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hawthorne00

Melbourne, VIC, Australia 🇦🇺 Member Supporter

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hawthorne00 added a new beer Technical Tap by Bracket Brewing
1 month ago


5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Can. Gold, 2cm white head. Grainy aroma with those somewhat earthy hops that signal extract. Sweet and not entirely clean - but not without some character either. Fairly snappy finish. Undistinguished.
Tried on 13 Mar 2026 at 10:16

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Misted yellow with a mousse-like white head that lasts well. Light smoke and cracker aroma with hints of honeyed dough. Somewhat creamy with little sweetness, plenty of rather refined smoke, crackers. Low bitterness. Elegant.
Tried on 12 Mar 2026 at 12:02

hawthorne00 added a new beer Polish Brut by Slow Lane Brewing
1 month ago


8.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Very black with a fluffy light tan head that fades from an inch to a cm. Aroma of heavy roast, blackberries, pine. Usually worth waiting a little while with these - they soften a tad and flavours integrate a bit more. This is softly doughy but still roasty, piney and bitter but dark fruit and sugars have room to move. I've liked the recent years when it's been a bit lower in alcohol but this works well too - it doesn't seem overbearing and there's no unintegrated booze. I may drink the other glass tonight. About 13C which was just right.
Tried on 11 Mar 2026 at 12:48

hawthorne00 updated a beer: B2 Bomber Mach 14.0 brewed by Bridge Road Brewers
1 month ago


7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can. Dirty orange with a small frothy white head. Aroma of ripe mango, orange, Asian pineapple, soft bread. Sweet and quite peachy with tropical notes offset by a slight astringency and moderate bitterness. Pretty good but 7% seems strong for what it offers.
Tried from A Point of Difference on 11 Mar 2026 at 11:10


hawthorne00 has a new beer style achievement

Level 1 for Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Honey ticks with a total of 5 ticks of this sub style.
Tea Party Sticky Rice Green Tea Beer with Jasmine & Honey from NBeer was the one that did it!
1 month ago


5.9/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can. Orange, small white head. Green tea aroma with some jasmine and what could be honeysuckle but is presumably honey. Very green tea like with that drying vegetable finish. Quite dry with the memory of honey, a little bitterness. Interesting, could definitely imagine eating (say) dumplings or dry noodles with this.
Tried on 11 Mar 2026 at 10:29