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Monteith's Black
Monteith's Brewing Co.
- From:
- Monteith's Brewing Co.
- New Zealand
- Style:
- Schwarzbier
Ranked #127 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #25,289 - Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 13.41%
- Reviews:
- 70
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 14, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 21, 2002
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 15
No description / notes.
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Ratings by tone77:
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.2/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.2/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Poured from a brown 11.2 oz. bottle. Has a black color with a small head. Smell is of roasted malts with a touch of coffee. Taste is mild compared to the smell, again malts with a hint of coffee. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and has average drinkability. Overall this is a fairly decent beer.
Feb 24, 2010More User Ratings:
Rated by zeledonia from Washington
3.78/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.78/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Having this again after 23 years, still really dig it.
Aug 03, 2023Reviewed by JacintoCupboard from Australia
2.81/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 1 | overall: 2.75
2.81/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 1 | overall: 2.75
One of the few beers I've actually asked for my money back. Extremely poor carbonation. Yes it produced a head but this disappeared almost immediately and what was left was flat and insipid.
I know from my home brewing days that such a result can really only occur if there are insufficient proteins and oils in the beer (from the grain and the hops respectively). Given that it doesn't call itself a porter or even a dark ale, one has to wonder whether this descriptive coyness is necessitated by the possibility that the colour is achieved not by the addition of a proper measure of patent malt, but by colourings. I can't discounted that this an adjunct beer heavily influenced by simple sugars rather than grain and malt, nor that the end result is produced with the assistance of artificial flavours and colourings. It really IS that dodgy.
Amazingly, this sells at a premium price point in Australia (typically $1 a stubby above local corporate brews). Who knows why. Homesick Kiwis maybe, or young kids thinking it is a craft brew.
Aug 01, 2021I know from my home brewing days that such a result can really only occur if there are insufficient proteins and oils in the beer (from the grain and the hops respectively). Given that it doesn't call itself a porter or even a dark ale, one has to wonder whether this descriptive coyness is necessitated by the possibility that the colour is achieved not by the addition of a proper measure of patent malt, but by colourings. I can't discounted that this an adjunct beer heavily influenced by simple sugars rather than grain and malt, nor that the end result is produced with the assistance of artificial flavours and colourings. It really IS that dodgy.
Amazingly, this sells at a premium price point in Australia (typically $1 a stubby above local corporate brews). Who knows why. Homesick Kiwis maybe, or young kids thinking it is a craft brew.
Reviewed by MikeJkiweed96 from Italy
4.21/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A great black beer you can drink year round. Not at all heavy with a nice combination of coffee/caramel/chocolate. Heavily recommended. As a main stream beer it's up there with many craft beers.
Oct 23, 2017Reviewed by BradMacMullin from Massachusetts
3.95/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Had on tap at Ellis May in Franz Joseph in NZ. Wow...people are hard on this beer. I enjoyed it. Lot of these chain restaurants have some bad beer (Speiths....:( )....but this I liked. Not a huge chocolate fan, but the combination of this and the juiciness of it left me happy. Wouldn't seek it out but for now a good beer. On another note, some damn good beer here in New Zealand
Apr 16, 2017Reviewed by Radcpa from Washington
3.35/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.35/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Dark thin brown appearance with a sign I ant head and too much carbination. Mild fruity aroma that is a little lacking. Taste is very smooth fruity taste but nothing that is too memorable.
Oct 23, 2016Reviewed by howardrh10 from Australia
3.42/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
It has an interesting aroma, and its colour was interesting. However, its head was disappointingly weak, with no creaminess to and the main body of the beer was perversely watery. I couldn't believe how flat the beer was. I drank several of these bottles and the experience was the same. The scores of other reviewers are ridiculous. This is a second-rate beer. Don't waste your time on it.
Jan 18, 2016
Monteith's Black from Monteith's Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
125 ratings
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