markers = [ { "name": "Feral Hop Hog", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "The inaugural BEERGR!D review and for a long time my favourite beer... but eventually both my tastes and craft beer trends changed. I first started buying this for Friday drinks to keep a beer snob workmate happy. Drinking them with drunken conversations about beers were my second big step toward hoppiness.Now in the era of big dry hopping all I can taste is malt. Decent and drinkable but not fresh... or exciting. Call it a benchmark beer, one to measure against. UPDATE: Seven years later, my first for a long time to celebrate Feral being independent again, owned by Nail no less. Now that the malty West Coast is back, this is absolutely a classic. Like a song by Led Zeppelin, you don't want it every day, but when it comes past you know you love it.", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 51, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-hophog-pa.png", "newbottleurl": "feral-hop-hog-can.png", "rating": "5", "id": 1 }, { "name": "Kosciuszko Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "Drinkable. I wouldn't search for it, but could stand as a bare minimum standard... enough hops to be refreshing. Drunk while playing minigolf, which may have made both more entertaining! A fake regional beer brewed somewhere else by Lion.", "brewery": "Kosciuszko Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kosciuszko-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 2 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Hopwork Orange (Original)", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Came in a very close second to be my go-to beer back in the day. Solid citrus flavour, maybe a tad one dimensional, edged out by Feral's Hop Hog, but bonus points for being local and independent. (Review of the bottled APA.) UPDATE: Sadly they're no longer brewing this one, cutting back the hops and IBUs for the new canned version.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 47.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-hopworkorange-apa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 3 }, { "name": "Feral War Hog", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was interested to try it as a variation on the Hop Hog. The tasting notes on the can were spot on, passionfruit! Stronger in hops but less bitter, it was too fruity for my taste, with not enough malt to break up the sweetness. UPDATE: Circling back to try a few from the beginning, now that my palate is a bit more tuned up. Had this after a very average APA because I wanted something hoppy, and it was a cracker. UPDATE: Now renamed as 'West Coast' rather than 'Aemrican', I should have done a taste off against Biggie Juice...", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-warhog-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": "feral-warhog-new.png", "rating": "3", "id": 4 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony India Red Ale", "variety": "Red India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "Knocks your socks off. An awesome beer that can be overwhelming: too expensive, too strong, too much flavour. When I’m in the mood though, who needs socks! UPDATE: They've recently made the labels really ugly but at least they haven't changed the recipe. We taste tested the two, and the new came out the winner for a bit more freshness. Phew.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 69, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-india-red-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 5 }, { "name": "Cascade Premium Light", "variety": "Light Lager", "style": "Light Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Forgettable if not actively unpleasant. Tastes like it was made from quality ingredients, but they just didn’t put enough in… brown fizzy water. I’d rather drink less beers, or a mid strength than this.", "brewery": "Cascade Brewery", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 18, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "cascade-light.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 6 }, { "name": "Peroni Nastro Azzurro", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The first couple of mouthfuls were ok, there was some malt if no hops, but then that metallic watery taste took over. Brewed under license by CUB so I shouldn't have been surprised. Had more flavour once lukewarm, should try that with other bland beers! UPDATE: At a wedding with not many beer choices it was surprisingly crisp and refreshing. Not sure if it was the real deal import or not. Funny that I used to be much harsher on macro lagers, now I rate them against themselves rather than tastier beers this was a reasonable European style pale lager.", "brewery": "Peroni Brewery", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Italy", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 21.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "peroni-nastroazzurro.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 7 }, { "name": "Fury & Son IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Didn't like this one so much I tipped it out... sorry cuz Michael who brought it back from Melbourne for me! Muddy mix of flavours dominated by my least favourite hop, mosaic.", "brewery": "Fury & Son Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Retired", "lat": 39, "lng": 37.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "furyandson-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 8 }, { "name": "Coopers Mild Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "I'm always surprised by how much I enjoy these. I guess it's a light ale rather than a light lager, so just enough flavour to be enjoyable... but I'd probably pick a tastier session ale if I was trying to stay sober. UPDATE: Review #9 all the way back in 2017, and boy have my tastes changed in 6 years. Of the limited choice at a wedding this was a bland ale, surprisingly light on the Coopers stodgy yeast. Drinkable.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coopers-mild-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 9 }, { "name": "Pirate Life × Ballast Point Strong Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Not always a massive fan of Pirate Life beers, but I've liked a few from Ballast Point. Was a dense hop flavour, but a bit one dimensional. I like more flowers and fruit amongst the greenery! Worth trying.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 54, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "plxbp-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 10 }, { "name": "Smiling Samoyed Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "To use a canine metaphor 'best in class'. One of my favourite beers, despite the fact that I wouldn't drink more than one in a session. Like salted caramel, but with hops instead of salt... dark and rich.", "brewery": "Smiling Samoyed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 72, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "s-samoyed-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 11 }, { "name": "Rogers Amber Ale", "variety": "Session Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "It's not all about hops, and this beer has the malty caramelly goodness to make the argument. Could be a 'light' beer of choice, even if I've only bought it as dessert at the end of a session of heavier beers!", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 51, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "lc-rogers-amber-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 12 }, { "name": "Brooklyn Lager", "variety": "Vienna Lager", "style": "Vienna Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I feel sad not to like this so much. It was the first beer that made me realise what hops were. After a few more years of drinking good beer, I realise this isn't one of them. And that ales are mostly better than lagers... UPDATE: It's been a journey with this one. The originals I tried were imported. The second few I tried years later (and didn't like) were the local version brewed by Coopers. Bought a can on a whim, the now Lion brewed local version, and I didn't mind it. Malty with a little bit of hops, like a mainstream lager with added flavour!", "brewery": "Brooklyn Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 15, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "brooklyn-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 13 }, { "name": "Brooklyn East IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I tried all of their beers the pub had on one night, and this was the best. Which isn't saying much. Hoppier than the lager, but thin and unsatisfyingly nondescript.", "brewery": "Brooklyn Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 27, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "brooklyn-east-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 14 }, { "name": "Brooklyn Brown Ale", "variety": "Brown Ale", "style": "Brown Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "They called it a cross between an American and British style, but it was vague in flavour and unpleasantly syrupy on the tongue. Made you more thirsty as opposed to the fresh salivation of good hops!", "brewery": "Brooklyn Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 54, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "brooklyn-brown-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 15 }, { "name": "Furphy Refreshing Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A random and pleasant surprise. A completely fake beer in a copycat VB style bottle, made from Victorian ingredients as a 'tribute' to being brewed in Geelong... A 'local' beer, being brewed by a 'craft' brewery based in WA (Little Creatures), owned by a conglomerate based in NSW (Lion Nathan), wholly owned by a bigger conglomerate based in Japan (Kirin). Nevertheless, a simple old fashioned ale that was as its name suggested, refreshing and a little bit nutty. UPDATE: Four years later I'm assuming the recipe hasn't changed, my beer taste sure has! I could barely tell the difference between this and the standard bitters. Where did I find nutty?! Metallic and thin bodied. Not one to repeat.", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "furphy-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 16 }, { "name": "Swell Golden Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Although I didn't really like it, this beer helped me figure a few things out, and why this really should be a 3D graph. Just as the hops needs to have a scale for flavour as well as intensity, so too the malt also needs a scale for \"roastedness\". Like ambers I find this too front of the tongue with paler malts.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 51, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-golden-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 17 }, { "name": "Vale Mid-coast Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This one I drank straight after an awesome beer so it was a challenge! Wasn't until I drank the Swell Golden Ale that I figured out why, but I didn't like it. Had a stronger favour but more muddled, and way too carbonated.", "brewery": "Vale Brewing", "parent": "Bickfords Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 48, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "vale-midcoast-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 18 }, { "name": "Shifty Lizard Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "I wanted to like it, made by two childhood friends after a crowdfunding campaign, one of them a graphic designer/illustrator... but the label was as bad as the beer, a barely customised free font paired with Helvetica. I tipped half of it out.", "brewery": "Shifty Lizard Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shifty-lizard-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 19 }, { "name": "Smiling Samoyed Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "One of those beers you take a look at the bottle by reflex after the first mouthful. A delight to drink and my benchmark Australian Pale Ale, fresh with hops but lightly balanced. Shame they're so bloody hard to find.", "brewery": "Smiling Samoyed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "s-samoyed-12paws-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 20 }, { "name": "Lobethal Bierhaus IPA", "variety": "British India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "British" ], "blurb": "I was curious to see what a British style IPA would be like after cutting my teeth on the American style. Turns out to be pretty awesome. Dense piney flavour on a slab of malt. Have to try more actual British beers.", "brewery": "Lobethal Bierhaus", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 57, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "l-bierhaus-india-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 21 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Sunshine Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Well if session ale is mid-flavour, sunshine and summer ales are the watery ones. Bought this out of a limited selection at the pub because of the brewery. Not terrible but very forgettable. UPDATE: Torn whether to update the bottle shot to the new can as it'll distort the date! Seems to be the same recipe with the same IBU, but updating the stats. A slightly cloying golden ale for people who like Carlton Dry. UPDATE: Anthony's first beer of the night, it was a slightly bland spacer, prepping for the mega beer coming next!", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-sunshine-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "ppony-sunshine-ale-new.png", "rating": "2", "id": 22 }, { "name": "Temple Brewing Rye Hard IPA", "variety": "Rye India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Rye" ], "blurb": "I went to the beer garden and found where all the tasty beers were hiding. Enough flavour to need a knife and fork like a red ale, not super hoppy but nuttier from the rye.", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 39, "lng": 66, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "temple-ryehard-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 23 }, { "name": "Temple Brewing Anytime Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Hoppier than some IPAs, very drinkable but a tad one dimensional in flavour. The degrees of difference get harder to define between all of the pales and IPAs...", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 36, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "temple-anytime-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 24 }, { "name": "Sierra Nevada Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Little brother to the Torpedo, with a similar hop profile if not as strong. Drinkable, and from a respectable brewer, but a bit one dimensional in flavour. UPDATE: Five years later, having another in a can to try one of these classic beers. The very quintessential American-style pale Ale. For the style, bang on, for a more modern beer palate, heavy malt with some surprising kettle bitterness compared to the average core pale ale. UPDATE: I bought one to measure against their Torpedo IPA and enjoyed it much more than I expected. Definitely malty, but with a crisp bitterness balancing it out. Funny that in the rush to bring back West Coast style IPAs and even pilsners pale ales have stayed resolutely hazy or pacific. I'd be intrested to see this style of beer explored more by a modern brewer. Apparently 'Draught Style' is their keg beer, but this was a very old school classic core range beer.", "brewery": "Sierra Nevada Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 36, "lng": 42, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Cascade" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sierra-nevada-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 25 }, { "name": "Karl Strauss Pintail Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Right in the sweet spot of hop flavours for me, but a little too malty toward the end. Getting picky on the pales now!", "brewery": "Karl Strauss Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 36, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "karl-strauss-pintail-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 26 }, { "name": "Southwark Bitter", "variety": "Bitter Lager", "style": "Bitter Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Definitely not what I was expecting. Not watery like you'd think a beer from the West End Brewery would be. A bit too sweet maybe, and not particularly bitter, but a solid flavour with a slight spicy tang. Like a dark ale you wouldn't have a session on it. An extra star for local nostalgia, an old school beer.", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "southwark-bitter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 27 }, { "name": "Coopers Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Solid but not spectacular, and a little sentimental. Another Coopers brew that helped me down the path to good beers. Malty and tasty, goes well on tap with a pub meal. UPDATE: I wanted to circle back and check this one after a run of great dark ales and lagers. After those dry beers this really showed the Coopers yeastiness that links all their beers. Unfortunately not a good link.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 15, "lng": 66, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coopers-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 28 }, { "name": "Feral White", "variety": "Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was interested to try a beer that gets its flavour from the yeast. Not what I would expect of a Belgian style wheat beer, the yeast gave the grain base on oddly hammy flavour! Amusingly coincidental for a pig themed brewer, but not so nice to drink.", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-white-wheat-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 29 }, { "name": "Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA", "variety": "American Extra IPA", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The big brother of the Sierra Nevada pales. The kick of the hops gives you more of a taste of the herbal / resinous flavours which was awesome for the first few mouthfuls... then was just a bit monotonous. Wonder if there's a middle brother? UPDATE: Sierra Nevada have been a great consistent brewer to help recalibrate the older reviews. Very much a dialling up of the same flavour as their pale ale. Old school IPA, stiff and malty but very drinkable if a bit sticky and dull by the end. Interesting to read them talking up the dry hopping of this, I barely got any aromatics. Six years ago I had this high up in the grid, now nudging it down in hops and left in the malt.", "brewery": "Sierra Nevada Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 48, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Crystal", "Magnum" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sierra-nevada-torpedo-extra-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": "sierra-nevada-torpedo-extra-ipa-new.png", "rating": "2", "id": 30 }, { "name": "Asahi Dry Black", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I always enjoy this, a bit like a malty alcoholic Coke! Smooth and a tiny bit spicy, it goes perfectly with crunchy pan-fried gyoza. If there are hops involved I couldn't taste them...", "brewery": "Asahi Beverages", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 80, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "asahi-dry-black.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 31 }, { "name": "Karl Strauss Tower 10 IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This really is the stereotype / quintessential American IPA. Decent, but really made me realise IPAs are not where my taste is at. They all talk about the malt backbone, but to me most beers of this style have too much flavour loaded on the same part of the tongue. A one note drink.", "brewery": "Karl Strauss Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 48, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "karl-strauss-tower-10-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 32 }, { "name": "Fixation Obsession Session IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "One mouthful and I knew I hated it, but at least now I'm sure it's mosaic hops I don't like. Had it on tap, but never again. Session IPA sounds like you're trying to have it both ways!", "brewery": "Fixation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fixation-obsession-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 33 }, { "name": "Stockade Hop Splicer XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra", "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "I bought it for the graphic on the tap, and it wasn't bad. The grapefruit flavour was subtle and quenching at the start, but made the bitterness a bit acid the more you drank.", "brewery": "Stockade Brew Co", "parent": "Tribe Breweries", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "stockade-hop-splicer-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 34 }, { "name": "Monteith's Pointers Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The bottle looks the goods, with a nice engraved style label and beautiful embossed bottle, but the contents are dull generic pale ale. Researching afterwards, it's owned by New Zealand's equivalent of CUB... a multibrand parent brewer that makes mainstream swill, some fake craft and some bland internationals under license. Label says 'FIVE HOP' but you wouldn't know it.", "brewery": "Monteith's Brewery Company", "parent": "DB Breweries / Heineken N.V.", "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 24, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "monteith-pointers-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 35 }, { "name": "White Rabbit Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "I bought this mainly because I keep meaning to try their dark ale. The label mentions fruit esters and that's about all there is to the flavour. First couple of mouthfuls were ok, then it was all sickly sweet malt. I've had session ales with more hops. The bottle was embossed with the Little Creatures cherub, so the brand doesn't even rate a custom bottle!", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 18, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "white-rabbit-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 36 }, { "name": "Lazy Yak Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "Serviceable. Much better than the White Rabbit, but that's not saying much! The pattern seems to be that the sub-brands of 'craft' brewers owned by big conglomerates are twice as ordinary. Have a seasonal range, an experimental range, a different label design, but if it's brewed in the same building, call it the same brand.", "brewery": "Matilda Bay Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 25, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "m-bay-lazy-yak-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 37 }, { "name": "Feral Karma Citra IBA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "Delicious. Half expected a bitter tarry brew, but it was perfect, foamy and rich from the dark malts. One of the beers that makes a mockery of my 2D graph. The malts need to have two axes to themselves: intensity vs malt character. Hops would be even more complex, a wheel of flavours radiating out in strength. How the two would intersect I don't know!", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 81, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-karma-citra-india-black-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 38 }, { "name": "Little Creatures Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "Had it on tap at a venue without much choice and was pleasantly surprised. Reading their history, this was the beer that got them started, and it won a few awards back in the day. Good to see 6 years of Lion ownership and mass production hasn't killed it. Easily drinkable if nothing spectacular. UPDATE: After really enjoying their hazy lager I went back to get a few of their core beers. The XPA was alright but this was ordinary. Getting a bit long in the tooth, but still two months ahead of the best before date, it was dull twang and floaties. I did really feel like a hazy so that probably didn't help!UPDATE: After really enjoying their hazy lager I went back to get a few of their core beers. The XPA was alright but this was ordinary. Getting a bit long in the tooth, but still two months ahead of the best before date, it was dull twang and floaties. I did really feel like a hazy so that probably didn't help!", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "East Kent Goldings", "Cascade", "Chinook" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Caramalt", "Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 39 }, { "name": "Coopers Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Thin and fizzy. Good effort to move with the times from Coopers, but it didn't work for me. More like a weak IPA, a very one-dimensional bitterness with no depth of flavour. UPDATE: I lost one in the back of the fridge, and after six months of extra maturing it was pretty good. Hops too earthy for me with Galaxy, but much more drinkable. And better than their XPA...", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coopers-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 40 }, { "name": "Ballast Point Sculpin IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Both times I've drunk this it was towards the end of a big session! A quality beer but not in the sweet spot for me. Good flavour depth, but too bitter and that bitterness all at the piney / resiny end.", "brewery": "Ballast Point Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 54, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ballast-point-sculpin-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 41 }, { "name": "Feral Sly Fox Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "I really wanted to like all of Feral's beers... so far two awesome, two meh, and one screwed up face emoji. This was very wishy washy with a hop flavour that was generic. Disappointing. Obviously session ales must be fizzy.", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-sly-fox-session-ale-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 42 }, { "name": "Echigo Koshihikari", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Really nondescript, winning the prize of the most tasteless beer so far. I was interested to try it at a Japanese restaurant, and while it was a good palate cleanser, as a beer it was yellow fizzy water. Hard to tell what character the rice in the brewing added. A big 500ml bottle though!", "brewery": "Uehara Shuzou Co. Ltd.", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 12, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "echigo-koshihikari-rice-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 43 }, { "name": "Youngs Double-chocolate Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "The last two beers could not have been more different... this dark intense stout vs a watery rice lager! Good to try, but not to my taste. Not as chocolatey as I expected, and still quite astringent. Cheers cuz!", "brewery": "Wells & Young's Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 21, "lng": 87, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "youngs-double-chocolate-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 44 }, { "name": "Carlton Dry", "variety": "Light Lager", "style": "Light Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Inoffensive is the best you could say. Had a pint with steak and chips at a pub bistro with pokies in the next room. Should have been a parmy as the perfect food pairing! Need to retry a Corona to see who wins the battle of the bland.", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 16, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "carlton-dry.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 45 }, { "name": "Bridge Road Beechworth Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Very similar flavour profile to my fave, Hop Hog. The hops are a bit more mixed which makes for less Citra tang. I'd give it 4.5 but it's still independent and family-owned so they get bonus points! UPDATE: Five years later, I bought an 18th anniversary big can to try it again and help calibrate the APA sector of the grid. Expecting something stiffer and maltier this was really drinkable. Mildly hoppy and mildy bitter, back in the day I probably would have thought this was intense! An absolute shopping list of nine hops. A beer to drink when chilling out in any weather, ideally with a much missed cousin.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 50, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Nelson Sauvin", "EKG", "Simcoe", "Galaxy", "Amarillo", "Centennial", "Cascade", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ "Gladfield Ale", "Carapils", "Wheat", "Light Crystal" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-beechworth-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 46 }, { "name": "Ballast Point Tart Peach Kolsch", "variety": "Kolsch", "style": "Kolsch", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Disgusting. I put it somewhere at the bottom of both hops and malt because I couldn't taste anything apart from the horrible fake peach flavour! Undrinkable.", "brewery": "Ballast Point Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ballast-point-tart-peach-kolsch.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 47 }, { "name": "Stone Exalted IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A nice citrusy IPA, the only beer I've tried with Loral hops. Straight IPA still not my variety of choice, I want that malt hit along with the hops.", "brewery": "Stone Brewing", "parent": "Sapporo Breweries", "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 49, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "stone-exalted-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 48 }, { "name": "Moon Dog Mack Daddy Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Rocketing to the top, my new favourite dark ale. Black and burnt and fresh, had three pints at a new bar that's far cooler than I am. Feeling unpatriotic that two of my favourite beers are from out of state... UPDATE: Funny that many of my top rated beers I tried once already drunk... Trying this one again years later it was still delicious but my tastes have shifted to the drier end, so it was a little sweet and caramelly for me. Still at the top end of the list for dark ales.", "brewery": "Moon Dog Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 25, "lng": 75, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "moon-dog-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 49 }, { "name": "Feral Smoked Porter", "variety": "Smoked Porter", "style": "Smoked Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I wanted to like it but the smoked hickory was like drinking burnt bacon. Second pig reminiscent beer from Feral. Tasted like underneath it would have been a decent dark beer.", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 18, "lng": 78, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-smoked-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 50 }, { "name": "Big Shed Kol Schisel Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Ordinary. If I'd done more reading instead of buying it for the pun on the label... Was originally called a \"German\" pale ale / kolsch which made sense for the pun, but maybe looked a little imperialistic. Now \"Australian\" and blue label, listed on their website as an ale masquerading as a lager. More like a mainstream draught ale.", "brewery": "Big Shed Brewing Concern", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "big-shed-kol-schisel-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 51 }, { "name": "Young Henry's Newtowner Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "Be interested to try it from a tap or bottle. From a can it was over carbonated and a little metallic. Kinda piney, bit too earthy in the hops. Raises the question about what is \"craft\". Too big a volume, or bought out by a bigger company and you're out. What about if you exceed your capacity and get a commercial contract brewer to make your beer?", "brewery": "Young Henrys Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 21, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "young-henrys-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 52 }, { "name": "Melbourne Bitter", "variety": "Bitter Lager", "style": "Bitter Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Drank it on tap out of pure nostalgia, unsurprisingly bland. A standard CUB beer, that I couldn't tell apart from Carlton Draught... metallic, over carbonated and not particularly bitter. Funny that it's now cool, not so funny that it was $9 for a schooner. Once went to a costume party dressed as a MB stubby!", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "melbourne-bitter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 53 }, { "name": "Mismatch Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Had tried this a long time back and didn't like it, but I think they've changed all their recipes. Might have been that it was after a Melbourne Bitter, but it was delicious. Fruity and cloudy, like they describe it... passionfruit! UPDATE: First of theirs I ever tried, rating against session ales I'd keep it a four, tasty and fruity. That said if I'm smashing down two lighter beers to get a buzz while cooking dinner I'd rather have one bigger beer. Took a bunch of lights to a boys night, and we didn't drink any of them! Can design unchanged. UPDATE: Still fresh and tasty, a nice change after a couple of Oktoberfest style malty lagers. UPDATE: They were the special at the amazing Echoes music festival and I drank a bunch of them! Light but still tasty so I didn't get drunk too quickly...", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-session-ale-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 54 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony The Zeppelin All Hop NEIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Finally got to try one of these, and it was exactly as described: cloudy, juicy and fruity! Looks great in a glass too. Wouldn't be my favourite style, but this is the IPA for me. Not sure if it'll stay in their core range, it was hard to find a picture!", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-zeppelin-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 55 }, { "name": "Moon Dog Old Mate Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "Confused. After loving their dark ale I was looking forward to trying this, but with three hops and three malts it was just a muddle of flavours. Tasted more like an amber, biscuity with sweet malt.", "brewery": "Moon Dog Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "moon-dog-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 56 }, { "name": "Mismatch Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "A simple beer done well. Fresh and piney, I would have guessed Cascade hops - close, it was a German descendant \"Blanc\" - but definitely not Mosaic! I'll have to retry some beers to test my anti-Mosaic bias... A bit too fizzy in a can, I reckon this would be great on tap. UPDATE: Coming back to this one five years later and I could barely taste the hops. That said, a decent core pale ale somewhere between and Australian and an American style. No yeast, malty.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Super Pride", "Mosaic", "Blanc", "Rakau", "Moutere" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Ale", "Med Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-pale-ale-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 57 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Black Ale", "variety": "Black Ale", "style": "Black Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Halfway between a dark ale and a stout, this was black with a burnt coffee bitterness. Tasty and interesting, but wouldn't be a regular to drink. UPDATE: Review of the original recipe, now brewed as a hoppier Cascadian black ale.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 22, "lng": 85, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ppony-black-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 58 }, { "name": "Ballast Point Grunion Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "I wanted to like it but it didn't come together. Tasted more like an IPA / amber cross, strong piney hops with a truckload more sweet malt than I would have expected from a Ballast Point beer.", "brewery": "Ballast Point Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 48, "lng": 48, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ballast-point-grunion-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 59 }, { "name": "Mismatch Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "They do very uncomplicated beers. I tried this between two much meatier beers so it got a little overwhelmed in comparison, but a very fresh clean lager it was. If we say piney about some beers, this one would be like straw... UPDATE: It just won \"Best European-Style Lager (Excluding Pilsner)\" at the 2021 AIBA awards so I thought I'd pick one up. Three years after first trying it my tastes have obviously changed... I hated it. Like cheap fizzy champagne. I would have tipped it out but I wanted to give it a good try. UPDATE: Finally did a taste off between their standard lager and the draught. Why they bother having both I'm not sure. The core lager is slightly cloudier and definitely sweeter with its malt. If I had to pick it would be the draught, but as I got further in, sipping back and forth, the difference became very small. And I really wouldn't want more than one...", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 60 }, { "name": "Kaiju! Krush Tropical Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I had this at the end of a big session and it was fruity and pineapple-y. Maybe too fruity but it went well with a good burger in a beer garden. UPDATE: From a can, this was a much more solid beer, malty with piney hops it was a decent sessionable beer. Makes so much difference where in a sequence you drink a beer... everything tastes lighter towards the end! Definitely wouldn't call it a pacific ale.", "brewery": "Kaiju! Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kaiju-krush-tropical-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 61 }, { "name": "Moon Dog Love Tap lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that this bottle was off. Ludicrously fizzy, full of sediment, sour. Got to try the dark ale in a bottle to see if it was a fluke that I liked any of their beers!", "brewery": "Moon Dog Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 15, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "moon-dog-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 62 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "As a pale ale this is more intense than some brewers IPAs... love to try their IIPA, that would screw my face up! Ironic that West End is laying off staff because people are buying craft, while their parent company has bought the craft brewer that is filling their mainstream niche. UPDATE: Five years later coming back to this one as the benchmark for an old school APA in a recalibration of the grid. Dark and stiff with not even a hint of aroma in the kettle bitterness. UPDATE: An interesting journey for this beer, and for me and my beer taste. Now dropped from the core range, this is a simple and classic APA, malty and bitter. Like the beer world has revolved around it, and my palate is into it. UPDATE: That malty marshmallowy taste that almost no beers have any more, even the ones claiming west coast styling. Not where I thought I would zag, meaty, tasty, kicking the hazies in the face. Nostalgic. Like beer nights of old. Like a bottle cast
