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Just two mates having a crack at every possible beer they can conceive. Unapologetically bold and uncompromising in their quest for full flavour and quality.
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
375ml can from Beer Barrel, Chippendale, Sydney. Reddish pink-orange colour, short-lived bubble pink foam head and aroma of honey, flowery, rosella & cherry notes. Taste is sweet and tart, honey, biscuity, floral, herby, with cherry and some cranberry-like rosella notes. Medium bodied, light carbonation, sweet & drying finish with rosella & cherry hints. Quite OK
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Barrel
on 31 Jul 2026
at 09:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
500ml can from Beer Barrel, Chippendale, Sydney. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of honey, toffee, caramel, red wine note. Taste is sweet, honey, butterscotch, some juicy red wine notes, with caramel, biscuit, and warming booze. Medium bodied, light carbonation, sweet rich honey red wine & earthy boozey finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Barrel
on 30 Jul 2026
at 09:21
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Amber with an off white head that doesn't last. Brooding aroma of red wine on the turn, apricots, cherry reduction, hard spices. A little lighter bodied than guessed. Nicely judged sourness doesn't overstay its welcome or overwhelm the fruit - as much cherry and grape as apricot. Gentle oak. Good.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2026
at 13:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Clear deep gold with an inch of white head. Aroma of citrus, slightly funky dough, hard spices, apricots. Soft dough and fruit is met with firm phenolic spices - cloves, bark - and a fairly dry and just about bitter enough finish. Very good.
Tried
from
Otter's Promise
on 23 May 2026
at 14:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Strong aromas of caramel, chocolate, vanilla and raisins. In the mouth of had a bit of a burnt flavour, which knocks out down a peg. Overly bunt caramel panacotta.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2026
at 07:41
4.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Aromas of pine and - yes- burnt rubber! Similar in the mouth. Just not working for me
Tried
on 14 Mar 2026
at 07:23
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
As it says on the tin. Really comes into its own as it warms up, which is unusual for a pilsener. My kind of sour (i.e. not really a sour).
Tried
on 14 Mar 2026
at 07:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aromas of pineapple, passionfruit, orange peel and sweet biscuit. It's for a really soft mouthfeel, and I get some mango and lemon in addition to the other flavours. Delightful, and dangerously easy to drink at 7%
Tried
on 14 Mar 2026
at 06:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
From a 500ml can on 14/3/2026. Pours a deep amber with a small to medium head. Has a rich and lovely caramel cake nose. Never had a dessert red before but this definitely has a strong pastry element to it - really strong choc caramel cake leading into a really firm and lingering bitterness at the back. The palate is slick and thickish with average carbonation. Presents every bit of it's 7.5% and perhaps a bit more. Really unusual and intense, but comes together really nicely. One is plenty though.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 14 Mar 2026
at 04:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours a clear reddy amber with a medium head. The nose is lightly malty with some fridge notes. Tastes of toast and biscuit malt and citrus fruit with some nutty notes, finishing with a firmish bitterness. Fullish body with average carbonation. A solid red IPA.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 28 Jan 2026
at 05:42