5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Got a chance to drink this when in the Marshall Islands. I love this beer. Unique... dark but not heavy. Incredibly complex but incredibly drinkable. I snuck 6 or 7 of these back to the States and am drinking them slowly and rarely only on very special occasions. Wish I could get it here.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Excellent beer. Roasted aromas, with chocolate, and toffee. Sweet taste with a bitter finish, average duration. Velvety palate, medium body. Dark brown; with a long-lasting, frothy , and white head.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Love it Marry it!!!
3.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 20/20
Massively roasty, like a burnt tree. Charred and barren. A true schwarzbier. I’ve noticed a lot of these in NZ so far. Enjoyed at Nova in Dunedin, NZ.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Lovely beer to come home to. Dark chocolate malt, with sweetness and finish. Brown foaming head. This beer worked for me.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This has changed over the years and is now a 5% abv Schwarzbier called Mac’s Black, according to the Mac’s website. Can’t comment on earlier incarnations but I liked the current version a lot. At room temperature on a cold Sydney day, it presented as a very smooth, easy-drinking schwarz. Not very demanding, but a fine session tipple for the colder months. Poured with a terrific head that left great swathes of tiramisu cream down the glass as it retreated. The aroma reminded me of the ginger creams that you find in those pseudo ye olde world lolly shops. It also showed bath grout, milky drinking chocolate and cookies-and-cream ice cream. It’s quite soft and subtle. At room temperature, the mouthfeel was great - soft, creamy and filling. The flavour mix was intriguing - cafe latte, ice cream, marshmallows, burnt toast, strawberry cordial - with minimal bitterness in the finish. An unusual beer and good enough to encourage me to seek out more Mac’s. (330ml bottle found at Purvis Cellars, Melbourne)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark reddish brown, small tan head. Caramel, chocolate, biscuit aromas that carry over to the palate, along with some faintly bitter hops. Balanced and tasty.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
330ml bottle. Jet black in colour with a coffee coloured head of tiny bubbles. Looks thick and heary, a meal in a glass. Burnt smoky aroma leads to as burnt malt taste that lingers and the flavour spreads to all parts of the mouth.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330 ml bottle. Dark brown ruby tinted beer with a thin tan head. Nice sweet malty aroma, molasses, toasted nuts, chocolate and toffee. Flavour is slightly sweet with a touch of sourness. Chewy licorice, molasses, toffee malts. A bit of toast. Hints of chocolate and coffee with faint roastiness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I’ve had this one in New Zealand on my honeymoon. Visited the brewery too.
Dark black colored brew. Roasted malts, decent bitterness. Nice one!
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