2.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
UPDATED: JUN 25, 2009 Being a one-time homebrewer (on a very small and very basic scale) there is a metallic/hebaceousness to this beer that reminds me of homebrew - the basic kit kind and it is not a desirable character. Good golden colour, with a malty light body. I tipped this beer out.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Chilled into a tulip. Initially sulphurous, eggy and vegetal nose somewhat cleans up seeing some spicy and mildly herbal, candied lemon come through. Produces a pastel yellow and not quite bright with an outrageous amount of carbonation feeding a tight, solid and satin sheened pad of white. Sweet front, gritty and predominately grainy body; phenolic, raw peanuts, smoke, claps out, quite astringent and rough on the finish - what the!? Body is relatively light but it fills out and fails. Save the Muscle car reminiscence, expected better! (33cL, fresh batch but no date stamp, Cellarbrations Kinross)
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
From a 330ml bottle on 16/2/2012. Mine has a different label to that pictured and is 5.5% ABV rather than 4.9%. Pours a dark golden with a big head. Has a slight sweet malty aroma. Flavour wise, it’s quite malty with some bready notes, and finishes with a distinct hop bitterness. Fairly decent for a lager.
2.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Nothing special here. Just a dry finishing lager with a nice label that appeals to us aussie’s
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
pours pale yellow. has a spicy aroma to it before a dry finish. best thing about it is the label
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
330ml bottle. Looks like cat urine when poured, pale gold colour and very clear with no head and only a few fine white bubbles around the edge of the glass. Malt and grain aromas reminiscent of a pale lager. The taste reflects the look and the aroma, bland. A disappointing effort. The label is the best thing about it.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Very pale orange with a short white head. High bead. Grainy aroma with some herbs and weeds. A bit of melon too. Taste is grainy Oz lager sweetness with little bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours pale gold, almost yellow with a small head.
Nice spicy and floral hops present themselves in the aroma, though light on. Some bready malt in the background.
Flavours are malt dominated with sweet biscuit notes definitely present. Hops are not forgotten with more floral and spicy notes.
Good moderately-high carbonation and nice body.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Pours a very very pale straw colour with minimal white head. Falls away very quickly leaving no lacing. Very light sweetish malt aroma. A slightly harsh chemical aroma also. Typical aussie lager type aromas. Very subtle and not overly inviting. Flavours are much the same. A little sweetness followed by some bitterness and a slightly chemical taste to finish. Not great
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Just to re-iterate other comments below this is fantastic packaging for what is an average beer (and I mean average in the true sense of the word). Shiney orange-gold in colour and thead holds ok form. Not much happening off the nose but there are grainy, mainstream-like malts lurking. Palate is a bit weird due to a quite dominant burnt rubber character that actually becomes more pronounced on the nose. Some fruit, mandarin (good call Graeme) comes through as well before a big whack of fizz and mega lager-like bitterness to finish. Probably a decent attempt at a geniunely Australian style of beer.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
a very tragic label didn’t fill me with lots of hope. Pours amber with not much of the touted Hemi head. There are some herb and citrus aroma and flavour, but the aftertaste isn’t that flash. Nothing too exciting going on here.
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