8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
375ml can into pint glass. Bought at brewery. Pours a beautiful mahogany red with large head of solid lasting foam. High fine carbonation. Sweet nutty aroma, some caramel and banana too. Slight zing, more caramel and banana. Quite flat dry finish. Some nice balancing bitterness at the end. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2026
at 08:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
A hazy translucent amber beer with a thin white head. Light pineapple nose, patchy lacing. Zingy on the tongue with sweet fruit, like a fruit tingle. Refreshing with a balancing bitterness in the finish. Very nice but another disparate piece in the 'What is an XPA?' jigsaw puzzle.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2026
at 12:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
At the brewery. Part of (my wife's) tasting paddle. pours a dark brown with a thin head of crema. Nose is dark cocoa and subtle caramel, nice lacing. Very easy to drink, minimal carbonation. Touches of bitter chocolate in the finish. A nice drinkable example of a dark ale style that is peculiar to NSW.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2026
at 12:14