ALLOVATE (1127), Perth, Australia Aug 14, 2005 The second beer I tried at their new Canningvale Brewery/restaurant and the better of the two. Served up alongside some Turkish bread, dips and pumpkin soup, and it did compliment the food well. 100% for presentation. Thick as whipped cream tannish head, lasting and left rings down the glass. Deep brownish black with a little ruby in the lights and completely opaque. Sadly there was almost no noticeable aroma apart from some husky dark malt, due to the very low carbonation. Dry and husky in the mouth, and almost still, with flavours of coffee grains, toasted malt and dusty cocoa powder. Had a lot of grassy hops present in the back and blended with the malt to give a nice bitter finish and a husky roasted grain aftertaste. Not a fan off nitrogenated beers but this had a decent amount of flavour and body that stopped it from becoming lifeless. Nice easy sipper, and served up in the surrounds of one of the most impressive brewpubs in Perth made it even better. Quite nice. motelpogo (4124), Plzen, Czech Republic Nov 7, 2003 nfob03. had to agree with duff that this had a real ruberiness in the aroma. also was quite nutty with some brown sugar sweetness. just a bit flat - it was non-nitrogenated and really didn't have a lot of body bluevegie (1818), Perth, Australia Nov 1, 2003 Black in colour with a small but lasting light brown head.This was the better of the two that I tried but maybe I am partial to dark beers now.Toasted and chocolate flavours with hints of liquorice.Cheers! duff (5407), Sydney, Australia, Surrey, England Oct 7, 2003 Sweetish, chocolatey start, with some roast and rubber in the finish, didn't like the rubber taste too much, but the rest was OK, medium bitterness on the finish. Dry-ish finish. Felt a bit thin in the end however, light to medium bodied. Not bad in the end, drinkable.
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