6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle into shaker. Crystal clear golden beer with tightly packed foamy white head. Good lacing. Medium carbonation. Lots of fruit in the nose, some pepper too. Full bodied, oily texture. Taste and finish are bitter and fruity. Antiseptic, alcohol, and earth are apparent later on. It really is a big beer which demands big respect. Obviously not a quaffer, a sipping beer that tastes better with smoked cheese.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2018
at 10:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From a 500ml bottle on 22/1/2018. Pours a clear golden with a big head which disappears quickly. There's some caramel and candied fruit in the nose. Taste wise, there a good dollop of sweet caramel malt and muted tropical and stone fruit, along with some fruit lollies. This is met by a pretty assertive, slightly medicinal, chemical bitterness. The palate is slick and the carbonation. Okay but the bitterness is slightly harsh, making it a touch unbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2018
at 05:06
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at the Birmingham Hotel, Melbourne. Poured a clear straw colour with a frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma light grainy malt, light citrus fruit. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet with a dry crisp, grainy malt, watery grassy hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2018
at 06:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served on cask handpump at the Brewpub, Manly. Pours clear copper amber with an off white top with lacing. Aroma: earth, bread, caramel, straw. Taste: light sweet, light bitter, light to moderate malty, caramel, light citrus, fruity hops. Light to medium body, frothy car, smooth mouthfeel, dry light bitter finish. A very accomplished English best bitter
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2018
at 19:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at 4 Pines Brewpub, Manly. Pours clear amber with an off white head. Aroma: toffee & caramel malt, toast, nuts, dried fruits. Taste: moderate malty, light to moderate sweet, caramel, toffee, nuts, raisins, herbal hops. Light to medium body, moderate carb, dryish lingering bitter finish. Overall possibly a little too sweet for the style but it was very drinkable all the same
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jan 2018
at 18:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at the brewpub in Manly. Pours yellow golden with a white top. Aroma: biscuit malts, fruity hop notes, no real arom@ of chillis. Taste: crisp, pale malts, lightly floral but the overriding flavour is the chilli aftertaste, leaves a tang in the throat. Light bodied, soft carb, dryish finish
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2018
at 20:29
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at the brewpub in Manly. Pours hazy pale gold with a white head. Aroma: sweetish, wheat, cereal malts, bread, light banana & clove. Taste: light sweet, yeasty, floral, citrus, light esters, banana & clove. Light bodied, frothy carb, light sweet slightly bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2018
at 20:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the brewpub in Manly. Pours clear dark red amber with a white top. Aroma: sweet malts, bread, caramel, dried fruits. Taste: light sweet, moderate malty, caramel malts, fruity, hints of toffee, caramel, spices. Medium bodied, average carb, soft dry bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2018
at 20:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the brewpub in Manly. Pours clear yellow golden with a white head. Aroma: Grain & cereal malts, light tropical fruit, a little pine. Taste: light bitter, moderate malty, crisp, clean, citrus, light pine. Light bodied, moderate carb, dry, light bitter finish. Refreshing but run of the mill
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2018
at 19:56
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On keg at The Australian Hotel, The Rocks, Sydney. Pours lightly hazed pale golden with a white head. Aroma of dough, cereal malts, light citrus. Taste is light bitter with biscuits malts & citrus, mainly lemon. Light to medium body, moderate carb. Dry light bitter finish
Tried
on 03 Jan 2018
at 23:22