Murray's Craft Brewing Co. Reviews

ANZUShophunter	2.8 Murray's Whale Ale Rating from old records, haven't seen it around much lately. Clear golden amber w/white head. Decent aroma, but finish has the wheaty bite I'm not fond of Thursday, February 10, 2022
DJMonarch	4 Murray's Heart Of Darkness From the Bottle at GBBF 2011, Earl's Court 04/08/2011 Big roast aroma. Beige head. Black rich on the palate strong in alcohol and hoppy with a hint of dryness in a bitter coffee roast finish. Tuesday, January 11, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 Murray's Punch & Judy's From the Bottle at GBBF 2011, Earl's Court 04/08/2011 Hoppy aroma. White head. Bronze golden coloured hoppy and fruity with a dry lasting malt finish. Tuesday, January 11, 2022
DJMonarch	3.8 Murray's Spartacus Imperial IPA From the Bottle at GBBF 2011, Earl's Court 04/08/2011 Hop and fruit aromas. Golden coloured strong in alcohol hoppy and fruity with a dry and bitter malt finish. Tuesday, January 11, 2022
DJMonarch	3.6 Murray's Anniversary Ale 5 From the Bottle at Chris O's Pre-GBBF Shindig 30/07/2011 Fruity hop aroma. Amber mid brown coloured strong in alcohol fruity and hoppy with an orange flavour. A hint of dryness in a bitter malt finish. Sunday, December 19, 2021
jmgreenuk	3.7 Murray's Anniversary Ale 10 750ml bottle from somewhere in Melbourne. Poured a hazy dark reddish brown colour with a thin broken off-white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light sweet toffee, red berry fruits. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a rich, juicy, raisin, red berry fruit, light warm boozy alcohol bitter palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation. Saturday, October 16, 2021
jmgreenuk	3.7 Murray's Anniversary Ale 11 Bottle from Slow Beer, Fitzroy, Melbourne and shared at Embargo, Phnom Penh. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a short-lived tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, molasses, dark chocolate, red berry fruits. The flavour la liqourice bitter, with a smooth, rich, roasty, liqourice, charcoal, light boozy palate. Medium to full bodied with flat carbonation. Monday, August 16, 2021
Cheeseboard	3.2 Murray's Angry Man Pale Ale Bottle. Pours pale orange gold with a white head. Aroma: grains, citrus, caramel, pine. Taste: light sweet & bitter, biscuit malts, citrus, caramel, earthy. Medium body with moderate to high carbonation. Sunday, July 4, 2021
Jerseyislandbeer	3.3 Murray's Angry Man Pale Ale Old rating from 2015 - 330ml bottle, pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of passion fruit, mango, flora, grass, earth, herbs, grain & spice. Moderate body. Light finish Saturday, April 3, 2021
ANZUShophunter	3 Murray's Angry Man Pale Ale From bottle in shaker. Pours near clear orangish amber w/fluffy off-white head, aroma of caramel, light lime. Firm bitterness (a bit angry?) medium CO2. OK Saturday, March 20, 2021
rockingham	4 Murray's Angry Man Pale Ale Sunday, December 27, 2020
mrgumble	3.3 Murray's Whale Ale 330ml bottle BB 1220 yellow to orangey-yellow and hazy with sediment. Head dissipates quickly. Very faint aroma of cloves with a hint of lemonade and minimal hops. Tart rather than bitter - more like a berliner weisse than a hefeweizen. Moderate carbonation with a fine bead. Clean and refreshing. A nice one for summer, but I wonder what a fresher bottle would be like. Monday, November 2, 2020
scanovajr	3.4 Murray's Fred IPA Saturday, October 31, 2020
scanovajr	4 Murray's / The Crafty Pint Auld Bulgin' Boysterous Bicep 2014 Saturday, October 31, 2020
