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Abbotsford Invalid Stout

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225
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Brewed by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Style: Stout
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 42   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.64   EST. CALORIES: 156   ABV: 5.2%
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2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
Westmeister (463) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - JAN 27, 2012
Bottle. For the AUD price I paid for this certainly far from worth it. Aroma was very faint and subtle coffee. Appearance was near black. Flavour was thin roasted malts and coffee. Pretty weak all around. Not offensive, but not what the style should be.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
mickmac (405) - Ngunnawal, AUSTRALIA - DEC 22, 2011
Bottle. Black body with an average sized light brown head. Aroma-taste: burnt wood, tar, coffee with a dry roast minerally finish. Light bodied.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Davros (917) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - OCT 12, 2011
Pours black with a large tan head. Nose shows milk chocolate, cocoa and roasted malt. Not bad. Flavours are a bit light on but show roasted malt and some cocoa. Could use more carbonation, body seems a little watery. Don’t know why this doesn’t have a higher rating.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
windsorsmith (1) - AUSTRALIA - JUL 26, 2011 does not count
There is little that you can say wrong about an invalid stout.... although at first sip it ay not win over most lighter brew drinkers. A lovely stout... with a classic old logo that hasn’t changed since it was devloped for invalids during the war..... My favourite stout by far... makes Guiness look a bit watery and weak!

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
hawthorne00 (1298) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - JAN 12, 2011
Bottle. Drank this a bit in the 80s - the label is not retro, it just hasn’t changed. Brownish black with an inch of tan head that fades to a coat and lingers. Aroma has cheap chocolate, roasted malt, prunes, vanilla essence, grass. Thinnish body but slightly creamy. Sweet with brown sugar, mild roast, chocolate, grassy/ weedy bitterness. Drying finish aided by carbonation. Some metal. Perhaps slightly worse than I recalled but really not that bad.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Pyobon (517) - Sydney, AUSTRALIA - DEC 29, 2010
Bottle. Poured very drak brown, almost black with slight tan head. Aroma has a littel fruit, caramel and something vaguely smoky, but pleasant. Medium body and frothy. Light fruity start with little middle to the flavour and a long finish of roast malt and coffee. Overall, a very drinkable beer, although not special.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
crispi (95) - AUSTRALIA - NOV 26, 2010
Slightly aromatic aroma, tastes of roasted coffee, toffee with hints of chocolate. Clean crisp palate. More carbonated than say Guiness Draught Stout, but more like Guinness Original.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
GT2 (3412) - Washington DC, USA - NOV 19, 2010
750mL. Pours a clear, fizzy, cola ruby with a massive tan head with good retention and lace. Sort of looks like iridescent river scum or ocean foam. Aroma was at first chocolate and malted milkshake moving to copper piping, iron, dirt. Taste is chalky, metallic, thin, smoky, not really offensive. Palate is soapy, metallic, thin, fizzy, suddy.


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