Recent Tasting Notes - Redoak
Special Strong Ale (15/20)
Don’t quite know style this beer is aspiring to be but I reckon it works. Definately sweet hints here, in the house style, but quite nice. Fruity nose, not miles away from a Pommy golden ale or bitter. Fruit drives the palate and the flavour weight hold up well with the alcohol lending a hand. Firming bitterness kicks in on the finish. This is a good beer. And geez, didn’t Benard Fanning sound good on Red Oak’s speaker system!
Marzen Rauch (13/20)
I thought this was pretty good. Poured a treat with a coffee coloured head of decent intensity. Dull tan brown in colour. Distinctive aromas of sweet birch and a hint of milk chocolate. Flavours are a little more tame and doe wash out to a malty Vienna / Amber style. Finishes dry and somewhat unmemorable.
Old Baltic Porter (14/20)
An interesting tasting for me as a sample of the "current" release back in 2005 was the first time I had tried an Aussie beer that could truly be considered world class. I think the early 2008 on-tap offering is the 2004. Exceptional optics; near black in colour with a perfectly formed thin choc orange head (straight outta the BP handbook), Raisened fruits on the nose with some chocolate, quite subtle but clearly showing some class. Palate is definately in the weird bracket with flavours dominated salty, olive kick, before some sweet roast and chocolate comes through. Dead ringer for a Thorogoods cider! Finishes with a sweet edge. Not really a great beer but has character. And of course way pricey at $10 for 180ml.
Don’t quite know style this beer is aspiring to be but I reckon it works. Definately sweet hints here, in the house style, but quite nice. Fruity nose, not miles away from a Pommy golden ale or bitter. Fruit drives the palate and the flavour weight hold up well with the alcohol lending a hand. Firming bitterness kicks in on the finish. This is a good beer. And geez, didn’t Benard Fanning sound good on Red Oak’s speaker system!
Marzen Rauch (13/20)
I thought this was pretty good. Poured a treat with a coffee coloured head of decent intensity. Dull tan brown in colour. Distinctive aromas of sweet birch and a hint of milk chocolate. Flavours are a little more tame and doe wash out to a malty Vienna / Amber style. Finishes dry and somewhat unmemorable.
Old Baltic Porter (14/20)
An interesting tasting for me as a sample of the "current" release back in 2005 was the first time I had tried an Aussie beer that could truly be considered world class. I think the early 2008 on-tap offering is the 2004. Exceptional optics; near black in colour with a perfectly formed thin choc orange head (straight outta the BP handbook), Raisened fruits on the nose with some chocolate, quite subtle but clearly showing some class. Palate is definately in the weird bracket with flavours dominated salty, olive kick, before some sweet roast and chocolate comes through. Dead ringer for a Thorogoods cider! Finishes with a sweet edge. Not really a great beer but has character. And of course way pricey at $10 for 180ml.
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