Advocating Beer VarietyI drink beer. And occasionally I'll write about it. But mostly, I drink beer.
Brewery: Oettinger in Bavaria, Germany Style: Pilsner ABV: 4.7% IBUs: 32 Rate Beer: 6/100 Pour: Straw yellow with a big white head. Malty, bready flavour with a little bit of sweetness. Not as crisp as I’d like a Pilsner to be, but decent enough. I remember first drinking these when they were like $10 for a six pack of 500ml cans. When your […]
Brewery: Mountain Goat in Richmond, Victoria Style: Hazy Pale ABV: 4.6% Rate Beer: No Rating Yet Pour: opaque straw colour with a big, fast dispersing white head. My nose is a little blocked at the moment so not really picking up much aroma. Taste wise, a bit of bitterness mixed with stone fruit flavours. A good, sipping beer to have when your […]
Brewery: Liberty Brewing in Helensvale, New Zealand Style: DIPA ABV: 8% IBUs: 100 Rate Beer: 99/100 Pour: Light golden or age colour with a good white head. Ahhh citra, my first hop love. I was a big fan of the citrus aromas and flavours this hop would bring to IPAs. Nowadays, there’s so many great hops that Citra has taken a back seat. […]
Brewery: Monteith’s in Greymouth, New Zealand Style: IPA ABV: 6.5% Rate Beer: No Rating Yet Pour: Golden orange in colour. With a small white head. Big piney, hoppy, citrus aromas. Nicely balanced with sweeter maltier backbone with hoppy bitterness. I’m getting orange and grapefruit and little bit of pine flavour. A nod to old school West Coast IPAs and a good reminder […]
Brewery: Asahi in Tokyo, Japan Style: Rice Lager ABV: 5% Rate Beer: 4/100 Pour: Light straw colour with a big white cloud of a head. Rice and crackers on the nose. No real hop aroma. A little light in flavour but quite clean and crisp. Heavily carbonated and a little slick sweetness in the aftertaste. When it comes to big beers, this […]
Brewery: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei in Bayern, Germany Style: Pilsner ABV: 5.1% IBUs: 32 Rate Beer: 44/100 Pour: Straw yellow colour with a big foamy white head. A white bread, almost pasta type flavour. There’s a noble hop bitterness that is quite herbal and spicy. It doesn’t feel as balanced as a Czech Pilsner. It may not be the freshest version of this beer either […]
Brewery: Young Henry’s in Newtown, NSW Style: Passionfruit and Guava Sour ABV: 4.2% Rate Beer: no rating yet Pour: Light, opaque straw colour. Light, easy to drink sour. Not much in the way of tartness. Delicious favour combination of Passionfruit and guava. This could easy be a base for a summer cocktail. A good beer to make you forget about the absolute […]
Brewery: Bentspoke Brewing in Canberra ACT Style: Pale Ale ABV: 4.2% Rate Beer: 73/100 Pour: Slightly hazy straw yellow in colour with a big bubbly white head. A crisp and clean drinking pale ale. Light body and flavour makes this a great everyday drinking beer. Subtle citrus flavours on the backend and a little bit of malt sweetness but overall this is […]