tp35282	3.8 Murray's Craft Wild thing Whisky Can. Pours ink black with a thick mocha head that dissipates quite quickly. Aromas of whisky, dark dark chocolate, wood roasted malts and spicy hops. Big, rich and smooth. Whisky, grog, heavy bitter roast, savoury beef notes, dark chocolate, touch of milk chocolate, well balanced. Monday, August 3, 2020
BubbleTicks26	3.7 Murray's XPA Poured from a can into a tulip glass. Citrusy aroma with a hint of spice. Pours a hazy golden colour with a white fluffy head that holds well and dissipates to form consistent lacing with a high collar. Well balanced with a good amount of hops to finish. Good carbonation. Very good session beer. Saturday, May 30, 2020
hawthorne00	4 Murray's Anniversary Ale 9 Another bottle from the Local Taphouse's Coronatime cellar pruning. Deep amber, holds a fat coat of cream head a while. Boozy aroma with Sherry, figs, dried peach, burnt toffee. Full, really luscious & creamy body with substantial carbonation. Sweet (figs, sultanas, dried peach, some Sherry) but still bitter and a bit roasty too. Some overt alcohol but nothing inappropriate. Some nut oil creeps in too. Not sure of the date format here - does 201018 mean October this year or is it 18 months past best before? Anyway this is really good now and I'd guess has a good 3 years before it goes anywhere. Saturday, April 25, 2020
hawthorne00	3.9 Murray's Anniversary Ale 10 Bottle. Clear deep brown with less than a coat of cream head. Aroma of toffee, breadcrust, almonds, whisky. More vanilla than oak as such. Just short of syrupy, assisted by some carbonation. Rich but not all that heavy with oloroso, breadcrust, raisins and almonds gathered up by (a little) alcohol, oak and distinct bitterness. Perhaps not all that deep but lovely balance. Sunday, April 19, 2020
vanvenlo	3.2 Murray's Anniversary Ale 12 Bottle (16-Feb-20) Sweet spirit caramel malt aroma. Cloudy brown colour, Sunday, February 16, 2020
Lunkie	3.3 Murray's Anniversary Ale 12 Malt chocolate biscuit aroma. Murky brown colour great head and lacing. Malt biscuit caramel chocolate herbal spice flavour. Smooth palate. Sunday, February 16, 2020
jase3812	4.1 Murray's Wild Thing Imperial Stout This years version is more coffee flavoured than last years chocolate. A strong flavour that almost takes this from a stout into DIPA/IIPA territory with the bitterness of coffee not hops. Tonight this is a 'new job celebratory' beer and a mid week night cap so it's all good Saturday, February 15, 2020
MashTun64	3.9 Murray's Fred IPA Sunday, February 9, 2020
MashTun64	4 Murray's Coco Hops Sunday, January 19, 2020
Choos	3.9 Murray's Anniversary Ale 12 Aroma: honey and raisin giving way to orange peel/marmalade Appearance: clear orange/dark red with a sudsy white head Flavour: slightly acidic but loads of orange and honey Palate: heavy palate weight, still bubbly and long sweet balanced with bitterness citrus peel Tuesday, January 14, 2020
mrmoe	4.4 Murray's Whale Ale Smooth tasting with delicate aroma,a really well made Ale wheat beer. Such a refreshing flavour. Wednesday, January 1, 2020
BubbleTicks26	3.3 Murray's Angry Man Pale Ale Poured from a bottle into a shaker. Pine aroma. Pours with a small white head that dissipates very quickly to produce blotchy lacing. Golden colour, medium body, well carbonated. Well balanced with citrusy hops. Refreshing. Friday, December 6, 2019
BubbleTicks26	3.4 Murray's Whale Ale Poured from a bottle into a shaker. Sweet aroma. Pours with a small white head that dissipates very quickly to form a narrow collar. Hazy golden colour, with medium body and good carbonation. Multiple layers of herbal / floral flavours. Nice variety of the type and would buy again. Wednesday, December 4, 2019
