6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Dark copper pour with a creamy off-white head.Aroma shows lots of sweet caramel, but also quite a bit of hops, with lots of resin, mint, and earthy notes. Quite interesting!Flavours are dominated by rich malt and soft alcohol. Lots of treacle, smoky peat and nutty notes, with little of the hops present in the aroma. Very rich, the alcohol if pretty full on.Very thick chewy body, which suit the beer well.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2009
at 02:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours a very hazy copper/orange with a nice persistent cream head leaving nice lacing.Very sharp hoppy aroma, lots of grapefruit, pine and spicy notes. A hint of tropical fruit later, namely pineapple. Sweet caramel malt evident underneath. Hops is to sharp, I would have liked more sweet fruit or resiny notes.Flavours follow in the footsteps of the aroma: aggressively hoppy, with little in the way of supporting malt. Some hints of grapefruit and caramel. The finish is impressively long-lasting though.Good rich body, carbonation is a bit full-on though.Needs more crystal malt or similar to balance the almost medicinal bitterness.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2009
at 01:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Another one of the high points of the beers I tried during my Australian trip. This one was just the right combination of bitter and sweet--not too strong, but right in the middle. Very interesting brownish-yellow color, with a fairly thick head and a nice aroma. Variety of fruity flavor notes. A very clean and refreshing beer.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2009
at 21:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. I didn’t pour this carefully enough - it’s very dark and I got a fair amount of the sediment, which did settle out in the glass after a while. So initially it was a muddy brown, but it cleared to a deep red brown. There was little head. Rich malty aroma. Full body, almost oily, with very light carbonation. Flavour was predominantly rich alt with a dark toffee or treacle taste. There was a reasonable amount of complexity and some bitterness to balance the sweetness. An enjoyable drink, but not an every day drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2008
at 08:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Poured golden amber with no head. The aroma was light, reasonably complex and pleasant. The dominant aromas for me were floral hops and fruitiness (lychees?) with some malty / bread notes. The palate was pleasant: light / thin with moderate carbonation - easy to quaff. The flavour was lightly malty with prominent floral hops and some fruit notes (berry, orange?). It has an excellent long clean crisp bitter finish. As an ex-pat pom, I have to say I agree with Stew41 that it reminded me of Timothy Taylors Landlord which is one of my favourite English beers. An excellent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2008
at 05:52