3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the Australian Hotel in Sydney. Pours orangey gold with a white head. Served real cold here. Has a medium hop bitterness. The finish has a nice cloying, not drying bitter flavor. Slight citrus tartness at the end. This was delicious with kangaroo pie.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Light orange in the glass with a thin head, nothing remarkable. Aromatic nose, sweet malts, a touch herbal. Smells more ale than lager. Nose repeats early on the palate but fades somewhat, finishing subdued but with some hoppiness. I reckon this should be better given the reputation.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Spicy hop malt aroma. Cloudy amber colour with good head and lacing. Hop malt flavour. Fizzy palate.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
20 Aug 2005 (Moody’s ACT) - Sweet luscious fruit malt aroma. Cloudy orange-brown colour, with good sheet lacing. Big sweet fruit flavour. Medium mouthfeel, fruity lingering flavour with some tang. Overall - Lacks some hop complexity.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pale golden beer, thin white head. Nice big spicy hop aroma, bready malt and a very fresh yeasty aroma and flavour. Long sweet malt finish mixed with spicy noble hops. Really has the guts.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap at The Australian: Hazy gold with a thin head around the rim of the glass, though with a very fine bead that sparkled quite hypnotically. Musty pale malts in the aroma, followed by fruity hop notes (peaches and apricots). The flavour is restrained but sublime - honeyed pale malts, superb butterscotch diacetyls, and subtle fruity hops. Wonderful! Far and away the best Pale Lager I have encountered. A landmark in the Australian beer topography.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: AUG 30, 2005 One of the most flavoursome lagers in Australia. (And yes, I know the competition is thin.) Made to be drunk within three weeks of bottling - which is a fine excuse to knock it off as soon as you buy it. It pours a classic lager gold colour with a thin white head. The nose is fresh and zesty, with sweetish notes. It’s thin-to-medium-bodied and creamy. There’s fruit at the front of the mouth - grapefruit notes and a hint of sweet apples. The finish is surprisingly hoppy - in fact, slightly jarring. Not quite up to the standard of the bock. (Bottle)
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cloudy straw colour with spritzy white head, disipated quickly. Fruity flavour mild bitter aftertaste.
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