4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Pale amber, huge white head that collapses to an inch. Very high bead. Grainy aroma with some pears. Taste has grain and fruit sweetness and insufficient and indistinct bitterness. Rather dull. Better listed as a golden ale in my view.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2010
at 05:58
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pours dark amber with a white suddy head.Nose shows next to no hops, just some faint grassy notes. Some sweet caramel is noticeable, but it seems stale. Some sulfur and vegetal characters put the final nail in the coffin.More of that dirty malt shows up as a flavour but, in a redeeming note, the caramel is more noticeable. Finishes with a very mild, plain bitterness.Low carbonation, body is too heavy in my opinion.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2010
at 20:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours dark copper with ruby tints and a small head.Nose shows faint malt with caramel and dark confectionery notes but unfortunately there’s a metallic hint. Later on some darker toasty notes become apparent.Flavours are more focussed towards dark malt than the aroma with plenty of nutty chocolate malt but are still very sweet. Some spicy hops are noticeable and are followed by a gentle bitterness with some roasted character.Carbonation is too high for the flavours in my opinion.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2010
at 19:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From a 330ml bottle on 8/3/2010. Note the label on my bottle states the Alc/Vol is 6.1% rather than 6.7%. Has a rather subdued malty aroma which doesn’t give much of a hint to the flavour to come. There is a lot happening when it hits the mouth - roasted (almost burned) malt, chocolate, a hint of nuts, and a curious dash of lemon. Some sweetness balanced by a good whack of bitterness. Not too bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2010
at 21:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Clear dark red brown with no head. Not a very distinctive aroma but definite hints of toffee and coffee. Thick creamy palate. Flavours of dark malts, chocolate, caramel, with no obvious hop bitterness, but some burnt bitter notes. A reasonable beer, but not very special and didn’t seem to really all work together well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2009
at 03:57
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours dark copper. A finger and a half of beige head, fades to half that. Smells of caramel and resin. Quite carbonated. Dried fruit giving way to coffee and semi-bitter chocolate. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2009
at 04:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hazy amber with good off-white head. Aroma of floral hops with maybe a hint of citrus. Medium body, light carbonation. Malty with a nice floral hoppy reasonably bitter finish. A decent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2009
at 10:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught at the brewpub. Hazily nut brown, small creamy head. Obvious toffee aroma. Sweet, caramelly and generously malty. Full bodied with plenty of roasty malt and somewhat syrupy mouthfeel. Notes of peppery alcohol. A warming beer, which may not be the best option for a hot summer night in Sydney.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2006
at 00:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at the brewpub. Hazy chestnut brown. Roasty malt aroma. A dryish beer dominated by roasty malt, creates strong coffeelike flavours. A careful hop rate lets the malt flavours dominate and results in low bitterness.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2006
at 00:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at the brewpub. Cloudy pale amber. Spicy hop aroma. Medium sweet with clean, rounded mouthfeel. The finish is somewhat soapy, but holds a nice bitterness. A pleasant uncomplicated beer.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2006
at 00:18