Steamrail Brewing Company

in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

Established in 2013

Contact
800 Toorak Road, Hawthorn, 3123, Australia

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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 26-03-15 - 330ml bottle brought back from Australia by friends. Pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, citrus, orange, pine, grass & malt. Medium body & carbonation. Dry moderate bitter finish. Passably enjoyable as a one off

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2025 at 08:25


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Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2025 at 17:00


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can. Clear light amber with a fading white head. Modest but pleasant aroma with some bread crust, hints of orange and passionfruit. Thinnish but not quite watery. Highish carbonation. Not as sweet as expected but there are hints of toffee as well as light bread. The fruit is subtle but it's clean enough still to register. Dry enough at the end so the moderate bitterness is also enough to register. More grassy/ weedy there than tropical. Steamrail is a Coles supermarket front brand but this is _way_ better than most of this type and a perfectly respectable quaffer.

Tried from Can on 11 Oct 2019 at 11:00


4.8
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4

Bottle from a downtown Melbourne Liqourland. Poured a clear medium amber with a short-lived fizzy white head. The aroma is toffee caramel malt, burnt treacle. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, earthy leather, mineral, metallic hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2019 at 16:10


5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Bottle from a downtown Melbourne Liqourland. Poured a crystal clear light golden straw colour with a short-lived fizzy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, mineral, light woody hop. The flavour is light bitter, with a light watery, malt, mineral, light metallic hop bitter palate. Light bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2019 at 16:09


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5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle from a downtown Melbourne Liqourland. Poured a clear orange amber colour with a short-lived, fizzy white head. The aroma is malt, skunky yeast, light toffee, light hop. The flavour is light to moderate bitter, with a light, crisp, malt, watery, cardboard yeast, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average to lively carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2019 at 15:20


4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

330ml bottle from Liquorland, Hurstville. Watery very pale yellow colour, white foam head and fruity apple aroma, abit artificial. Taste is fruity, apple, juicy, tangy, with a mineral note. Light bodied, fine foamy carbonation, short dryish finish. Abit too artificial.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2017 at 03:42


4.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

330ml bottle into pint glass. Made from ’New Zealand Cider concentrate’! Pours a pale pale yellow with a bubbly white head which lingers a little. Faint tangy apple nose. High carbonation. Spritzy mouthfeel, quite dry taste. Finish has umami notes which linger too long. Ok to drink if you’re hot and thirsty otherwise no.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2016 at 23:09


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle into schooner glass. Summer ale in the middle of winter! Fresh hop nose with a touch of malt sweetness. Clear golden amber beer, diminishing white head. Medium carbonation. Light body with crisp hop bitterness. Finish is slightly sour and citric. Designed to be drank quickly. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2015 at 01:23


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle into schooner glass. Golden copper colour with two finger white head. Distant malt nose. Medium carbonation. Slightly bitter watery taste with a bit of malt sweetness and a tiny touch of floral hops in the finish. No world beater but not bad. If this was brewed by 3 guys in a shed out the back of Bungendore people would rate it higher. But it’s made by the biggest company in Australia (Wesfarmers) so confirmation bias is a factor in most Steamrail ratings.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2015 at 01:36