Leighton (34941) reviewed Canis Major IIPA from Barossa Valley Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can shared in London - cheers! Pours hazy orange with a creamy topping. Faded pine in he nose, ripe citrus. Medium sweet flavour, rich pine, alcoholic, grains. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Warming finish, resinous, more pine, grass, orange peel. So so.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Canis Major IIPA from Barossa Valley Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
21st March 2018
Craft Angel. Dan's 10K boostfest. Thanks to Dave for the can. Hazy deep gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth dry malts, little spicy grain, light dry creamy sweetness. Tangy citrus and citric peel. Light dry spicy finish. Okay.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Canis Major IIPA from Barossa Valley Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
330ml can into pint glass. BIG nose of lemongrass, something sweet, and pepper. Looks like murky creek water with zero head and light carbonation. Fizzy and sweet with toast and weak fruit flavours in the finish. Easy-drinking but ephemeral.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Pours copper, large head.Nose shows smoked malt, campfire, bready melanoidin notes.Flavours include more beechwood smoked malt, sweet bready malt and herbal, spicy and grassy hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Pours amber with a large, slowly fading head.Nose shows stonefruit, lychee, melon, and passion fruit. Some soft bready and caramel-like malt underneath.Flavours include more stonefruit, some fruit confectionery, and a slight cardboard-like malt character as well as a bit of honey.Carbonation seems a bit aggressive.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can 330ml (BB 17.04.2018 -labelled Canis Major IIPA). Hazy, amber colour. Big, yellowish head, good lacing. Aroma is malty with caramel and toast notes, heavy, in sweet way with a lot of hops with tropical fruits note behind. Medium to high bitternes is balanced by malty body. Beer is dry, bitter at the begining and full of sweetness at the end. There is also delicate booze which burns in the throat so it seems that bitterness is long and aggresive but should be in beer with more than 100 IBU. Very good IIPA, quite light and drinkable like for 8 ABV.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From a 330ml bottle on 197/2017. Pours a clamber with a small to medium head. The nose features smoky bacon and some campfire ash. In the mouth, it’s peaty, meaty and smoky as you’d expect, with some sweet caramel and moderate to firm roasty bitterness finishing things off. Medium bodied with average carbonation. An enjoyable smoked beer which exhibits nice balance.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml can into schooner glass. Hazy golden bronze beer with thin white head. Many tiny bubbles. Faint malt nose with an fainter background of peat. Sweet smoky flavour. Finish is long with lingering earthy bushfire notes. Nice enough but there are better Australian Rauchbiers around.
TedE (2767) reviewed Choc & Coffee Stout from Barossa Valley Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
330ml can into tulip. As ’Chocolate Coffee Stout’ 7%. At room temperature. Totally opaque blackness with a frothy tan-coloured head. Aroma of chocolate coffee creams, very sweet. Flat smooth mouthfeel, taste is bitter dark chocolate which carries over into the finish before a final touch of berries and coffee finishes it all off. Nice and understated. Alcohol not noticeable.