Abbotsford Invalid Stout

Brewed by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Style: Stout
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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bit thin but for under $4 it’s good! molasses, mocha, with good texture and weight.

That’s a classic, taken in Melbourne. Dark cola colour, with a thin tan head, it has little aroma to be noticed, but a lovely flavour of chocolates, prunes and coffee. I’d be happier with less coffee. A bit woody, it’s as good as a Coopers, although more fruity. Medium bodied and with little bitterness, this stout has an almost creamy texture that could put it in the sweet stout category. Although produced by Carlton, this is a nice gem of the South. Victoria.

Bottle. Jet-black, with grey sea-foam head. Quite watery, and a little too carbonated. Strong taste of dark bitter chocolate, some espresso. I liked the simple flavours, but it was a bit too fizzy and thin for me to go back to it.

Bottle- Pours a black color with a decent tan head that fades quickly to some lacing. Aroma is a bit muted with roasted malt, bit of chocolate and coffee. Taste of some roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and bit of malt sweetness. Decnet bitterness and a fairly clean finish. Fairly moderate body, not a creamy as I hoped. Fairly decent stout, but nothing to get excited about.

A nice bitter/sweet stout. Easy pouring, easy drinking. On a winters night after work this stout is satisfying. I wouldn’t want this stout to change. It is simple and good, where a lot of stouts you only want one and move on.

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.

Bottle. Black body with an average sized light brown head. Aroma-taste: burnt wood, tar, coffee with a dry roast minerally finish. Light bodied.

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.

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!

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.