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Boag's Draught
J. Boag & Son Brewing
- From:
- J. Boag & Son Brewing
- Australia
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #174 - ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- 69
Ranked #28,086 - Avg:
- 2.76 | pDev: 24.28%
- Reviews:
- 23
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 25, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 30, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia
3.9/5 rDev +41.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +41.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Purchased at Yarraville IGA in Melbourne in October 2022. Drunk in May 2023.
L: Golden, bronzed yellow, with a fluffy, bright-white and long-lasting head that leaves lovely lacing in the glass. Small bubbles race up the inside of the glass.
S: Old, slightly sour yeast, brown sugar, sweet malt. it's not very expressive in the nose but smells fairly similar to most traditional Australian draught/lager/bitter beers.
T: Moderately bitter, with a burnt caramel and tea leaves malty taste. There's some minerality upon the swallow, and the bitterness lingers surprisingly long after the swallow. This is a very quaffable beer.
B: Moderately full, with minimal carbonic prickle and smoothness on the palate. That slightly lower-than-expected carbonation leaves a creamy note and adds to the impression of tea leaves at the end of the swallow.
O: This is quite enjoyable and definitely more so than I had expected. I suspect it would suit a cold Tasmanian winter, warm pub and fire vibe. Very nice.
Cheers!
#241
May 21, 2023L: Golden, bronzed yellow, with a fluffy, bright-white and long-lasting head that leaves lovely lacing in the glass. Small bubbles race up the inside of the glass.
S: Old, slightly sour yeast, brown sugar, sweet malt. it's not very expressive in the nose but smells fairly similar to most traditional Australian draught/lager/bitter beers.
T: Moderately bitter, with a burnt caramel and tea leaves malty taste. There's some minerality upon the swallow, and the bitterness lingers surprisingly long after the swallow. This is a very quaffable beer.
B: Moderately full, with minimal carbonic prickle and smoothness on the palate. That slightly lower-than-expected carbonation leaves a creamy note and adds to the impression of tea leaves at the end of the swallow.
O: This is quite enjoyable and definitely more so than I had expected. I suspect it would suit a cold Tasmanian winter, warm pub and fire vibe. Very nice.
Cheers!
#241
Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
3.45/5 rDev +25%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.45/5 rDev +25%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Best by 03/04/19.
Pours a clear gold with an inch of foam after things settle down. Leaves some lacing.
Smells of grain, sweet malt, light bitterness. I'm not picking up the usual...corn.
Taste is grainy but not corny, sweet malt mixed with a bit of bitterness. It's not overly flavourful but what's there agrees with me.
Usual mouthfeel for the style.
Definitely a cut above the other Aussie Lagers I've tried recently.
Jan 27, 2019Pours a clear gold with an inch of foam after things settle down. Leaves some lacing.
Smells of grain, sweet malt, light bitterness. I'm not picking up the usual...corn.
Taste is grainy but not corny, sweet malt mixed with a bit of bitterness. It's not overly flavourful but what's there agrees with me.
Usual mouthfeel for the style.
Definitely a cut above the other Aussie Lagers I've tried recently.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
2.49/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.49/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Bottle from Nannup beer store. In this part of Australia (bush country), pale lagers seem to rule. Can’t tell one from the other, nondescript and bland.
Jan 22, 2016Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia
3.69/5 rDev +33.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +33.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From bottle, Pale gold pour with almost non-existent white head. Grainy, malty aroma. Sweet, grainy, malty taste, there is a little bitterness at the end. Not bad.
Jun 08, 2015Rated by Andrewziggy from Australia
2.93/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.93/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
light, enough bubbles to please, sour apple and soggy cereal linger
Dec 19, 2014Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)
2.39/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
2.39/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
Pint at some random bar, 19/3/14 from notes
A clear golden liquid with plenty of bubbles, a finger of foam falls in no time but manages to leaves 4 thick distinct rings and lots of random patches deep down the glass
S cabbage, sweet and sour malt, some honey, and stinky feet, smells like a wet shoe
T less cabbage and wet shoe but adjuncts and rotting hay are somehow an improvement
M feels the part, light, enough bubbles to please, sour apple and soggy cereal linger
O not sure what I was expecting but I got what I deserved ordering cheap pints at a pokie bar
I liked this beer when I lived in Australia 8 years ago, I think my palate and taste for beer might've changed since then
Mar 21, 2014A clear golden liquid with plenty of bubbles, a finger of foam falls in no time but manages to leaves 4 thick distinct rings and lots of random patches deep down the glass
S cabbage, sweet and sour malt, some honey, and stinky feet, smells like a wet shoe
T less cabbage and wet shoe but adjuncts and rotting hay are somehow an improvement
M feels the part, light, enough bubbles to please, sour apple and soggy cereal linger
O not sure what I was expecting but I got what I deserved ordering cheap pints at a pokie bar
I liked this beer when I lived in Australia 8 years ago, I think my palate and taste for beer might've changed since then
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
2.89/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.89/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Coming in a 375ml bottle; BB 12/11/13, served mildly chilled in a straight pilsner glass.
Appearance: pours a dark straw to light golden colour, coming with lively carbonation and a well-lasting creamy white beer head.
Smell: mineral & old-limey aroma comes first, on top of rather mild grainy maltiness with a touch of doughy acidity and the sour side of honey on the side; given a good swirl, the more lively grainy notes come to the fore, as of corns but not exactly that. I suspect the recipe purports to replicate a German Helles Lager.
Taste: quite unnaturally sweet comes the foretaste; in fact, it’s full of grainy, corn-ish, lightly syrupy sweetness as well as soaked white bread; the maltiness carries on through to the finish, giving very little space for hops or other elements to manifest. Faintly chewy in the finish, along with random aroma of starchy malts and honey.
Mouthfeel & Overall: lightly-carbonated, thin-bodied, the palate goes lightly slicky and yet turns watery at the end of each sip. Not a balanced or distinctive lager this is, I’m afraid, and the sweet side of flavour kind of turns me off.
Jul 13, 2013Appearance: pours a dark straw to light golden colour, coming with lively carbonation and a well-lasting creamy white beer head.
Smell: mineral & old-limey aroma comes first, on top of rather mild grainy maltiness with a touch of doughy acidity and the sour side of honey on the side; given a good swirl, the more lively grainy notes come to the fore, as of corns but not exactly that. I suspect the recipe purports to replicate a German Helles Lager.
Taste: quite unnaturally sweet comes the foretaste; in fact, it’s full of grainy, corn-ish, lightly syrupy sweetness as well as soaked white bread; the maltiness carries on through to the finish, giving very little space for hops or other elements to manifest. Faintly chewy in the finish, along with random aroma of starchy malts and honey.
Mouthfeel & Overall: lightly-carbonated, thin-bodied, the palate goes lightly slicky and yet turns watery at the end of each sip. Not a balanced or distinctive lager this is, I’m afraid, and the sweet side of flavour kind of turns me off.
Boag's Draught from J. Boag & Son Brewing
Beer rating:
69 out of
100 with
43 ratings
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