Geelong Our Original Pale Ale

Brewed by Geelong Brewing
Style: English Pale Ale
Moolap, Victoria, Australia

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: JUL 22, 2005 Whilst working in Adelaide, myself and workmates ventured for a Friday bevvie and ordered a Pale. Grudges all round, we complained that the taps were infected as it was initially clear "this isn’t Cooper’s". Wasn’t that bad though! Poured a slightly hazy pale straw with a thin soapy white head. Little aroma. Mouth feel was decent with low carbonation and good body. Sweet castor sugar and bready yeast, quite gluggy and arguably lacking in definition with only a light hint of sour leafy hops. Finish is a little short and forgettable. Know nothing of the brewery and haven’t seen this beer advertised anywhere else in Adelaide. Still, it actually wasn’t that disagreeable a drop.

Actually I didn’t think this was was too bad. Looks the goods with pale yellow gold colour, slightly cloudy. Sweetish nose with a waft of malt. Thick palate, again driven by sweetness although not necessarily malty. Tails a little at the finish and doesn’t really offer any hoppiness. Probably not for the purists but I can see some ’crowd pleaser’ appeal.

Ewww.... I had this once before and thought it was pretty decent (and a dead ringer for Coopers Pale) but this time it was terrible. Really, REALLY yeasty aroma with some metallic notes. Tastes sweet and fruity like fruit cup cordial (or Fruity Lexia cask wine). To be avoided.

Dim, pale peachy browm colour. The aroma is like sweet cordial, really short industrial finish. Traditional crap Aussie chemical additive finish, really bad, and unbelievably thin. Hard to believe its an ale.

Light honey colourand Light fruity aroma, bitter hoppy flavour with some sourness. Quite refreshing and IMHO the best of this mediocre brewery's offerings to date. But I stand to be corrected.