Recent Tasting Notes

Brewer's Fine Ale Pure Malt Ale (9/20)
These dudes are so new I couldn't even add them the the www.ratebeer.com dbase due to lack of company web site and email address. Not a mind-blowing debut but no shocker either. Sweet candied nose of crystal malts and rusty orange appearance is very much like the Bintara house style, not a great start. Palate shows the crystal malts early, a dumb sweetness perhaps, but this disappears as the flavours get leaner and dry, almost to the point of being a little dilutive. A touch of of spice on the finish.

Outback Black Opal (7/20)
I didn’t think this beer was a total disaster. Very dark brown, murky, not head. Soft-drink like to pour and look at. Sweet aromas, dare I say Belgian-like with cooked fruitcake, vegemite; I’m not joking when I say it’s not miles away from Rochefort! Definately good hints of complexity. No great to drink however as the flavours fall completely flat and dilutive. Hints of chocolate at best but just too one-diminsional with a soft-drink like palate. Sweet cocoa on the finish.

Outback Pale Ale (5/20)
Weak poorly formed head with holes you could drive a truck through. Appearance is uninspiring; rusty orange / amber, a bit creamy soda-like with the poor head retention. Fainty sweet dumb toffee caramel notes in the aroma, lacks drive and presence. Very, very poor flavour profile; sweet cheap malts mated to a soft drink like palate structure. I needed this beer around when I was 16!