Phillip Island Brewing Co

in Cowes, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺


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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

A very nice stout with aromas of coffee, toast, aniseed and caramel. Nice mouthfeel.

Tried on 24 Apr 2022 at 11:53


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours clear gold, large lasting head.Nose shows toffee, butterscotch, and soft nectarine/peach.Flavours include more toffee/butterscotch diacetyl notes along with soft peach and spicy hops.

Tried on 26 Mar 2022 at 06:07


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Aromas of biscuit, honey and malt. A bit of spice and stonefruit too. There's a fair bit of grapefruit in the mouth which actually overwhelms all of those lovely amber flavours a bit. The palate's a little thin too. Starts really well, finishes a little weaker.

Tried on 24 Apr 2021 at 11:50


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

A very nice APA. Aromas of pine, coriander, lemon and bread. Full bodied with a fruity, bitter taste and a nice stone fruit and apple finish.

Tried on 14 Jan 2021 at 09:58


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Pours gold with a fading head.Nose shows peach, pear, apple, soft biscuity malt.Flavours include biscuity malt some spicy and herbal hops, a bit of pear and grape.

Tried on 27 Mar 2020 at 10:16


8.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Pours black with a rapidly fading head.Nose shows red wine notes, oak and funk, some roasted malt and toasty notes.Flavours include more funky notes and red wine, a bit of roasted malt, some bready malt. Some red berry notes too.

Tried on 24 Mar 2020 at 09:43


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours black with a lasting tan head.Nose shows cocoa, nutty and bready malt, light liquorice.Flavours include more nutty malt, cocoa, dry roasted notes, a bit of a bready/grainy note in the finish and some subtle spicy hops.

Tried on 18 Feb 2020 at 10:47


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

Pours brown with a large off-white head.Nose shows toasty and bready malt, nutty notes, some cocoa.Flavours include more nutty and toasty notes, some light grainy malt, and a lengthy malty finish that lingers forever.Carbonation seems a bit over the top.

Tried on 04 Feb 2020 at 11:27


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pours explosively, then a quickly fading head.Nose shows cocoa, nutty malt, bready notes, spicy hops.Flavours include more bready and nutty malt, a bit of herbal hops, then more toasty melanoidin notes.

Tried on 26 Jan 2020 at 12:59


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Nose shows herbal and spicy hops, some grassy notes, and a bit of biscuity malt.Flavours include some biscuity malt with caramel notes, spicy hops, herbal notes, tangerine, and an assertive bitterness.

Tried on 02 Jan 2020 at 08:33