4.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2025
at 06:21
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2025
at 07:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
There's an aroma of milk chocolate and teddy bear biscuit, plus a strong rye note. Has a delightful mouthfeel with some strong pine needles and citrus to balance out the malty flavours. A delightful sipper that went down a little too fast and had me reeling.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 11:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Smells a little like a block of Cadbury hazelnut milk chocolate, with some slightly burnt toast as well. Palate is slightly thinner than I'd like, but the flavour is nice - toast, nuts and chocolate, with some light citrusy bitterness as well.
Tried
on 07 Nov 2025
at 11:55
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
From a 440ml can on 1/11/2025 (from Ed with thanks, shared with Ed and Butz).Pours near black with a biggish medium tan head. The nose features dark chocolate, coffee and some light roasty, against a fairly strong bourbon background. Taste wise, it's more bitter/sweet dark chocolate, with lots of berry notes (particularly raspberry), some plum and dried fruits, with a qite strong, boozy bitterness that lingers. The palate is syrupy the carbonation average. A complex and satisfying fireside sipper.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2025
at 06:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Aromas of orange, biscuit, caramel and grass are very promising, but the taste is overwhelmed by a harsh bitterness that masks pretty much every other flavour. I'm not scared of bitterness, so it's not horrible but it feels like they just cocked this one up a bit (which they kind of acknowledge on the label, referring to a "marching bitterness").
Tried
on 25 Oct 2025
at 09:37
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
From a 440ml can on 14/10/2025. Pours a very deep brown with a medium tan head. The nose features dark chocolate, some fridge notes, and a good whiff of piney hops. Tastes of dark chocolate, coffee, caramel, dried fruit and a hint of Vegemite, leading into a firmish pine/resin bitterness, with a touch of roastiness in the mix. Fullish body with average carbonation. Doesn't present as big as 8.5%. Really nicely balanced and very enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 14 Oct 2025
at 08:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
Can. Pale gold, a 2cm white head. Soft fruity and spicy aroma with light crackers. Very light bodied. Some apricot, spices, modest bitterness. A bit too empty in the middle where you'd hope it would be round. But OK.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2025
at 10:57
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2025
at 05:48
6.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 24 Sep 2025
at 10:59