Into cold waves
I am contained.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 52, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 63 }, { "name": "Great Northern Super Crisp Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Just barely drinkable. A fake beer created by CUB to revive some of the branding of a brewery that they bought out nearly a hundred years ago and shut down 30 years ago. Even worse it's in a sneaky smaller bottle. UPDATE: A juggernaut of a beer, number one beer in Australia from a standing start, by far CUB / Asahi's best seller. Still had that macro lager metallic taste, be interesting to compare it to a Carlton Draught to test out the 'low bitterness'. Drinkable but a bit distasteful. A little melancholically reminding me of sessions with Michael a long time ago.", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 17, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "great-northern-super-crisp-lager.png", "newbottleurl": "great-northern-new.png", "rating": "1", "id": 64 }, { "name": "Iron Jack Crisp Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Like a photocopy of a photocopy, an even faker beer brand created by one multi-national brewer to copy the success of another. A washed out version of Great Northern, dropping the super, which it has overtaken due to vomitous jingoistic Aussie branding backed by a massive marketing budget. Also in a small bottle.", "brewery": "Legendary Brewing Co", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 14, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "iron-jack-crisp-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 65 }, { "name": "Coopers Dry", "variety": "Light Lager", "style": "Light Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'd love to know how different it actually is from the now defunct Clear. Soapy and gassy and all round not nice to drink.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 15, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coopers-dry.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 66 }, { "name": "Little Bang Icon Steam Ale", "variety": "Steam Ale", "style": "Steam Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Delicious and educational, from a small local brewer. Doesn't get much better than that. Turns out that steam ale actually uses lager yeast but fermented at a higher temperature. Nice fragrant hop balance, this would be on my go to list. UPDATE: Assuming the recipe hasn't changed in the three years... my taste certainly has! Well preceding the more recent push to IPLs and the misnamed Cold 'IPA', this has a similar light bodied dryness with a bit yeasty spiciness. Still very fresh and drinkable, just a bit light on for me.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-icon-steam-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 67 }, { "name": "Brewdog Dead Pony Club Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "An odd one that's more like an IPA with that dense front of the tongue hop flavour. Not in the sweet spot for me, decent but I wouldn't reach for one in the fridge.", "brewery": "Brewdog", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 40, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "brewdog-dead-pony-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 68 }, { "name": "Moritz Cerveza", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Like the Mismatch lager: well made and simple. Would go down a treat with a good paella! Also from a family owned brewery, with some other tasty looking beers that are sadly unavailable in Australia.", "brewery": "Moritz", "parent": null, "country": "Spain", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "moritz-cerveza.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 69 }, { "name": "Lobethal Bierhaus Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Another local hero, another great example of the Australian take on the American style. I really need to do multiple tastings of each beer. First time I thought it was too light on the malt, second time I thought it was a touch heavy... must have been the run of lighter lagers I reviewed just before! UPDATE: I've been circling back to try some of the early favourites and finding my tastes have really changed. Old school APA, dark in the glass with amber malts and simple mild hops. Meh. All of the labels and the website have had a solid refresh, so updating the bottle shot as well.", "brewery": "Lobethal Bierhaus", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 48, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "l-bierhaus-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "l-bierhaus-pale-ale-new.png", "rating": "3", "id": 70 }, { "name": "Lobethal Bierhaus Citra Hopped Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A new one from Lobethal, a random find at the bottle shop. As a citra fan I was keen to try it, and although it was interesting to get a clear taste of it, the lack of malt made it quite unbalanced. Trying to find a picture of the bottle, it seems like hopped pilsners are a thing. ", "brewery": "Lobethal Bierhaus", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 20, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "l-bierhaus-citra-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 71 }, { "name": "Mornington IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another beer sitting at that blurry edge between pales and IPAs. Had it on tap and it was super citrusy, and not as one dimensional as many IPAs are (to me!)", "brewery": "Mornington Peninsula Brewery", "parent": "Tribe Breweries", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mornington-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 72 }, { "name": "Hawkers XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "This was the first XPA I tried, and now I've tried a few more it doesn't really fit the bill. More like a session XPA just to really confuse the categories! Mostly inoffensive except for the hint of mosaic breaking through the overall mild hop flavour.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "hawkers-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 73 }, { "name": "Victoria Cerveza", "variety": "Vienna Lager", "style": "Vienna Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Like a full strength Corona! A bit sour at the start but then I quite enjoyed it. I have a soft spot for these type of Latin lagers, whether from Mexico or Spain, started by Germanic immigrants. Had the same bottle shape as a Corona, but really dark glass. I gave it a bonus point for the super old-school layered screenprinting of the label.", "brewery": "Grupo Modelo", "parent": "AB InBev", "country": "Mexico", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "victoria-cerveza.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 74 }, { "name": "Hahn Premium Light", "variety": "Light Lager", "style": "Light Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Almost muscling in to be the most tasteless. The milder carbonation made this not offensive, but it was beer flavoured water. At least it was in a 375ml bottle. Funny how the light beers are still doing the older squat bottles.", "brewery": "Hahn Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 13, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "hahn-premium-light.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 75 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony XPA Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Another beer proving how meaningless \"XPA\" and \"session ale\" are as labels. More realistic would be calling this a mid-strength American style pale ale. Even session XPA would make more sense! Anyway, I did really enjoy it. Be interested to have a taste off with my previous fave PP beer, Hopwork Orange... it might win! UPDATE: Circling back to try another one after three or so years, now in can. XPA lost a bit of popularity as a style but this is the style in a nutshell. Fresh and fruity with a nice balance of malt. ", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ppony-xpa-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 76 }, { "name": "Bishop's Finger Ale", "variety": "Strong Ale", "style": "Strong Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Bought by Simon for the entertainment value of the name, it was (pun intended) a bit stiff. Almost whiskeyish, but I'm not really a whiskey fan either...", "brewery": "Shepherd Neame", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 10, "lng": 56, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "bishops-finger-strong-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 77 }, { "name": "Little Creatures IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Meh. This was as standard an IPA as you could get. Not offensive but nothing memorable.", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 78 }, { "name": "Fixation Squish Citrus IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Like the Hop Splicer I bought this for the picture of what I thought was a lemon on the tap head. Fruit IPAs are the other big thing in the USA, and I was hoping for some lemon tartness. Turned out it was blood orange and white grapefruit, and the note I could taste strongest was Mosaic, but ok.", "brewery": "Fixation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "fixation-squish-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 79 }, { "name": "White Rabbit Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Been meaning to try this for a while, had it on tap and it was literally the last pint from the keg. Whether than made it better or worse I don't know but it was pretty good. Coffee-ish like a dark roast, little bit too syrupy. Have to try a bottle for comparison. UPDATE: Finally tried a bottle, and taking a star away... quite one dimensional. Not enough carbonation to give it some sparkle, not enough hops to give it any flavour, and not rounded enough malt character. UPDATE: Might have been the contrast after a couple of thick hazy IPAs, but I really enjoyed a bottle of this. Still a little flat, dry chocolate.", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 78, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "white-rabbit-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 80 }, { "name": "Corona Ligera", "variety": "Light Lager", "style": "Light Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was the opposite of what I expected... I thought it was going to be like Peroni Red, the stronger version, but it was a lighter one brewed especially for Australia! Bit more of that metallic lager taste, but definitely a candidate for a light, and makes me want to find more Mexican beers, especially some darker ones.", "brewery": "Grupo Modelo", "parent": "AB InBev", "country": "Mexico", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "corona-ligera.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 81 }, { "name": "Balter XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "Maybe XPA is a thing, even just to flag that it's a really hoppy pale ale but not an IPA. This was a pretty good balance and very similar to the Prancing Pony XPA, bit more piney / resiny. Been keen to try some of their beers after the awards they've won. Early adopters of the minimal label style too. UPDATE: Been a while since I had one, couldn't resist the limited edition big cans! Still very drinkable for a core range beer, but my tastebuds have moved on and want more flavour. These days I'd call it a 3, a good fridge fallback. UPDATE: The original and the best XPA. Crisp and malty but simple. Now my tastes have circled back around to the West Coast, this is right in the zone.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30.5, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 82 }, { "name": "Corona Extra", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Always very drinkable. Had a lot over the hot Christmas just been. Should be bland but is quite tasty, like a fresh loaf of white bread. I don't want lemon in it! Somehow less malty than the light...", "brewery": "Grupo Modelo", "parent": "AB InBev", "country": "Mexico", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "corona-extra.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 83 }, { "name": "Woolshed Amazon Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "Lip smacking hop goodness, a little further down the piney end of the spectrum. To split hairs, maybe a little sticky towards the end. Patriotically called an Australian Pale Ale, but on a blind taste test I would have said it was an American style pale (or XPA to use a more generic label). UPDATE: Circling back a good few years later, now in cans, and it was a decent if unremarkable core range pale. I'd probably take it back to a 3 star, but they're a great regional indie brewer.", "brewery": "Woolshed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "woolshed-amazon-pale-ale-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 84 }, { "name": "Sapporo Premium Draught (silver can)", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Got excited when I saw the import sticker, but should have read the fine print... imported from Vietnam. Minus point for shonky labelling. Anyway I still enjoyed it, a simple lager. Getting excited to try more real Japanese beers on our upcoming trip!", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Under license", "lat": 5, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sapporo-premium-draft.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 85 }, { "name": "Woolshed Cherax Destructor IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Maybe not one for the purists, but defintely more to my taste - super hoppy but with super malts to match (and avoid that IPA thinness). Must be why I like India Red Ales, the maltiness. Part of a Christmas present mixed six pack from Woolshed, thanks cuz! UPDATE: Four years later had one in a can and remembered Michael. Now my palate says not super hoppy but I really enjoyed the old school heavy maltiness with that almost nutty flavour. Not a hint of dry hopping!", "brewery": "Woolshed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 46, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "woolshed-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 86 }, { "name": "Stone and Wood Pacific Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was one of the early wave of Australian craft beers and I've been meaning to try it for a while. Unfortunately and surprisingly bland. I guess it was at the right time to start people away from mainstream beer by not being too strong, and I would probably have been keen when I was at the same point... Crafty maltiness but not enough, and Galaxy is just too generic a hops variety. UPDATE: Had a second one and it was surprisingly tasty and enjoyable. Have to try a third to lock it in. UPDATE#2: Had that third and found it really yeasty and unfinished. Not for me.", "brewery": "Stone & Wood Brewing Co", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "stone-wood-pacific-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 87 }, { "name": "West End Draught", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Beer suggestion from Christian, who joined me for a couple of rounds. On tap it wasn't as bad as I expected, a frothy standard lager from a mainstream brewer. By the end of the second pint it grew on me... I'd love to do a blind taste with Carlton Draught, not sure you could taste them apart!", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "west-end-draught.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 88 }, { "name": "Wolf of the Willows Brut IPA", "variety": "Brut India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After the fads of NEIPA and fruit flavoured beers came brut IPAs. An interesting concept using an enzyme from stout production, I was keen to try it. The first beer of three at NOLA, it was bloody awesome, clean and dry and crisp.", "brewery": "Wolf of the Willows Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "wotw-southern-brut.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 89 }, { "name": "Stockade Mr Fruju NEIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Really hard to rate the malt under the intensity of the flavour! Cloudy and thick like fruity soup, so strong in flavour it irritated my throat. As much acidic as bitter, grapefruit and pineapple ground into the hops. Interesting to try, but hard to finish a pint... UPDATE: Keeping this here as a historical record, the first NEIPA I ever tried. Four years later I tried the canned version... the recipe has possibly changed but my tastes sure have! Now quite bland.", "brewery": "Stockade Brew Co", "parent": "Tribe Breweries", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 55, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "stockade-mr-fruju.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 90 }, { "name": "Smiling Samoyed The Bold and the Brut-iful Brut IPA", "variety": "Brut India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was keen to try a second version of the brut after enjoying the first one so much, but this one not so much. Much hoppier and less dry, and unfortunately in the musty zone of hops.", "brewery": "Smiling Samoyed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "s-samoyed-brut-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 91 }, { "name": "Woolshed Judas the Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The darkest dark ale, way blurring the line into black! The roasted wattleseed gave it just the right hint of smokiness. An interesting beer to sit and savour, but just over the edge of darkness for me. Should have put in a glass to see the colour... UPDATE: In the new can, first dark beer of the second forest session, it was a cracking gear change of flavours. Dark and rich and dry, love to try it if they brewed one with and without the wattleseed to see what it adds. Funny I thought this too dark back in the day! UPDATE: One to remember Michael with. He brought me back the first I tried. Tasty and light bodied, for a dark ale it was more like a dark lager.", "brewery": "Woolshed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 83, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "woolshed-judas-the-dark-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 92 }, { "name": "Pikes Sparkling Ale", "variety": "Sparkling Ale", "style": "Sparkling Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Delicious but definitely not what I was expecting from a sparkling. Don't know if it was the keg, but it was super frothy and creamy, hazy and dark in colour, and really malty. With almost a honey flavour in the mix. Really enjoyed it, but without knowing I would have bet money on it being an amber. Have to love the vintage label design too! UPDATE: Criminal to replace that beautiful vintage style label with this monstrosity! That said, it was fun to try this again, using their original recipe. Was still dark, with a little of the sparkling yeastiness, old school Australian ale.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Retired", "lat": 8, "lng": 48, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-sparkling-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "pikes-sparkling-ale-10.png", "rating": "3", "id": 93 }, { "name": "Yebisu Black", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer on the Japan trip. Like the next step up from Asahi black. Darker and stronger, coffee-ish and definitely more bitter, with a similarly low hop flavours like their lagers. Interesting to try.", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 87, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "yebisu-black-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 94 }, { "name": "Sapporo Premium Draught (white can)", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Funnily enough the big silver can doesn't exist in Japan. I used to love it back in the day, going for the bottles in Japanese restaurants because they were the real deal. Malty and slightly sour, which seems to be a character of their mainstream beers. UPDATE: I found a genuine import at a Japanese supermarket and did a head to head. Was a great excuse to drink two beers at once! I expected them to have more difference. Both bright and carbonated to the end, with a very pilsner-ish noble hop bitterness. To get picky I think the Japanese version edged in front, creamier head and a denser malt. Have to try a three way comparison with the big silver can brewed in Vietnam.", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sapporo-lager-big.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 95 }, { "name": "Matsumoto Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A local craft beer, had with an awesome wood fired pizza within a stones throw of the amazing Matsumoto castle. A tasty and decent pale ale, more of an English or Australian style.", "brewery": "Matsumoto Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 25, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "matsu-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 96 }, { "name": "Yebisu Premium Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Like the Crown Lager of Japan, an all malt beer rather than using rice. Like other local lagers times two, very malty but also with that slight sourness. UPDATE: Circling back around now that Yebisu are available in Australia. Golden and malty, a step up in flavour from the other genuine lagers. Getting nostalgic thinking back to drinking the first one in Tokyo. UPDATE: Victor borught one to taste and it really surprised me how sweet and estery it was, very much like a Czech pilsner. maybe a bit too sticky for me now.", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "yebisu-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 97 }, { "name": "Asahi Super Dry (can)", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Like the Australian mainstream beers being fairly interchangeable, so too it seems are the Japanese lagers. Not the frothy pale lager I drank a lot of on tap in Melbourne. Have to try a Kirin to round out the set. UPDATE: For some reason the big 550ml cans are now coming direct from Japan. Still enjoyable, simple and honest lager. UPDATE: Had one on a hot night while having a first crack at cooking okonomiyaki. After a run of 'Japanese' rice lagers from craft brewers that weren't quite right, this was the real deal. Tasty, pilsnery and light. Big steel can didn't quite fit in my pint glass!", "brewery": "Asahi Beverages", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "asahi-super-dry-550.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 98 }, { "name": "Kyoto Blonde Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I bought one of these in a great bottle shop in Kyoto (that even had a small selection of Coopers), then left it in a bar fridge in Matsumoto! Starting off with a little of the sourness of Japanese beers then mellowing into some nice hop flavours. Not spectacular but enjoyable.", "brewery": "Kyoto Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 23, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kyoto-blonde-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 99 }, { "name": "Tokyo Blues Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "One of a set of four city and music themed beers. A delight from the first sip, more like an XPA with the solid flavour and particularly the hops with a unique flavour I really couldn't pick.", "brewery": "Ishikawa Brewery Co", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 31, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "tokyo-blues-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 100 }, { "name": "Coedo Kyara India Pale Lager", "variety": "India Pale Lager", "style": "India Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The brewery I was most hoping to try while in Japan. Found it by accident on the very last day, and it was the best of all. Super hoppy, crisp and almost tangy, with a lager malt underneath to round it out more than IPAs. Drank it while packing.", "brewery": "Coedo Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 26, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coedo-kyara-ipl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 101 }, { "name": "Tiger Asian Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Drank it on the plane home, as an attempted sleep enhancer! Watery and sour and not so nice, surprising the number of prizes listed on the can...", "brewery": "Heineken / AB InBev", "parent": null, "country": "Singapore", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "tiger-asian-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 102 }, { "name": "Wakachangi Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A welcome home gift from cuz Mike. Decent no-nonsense lager from New Zealand, bonus points for the entertainment value of the label!", "brewery": "McCashin's Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "wakachangi-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 103 }, { "name": "Sapporo Premium Draught (bottle)", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Wanted to try the Australian brewed version while I could still remember the original, and Coopers has done a pretty good job. Still not a fantastic lager, but drinkable. #1 of a seven Japanese beer night with cuz Mike. UPDATE: I found a genuine import at a Japanese supermarket and did a head to head. Was a great excuse to drink two beers at once! I expected them to have more difference. Both bright and carbonated to the end, with a very pilsner-ish noble hop bitterness. To get picky I think the Japanese version edged in front, creamier head and a denser malt. Have to try a three way comparison with the big silver can brewed in Vietnam.", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Under license", "lat": 5, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sapporo-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 104 }, { "name": "Asahi Super Dry (bottle)", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another comparison to the original, brewed in China, and also pretty similar. Copy and paste from the local Sapporo review 'not a fantastic lager, but drinkable'. #2", "brewery": "Asahi Beverages", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Under license", "lat": 5, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "asahi-super-dry-bottle.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 105 }, { "name": "Hitachino Nest Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Really dark in the glass and really thick and sweet. Much more like an amber than a pale, and really not to my taste! #3", "brewery": "Kiuchi Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 18, "lng": 55, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "hitachino-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 106 }, { "name": "Coedo Ruri Pils", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Super fresh and crisp, pale in the glass, perfectly fitting the wanky flavour note 'straw-like'. #4", "brewery": "Coedo Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 14, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coedo-pils.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 107 }, { "name": "Coedo Beniaka Imperial Sweet Potato Amber Ale", "variety": "Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A very long name, less malty than the Hitachino pale, and for a beer made with sweet potato... quite nondescript. #5", "brewery": "Coedo Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 15, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coedo-amber-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 108 }, { "name": "Coedo Shikkoku Black Lager", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Like a coffee or a port at the end of a meal, this was a well crafted rich black lager. Probably also proving that I should drink more intense beers at the end of a session, flight style. #7 (#6 was a repeat!)", "brewery": "Coedo Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 85, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coedo-black-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 109 }, { "name": "Pikes Pilsner Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Not too many green bottle beers going around, this one looked better in real life than this pasty photo! A quality lager, easy to drink, but I think that once you cross the border from lagers to ales, you can only ever come back to visit. Has that sour flavour note of the Japanese lagers... the true lager taste? (Now only in cans.)", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 110 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Indie Kid Pilsner", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Really need to take a trip out there, as they would have to be my favourite local brewer. Only bought this to tick another off their list, and it was a surprisingly tasty pilsner, malty as well as hoppy. No idea what the indie kid reference is... (Now only in cans.)", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 20, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ppony-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 111 }, { "name": "Pikes Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "Started off well, nice balance and quite hoppy for a pale, but it was all a bit frothy and amber by the end. Maybe that's the flavour angle for Pikes ales, sweeter malts. UPDATE: These bottles are long gone, four years later trying another to find it quite dull. Smelt nice in the glass but was just a bog standard core Australian style pale ale. Twangy.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Retired", "lat": 21, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 112 }, { "name": "Sol Cerveza", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Almost identical to Corona, but not quite as nice. Third of a night of Mexican beers, so maybe I was just starting to get sick of cerveza... A genuine Mexican beer, owned by a multinational, with branding developed by their American importer.", "brewery": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery", "parent": "Heineken / AB InBev", "country": "Mexico", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 19.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sol-cerveza.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 113 }, { "name": "Miller Chill", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A bit like a beer flavoured soft drink, carbonated in the same way and tasting mostly like lime. Brewed in the Netherlands and imported by Coca Cola Amatil, which probably sums it up.", "brewery": "Molson Coors", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 16, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "miller-chill.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 114 }, { "name": "Pacifico Clara Cerveza", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A bit cheap and nasty, with a label to match. Not sure why CUB would bother, considering they also import Corona. Like Corona crossed with Carlton Draught.", "brewery": "Grupo Modelo", "parent": "AB InBev", "country": "Mexico", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 18.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pacifico-clara-cerveza.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 115 }, { "name": "San Miguel Pale Pilsen", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Nondescript. Super light hops only tastable because the malt is non-existent. Getting to be a bit of a trainwreck at the tasteless corner of the grid!", "brewery": "San Miguel Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Philipines", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 18, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "san-miguel-pilsen.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 116 }, { "name": "Modelo Especiale", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A bit light on taste as pale lagers are, a bit darker than the cervezas and with a much better 'mouthfeel' as well. Second best of the Mexican beers on the night. Like the Crown Lager of cervezas with the gold foil. 'Corona' even! UPDATE: They'd got some of these in at our favourite Mexican restaurant. Perfect with the food, a maltier darker 'pale' lager. New can design looked pretty good too!", "brewery": "Grupo Modelo", "parent": "AB InBev", "country": "Mexico", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "modelo-especial-cerveza.png", "newbottleurl": "modelo-especial-cerveza-new.png", "rating": "3", "id": 117 }, { "name": "Negra Modelo", "variety": "Dunkel", "style": "Dunkel", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The beer I was most looking forward to trying. Dark and tasty but hard to pin down, couldn't drink more than one. Have to try more dunkels. With the daggier old label than the new black label you see online. UPDATE: Had another after a couple of IPAs and it was like a malty lager biscuit for dessert! Also updating the bottle photo, but mine was another style even than this. Cracking the foil top always feels luxe.", "brewery": "Grupo Modelo", "parent": "AB InBev", "country": "Mexico", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7, "lng": 50, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "modelo-negra.png", "newbottleurl": "modelo-negra-2.png", "rating": "2", "id": 118 }, { "name": "Mismatch Evil Ernie Red IPA", "variety": "Red India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "Sharp and intense. One of those beers that even if it's not in my sweet spot is a great beer. And the can mockup doesn't do justice to the black beauty of the can, like a shadow stealth can.