Steam Brewing Company Reviews

TrappistRates36	4.2 Steam Triumph $ 8 for 200 ml tulip glass at Punky Brewster , Christchurch : deeply amber/brown , tight rim of small tan bubbles in glass ... aged okay aroma , old yeasts ... frothy mouthfeel , very cherry sour , farmhouse ale flavours , aged oak-wine barrel , a complex melange of fresh fruits & raisins : Pow ! ... big old flavours pop ... very tart , dry , yumdiddilylicious . Saturday, July 15, 2023
Samtzu	3.6 Steam Triumph Pours a dark gold with no head. Light and sweet malts on the nose with toffee. Medium body with the rich toffee dominants ingredients the flavour which also has some slightly zesty notes from the Brett. Thursday, March 22, 2018
explosivedog	4 Steam Triumph On tap at City of Ales. Pours red brown. Brown sugar, raisins, sultanas, syrup, vinous, vanilla, big oak. Medium body. Yum. Friday, October 13, 2017
wantednz	4.1 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Tap @ Malthouse. Tried the 2015 version. I don't usually enjoy hops as a dominant flavour but this was at such a level that it really shines. Right up there with my favorite Strong ales and wouldn't want to miss the chance to have it again. Too bad I was on work time and couldn't get another. Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Samtzu	4.3 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse 2013 edition. Pours a light orange gold with slight white head. Large hoppy aroma with hints of passionfruit. Strong bitter front with a lot of hop forward flavours. Lingering bitterness with a full bitter mouth feel. Monday, August 14, 2017
Andrus86	3.9 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse BOTTLE. Pale light gold with thin white head.. Huge sappy nose yet sweet.. Big malt base, caramel sweetness goes to "small" fruit hop backend, abv is in the warmth.. Sourced Ricky/Muz Thursday, February 9, 2017
bluevegie	4 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Sunday, November 27, 2016
GlennHendry	4.5 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Powerful resiny aroma of pine, orange pulp, caramel malts and some sort of dark fruit. The sweet malt base give it a seriously boozy kick that threaten to overwhelm the massive load of hops. But they don’t and result is rich and resiny and more than a little dangerous. Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Muggus69	3.9 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse 500mL bottle from Slowbeer. 14% alc/vol - scary! Clear deep golden body, holds a fluffy white head. Aroma is resiny, brutal, somewhat thick, unrelenting before the tongue gets involved - candy orange, resiny herbs, woody sap, biscuity malts, rich caramels. It is really hard to believe this is a 14% beer - whilst it’s thick, rich, syrupy, it might perhaps allude to 9-10%, no burn, no astringency. Resin - it’s like hop oil, not that I know what that is like, but it’s oily - oozy citrus, wood sap, tropical fruits,. It just lingers for soooooo long, and you kinda realise how strong it is after a while... Anyway, just really well balanced for a HUGE hop monster! Saturday, September 26, 2015
tombutlin	4.7 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Crikey. This is now 14% ABV and you are well aware of that from the first sip. But before then, the glorious aroma of fruit & pine, plus rich amber colour tell you this is a biggie. Usually I rate IPAs with higher aroma than taste scores, but this is taste-dominant. The aroma is massive, but the taste... Try this at least once before you die, but speaking of that, make sure you are not driving Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Pdubyah	4.6 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse (2015) bottle 14% ABV - like an all action hero fight going on , it’s all measured and in control, no one taste over another, it’s just brilliant (2014)This is a lot sweeter than you could expect it to be. The alcohol astringent isn’t shy either and you know you’re getting smashed on this. But it’s decent and dangerously quaffable, and I may have to sit in a quiet place and pretend not to be slurring my words whilst smiling to myself in enjoyment . Thursday, March 27, 2014
