Murray's / Frankie's Pizza Beer Monster BBQ
Murray's Craft Brewing Co.
- From:
- Murray's Craft Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.5 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 28, 2013
- Added:
- Dec 28, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
3.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
An 8% Cherrywood-smoked US Brown Ale brewed by Murray's in collaboration with Frankie's Pizza in Sydney for Sydney Craft Beer Week. Tried on-tap at Frankie's in their ridiculous frosted plastic mugs.
Hard to tell the actual colour or hazing because of the mug, but it's brownish certainly, looking murky in Frankie's clouded plastic. Head is lovely: a big, frothy head of pale mocha with some running bubbles. Lacing is thick. Overall, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and say it looks really good.
Not much in the way of smoke on the nose: it's more toasty with some dark roasted notes and a little phenolic spice. It's pretty weak to be honest, without much of anything else. In some ways it's at least inoffensive, but it's also a little dull.
Taste is a bit better. More of that phenolic spice, perhaps a touch of booze giving it a Belgian note. Fairly clean on the back with some clinging bitterness. But... smoke, where are you? It's actually tasting more like an IBA than anything supposedly smoked, especially something with "BBQ" in the name. Light roast on the back perhaps has a touch of smoke to it, but it's weak. I'll rate it decently for flavour anyway: were I rating for meeting spec, it would be a different story.
Feel is frothy with a pleasant fineness. The promise of the head is delivered at least.
It's okay all up. The booze is relatively well hidden and it has a pleasant drinkability to it. I just feel like it's not much like it was supposed to be.
Dec 28, 2013Hard to tell the actual colour or hazing because of the mug, but it's brownish certainly, looking murky in Frankie's clouded plastic. Head is lovely: a big, frothy head of pale mocha with some running bubbles. Lacing is thick. Overall, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and say it looks really good.
Not much in the way of smoke on the nose: it's more toasty with some dark roasted notes and a little phenolic spice. It's pretty weak to be honest, without much of anything else. In some ways it's at least inoffensive, but it's also a little dull.
Taste is a bit better. More of that phenolic spice, perhaps a touch of booze giving it a Belgian note. Fairly clean on the back with some clinging bitterness. But... smoke, where are you? It's actually tasting more like an IBA than anything supposedly smoked, especially something with "BBQ" in the name. Light roast on the back perhaps has a touch of smoke to it, but it's weak. I'll rate it decently for flavour anyway: were I rating for meeting spec, it would be a different story.
Feel is frothy with a pleasant fineness. The promise of the head is delivered at least.
It's okay all up. The booze is relatively well hidden and it has a pleasant drinkability to it. I just feel like it's not much like it was supposed to be.
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