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52, "lng": 68, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-red-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 119 }, { "name": "Mismatch Mandarin Berliner Weisse", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "The yang to the Ernie yin. Tart as, thin and astringent, like paint stripper as a palette cleanser! Like to try an unflavoured one to see what's underneath. Be good over ice on a hot day. UPDATE: After trying a couple more sours and reading up, now I know this is a kettle soured wheat beer, almost an unsalted Gose!", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 11, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mismatch-mandarin-berliner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 120 }, { "name": "Little Bang IRA", "variety": "Red India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "Intense but a bit too heavy, made me thirsty rather than quenching with it's bitterness. And even though it shouldn't make a difference, I find some of the sticker can labels a bit cheap and nasty.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 67, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-ira.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 121 }, { "name": "Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Wet Hop IPA", "variety": "Wet Hopped India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop" ], "blurb": "The stiffest beer of a big night, it wasn't as juicy and fresh as I had hoped, overpowering whatever malt flavours were underneath. They must have been groundbreaking in their day, but I find all of the SN beers a bit average.", "brewery": "Sierra Nevada Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 53, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sierra-nevada-wet-hop-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 122 }, { "name": "Little Bang Breakfast at Stepney Oatmeal Coffee Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "The last beer of a great night celebrating cuz Mike's birthday. I'd only ever want a taster of it, and it was a bit flat out of the can, but with the coffee bitterness it was a great finish. Hard to tell with that extra taste exactly the bitterness of the hops or roasted malt. Interesting more brewers haven't had a stern letter from copyright lawyers about their labels! UPDATE: Two and a half years later trying another. Updated label but still flat.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 86, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-oatmeal-coffee-stout.png", "newbottleurl": "little-bang-oatmeal-coffee-stout-new.png", "rating": "2", "id": 123 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Pagan's Empire IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Their head brewer must have a very similar palette to mine, one of my favourite IPAs. Like hops/malt mix of the XPA but doubled down. Have to try their pale ale to bracket the ales. Super daggy label though, for some reason I thought it was a reference to the old Kangaroo's coach... Beer #125.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Retired", "lat": 46, "lng": 58, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ppony-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 124 }, { "name": "Kirin Ichiban", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "An import bought mainly to round out the set of Japanese lagers, it was a decent lager. I think the lesson is not to have a whole night tasting the same type of beer! One of the multiple size variations they like their beers in, couldn't find a picture online of this 500ml long neck. Not sure what first press malt really means... UPDATE: Six years later and now brewed under license here by Lion. Still a bit generic, nice to wash sushi down with.", "brewery": "Kirin Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kirin-ichiban.png", "newbottleurl": "kirin-ichiban-aus.png", "rating": "2", "id": 125 }, { "name": "Fox Hat Red Pelt India Red Ale", "variety": "Red India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "A pretty standard India Red ale, but too sticky from the malts and not juicy enough from the hops. Not bad, just average. UPDATE: Five years later, after ups and down of life and beer palate, and a long time between red ales... I really enjoyed this. Very malty and almost sweet. Defdinitely going to drink more red ales this winter.", "brewery": "Fox Hat Brewing", "parent": "Bickford's Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 50, "lng": 67, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-hat-india-red-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 126 }, { "name": "Moo Brew Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was a great dark night, watching some heavy bands and drinking lots of dark ale. After getting bored of the local on tap, I had a couple of cans of this. Hoppy and delicious like licorice, it encouraged me to drink more than I should have... oops! UPDATE: A few years and a pandemic later, trying another. Now that I'm a bit more hop resistant I found the flavours much more roasty. Dry and delicious. Have to have a dark ale challenge, this would be on the podium. Still tasty but a bit too sweet and caramel for me now, particularly after a run of black lagers that are super dry. Dry much more my angle now.", "brewery": "Moo Brew Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 74, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "moo-brew-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 127 }, { "name": "Clare Valley Brewing Co XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "Just when I thought I knew what to expect from an XPA, this messed it up. More like a super malty IPA, but way too frothy. Looking at the CVBC range they are hardcore, no pale and definitely nothing as soft as a session!", "brewery": "Clare Valley Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 45, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "clare-valley-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 128 }, { "name": "Temple Brewing NWO American Stout", "variety": "American Stout", "style": "American Stout", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Definitely wasn't a Monday night drink, but it was bloody cold so I drank it anyway! I was really keen to try an American Stout and it was what I expected: stronger and more citrusy hops, less monolithic roast malt. Intense but tasty, at 6.2% I didn't expect to finish it... but it grew on me! My favourite stout so far. UPDATE: Now in cans, and still my favourite!", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 38, "lng": 86, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "temple-american-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 129 }, { "name": "Rare Bird AuPA", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "An awesome malty punch to this beer, probably more of an APA or XPA but bloody tasty. I'm a bit biased, having designed the label for a mate Pete and his two engineering conspirators living the dream and setting up a microbrewery. Need a better photo... if you look closely you can see my reflection!", "brewery": "Rare Bird Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "rarebird-aupa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 130 }, { "name": "Saint Hildegard XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "I read dank as a hop description and the word is perfect for this one. Using the Pink Boots hop mix I wanted to like it, but even if only one part of five was Mosaic, it was too far down the earthy/spice end for me. Dank.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "st-hildegard-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 131 }, { "name": "Birra Moretti", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Surprisingly good. Non-existent hops with a nice mild maltiness that went well with my puttanesca. Still brewed in Italy, but owned by Heineken. Much better than Peroni.", "brewery": "Heineken / AB InBev", "parent": null, "country": "Italy", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "birra-moretti.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 132 }, { "name": "Woolshed Bunyip Stout", "variety": "Imperial Stout", "style": "Imperial Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Like chilli and death metal, it seems like stout slowly raises your thresholds for blackness! Lost at the back of the fridge for a year, it was aged and delicious. It might also be that the last two stouts I've tried (and liked) were an American style and an Imperial. Have to try and get hold of a Kaiju Double India Black Ale...", "brewery": "Woolshed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 87, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "woolshed-bunyip-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 133 }, { "name": "Lobethal Bierhaus Red Truck Porter", "variety": "English Porter", "style": "English Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I really wanted to try a porter, liked it and without reference would have pinned this one directly in a line between a dark ale and stout. On the label it says \"British style dark ale\" which made sense until I started reading the style categories. This was really like stout-light but strictly defined porters aren't supposed to have strong roasted malt flavour. Lots of inconsistency and contention between the different judging guides so I need to try more porters!", "brewery": "Lobethal Bierhaus", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 82, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "l-bierhaus-red-truck-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 134 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was surprised to be a disappointed. The flavour was pretty much where I expected after their XPA and pilsner recently, but after a couple of mouthfuls it had a metallic aftertaste... that persisted through another two bottles. I forgot to check the date, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt until I try another. UPDATE: Their stock in the fridges has been confused for a while, old and new mixed, but I saw the new range of bottles and picked one of these on a whim to see if I still didn't like it... I don't. A dull metallic draught pale with generic but minimal kettle hop bitterness. Really don't know why they changed to such ugly labels, cheap and shiny. UPDATE: Tried one in a can, and it was very reminiscent of Coopers pale ale, with a bit of VB thrown in. UPDATE: I got a PP gift pack for Christmas and I keep bypassing them for other beers, especially this one. Poured it just to get rid of it, tasted it, then tipped it out. Malty homebrew twang.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ppony-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "ppony-pale-ale-new.png", "rating": "1", "id": 135 }, { "name": "Kaiju Cthulu on the Moon Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "I couldn't find the double but I found this one! A night that made me rework the stats in this beer quadrant. Like breaking through a taste barrier, I could suddenly taste a lot of licorice and hop flavours under the dense charcoal black malt. I still don't understand why I like hazy and black IPAs and but not the standard ones...", "brewery": "Kaiju! Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 85, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kaiju-cthulu-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 136 }, { "name": "Southwark Old Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "\"This was the tar! Intense and (to me) almost undrinkable. Bitter and burnt...\" was my first review a year and a half back. Challenged on the one star by Michael G, who backed it up by buying me a pint, I was really amazed by how much I liked it. Intense depth of flavour with a rich, creamy and almost marshmallow taste. Really going to have to start retasting everything... UPDATE: Sadly this is one of those great local beers that doesn't quite fit in the portfolio of the parent company. They don't list it or promote it, and now no longer brewed locally. UPDATE: All in. All the wood, last cigar, heavy songs, maybe tailing out the night with some cheese. Heavy music, quite drunk, what the fuck. The next campsite has teenage boys on the cusp of rebelliousness and indestructibleness. I wonder how many will be chewed up and spit out by life / reality. What about the beer. Barely touching the sides of bleakness.", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 90, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "southwark-old-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 137 }, { "name": "Moon Dog Cake Hole Black Forest Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "After a black IPA and a pint of stout I didn't want to drop back to anything less, and with a half-drunk spur of the moment call got one of these. One mouthful made me regret it. I had thought about the chocolate side of the cake but not the cherry which dominated everything. Not hoppy or roasty. Liking their dark ale seems like a fluke in their range.", "brewery": "Moon Dog Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 22, "lng": 84, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "moon-dog-cake-hole-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 138 }, { "name": "Coopers XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "After the session ale I was surprised to like it. A bit too much tang that I'm guessing came from the Lemon Drop hops, and overall nothing spectacular. That said, more good moves from Coopers to broaden their range and do everything in cans... but surely there was a better colour to fit into their rainbow! DS#1", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 25, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coopers-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 139 }, { "name": "Coopers Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "Been a few years since I've had one, and as the beer that kicked me off into ales and craft, I was curious to get back on it. My drinking partner on the night nailed it with his description of the flavour as being like pear. In general it was soupy and yeasty and not so good, but after my experience with the old can of Session I bought a second bottle to age. Watch this space! DS#3 UPDATE: Well I tried my aged beer and it wasn't great, but it explained a few things. I started my journey to craft beer a few years back with regular Coopers pales... which I now know were on the old side. Not very hoppy and a bit sour with the malt, so essentially like the lagers I was drinking at the time! UPDATE: Had one at a wedding out of curiousity as they were free and I quickly wished I hadn't. Thick and yeasty, I didn't finish it. Maybe it was the fact that I'd been eating pizza washed down with a macro lager and nolo lager just beforehand as contrast, but really one of the worst Australian style pale ales on the market. UPDATE: Last beer of the night... I don't really remember it!", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coopers-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 140 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Canis Major IIPA", "variety": "Imperial India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Continuing in the tradition of liking every type of IPA apart from the standard ones! Beautiful colour in the glass, super piney and like medicine coating the tongue. DS#4", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 50, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 141 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Native Australian IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "A play on words and categories. Now officially hazy IPAs not NEIPAs, this was a super tart version flavoured with native plum. Thirst quenching and drinkable, but somehow not very beery! Always hard to get a taste for the malts in the haze. DS#5", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-naipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 142 }, { "name": "Bridge Road Brewers Robust Porter", "variety": "Robust Porter", "style": "Robust Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A massive contrast to the tart NAIPA just beforehand, we couldn't believe it didn't use cocoa for the amazing chocolate flavours. An education into the finer divisions of beer varieties. Was a bit flat from the bottle, otherwise it would have been a three star review. DS#6 UPDATE: Third beer of the first sensory session. My tasting notes were: dark brown black / brown foam / rye bready / rich nutty / coffee roasty. Again it poured a bit flat, which I'm starting to think is a thing for porters, with their slightly syrupy feel.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 84, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-robust-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 143 }, { "name": "Wilson Lost Sailor Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A WA brewer I'd never heard of, brewing a range of maritime themed beers with some great typographic branding. Can be hard on a night swapping between varieties, but I thought this was a sessionable dark ale, light bodied and carbony. Maybe could have dialled up the hops a little. DS#7", "brewery": "Wilson Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 73, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "wilson-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 144 }, { "name": "Valhalla Brewing Obsidian Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "Another brewer I hadn't heard of, a dark themed mob from Geelong. The Photoshop mockup of the can doesn't do justice to the matt black geometry of the design. Great creamy head that was bubblier rather than frothy, it wasn't as hoppy as I would have expected. DS#8 UPDATE: I was chasing the past when I bought a batch of beers online. The two retastes were underwhelming, the two new beers were amazing. This was one from the first dark side night at Michael's Gawler house and I bought it with a bit of melancholic nostalgia. It wasn't really what I felt like, and was an unwise third beer on a school night, but I needed to blow off some steam. Weirdly it sells as both a black IPA and a black ale, the flavour notes had it right, it did have a bit of cola to it.", "brewery": "Valhalla Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 84, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "valhalla-obsidian-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 145 }, { "name": "Kaiju Where strides the Behemoth Double India Black Ale", "variety": "Double India Black Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Black" ], "blurb": "A literal monster of a beer, 10% ABV packing 3 standard drinks into a 375ml can. This was the beer of the session, a night on the dark side with cuz Mike around a fire. Amazing flavour depth and intensity, like hop licorice at midnight, one of the best beers I've had. DS#9", "brewery": "Kaiju! Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 89, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kaiju-double-india-black-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 146 }, { "name": "Little Bang Scratchy Vinyl Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "To cut it some slack, this came in the shadow of the monster Kaiju Behemoth. Decent but a bit one dimensional, black but not rich. The label said they wanted to make a black IPA but didn't actually like them... DS#10 UPDATE: Circling back three years later and now with Lupomax this was very tasty, with the hops dialled up to the sweet spot. I'd definitely have another. +1 star.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 83, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": "little-bang-sv-black-ipa-lupomax.png", "rating": "3", "id": 147 }, { "name": "Little Bang Dark Arts Chocolate Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "To be honest I was too drunk to remember what I thought of this! Great label... DS#11", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 86, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-chocolate-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 148 }, { "name": "Smiling Samoyed Fresh Hop Ale 2019", "variety": "Wet Hop Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop" ], "blurb": "I always imagine the fresh hops will be different! Oily and bitter and got more so as it got closer to the bottom of the bottle. Interesting but not my thing. I should have been more patient and waited for it to be properly cold when I got home from work...", "brewery": "Smiling Samoyed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "s-samoyed-fresh-hop-2019.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 149 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony The Piper West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "As I've often said, the brewers at Prancing Pony get their malts just right! Dense and golden orange out of the can, this is at the top of a style of beer I generally don't like. Love to compare notes with a hardcore IPA fan to see if they don't like the maltiness... 150th beer review, funny that the 125th was one of theirs as well! UPDATE: Since drinking this the IPA world has moved on, and my tastes also. This beer hasn't and it's a good thing! A genuine old school west coast, malty and piney and bitter. Need to retry some of their core range to keep recalibrating the reviews. UPDATE: This really was a handbrake turn after their sunshine ale. The bitterest of their whole range, it still hasn't moved on... but maybe it should. Way too malty and sticky, old school and old fashioned IPA.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 47, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-piper-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 150 }, { "name": "Carlton Draught", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This could be the Arial of beer, the default Australian draught lager in a red can. Sour and watery from a can in a Melbourne park. Need to try another few of these standards... Swan Lager would be one, apparently not brewed in WA! This and the next beer I tried both show the limitations of the two main beer style systems, neither has much for Australia or mainstream non-American lagers. This would be either \"International Pale Lager\" along with Heineken, or the very wordy \"Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager\"...", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "carlton-draught.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 151 }, { "name": "Hollandia Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A solid Euro lager, more malty and crisp than the big names in green bottles. You could definitely sink a few of these big cans, value for money too! Could have been called a Dutch lager, the Netherlands have really owned this style of beer.", "brewery": "Swinkels Family Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Netherlands", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "hollandia-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 152 }, { "name": "Stomping Ground Passionfruit Smash Sour", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Tart and refreshing but similarly to the Barossa NAIPA... not really like beer and bloody hard to judge malt or hops under the sourness! Funny that the two were so similar in taste for completely different styles of beer. I wonder if anyone could sit and have a session of sours, half was the most I could manage, and that with reflux! Was interesting to read a bit more about lambic vs gose and sours in general. The salt and coriander is a weird addition to the traditional ones. Super ugly label, like homebrand Passiona.", "brewery": "Stomping Ground Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 12.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "stomping-ground-pf-sour.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 153 }, { "name": "Hop Nation J-Juice NEIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Finally had one of these after seeing them everywhere, just as the label was ruled to appeal to minors and will be phased out. I'm amazed they hadn't been done for copyright infringement first! A decent beer, definitely one for hot weather, a blend of pine and fruit. Minus point for using a lazy pop culture pun for the name, and a bad drawing of Leia on the label! UPDATE: Two years later trying one in the new can and my beer taste has moved well in this direction! A good hop mix to cover all the bases. Would have bumped it up a star but it was pouring perfectly clear and sparkling until the last blurt of murk... then the body was like swirling dust particles. I love a good hazy, but that felt a little artificial.", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 50, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "fruity", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Riwaka", "Nelson Sauvin", "Citra", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-j-juice-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 154 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Chocolate Coffee Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Had the most amazing dark brown head. In some ways more like a black ale, thin bodied rather than creamy, and the bitter tang definitely more from the coffee and cocoa rather than hops. One to sip after dinner, should have used a snifter!", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 86, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 155 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Port Local Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This is a funny one for Pirate Life. Started as a 'local' beer for Port Adelaide, now without the retro label, and not even listed on their website, like the embarrassing poor cousin. Not my favourite, but one I'd hold up as an example of a well made lager.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 156 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Amber Ale", "variety": "Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Long before the reviews began I had a big night trying what was then all of Prancing Pony's beers. Started with the India Red Ale, which was probably a mistake but it was a great night! The only one I didn't like was the amber. Wanted to try it again with a more seasoned palate but made the mistake of eating some insanely hot wasabi crackers with it. So I couldn't taste anything. Third time lucky, interesting and dense with caramel malt with some hoppiness, but definitely not my bag.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 15, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-amber-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 157 }, { "name": "Nail VPA", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "This is one of the Australian craft classics, and one I've definitely been wanting to try. Tagged as an APA, it's bigger and hoppier than the (also excellent) Balter XPA we drank straight afterwards. Single hopped with El Dorado it has a distinct flavour, a cracking summer beer with punch! UPDATE: I had a mini Nail session, drinking another of these before trying their new hazy XPA. Like going back to a band you used to love... sometimes you've moved on. This was like pub rock, simple and old fashioned but not that interesting. Too malty in classic APA style, with a monotone single hop in the kettle bitterness.", "brewery": "Nail Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ "Pale" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nail-vpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 158 }, { "name": "Balter IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "My favourite IPA so far, bringing more malty grunt than most and at the fruiter end of hoppiness. After a couple of years of chasing new beers I've been circling back to retry some. This seemed like a good one to reflect on the changes in my beer taste, and on brewery sales. Late to jump on the Balter bandwagon I was disappointed when they sold out. Looking back, they were more about surfie larrikinism than being indie. Surf and skate brands are often multinationals too so maybe it wasn't a \"betrayal\" of character. Now this tastes like a pretty standard core range IPA, but back in the day this was an approachable IPA that helped me climb the hop mountain. Balter might be owned by CUB but if selling truckloads of core XPA and IPA bankrolls amazing but uncommercial beers like Cryohaze I'm not complaining! UPDATE: Classic, old school, core range IPA. Back in the day every brewery had one of these, but now they feel like an endangered breed. Malty and clean and super drinkable. Like putting on an old album and still rocking out to it.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 159 }, { "name": "Smiling Samoyed IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Coming not long after the Balter IPA (and with their excellent dark ale in between) it was a bit nondescript. Nice enough, but no fireworks.", "brewery": "Smiling Samoyed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "s-samoyed-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 160 }, { "name": "Feral Biggie Juice East Coast IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Feral's beers are great benchmarks to test my changing beer taste against. Hop Hog was my favourite beer back in the day, now way too malty. This hazy was at the limits of my hop tolerance, now seems dull and soupy compared to more crisp modern dry hopped beers. They've lost their founding brewer and his protege, and soon closing their original iconic brewpub. Once a groundbreaking brewery, now stuck in a rut and their newer beers not great.", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 50, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-east-coast-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 161 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Peanut Butter Chocolate Milkshake Porter", "variety": "Porter", "style": "Porter", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "The beer that really made me over novelty flavour beers. A bit flat from the can and with an unpleasant oiliness I struggled to finish my taster half glass. Should have gone for the Pirate Life black ale as the last beer of the night.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 85, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-peanut-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 162 }, { "name": "Nail Super VPA", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American", "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Was looking for the Nail Red and found this and the Stout instead. I love the citrus hop flavours and always imagine adding actual citrus juice to beer will be great... it hasn't happened yet! The start wasn't bad, you could taste the VPA cranked up, but as the can went on it became like a UDL can. Fizzy lime. Can was a bit naff too.", "brewery": "Nail Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 42, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nail-super-vpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 163 }, { "name": "Nail Stout", "variety": "Oatmeal Stout", "style": "Oatmeal Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I still feel like a newbie to stouts. This was a cracker, dense and dark, but really a traditional style stout. Nail seem to like single hop brews, and this one stars Golding, which after a quick bit of research seems like a low bitterness hop... with an 'English' character. I do prefer them a bit more new-world-hopped but still a great Friday-after-work beer.", "brewery": "Nail Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 88, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "nail-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 164 }, { "name": "Balter Captain Sensible", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Great mid-strength beer. Somehow passionfruity with a dry finish, very well rounded and tasty. This is a beer you could take a 4-packs to a bbq and be coherent afterwards.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 20, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-captain-sensible.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 165 }, { "name": "Balter Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A harsh score but I had high expectations after their other brews. Just too lager-ish, coarse carbonation and watery, with the citrusy hops making it almost like a cider! Wonder what difference there was to the Pilsner they stopped making.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 166 }, { "name": "Balter Strong Pale Ale", "variety": "Strong Pale Ale", "style": "Strong Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I really need to sit down with a can of this and their IPA and XPA open and compare sips. I found this hoppier and maltier than the IPA, but the latter was the eighth beer in a session while the former was straight after their lager! If you like the earthy / spicy hops this would be your beer, more malty than an IPA with dense hoppiness... but not quite on the mark for me.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": "Retired", "lat": 46, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-strong-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 167 }, { "name": "Estrella Damm Cerveza", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I do like this style of Spanish and Mexican cerveza. This one not as bright and crisp as Moritz, more like a draught cerveza, but still drinkable. Damm!", "brewery": "Sociedad Anónima Damm", "parent": null, "country": "Spain", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "estrella-cerveza.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 168 }, { "name": "Little Bang Beard Fiction APA", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Absolutely delicious. Halfway through the can I was wishing I'd bought two. Milder hops with an almost marshmallow flavour and a creamier carbonation. And a romance story told on multiple labels, definitely buying more! UPDATE: Had one later on tap at their taproom, so I'm guessing fresh and exactly how they think it should be, but completely different. No creaminess or caramel notes, just hop bitterness without much malt.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 50, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-apa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 169 }, { "name": "Lobethal Bierhaus Hefeweizen", "variety": "Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "How do you rate a style of beer you don't like? I haven't had a wheat beer for a long time, and still don't really like. Bright in colour and carbonation, it didn't feel like I was drinking a beer.", "brewery": "Lobethal Bierhaus", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "l-bierhaus-hefeweizen.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 170 }, { "name": "Pikes Double IPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Best beer of a wide ranging session, a freebie from my amazing local bottle-o after a long conversation with the owner. A 500ml limited edition with a beautiful label to boot. Sharp and super hoppy but balanced... and another confusing turn in my beer journey. I was starting to like IPAs, but only coming down from the DIPA / hazy heights rather than up from the APA foothills. (Now only in cans, different recipe.)", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-double-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 171 }, { "name": "Krombacher Dark", "variety": "Schwarzbier / Black lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Like dessert after the Pikes DIPA, malty and delicious. Creamy brown head with a really rounded roasted flavour, not bitter and black. I'm not always keen on European beers, with their more subtle hop flavours and less subtle malt, but the darks are definitely the exception!", "brewery": "Krombacher Brauerei", "parent": null, "country": "Germany", "status": "Imported", "lat": 10, "lng": 81, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "krombacher-dark.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 172 }, { "name": "Little Bang Geezer Pleaser ESB", "variety": "Extra Special Bitter", "style": "Extra Special Bitter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Hard to place on the scale and impossible to drink! It was a bit like the taste in your mouth after vomiting, bitter and starchy. UPDATE: First beer of the third beer sensory session... my taste has definitely matured! Still not a style I'd choose but I could drink it and see the link to mainstream bitters. My notes were: amber / good carbonation / woody spicy malty / dry boozy aftertaste / hops not apparent / earthy with maybe some fruitiness underneath. UPDATE: Fives years later and I don't mind an ESB. This one quite mild, not quite enough flavour versus a more traditional one.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-esb.