The Steam Exchange Brewery Reviews

KeefOz	3.3 The Steam Exchange India Pale Ale Draught at Steam Exchange Brewery, Goolwa. ABV = 5.6%. Poured a crystal clear dark amber with a few mm of bright white dense foam that retained well and laced OK. Carbonation moderate, slow and medium sized. Aroma moderately strong of caramel malt with a hint of spice. Taste is caramel malt and slight spices; low bitterness as per the English IPA style. Light body. Smooth and crisp with a medium-length finish. Thursday, June 3, 2021
Cockatoo	3 The Steam Exchange Steam Ale Sunday, July 26, 2015
Lagerboy	4 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter 330 ml bottle. Clear deep ruby copper, big tan froth slowly settles and lasts. Pleasing subtle chocolate vanilla aroma. Taste is smooth chocolate and vanilla, not too sweet, medium roast, trace of bourbon. Softer carbonation, medium bodied, low hopped. Lovely. NFL (Not For Lagerboys) Friday, January 30, 2015
Danev76	4.3 The Steam Exchange Pale Ale Very strong fruity hop aroma. Clear orange amber colour with excellent head. Nice malt hit up front with bitter hop finish. Medium body with low to medium carbonation. Monday, September 1, 2014
Danev76	4.1 The Steam Exchange Steam Ale Flowery hop aroma. Clear golden colour with good head. Nice malty hit up front with mild bitter hop finish. Medium to heavy body with medium carbonation. Friday, August 8, 2014
mattyhennessy	3 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Tuesday, May 27, 2014
PetesBeers	3 The Steam Exchange Steam Ale Nice and full-flavoured for a sessionable ale. Almost an IPA in nose and initial palate. From the tap at the brewery. Saturday, January 18, 2014
richie747	4 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter On tap thru hopback @ Wheatsheaf $10pint. Extra coffee and hop aromas and flavours from the hopback made this more of a sweet stout instead of a porter. Strong coffee and sweet roast flavor. Saturday, November 16, 2013
vanvenlo	3.5 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter (13-Nov-2006) Big sweet choc vanilla malt aroma. Brown red colour, good head and suds lacing. Big sweet bourbon big vanilla and light roast malt flavour. Bourbon woody and sweet vanilla malt finish. Nice distinctive beer for its time. Perhaps a beer to drink as a quafer in small quanitities, otherwise it could become a bit sickly. I’d be interested in rerating this beer to see whether it has changed or my palate has moved on. Friday, November 1, 2013
vanvenlo	3 The Steam Exchange Southerly Buster Dark Ale (13-Nov-2006) Medium sweet malt and some roast complexity aroma. Clear red-brown colour, decent head and lacing. Sweet light roasted malt flavour but a bit simple. Smooth well balanced malt and hop bitter finish and sweet malt aftertaste. Friday, November 1, 2013
vanvenlo	3.3 The Steam Exchange Stout (13-Nov-2006) Lovely smooth sweet choc malt aroma. Dark brown-black colour, good head that retains and sheet lacing. Sweet malt with a light roast malt flavour. Thinnish mouth feel and a sweet low roasted malt aftertaste. Friday, November 1, 2013
fletchfighters	2.6 The Steam Exchange Oscar Ale 330 ML Hazy orange color, half finger of white head that falls to a film. Nose is not a scotch ale at all. All good though. Candied citrus and pine with hints of caramel. Taste is a bit confusing. Bits of orange and banana but very thin and watery. Fast and fleeting taste. Soft, weak body. Very weak and watery. More like a pale ale crossed with a wheat. Needs a lot more. Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Rangi	2.6 The Steam Exchange Stout This beer has the usual checklist for a stout. It looks good an black. It has a coffee and chocolate roastness to it but unfortunately there is nothing to the beverage, very slight grassy notes other wise the roast coffee and chocolate don’t come through as much as I usually enjoy with a stout. Over all this feels watery and flat. Wednesday, November 7, 2012
lorri_sanga	3 The Steam Exchange Steam Ale Saturday, September 1, 2012
