Boatrocker Brewing Company Reviews

tiong	3.5 Boatrocker Fat Santa Rated at Hitas Beer Lounge - Platinum Edition. Roasty, dry and earthy with hints of tartness, hints of tonka, vanilla and syrup. A bit stingy and slightly boozy Saturday, April 20, 2024
Davros	3.6 Boatrocker Yorkshire Pale Pours amber with a small fading head. Nose caramel, bready malt, golden syrup, and earthy hops. Flavours include more of the bready malt along with lovely herbal and earthy hops, and a faint bit of malt sweetness in the finish. Saturday, April 20, 2024
hawthorne00	3.4 Boatrocker Northern Red Can. Clear amber with a modest near white head. Spicy, somewhat singed toffee aroma with some prunes, light bread. Malty but dry with a spicy firm bitter finish. Good autumnal drinking. Thursday, April 11, 2024
KeefOz	3.3 Boatrocker Belgium Calling BB 26/09/24. From a can poured a cloudy (translucent under strong light) golden-amber with 5mm of bright white dense foam that diminished slowly to a blotchy cap that laced OK. Carbonation high, lively and medium-sized. Aroma moderately strong of wheat characters (cloves, maybe hints of banana) and slight malt; slight sweetness. Taste slightly of peppery spices and slightly tart with cloves coming through as it warms. Light to medium body. Smooth, crisp and clean with a medium-length finish. OK but not my style. Monday, March 25, 2024
LesArgen	3.7 Boatrocker XPA Nice balanced aroma of pine, mango and a little grape, but it's pure XPA in the mouth. Heaps of grapefruit and pine overwhelm everything else, but I like it. got some real guts. Saturday, March 23, 2024
Mr_Pink_152	3.3 Boatrocker Miss Pinky Raspberry Berliner Weisse Draft at The Lincoln, Hotel, Melbourne. Slight pinkish hue with a white head. Aromand taste are more tart berry fruity than sour. Crisp body. Tuesday, March 19, 2024
ANZUShophunter	4 Boatrocker Highlander From can (pkd 16Aug'23) in English pint. Pous dark brown w/1.5 inch frothy tan head, aroma of molasses, peated malt & whisky. Smooth creamy mouthfeel, rich malty taste w/dried fruits, light spice. Saturday, March 16, 2024
mkel07	4.2 Boatrocker Steinbock Can purchased from Carwyn Cellars and drank on 17 February 2024. Hides the alcohol well. Sweetish finish with a strong maltiness to it. Thursday, February 29, 2024
Davros	4.1 Boatrocker Old Brown Ale Pours dark brown with a large off-white head. Nose shows brown sugar, toasty and nutty malt, soft spicy and herbal hops, and sweet bready melanoidin notes. Flavours include more melanoidin malt, nutty notes and soft brown sugar. Very moorish. Friday, January 19, 2024
hawthorne00	3.7 Boatrocker Orange 11 Bottle. Amber with a coat of white head. Yes, smells of oranges and cardamom, a little biscuit. Cardamom is not shy, so it's good that it's not too prominent. Light bodied. Softy tart with wheaten crackers, old blood oranges and spices. Mellow and well-balanced. Tuesday, January 2, 2024
ANZUShophunter	4.2 Boatrocker Roger Ramjet (2022) From can in snifter. Pours oily black w/slow-rising dark tan head, aroma of bourbon, roast malt & vanilla. Rich taste has aniseed, dark choc & dark fruits, offset in part by spicy bitterness Sunday, December 17, 2023
mkel07	4.6 Boatrocker B.A. Extra Special Bitter Date Drank: 7 October 2023 Purchase Location: Carwyn Cellars Beer Number From Brewery: 27 Container Type: Can - 375ml Glass Type: Stein Country Number: 6733 - Australia Style Number: 100 - Bitter/ESB Appearance: Thick and smooth, full, caramel/toffee colour, deep white head Aroma: Sweet, caramel Flavour: Toffee, malty Mouthfeel: Full, thick, Drink Again: Yes Comments: Great barrel aged beer Friday, December 15, 2023
hawthorne00	3.9 Boatrocker Steinbock Carwyn's Canvent, early. 9C. Clear copper with a beige head that's regrettably brief. Slightly creamy aroma of singed toffee. Hints of prunes and spices. Full bodied, medium low carbonation. Rich but neither heavy nor that sweet. Singed toffee, slightly smokey with creeping peppery bitterness at the end. Just is. Very good. Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Patersoi	4.7 Boatrocker Highlander Strong bouquet of treacle and molasses. Pours murky deep brown with lovely dense cream head. The treacle comes first, with whisky, oak, spice, molasses bitterness and hints of dried fruits and Christmas pudding on the long finish. Saturday, October 7, 2023
