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Brewed by 2 Brothers Brewery
Style: Belgian Ale
Moorabbin, Vic, Australia

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RATINGS: 12   MEAN: 3.03/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.01   EST. CALORIES: 141   ABV: 4.7%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
AKA - “Lager Killer”, a highly sessionable Belgian style pale ale. Rusty is a copper coloured ale, with hints of fruit and vanilla aroma. In the good spirit of 2 Brothers beers, it is highly sessionable - an excellent alternative for the lager drinker who takes their beer seriously.


3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
mkel07 (4417) - Brisbane, AUSTRALIA - JUN 7, 2015
On tap at Young & Jackson’s 200515. Certainly can smell and taste the fruit in this beer. Not too challenging and went down a treat. Quite refreshing.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
hawthorne00 (2955) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - APR 23, 2010
Bottle, 8C. Copper with hardly any beige head. Sweet malty aroma also has nectarines, pears and vanilla. Tastes brown sugar sweet with some stone fruit and a little bitterness at the end. The sweetness begins to grate as it warms to a respectable temperature. Close to something very sessionable, but oversweet and could use more carbonation and/or bitterness.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
davidm (1979) - Sunnyvale, California, USA - NOV 24, 2009
Bottle 330ml. Good, just a bit too thin in the body. Aromas of apple, nut, and caramel. Sweet flavour, with light bitterness, good duration. Silky in the palate, with a thin-medium body. Amber colour, with a frothy head that doesn’t last.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
nate2g (1548) - 上海 / Boomtown!, AUSTRALIA - NOV 19, 2009
Draught at Mrs Parmas, Melbourne. Dark amber with a thin beige head. Sweetish caramel malt and fruity esters on the nose and in flavour. Quite malt driven and somewhat cloying from the sweet malt. Medium bodied and low hop bitterness evident. I wouldn’t class this as a great sessionable ale due to the sweetness and rough nature of this beer overall.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
kearnsy (68) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - JUL 10, 2009
Beautiful smelling, distinct yeasty characteristics of banana, vanilla and slight bubblegum. Sweet on the palate with a bitterness that kicks in at the end. A good half way example of a Belgian Ale in Australia.

3.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Chrism86 (294) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - APR 17, 2009
Pours clear orange/amber with a nice white head. Nose is exceptioanlly perfumed, soft peach skin notes with vanilla and spice. Palate is less exciting, some peach and vanilla sweetness early before the palate falls away. Need hops or more yeast driven spice to really get it going. Pleasant enough, but rather underwhelming. Has potential.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
bluevegie (3069) - Perth, AUSTRALIA - APR 6, 2009
Tried on tap at the brewery. Almost bronze in body with a mainly lasting white head. Lovely aroma, pears, perfume and cloves late. Definitely pear notes in the taste, also some cloves with a bit of a sweet finish. Probably the one I liked the best from the brewery.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
Stew41 (1811) - Woodend, AUSTRALIA - MAR 27, 2009
There’s a clear house flavour trait coming through in the 2 Bros beers - soft confectionary fruits that seem largely malt and ester driven without any noticeable hop impact. Not much of a departure here; lolly fruits on the nose but there is a touch of that meaty fruity note (yeast driven?) that you so often see in Belgian ales. Simple sweetness driven the palate early before some darker malts and fruits kick in. Still too cloying and sweet to have any real impact.

3.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
UnholyBrewing (595) - Central Florida(Upper Hell), Florida, USA - SEP 14, 2008
...sampled at brewpub. Nice light clear copper color and white head with some lacing. Aromas were hints of vanilla and spices, with some malt and fruityness. Flavors were nice and fruity, not the typical belgian ale. Low bitterness with good carbonation, had a clean mouthfeel, with a fruity sweet finish. Good if you want to get out of the norm and have a more flavorful brew, definitely worth trying.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
ofey (68) - Doncaster, AUSTRALIA - JUL 28, 2008
Belgian style with fruity overtones. Flavourfull. But lacks the colour I’m used to from Belgian offerings. As described with stone fruit flavours.


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