Carlton Sheaf Stout

Brewed by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Style: Foreign Stout
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Black Coloring with Good Tan Head. Coffee Aroma..With a Bitter Tang to It. Carbonation...alot of it...Thick Mouthfeel..Very Bitter and Cold Coffee Flavor. Drinkable Enough but Not Very Balanced/Put Together Well.

Bottle. Fil bought me this at a bottle shop right beside the Australian in the Rocks. Pours with a small brown head and the color is dark,dark, ruby. This shows good lace and the nose is of coffee and alcohol overtones. Let’s begin... Almost a dry stout taste with medium body and a strong espresso flavor. This finishes bitter on the back of the tongue with an alcohol burn. Not a full flavored beer that really impresses, but rather dry and bitter, which is interesting. A little incomplete, but still a decent beer. Thanks Fil!

Surprisingly good foreign stout from one of Australia’s macro brewers. Had to check the bottle to confirm that this is from the brewer behind some of the country’s worst swill. Poured tar black, with a paltry 0.5cm tan head that quickly vamoosed. Appearance redeemed by some lacing. Promising aroma: bitter chocolate, espresso and strong vanilla characters. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel. Milk chocolate notes, roast barley and a restrained bitterness. Generally sweet. Leaves a phlegmy bitterness at the back of the throat like you’ve just horsed several strong lattes. It’s not a classic but it’s much, much better than you might expect. (375ml bottle, best before 17/6/06)

a great beer one of my favorites a little hard to find so i stock up when ever I can

Nearly black color with a medium sized kahki head. Light roast and some licorice in the aroma. Light roasted barley flavor, moderate bitterness, some cocoa and a lactic like quality in the finish.

Very dark. Moderate head and some lacing. Restrained roast malt aroma. Very strong aggressive rough taste with bitter chocolate and roast bitter finish. Reminds me of some East German beers I drank in the early 80s.

Pours black with brown/beige head in a deceptively pretty presentation. I poured two ounces into my mouth, and the remaining thirty down the drain. Sickly sweet aluminum, battery acid, pesticides, sour mildew, and a diabolical mega-funk permeate this liquid. The aroma was unreal, and the taste was even worse. THIS IS THE FIRST BEER, DURING 8 YEARS OF BEER ENJOYMENT, THAT I HAVE EVER POURED OUT.

Black, tan head. Smells like a stout. Bittersweet smell, coffee, chocolate, burnt marshmallow. The taste isn’t the best. Very metallic right through to the finish, can feel that on the roof of your mouth. Has a weird tanginess in the beginning, almost a sourness, and only in the finish has a nice stout bitterness. OK. Cannot compare to other stouts.