Carlton Sheaf Stout

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

Bottle (750ml) shared with GregClow, jerc & mabel -- courtesy of jerc & mabel. Pours a very dark brown, almost black, with an average size diminishing creamy light-brown head. Aroma’s mild and sweet with toasted malt, caramel and light fruit. Flavour’s...different, not what I expectedt: It’s malty along with nuts, a mild burnt element to it, a hint of coffee and some alcohol in the finish. It’s a but twangy and there’s something about the finish I didn’t care for. Light to average bodied. I found this just O.K.

2008-10-02. Black body with a modest tan had. (4+) Malty aroma has light fruit and acidity, mocha notes, dark fruit. Similar flavour, modest malt dominates, light fruit touches, light acidity and touches of mocha. Average plus palate. (3+) Decent but fairly average. Bottle from Downtown Wine and Spirits, Anchorage

Pours black with a small cream colored head. Aroma is roasted malts and what seems like lactose. Taste is roasted malts and also the lactose again, although it isn’t labeled as a milk stout, this for sure has a bitter lactose to me. I really like this stout though.

Having lived in Aus for over a year, and then having returned to visit Tasmania afterward, I find it ironic that I had to go to Juneau Alaska to find this beauty in Thibideau’s Liquor Store of all places! Pours an oily black with a dark brown head. Rich aromas of coffee, bitter chocolate, and vegemite (or soy sauce if your Canadian I guess). Heavy, velvety mouthfeel, sweet but richly flavourful, rounded out by a nice dry finish. For all the garbage CUB has put out, this was an outstanding surprise!

Bomber. Pours black with a large, fluffy, lasting dark tan head. Bold aroma of burnt coffee, licorice, nuts, and caramel; sweet and roasty. Flavor is somewhat more subdued, with roast malt, moderate caramel sweetness pairing oddly with some sourness, a bit of metallic flavor (subdued hops?), and nice long roasty finish. Moderately chewy palate. An unusual stout---doesn’t quite pull it off, but there’s enough interesting going on here to be worth drinking, and probably somewhat underrated.

Bottle (375ml). I used to drink this quite regularly a few years back, it was one of the first stout’s I really got into, and all these years latter it still impresses. Poured black with a large, thick, fluffy, light-brown head which lasted well. Toasty aroma with roasted chocolate malts, licorice, coffee, sweet caramel and some nuts. Flavor was a light burnt bitterness with roasted chocolate malts, caramel, licorice, black coffee with bitter chocolate in the finish. Medium bodied with medium carbonation, a dry mouthfeel and a good finish.

Bottle, Large rocky light brown head. Good lacing. Dark pitch black color. Aroma of chocolate and burnt coffee. Full creamy body with average carbonation. Bitter finish. Better than the running average of 3.15.

750 ml bottle from Bottle Trek. Dark brown/black color with a reasonable tan head. Toasted, but not burnt, malt aroma. Rather thin bodied with moderate carbonation. Flavor is slightly sour toasted malt, with coffee, chocolate and a touch of dark fruit. Maybe toffee. Finish is rather bitter and dry. Decent drink.