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Mountain Goat The Delmont West Coast IPA

Mountain Goat Beer (Asahi)
Richmond, Victoria
Beer style: IPA
Ref: ratebeer.com May2024

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An In-breed brew from our first ever On-Road-Goat, Tom Delmont.
In The Delmont’s own words: “In June 2010 four friends went on a great beer adventure (Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington State, NY) and visited quite a few of the USA’s best brewers, including Green Flash, Ballast Point, Stone, Anchor, Sierra Nevada & Russian River among many others. I fell in love with the big, clean hop flavours and the incredible drinkability of the true West Coast IPA or, according to the San Diego guys, the San Diego style IPA. This beer is a direct result of that trip and my last six years in the craft beer industry.” As for what it is in the flesh, it’s a gleaming copper colour, with plenty of familiar citrus and pine aromas and a slightly resinous bitterness that’s there from the off but never gets out of control (unlike its namesake), instead being lean, clean and open to repeat visits. They’ve brewed heaps so In-Breed bottles will follow the kegs