Carlton Sheaf Stout

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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UPDATED: OCT 27, 2003 Not something I will ever drink again. Watered down and sugary.

This is a terrible stout. The worst i have ever had. Barely black, next to no aroma. Sour, slightly tinny, sweet malty flavors. Way too carbonated, very dry, chemical taste. Awful.

An Australian beer that seemed to warrant a try, Sheaf Stout missed the style completely. This beer might have been skunked because it got generally good reviews but the one I tried was terrible. Mouth feel was too carbonated and not syrupy enough for a stout, and there was a weird old leather kind of taste that can only be described as a taste of the Outback...and the Outback tasted bad. The chocolate and roast notes were lackluster. On top of that, it is served in a giant bottle so you have double the volume to choke down if you’re resolve allows it.

375ml bottle. I have to say, this is pretty poor. It lacks the rich flavour and creamy body of a proper stout, and is merely a typical macro attempt at making a dark beer. What limited flavour there is dark chocolate, but with a slightly off-putting sickly sweetness lurking in the background. There is no finish to speak of. If you are looking for a reasonably-priced dark Aussie beer, I would strongly recommend you avoid this in favour of the infinitely more pleasant and easier-to-find Tooheys Old.

Pours black with brown/beige head in a deceptively pretty presentation. I poured two ounces into my mouth, and the remaining thirty down the drain. Sickly sweet aluminum, battery acid, pesticides, sour mildew, and a diabolical mega-funk permeate this liquid. The aroma was unreal, and the taste was even worse. THIS IS THE FIRST BEER, DURING 8 YEARS OF BEER ENJOYMENT, THAT I HAVE EVER POURED OUT.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE WORST BEER I'VE EVER HAD. Stay away from this. Maybe it was someone's idea of a joke at the CUB brewery Christmas party to fill up a longy with Kikkoman Soy Sauce because to me, that's what this stuff tastes like. BEWARE OF THIS CRAP!

Put frothy milk on this and you’d have a cappucino. Only my Uncle Greg drinks this, and he’s and old barstard who’ll drink anything thats free