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 173 }, { "name": "Deeds Brewing All work and no play Hazy DIPA", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Bought as an extravagance to be the challenge beer of the night and it was awesome. Almost not beer at the other end of the spectrum, super fizzy and yellow like pineapple juice. Was the perfect antidote to the ESB just before. First Deeds beer I tried.", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 54, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "deeds-hazy-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 174 }, { "name": "Lobethal Bierhaus Irish Red Ale", "variety": "Irish Red Ale", "style": "Irish Red Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The contrast to the Deeds hazy DIPA was unkind, like falling off a flavour cliff. Not bad, just not good either. To balance out the criticism, we did also have a the Lobethal APA on the night and was pretty good! UPDATE: Had a nitro version on tap, and it was like whisky creaming soda. Not an improvement.", "brewery": "Lobethal Bierhaus", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "l-bierhaus-irish-red-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 175 }, { "name": "Temple Brewing Weston St IPA", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Back in the day some good friends had a share house in Brunswick. The house used to be a swingers club, which is another story. At the time it was a semi-industrial area that had seen better days, now a gentrified inner city enclave with its own (excellent) brewery about 100m from where their house was. Bought it for the name, and liked it.", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 44, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "temple-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 176 }, { "name": "Coopers Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Coming at the end of a big session it had enough grunt to register on my palate, but just not enough to be memorable. Need a second tasting (when I'm not drunk!) to be definitive. UPDATE: This mockup doesn't do justice to how cool the black can is. A good drinkable stout, but I could still taste the Cooper's yeast underneath the roast. UPDATE: I think this was the last beer of the night, a 12 year old bottle of aged stout! Sticky and medicinal like some of the barrel aged beers, but tasty to sip on a cold night.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 89, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coopers-stout-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 177 }, { "name": "Mismatch New England Lager", "variety": "Hazy Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After a couple of lacklustre session ales at a function, I was keen for something tasty at the pub. The colour and style of this one caught my eye, and then my tastebuds! Tasty and fruity, finally a good lager. UPDATE: Found one solitary can at the amazing Criterion bottleshop. Even though it was getting a bit long in the tooth, nearly 10 months, but it was still pretty good... maybe getting a little thin. Poured into a glass it looked amazing, cloudy and golden yellow with a bright white head.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-new-england-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 178 }, { "name": "Mountain Goat Summer Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Never tried any of their beers, and as a summer ale I didn't expect much but it was actually pretty tasty. A bit fruity and earthy I would have guessed mosaic, oddly enough using two New Zealand hops! It does have some wheat in the mix, which I'll use as my excuse.", "brewery": "Mountain Goat Beer", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mountain-goat-summer-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 179 }, { "name": "James Squire The Chancer Golden Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Dank and as their blurb says with \"mild\" carbonation. Should have poured it into a glass to see, but in my imagination it was murky and flat. The original fake craft brewer.", "brewery": "Malt Shovel Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 50, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "james-squire-golden-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 180 }, { "name": "Pirate Life IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A real surprise to me, I liked it. Maybe because it was after 3 nondescript beers this had the punch and cut-through, but it was fresh and citrusy, not Pirate Life pine. Funny that as my taste expands to embrace more hops, I find this one back in my sweet spot! UPDATE: A year and a half later in my beer journey, this is still pretty drinkable. Tasty and bitter but like a slightly old school core range IPA. UPDATE: Another 4 years later and working there! Seems like they've tweaked the recipe over time but stopped listing it on the website. Milling in for this one, was very different with 100g of golden naked oats. Drinkable and enjoyable but nothing spectacular.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "citrus", "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Centennial", "Riwaka" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Munich", "Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 181 }, { "name": "Uraidla Brewery Wizard's Wrath West Coast IPA", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Longest name ever. Towards the end of a big night, on tap bookending a couple of shouts of Drambuie, this had the grunt to bring the flavour to a drunk palate. Love the esoteric beer names from Uraidla, have to go out there for a paddle! UPDATE: The first of their beers I tried, two years later they've brewed up another batch and it is a cracking classic west coast style IPA. Sparkling and bitter with that style description cliche - malt backbone! I'm having to work my way back to this taste after really getting into the hazies. The boil really cuts the aromatics of the hops, makes it harder to tell them apart. It's not such an approachable style, makes me wonder if that was holding back craft beer expanding back in the day.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 41.5, "flavour": [ "bitter", "malty" ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Simcoe", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Gladfield American Ale", "Vienna" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-brewery-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": "uraidla-wizards-wrath-ipa.png", "rating": "3", "id": 182 }, { "name": "Clare Valley Brewing Co New England Session Ale", "variety": "Hazy Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Not sure this one was 100%. Past its date, exploded with froth out of the can, and some floaty bits. That said, it still had its moments, putting the pine in pineapple... but not a winner for me. CVBC make them strong, and this was a limited edition, so I'll probably never know. UPDATE: They made another batch and this one was good. A couple of years later and boy have my tastes changed! Now I'm fully in the hazy camp this is a mildish session ale. Tasty and piney, no idea how hazy it was as I drank it straight out of the can... ", "brewery": "Clare Valley Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "clare-valley-ne-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 183 }, { "name": "Sierra Nevada Otra Vey Gose-style Ale", "variety": "Gose", "style": "Gose", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "I bought this one on a spur of the moment, and it sat in the fridge for quite a while... it was never the right moment to be appealing! For the first sip or two it was almost ok, then it was undrinkable. Lime just shouldn't be in beer. By rights a beer I tip out should get no stars, but I can imagine on a stinking hot day, eating some burning chilli corn chips this would hit the spot. Or maybe just a cerveza style Mexican beer... without lemon!", "brewery": "Sierra Nevada Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 13.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sierra-nevada-otra-vey.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 184 }, { "name": "Little Bang Naked Objector West Coast IPA", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Was looking forward to this one after thinking I knew what the West Coast style was... but as always when you think you know, not what I expected. All fizzy front of tongue hops without enough malt. Disappointing. UPDATE: That was a few years back when I didn't always know what I was tasting! Bought a can just it another crack, and sadly it was pretty ordinary. Like homebrew, all manky malt that was a little too sweet.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41.5, "lng": 39.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-west-coast-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 185 }, { "name": "Little Bang Undercover Fashion Police NEIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "They do a different hop mix for each series, this one subtitled \"Citra Ass Down\". The mildest New England I've had, smooth and drinkable but not memorable. The third beer on tap at the Little Bang brewery, and all three a little disappointing. Even though this was the best, and with citra in the name, it was more earthy than citrus.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 186 }, { "name": "Garage Project Day of the Dead Chilli Chocolate Black Lager", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "I really wanted a dark beer to round out a session and this sounded interesting. First Garage Project beer I've tried. New longest name! Brewed with a lot of extras - smoked chipotle chilli, raw cocoa nibs, vanilla, agave. The chilli kick definitely came through towards the end, but overall a bit flat on the palate.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 18, "lng": 81, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "garage-project-black-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 187 }, { "name": "Parrotdog XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "A random buy at the local drive through, wanting something in the XPA / APA footprint, and as soon as I cracked the can I knew it was something special. On taste alone it would have been a four, but the aroma in the glass was amazing. I kept going back to smell the empty can afterwards! Citrus and floral, hinting some spice toward the end. Best XPA so far, not local but a kiwi independent. UPDATE: Saw them in a chain bottleshop and bought a sixpack... but they're not the same. Still decent but not amazing, not sure why.", "brewery": "Parrotdog Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 37, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "parrotdog-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 188 }, { "name": "Uraidla Helles Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Probably as good a craft lager as I've tried... but really the final nail in the coffin of lagers as a style for me. Crisp and bright, I'd love to know what lovers of the mainstream 'dry' and 'super-crisp' beers would think. For me it had the mouthfeel of mineral water, fizzy and thin. UPDATE: I bought one of everything in their fridge, interested to try this a second time. Maltier than I remember, have to try a genuine Helles to see how close it is. Still my favourite brewer!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 17, "flavour": [ "crisp", "dry" ], "hops": [ "Tradition", "Pacifica" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Schooner" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-lager.png", "newbottleurl": "uraidla-helles-lager.png", "rating": "2", "id": 189 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Pils", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The can we drank was actually labelled as \"Luna Lager\" in celebration of the lunar new year... but in a cynical and patronising marketing move was just the pils with a new label. They should have made a malty Asian-style lager like a Chang or Tiger, at least something that would go well with spicy food. It was more complex for a lager, but a bit murky in look and flavour.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-pils.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 190 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Aussie Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "A fresh and tasty Australian pale, with the hops firmly in the fruity and floral camp. Not somewhere I'm normally fond of, but the addition of lemon myrtle gave it a tangy extra something. Maybe there's an idea of botanicals working well as an addition in a way that actual citrus never does. UPDATE: I was kinda sad to see their wacky labels go, but seeing some of their new beers sitting together they make a great set. This one still upside down, and still tasty. A little bit hazy even with a softer mouthfeel.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-aussie-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "barossa-valley-aussie-pale-ale-new.png", "rating": "4", "id": 191 }, { "name": "Deeds Brewing White IPA", "variety": "White India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A really interesting one to try, fusing a couple of styles. The coriander / lemon Belgian style isn't too bad and you could taste it here, but it confuses the hop flavour rather than enhancing it. Supporting the idea of herbal botanicals working better than fruit or spice. Still quite clear in body but a little syrupy. You might have one with a meal to sip, but definitely not a session!", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "deeds-white-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 192 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Indian Summer Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Another mid-strength packing some awesome flavour punch. Orange in colour, with solid malts and a layered hop profile that changed toward the finish.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 193 }, { "name": "Woolshed Brewing Hort9909 Single Hop Pale Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another bloody interesting beer! Smoother carbonation than most lagers, pale malts, and using an experimental hop from NZ that was only released to a select few brewers. Great marketing tactic all round. I'd be keen to try another one (or two) to get a handle on the hops, didn't neatly fit into the spectrum.", "brewery": "Woolshed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "woolshed-pale-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 194 }, { "name": "Left Barrel Duck Hunter Pale Ale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "In an era of amazing beers, it feels harsh to say this was a well made and tasty pale ale... but completely standard and unmemorable. Like sliced white bread it does the job.", "brewery": "Left Barrel Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "left-barrel-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 195 }, { "name": "Uraidla Third Eye American Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "This was the contrast after the Duck Hunter, bitter and dense with a great flavour length, and showing that a well made APA is a clearer distinction than XPA. Right in the sweet spot for me. UPDATE: Had another seven months later, different can, different recipe, slightly different name \"West Coast Pale Ale\". Suits the beer with a more classic kettle bitterness, and to distinguish it from all of their amazing unfiltered and hazy pales. A tasty core range beer.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ "pine", "citrus", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Ekuanot", "Azacca", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Light Crystal", "CaraPils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "uraidla-third-eye-pale-ale-new.png", "rating": "3", "id": 196 }, { "name": "Uraidla Old Ones IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Beer of the night, taking the flavours of their pale ale and turning up the volume. Malty and heading towards the West Coast, with a hop in the mix I hadn't come across before, Cashmere. Love to head up there to sample a few more, particularly the DIPAs!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ "pine", "citrus", "bitter", "dry" ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Centennial", "Cashmere", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Pale", "Vienna", "Crystal Light", "CaraPils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 197 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Passionfruit and Mango Gose", "variety": "Gose", "style": "Gose", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "I didn't tip it out, but with the slurry like texture of the mango puree and minimal carbonation it was the least beer-like of anything so far.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 12, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-passionfruit-gose.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 198 }, { "name": "Deeds Brewing Fiscal Damage Hazy TIPA", "variety": "Hazy Triple India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Triple", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Bought to see how it could top their hazy DIPA, and to break my ABV record at 9.5%... forgetting that the Kaiju Behemoth was 10%. Almost unrateable, a beer rollercoaster more like drinking a shot of spirits. The head died really quickly but it still knocked me flat!", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 55, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Motueka", "Mosaic Cryo", "Warrior" ], "malt": [ "Light Lager", "Oat", "Spelt", "Chit", "Dextrose" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "deeds-hazy-tipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 199 }, { "name": "Woolshed Brewing Great Southern Trendkiller Double Black IPA", "variety": "Double India Black Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Black" ], "blurb": "Review #200! Named for the 25th anniversary of the Pantera album, and the beer I was most looking forward to trying on the night... unfortunately after the Deeds TIPA I was in no fit state to taste anything! I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and call for a second round. We only got about halfway through the album... Big shout out to cuz Mike, co-taster of 73 beers since BEERGR!D launched.", "brewery": "Woolshed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 88, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "woolshed-black-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 200 }, { "name": "Uraidla Half Moon Session Pale Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "There are some amazing sessions beers with intense flavours and this is definitely one. Great depth to both the hops and malts. UPDATE: Hard to keep the grid calibrated over time, trying another a few years later and after drinking much heavier beers, it seemed very light! Still a great session ale with that Uraidla taste, but I just want more grunt. UPDATE: A random bottleshop buy, a nice light and fresh session ale, very pale with a bit of haze and still 4.2%. Not sure how I had it so high in the grid!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 18, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ "citrus", "stone fruit" ], "hops": [ "Taiheke", "Motueka", "Wai-Iti" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Rolled Oats", "CaraPils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "uraidla-half-moon-session-new.png", "rating": "3", "id": 201 }, { "name": "Little Bang Happyland Summery Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "At 4% I'm calling it a session. Was pouring very clear from the can until a last splurt of murk which was a little disconcerting. Nicely hoppy but a bit thin and lacking in the malts to round it out. Drinkable but nothing special.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-happyland.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 202 }, { "name": "Uraidla Translucent Dream Dry Hopped Pilsner", "variety": "Dry Hopped Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "They're developing some cracking hops over in New Zealand! I don't know what varieties the 100% NZ hops were but out of the can this had a fantastic floral aroma like the Parrot Dog XPA. As good as a pilsner can get, but it just lacks the malt depth to hold it up. That said, I'd happily drink a few more! Love to see this same hop mix in some ales. Even more, I'd love to see the exact same hop and malt recipe brewed with ale and lager yeasts.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "floral", "no" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-hopped-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 203 }, { "name": "Uraidla Forgotten Ritual Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "There were plenty of floaties to prove it was unfiltered, with a fierce hop flavour to go with it. The Cashmere and Nelson Sauvin brought the spicy / earthy angle which took me a little to warm to, but it was tasty. Soon I'll be saying I like Mosaic! They've got a pretty good schtick going with the names too...UPDATE: Drove out to buy a haul of their beers and this was one. Tweaked recipe and in the new cans, no longer \"unfiltered\" in the name but still thick and juicy! Wipes the floor with the new crop of super light hazy pales. UPDATE: 2022 batch still a winner. Complex hops with a nice blend of bitterness and aroma, and as they say a soft finish. Suns Spells still has the wood on it as their best hazy pale.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ "pineapple", "hazy", "dense body" ], "hops": [ "Cashmere", "Motueka", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-unfiltered-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "uraidla-forgotten-ritual-pale-ale.png", "rating": "3", "id": 204 }, { "name": "Capital Brewing Rock Hopper IPA", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Knocking off early on a Friday, this was the sort of beer I was hoping for when I walked into the pub, tangy tropical hops. All of the hops were smack in citrusy sector, so it got a little dense and flat toward the end, but still a tasty beer. My first Canberra beer.", "brewery": "Capital Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "capital-rock-hopper-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 205 }, { "name": "Uraidla Sun Spells Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A comprehensive taste test of this one! The day after buying a can of this I had some on tap, so it was interesting to compare. On tap it was much more raw and not as integrated. Tasty if not one of my favourites from Uraidla, and with some kick at 5.2%. I love their way of going about their business, doing as many experimentals as regulars, so I got to try a couple of differently hopped unfiltered pales. UPDATE: Adding another layer to the taste test! Uraidla have finally started circling back to some old recipes. Completely different hop mix, no longer called unfiltered, in the new cans, but still delicious. A more mellow hoppiness, cloudy and very drinkable, edging out Forgotten Ritual. UPDATE: 2022 batch still a cracker! Slight hop tweak but in the same angle.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity", "citrus" ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Citra", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "2-Row", "Malted oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-ss-unfiltered-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "uraidla-sun-spells-pale-ale-new.png", "rating": "3", "id": 206 }, { "name": "Tooheys Old Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I got excited to see this on the shelf in Mildura, but sadly forgot I was boycotting Lion Nathan for their Myanmar connections via Kirin. Brewed since 1879, but has it always tasted like this? Old school but mainstream, like Southwark Bitter crossed with a stout. Dark and coffee-ish but quite thin and watery. Not terrible, but I'd never drink another one. They say it uses an ale yeast... UPDATE: It went down well, not sure I'd be so keen when more sober!", "brewery": "Tooheys Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 68, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "tooheys-old.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 207 }, { "name": "Mismatch Brewing India Pale Ale", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "An interesting one, fresh and tasty (if a little raw in mouthfeel) but with something I couldn't quite figure out in the flavour. I'd definitely enjoy another one to give it a go! UPDATE: Been off the market for a couple of years, so I was keen to finally give it that second go. Not sure why they bothered, super simple core IPA. Crystal clear in the glass and no complexity to the taste. Brewing has moved a long way in two years, maybe old school is a thing?", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Super Pride", "Idaho 7", "Rakau" ], "malt": [ "Base Pale", "Vienna", "Light Munich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mismatch-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 208 }, { "name": "Uraidla Reapers Revenge Imperial Stout", "variety": "Imperial Stout", "style": "Imperial Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Packing 2.1 standard drinks into one of their small cans, it was perfect to share at the end of a decent session in Mildura with Shylow. Dense and dark, a bit syrupy with the coffee-ish malt, but surprisingly not at the hoppy end compared to their other beers. UPDATE: Different recipe this year, and even though stouts aren't always my thing, this was a step too far. Minimal head and really boozy, it was like those chocolate cakes too rich to be edible. I could have enjoyed a shot glass worth to sip, but I tipped the second half out.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 87, "flavour": [ "black roast" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Medium Crystal", "Extra Special Roast", "Victory", "Chocolate", "Roasted Barley", "Midnight Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-imperial-stout.png", "newbottleurl": "uraidla-reapers-revenge-stout-new.png", "rating": "1", "id": 209 }, { "name": "Little Creatures Dog Days Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "A gift beer to review from Ben at work, and it was pretty good. Very drinkable and with a decent hop flavour. A couple of years back I would have given it three stars, but now it just isn't memorable enough amongst some great session ales of late.", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 22, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 210 }, { "name": "Pikes Beer Co. Barrel-aged Quadrupel", "variety": "Belgian Quadrupel", "style": "Belgian Quadrupel", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I've been intrigued for a while about these numeric Belgian beers, but after starting at the highest I might skip the others! Sticky and medicinal, you could taste the wine barrels, interesting but not drinkable. I was also a bit dirty at the bottle shop for selling me a couple of old beers, this one of them. The label said you could cellar it, not sure if it made it better or worse! The consolation prize, at 10.7% it did break the record.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 72, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-belgian-quad.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 211 }, { "name": "Uraidla Transfixed IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Bought direct from the brewer during isolation and boy were they fresh and hoppy! Sometimes the flavour note in the blurb is bang on, and this definitely had the pineapple. Uraidla do a great job exploring IPAs in the American / West Coast zone. At 6.7% it had some unexpected kick too! UPDATE: My one criticism of UB would be they can be a little inconsistent... 3 of the 4-pack were the same but one was like from the bottom of the fermenter with the hop dregs... fizzy.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-a-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 212 }, { "name": "Two Suns Premium Dry", "variety": "Light Lager", "style": "Light Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I bought this purely to see if it was Australian brewed Asahi Super Dry, and bought a Chinese brewed version to compare! It was surprisingly good. I wouldn't buy another, but it was crisp and dry with a finer carbonation. To make a dodgy cigarette analogy, if Carlton Dry is Escort Blue and Iron Jack is Horizon, then this is Benson and Hedges, a better made version. Followed it up with the actual Asahi, which was nicer and maltier with better flavour depth. Funny that they brought the Two Suns onto the market to fill a niche, then bought CUB which surrounds that niche!", "brewery": "Asahi Beverages", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 16.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "two-suns-premium-dry.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 213 }, { "name": "Kozel Černý / Dark", "variety": "Tmavé pivo (Czech Dark Lager)", "style": "Tmavé pivo (Czech Dark Lager)", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I wasn't that keen on the taste, a porterish black lager, but I was interested to read more about Czech style dark beers and \"decoction mashing\" as a brewing technique. Sitting right next to the Krombucher both on the map and in the alphabet, I much preferred the schwarz version from across the border. That said, it was a fun 500ml bottle on a Friday night!", "brewery": "Velkopopovický Kozel", "parent": "Asahi Beverages", "country": "Czech Republic", "status": "Imported", "lat": 10, "lng": 83, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kozel-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 214 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Hopwork Orange (can)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Reviewing the can as a separate beer. For my birthday I decided to buy a few old faves, a Hop Hog of course, and one of these to try the cans. As well as making the can super ugly, it seems like they've changed the recipe. The bottles were labelled \"American Pale Ale\" and had a nice hoppy IBU of 50, the cans are just \"Pale Ale\" and the IBU is 25. Funnily enough half as nice, like malty Fanta. Have to find a bottle and see what the deal is.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 48, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ppony-hopworkorange-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 215 }, { "name": "James Squire Hop Thief American Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "I've resisted the James Squire range of fake craft, but got sucked into this one, ostensibly my favourite style. The hop aroma off the top was fantastic, and I was prepared to be surprised, but wasn't. Murky and malty and not fresh at all.", "brewery": "Malt Shovel Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 46, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Sabro", "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "james-squire-apa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 216 }, { "name": "Żywiec Porter", "variety": "Baltic Porter", "style": "Baltic Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Bought at a big national retailer in desperation looking for some darker beers, and it was bloody stiff! Thin mouthfeel and medicinal taste didn't do much for me. I was sitting outside in the cold, and did finish it, so one star.", "brewery": "Żywiec Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Poland", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 74, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "zywiec-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 217 }, { "name": "Vale IPA East Coast IPA", "variety": "Dry Hopped India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "The aroma off the top was great, and I really enjoyed the first few sips, but towards the middle of the glass it was a bit soupy. Might have been the combination with the porter, so definitely putting it on the list to have a second.", "brewery": "Vale Brewing", "parent": "Bickfords Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Nelson Sauvin", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "vale-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 218 }, { "name": "Guinness Extra Stout", "variety": "Extra Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "I'd never had one, and was keen to test out one of my birthday presents, a fancy set of beer glasses. I wasn't super impressed, a manky aftertaste and a head that dropped down into a frothy lump like sea foam. Reading more about the style, they're meant to be drier than other stouts so maybe that was it. Local version, but very unlikely I'll get over to Ireland for the real deal! (Now I know this isn't the usual/standard nitro Guinness, but a bottle conditioned older stytle.)", "brewery": "Guinness Brewery", "parent": "Diageo", "country": "Ireland", "status": "Under license", "lat": 32, "lng": 89, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "guinness-extra-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 219 }, { "name": "Tui East India Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Turns out that the New Zealand consumer watchdog has told them off... it's not an ale. Putting that to one side, it's an old school mainstream draught bitter. Drinkable like an old pair of slippers, comfortable, but not setting the taste buds on fire.", "brewery": "DB Breweries", "parent": "Heineken N.V.", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "tui-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 220 }, { "name": "Stone and Wood (Counter Culture) So Long Darkness..? Invisible Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "It was a bit long in the tooth, an old can, but it went down a treat. Was probably more of an amber, but with enough coffee and cacao for bitterness and the lactose giving it that stout creaminess, that I surprised myself by liking it! Ad odd limited edition experiment that came off. Longest name so far I reckon.", "brewery": "Stone & Wood Brewing Co", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 13, "lng": 62, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "stone-wood-cc-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 221 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Hazy Heaven 2020 Wet Hop NEIPA", "variety": "Hazy Wet Hop India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Was great to try two wet hop beers close together to try and get a sense of what the difference is. (The other was the Uraidla Horned God on tap at the hotel.) The word most often used is resiny, which for me is a better description for the taste of the oily piney hops. It was tasty and much fresher - leafy? Wish I could try their wet hop ale, the little brother.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-wet-hop-neipa-2020.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 222 }, { "name": "Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I definitely like these classic lagers more than the craft versions. Malty and a bit sour, very similar flavour profile to the Japanese lagers. Was meant to be trying an American beer, non-conglomerate if not independent, but turns out it was brewed under license by Tribe. They are one of the other investment / ownership models like Founders First. Are they independent? They all need massive investment to build, is it better that they're transparent about it? Anyway, with a classic can design too. First of the mammoth 16 beer session for cuz Michael's belated 50th.", "brewery": "Pabst Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Under license", "lat": 5, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pabst-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 223 }, { "name": "Carlsberg Elephant Premium Strong", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'm generally not a big fan of pilsners, but this was like a pilsner x 2! Malty and dense almost to the point of caramel, with the extra alcohol cutting down the murkiness. Surprising.", "brewery": "Carlsberg Group", "parent": null, "country": "Denmark", "status": "Imported", "lat": 8, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "carlsberg-elephant-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 224 }, { "name": "Feral BFH Oaked Pale Ale", "variety": "Oaked American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "One of Feral's brewpub series in a can. Interesting to try, wood chips rather than in a barrel, which made it a bit creamier with an almost herbal undertaste. Lighter on the hops too.", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 49, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-oaked-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 225 }, { "name": "Nail Red Carpet Imperial Red Ale", "variety": "Imperial Red Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Red" ], "blurb": "Super tasty and packing a punch. The 15th beer of the night, sandwiched between two stouts, held its own.", "brewery": "Nail Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 68, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "nail-imperial-red-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 226 }, { "name": "Castlemaine XXXX Gold", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A beer donation from Adam, living this far south I'd never tried any of their beers. It sits pretty closely within that group of mainstream lagers from the big brewers, better than the new super-crisps, milder than the old red cans, but overall a bit soapy and bloaty. This wasn't the exact label, but one with a different version of the disturbing Mr Fourex.", "brewery": "Castlemaine Perkins", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 15, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "castlemaine-xxxx-gold.