, and a quite firm hoppy finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Curiously described as Crankshaft's little sister on here. But this is, imho, markedly better and bolder than Crankshaft. Extremely tasty and really well balanced. A very pleasant surprise.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2019
at 11:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at The Local Taphouse. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a tan head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma has a combination of onion and pine with a bit of bread backing. Flavor has a combination of grass, pine and onion with a grain note underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2019
at 13:50