hef0909	4.8 Murray's XPA Tropical fruits, hoppy, light body, low bitterness, easy to drink, hazy. Thursday, November 28, 2019
hef0909	4 Murray's Angry Man Pale Ale Copper colour medium bitterness pine citrus Thursday, November 21, 2019
Davros	3.7 Murray's Anniversary Ale 3 Nose shows caramel, funky notes, vinuous notes, oxidised notes. Flavours include more funk, a bit of a grappa character, cognac, barley, subtle caramel, booze. Sunday, November 17, 2019
hef0909	5 Murray's Whale Ale Light wheat hop citrus malt v easy to drink refreshing Friday, November 15, 2019
Beese	2.8 Murray's Rudeboy Pilsner 330ml bottle in 2016. Clear mid golden with a thin white head. Aroma of floral and grassy hops with some tangerine. Crisp and quite dry, with initial straw and piney hop flavours that diminish to a fairly light finish. Thursday, October 24, 2019
samhonahill	2.6 Murray's Whale Ale Monday, October 7, 2019
samhonahill	3 Murray's Angry Man Pale Ale Sunday, October 6, 2019
scanovajr	3.2 Murray's In Bloom IPA Saturday, August 31, 2019
AtaraxiaDnB	3.2 Murray's & Doughheads Dessert Porter Monday, August 26, 2019
blocksandbeers	3.5 Murray's Coco Hops Not quite the Lamington in a bottle I hoped for, but a lovely porter! Thursday, August 22, 2019
diced	3.5 Yellow Submarine Saturday, August 17, 2019
mattdamon	3.4 Yellow Submarine Saturday, July 6, 2019
Patersoi	3.4 Murray's & Doughheads Dessert Porter Pours almost black with sugary chocolate bouquet . Super chocolate and yes, hazelnut greet the palate. However that unfortunate forced flavour you get from some overworked beers appears here. Claggy finish is somewhat predictable. Friday, July 5, 2019
mycooperage	4.2 Yellow Submarine Think of this as a grown up and more refined version of a NEIPA. Delicate, without losing any full flavours. Sublime Sunday, June 30, 2019
Sandro Mosque	3.2 Murray's Imperious Sunday, June 23, 2019
scanovajr	3.8 Murray's Icon 2IPA Saturday, June 22, 2019
Keloosh	2.7 Murray's Whale Ale Saturday, June 15, 2019
matthewjamesgraham	3.3 Yellow Submarine Can to IPA glass. Deep amber haze in the glass with thin head. Smells like over ripe banana and orange flesh. Citrus oily and tropical fruit on the palate - not too pronounced. Firm bitterness and rind length. Solid but had better NEIPA’s. Bit lacking it’s full potential Thursday, June 6, 2019
Pyobon	3.5 Murray's Coco Hops (On tap) Deep Brown with big cream coloured head. Pleasant aroma with hints of chocolate. Creamy smooth with fine bright carbonation. Taste is good - rich, some malty sweetness and chocolate notes. Very nice. Friday, May 31, 2019
jredmond	3 Murray's Angry Man Pale Ale Bottle at annual team offsite, Anchorage Port Stephens. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with rich malt character, bitter pine, muddled hop profile (if anything), and soft sugar. Sunday, May 19, 2019
RichardGretton	3.2 Murray's Angry Man Pale Ale Bottle. Amberish coloured beer with a good head. The aroma is hopped, and the flavour is quite well hopped and bitter with a reasonable length of finish. Overall a reasonable pale ale. Thursday, May 16, 2019
Maris	3.1 Murray's Pineapple Express From a 375ml can on 13/5/2019. Pours a fairly clear golden with a small head. Has a really odd aroma of smelly cheese and vomit. Not as frightening taste wise. Has a good dash of pineapple and orange, a bit of bready malt, and a fairly gentle bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. The cheesy nose and pineapple does establish some link with pizza. Not the worst. Monday, May 13, 2019
Lunkie	2.5 Murray's Dark Knight Very light sweet roast malt aroma. Clear dark brown colour fair head and lacing. Roast malt chocolate flavour. Smooth palate. Saturday, May 11, 2019