fletchfighters	3.1 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter A-- Poured a dark, deep cola color. Settled black. Quick fading one finger light brown head. A few beads of carbonation rise from the sides. Really nice head retention to this. On swirling got a two, almost 3 finger head that was light sand in color. S-- Vanilla, dark milk chocolate and some odd fruitiness to this. Some pear and green apple. Has the scent of a candle in some ways. Lacking he roasted malt character of this. T-- Dark bitter chocolate. No sweetness to this. Very forward chocolate and some burnt malts or barley. M-- Medium feel and medium carbonation. Staple of Australian porters and stouts are higher than normal carbonation for the style. I suppose to make it more drinkable and approachable. Lots of dark chocolate in the mouth but nothing to smooth it out. Kind of harsh in a way. Like the 90% coco bars can find here. Get a bit of apple again in the mouth. Finishes dry. D-- With some sweetness this could be really good. Has the porter taste but is very one dimensional. Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Maris	3.3 The Steam Exchange Southerly Buster Dark Ale From a 330ml bottle on 14/8/2012. Pours a dark amber with a small fine head. Has a slightly unusual aroma of caramel malt and pear. In the mouth, it’s malt dominated with sweet caramel and lots of brown sugar, some hints of dark fruit, and a medium roasty bitterness at the back. A decent brown ale. Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Threepwood	3.2 The Steam Exchange Southerly Buster Dark Ale Pours a dark copper, hazy with high carbonation resulting in a persistant light cream head. Smells great, caramel malt, toffee and some dried fruit. Full flavour, prickly carb, some spiciness. I really quite like this one. Monday, October 17, 2011
Ungstrup	3.4 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of caramel, bread, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel and bread, leading to a dry metallic finish. Thursday, October 6, 2011
davidm	4.6 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Bottle 330ml. Nice sweet porter. Aromas of bourbon, caramel, vanilla, and liquorice. Taste is sweet, with light bitterness, and long length. Palate is highly carbonated, velvety, and medium bodied. Black, with a frothy head. Wednesday, June 1, 2011
davidm	4.6 The Steam Exchange Stout Bottle 330ml. Great beer, quite hoppy for a stout. Aromas of caramel, berries, liquorice, and chocolate. Taste is sweet, with bitter notes, and long length. Palate is velvety and medium bodied. Black, with a thin head. Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Maris	3 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter From a 330ml bottle on 6/5/2011. Pours a very dark amber. The beer foamed out of the bottle with such force that I lost about a quarter of its contents. Has a modest aroma of roasted malt and molasses. The flavour is dominated by chocolate, with a reasonably strong alcohol and roasted malt bitter finish. I get the bourbon but couldn’t taste any vanilla. Not really a dessert beer as claimed. An okay porter, but nothing special. Friday, May 6, 2011
Davros	3.1 The Steam Exchange Pale Ale Pours dark amber with a large fading head. Aroma shows lots of spicy and grapefruit hops. Loads of crystal malt. Pretty nice. Though not all that much in the way of American hops. Mass of crystal malt dominates the flavours, before a sharp metallic bitterness follows. Carbonation is a little high. Nice other than that metallic bitterness. Saturday, April 30, 2011
hawthorne00	3.1 The Steam Exchange Southerly Buster Dark Ale Bottle, 13C. Dark toffee with a ridiculous light beige head. But just a conditioning mistake, it seems - aroma of vinegar toffee, toasted malt, preserved ginger, mace. Unsurprisingly too fizzy. Taste has toasted malt, caramel, malt vinegar, raisins, less spice than suggested by the smell. They haven’t got the bottling anywhere near right, but there’s a pretty good beer lurking underneath the fizz. Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Theis	2.4 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear dark reddish/brown - white head. Roasted, dryness, raisins, light cocoa aroma, vegetables, light metallic, light chocolate. Boring. Thursday, March 17, 2011
joergen	3.1 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Bottle at Papsø. Clear red brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Light roasted aroma of hay and dark chocolate. Light roasted flavour of dark chocolate and berries. Berryish finish. Wednesday, March 16, 2011
yespr	3.5 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter 33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and slight caramelish. Bitter, roasted malty and smooth vanilla. Lingering dark roasted malty, bourbon and vanilla finish. Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Pinball	3.4 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter clear amber, small brown head. spicy aroma, roasted malts. quite spicy. flavor is wood, vailla, roasted stuff, slightly fruity, ends quite roasted. Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Papsoe	3 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Pours a dark nutty brown with a creamy beige head. A little discreet roast in the nose. Medium body, roastiness with a slight tartness. Dry, roasty finish. But no real traces of neither chocolate nor vanilla or Bourbon. 150311 Tuesday, March 15, 2011
