Cascade Stout
Cascade Brewery Company Ltd.
- From:
- Cascade Brewery Company Ltd.
- Australia
- Style:
- Foreign / Export Stout
Ranked #89 - ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #37,434 - Avg:
- 3.37 | pDev: 13.65%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 29
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 22, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 24, 2004
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
79
Okay
79
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Near black pour with a thin layer of beige foam.Big roast grain aroma and taste right up front, black and slick, slippery mouth feel, chocolaty bitter finish.
Dec 22, 2024
Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia
3.9/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Format: a 375mL light brown embossed bottle with a standard Cascade label. Looks macro, looks pretty standard fare.
Appearance: pours a heavy black with a proper, a finger of solid egg-shell stout head. Leaves a good trace down the side of the glass during the session.
Aroma: as usual with stouts, wasn’t much in the way of aroma. The minimal aroma was of roasted malts with some chocolate and coffee.
Taste: the flavour very much follows the nose, but with a great deal more strength. Plenty of those roasted sweet malts and lingering burnt coffee. Very easy to drink too, as the body isn't as heavy as a lot of English stouts.
Aftertaste: the flavour drops away pretty quickly, leaving just a hint of those sweeter malts. Very much a sessional stout.
Mouthfeel: a fairly thin mouthfeel for a stout, very easy to put away which is slightly concerning at 5.8 percent. Could use a touch more body.
Overall: I haven't enjoyed Cascade Stout as much since I moved from Sydney to Brisbane (Cascade being produced in Tasmania). It was good to find nothing had changed though - a nice, easy-to-drink stout that can be had all year round due in part to its lighter body and strong malt flavour. Only sold in cases of 16 rather than 24, which seems a bit weird to me since Cascade Brewery is generally considered a macro label. At AU$47 for the case of 16 though, still decent.
Oct 30, 2017Appearance: pours a heavy black with a proper, a finger of solid egg-shell stout head. Leaves a good trace down the side of the glass during the session.
Aroma: as usual with stouts, wasn’t much in the way of aroma. The minimal aroma was of roasted malts with some chocolate and coffee.
Taste: the flavour very much follows the nose, but with a great deal more strength. Plenty of those roasted sweet malts and lingering burnt coffee. Very easy to drink too, as the body isn't as heavy as a lot of English stouts.
Aftertaste: the flavour drops away pretty quickly, leaving just a hint of those sweeter malts. Very much a sessional stout.
Mouthfeel: a fairly thin mouthfeel for a stout, very easy to put away which is slightly concerning at 5.8 percent. Could use a touch more body.
Overall: I haven't enjoyed Cascade Stout as much since I moved from Sydney to Brisbane (Cascade being produced in Tasmania). It was good to find nothing had changed though - a nice, easy-to-drink stout that can be had all year round due in part to its lighter body and strong malt flavour. Only sold in cases of 16 rather than 24, which seems a bit weird to me since Cascade Brewery is generally considered a macro label. At AU$47 for the case of 16 though, still decent.
Reviewed by Cheeseboo from Michigan
4.53/5 rDev +34.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +34.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
It pours nice with a dark, foamy head. The smell isn't overpowering in any way and neither is the taste. It isn't bitter and doesn't have the nasty aftertaste of some stouts. Pretty good mouthfeel...smooth, but not creamy. I liked this a lot.
Aug 05, 2015
Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia
3.58/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle, poured black with a bubbly but brief head and a decent malty aroma, the taste is good roasted malt with coffee chocolate flavours quite bitter, not bad.
Jun 08, 2015Rated by Andrewziggy from Australia
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Real chocolatey made me wanting more
Jan 02, 2015
Reviewed by Hoppsbabo from England
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
A: Black body with shoots of bubbles running up the sides. Small, bubbly beige head.
S: Very roasty and a bit smokey. Petrol, hmm.
T: Dry, a bit papery with some not too subtle notes of petrol and chlorine. There's milk chocolate but it's dry and too fizzy. Despite these negative properties, it's not wholly unsatisfying.
O: Beautiful Tassie, one of my favourite places on the planet but not for the beer.
Aug 18, 2014S: Very roasty and a bit smokey. Petrol, hmm.
T: Dry, a bit papery with some not too subtle notes of petrol and chlorine. There's milk chocolate but it's dry and too fizzy. Despite these negative properties, it's not wholly unsatisfying.