beer-yum	3.5 Steam "Return of the Grumpy Boyz" Porter A full bodied and reasonably balanced brew. Probably too strong for enthusiastic consumption. There are many other examples of the style to try - and quite a few of them are better (to my taste). Monday, October 14, 2013
Relax1	5 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Melbourne beer week 2013. Sampled many beers and this is the one that stood out. Quite simply one of my favorite beers. Please brew more. This is why god invented hops. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Saturday, October 12, 2013
beer-yum	3.9 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Seriously delicious and dangerous. When indulged carefully, there are few brews that are better. Sunday, August 18, 2013
Travlr	3.3 Steam "Return of the Grumpy Boyz" Porter Draft. Clear maroon color, thin tan head. Aroma of bright pine and coffee grounds. Taste is bitter cocoa and coffee. OK. Friday, August 9, 2013
Travlr	3.4 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Tap atMalthouse, courtesy of staff, thanks! Hazy golden color, fluffy white head. Aroma of pine. Taste is bitter pine resin. Tuesday, August 6, 2013
pmuzz	4.5 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Tap Hashigo: This was immense. Huge nose, great fruit punch flavours - lots of apricot and peach - and a lovely dry bitterness. This is the best hoppy beer of 2013. Sunday, July 28, 2013
Nysa67	4 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Wednesday, June 12, 2013
maneliquor	4 Epic / Fork & Brewer / Hallertau / Liberty Four Horsemen of the Hopocalypse Going off notes. Tap at The Malthouse. Lovely dark copper pour with superb lacing left behind from a dwindling, fluffy white head. Nose is dried apricots, hop resin and citric fruits. Not as bitter as the huge IBU would indicate. Rather tame and sessionable, dangerously sessionable. Loads of stone fruits and citric hoppage behind a piney background. Lengthy bitterness. Good beer Sunday, January 8, 2012
kiwibt	4.2 Cock and Bull Monks Habit On tap,Newmarket C/B Pours reddy/brown with firm head. Aroma of mango,passionfruit,grapefruit,high alcohols and caramel. Taste of grapefruit,mango, some green dry hop resin, a caramel malt background, balanced of with a firm bitterness and slight residual malt sugar. Overall a very nice beer, not really a IPA as the malt and residual malt sweetness balances the hops. Saturday, November 12, 2011
kiwibt	4.1 Cock and Bull Dark Star On tap at Newmarket C/B Black with a large grey head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, caramel and light floral hop. Good balance between malt sweetness, roasty malt and bitterness. Flavour is a mixture of chocolate, coffee, roast, caramel. Nice. Friday, October 7, 2011
kiwibt	4.2 Cock and Bull German Pils On tap at Newmarket C/B Pours light golden, clear with good head. Aroma of herbal spice, light esters. Good malt body balanced with nice herbal hop flavour, finishes with a nice bitterness and lingering mineral like dryness. Nice. Friday, October 7, 2011
TheRealMGD	3.5 Cock and Bull Dark Star Tap @ Cock and Bull - Newmarket. Black pour with a tan head leaving moderate lace. Slight metallic, dark roast and almond nose. Medium body and carbonation, about right for a porter. Coffee, cocoa, almonds and burnt toast. Slight smokiness and oiliness in the finish, something I really like in a porter. Definitely on the dry, roasty, bitter side, but very good and highly sessionable. Wednesday, September 14, 2011
maneliquor	3.4 Cock and Bull Monks Habit Tap at Beervana. Notes of toasted malts and grass on the nose. Earthy hops with a nice lemon zest presence in the taste. Quite a decent beer Monday, August 15, 2011
TheRealMGD	3.1 Cock and Bull Monks Habit Tap @ Cock & Bull. Clear, light amber pour with a short, off-white head leaving moderate lace. Pine, fruit and alcohol nose (with a hint of sulphur as it warms). Medium body and carbonation. Pineapple, spruce, toast, cardboard, sugar, grapefruit. Not as lightweight in the finish as many NZ IPAs and PAs, but still a bit wimpy. Sunday, July 17, 2011