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 227 }, { "name": "Ballistic Beer Co Ballistic Pale (Original)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First of their beers I've tried, and by accident the old packaging and recipe. I prefer the old label and enjoyed this beer, so I'd be interested to compare! This is really the style of beer I enjoy, whether a pale, XPA, IPA or whatever: fresh late hop flavours and a decent crisp maltiness. That said the Ekuanot and Azacca really pushed it into the spicy / herbal range outside the sweet spot. Looking forward to their DDH I bought at the same time!", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ballistic-original-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 228 }, { "name": "Ballistic Beer Co Hawaiian Haze Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I wanted to try out the latest beer fad, and I'm on the bandwagon. Some of these hazy pale ales are pushing into the hoppiness territory of IPAs which gets confusing but tasty! Hazy but pale, and packing some flavour into 4.8%, it would have been four stars if it hadn't been for the flat pour in the glass. I'll definitely give it a second and third chance. UPDATE: I bought another two years later to compare with the HH IPA. No longer DDH on the label, is it different? So cloudy straight out of the can, I can see how if you drank a bunch of these in the tropics it would be on the money, piney and resinous. To me it was unbalanced, like most of the really light hazy pales... no body which pushed the hops almost to burn territory.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Rakau", "Pacifica", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ballistic-h-haze-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 229 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter DDH Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Trying another of this style just after my first. I really wanted to like it, from a little local gypsy brewer, and it smelt great out of the can... but the head went flat quite quickly and by the end it was pretty soupy. Decent hop mix, if a little too much Mosaic. For me the hazy / unfiltered beers are really walking a fine line, needing to balance out the murk with some sharpness, without turning into fizzy fruit juice.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-ddh-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 230 }, { "name": "Pirate Life South Coast Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Fresh and carbonated out of the can, I'd be calling it a bright ale it was so clear. Hoppy and fruity, it was a bit thin in the mouth with minimal maltiness. If you liked that style of beer, then this would be the session beer for you. I bought it more for the amusement after having tried east and west coast styles! UPDATE: On a great night out to see bands I had this at two different venues. In the first with bao buns it was crisp and not particularly interesting, at the last with music it was much hoppier and danker which was very enjoyable. Different batches, different age of the keg maybe? UPDATE: Amazing to see this go from a limited to their number one beer by a long shot. A dependably drinkable beer, always happy to see this amongst the taps. UPDATE: Trying a very fresh batch in can after a recipe tweak. Tasty and drinkable, but for some reason it always tastes much better on tap.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Cashmere", "Taiheke", "Wai-ti" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Caradex" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-south-coast-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 231 }, { "name": "Loophole Brewing West Coast Timely IPA", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I went the full beer nerd, checking out the taplist the night before I went to lunch at the Franklin. Chose this as a newish local brewer, from Robe, and for the style. Maybe could have done with a tiny bit more malt but it was fresh and piney and went down a treat with a steak sandwich on a Friday. UPDATE: Even better in a can, creamy and fresh. Have to order one of their mixed 12 packs to try the last two... and stock up on the others!", "brewery": "Loophole Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "loophole-timely-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 232 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Azacca Single Hop Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Azacca seems to be cropping up more often so I was interested to taste it solo. Quite a mild flavour, weirdly an American dwarf hop descended from Japanese variety not grown anymore! Decent at the start but like their DDH it went a bit flat and soupy halfway. If they got the carbonation right they'd be a good local indie brewer. UPDATE: Got a chance to try a second and it had great carbonation. Still a bit mild and forgettable, but drinkable.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-azacca-single-hop-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 233 }, { "name": "Ballistic Beer Co Revelation IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I got my wish and found the old and new Ballistic IPAs next to each other in the bottle-o fridge. This is such a classic old school IPA, you can see why they wanted to give it an update, but it was damn tasty, malty and fruity. Great carbonation and mouthfeel, as much as I cringe to use the word! Really interested to try the new recipe now. Getting hard to find space in this sector of the grid.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 234 }, { "name": "Ballistic Beer Co IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Tried the new recipe the night after the old, and it was funny that they went from a really standard old school IPA to a bog standard new IPA. Dialing back the malt and going for a more muddled five hop mix dominated by Citra and Mosaic... yawn. I feel bad to give such a well made beer two stars, but it was quite forgettable. They did focus groups to rework their recipes and their labels, so obviously I am an old man outside their demographic, preferring the old versions of both.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ballistic-new-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 235 }, { "name": "Almaza Pilsner Beer", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Tried this at our amazing local Lebanese restaurant. Doing a bit of research there's a couple of main breweries in Lebanon, a newish craft brewer and this classic, now owned by Heineken. Like a cross between a pilsner and a Mexican cerveza, it was light and easy drinking but nothing spectacular. Bottles are certainly becoming the exception.", "brewery": "Brasserie Almaza", "parent": null, "country": "Lebanon", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 20.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "almaza-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 236 }, { "name": "Modus Operandi Silent Knight Porter", "variety": "Porter", "style": "Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer of the session, and it was really tasty with a coffee-ish hit in the late afternoon. Creamy head and dark. I almost feel like I need to go back and re-rate beers just against others of the same style. This is a great porter... but it's not a style I really go for. Really ugly can, trying for minimalism but looking a bit cheap!", "brewery": "Modus Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 83, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "modus-silent-knight-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 237 }, { "name": "Loophole Sly Fox DRYPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was a real surprise. I never got to try many of the brut IPAs before the craze died, and not sure if the same enzyme was at work here. A super crisp pale ale with a really clean finish. I could imagine a session on these! Maybe not the beer for a cold day around a fire but still enjoyable. Hard to know how to scale it, not obviously hoppy or malty. UPDATE: A couple of years later, with a more knowledgeable palate, this was a still quite crisp and dry. A very Australian style hopping, but with the maltiness of an APA. Maybe a bit too malty in the end, but very drinkable. Interesting that they describe it as a mix of APA and a Marzen lager!", "brewery": "Loophole Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ "dry", "malty" ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Eclipse", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "loophole-drypa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 238 }, { "name": "Dainton Brewery Red Eye Rye", "variety": "Rye Red Ale", "style": "Rye Red Ale", "modifier": [ "Rye" ], "blurb": "First Dainton beer I've tried and it was bloody stiff. I'm not a red or amber ale fan and this was the worst of both. Thin and medicinal taste overwhelming the hops.", "brewery": "Dainton Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 65, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "dainton-red-eye-rye-red-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 239 }, { "name": "Wilson Rough Seas Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Fellow taster Michael and I had a big session planned, with more beers to choose from than we'd possibly drink... but it was sunk by sausages cooked over charcoal and served up with a mountain of homemade sauerkraut and caramelised onions! My tastebuds weren't very discerning afterwards. We'd had another of their awesome dark ales, so I'll give it a pass mark until I try another.", "brewery": "Wilson Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "wilson-rough-seas-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 240 }, { "name": "Deeds Lamington Brown Ale", "variety": "Brown Ale", "style": "Brown Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Are these novelty beers meant to taste good? I'm a sucker for the limited edition releases (still sad about missing out on the Pirate Life parti-gyle black IPA) but some of them are very unpolished and never to be seen again. Raspberry and coconut added to brown ale which I already don't like as a style... was never going to be nice!", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 80, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "deeds-lamington-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 241 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Nordic DDH Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "I was really keen to try to one of these kveik yeast beers, sucker for another novelty. It was really acidic and tart, with a ghostly white haziness. Maybe a better made version could be refreshing, but with Shapeshifter's usual lack of carbonation it was the nail in the coffin of the session. UPDATE: Now that they've built their own brewery and started getting some consistency in their range I was keen to try this one again. I've been enjoying the tang of the kveik beers and this one now a second batch with DDH added to the name seemed like a sure winner... but it was still on the flat side and lacklustre. The basic building blocks were there, just needed to be lighter in body and brighter in taste. UPDATE: A couple of years later, they've got a core range and this is one of them. I wanted a bit of a smash in the face hazy and this did that. Super cloudy and tart but a bit on the hop burn end of the spectrum. I did enjoy it! UPDATE: A tangy change from a run of malty beers. UPDATE: I bought this to compare with their limited kviek IPA, but this was better. Bright and crisply tangy.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ "sour" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Wheat", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-nordic-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": "shapeshifter-nordic-hazy-ipa-new.png", "rating": "2", "id": 242 }, { "name": "Capital Trail Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Started off well, but it was just too malty! In a similar zone to some of my favourites like Hop Hog, but the hops just didn't cut through. A semi-APA.", "brewery": "Capital Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 45, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "capital-trail-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 243 }, { "name": "Loophole Happy Pig Dark IPA", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Fantastic Friday beer. Not as hoppy as I expected, dialled back from a black IPA, but still dark and tasty with a lighter body than porters and stouts. Would be drinkable in all weather, and my food pairing pick is with Asian food. A few more hops in the kettle would have made this a five star, but it was great to have a beer with a decent head after too many flat hazies.", "brewery": "Loophole Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 80, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "loophole-dark-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 244 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Strata Amarillo IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'm a fan of single hop beers, a great way to separate hop flavours, and this was listed as a single hop IPA... with two different hops! Dank was one of the descriptors, and it fit. Spicy hops in a bitter kettle style, so really not in the spot for me, but well made with a clean finish. I love to support the smaller brewers, and try the limited runs, but some of them are quite shoddily made. This might be from a big operation owned overseas, but they know how to make beer. The can was ugly though, like a 90s polar fleece jacket!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-strata-amarillo-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 245 }, { "name": "Coopers Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Well I was disappointed. A fair hype that I got sucked into, driving around to find a bottle-o with one last carton. Alex said 'like their pale crossed with their XPA' and I would agree. Not very hoppy and still way too yeasty. Good to see them having a crack and trying something new, and it sold out, but not one for me. Got a second can I'll let settle and try in a couple of months. Trying something new for the can as well now they've run out of colours! UPDATE: The second can sat unloved in my fridge for months and I opened it more out of a sense of obligation. The yeast had dialled down which made it even more dull. I accidentally knocked over the glass and spilled most of it but wasn't disappointed.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Ahtanum", "Strata" ], "malt": [ "Coopers" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coopers-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 246 }, { "name": "Sparkke Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After all this beer tasting, finally had my first paddle up on the roof deck at the revamped Whitmore. Great spot but the beers were a bit hit and miss. The names on the menu were different from the cans, and some were keg only so combining a few reviews into one! First on the paddle was the pale, which came off a little stale, thick and malty and no zest. Third on the paddle was their IPA, which was much better. You could at least taste the hops but still quite dull and underwhelming.", "brewery": "Sparkke Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sparkke-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 247 }, { "name": "Sparkke Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "Combining another two reviews into one. The black IPA was their best beer of the night, more like a black ale with minimal hoppiness and fairly light in the mouth. The dark lager was an odd one, not like a schwarzbier with clean charcoal, but sour like a lager. Not great.", "brewery": "Sparkke Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 70, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sparkke-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 248 }, { "name": "Sparkke Red Ale", "variety": "Red Ale", "style": "Red Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was the second best of the night, like a light red ale which worked for me because I'm not a massive fan of standard red ales. Sparkke is a great venue, and I'd try the beers again if I went back just to see... but otherwise I wouldn't drink them again. If they all had can shots, the reviews would have cracked 250, but I cheated to save it (hopefully!) for a cracker.", "brewery": "Sparkke Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 16, "lng": 60, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sparkke-red-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 249 }, { "name": "Menabrea Bionda Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Obviously I had a good night out, and completely forgot I drank this beer - review number 250! Had it out at an amazing restaurant at the end of a good night. Came off quite sweet in its maltiness, might have been in comparison to the Sparkke Black IPA not long beforehand!", "brewery": "Birra Menabrea", "parent": null, "country": "Italy", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "menabrea-bionda-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 250 }, { "name": "Zytho IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Part of a great set of beers picked out by my daughters for father's day. This is as standard an IPA as you can get, from the slightly darker malts to the mosaic focussed hop flavour, decently made with good carbonation. But as weird a backstory as you can get... a Woolworths own brand for their liquor chains, through a subsidiary... brewed under contract by Tribe Breweries, a smaller group of labels still classed as independent... but funded by substantial private investment. What is craft?", "brewery": "Pinnacle Drinks", "parent": "Endeavour Drinks Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "zytho-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 251 }, { "name": "Rover Gilbert Rd Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Back in the day I lived in Reservoir in Melbourne, there wasn't that much around. Now every half decent suburb has a brewery! Had it with some battered fish and it was surprisingly good. Fresh and malty but with the minimal hop profile of these craft lagers. Weirdly, the two Rover beers are a sub-brand of a small craft brewery, Hawkers. Not sure why you would.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 13, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rover-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 252 }, { "name": "Brooklyn Defender IPA", "variety": "Golden India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Reread the other Brookyln reviews, and they were harsh, so it was a happy surprise to drink this. No idea what a golden IPA is meant to be, but it was less bitter than most, more in APA territory. I'd have another, but as an import part owned by a multinational it's very low on the list.", "brewery": "Brooklyn Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 41, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "brooklyn-defender-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 253 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Cashmere Single Hop Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was really happy to see this one have a decent head, after the first three from Shapeshifter were on the flat side. Was hard to get my head around the taste. I had thought the beer might have been a bit off, but reading up on Cashmere the flavour notes are meant to include coconut and melon, so maybe that was it! UPDATE: Was good to try another, complex and almost nutty or oily, enjoyed it more the second time round.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-cashmere-single-hop-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 254 }, { "name": "Deeds Daydreaming in Winter DDH Pale Ale", "variety": "Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Drank this while cooking the first BBQ of the season and it was perfect. It really mixed up my thoughts on flavour... usually I'm a fan of a smaller number of hops but this was all over the shop - Cashmere, Citra, Simcoe Cryo and Mosaic! Blended really well for a bit of tang and a bit of spice. This is really where I want to be drinking, strong malt but not dominating, with aggressive dry hopping for aromatics more than bitterness. And in a bigger can for a longer drink! UPDATE: I tried to recapture the unicorn by drinking an old one of these I found at the bottle-o. Hazies don't travel well.", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "deeds-daydreaming-ddh-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 255 }, { "name": "Uraidla Eternal Void Oat Milk Porter", "variety": "Milk Porter", "style": "Milk Porter", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "First review in the new cans and they look good. The brass top and black ring pull are quite distinctive, and yes this is a photo I took after drinking the beer! Picked up this and a Third Eye driving past at 8.30 in the morning while making my excuses... \"not drinking it now\". Perfect for the end of a cold work day with added coffee and chocolate. The head dropped fairly quickly, but that does seem to be a thing with porters.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 25, "lng": 82, "flavour": [ "coffee" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-eternal-void-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 256 }, { "name": "Zytho White Stout", "variety": "White Stout", "style": "White Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was hoping this would be as nice as the Stone and Wood white stout, and it was alright... but I don't think I'd bother trying another. Weirdly sweet with vanilla, but a sour lager aftertaste and no hops to speak of. Creamy carbonation but not enough so the head was gone halfway through.", "brewery": "Pinnacle Drinks", "parent": "Endeavour Drinks Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 47, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "zytho-white-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 257 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing XPL", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I normally don't do food pairings, but this was a super light fresh lager, in the brewery beer garden at the end of a hot day, with a bierwurst in a toasted bun and plenty of mustard. Extra pale it was, like one of the blander dry beers washed clean by a hint of hops. A bit light on, but you could sink a few of these on a hot day.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 20, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-xpl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 258 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Imperial India Red Ale", "variety": "Imperial India Red Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Red" ], "blurb": "There was a stage on my beer journey where I thought I liked red ales. The first few were the exceptions, hoppy. Without the hops they're a bit like whisky, all malt. This was a bit flat from the tap, and being an imperial was even more like whisky with some raw booziness. I don't like red ales.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 66, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-imperial-red-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 259 }, { "name": "Rehn Bier Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer from the other brewery in Tanunda from our long weekend away. I was initially a bit disappointed, expecting more of a German style schwarzbier, but it was cracking modern dark lager. Charcoal malt with mild hops, would have been a four star but the head was a bit lacking.", "brewery": "Rehn Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 79, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rehn-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 260 }, { "name": "Vale Tropic Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "First beer of a Friday night in the beer garden. On tap as part of the happy hour specials, it was tropical with a bit of pineapple and fruit... inoffensive but forgettable. UPDATE: Again on tap, a schooner with a burger and I quite enjoyed it. A bit hazy, a bit fruity, nothing to set the world on fire but fresh and tasty on a warm afternoon. UPDATE: Finally had one in a can, thanks to a fridge surprise from cuz Michael. Clearer than on tap, bright and fresh. A good starter or palate cleanser, probably wouldn't want a whole session on it. Good to hydrate on a hot Friday arvo while cleaning the BBQ! UPDATE: Took a six pack to a reboot of the beer nights and it was a great bridge between the different beer palates. Bookended the night with them and it was a dependable tasty crowd pleaser!", "brewery": "Vale Brewing", "parent": "Bickfords Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "vale-tropic-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 261 }, { "name": "Panhead Quickchange XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "Another happy hour special on tap, this was a bit dank. No surprise it was heavy on the mosaic. With a retro garage themed brand, and now Lion owned, this was never going to be high on my list to try out.", "brewery": "Panhead Custom Ales", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 32, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "panhead-quickchange-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 262 }, { "name": "Gage Roads Little Dove New World Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I normally only give no stars to beers I tip out, but I couldn't at the pub! With \"New World\" in the name I was expecting an American style pale, but this was dark in colour and like an amber in flavour without much in the way of hops.", "brewery": "Gage Roads Brew Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 25, "lng": 50, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "gage-roads-little-dove-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 263 }, { "name": "Feral Draught Easy Drinking Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "One to tick off the list from Feral, it was easy to drink but nothing spectacular. Liam compared it to Furphy, but to me it had less body and flavour. Meh.", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-draught-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 264 }, { "name": "Deeds A Quiet Deed Oat Cream Hazy TIPA", "variety": "Hazy Triple India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Triple", "Oat Cream", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "You often hear people explaining why they did something crazy, like climbing a dangerous mountain, \"because it was there\". After four beers and three shots I should have looked away when we changed venue and this was on tap. Thick and soupy, it was more of an experience than a beer to savour. Mountain climbed, and at 11% officially the strongest beer so far. UPDATE: This beer is the jumping off point for crazy. After eight beers on our hazy session we cracked a can of this then hit the town, heading to the bottleshop and pub. Thick, aromatic and sweet.", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 56, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "deeds-oat-cream-hazy-tipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 265 }, { "name": "Big Shed Brewing Golden Stout Time", "variety": "Dessert Stout", "style": "Dessert Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Probably a sign that I could barely say the name out loud to order it, but I had one anyway. Thin, sticky and overly sweet, it was a dessert I didn't finish.", "brewery": "Big Shed Brewing Concern", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 78, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "big-shed-golden-stout-time.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 266 }, { "name": "Rehn Bier 1837 Aussie Pale", "variety": "Australian Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Australian" ], "blurb": "This was a weird one, a really old school Australian pale ale with a twangy bitterness, heading into the territory of something like Southwark Bitter. Not so great.", "brewery": "Rehn Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rehn-1837-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 267 }, { "name": "Stubbie Refreshing Beer", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Ironically not ironic, a copy of Furphy made for Woolworths. Oddly enough brewed by Gage Roads who were once part owned by them... Like the Great Southern / Iron Jack / Bluey / Ewe Beaut copying and pasting of style, just as shameless. That said, it didn't taste bad! And the super old school bottle did amuse me.", "brewery": "Gage Roads Brew Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "stubbie-refreshing-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 268 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony The Zeppelin All Hop NEIPA (CAN)", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I'm reviewing this one as the recipe has changed with the move into cans... but I can't really remember the old! Decent and hoppy, but after the recent run of hazies it just didn't seem that intense. The haze itself was a beautiful swirl in the glass. UPDATE: Maybe my tastes have changed but this was a little bland. Decent body, a little flat, and not much aroma to go with the vague bitterness. Drinkable but not recommended. The last of a mixed gift pack that was all disappointing.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-zeppelin-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 269 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Miss Kitty Schwarzbier", "variety": "Schwarzbier / Black lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Had this straight after a White Rabbit Dark Ale. That was good, but this was the real deal at the roasted end. Brown head and dry finish made this a cracker example of the style.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 80, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-miss-kitty-schwarzbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 270 }, { "name": "Big Drop Pine Trail Pale Ale (Ultra Low Alcohol)", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "A surprising pleasure! It was at a point in the night where I would have had a water, but this was like fresh hop juice. Thin and almost no malt, but really refreshing. Really putting the scale out of wack. How do you score this non-beer?", "brewery": "Big Drop", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 11, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "big-drop-pine-trail-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 271 }, { "name": "Modus Operandi Sonic Prayer DIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "The was the beer that really made me question my beer buying and tasting. I bought the two pack of this and the Sonic Prayer Hazy IPA not because I thought I'd like them, but to have another couple of cool / hardcore beers in the reviews. Stiff and bitter, the can was a bit old, so it probably wasn't at it's best. My new strategy - buy beers I actually want to drink!", "brewery": "Modus Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "modus-operandi-sonic-prayer-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 272 }, { "name": "Woolshed Firehouse Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Last beer of the night, another session where we didn't get to enough of the stouts we accumulated over winter! Not terrible, but just a bit thin on the palette, which seems to be the characteristic of these coffee stouts. Might also be that as we get further into spring I'm looking to stroll through the hop flowers rather than huddle around the roasting malts.", "brewery": "Woolshed Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 87, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "woolshed-firehouse-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 273 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Black Ale (CAN)", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "Like many of their beers, this one had a recipe update when it moved to cans... but going in the opposite direction from 35 to 56 IBU! Was really close to awesome, just needed a bit more sparkle on the palate and more pronounced hoppiness. Halfway through the glass it was a little dense and dry, like charred coffee, but finished well.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 85, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-cascadian-black-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 274 }, { "name": "Rehn Bier Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Reaching beer #275 in good local form. A great dark ale, one of my favourite styles, but interestingly a mid-strength. That made it lighter in body, but still dark and smooth. Not hoppy with a coffee-ish nutty flavour.", "brewery": "Rehn Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 20, "lng": 75, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rehn-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 275 }, { "name": "Balter Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I missed out on it when it was a limited edition, but grabbed one of the smaller cans when it went into the core range. Even though the hops were a bit too herbal for me, it's another beer where being well made and properly carbonated goes a long way. Fruity and tropical with the unfilteredness being juicy rather than sludgy. Not independent but still good beer. UPDATE: An impulse buy to retry while cooking, and after a good couple of years more of drinking hazies it still holds up as a core dependable hazy. No fireworks, but it was light and bright for a work night. Did leave me wanting more, but you can't always get on it! UPDATE: I wanted a dependable hazy IPA to help fill the fridge, and it did have a bit of brightness and aroma but they've done much better. I guess this is the core mainstream one.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 276 }, { "name": "Rehn Bier IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "They called it an American style but it tasted more like an amber to me, dark malt and minimal hops. I couldn't taste the dry hopping at all! Their dark beers have been fantastic, but I haven't liked the others so far. Got the tripel and the ginger beer to go of the mixed sixpack I bought in Tununda.", "brewery": "Rehn Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 48, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rehn-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 277 }, { "name": "Feral West Coast IIPA", "variety": "Imperial India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I read about this one and was hunting to find some, bought a four pack I was so keen. Maybe I was a bit too excited as it was a little disappointing. The booziness was too dominant, only just letting the malt through but washing out the hops. Stiff to drink, though sipping it like a whiskey did warm me up! Bloody hard to place on the graph...", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 47, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-west-coast-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 278 }, { "name": "Deep Creek Dragon Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was glad it was a big can, going indifferent at the start to enjoying it by the end. The haze didn't get too soupy, but the hops were surprisingly mild. Not a bad hop flavour, earthy with a bit of spice but not enough of it. Definitely couldn't taste the mango and pineapple!", "brewery": "Deep Creek Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 42, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "deep-creek-dragon-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 279 }, { "name": "Pirate Life North West Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "No idea what Pirate Life are doing with their compass themed beers, this was kinda in the direction of a West Coast IPA! Really dark caramelly malts for a pale, which took me a few sips to get a handle on. Piney hops with an almost marshmallow flavour from the malt. I was never a massive fan of the original PL core range, but I've been really enjoying their limited releases... bought three at once. Looking forward to trying the IPL!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 46, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-north-west-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 280 }, { "name": "Green Beacon Windjammer IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First of a session in the park, and the first of their beers I've tried. Another IPA that may have been groundbreaking in Australia back in its day, but was just too old school. Syrupy caramel in the malt, and dull hops. UPDATE: Five years later and still not really my jam. I'll try the second can with a warm up beer beforehand but this was very stiff and sticky. Quite hoppy but neither dank and malty nor fresh and tropical.", "brewery": "Green Beacon Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 43.