O: Beautiful Tassie, one of my favourite places on the planet but not for the beer.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.19/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.19/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
This is a Stout I've had a few times in the past when Coopers Extra hasn't been within arms length and it has taken me this long to get down to reviewing it, better late than never. Cascade is a brewer that is for me one of the better macro Lager brewers in Australia, which isn't saying much because I hate Aussie macro Lagers, nonetheless if there is an occasion where macro is the only choice Cascade is for me said begrudging choice (or Resch's "Pilsener" aka Lager).
Poured form a 375ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Tar black impenetrable body with a tan head that subsides to a ring of lace around the glass.
S: A strong whiff reveals a heady aroma of roasted coffee, burnt chicory and dark chocolate. There are some sweet barley characters along with a hint of vanilla, all standard Stout aromas.
T: Flavour-wise not nearly as interesting as Coopers Extra Stout, there is a lingering wateriness that plagues the whole mouthful and although the flavours are spot on with the aroma the promise of those flavours is somewhat lacking. Cocoa sweetness and a lingering dry finish complete a taste profile that is ultimately a little disappointing.
M: Mid to light bodied with aforementioned wateriness and a light but sharp carbonation.
D: Let's not beat around the bush - this is an ok Stout, if you can't get Coopers. It lacks overall complexity in the flavour profile, it's overly dry and watery, but it gets the job of being a Stout done. When talking about price it is more expensive than Coopers, which is a bit of a travesty because you know Coopers are putting much better ingredients and care into their brew... I feel like a Coopers Stout now.
Food match: Ideal main course would be a hearty beef stew with a chocolate cake/tart/pudding for dessert.
Dec 25, 2013Poured form a 375ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Tar black impenetrable body with a tan head that subsides to a ring of lace around the glass.
S: A strong whiff reveals a heady aroma of roasted coffee, burnt chicory and dark chocolate. There are some sweet barley characters along with a hint of vanilla, all standard Stout aromas.
T: Flavour-wise not nearly as interesting as Coopers Extra Stout, there is a lingering wateriness that plagues the whole mouthful and although the flavours are spot on with the aroma the promise of those flavours is somewhat lacking. Cocoa sweetness and a lingering dry finish complete a taste profile that is ultimately a little disappointing.
M: Mid to light bodied with aforementioned wateriness and a light but sharp carbonation.
D: Let's not beat around the bush - this is an ok Stout, if you can't get Coopers. It lacks overall complexity in the flavour profile, it's overly dry and watery, but it gets the job of being a Stout done. When talking about price it is more expensive than Coopers, which is a bit of a travesty because you know Coopers are putting much better ingredients and care into their brew... I feel like a Coopers Stout now.
Food match: Ideal main course would be a hearty beef stew with a chocolate cake/tart/pudding for dessert.
Reviewed by Gusmotel from Singapore
2.99/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.99/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Appearance: A solid black, but not oil thick. Two inch rich coffee coloured foam formed on the top and stayed for the practically the whole beer. Low to moderate lacing.
Aroma: Light chocolate and coffee smells. A thick roasted barley smell also. Wafts off the top. The coffee and chocolate only intensified as the beer warmed.
Taste: The taste follows the aroma pretty closely, but then ends with a noticeable bitter finish that cuts the flavour abruptly and also oddly enough kills any aftertaste. No coffee, no chocolate, just a fairly sharp bitter.
Mouthfeel: Medium to heavy bodied with moderate carbonation. Not as creamy as you would think. Smooth but the bitter finish really disrupts it.
Overall: The finish is kind of a deal breaker for me. I like the aroma, appearance, and the first 2/3rds of the taste.
Nov 11, 2013Aroma: Light chocolate and coffee smells. A thick roasted barley smell also. Wafts off the top. The coffee and chocolate only intensified as the beer warmed.
Taste: The taste follows the aroma pretty closely, but then ends with a noticeable bitter finish that cuts the flavour abruptly and also oddly enough kills any aftertaste. No coffee, no chocolate, just a fairly sharp bitter.
Mouthfeel: Medium to heavy bodied with moderate carbonation. Not as creamy as you would think. Smooth but the bitter finish really disrupts it.
Overall: The finish is kind of a deal breaker for me. I like the aroma, appearance, and the first 2/3rds of the taste.
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