Dudar	3.6 Cock and Bull Monks Habit Amber, thin head. Nose grassy, piney, orange marmalade, some tropical notes. taste piney, slightly citrusy hops reinforced by noticeable alcohol. Some caramel notes, med-full body with lingering "green" bitterness. Nice beer, but not an easy drinkable one. Saturday, July 9, 2011
carlinmike	3.4 Cock and Bull Fuggles On handpump at C&B, Ellerslie in Auckland. A medium strength, eponomously hopped ale, trying hard - and largely succeeding - to be a tradtional English bitter. My usual pint at this, my local when in Auckland. Better than usual today, served warmer than normal which was welcome and exposed a more delicate malt flavour than I’ve noticed before. Perhaps it was a fresh cask on a Sunday lunchtime. Sunday, November 22, 2009
donfardz64	3.2 Cock and Bull Monks Habit On tap at Malthouse. Pours a nice deep red/brown, thin head. Aroma has plenty of citrusy hops, some dark fruit. Flavour is quite bitter, grapefruity hops with a bit of toasted malt, thin body. A good hoppy beer, nothing Belgian about it though, so the name is confusing. Sunday, November 22, 2009
EastCoaster	3.6 Limburg Hopsmacker only upon memory from a visit there but I do remember it being one exquisite brew. Monday, August 10, 2009
kiwibt	4 Cock and Bull Fuggles Hand pump through sparkler. Clear deep brown/red with very good head retnention and lacing. Aroma of earthy,marmalade,flowery english hops with a slight fruity estery background. Taste of flowery hop with marmalade and slight mineral earthy background. Crystal malt balance with a nice crisp hop bitterness. Nice. Saturday, July 4, 2009
kiwibt	3.1 Cock and Bull Buxom Blonde On tap. Aroma of slight phenolics, esters,and slight fruit hop. Slightly cloudy with meduim head, taste of creamy wheat malt, slightly acidic, high alcohols with a mild/mid bitterness. A easy drinking filtered wheat beer, lacks classic wheat yeast profile. Saturday, July 4, 2009
kiwibt	3.4 Cock and Bull Brazen Blonde Pours light brown/red with meduim head. Aroma off light sherry,with malt background, slight weisse yeast profile. Taste of light sherry,slight flat middle finishes with mild caramel malt. Hardy any hop aroma or flavour. Nice beer, would like to try a unfiltered sample. More carbonation ould help as well. Saturday, July 4, 2009
DuffMan	2.7 Limburg Czechmate Pilsner Bottle. Clear golden with an average white head. Nice subtle tropical fruit hop aroma with underlying clean grains. Unfortunately there is less hop presence in the flavour than in the aroma, however the finish has a nice bitterness appropriate to the style. Not bad, but there are much finer pilseners to be had in this beautiful country. Tuesday, June 23, 2009
MrGGen	3.1 Limburg Czechmate Pilsner Colore dorato chiaro con schiuma bianca,densa e cremosa.Aroma di luppolo e malto dolce.Gusto di malto,dolce.Per una pils ceca in versione neozelandese non è male. Saturday, March 21, 2009
kempicus	3.6 Cock and Bull Dirty Blonde Belgian Wit I’m with grandmaster a dirty blonde is more interesting....a dirty buxom blonde would be the ultimate i guess.... enough dribble i tried this at the hamilton cock and bull and really liked it.....no hold on i didn’t really like it because i don’t like belgium witbier but i thought it was a good beer for the style. the usual thing to do is compare it with hoegaarden and this stood up really well to it....i actually liked this a bit better, had more body and a little bit of sweetness to it that i enjoyed Monday, March 9, 2009
beerledgend	3.3 Cock and Bull Dirty Blonde Belgian Wit Hazy pale yellow colour with small white head,perhaps served too cold. Good clove and corriander flavours, a bit short though. A bit thin but not bad. Friday, March 6, 2009
TheGrandMaster	3.1 Cock and Bull Dirty Blonde Belgian Wit Draught at the Nemarket Cock and Bull. Certainly plenty of clove and corriander spice, more interesting than the Buxom Blonde. Friday, February 27, 2009
kiwibt	3.4 Cock and Bull Blue Goose Draught at Newmarket c/b Clear light yellow with meduim head. Aroma of floral saaz like hop backed with sweetish malt. Strong floral hop flavour with meduim bitterness and mild malt background. Overall a good lager, less hop flavour and more bitterness be better for the balance. Monday, February 9, 2009
