Return Of The Dread
Little Creatures Brewing Company
- From:
- Little Creatures Brewing Company
- Australia
- Style:
- Foreign / Export Stout
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 5.74%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 28, 2016
- Added:
- May 05, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.92/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
The Return of the Dread was a very good stout...a little heavier than most English style stouts. The beer poured an opaque dark with off-white head that left a spotty lace. The scent and taste carried roast. Overall it was a very easy drinking stout especially for the mild Fremantle winters.
Jan 04, 2016
Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a very dark brown with a small head. Has a modest malty aroma featuring a bit of dark chocolate. Flavour wise, there’s more dark chocolate, with hints of roasted malt, vanilla and a fair dash of soy. Quite full bodied, slightly creamy, with soft carbonation and a moderate bitterness.
Jul 19, 2015
Reviewed by Mosant from Australia
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I had a 330ml bottle in a pint glass. The brewer calls this a Domestic Extra Stout.
Appearance: pours dark black with some viscosity. Did a long pour and the head was large and behaves like a Guinness stout with that creamy look. Rich dark brown head.
Aroma: deep roasted malts with burnt coffee aroma present amend very appealing.
Flavour: great balance to the beer. Excellent roasted malts and great level of bitterness with mocha coffee flavours. Great medium bodied mouthfeel. An excellent flavour.
Overall: I had been searching for this beer, waiting for it to be available at my local Dan Murphy's bottle shop for a couple of months but it was not there. A chance stop in at Vintage Cellars and they had it available and at a special price. I have to say I was not disappointed by the wait. I really enjoyed this beer.
Jun 28, 2015Appearance: pours dark black with some viscosity. Did a long pour and the head was large and behaves like a Guinness stout with that creamy look. Rich dark brown head.
Aroma: deep roasted malts with burnt coffee aroma present amend very appealing.
Flavour: great balance to the beer. Excellent roasted malts and great level of bitterness with mocha coffee flavours. Great medium bodied mouthfeel. An excellent flavour.
Overall: I had been searching for this beer, waiting for it to be available at my local Dan Murphy's bottle shop for a couple of months but it was not there. A chance stop in at Vintage Cellars and they had it available and at a special price. I have to say I was not disappointed by the wait. I really enjoyed this beer.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.56/5 rDev -7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Hasn’t it been a while since Little Creatures brought out something new? They must have a sore bum from resting on their laurels all that time. Anyway it’s here. It has happened. Little Creatures have brought out something new. They’ve blown the cobwebs off their fermenters and have produced a Domestic Extra Stout, aka We Don’t Know What To Call This Beer. Needless to say I have been a perpetrator of hyperbole when it comes to reviewing Little Creatures beers, BUT that is only because they introduced my young growing palate to American Pale Ales. Since then I’ve moved on to IPAs, Quads & Eisbocks and the gloves are off now Little Creatures.
Poured from a 330ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Black body; the obsidian variety, “like my heart” as one might say if they were an ivory dealer named Blackheart with a 1cm caramel brown cappuccino foam head that reduces to a micro-thin film. It wins points for being oppressively dark. 9/10.
S: On the dark fruit side of Stouts with (you guessed it) heady notes of prune and plum, dark cherry, ripe unroasted coffee bean and vanilla. Not bad at all, a hint of some floral lavender notes come through as well after a second sniff. 7/10.
T: Flavour does a bit of a 180 on your tongue... well maybe not a 180, more like a 90, with milk chocolate and cacao nibs, the vanilla noted above and a smoky roasted note. It’s a bit bland given the 7.2% ABV, which is where I believe most people will be let down as Little Creatures tend to extract a lot of flavour from their 5.2% Pale Ale and of course Rogers. 7/10.
M: Mid to light bodied with a thin but dense carbonation. 7/10.
D: Well there you go - a review from me about a Little Creatures beer that isn’t spilling over with superlative remarks... bet you never thought you would live to see the day. Well you have now - frame this review on the wall because this Little Creatures brew is a big steaming pile of average! Well if you call a 7/10 average, which appears to be my average score, what can I say - I’m generous and I possibly need to reassess my entire scoring system... another chore for another day. Overall I would say that Little Creatures haven’t exactly missed the mark with this Domestic Extra Stout, they’ve simply put up a beer that isn’t pushing any boundaries or redefining styles, which you would imagine Little Creatures are perfectly capable of doing that now that they have a massive marque... I guess I’m disappointed with their seeming acceptance of mediocrity. 7/10.
Food match: Some sort of rich venison stew methinks.
Jun 27, 2015Poured from a 330ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Black body; the obsidian variety, “like my heart” as one might say if they were an ivory dealer named Blackheart with a 1cm caramel brown cappuccino foam head that reduces to a micro-thin film. It wins points for being oppressively dark. 9/10.
S: On the dark fruit side of Stouts with (you guessed it) heady notes of prune and plum, dark cherry, ripe unroasted coffee bean and vanilla. Not bad at all, a hint of some floral lavender notes come through as well after a second sniff. 7/10.
T: Flavour does a bit of a 180 on your tongue... well maybe not a 180, more like a 90, with milk chocolate and cacao nibs, the vanilla noted above and a smoky roasted note. It’s a bit bland given the 7.2% ABV, which is where I believe most people will be let down as Little Creatures tend to extract a lot of flavour from their 5.2% Pale Ale and of course Rogers. 7/10.
M: Mid to light bodied with a thin but dense carbonation. 7/10.
D: Well there you go - a review from me about a Little Creatures beer that isn’t spilling over with superlative remarks... bet you never thought you would live to see the day. Well you have now - frame this review on the wall because this Little Creatures brew is a big steaming pile of average! Well if you call a 7/10 average, which appears to be my average score, what can I say - I’m generous and I possibly need to reassess my entire scoring system... another chore for another day. Overall I would say that Little Creatures haven’t exactly missed the mark with this Domestic Extra Stout, they’ve simply put up a beer that isn’t pushing any boundaries or redefining styles, which you would imagine Little Creatures are perfectly capable of doing that now that they have a massive marque... I guess I’m disappointed with their seeming acceptance of mediocrity. 7/10.
Food match: Some sort of rich venison stew methinks.
Reviewed by PolarBear3 from Australia
3.49/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A - Pours a deep black colour with lovely frothy tanned head that retains well
S - Dark roasted malts with chocolate, liquorice and some hints of Vanilla
T - Similiar to the nose with dark malts chocolate, liquorice but with a fair amount of bitterness although fairly smooth and creamy.
M - Very smooth mouthfeel medium bodied and medium carbonation
O - Not the greatest from Little Creatures and lacks complexity for a good stout.
Jun 18, 2015S - Dark roasted malts with chocolate, liquorice and some hints of Vanilla
T - Similiar to the nose with dark malts chocolate, liquorice but with a fair amount of bitterness although fairly smooth and creamy.
M - Very smooth mouthfeel medium bodied and medium carbonation
O - Not the greatest from Little Creatures and lacks complexity for a good stout.
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