White Rabbit Dark Ale

Mouth filling malt characters and a beautiful fruit driven complexity derived from the open fermenters, mix this with a reassuring bitterness from some aromatic hops and we reckon the result is a delightfully scrumptious ale!
Formally 5.2% ABV

3.2

155 reviews

Geelong, Australia

Community reviews

3.8 Subdued sweet malty aroma cloaks a surprisingly bold, coffee and malt driven flavour

3.5 Whilst a forgettable aroma, the taste, appearance and aroma all come into their own into a highly drinkable dark ale, perfect for a more sessionable option

3.4 Aroma: grassy, light malt blend, very clean Appearance: cola red/brown, tan head, large bubbles, sudsy lacing Flavour: passionfruit, malt, light roasty notes Palate: medium and finishes passionfruit. This is based on original tasting, now it's not so good but couldn't stand to loose my old notes forever

3.5 Bottle at TGIFridays Tea Tree Plaza. Solid ale - wonderful flavour and easy to drink.

4.8 Full bodied aroma, with notes of chocolate. Awesome label. Tastes dark but not too dark, with a pleasant sweetness. Very palatable. Overall 19/20 (leaving room for a beer that can't be done).

3.1 Bottled. A brown beer with a lazing brown head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes malt and caramel, leading to a bitter finish.

3.9 Uma dark ale suave, saborosa. Acompanha bem em refeições pesadas como churrasco ou pra tomar um trago naquele happy hour.

3.6 Dont mind a couple but couldnt have anymore of an evening. A cola coffee taste.

3.8 Dark cola colour with coffee, chocolate notes. Easy drinking dark ale perfect for all seasons.

3.4 Bottle. Pours dark brown with thin off white head. Toasty chocolate aroma. Toasty malt flavour with slight caramel after taste. Not too heavy but could be bigger on flavour

4.0 Bottle 330 ml 4.9 %l, from Dan Murphy's, $0.90 AUS [69 cents US$], but 30 days past best before. Aroma's of cold Italian bread, strong coffee and sherry. Thin white head on perfect cola colour. Flavours of burnt butter, dates and demerara sugar. Gottalove it!

3.0 Easy drinking dark ale. Toasty flavours and perfect for an afternoon drink during autumn or winter. Still refreshing and not too heavy.

3.0 330 ml bottle purchased at Little Creatures in Fremantle. Appearance is an opaque dark brown with a head of tan froth which persists as a thin ring. Aroma is muted, lightly roasted malts mainly. Taste is smooth, balanced sweet lightly roasted malts with caramel, and hoppy bitter, so quite neutral.

2.7 Light tasting dark beer. Ok but a little bland. Malty and a good choice when in a craft beer desert

2.7 At a tasting, thanks Dudu, small stable creamy bubbly head, clear quite dark brown color, light aroma and flavor of dark bread and chocolate, light bitterness, hints of ash quite dry. Fair and drinkable.

2.6 Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks tomer. Deep amber-brown. Malt, caramel, toast, candy, a bit of fruitiness, sweetish, bitterish finish, medium-bodied.

3.1 At Dror's place, pours brown with a beige head, aroma of chocolate, nuts, flavor is bitter with chocolate, nuts, malt, medium bodied

3.0 Nice balance between a stout and a larger. Has a bit of body but not so much that you can't have a few.

3.0 Bottle in Sydney. Brown body. Sweet malty aroma. Pretty basic and typical brown ale.

3.1 Pints at New England Hotel, Armidale NSW. Others are reviewing this like it’s supposed to be some kind of mouth-filling legend. That’s not what it’s designed to be. It’s an inoffensive entry point to darker ales with toasted malts which one can still easily enjoy with mates at the local. Excellent alternative to Toohey’s Old and infinitely better than mass-produced lagers.

3.2 As with their pale ale there is nothing memorable about this. A dark ale should be richer. Too blend. Nice aroma of bacon, honey, mushroom and hints of woodfire. Looks good a well. Just let down on taste. I can barely remember it.

3.3 I've got nothing. It's good, I guess. Some nice tones hanging around, though they're about as memorable as that person I've forgotten or that place I think I've been.

3.3 Bottle at the Doubletree Hotel, Melbourne. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin off white head. The aroma is caramel malt, nutty, light sweet fruit. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter with a crisp, fruity, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

3.1 On tap at Harrys Hotel, Surry Hills. Pours a deep ink black with a thin tan head. Aroma: roasted malts dominate. Mild liquorice/cocoa/raisin notes. Not particularly aromatic for this style of beer. Taste: roasted malt is the dominant flavour. Very mild coffee beans and bitter cocoa flavour. Medium body. Low carbonation. Easy to drink and a decent dark ale, but not amazing.

3.5 Dark, almost opaque colour in the glass with a short tan head. Strong malty nose with hints of chocolate and dried fruit. Very smooth on the palate, low to medium carbonation. Low bitterness.

3.0 Mild aroma, some sweet malts. Taste starts clean and crisp, then some dark roasted flavours come out. Sweetness too. Slight lingering bitterness.

3.6 Lovely malty taste and hop aromas - raisin, licorice, floral bouquet! Sweet fnish with bittering hops balance. Nice go to...

3.7 330ml bottle at The Butchers Block, Novotel Glen Waverley, Melbourne. Dark brown/black color with good head. Juicy fruit aroma. Mild bitterness with a pleasant sweet palate and finish. Nice.

3.0 Some dry fruit, digestive biscuit, coffee and caramel. Mid sweet, lightly bitter. Quite short. Pleasant and easy drinking with a bit more character for such a readily available beer.

3.2 On tap at Griffith Unibar. Dark brown with cola-like copper hue at the edge. Pours with frothy head and yeasty aroma. Smokey malt and mild palate bitterness. A decent gateway beer to richer dark brews. Rerated up a notch in bottle, more choc in aroma & finish.