kempicus	3.5 Cock and Bull Fuggles Unfortunately the last time i tried this it was in really bad form, metallic and green apple....I’m going to give this a rating that it deserves from all the great times i’ve had drinking it! Saturday, January 10, 2009
kiwibt	3.8 Cock and Bull Dirty Blonde Belgian Wit Aroma of cloves, corrinander, orange and a slight yeast autolysis. Appearance is cloudy white/orange. The flavour is well balanced with stronge corrinander/cloves with a orange background and witbier yeast fermentation profile. Overall a very good example, I just feel it needs some more acidity to finish it off. Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Dbeers	3.4 Cock and Bull Monks Habit On Tap. copper colour with smallish head leads to some great lacing. aromatic citrus aroma crisp hoppy taste,very well crafted beer easily best beer at the cock n bull Friday, December 12, 2008
Dbeers	2.9 Cock and Bull Blue Goose On Tap. Pours crisp golden with thin head, aromatic hoppy aroma. reasonable lager not sure if I would push the premium button. very drinkable and a great session beer Friday, December 12, 2008
TheGrandMaster	2.7 Cock and Bull Rhinefire Oktoberfest Lager Draught at the Newmarket Cock & Bull (Auckland), pours a clear and bright amber gold. Metallic on the nose, but a touch of sweet malt. Biscuity malt on the palate, with that metallicness agan. The thin finish carries through quite a bit of alcohol, along with being quite sweet. I give this an OK. Monday, October 13, 2008
TheGrandMaster	2.2 Cock and Bull Classic Draught Draught at the Newmarket Cock & Bull (Auckland), gold with a filmy head. Not really much of an aroma at all, just some earthy malt coming through. A mellow earthy malt palate, with sweet caramal. Some dryish hops in the finish. Typical NZ draught style. Monday, October 13, 2008
kempicus	3.7 Cock and Bull Rhinefire Oktoberfest Lager Tried on tap at the Malthouse. Pours golden colour with little head, served a wee bit cold i fancy. Didn’t initially think much of this but as it warmed the flavours and nose developed into a really nice brew, has a good malt nuttiness to it and quite a dry finish...possibly a bit too bitter for the style but i don’t care! Monday, October 6, 2008
kiwibt	3.3 Cock and Bull Doppelbock Aroma is chocolate,munich with some esters.Appearance dark brown with a hint of red,medium head.Clarity good with meduim carbonation. Flavour is chocolate,munich with a warming alcohol background. Overall a good d/bock but with to much chocolate malt and is almost ale in fermentation profile. Could be slightly less sweet as well. Well brewed. Saturday, September 27, 2008
TheGrandMaster	2.6 Cock and Bull Doppelbock A sample tasted at the Malthouse, but no more. Though the malt was little pungent and papery. Maybe I should have given it a decent go, but it didn’t have enough there to entice me. Friday, September 26, 2008
sdk	3.4 Cock and Bull Fuggles Fresh cask on for the first of four pints. Nice light brown / dark amber color. Good off white head that dissipated quite quickly. Strangely the head on the second one lasted a lot longer. Bitterness balanced the caramel malt flavor nicely. Good hop flavor and gentle aroma too. Could only just pick up on the hint of nuttiness and there was a whisper of a fruit flavor I couldn’t quite distinguish. By the fourth pint it had grown on me nicely. Could have had a few more, but it’s a bit too heavy for an all nighter. First couple of mouth fulls may have been spoiled by the Fullers ESB I’d just polished off. Monday, September 22, 2008
kempicus	3.1 Cock and Bull Doppelbock Not a bad drop, little thin and one dimensional with none of the pepperyness that i like from this style. Good malt presence but lacks a lagered cleaness. not much wrong with it but just lacks an X factor for me. Friday, September 19, 2008
TheGrandMaster	1.7 Cock and Bull Blue Goose Draught (on a couple of occassions), a bright gold with a thick white head. An earthy malt aroma, lemony, a little mettalic. Earthy malt, somewhat soapy, though the palate is close to being crisp and clean. I don’t really enjoy this. Wednesday, May 7, 2008