ComradeK	3.9 The Steam Exchange Stout 330ml bottle. Pours a dark black, with a sizeable tan head, which fades disappointingly quickly. Aroma of chocolate and coffee, with a hint of nuts in the background. Dark bitter flavours dominate to start, with espresso prominent in the mix. This is followed by a coffee chocolate flavour and a Vienna coffee finish. A classy stout. Friday, January 28, 2011
TimE	2.9 The Steam Exchange Steam Ale light amber color, mildly sweet over attenuated. Not balanced. Dry and boring. Sunday, January 23, 2011
ComradeK	3.8 The Steam Exchange Steam Ale 330ml bottle. I can’t really accurately comment on the pour, as it was consumed straight from the bottle. The aroma is very hoppy, with pine and resin notes, and some dried berries. Fruity, oily hops start it off, moving into some sweeter dried peel as the drink progresses. The initial flavour returns in the finish. Whilst not the world’s most excellent beer, for an APA, usually one of my least favourite ale styles, this stuff is pretty impressive. It has some interesting flavours in there, and only falls short of the excellent Little Creatures Pale Ale by a hair’s breadth. Saturday, January 22, 2011
ComradeK	3.9 The Steam Exchange Southerly Buster Dark Ale 330ml bottle. Pours a hazy chestnut, with a moderate white head, passable retention and limited lace. The aroma has a lot of malt in it, with toffee and chocolate particularly noticeable, as well as some dried fruit and christmas pudding hints. Hints of pepper to start, with some sweeter citrus lurking in there too. These are soon overcome by more dried fruit, with the tiniest suggestion of cloves and anise appearing soon after. The finish contains an odd briny hint, possibly due to the location of the brewery next to the Murray estuary at Goolwa, followed by lingering caramel notes. A lovely beer, which would be excellent as a winter drink. Saturday, January 22, 2011
ComradeK	3.8 The Steam Exchange India Pale Ale On tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy ruby amber, with a medium white head, reasonable retention and a nice lacing. The nose is redolent with spicy fruit notes, with some resin hops detectable and a hint of rum lurking in the background. There are lots of peppery and citrus hops to start, moving into a full-bodied malty mid-section, with lots of berry fruit. The finish is smooth and fruity, but with a hint of spice. Not as hoppy as most IPAs, but this is nonetheless a good effort. Saturday, January 22, 2011
ndon	3.5 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Bottle at a tasting, 15th of January 2011. Pours a darkish brown with an average light brown head. Definate dark chocolate in the aroma, slight hint of bourbon (borbon barrel maybe?). Taste is dark chocolate with a hint of vanilla and sweet caramel, along with some roasted malt. I would have it again, but won’t be going out of my way to get it. Monday, January 17, 2011
bluevegie	3.3 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Went to the brewery a couple of years back but unfortunately this wasn’t available on the day. Deep dark brown body with little head. Notice the bourbon on the aroma along with dark choclate and some roasted notes. Some vanilla comes through in the taste along with the chocolate. Drinkable. Wednesday, January 5, 2011
ndon	3.4 The Steam Exchange Southerly Buster Dark Ale Draught at the Local Taphouse, Darlinghurst. Tasty winter warmer, but nothing special. Chocolate, roasted, and toasted malts combine with a hint of coffee and some cinnamon to finish it off. Would happily drink it again, but wont go out of my way to find it. Friday, December 3, 2010
ndon	3.3 The Steam Exchange India Pale Ale Draught at the Local Taphouse, Darlinghurst. Very much an English IPA, hops are very low in the profile. Quite sweet with a stonefruit aroma and taste. Alcohol is apparent in the aftertaste. Friday, December 3, 2010
Tuna84	4.6 The Steam Exchange Oak Aged Pale Ale Love this beer! The texture is amazing and bubbles the perfect size. Its like drinking the beer version of a thickshake. A slight caramel taste with the oak flavour is amazing. Its the only beer i can drink as fast as water. I cant get enough of this stuff. I wish i could have bought a carton of it. Up there in my top 5 beers. Great work by Steam Exchange. Sunday, November 21, 2010