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "green-beacon-windjammer-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": "green-beacon-windjammer-ipa-new.png", "rating": "2", "id": 281 }, { "name": "Uraidla Cosmic Labyrinth Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I thought I'd missed my chance to try some of Uraidla's latest, but found a few tucked away in a bottle shop. Love to know what character the \"trial\" yeast brought but the beer was delicious. Fruity and light and weirdly as they described it... soft! Getting to be a bit of a log jam in this part of the grid. UPDATE: The second batch they brewed last year was still good, but the third was disappointing. Really thick and murky and sweet. Maybe my tastes have changed, maybe I've tried better hazy pales, but Uraidla's new brewer has drawn a line under my run of tasting all of their beers. New score would be 2 stars...", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ "stone fruit" ], "hops": [ "Nelson", "Citra", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-cosmic-labyrinth-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 282 }, { "name": "Uraidla Sinister Eye Black Rye IPA", "variety": "Black Rye India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Rye", "Black" ], "blurb": "Something I hadn't seen before and it was pretty good but more mellow than I was expecting. The can was getting a bit long in the tooth, which may have helped, and the rye rounded out the roasted bitterness. Would have loved to see the piney hops dialled up.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 83.5, "flavour": [ "black", "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Mosaic Cryo" ], "malt": [ "Rye", "Midnight Wheat", "Carafa III" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-sinister-eye-black-rye-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 283 }, { "name": "Epic Armageddon IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "From an indie brewer in New Zealand I was keen to try one, but after some of the vibrant NZ hops from the likes of Parrotdog this wasn't up for the comparison. First brewed in 2008, all American hops, it was just boring.", "brewery": "Epic Beer", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 41, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "epic-armageddon-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 284 }, { "name": "Epic Thunder APA", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Better than their IPA, but still not that interesting. A bit lighter and hoppier. The cheap and nasty can artwork though... I'm guessing it's a Metallica reference but it makes me think of Hahn Ice from back in the day!", "brewery": "Epic Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 42, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "epic-thunder-apa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 285 }, { "name": "Little Bang Imperial Undercover Fashion Police 10 Double New England IPA", "variety": "Double Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Last beer of the night, up on a balcony overlooking Rundle Street. I didn't like it but it didn't much matter, I was drunk and happy! Oddly for a NEIPA it wasn't hazy, and dialling up the alcohol just made it unbalanced. Couldn't taste the beer under the booze. I was intrigued by the R rating in the name on the top rim of the new cans. And the new longest beer name, not even including the \"Haze of Thunder\" tagline!", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-ufp-10-double-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 286 }, { "name": "Pirate Life IPL", "variety": "India Pale Lager", "style": "India Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I do like this style, light and hoppy with the sour lager taste holding it up. Shouldn't have had a massive burger in the middle, by the end of the big can I was bursting at the seams!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-ipl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 287 }, { "name": "Ballistic Bru-1 West Coast Pale Ale", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "This was hard to rate. A well made beer from a great indie brewer who has brewed two single hop beers to showcase a new hop. It's just about a community service! I just didn't rate the flavour of the hop... grassy without any of the fruit angles they touted. Keen to try the hazy version. Also bloody hard to figure out where to sit it on the grid in relation to other beers.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-bru-1-west-coast-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 288 }, { "name": "Loophole Salt Water Stout Porter", "variety": "Porter", "style": "Porter", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "This was one of the beers I bought just because it would be cool to review. And then it sat in the fridge for a couple of months until I made myself try it. I could see the salted caramel idea that some may love... but the salty tang aftertaste really didn't work for me, like licking your lips after a swim in the sea.", "brewery": "Loophole Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 85, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "loophole-stout-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 289 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Prison Bar Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "They never said what style it was, but my bet is a golden ale, sticky and manky malt. It was definitely golden in colour but broke my run of enjoying the PL limited beers. Lends itself to lots of football puns that I'll avoid!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 49, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-prison-bar-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 290 }, { "name": "Ballistic Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After getting on on my bike on a hot afternoon, I was looking forward to a crisp cold beer. It was refreshing but a little underwhelming. Didn't have the full malty sourness of a mainstream lager or the fresh hops of a craft lager.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 291 }, { "name": "Fox Hat Heavy Handed XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "An impulse buy at a mainstream bottle-o, this really surprised me! Solid malt without getting into caramel, well rounded hops in the earthy and piney direction. This would be high on my list for a single beer session. Still find it odd to have small craft brewers who have a smaller offshoot label. Now owned by Vok, both Vale and Fox Hat are listed separately on the IBA site!", "brewery": "Fox Hat Brewing", "parent": "Bickfords Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 48.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-hat-heavy-handed-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 292 }, { "name": "Mash Brewing The Guvnor Big Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer of a session of mostly pale ales, dubbed \"Hoppier Dayz\" by cuz Mike. Once called an XPA then renamed to Big Pale Ale, it was much murkier in the glass than expected. The taste was similar, more malty than hoppy with no freshness.", "brewery": "Mash Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mash-guvnor-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 293 }, { "name": "Blue Moon Belgian White", "variety": "Wheat Beer", "style": "Wheat Beer", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Not a bad taste, I don't mind these coriander and citrus flavours in a beer. Gives the malt more punch a bit like coffee in a stout... but in a much milder sense! With fine carbonation, you could sink this ice cold on a hot day but it did get a bit bland by the end.", "brewery": "Blue Moon Brewing Co", "parent": "Molson Coors", "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "blue-moon-belgian-white.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 294 }, { "name": "Mismatch Double Dry Hopped Hazy Session", "variety": "DDH Hazy Session Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was the fizz! After the first three beers had a pineapple edge to the smell but not the taste, this was juicy as. A bit thin and one dimensional, needed something underneath the hops.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-ddh-session-hazy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 295 }, { "name": "Sapporo Premium Black Beer", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Discovered this was being imported by accident, and it looks like it hasn't been popular... only one place in Adelaide stocks it! Much more malty and coffee-ish, like if you made Milo from dark roasted malt. Mellow and delicious but quite different to Asahi Black, which is a more fizzy and tangy beer. Massive steel can and a genuine import from Japan. UPDATE: Should have read the fine print better... brewed in Vietnam also.", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Under license", "lat": 3, "lng": 79, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sapporo-black.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 296 }, { "name": "Slipsteam Hop Hero Strata Pale Ale", "variety": "Single Hop Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Single Hop" ], "blurb": "A brewer and a hop I'd never heard of, this was the beer of the night. A fresh and thirst quenching contrast to the Sapporo Black just before. UPDATE: Drank another and it was good to try it first up. Strata as a hop is very similar to Mosaic but a bit more rounded. Love to try their other single hops beers.", "brewery": "Slipstream Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slipstream-hop-hero-strata-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 297 }, { "name": "Ballistic Bru-1 Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was keen to try this after the West Coast Bru-1 IPA they made, but I have to say as a hop it's a dud. For a hazy it was quite thin bodied and the hop flavours really just dropped off.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-bru-1-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 298 }, { "name": "Uraidla Mystic Horizon India Pale Ale", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Lucky I bought two of these, as I forgot to write notes and don't remember much about it! UPDATE: The second one was worth the wait! An interesting concept, all dry hops and none in the boil. Made it super fragrant and juicy.UPDATE: New batch a year later, tweaked hops mix but same regime. Amazing to drink a beer so clear in the glass but fruity and soft.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 38.5, "flavour": [ "floral", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "Strata", "Mosaic", "Cashmere Cryo" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-mystic-horizon-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 299 }, { "name": "Rehn Bier Tripel", "variety": "Tripel", "style": "Tripel", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Second citrus and coriander beer of the night, and my first tripel. Was a midnight traveller out in the park, all malt and no hops. Cuz Michael compared it to a Southwark Bitter on steroids. Not my style. All that said, this was the unrealised beer #300, on a great summer Saturday night.", "brewery": "Rehn Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rehn-tripel.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 300 }, { "name": "Dainton American Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Dark orange and bitter, but not particularly hoppy. A decent APA but nothing spectacular.", "brewery": "Dainton Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 44, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "dainton-apa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 301 }, { "name": "Bridge Road Dark Harvest Wet Hop Black IPA", "variety": "Wet Hop Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop", "Black" ], "blurb": "Should have had this earlier in the night, not beer 14 of 15, while my palate and my head were clearer! Dark and hoppy, with the lighter mouthfeel I prefer in black IPAs and black ales than the heavier body of stouts and porters. UPDATE: Tried the next years brew in a can and it really threw me. Expecting darker and hoppier, so I was disappointed even though it was a really tasty beer! Quite mild, and light coloured, red rather than black. More like a porter or dark ale.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 78, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-dark-harvest-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 302 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Double Time American Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "What an amazingly complex beer. Hard to tell where the characteristics came from but it had a really layered flavour from some unconventional ingredients. First the kveik yeast, which I couldn't quite figure out, then two of the three hops being new processes... Eukanot Incognito, which is a liquid concentrate, and Mosaic Cryo, which is a powder concentrate, both of which are \"non-vegetative\"! All that said it was fresh and a bit dry with a mellow earthy base of Mosaic. Once my least favourite hop, I'm on the bandwagon.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-double-time-apa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 303 }, { "name": "Loophole Quick Hare Cape Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "A bit boring, like an ale brewed for mainstream drinkers who only like lagers. Most of the craft breweries are doing one, and most of them are forgettable.", "brewery": "Loophole Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "loophole-quick-hare-cape-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 304 }, { "name": "Uraidla Lucid Sunrise India Pale Ale", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I had a mini Uraidla session on a Tuesday night as you do. This was paler yellow than the Mystic Horizon, but also much thinner in the mouth and boozier tasting. More of a standard IPA with puckering bitterness but the first of theirs for a while to go below three stars. Label was a little lurid too! UPDATE: Second time round, tweaked recipe, same hops but in a different balance, and with any trace of haze cleaned up, now a true West Coast, and bloody tasty! +1 star.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-lucid-sunrise-ipa-second.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 305 }, { "name": "Uraidla Future Light Little Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another hard one to review. Have to try a can to have it crisp and carbonated, as the pint on tap was a little flat. Very light and hoppy, maybe too light on to feel like it was a beer, but breaking trail to head out into the open spaces of the grid. Also cementing Uraidla as my favourite brewer, with sixteen of their beers under the belt to overtake Prancing Pony. If only they were easier to find, there'd be a couple more... UPDATE: Finally had a can and it was pretty good. The head did drop pretty quickly but it was fresh and hoppy. Interesting that to drop the alcohol it's the malt that drops, and in many ways the flavour and body also.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 18, "flavour": [ "light", "no" ], "hops": [ "Blanc", "Cascade", "Loral", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-future-light-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 306 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter New World Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Their best so far, I'd buy a sixpack of these to take to a summer bbq. Hoppy and light but still with enough malty goodness to hold it back from the fizz of some of the sessionable hoppy beers. Funny that the new world was New Zealand, with Motueka and Pacifica hops. UPDATE: I'm trying to go back and have have a second try of beers I liked. This time I found it too thin bodied to hold up the hops. Amazing fine carbonation though.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-new-world-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 307 }, { "name": "Deeds Daydreaming in Autumn DDH Pale Ale", "variety": "Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "After Daydreaming in Winter I was excited to try the other seasons, but after hunting down the first one it may have been a little long in the tooth... 9 months old. Much less malty, very different hops, not my season.", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "deeds-daydreaming-in-autumn-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 308 }, { "name": "John Boston Summer Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A six pack Christmas present and my first from this label, the Woolworths copy of James Squire. I was intrigued by the \"dry-hopped & unfiltered\" which is a new addition to the label, but it didn't add up to much. Drinkable, like a macro ale with hops, mostly metallic malt that has lightly washed some greenery.", "brewery": "Pinnacle Drinks", "parent": "Endeavour Drinks Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "john-boston-summer-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 309 }, { "name": "Heineken Pure Malt Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Second beer of the New Year's Eve / good riddance to 2020 session. In the midst of researching pilsners for the style page I was struck with the desire to try one of these after a very long break. I used to like them back when I didn't really like the taste of hops, or beer really. After expecting it to be watery and tasteless it was actively unpleasant to drink, metallic pale malt overload. UPDATE: My dad had bought these after Cascade Light left the market, and with very low expectations I quite enjoyed it! Was the perfect beer to go with spicy Thai food.", "brewery": "Heineken / AB InBev", "parent": null, "country": "Netherlands", "status": "Imported", "lat": 6, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "heineken-lager-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 310 }, { "name": "Dainton Shark-punch-nado Tropical-er Aussie IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was way too stiff. Sticky malts and boozily unbalanced. There would be purists out there saying this is what an IPA should be... but I'm not one of them.", "brewery": "Dainton Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 46, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "dainton-shark-nado-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 311 }, { "name": "Coedo Shiro Hefe Weizen", "variety": "Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Well now I can say I finally know what a hefe should be. Sometimes the flavour notes are spot on, banana and cloves and undrinkable. Interesting to drink a beer where the flavours are all from the esters, like bubblegum beer, rocketing to the bottom to be the least hoppy and malty beer. Not for me.", "brewery": "Coedo Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 6, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coedo-shiro-hefeweizen.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 312 }, { "name": "Deeds Calculated Risk Dry-hopped Saison", "variety": "Dry Hopped Saison", "style": "Saison", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Backing up the hefe with another style I hadn't tried before, and another where the flavours came from the yeast and esters. Which was weird for a beer with \"dry-hopped\" on the label! ", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 14, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "deeds-dry-hopped-saison.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 313 }, { "name": "Hargreaves Hill The Pursuit of Hoppiness Number 6 - Single Hop Galaxy IPA", "variety": "DDH Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "The beer of the night at number nine. Thick and juicy and fresh, like an education in Galaxy with the process listed on the can giving the stats for the stages volumes of hopping. Had never heard of this brewery before, their other beers look very standard but this was galactic!", "brewery": "Hargreaves Hill Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 53, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hargreaves-hill-poh-6-galaxy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 314 }, { "name": "Coedo JPA (Japan Pale Ale)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "The night had partly started as a Japanese beer session, after finding some more Coedo beers, but it took a bit of a detour! This came after a super hoppy hazy IPA, so as Oscar Wilde said \"comparisons are odious.\" The notes said brewed with Japanese rice and yuzu, an Asian sour citrus, and the citrus tang was about all that was there. Got another to test, in a more sympathetic sequence... UPDATE: After trying the second with a clean palate, it was still fairly underwhelming, with the only lasting flavour being the acrid yuzu tang.", "brewery": "Coedo Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 16, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coedo-jpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 315 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Single Hop IPA Idaho-7", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Second best beer of the night. Reading up on Idaho-7 they list green tea as one of the flavour notes! Cuz Michael's comment summed it up, it had a long flavour profile. Tasty and interesting.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-single-hop-ipa-idaho-7.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 316 }, { "name": "Dainton Jungle Juice Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "The 13th beer into the session, it had enough flavour to register on a weary palate! Hazy and pineappley, and more balanced with the malts than some of their other beers.", "brewery": "Dainton Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "dainton-jungle-juice-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 317 }, { "name": "Mash Brewing Little NEIPA", "variety": "Session Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Last beer of the night... More malt than the Uraidla Future Light but still very thin and not quite beer-ish enough. Definitely not NEIPA-ish!", "brewery": "Mash Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mash-brewing-little-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 318 }, { "name": "Coedo Marihara Session IPA", "variety": "Session India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Finally hitting my goal of trying all of Coedo's core range... nearly two years after getting back from Japan! Bright and crisp, it was a light IPA but a bit old school with kettle style bitterness. A bit of dry hop fragrance would have been perfect.", "brewery": "Coedo Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 40, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coedo-marihana-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 319 }, { "name": "Colonial Brewing Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was really a mainstream macro draught ale. More credible and crafty than your James Squire or John Boston beers, but similar tasting with a metallic malty tang. I've always liked their clean can design, and this was the first of theirs I've tried. I'll still give the IPA a crack to see if they can do some flavour.", "brewery": "CBCo Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "colonial-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 320 }, { "name": "Hop Nation The Heart Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Smelt great pouring into the glass, really pale straw colour, but quite thin and lacking in malt. The hop mix was good, citrusy and herbal, I just wanted to turn the volume up! Love the design rigour of their labels and the green colour palette.", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-the-heart-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 321 }, { "name": "Peroni Red", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Really surprised me how much I enjoyed this! The real deal, actually brewed in Italy and much tastier. Crisp malt, clear and golden in the glass. The blue Peroni is like water that washed out an empty bottle of this. Weird that they even have different labels, this one old school.", "brewery": "Peroni Brewery", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Italy", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "peroni-red.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 322 }, { "name": "Sierra Nevada California IPA", "variety": "Session India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "This seems to be the new style of session ale, really dialling down the malt to make a fizzy orange hop beverage. Too thin and watery to satisfy the desire for a beer.", "brewery": "Sierra Nevada Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 13, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sierra-nevada-california-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 323 }, { "name": "Pilsner Urquell", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was keen to try this one, literally the original pilsner, to get a better handle on the style. Crisp and refreshing on a hot day, but I like my hops a little less noble! Really showing that some of the recent craft \"pilsners\" I've enjoyed should just be called hoppy pale lagers.", "brewery": "Pilsner Urquell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Czech Republic", "status": "Imported", "lat": 13, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pilsner-urquell.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 324 }, { "name": "Moo Brew Bridgewater Blackout Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I also bought their standard dark ale to compare and the variation was surprisingly distinct. Much darker in the glass and much hoppier, showcasing the new hop Eclipse. Rich and botanical with a brown creamy head, it's interesting they still just called it a dark, rather than a Cascadian or Black IPA. The contrast with the pilsner I drank just beforehand was huge!", "brewery": "Moo Brew Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 84, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "moo-brew-bridgewater-blackout-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 325 }, { "name": "Tecate Original", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A random impulse buy, seeing a can in the fridge after reading about Tecate's brand refresh... as you do! (This is the old can design.) Clean, dry malty and much more amber than I was expecting. Inoffensive but not memorable.", "brewery": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery", "parent": "Heineken / AB InBev", "country": "Mexico", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "tecate-original.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 326 }, { "name": "Quilmes Lager", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Argentina's favourite beer, and as one of the few not called a pilsner it tastes like an actual pilsner! Crisp with noble hop bitterness, one of my favourites from South America.", "brewery": "Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes", "parent": "Heineken / AB InBev", "country": "Argentina", "status": "Imported", "lat": 8, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "quilmes-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 327 }, { "name": "Old Wives Ales Hair of the Dog XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "These days it seems like every Melbourne suburb has a brewery, this one in Thornbury. Might have been the contrast with the pilsner just before, but I found this murky and too fruity, not like the usual malty XPAs.", "brewery": "Old Wives Ales", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27.5, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "old-wives-ales-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 328 }, { "name": "Heads of Noosa Japanese Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I read about Heads of Noosa a while back and was intrigued by the idea of a lager focussed craft brewery, and was doubly piqued by this coming in at #37 in the 2020 GABS countdown... but I must have built this up too much in my imagination! Really weak and washed out, like a half strength actual Japanese lager.", "brewery": "Heads of Noosa Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 16, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "heads-of-noosa-japanese-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 329 }, { "name": "Willie the Boatman Double Nectar of the Hops", "variety": "TDH Double Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Second session that a super dry hopped hazy IPA was beer of the night. Amazingly blended hop depth, but without the soupy thickness of some. My favourite NEIPA / hazy so far. Wiped the floor with the bland lager we drank just before it!", "brewery": "Willie the Boatman", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 53, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "willie-the-boatman-double-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 330 }, { "name": "Carlton Black Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I must admit I bought this as the joke beer for the session. After the Willie NEIPA it was like a handbrake turn into a different direction! Surprisingly good, an easy drinking dark. Light bodied with a bit of nuttiness and mocha.", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 79, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "carlton-black-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 331 }, { "name": "Cascade Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Really disappointing, more like a bitter lager with no body to the flavour. Low carbonation and a soapy aftertaste rounded out a lacklustre beer. Great embossed bottle and traditional label design, weirdly different to their best selling light. I guess you don't change a winning recipe!", "brewery": "Cascade Brewery", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 13, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "cascade-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 332 }, { "name": "Adnams Southwold Ghost Ship Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "They talked up the citra hoppiness on the label but it didn't have much. Refreshing and did the job, I just can't quite get a handle on British beer styles. Adnams has a fair range, and some that sound crafty, but it looks like a biggish mainstream brewer... their website even has a section for homewares!", "brewery": "Adnams Southwold", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 24, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "adnams-ghost-ship-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 333 }, { "name": "Beerfarm India Pale Lager", "variety": "India Pale Lager", "style": "India Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Beerfarm is one of the rising breweries from WA, and I've been enjoying IPLs, but this was another disappointing beer for the night. Really pale yellow, thin and unsatisfying and almost completely lacking in hoppiness. Surely that should be a given for an imperial / india variety?", "brewery": "Beerfarm", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 19, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "beerfarm-india-pale-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 334 }, { "name": "Deeds Double Time Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This seems like the trend, hazy pales that are all tangy hops but thin bodied and watery with minimal malts. May be like the beer response to fruity sours and hard seltzer, low carb and low alcohol... definitely not my thing.", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "deeds-double-time-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 335 }, { "name": "Hope F-11.1% Jet Black IIIPA", "variety": "Black Triple India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Triple", "Black" ], "blurb": "Breaking the ABV record at 11.1% and bought mostly as a novelty beer, it kept being kicked to the back of the fridge. In the end it was surprisingly drinkable and not very black! Was a deep red in the glass and almost sweet with a syrupy body. Weirdly for a TIPA not that hoppy, so it just felt like a beer that had extra booze tipped in. Maybe it had mellowed over the three months I didn't drink it...", "brewery": "Hope Estate", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 80, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hope-f111-black-iiipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 336 }, { "name": "4 Pines Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This is an old school craft pale ale, really close to the style of the ol' Hop Hog. A few years back I would have thought it the business... now it comes across too heavy on the malt and too simple in the hops. 4 Pines have progressively released multiple lighter pales underneath as the market trends changed, but I'm not sure it's all good. There's got to be a sweet spot between the heavy soup and light fizz hazies, and maybe it's my palate that needs to muscle up. UPDATE: We got some freebies from 4 Pines and I was keen to retry this one. Still old school malty, like PL's dark blue pale ale. Tasty and I'd definitely be happy to have a few in the fridge, wish I'd had the big hazy before this... that seems to be the better transition.", "brewery": "4 Pines Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 49, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "4-pines-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "4-pines-pale-ale-can.png", "rating": "3", "id": 337 }, { "name": "Kaiju Paradise Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Not a pilsner. Tasty like a pale hazy lager with fruity hops, but not a pilsner. More well rounded in mouthfeel than the new crop of hazy pale ales. Cloudy and similar to the Mismatch New England Lager. Not a pilsner.", "brewery": "Kaiju! Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kaiju-paradise-pils.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 338 }, { "name": "Black Hops Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "My first of their beers and it was a bit lacklustre. Decent flavour, pale malty with hops on the lower end, but the consistency was off. The head settled down into clumps like pond foam over the murk. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that it had travelled badly and try another.", "brewery": "Black Hops Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "black-hops-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 339 }, { "name": "Gypsy Fox Petite Noir Cascadian Black Ale", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "Like the Kaiju Pilsner not being a pilsner I call this a stout. A lovely light bodied contemporary stout, but a stout. Really minimal hops, brown creamy head and a rounded but dense roast malt flavour.", "brewery": "Gypsy Fox Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 89, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "gypsy-fox-cascadian-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 340 }, { "name": "Balter Cryomofo West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I am the target audience for these limited edition beers. After seeing the announcement I used Balter's beer locator and had one in a glass a couple of days later. Kinda old school, clear with maltiness, but with newer hopping - Cryo Mosaic and Loral. It was fruity and floral and so aromatic. Would have been a 4 star but Mosaic is still not my choice as the dominant hop. Well made and definitely recommended. UPDATE: Searching for it's buddy Cryohaze I found another one of these, but this style of hopping doesn't age well. After four months it was a bit sticky and sweet... got to drink them quick!", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Cryo Mosaic", "Cryo Loral" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-cryomofo-west-coast-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 341 }, { "name": "Heads of Noosa Summer Dusk Lager", "variety": "Amber Lager", "style": "Amber Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I had hoped this was going to be more of a Vienna Lager, hoppier and crisper, but it was all bland malt. Maybe the wrong beer after the radiant Cryomofo!", "brewery": "Heads of Noosa Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 45, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "heads-of-noosa-summer-dusk-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 342 }, { "name": "Hop Nation Melbourne Fog Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Better than the last few hazy pales, and more grunt than their Heart \"standard\" pale ale, but it was flattish hop juice. Medium bodied and really hoppy, but it was way unbalanced with no malt. If I was drinking this straight out of the can, I'd want to do a gentle invert first... lots of sediment at the bottom.", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-melbourne-fog-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 343 }, { "name": "Black Flag Liquid Metal Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "It was a beer that kept getting pushed to the back of the fridge. After a few hazies I was really looking for some malt, and this brought it. A bit too burnt and acrid, and the hops were submerged in the overall bitterness. That said, it did feel more definitely like a black IPA than a light stout!", "brewery": "Blackflag Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 88, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "black-flag-liquid-metal-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 344 }, { "name": "Pikes IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Funny trying some IPAs and pales lately that are old school. This was crisp and fresh but all kettle hopped bitterness with a dash of caramel malt. Nice, and once I would have raved. I loved their old bottle labels, authentic retro, but they've done a fantastic refresh of the design. Can't wait till they start putting out some of their limited edition brews in cans...", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 44, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-ipa-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 345 }, { "name": "Pikes Pale Ale (can)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "As well as the can getting an updated label I reckon the recipe had a tweak as well. Almost like the pilsner version of an ale, noble hop bitterness and thin bodied. Unsatisfying. Beautiful can though. UPDATE: Might have been having a bad day tasting that first one! A bright and fresh core pale ale. Nothing spectacular to stand out from the crowd, or any specific hop flavour, but well made and tasty.