On tap at the Redoak. Let this one sit for around 2 hours piror to tasting. Arrived a deep dark burgundy with a dense, frothy (almost creamy), off-white head which was mostly lasting. Aroma was of toasted malts with good notes of floral hops, sticky toffee, blackberries, raspberries, juicy oranges, light notes of wood, a hint of butterscotch and some mixed roasted nuts. Flavor was quite simlar to the aroma with a floral hop bitterness (with some resin), sweet/sticky toffee malts, dry biscuits, caramel, blackberries, juicy oranges, mixed nuts and a hint of butterscotch. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, a dry/creamy mouthfeel, slight syrupy (more chewy) texture and a great finish. Good stuff

12 May 2006 (AIBA 2006-Rating 6) - Sweet malt bubblegum aroma (or am I influenced by the Redoak Honey Ale that I have just tasted). Cloudy brown-ruby colour and good lacing. Sweet big malt, toffee, berries and herbal flavours. Hoppy sweet malt finish and a hoppy aftertaste.

Tap at Redoak: I had had this a number of times previously, yet on each occassion a rating was not appropriate. In fact I would say it is the Redoak beer I have sampled the most of, and I find it extraordinarily consistant. Clear mahogany with a yellowy white head - class looks by Redoak again. In the nose things were sadly muted, even after allowing the beer to come up to temperature. A thin touch of smoke, some tangy wild berry fruits (blackberry?), and toffee, but really it was lacking character here. In the mouth things are quite different. Slightly tannic toffee notes with a pleasant and quite prominant woody, herbal hop note. Towards mid palate a juicy and quenching earthy lemon shift occurs (Goldings I imagine) accompanied by some dark berries. Quite nice, but I couldn’t help but be reminded of the numerous bottled and pasteurised English bitters that arrive on our shores. I think the keg and the serving/storage temperature kills this one. I would very much like to sample it from the cask.

on tap at redoak. slightly murky with an insistent head that looked like a half-cooked pikelet and suggested that it was time it was turned over. dark shade of amber with a musty aroma - this beer probably wasn’t much fresher than most other english ales one finds in australia. anyways i msainly tasted honeydew melon and brown sugar. a decent neutral bitterness and a pleasant little alcohol kick