hawthorne00	3 Boatrocker Yorkshire Pale Can, 10C. Copper with a pale beige head that doesn't last. Aroma is spicy and bready with some biscuit. Dry with biscuit and bread before earthy and spicy bitterness. I was expecting a riff on Landlord but this is OK if not that. Monday, October 2, 2023
Patersoi	3.7 Boatrocker 42 Pours deep amber gold. Never escapes its alcohol unlike the best barley wines. Yes there is lovely caramel malt, but they have overdone the bitterness for my liking. Thursday, September 21, 2023
ANZUShophunter	3.2 Boatrocker Yes Chef! From can (pkd 17May) in footed pilsner. Pours a bit hazy orangish amber w/big light beige head that muted earthy aroma initially. Citrus & bready malt notes, easy drinking pizza beer. Wednesday, September 20, 2023
hawthorne00	3.9 Boatrocker Highlander Can. Poured in a Tripel Karmeliet thistle style glass because that's never not funny. Very dark brown with a tan head that's soon a coat. Aroma of strong bread, caramel, whisky, some Port. Smooth, creamy with lowish carbonation. Fairly sweet with toffee, toast, whisky, vanilla oak, some other spices. Bitterness waits to creep up then does just enough to keep the sweetness from overstaying. Big for 6.5%. Fine balance, good beer. Monday, September 4, 2023
mkel07	4.2 Boatrocker Old Brown Ale Date Drank: 1 September 2023 Purchase Location: Carwyn Cellars Beer Number From Brewery: 26 Container Type: Can -375ml Glass Type: Stein Country Number: 6677 - Australia Style Number: 232 - Brown Ale Appearance: Brown, slightly clear, tan head Aroma: Toffee, caramel Flavour: Malty, toffee, sweet Mouthfeel: Fresh, sweet finish, smooth Drink Again: Yes Comments: Well balanced with plenty of maltiness Sunday, September 3, 2023
ANZUShophunter	3.3 Boatrocker Space Invaders From can (pkd 27Apr) in tapered shaker. Pours clearish deep amber w/2cm off-white head that faded. Caramel malt-driven aroma & taste, light piney orange hop in tail. Friday, August 25, 2023
hawthorne00	3.8 Boatrocker B.A. Extra Special Bitter Surely an ESA? Can. Started at 10C, probably too cold. Murky amber. A white head struggles to form. 3- Aroma of biscuit, vanilla, whisky, lemon, spices. Fills out a lot in the taste with booming whisky and warmth, light biscuit, lightening citrus, a nip of insistent spices and bitterness that's just enough to round things up at the end. Grand. Wednesday, August 23, 2023
colui72	4.4 Boatrocker B.A. Extra Special Bitter This strong ESB has been aged in Starward Whisky barrel, for a great take on the English classic. Aroma of toasted bread, marmalade, little caramel, fruity esters, floral hops. Pours murky copper, not particularly carbonated, small white head with low retention. Medium bitterness, toasted bread, whisky (strong), vanilla, wood, spicy notes from the wood, light caramel. Great flavour, round and balanced. Full body, with some light carbonation that helps refreshing this rather boozy drink, as it does feel boozy! An excellent brew from an excellent brewery. I like this take on a bitter making it strong and NOT sessionable. Sunday, August 13, 2023
hawthorne00	4 Boatrocker 42 Can. I guess they really used the h2g2 cover. Clear deep copper with a coat of beige head that hangs on at the rim. Aroma of dried and some stewed fruit, strong bread, flowers, some pudding spices. Rich but not unduly sweet with firm bitterness. Dried fruit, strong bread, Seville orange peel. Alcohol edges up towards obvious. Layers of malt but not heavy and has character as well as weight. Friday, August 11, 2023
hawthorne00	3.4 Boatrocker Flowers for Brains Can. Almost clear gold with a rocky white head. Tropical aroma with firm crackery malt behind. The additions are apparently lime and coconut but don't stick out unduly. Quite sweet upon a taste and the coconut is more obvious before tropical fruit and a finish that just burns a little. The lime registers right at the end. Saturday, July 29, 2023
