4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned. Nice red amber color. Smooth bitter flavor, nice finish for a bitter. Very good by style. Perhaps a bit tart in finish. Pretty clean, and drinkable. They got a new brewer, no longer Chris, seems he left about 2 years ago. I would probably term this a “Red Bitter”
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap and bottles at Swan hotel/brewery in Victoria. This bitter is true to the style IMO, with a fruity nose, light bodied but with complex malt flavors backed up by a bitter hop finish. Poured nicely from the bottle, persistent head which is nice but not always typical with a bitter. Good color and flavor, one of my favorite bitters.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thick, chewy caramel malt aroma with light fruity esters and floral, earthy hops. Hazy, deep copper coloured body is topped by a generous and lasting off white head that leaves some lace. Caramel up front but not overly sweet. Decent offsetting bitterness with floral and earthy hop flavours. Esters are apparent especially in the aftertaste. Quite dry with medium body and creamy texture offset by pleasantly prickly carbonation. Tulip glass. Allowed to warm from fridge temperature. Bottle (Brewery Creek, Aug-08).
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
[2006 GCBF] Pretty decent bitter. Nicely sweet and malty, good amber color and not too watery either. Would have again, but not their best.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap. Light toasted aroma.
Beautiful deep amber, nice golden creamy lacing head.
Light toasted flavor, slightly green. Grassy balance.
Creamy mouthfeel, good chewy body.
Good Bitter.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at the brewpub, hand pulled
Beautiful, clean amber color. Some caramel aroma. It has a medium sweet flavor, that strangely reminds me a watered Barley Wine; soft mouthfeel; good bitterness, ending with the correct mix of caramel too. Good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the brewery
Orange rusty color and clear appearance. The nose is full of tangerines, sour oranges, wood and scotch. Hoppy oranges, alcohol and ashtray notes as well. Wet tasting, not that hoppy up front, but scratchy and woody in the finish. Good toasted nut flavor, very decent brew.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Burnt orange amber, brief white head leaving patchy lace. Interesting and enticing fruit aromas, hard to characterize, but guava, gooseberries, and pear are being awoken in my consciousness. Aromatic fruity hops on a cushion of sweet malt, with a medium bitter finish of medium length.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
tap at the brewpub - Pours light amber with a thin head. The aroma is very light with just some mild malt and hops. The flavor is much better than the aroma as moderately strong hops make their presence known. It has a good, lightly carbonated, medium bodied palate, then an light, bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUL 6, 2008 Light caramel aroma - almost undetectable. Amber brown in appearance with a small head of large, sparse bubbles. Weird wooden, boozy taste. Very very odd and unpleasant. Hoppy and malty, otherwise. Thin and flat. What a let down.
Re-rate: Aroma still undetectable, clear copper colour. Good bitterness, nice and malty. Wooden taste, much better carbonation, slightly creamy. Wow, I was harsh!
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