Phillip Island Brewing Co

in Cowes, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺


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7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
15/10/2022. Draught at Rusty Waters Brewery (aka Philip Island Brewery), Philip Island. Pours hazy golden orange with a small frothy white head. Aroma is fruity citrus, tropical and piney. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Moderate body, average carbonation. Pretty decent.
Tried on 15 Oct 2022 at 02:53

7.5/10 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

6.4/10 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

5.8/10 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

7.5/10 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

7.2/10 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

8.2/10 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

8.1/10 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

7.5/10 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

6/10 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