hawthorne00	3.8 Boatrocker Chocolate Stout Can. Black with a light tan head that settles to a cm. A real rich chocolate aroma with roast and light spices behind. Prominent but not quite dominant chocolate is very nice with smooth bready malt and spicy bitterness. The packaging says it’s trying to be a stronger, fancier Young’s - and it is. Perhaps lacks its magical balance but very good. Friday, July 14, 2023
hawthorne00	2.9 Boatrocker Old Brown Ale Can. Clear brown with a beige head. Modest aroma of brown bread, dried banana, some chocolate. Lighter bodied than I'd guessed. Tastes much as it smells with modest sweet toasted malt, hints of fruit and some spiced bitterness at the end. Dull. Thursday, July 13, 2023
mkel07	3.6 Boatrocker Robot Overlords 375ml can from Malt Traders in Market Street on 1 July 2023. This is my 25th beer from Boatrocker Brewing Company. I wouldn’t have thought I have drank so many of their beers but it’s funny how the numbers creep up over the years. Yet another hazy IPA with a juicy appearance, bright sunshine colour and clean white head. While the beer looks good when poured into a glass it also smells good and tastes good with aromas and flavours of pineapple, mango and melon. Medium to full bodied in the mouth with a slight trace of sweetness in the finish. Mildly bitter and a very enjoyable beer for a Saturday afternoon. Tuesday, July 4, 2023
ZodiacM	4.1 Boatrocker / De Molen Windmills & Weathervanes Bourbon Barrel Edition 2022 LCI. Van de tap @Borefts2022. Niet overdreven zwaar maar wel vol van smaak: chocola, bourbon, caramel. Lekker! Monday, July 3, 2023
ZodiacM	4.3 Boatrocker Roger Ramjet (2022) LCI. Van de tap @Borefts2022. Volop bourbon met chocola en caramel, diep en vol van smaak. Monday, July 3, 2023
thejackpacker	3.1 Boatrocker Space Invaders Keg at Sloth Bar, Footscray. An interesting Amber ale that looked alright in its reddish colour and was quite quaffable. Some malty raisin flavours but quite weak in the profile. Saturday, July 1, 2023
jandamckay	3.5 Boatrocker Stout Thursday, June 22, 2023
KeefOz	3.5 Boatrocker Wee Heavy From a can poured a dark brown (mahogany under strong light) with 5mm of tan dense foam that retained very well and laced poorly. Carbonation low, average and medium to coarse. Aroma strongly of sweet caramel with hints of roasted malts; sweetness dominates. Taste is strong of caramel and toffee; too sweet which dominates. Light body, slightly syrupy. Smooth and clean with a short finish. Very sweet. Monday, June 19, 2023
colui72	4.6 Boatrocker Ramjet 2022 (Starward) Boatroaker's iconic Imperial Stout brewed in 2022 (which is as well their 10th anniversary) has spent 6 months in Starward Australian whisky barrels. Great to see this in a small can! Aroma exhales darkness, maillard, roasted barley, dark chocolate, vanilla, licorice, herbal hops. Pours as black as can be, small beige head, retention along the glass, legs as well. Bitter, roasty, low sweetness, big maillard products, caramel, roasted cocoa beans, dark chocolate, chocolate cookies, vanillin, whisky. Very clean and smooth, besides all this paraphernalia. Charred after-taste. Full body, oily, low carbonation, boozy but "affordable". Last Ramjet I tried was 2019 if I'm not wrong, after knowing this brewery at a beer festival. It was a bottle smuggled from Australia in 2020. And it was great. This is a different version, different year, and in different mouth, but still outstanding. Wednesday, June 7, 2023
hawthorne00	3.2 Boatrocker Space Invaders Can. Clear amber with a loosish beige head. Aroma of breadcrust, grapefruit, light spices. So it tastes but it's rather empty with caramel where you'd hop for a bit more malt presence. Modest bitterness. Fair enough. Saturday, May 27, 2023
linus	4.2 Boatrocker Conehead Pines and dank. Hoppiness balanced by malty aroma. Earthy. Lively carbonation. Medium bitterness. Pretty decent west coast styled IPA. Thursday, May 18, 2023
Maris	3.5 Boatrocker Rock, Flag & Eagle From a 375ml can on 27/4/2023. Pours a super dark amber with a medium head. Has a mild malty nose, with a touch of caramel and some nuts. The same appears in the flavour, along with a touch of dried fruit. moderately hoppy and enough o keep it interesting Medium bodied with average carbonation. Pretty solid if not particularly notable. Thursday, April 27, 2023