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-pale-ale-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 346 }, { "name": "Deeds One Standard Drink DDH Mid-strength", "variety": "DDH Mid-strength Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Of all these superlight hoppy beers this is one of the better ones. Cute to get one standard drink in big can size - 3% is pretty light! Still these are really lacking in malt, with a weird mouthfeel... soupy with floaty lumps of foam.", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 18, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "deeds-one-standard-drink.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 347 }, { "name": "Deeds Daydreaming in Summer DDH Hazy Pale", "variety": "Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "This is how a hazy pale should be done, with some meat on it's bones! I had been worried as the can was three months old but it was dense and bitter. With both the normal and cryo versions of Eukuanot I reckon I know what that hop is about - earthy and spicy. The breeder's flavour notes listed green pepper and it had the heat! Amazing what a spread of malts it had - pale, oat, wheat and flaked barley...", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "earthy", "spicy" ], "hops": [ "Eukuanot", "Idaho 7", "Eukuanot Cryo" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Oat", "Wheat", "Flaked barley" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "deeds-daydreaming-in-summer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 348 }, { "name": "Uraidla Galactic Vortex West Coast DIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "West Coast" ], "blurb": "This was a punch in the face! After all of the recent dry hopped beers that are all about aroma, this was classic West Coast bitterness. A collab with Bridge Road Brewers, it was intense and crisp. I should have warmed up with a lighter beer or two first as it's boozy, but definitely a cracker.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "bitter", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse", "Vic Secret", "Galaxy", "Taiheke", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "CaraPils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-galactic-vortex-wc-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 349 }, { "name": "Ballistic Sleep When You're Dead West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "West coast is back. It's been really interesting trying a few of these and some core IPAs after the big shift to hazy and dry hopping. Like listening to an old favourite band, you can still enjoy it... but its not on high rotation. Bitter and a bit sticky. Had it on tap in the pub after work, an unceremonious #350.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 42, "flavour": [ "bitter", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Idaho 7", "Mosaic", "Chinook", "Columbus" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-swyd-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 350 }, { "name": "Uraidla Psychic Mind Unfiltered IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Really enjoying working through my stash of Uraidla beers. I think this is a new one, and an absolute cracker that shows me how far my beer taste has come. This is a challenging hop angle, coconut and melony fruit. Once I would have hated it, but it was bright and fresh and quenching. UPDATE: I'm a bit nervous about the future of Uraidla. After never looking back to repeat beers for a couple of years, they advertised for a new head brewer and have rolled out some of my favourites from the past... that weren't so good. Like the new brewer has pulled out the recipe book and hasn't nailed it. This was super frothy with Sabro hop burn, from four stars to being tipped out halfway through. Might be one of those cans that needs to stabilise before drinking. I hope so!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45.5, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ "coconut", "melon", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Cashmere Cryo", "Citra", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-psychic-mind-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 351 }, { "name": "Uraidla Intrinsic Forces IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was a weird one. On the label it just says IPA, on the website called unfiltered with flaked wheat, it was hazy as all get out! A bit too flat and murky for me, but I still enjoyed it. All Kiwi hops, surprisingly not that strong. I do love the Uraidla names, but they need to at least label them with a bit more description of the beer!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45.5, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "resiny" ], "hops": [ "Rakau", "Riwaka", "Taiheke" ], "malt": [ "Golden Promise", "Flaked Wheat", "Golden Naked Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-intrinsic-forces-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 352 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Hop Heaven Crack'n'IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A decent fresh sessionable IPA. BVB keep tweaking their names and labels, going for the simple colour range look... the old style had more personality. First beer of our 'Hazed and Crazed' session, a good one to start the night. UPDATE: I have said in the past why can't we have dry hopping without haze but beers like this prove the opposite... to me at least. Too thin bodied to hold the flavour, needed some malt or body, or both, to hold it up. Drinkable, really wanted the third beer.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "bright" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bvb-hop-heaven-cracknipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 353 }, { "name": "Dainton Lupalin Daze III DDH DIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "A very Dainton beer, I shouldn't have liked it but I did! A really long flavour, almost oily with hops, dank and solid. A beer that gets a good rating for being interesting and well made.", "brewery": "Dainton Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "dainton-lupalin-daze-ddh-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 354 }, { "name": "Slipstream Magic Mile XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "Malty more than hoppy, fresh but not distinct. Probably a bit in the shadow of the Dainton DDH DIPA!", "brewery": "Slipstream", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slipstream-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 355 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing NEIPA Focus Hop - Mosaic", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Simple and unsurprisingly heavy on the mosaic. The first beer of the night cuz Michael and I disagreed on. He said yes, I said no. One dimensional.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bvb-neipa-focus-hop-mosaic.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 356 }, { "name": "Mash Brewing Techno Viking Kveik IIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Beer of the night. Almost sweet with an amazingly complex and interesting flavour. Named after an old internet meme in a tacky can, it was memorable.", "brewery": "Mash Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mash-techno-viking-kveik-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 357 }, { "name": "Temple Brewing Hazy #1 DDH NEIPA", "variety": "Double Dry Hopped Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Fresh and fruity. After a big night of IPAs it had enough flavour to register but not rock the palate. Definitely want to try another. UPDATE: Definitely a beer to have mid session... as the first beer it was stiff! Almost acidic in its hoppiness, it was still quite a light bodied hazy. Interesting to try another beer with no hops in the boil.", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 45.5, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "spicy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Palisade", "Cryo Sabro", "Cryo Idaho 7", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "temple-hazy-1.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 358 }, { "name": "Mash Brewing Copycat AIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "On the night I wrote fragrant, good mouthfeel and lacing... with a little pond slime! Can said it was a West Coast but it was cloudy enough to be a semi-hazy. Reading the background later made me laugh, they basically did this as a response to Feral's Hop Hog.", "brewery": "Mash Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mash-copycat-aipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 359 }, { "name": "Monteith Black Beer", "variety": "Schwarzbier / Black lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I didn't realise it was a schwarzbier till after I bought it, which was a happy surprise. This was the thirteenth beer of a massive session and I must admit I don't remember drinking it! Luckily I wrote some notes... dry darkness, caramel / chocolate, stout-lite.", "brewery": "Monteith's Brewery Company", "parent": "DB Breweries / Heineken N.V.", "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 10, "lng": 78, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "monteith-black-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 360 }, { "name": "Temple Brewing Hazy #2 TDH Double NEIPA", "variety": "Triple Dry Hopped Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Last beer of the night... I rated it but no notes and no memory. Hazed and crazed was a messy but tasty session, equalling our record of 15 beers. Have to get another one of these, and try to find Temple's Hazy #3 while I'm at it. UPDATE: Sober it was a beautiful flavour, a no hop boil with loads of dry hopping... but too much sediment. The trend is going back to the West Coast, the hazies just got too thick and murky. I did find #3, can't wait to taste it!", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 46.5, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Cryo Mosaic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Maris Otter", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "temple-hazy-2.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 361 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Cosmic Crusher DDH Hazy IPA", "variety": "Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was a bit disappointed after looking forward to this one. Quite dull and sludgy with a lot of chunky sediment. Pouring into the glass it smelt fresh with a clear body and good carbonation... but the end of the can brought the thick haze. Be interesting to see what their move to a permanent brewery (and potentially a core range) will do for their consistency.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46.5, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic Incognito", "El Dorado", "Azacca" ], "malt": [ "Pale Ale", "Malted Oats", "Wheat", "Golden Naked Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-cosmic-crusher.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 362 }, { "name": "Garage Project Bug Powder Dust Cryo Hopped IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Had it on tap, after the recommendation of the barman and it was pretty good. A little hazy but light bodied and fresh. Not quite in the hop zone for me, but very drinkable.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 42, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "earthy", "spicy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-bug-powder-dust.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 363 }, { "name": "Range Brewing x Pressure Drop Worlds Apart Hazy DIPA", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A random pick, the closest tap with too many to choose from! Hazies can be a bit flat, combined with the Franklin's tendency to pour flat it was quite a syrupy and thick beer. Too fruity and sweet and not refreshing. If I hadn't been at the pub I probably would have tipped it out!", "brewery": "Range Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Sabro", "Amarillo Cryo" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "range-worlds-apart-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 364 }, { "name": "The Suburban Brew 3/92 Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "I was really intrigued by this one, served via hand pump in the pub. The beer itself was more of a porter or black ale, not hoppy with the flavour firmly based on the roasted malt. It had a creamy and mild carbonation and more at room temperature than the tap beers, both of which I'm guessing were due to the pump. Love to try one in a bottle, I would have liked a bit more hop brightness.", "brewery": "The Suburban Brew", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 86, "flavour": [ "roasted", "charcoal" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Amarillo", "Chinook" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Crystal", "Choc", "Victory" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "suburban-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 365 }, { "name": "Sydney Brewery Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'm glad to see the end of summer, I've had enough of salads and sweet hazy beers. Time for roasts and dark beers. It was funny that the two dark beers from Sydney had almost the same colour scene on the labels. Roasty and coffee-ish but still light bodied, it was very tasty and dry. Let down a little by the lager undertaste, but definitely the best lager for quite a while! UPDATE: This was a great dessert beer, third on a Saturday night, beautifully dark and dry after a sweet hazy. Wish there was a local brewer with a dark lager this good in their core range. Keen to try their pilsner.", "brewery": "Sydney Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 77, "flavour": [ "roasted", "dry" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sydney-brewery-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 366 }, { "name": "Lord Nelson Old Admiral Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "It was a head to head of the Sydney dark beers. This had the more complex flavour, and a beautiful creamy body. A classic dark mild style ale, the label described it as a dark red which nailed the actual colour of the beer. Got a bit too sweet and syrupy toward the end with minimal hop flavour but a great beer.", "brewery": "Lord Nelson Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 16, "lng": 73, "flavour": [ "roasted", "sweet" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "lord-nelson-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 367 }, { "name": "Temple Brewing Rice XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "A newish one jumping into their core range. Clear, light bodied and crisp, this would be a great summer beer. Was a great Tuesday night in autumn beer too! Slightly frustrating that they list the hops for some beers but not this one, herbal and a bit spicy.", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 27, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ "dry", "spicy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "temple-rice-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 368 }, { "name": "Ichnusa Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "When I'm out at a restaurant I aim to have a beer from that country. The wood fired pizza with olives and anchovies was awesome, this beer was completely flat. No hops and standard metallic lager malt would have been bad enough with carbonation, pretty awful without.", "brewery": "Birra Ichnusa", "parent": "Heineken / AB InBev", "country": "Italy", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ichnusa-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 369 }, { "name": "Coopers Australian IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Awful. I had to try one but it was much worse than I expected. So yeasty, overwhelming the hops, with a twangy pale malt underneath. No idea how they took the amazing new hop Eclipse and wrecked it. Tipped it out halfway.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "yeasty" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Pale" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "coopers-aus-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 370 }, { "name": "Urbanaut Copacabana Brut IPA", "variety": "Brut India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer of the overnight session up at Mount Crawford by a fire, and my first from Urbanaut. A great one to start with, dry and refreshing with a bit of a punch. I was excited to see a brut IPA, the fad died before I got to try many. After some sickly hazy and oat cream IPAs this was like a crisp autumn night.", "brewery": "Urbanaut Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 38, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "dry", "fruity" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "urbanaut-brut-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 371 }, { "name": "Kilkenny Irish Ale", "variety": "Red Ale", "style": "Red Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Last time I drank one of these was when I didn't really like beer. Now I like beer but I really don't like this one. Red plus nitro was always going to be a challenge but it was bland watery nothingness. I guess at least it was a genuine import.", "brewery": "Guinness Brewery", "parent": "Diageo", "country": "Ireland", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 53, "flavour": [ "malty", "nitro" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kilkenny-irish-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 372 }, { "name": "Ballistic Eclipse West Coast IPA", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Old school IPA, all kettle hopped bitterness. Still have to try the hazy of the pair, loving the Ballistic single hop beers. I do want something in the middle, like a dry hopped West Coast style, or a fresh and crisp East Coast!", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ "bitter", "westcoast" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-eclipse-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 373 }, { "name": "Modus Whippa Snippa Session Pale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Cuz Michael nailed it 'like beer Fanta'. Overcarbonated with big frothy bubbles, limp malt flavour with minimal hops, and worst of all a dark gritty sediment that dusted the top of the head and swirled in the bottom of the glass.", "brewery": "Modus Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "modus-wippa-snippa-session-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 374 }, { "name": "One Drop Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Great balance, dark and roasty but still crisp and dry. Cool label and perfect to drink by a fire. I'd say my favourite dark lager so far, so rating it against the style. Have to grab their Vienna Lager to get the good horseman of the pair!", "brewery": "One Drop Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 76, "flavour": [ "roasted", "dry" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "one-drop-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 375 }, { "name": "Hook Norton Brewery Twelve Days Original Porter", "variety": "English Porter", "style": "English Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I just don't like the traditional English beers I've tried... thin and hop-free. As a porter this was darker, but sticky with an almost sultana aftertaste. In a big bottle so you've got way more than you want!", "brewery": "Hook Norton Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 66, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "hook-norton-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 376 }, { "name": "Slipsteam Hop Hero Azacca / Amarillo Pale Ale", "variety": "Single Hop Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Single Hop" ], "blurb": "This was the refresher our palates needed after the Hook Norton porter. Light bodied and fruity fresh. ", "brewery": "Slipstream Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Azacca", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Vienna", "Caramalt" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slipstream-azacca-amarillo.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 377 }, { "name": "Feral Shooters Juicy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Glug. Definitely had the mouthfeel of juice, but rather than hoppy it had a sweetness similar to an oat cream. I'm guessing it was the lactose but it wasn't refreshing at all. Last good new beer they put out was Biggie Juice and that was a long while back...", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ "sweet" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-shooters-juicy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 378 }, { "name": "Pikes Double IPA (CAN)", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "First limited edition in the new cans. Solid with a long flavour but nothing memorable. In some ways I think the more hop varieties go in the more generic the flavour of a beer. I'd rather have something distinct I didn't like!", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 44, "flavour": [ "citrus", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Centennial", "Vic Secret", "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-dipa-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 379 }, { "name": "Greenock Brewers Dinner Ale", "variety": "Single Hop Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Single Hop" ], "blurb": "The surprise beer of the night. After a few in a row that weren't inspiring, this was a super light and refreshing change. Malty in all the right ways, a bit like the ale version of a pilsner. The only problem, as the twelfth beer of the night it should have been a wind down but it inspired us to keep going!", "brewery": "Greenock Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 19, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "greenock-brewers-dinner-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 380 }, { "name": "Nomad Brookie Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was a great beer, have to give it a taste off against Moondog and Moo Brewing, may be my favourite dark ale so far. Dry rather than rich, sadly only a small can! UPDATE: I've now had this one three times. The first two were both around a campfire at the end of a massive session where something lighter and darker was appreciated. As second beer of the first beer sensory session with a sober palate it was a bit more underwhelming! Had a sarsparilla / cola type flavour which came across as quite artificial. I'll keep the original rating, good when quite drunk!", "brewery": "Nomad Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 15, "lng": 77, "flavour": [ "roasted", "dry" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nomad-brookie-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 381 }, { "name": "Weihenstephaner Tradition Bayrisch Dunkel", "variety": "Dunkel", "style": "Dunkel", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I actually bought this late in our last session during a drunken late night walk to a bottle shop. I really wanted to try a dunkel, to compare against dark lagers and schwarzbiers. Now I have, but it's not for me! Light bodied and malty, but too thin and watery. Really should have stopped there for the night...", "brewery": "Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan", "parent": null, "country": "Germany", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 64, "flavour": [ "malty", "dark" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "weihenstephaner-dunkel.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 382 }, { "name": "Little Bang The Brown Falcon Brown Ale", "variety": "Brown Ale", "style": "Brown Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was the 15th beer of the night and we really didn't need it! I probably wouldn't have liked it at the best of times, another random buy to cross the brown ale style off my list. In the same bracket as porters for me, a little too sticky. All that said, it was a great night out in the cold forest by a roaring campfire.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 17, "lng": 77, "flavour": [ "malty", "dark" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-brown-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 383 }, { "name": "Temple Brewing Hazy #3 Kveik Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A little disappointing, a bit bland after the first two. Without any malt or hops in the boil is was literally like juice, more apricot than anything tangy, and no complexity from the kveik yeast.", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 38, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Cryo Citra", "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ "Victorian Ale", "Rolled Oats", "Caramalt" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "temple-hazy-3.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 384 }, { "name": "Ballistic Eclipse Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "On a cold winter Thursday night I considered a hot chocolate, then a dark lager, then threw caution to the wind and busted this out. Soft bodied and almost creamy with the sediment, a very drinkable beer. Loving Eclipse, complex pine and citrus like other hops have to mix together to achieve. Interesting to see the hop company's logo on cans to really own the variety. I reckon beer mixing a can of this and a can of the west coast version would make a cracker.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 33.5, "flavour": [ "bitter", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-eclipse-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 385 }, { "name": "Siren Let The Night In Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "First beer I've tried I've tried from Siren, and the first UK beer for a while I've liked. Was a good couple of months past it's used by date (thanks well known online beer store), but was still a well balanced taste. Love to try a fresh one to really bring up the resiny hops.", "brewery": "Siren Craft Brew", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 30, "lng": 83, "flavour": [ "roasted", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mosaic", "Azacca" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "siren-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 386 }, { "name": "Uraidla Horned God Wet Hopped IPA", "variety": "Wet Hop India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop" ], "blurb": "I thought I'd missed my chance to find one of these and it was a cracker. Lovely clear beer after too many hazies, but softer and more rounded than a West Coast. Love to compare it to a beer with the same two hops but dried, the wet hops gave it a really botanical and herbal taste. The opposite of cryo, vegetable! Another class beer from Uraidla.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ "herbal", "wet hop" ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Chinook" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-horned-god-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 387 }, { "name": "New Belgium Voodoo Ranger IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was excited to find this one, well known from the US, but it was brewed here under license! Both New Belgium and Lion being owned by Kirin it was a no brainer, but I wonder if the genuine article is as insipid. Vaguely West Coast and super light bodied, like the IPA for non-craft drinkers... hoppy but not threatening! Had a great head though, with thick lacing on the glass. Interesting that since being bought by Kirin, New Belgium have spun off their two most popular beers into sub-brands of their own. There's now a whole set of Voodoo Ranger beers.", "brewery": "New Belgium Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Under license", "lat": 37, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "spicy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "new-belgium-voodoo-ranger-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 388 }, { "name": "Uraidla Primeval Slayer Unfiltered Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "They described this as inspired by Half Moon, funnily enough I drank this straight after! Similar NZ hops, fruity and juicy, but very dialled up. To me it would have been better without the rolled oats, which made the haze flat and a bit dull. That said, packed with taste and still very drinkable!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ "pineapple", "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Wai-Iti", "Taiheke" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-primeval-slayer-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 389 }, { "name": "Uraidla Moonlight Oatmeal Stout", "variety": "Oatmeal Stout", "style": "Oatmeal Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The dessert of a mini-Uraidla session, a rich dark stout with a fine tan head. I do prefer them a bit hoppier, but this is a great traditional stout... made with a shopping list of seven malts!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 87.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "UK East Kent Golding" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Malted Oats", "Golden Naked Oats", "Dark Crystal", "Medium Crystal", "Chocolate", "Roasted Barley" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-moonlight-oatmeal-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 390 }, { "name": "Greenock Bunawunda Blonde", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer of the Winter Wedgie session, and it was a good one. A nice simple lager, not too light and fizzy but cloudy with some body. German style with Saaz hops, but meatier than a standard pils.", "brewery": "Greenock Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7.5, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Saaz" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "greenock-bunawunda-blonde.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 391 }, { "name": "Greenock Victorville Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another great simple beer from a great local brewery. Fresh and bitter but surprisingly amber in colour. Perfect for a session on a hot day. Or a cold night around the fire...", "brewery": "Greenock Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Amarillo", "Cascades" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "greenock-victorville-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 392 }, { "name": "Beerfarm Double IPL", "variety": "Double India Pale Lager", "style": "India Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Was a night of expectations. After being unimpressed with Beerfarm's standard IPL this had sat in my fridge unloved, but it was one of the best. Really hoppy but with enough malt body hold it up, almost the opposite of the other. Amazing list of malts, rye and rolled rice amongst it!", "brewery": "Beerfarm", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "fruity", "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Magnum", "Mosaic", "Saaz", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ "Premium Pilsner", "Rye", "Rolled Rice", "Rolled Barley" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "beerfarm-double-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 393 }, { "name": "Coopers Sparkling Ale", "variety": "Sparkling Ale", "style": "Sparkling Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was surprised this wasn't already in the reviews. Now in cans which cuz Mike (a long time sparkling drinker) said had improved its taste... it was pretty ordinary. Better than pale, but still just all about the yeast. Showing the big downside of cans, the dregs poured some crusty floaties into the glass. If you were drinking it out of the can that would be your last mouthfull! UPDATE: A beer to remember Michael by. We'd done a few taste tests over the years I hadn't recorded, including at his 50th. Took a longneck to a celebration and commemoration, and we raised a glass to him. Still not my thing, thick and yeasty. UPDATE: Of course the first at Mt Crawford had to be a sparkler. It's grown on me, probably now my favourite of theirs. Yeasty and nostalgic. The wind moves the pines
The haiku wait
