brettprevans
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well since there doesnt seem to be a single place for all reviews of Coldstream Brewery, ive started one.
Rooky started a review of the pils here
I stopped in quickly on the way home the family so i didnt get a heap of time to taste what was brewery fresh.
Firstly thr palce. Nicely set up. Bar is a little small but if you dont do a roaring bar trade you dont need a big bar. Lovely cosey place. be great to have a meal or sit there all arvo and get stuck into some brews. Bar staff need to be a bit more attentive. There were a lot of thirsty people waiting for drinks and the staff seemed a bit oblivious.
anyway onto the beers
Choc Winter Ale - 4.5% only available at brewery on tap. $5 a pot
I was a little underwhealmed by this. I then found out it was from last year. The choc was very subdued and it was obvious that they had used actual choc and not just some choc grain. It was served too cold and needed to warm up to get any real choc taste. Body was good. This could be a cracker with some improvements. Then again, when it was made last year it may have been a cracker.
Choc Porter - only on tap, $6 a pot (I think)
Again served too cold. But very very tasty. Killed the previous beer. Great Porter flavours and colours. couldnt quite pick the hop. but it was shining through.
Bitter tap only.
Bitter on tap but didnt get to try it. The guy I was sitting next to said it was good but again served too cold. He preferred the Porter out of all of them. (by an aside I found out he was a homebrewer, so was his daughter. so I directed them here so he could join the community)
Naked Ale - No one seemed to have it. bottle or otherwise. dissapointed
I bought a pils and a cider (for the missus) as travellers. $6 each.
Cider. Missus didnt mind it. It didnt grab her and make her do kart wheels but she isnt a regular cider drinker and thought it was nice. I had a siup and it was as i remembered it. Clean, crisp and not too much sweetness. a lot better than your strongbows etc.
Pils.
very very very dissapointed. Buttery. very buttery. so it was infected. I dpont expect that stuff sold from the brewery should be infected. it should have been quality tested. actually i was pissed off cause id been waiting all day to try it, finally got the kids to bed etc, sit down relax and get an infected beer. so I cant comment and what a nonn infected bottle tastes like.
Rooky started a review of the pils here
I stopped in quickly on the way home the family so i didnt get a heap of time to taste what was brewery fresh.
Firstly thr palce. Nicely set up. Bar is a little small but if you dont do a roaring bar trade you dont need a big bar. Lovely cosey place. be great to have a meal or sit there all arvo and get stuck into some brews. Bar staff need to be a bit more attentive. There were a lot of thirsty people waiting for drinks and the staff seemed a bit oblivious.
anyway onto the beers
Choc Winter Ale - 4.5% only available at brewery on tap. $5 a pot
I was a little underwhealmed by this. I then found out it was from last year. The choc was very subdued and it was obvious that they had used actual choc and not just some choc grain. It was served too cold and needed to warm up to get any real choc taste. Body was good. This could be a cracker with some improvements. Then again, when it was made last year it may have been a cracker.
Choc Porter - only on tap, $6 a pot (I think)
Again served too cold. But very very tasty. Killed the previous beer. Great Porter flavours and colours. couldnt quite pick the hop. but it was shining through.
Bitter tap only.
Bitter on tap but didnt get to try it. The guy I was sitting next to said it was good but again served too cold. He preferred the Porter out of all of them. (by an aside I found out he was a homebrewer, so was his daughter. so I directed them here so he could join the community)
Naked Ale - No one seemed to have it. bottle or otherwise. dissapointed
I bought a pils and a cider (for the missus) as travellers. $6 each.
Cider. Missus didnt mind it. It didnt grab her and make her do kart wheels but she isnt a regular cider drinker and thought it was nice. I had a siup and it was as i remembered it. Clean, crisp and not too much sweetness. a lot better than your strongbows etc.
Pils.
very very very dissapointed. Buttery. very buttery. so it was infected. I dpont expect that stuff sold from the brewery should be infected. it should have been quality tested. actually i was pissed off cause id been waiting all day to try it, finally got the kids to bed etc, sit down relax and get an infected beer. so I cant comment and what a nonn infected bottle tastes like.