Davros	3.7 Boatrocker Big Shot Pours dark brown with a small head. Nose shows coffee, praline, chocolate syrup, and soft marzipan. Flavours include coffee, dark chocolate, nutty malt, bready malt. Friday, April 21, 2023
hawthorne00	3.6 Boatrocker Feel Good IPA Can design is a tribute to Seinfeld for some reason. Clear pale amber with a 2cm white head. Aroma of pine, breadcrust and grapefruit, hints of tropical fruit and weeds. Light bodied. A little sweet and more tropical than guessed from the aroma. Plainish apart from the hops but the pine gradually imposes itself towards the fairly bitter finish. Good, if a bit clinical. Wednesday, April 19, 2023
frankcolub	3.7 Boatrocker Stout Can poured into schooner glass, Pours dark brown with a small off-white head. Aromas of caramel, chocolate, malt. Complex flavours of roasted malt, bready malt, notes of chocolate and soft hops. Saturday, April 8, 2023
hawthorne00	3.7 Boatrocker Have a Nice Day Fruited Sour Ale Can, out of date by a few weeks. Cloudy amber with a white head. 3+ Aroma of apricots and tart blood plums, crackers. 7+ Light bodied but slightly creamy. Fruit is less prominent than suggested by the aroma (which is fine). Soft, light crackery bread, gentle sourness, twiggy spices, then just a little sweet and tart fruit. Elegant and refreshing. Monday, April 3, 2023
TrappistRates36	3.8 Boatrocker Faith Triple Tin from Beer Jerks 2022 Xmas Advent Calendar : nice gold-yellow colour , clear , languid lazy beads , persistent good white foam ... estery/yeasty aroma ... taste of esters/bananas/cloves , typical of Begian tripels , but flavour intensity not quite there , you don't notice the hefty 9.2 % alcohol , it's a well balanced beer , I do like it : cheers team ! Sunday, April 2, 2023
hawthorne00	3.6 Boatrocker Robot Overlords Can. Moderately hazy orange with a loosish white head. Highly tropical aroma with lychees, guava and some stinky overripe pineapple. A little citrus edge keeps it together. A little more body that expected. Only a little unclean - somewhat chewed crackery malt - and bursting with fruit. Verges on burning at the end but avoids it. Pretty good but not quite for me. Thursday, March 23, 2023
Davros	3.8 Boatrocker Rock, Flag & Eagle Pours dark brown with a small off-white head. Nose shows chocolate, coconut, bready malt, soft pine and resinous hops. Flavours include more roasted malt, bready malt, nutty notes, milk chocolate and soft resinous hops. Saturday, March 11, 2023
jmgreenuk	3.3 Boatrocker Saison 330ml can at School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a slightly hazy blonde colour with a thin white head. The aroma is yeasty, with apples and banana. The flavour is yeasty, herbal, with a dry, banana, bubblegum, light spicy palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. Friday, March 3, 2023
jmgreenuk	3.2 Boatrocker Miss Pinky Raspberry Berliner Weisse 330ml can from School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a slightly hazy reddish amber colour with a mostly lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is big raspberries. The flavour is moderate to light sour, with a crisp, mineral, tart raspberry palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. A little one dimensional and a touch watery. Quite drinkable but it doesn’t stand out from the crowd. Friday, March 3, 2023
mkel07	4.1 Boatrocker Double Happiness 3 January 2023. On tap at the Mountain View Hotel in Richmond. Soft red/pink colour with a slight head of white foam. Strong raspberry aroma with a similar flavour. Sunday, February 5, 2023
LesArgen	3.2 Boatrocker Mönk Lager A nice but forgettable lager with aromas of lemon and hay. A nice, slightly sweet malty taste. Friday, February 3, 2023
mkel07	3.5 Boatrocker Conehead 1 January 2023. On tap at The Melbourne Cellar Door. Solid IPA without being too over the top. Bitter but not resinous in the mouth. Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Davros	3.1 Boatrocker Mojo Cherry Cola Sour Ale Pours red with a rapidly dissipating head. Nose shows cola, cherry, raspberry, lemon rind, marzipan, cough syrup. Flavours include more cola and cherry notes, artificial berry, confectionery notes. Friday, January 13, 2023
wrenandflynn	2.9 Boatrocker Mojo Cherry Cola Sour Ale Monday, January 9, 2023