Avonmore Estate Pale Ale

Avonmore Estate
Brewed at Mountain Goat Beer
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Avonmore, Australia

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle from a farmers’ mkt. Cap is a Mountain Goat one and the woman at the (wine) stall says brewed there to their specifications. Pale hazy gold with a fading white head - wit-like appearance. Spice, grass and citrus aroma. Taste has orange, lemon, spice, grass. Moderate bitter finish. Organic beers can be thin and weedy or austere but subtly intense. This is the latter. A good, crisp golden ale.

A complete surprise on the upside. I bought this at a local farmers and almost felt sorry for the owner (brewer?) given it was quiet and it looked, at first glance, like some contract job that was being sold purely on a heavy organic theme. Well there’s no doubt this is a serious organic offering with strictly certified inputs but the flavour and structure is equally serious. Soft fruit sweetness on the nose, probably hop derived. The palate is lean, perhaps a touch elegant, but there is no doubting the quality hop structure (and associated bitterness) that the beer provides. It’s firm with hop bitterness and resin, and a sweet / sourness (so to speak) kicks in late. All things relative this is impressive.