Carlton Sheaf Stout

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

Large tan head. Burnt carmel nose. Taste starts with roasted malt but finishes on a metallic note. Has potential

soy sauce and coffee meet caramelly vegemite head-on. a good thing to take to parties if you don’t want anyone to pinch your beer from the esky

Roastiness, sort of, but thin and super high alcohol content in nose and flavor (or so it seemed -- someone else said licorice and I can sense that). Dry, woody. Nice presentation, head staying power.

This one divides my friends, but I land on the side that doesn’t favor it. Too much licorice in the flavor (funny that I loved that flavor as a kid). Many other fine qualities of roasted, thick, molasses like taste and decent mouth feel.

Dark-brown-black color with a frothy head, smells like iodine, really sweet and surypy, I don’t know if I can finish it.

A quality stout for the price. Nice and smooth with nice subtle roasted coffee flavor.

Pour yourself a glass of molasses and toast the Aussies. I think this beer isn’t bad at all. Granted...the sweetness is a little much after 1 pt. 9.6 oz of this stuff, but the flavor is pretty straight forward and unique in a way. Extra points for the bigger bottle. Sheaf won’t shaft you on quantity.

Surprisingly nice aroma, dark body, with a light tan head. From there things went downhill for me, with too watery a palate, and fairly weak flavors of malt and hops, and a coffee-ish tone. Not a bad stout, but with so many to choose from, can’t say this would be the one I’d buy.