3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
I’ve criticized Gage Roads in the past but their latest series of beers has been very good. This has strong hop aroma and plenty of hop flavour, it is an Australian version of some of the American strong ale beers. i don’t think this quite fits the double IPA category but I don’t believe it is meant to either. Rate Beer doesn’t have a strong ale class so it has to go somewhere, judge it on its merits I say. And this beer is very good, had it a couple of time now and enjoyed it a lot on both occasions.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Dan Murphy. Deep copper/amber, strong malt and alcohol aroma, caramel, butterscotch, mild bitterness, some spicyness in the aftertaste. Liked it.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours dark red-brown with a light tan collapsing head and significant carbonation. The aroma is subdued - repressed even - with little coming through except some caramel. Taste is dominated by malt up front, with some rich caramel flavours. That?s followed with some relatively mild hop bitterness. Nice spicy finish. A bit unbalanced and certainly not a double IPA (more like a pumped up ESB), but not bad.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A Solid beer this one without being one to remember. For such a ’big’ beer this was not as flavorsome as advertised. It drank more like a sweet IPA and a Double IPA.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours dark brown with a small fading off-white head.
Nose shows some darker malt with toast notes and caramel, along with some soft tropical fruit and grassy hops.
Some more soft toasty malt as a flavour along with booze, some plainn cardboard malt notes, solvent-like booze and a little tropical hops.
Could use a richer body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a dep copper with red flashes down the side of the glass. Smallish offwhite coloured head. Leaves thin lacing as it falls away to all bar the smallist film. Suble floral citrus hop aromas with a nice light caramel back bone. Some more hops would have been nice but not too bad all the same. Flavours show plenty of orange marmalade (thanks pat) with some sweetness up front before a decent bitter finish. Medium mouthfeel. Didnt mind this one and most definately had worse.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Quite a deep copper colour with a tight tan head. First hit is the hops and lots of them. Tropical stone fruit, citrus, pine and some passion fruit. Taste has some sweetness, though mostly bitterness from the big load of hops. Big bitter finish. Good beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a clear amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is malt, fruits, caramel, pine and hops. Taste is light to medium sweet leading to a balsy bitter and hoppy finish. Really liked it.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour is almost dark ruby with thin tan head. Aroma is mainly dark sugar with some tropical fruit, flavour is reminiscent of a scotch ale, lots of dark raisiny flavours that dissipates with a bitter finish that comes out once the rich malts subside. Nice, good to see some strong beers coming out in Australia that are well balanced.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a clear dark bronze, almost red, color with a good tan head that fades to ample lacing. Aroma of dark fruits, roasted malt and spices. Taste of dark fruits and spices with some roasted malt. Mild bitterness and a fairly dry finish. Medium body, quite smooth and flavorful. Nice balance. Enjoyable beer and an easy drinker. Worth a try.
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