7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can. Clear mid brown, a beige head is soon less than a coat. Aroma of dried fruit, spices, dough - pretty recognisably the Chimay yeast. Lacks the rumble of the Blue but nice taut dough, dried fruit (perhaps a little much banana for me), spices that resist heavy-handedness. In that zone of strong for what it offers/ hides the alcohol well. Impressive.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2026
at 13:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
From a 440ml can on 23/12/2025 (shared with Ed and Butz. Pours a dark amber with pretty much no head. The nose is typical big Belgian yeast and fruit. It's vey Chimay Blue on the sip. Plummy, with dark and dried fruit, yeasty, finishing with a moderate bitterness and a hint of warming booze. The plate is lightly syrupy and carbonation softish to moderate. A very nicely put together homage to a classic.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2025
at 05:30
8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 9
From a 440ml can on 18/12/2025. A collab from Canberra's best brewery and best beer shop! Pours a cloudy medium golden with a biggish head. The nose is bright, with tropical fruit (pineapple and melon) dominating. It's kind oat creamy on the sip, with sweet pineapple, passionfruit, melon with some lemon presenting in a modest bitterness. Has a pillowy mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. This a cracker - super tasty and super smashable.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 18 Dec 2025
at 12:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
From a 440ml can on 7/12/2025. Pours a hazy lightish golden with a medium head. The nose is firmly tropical. Tastes of a mish-mash of fruit - pineapple, passionfruit, white grape, lemon and lime, with a moderate tangy bitterness finishing proceedings. Silky mouthfeel with moderate to average carbonation. Bold, yet cohesive, and goes down a treat. Canberra's best brewery delivers again.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 07 Dec 2025
at 04:46
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
From a 440ml can on 3/12/2025. Pours a hazy milky golden with a smallish head. The nose features peach, passionfruit and candied fruit. It's lovely and cohesive on the sip - more peach and passionfruit and orange, leading into a nice mildish tangy bitterness, with a hint of spice. Pillowy mouthfeel with average to lively carbonation. Moreish, excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2025
at 09:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 440ml can on 27/11/2025. Pours deep brown with barely any head. The nose features stewed fruit with some Belgian yeastiness. Tastes quite sweet up front, fruit again to the fore, with dates, berries and red grape, mixed in with some brown sugar. Finishes with a decent, very lightly sour bitterness. Not heard of a Munich wine before, but this presents as a very fruit forward barleywine for mine. Slightly syrupy mouthfeel with average. Pretty easy drinking for the size. Different and enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 27 Nov 2025
at 10:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Munichwine, huh. Can. Pretty much black, large light tan head lasts OK. Aroma of stewed fruit, bread, brown sugar, spices. Toasty with dried and stewed fruit, grape skins, decent bitterness. Perhaps not surprisingly, very Doppelbockish. The finish is drying and nicely bitter and it really keeps it drinkable. Perhaps doesn't quite justify its strength but pretty good.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2025
at 12:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
From a 440ml can on 9/11/2025. Pours a clear deep amber with a small, disappearing head. The nose is malty, with lots of caramel, toffee and treacle. On the sip, there's more caramel and toffee, with lots of golden syrup, a good dash of raisins and dates, and a hint of apple, with strong, spicy, lingering bitterness. The palate is syrupy but the body lightish for the size, with moderate carbonation. The brewer asks the drinkers to guess the style. I'm convinced it's a barley wine, so have entered it on here as such. And it's a very good one too.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 09 Nov 2025
at 07:59
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
From a 440ml can on 28/10/2025. Pours a cloudy pale golden with a big foamy white head. The nose is very citrussy - sharp and zesty, with some big tropical notes in the background. It's more tropical on the sip, with sweet passionfruit, pineapple and mango prominent, but the citrus kicks back in with lots of lemon and lime in a tangy finish. Has a silky palate with moderate to average carbonation. A very good very big hazy.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2025
at 08:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
From a 440ml can on 2/9/2025. Pours a super deep brown with virtually no head. Smells of chocolate and caramel and a touch of fridge. Its' moderately sweet on the sip, with that typically Baltic porter character, with chocolate and caramel again presenting, along with promised maple syrup and some nuttiness. There's a gentle bitterness at the finish with the lightest of roasty notes. Fullish body with a slightly syrupy palate, and softish carbonation. Not super challenging and pretty straight forward, but smooth and enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 02 Sep 2025
at 09:21