BarossaLuke	3.7 The Steam Exchange Oak Aged Pale Ale Very clear, brilliant dark amber colour. Lots of malt and a good amount of oak aroma there. Full mouthfeel, plenty of oak and some sweet malt flavour too. This is a seasonal release on tap at the Wheatsheaf, aged on oak staves for three weeks. Very good beer, best I’ve had from this brewer. Wednesday, November 3, 2010
hawthorne00	3 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Bottle. Red-tinged dark brown with a large light tan head. Modest aroma has vanilla, chocolate, oak, damp earth. Mouthfeel wants to be creamy but is too fizzy. Light roast, vanilla, some berries, chocolate, a little wood. Didn’t really pick much in the way of bourbon. Monday, October 11, 2010
hawthorne00	3.3 The Steam Exchange Stout Very dark brown with a small light tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, grass - smells just like a Croweater stout. Soft taste of light roast, chocolate, prune-like sourness and grassy bitterness. Mouthfeel improves after a swirl or two - it’s quite gassy. I’ve a soft spot for Sth Australian stouts and this is a plain and easy-drinking specimen of a style that kept decent beer alive in this country until very recently. Friday, October 8, 2010
Maris	3.5 The Steam Exchange Pale Ale From a 330ml bottle on 15/9/2010. Has a modest grassy, floral aroma. Tastes sweet, fruity and spicy, with a firm bitter kick. Warms up nicely and goes down very easily. Pretty good. Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Stew41	3.4 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter A much better bet than the standard stout albeit still too fizzy. Deeper flavour profile here with dark chocolate, vanilla, sweet oak and a slightly weird choc-raspberry licorice note. Actually very nice. Fizzy does cut at the flavour however. Can’t believe this is 9%+, can barely feel it. Saturday, September 4, 2010
Stew41	3 The Steam Exchange Stout Not a startling stout by any stretch but it certainly grows on you. Starts our quite dry, roasty, minerally and austere but develops and opens up nicely as the beer warms up. Chocolate and sweet coffee becomes more apparent and the roast note softens. A bit fizzy for my tastes but not out of step with its domestic peers in this respect. Saturday, September 4, 2010
Stew41	3.2 The Steam Exchange Steam Ale A solid is unspectacular example of the style. Dry and lean in the palate (not really a bad thing) but the nose shows exellent passionfruit. Nice bitter hoppy note too. Saturday, September 4, 2010
BeerChaser0078	3.5 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Bottle 6.5%. Dark brownish ruby pour with a creamy tan head that lasts a while. Aroma has powerful notes of bourbon, vanilla and chocolate, with lesser notes of toffee, spice and cherry. Flavour is similar but fruitier, with some added berry notes, as well as being more woody and spicy. Mouthfeel is quite light, almost watery, with moderate carbonation and a lengthy bittersweet finish. Slightly unusual this beer, a little like a sweet old ale, but pretty good all the same. Monday, August 23, 2010
bluebetty	3.2 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Bottle. Pours a deep dark brown with a dense rocky tan coloured head. A little lacing. Decent looking beer. I dont get much in the way of aroma. A little chocolate and yeast aroma. Not much in the way of bourbon nor the expected roasted malt character. Flavours are some what beetter. A little sweet chocolate up front and a little roasted malt character near the end. Once again no real bourbon character. Mouthfeel seems to be in line with the style. Not a bad porter but not much else. Saturday, August 21, 2010
jonno	3.2 The Steam Exchange Truffles Porter Alright who ever entered this beer was a bit under the weather because this is 6.9%, not 9.6%! Starts with an unusual berry like nose. In the mouth it is pure porter - a little thin and not my favourite style but decent. Don’t get much of the bourbon. Double chocolate vanilla bourbon porter? nah just a half decent porter. Friday, July 2, 2010
mkel07	4.2 The Steam Exchange Steam Ale 330ml bottle. Rich and deep, the beige creamy foam fills the top half of the glass before settling. Dull sunset orange colour with caramel and malty biscuit aromas. Tart finish follows a well balanced complex flavour with a big bold body . Feels good when swirled around in the mouth and is very enjoyable. Thursday, July 1, 2010
Stew41	3.4 The Steam Exchange Pale Ale Floral, fruity, aromatic style is very appealing and pretty. A big gusher upon pouring and a piney note on the nose indicated a bug, but the palate showed no problems whatsoever. Very balanced with no particular character really sticking out. I could drink this all day, partiucularly in the warmer weather. Monday, June 28, 2010