For Michael.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Pride of Ringwood" ], "malt": [ "Coopers" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coopers-sparkling-ale.png", "newbottleurl": "coopers-sparkling-ale-new.png", "rating": "2", "id": 394 }, { "name": "Hop Nation Ground Control Fresh Hop West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "This was the third expectation buster of the night. Eclipse is my new favourite hop, and this was showcasing it wet in a West Coast style... but it was syrupy and sweet. Worst beer of the night and super disappointing, one I'd been saving and looking forward to. Wish I could go back in time and try the non-wet version to compare.", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-fresh-hop-ground-control-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 395 }, { "name": "Greenock Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Maybe it was in comparison to the overly sweet fresh hop IPA just before, but this was lovely and dry for a dark ale. Roasted and rich, light bodied and not particularly hoppy... maybe more like a dark lager. The only one of their beers not to get a location name!", "brewery": "Greenock Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 75, "flavour": [ "roasted", "dry" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "greenock-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 396 }, { "name": "Greenock Brunskill Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Last beer of the night. Great tasting but flat as a tack. With a creamy head and carbonation this would have been an excellent stout. Cuz Mike got it as a freebie after complaining that one he'd bought previously had also been flat... hopefully just that batch? We finished up with kranskies cooked over the fire. Twas a bloody good night.", "brewery": "Greenock Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 86.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "greenock-brunskill-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 397 }, { "name": "James Boags Premium Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "At a suburban bowls club for a trivia night it was surprising that the beers were almost all Kirin/Lion east coast beers. As much as I need to try all the Tooheys and Hahn beers it's just not that appealing! This was one I was interested to tick off the list and it was very easy drinking. Malty and clean tasting if still a bland mainstream lager. Hard to find any of the more obscure beers from them or Cascade on the mainland.", "brewery": "Boag's Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "james-boags-premium-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 398 }, { "name": "Uraidla Afterlife Double IPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "A smack in the face with resiny hops! Was a bit stiff for a first beer, needed something tamer to warm up with. They could have called it a hazy, soupy with wheat and rolled oats. That said, it was not a bland forgettable beer! 23rd Uraidla beer, 399th review... UPDATE: I prepared differently the second time, drank a stout beforehand! Still a stiff smack, but like a bracing icy wind to refresh your palate. A very Uraidla beer, if it's not called west coast it's hazy. Fruity, could possibly do with turning the volume down a tad.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52.5, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "pine", "pineapple" ], "hops": [ "Ekuanot", "Idaho 7", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-afterlife-double-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 399 }, { "name": "Ballistic Sleep When You're Dead Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "Was a really interesting beer, dark and strangely savoury. A good case for not sharing beers, I really enjoyed the second half more than the first after warming up to it! I would have liked it a bit hoppier, had the density of an American stout. I've had a few all kiwi hop beers, but this one had three NZ malts. A great beer on a Friday before having a week off. 400th review.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 88, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Centennial", "Chinook", "Warrior" ], "malt": [ "Gladfield Ale", "Supernova", "Gladfield Light Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-swyd-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 400 }, { "name": "Bridge Road Hazy Harvest Fresh Hop IPA", "variety": "Wet Hop India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop" ], "blurb": "Sometimes when you've got 2.1 drinks in a can it's nice to have a longer time to drink it! For a hazy fresh hop IPA it was surprisingly mild, a nice beery taste and not too murky. Maybe that's Bridge Road's deal with these, dialing back the malt to focus on the subtle fresh hop flavour. I did forget to put the olive oil in my pizza base, so it had more kick than I realised!", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-hazy-harvest-can.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 401 }, { "name": "Uraidla Summertown Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I only bought this during a visit to fill up a spot in the plastic four pack holder. With low expectations for such a low alcohol beer, and mainly drinking it after a big can of IPA to not get too tipsy... it was a pleasant surprise! Really crisp and light bodied, with enough flavour to follow up a hazy fresh hop beer. All organic ingredients, an ale made with a pilsner malt!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 21, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ "malt" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Wakatu" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-summertown-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 402 }, { "name": "Crown Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I wasn't expecting much but was still disappointed. Had the metallic twang of most CUB beers, just slightly washed out. In some ways the perfect food pairing with my pub burger that turned out to contain a huge soggy beef schnitzel. Another I had just to cross it off the list. I've done most of the mainstream Victorian beers, just can't face working my way up the east coast when there's so many good beers to be had!", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "metallic" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "crown-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 403 }, { "name": "Balter Eazy Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was really excited when I found one of these and Cryohaze to try. Why they released this at the end of summer I don't know, I guess it's warm all year in Queensland! A little bit thin bodied, but the best of these hazy pales. Fresh and fruity up front with a bitter kick at the end. A limited edition dig at Ballistic's Hawaiian Haze maybe?", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-easy-hazy-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 404 }, { "name": "Uraidla Dispelled American Stout", "variety": "American Stout", "style": "American Stout", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "I was going to follow up the Balter Eazy Hazy with the Cryohaze, but it was cold so I took a handbrake turn to a stout! My favourite of their stouts so far, dark and chocolately with that slightly lighter body and extra hoppiness of the American style stouts.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 88.5, "flavour": [ "roasted", "chocolate" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Munich", "Medium Crystal", "Dark Crystal", "Dark Chocolate", "Roasted Barley" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-dispelled-american-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 405 }, { "name": "Red Duck Walking with my Wild Best Friend Dry Hopped Brut Saison", "variety": "Saison", "style": "Saison", "modifier": [], "blurb": "They described it as a blend of a vintage barrel aged farmhouse ale and a fresh unboiled saison which was then dry hopped. If I hadn’t known what it was, I would have guessed a dry cider. If I’d known it was a beer but not the variety, I might have thought it was off! Maybe not my thing but unique, one of the most interesting beers I've tried.", "brewery": "Red Duck Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 16, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Loral", "Ekunot", "Mosaic", "Athanum", "Super Simcoe" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "red-duck-brut-saison.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 406 }, { "name": "Nomad Trooper Australia XPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Surprisingly good for a novelty beer. An Aussie version of one of Bruce Dickinson's Iron Maiden themed beers, made to flog while they tour. The hops were a nice mix, old school piney, but it was a little light bodied and fizzy to really hit the spot. A welcome home present from cuz Mike, cheers!", "brewery": "Nomad Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ "piney", "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nomad-trooper-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 407 }, { "name": "Red Duck Espresso Joe & The Koko Kid Intense Coffee Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "I was chasing their licorice dark lager and bought this one as well. Interesting, but more like a carbonated cold filtered coffee than a beer... the wrong bitterness that made me more thirsty rather than less!", "brewery": "Red Duck Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 74, "flavour": [ "coffee", "roasted" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "red-duck-coffee-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 408 }, { "name": "Red Duck Altitude 435 Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Clear and crisp, a serviceable pale ale but generic. Lowish alcohol at 4.5% and mild in both hop and malt flavour. Stayed carbonated but the head died really quickly. Nice label with metallic gold ink, although with that name I would like to see more red duck!", "brewery": "Red Duck Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 25, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "herbal", "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "red-duck-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 409 }, { "name": "Balter Cryohaze Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This is hazy done perfectly, super fresh and fruity, still crisp and juicy, with some dank bitterness underneath to stop it getting too sweet. Balter and Pirate Life both showing some great experimentation and solid quality control after being bought out by CUB. Hard to find though! UPDATE: This beer shows all the good and bad of the craft scene... a hype beer in a 'fad' style using a new hop product, a limited edition promoted on social media that's hard to find. Maximum fomo! Luckily it's a bloody good beer, casting a long shadow over the many lacklustre hazies on the market. And chasing down the four great cryo beers in the series I found three great bottle shops I wouldn't have gone to otherwise. Not so bad after all!", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 53, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Cryo Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-cryohaze-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 410 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "This was an odd one. After struggling to find some of their limited release beers this one was easy to find, looking like a home brand beer with a plain label. I also hunted down the Belgian version to compare... hopefully better because this was a bit lacklustre. Blindfolded I would have guessed a stout, all flat roasted malt with no hoppiness. Maybe it's me, my hop threshold has dialled up and I just can't taste it in black IPAs anymore?", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 86.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 411 }, { "name": "Red Duck Flight of the Wolf Double IPL", "variety": "Double India Pale Lager", "style": "India Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Disgusting from the first sip. Thin, vinegary and over carbonated. So unbalanced with acidic hops that it was like cheap champagne. Maybe if you were drinking lots of sours or saisons you'd like this, but I tipped it out. Reminded me of the few homebrew batches I'd made... that dissuaded me from making any more. Possibly dissuading me from IPLs also.", "brewery": "Red Duck Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 15, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "NZH107" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Malted wheat", "Vienna" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "red-duck-double-ipl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 412 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Belgian Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "I hunted this one down to compare with their more standard black IPA. That one was underwhelming, but this was pleasantly hoppy if not very roasted and black in taste. Interestingly when the light shone through it was red, which gave me the clue to the group of black IPAs out in this part of the grid. They've worked their way up from red, rather than down from stouts. A bit stiff by the end but nice.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 79, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Simcoe", "Strata", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Abbey", "Carabelge", "Chocolate", "Roasted wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-belgian-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 413 }, { "name": "Nomad Brookie Draught Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Had minimal head that dropped quickly, I'll give some of the blame to a wet glass but it was a bit light on carbonation. Other than that, it was a decently tasty lager firmly at the pilsner end of the scale. I mainly bought it to pair off with their dark ale which was a cracker. I wouldn't buy another but drinkable.", "brewery": "Nomad Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nomad-brookie-draught-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 414 }, { "name": "Brooklyn Pulp Art Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Another pleasant surprise from Brooklyn Brewing on tap. A decent hazy IPA, juicy body and definite hop flavour at the earthy/spicy end, maybe a bit generic. Had it at a local venue owned and run by one of the multinationals, with 12 of their pretend craft labels on tap, so overall it came across as a little shonky. Also had a glass of the Geelong brewed Brooklyn Lager which was also surprisingly enjoyable for the first beer of the night.", "brewery": "Brooklyn Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 41.5, "lng": 33.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "brooklyn-pulp-art-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 415 }, { "name": "Rehn Bier Wet Hop Harvest Ale", "variety": "Wet Hop Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop" ], "blurb": "First beer of our second Friday the 13th session. Not sure how old the bottle was, but it was like the wet hoppiness had faded to leave a dullish malty base. Lacklustre.", "brewery": "Rehn Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 25, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Golding" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rehn-bier-wethop-harvest-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 416 }, { "name": "Sunday Road Vacation Rental Cold IPA", "variety": "Cold India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Cold" ], "blurb": "I was intrigued to try one of these, the latest IPA fad before it disappeared... and it was a great beer. Dry and crisp, light bodied and hoppy. Kinda like the IPA version of a steam ale, a lager yeast fermented warmer but not as warm as an ale. Really more just like a dry IPL, or dare I say brut!", "brewery": "Sunday Road Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "dry", "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Cryo Ekuanot", "Cryo Sabro", "Cryo Amarillo" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sunday-road-vacation-rental-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 417 }, { "name": "Rehn Bier X.S.B. Extra Special Bitter", "variety": "Extra Special Bitter", "style": "Extra Special Bitter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Only the second of this style I've tried. How true to the style it is I don't know, but I could see how this style would have mutated into mainstream bitters in Australia. Spicy sweet malt, similar to Southwark Bitter. Not my thing but drinkable.", "brewery": "Rehn Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rehn-bier-xsb.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 418 }, { "name": "Maku Hemp Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "I need to learn my lesson, not to buy novelty beers... they're always disappointing. I was expecting some resiny and bud-like flavours but it was a super bland ale. All brand style and no beer substance.", "brewery": "Maku", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9.5, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "maku-hemp-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 419 }, { "name": "Temple Brewing Hazy #4 DDH Double NEIPA", "variety": "Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was the beer of the night, and my favourite of the hazy series. Quite pale in colour, and like pineapple juice in fruity intensity and dense body. You couldn't drink a lot of it but what a flavour bomb!", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 47, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "INCOGNITO Mosaic", "Ekuanot", "LUPOMAX Mosaic", "Citra", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Maris Otter", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "temple-hazy-4.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 420 }, { "name": "Rehn Bier Extra Stout", "variety": "Extra Stout", "style": "Extra Stout", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "Good chocolatey stout, nothing spectacular but very drinkable. That said, in comparison with the hazy on either side, stouts can be a little dull.", "brewery": "Rehn Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 87, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rehn-bier-extrastout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 421 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing NEIPA Focus hop – Eldorado", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was the beer that made me realise I've completely jumped the fence to hazies. I want some body to stop the hops getting too acidic, but it's all about the dry hop juiciness. I was looking forward to dark beers in the winter... they just keep falling flat compared to the hop gems! UPDATE: Found another of these looking for the Celebration IIPA, and even after a little longer on the shelf it was still a great beer.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Eldorado" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-neipa-eldorado.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 422 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Belgian Dark Ale", "variety": "Belgian Dark Ale", "style": "Belgian Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This killed the momentum of the night. Super unbalanced and boozy at 10%. Had a similar wheaty malt angle like PL's Belgian Black IPA, but just syrupy and sickly. Another one I got sucked into the FOMO thrill of a limited edition beer... after a couple of mouthfuls I was done with it. The can did look cool, mine had gold detailing not pink.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 18, "lng": 82, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-belgian-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 423 }, { "name": "Mr Banks West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Was weird to go out to a craft beer pub and find only one beer tap out of 20 was an IPA, and even that not hazy. Drinkable and mild like a session IPA rather than West Coast style, but forgettable and bland. Their tasting notes \"restrained bitterness\". Citra, Galaxy and Mosaic - yawn.", "brewery": "Banks Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Galaxy", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mr-banks-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 424 }, { "name": "Epic Hazy Machine East Coast IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I bought a can because I wanted a hazy, and it hit the spot but only just. Not very hoppy or juicy in body. So far I wouldn't rate Epic very highly, particularly with so many first rate NZ brewers around.", "brewery": "Epic Beer", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 40.5, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "epic-hazy-machine-ecipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 425 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A semi-core from Pirate Life, fresh and drinkable but like a gateway hazy... would have been better with the volume of hops and haze dialled up. Had a bit of excitement with Kiwi hops mixed with the more run of the mill craft hops. Maybe it's about comparisons. After the intense Temple Hazy #4, these just don't touch the sides. UPDATE: Five years later they brought this one back for a single run. Frustrating would be my one word review. Not very hazy, dark floaties, standard PL hops and taste. Again falling victim to comparisons, and this was not as good as the LC hazy ipa of a couple of nights back. That said, it had the most body of any PL hazies, and probably the strongest hop flavours.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41.5, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Taikeke", "Wai-iti", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 426 }, { "name": "Jindabyne Brewing The Ol' Black Diamond", "variety": "Schwarzbier / Black lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Embarassingly this was one I bought after seeing it on social media! I love a good schwarzbier, from a newish regional brewer, with gold detailing on the can... what more could you want? They also called it a black pilsner in the blurb and it works, clean and dry but with a big wack of dark malt. Funnily enough as my bitterness threshold grows, the more sweet these dark beers taste. Not quite dry enough for me but still a great beer.", "brewery": "Jindabyne Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 80.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "jindabyne-black-diamond-schwarzbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 427 }, { "name": "Uraidla Solar Mist Session IPA", "variety": "Session India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Was a definite contrast with the schwarzbier just beforehand, this was a beautifully clear and light bodied beer. The best of these super light IPAs so far, still low on malt but decently hoppy. They managed to keep it tasting and feeling like a beer without the soft drink fizz of many in this zone. I'm sad their head brewer has just left, hope they keep their style. Definitely my favourite brewery at the moment... I've tried 26 of their beers!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 18, "flavour": [ "dry", "no", "citrus" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-solar-mist-session-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 428 }, { "name": "Balter Electric Wonderland West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "What an absolute cracker of a beer. A west coast with a pillowy softness from the late hopping or cryo to balance out the west coast bitterness. Creamy head, no malt stickiness, what more could you ask for. I'm still not sure about Sabro, but it was a great hop mix with the coconut peeking out from underneath. A bit new and unexpected after so many citra + mosaic clones. I'm loving these deliberate grouped beer experiments from Balter and Temple. Cannot wait until the hazy pair of this comes out.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Cryo Idaho 7", "Strata", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-electric-wonderland-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 429 }, { "name": "Red Duck Licky Licorice Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "I solemnly swear to not buy any more novelty beers. I like licorice and I like dark lagers but this was pretty awful. It sat in the fridge, and there was never a time when I actually wanted to drink it. Forced myself to try it in the end, and tipped most of it out. For most of my beer drinking life I didn't like the taste, now I love it and not any extra rubbish added!", "brewery": "Red Duck Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 75, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "red-duck-licorice-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 430 }, { "name": "Uraidla × Bridge Road Alpine Glow Red Oat Cream IPA", "variety": "Red Oat Cream India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Oat Cream", "Red" ], "blurb": "I bought this just to get one of everything the brewery had in the fridge! It sat in mine for a while, a combo of two styles that aren't favourites of mine, but it was surprisingly good! It didn't have any oat cream haziness, but it rounded out the red ale stiffness. Complex in flavour but not one I'd reach for a second time.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 62, "flavour": [ "malty", "red" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Sabro", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Aurora", "Red Back", "Shepherds Delight" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-alpine-glow-red-oat-cream-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 431 }, { "name": "Young Henry Rolling Stone The Unifier Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A clever beer. As they say to zig when others zag, this hazy pale is coming from a different direction. Most of the others are super light, aiming for experienced drinkers coming back down from really hoppy IPAs, stripping out the malts to end up thin and hoppy. This one is like a gateway hazy, building up from a more standard pale ale with dry hopping. Fragrant but not bitter, and malty with its haziness. Clever to also partner up with Rolling Stone for publicity for a charity fundraising beer. Not groundbreaking but not offensive.", "brewery": "Young Henrys Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28.5, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "young-henry-unifier-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 432 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Throwback Session IPA", "variety": "Session India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "The can was a harbinger, it was like bitter Fanta... no body and bright orange! Not sure if this is the original recipe but this was one of their early beers, when they were all heavy kettle bitterness. This is like the light version, but with the same soupy feel as many session IPAs. Had one of their South Coast Pales last night, a much better light beer, and oddly stronger than this!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Enigma", "Taiheke", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Golden Promise", "Munich", "Crystal", "Carapils", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-throwback-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 433 }, { "name": "Brick Lane Morning Star Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I got a bit excited at the start of winter and bought lots of dark beers. There were a rash of them with \"Belgian\" in the title and intrigued I bought a couple of those too... except the Pirate Life Belgian Black IPA was pretty ordinary and this sat so long that spring arrived. It does fit in that grouping of Belgian and European dark malty beers, and confirmed it as a style I don't like. No hops and way too sweet like a dark amber. Bring on summer hazy.", "brewery": "Brick Lane Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 52, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "morning-star-belgian-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 434 }, { "name": "Little Bang Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I've been craving a hazy while clearing some of the randoms out of the fridge, and this hit the spot. A bit off base for a hazy, pale straw coloured and really bright with great lacing on the glass. A pretty standard citra/mosaic-type hop flavour, but really fresh for all that. A good summer beer. This is a photo of my can to show my unique random name, wish I'd bought more to see the variations!", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 435 }, { "name": "Red Duck Lazy Sunday Strong Saison", "variety": "Saison", "style": "Saison", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I've tried enough saison now to say I've got a handle on the style... and that it's not my thing. No hop character at all and sticky dryness like a brut white wine or cider. Even the carbonation is more like those other drinks. That said, I can see that if you were into that type of flavour and mouthfeel this would be your thing!", "brewery": "Red Duck Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 19.5, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "red-duck-strong-saison.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 436 }, { "name": "Little Bang Imperial Undercover Fashion Police 15 Hasta la vista Hazy", "variety": "Double Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After enjoying their new hazy IPA I was looking forward to this one, but was disappointed before even tasting it. Big white floaty chunks and fizzing carbonation made for an unappetising beer. The taste wasn't far behind, really sweet and syrupy before being tipped down the drain. Either a badly made beer and the whole batch is like this, or poor quality control for a two week old can. Neither is a good option.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-ufp-15.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 437 }, { "name": "Garage Project Golden Path Hazy India Pale Ale", "variety": "Session Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "It does get confusing that this as a session IPA is lower ABV than some session pale ales! Light bodied, super pale haze and a really herbal hop angle, it was very fresh and drinkable. After a dull IPA it cleansed the palate, but I still can't imagine a session on this style.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 36.5, "lng": 21.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Columbus", "Strata" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-golden-path-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 438 }, { "name": "Black Hops G.O.A.T. Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I've been seeing this on the shelves for a while, and it was #5 it the last GABS list, so why not! Great colour and haze, with a great aroma off the pour... just didn't have the fireworks for me. Might have been the hop mix (Mosaic, Amarillo and El Dorado), herbal and grassy. Solid core range hazy.", "brewery": "Black Hops Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "herbal" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Amarillo", "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "black-hops-goat-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 439 }, { "name": "Little Bang Zero Kelvin Cold IPA", "variety": "Cold India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Cold" ], "blurb": "The cold IPA thing is starting to feel a little like a gimmick. Boozy at 7.1% but was more like a strong pilsner than an IPA. Really reminded me of Carlsberg Elephant with a mild noble hop flavour over maltiness. As the second beer of the night I quite enjoyed the alcohol kick, but it had no flavour depth and very little head. Great illustration on the label.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36.5, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "malty", "noble hops" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-zero-kelvin.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 440 }, { "name": "Uraidla Shadow Knife Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "I was really excited to see another black IPA from Uraidla, but in the end I was a bit disappointed. The light body and creamy head were in the right direction, but Sabro was the wrong hop to add to the mix. As a supporting note in a fruity hop mix it can add a bit of richness, but it can easily overpower and didn't work well with the roasted malts. Too many buts in this review, one of the few of theirs below three stars.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30.5, "lng": 84, "flavour": [ "black", "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Cashmere", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ "Midnight Wheat", "Carafa III" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-shadow-knife-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 441 }, { "name": "BWS Tasty Beer", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Brewed by Bricklane for BWS staff, via my cousin's cousin who works there, it wasn't bad. More of a draught lager than a craft lager, it was clean and malty. First beer of the spring session... still with fire!", "brewery": "Brick Lane Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5.5, "lng": 19.75, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "bws-tasty-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 442 }, { "name": "Monsuta Okinawa Dry Premium Draft", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "There's been some noise lately about home brand craft beers, looks like international beers are getting the same treatment. I'm a fan of Japanese lagers and work a bit harder to find the real deal brewed there. More often they're brewed under license here like Sapporo, brewed in a third country and imported like Asahi, or now brewed in Japan and white labeled by an Australian company. This and the Korudo are both actually brewed in Okinawa by Orion and marketed under different fake brands. What's more genuine? That said this was surprisingly good, if a bit metallic at the start, with crisp dry hoppiness like a pilsner. Hoppier than the other big name Japanese lagers.", "brewery": "Orion Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7.5, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "monsuta-okinawa-dry.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 443 }, { "name": "Korudo Premium Dry Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The second of the two 'homebrand' Japanese lagers from Pinnacle, it was a bit more of an amber. Started off ok, malty and definitely not very dry, but got a bit sticky and dull toward the end. The Monsuta was the better of the pair", "brewery": "Orion Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "korudo-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 444 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Parti-gyle Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "I read about this one a year and a bit ago, right in the middle of my black IPA phase, and was desperate to give it a taste... but it sold out. Luckily they made another batch this year! Also intriguing for the parti-gyle method, using the second runnings from the mash that produced its partner, a massive breakfast stout. After losing my love for the BIPAs this winter it was a cracker and brought me back! Light bodied and incredibly dry, like coffee burnt to ash, this was the beer of the night and one of the best dark beers this season. Cool can too!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 84.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Taiheke", "Nelson Sauvin", "Simcoe", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Maris Otter", "Oats", "Wheat", "Carapils", "Carabelge", "Chocolate", "Chocolate Rye", "Carafa III" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-parti-gyle-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 445 }, { "name": "Balter Hazy DC Aussie Hopped Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A mainstream limited edition from Balter, after struggling to find their others, this was only through a certain big chain! A little more mainstream in taste as well but still fresh and fruity and very drinkable. Balter hazies are very reliable and integrated, no blurt of sediment from the bottom of the can swirling around.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Vic Secret", "Enigma" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-hazydc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 446 }, { "name": "Little Bang Lupulus Verde Dry Hopped Philly Sour", "variety": "Dry hopped sour", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "You know you've jumped the shark when you're looking at new release beers online and get excited because you recognise the yeast... so new the patent is still pending! This was an absolute flavour sensation, astringent and lemony with a super light dry body. No malt to be tasted underneath the fine carbonation so it's more like a cider or saison. Winning my argument that you don't need to add actual fruit to beer to get fruity flavours. Uses Lachancea spp, a completely different species from that used for most beers, even Kveik yeast is still a strain of Saccharomyces. Produces lactic acid as well as ethanol to make the sourness, and dry hopping was the perfect way to showcase it without covering it up with fruit. Plus one star for excitement!", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 14, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-lupulus-verde.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 447 }, { "name": "Urbanaut Monterey West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "We had a few bargain bin WCIPAs past their best before dates, and they were all pretty similar... sticky and orange with the hops aged down to dullness. At least this one didn't explode with froth when opened!", "brewery": "Urbanaut Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 39, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "urbanaut-monterey-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 448 }, { "name": "Mismatch Choc Malt Shake Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Like a cold hot cocoa, flat and milky with no hops. Even the bitterness of the cocoa was undercut by the malt. I must admit I tipped out the dregs of my glass...", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 71, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-choc-malt-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 449 }, { "name": "Big Shed Boozy Fruit New England IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I should have read up a bit more... GABS people's choice in 2018... an early NEIPA that has stayed in their lineup... but lots of added lactose to make it sweet like the ice block referenced in the name. I tried and got about a quarter of the way through the glass. Funny to crack #450 with a tip out!", "brewery": "Big Shed Brewing Concern", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Wai-iti", "Citra", "Ekuanot", "Mosaic", "Cascade" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Toffee", "Wheat", "Oats", "Light Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "big-shed-boozy-fruit-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 450 }, { "name": "Mismatch New England IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Three word review would be: Too. Much. Sabro. Technically it was Cryo-pop which is a blend. Now that I like hazies I'm much pickier, and they're a hard style to get right. Brewers who only brew the occasionally limited run often struggle, and this was one of those... a bit sludgy and flat.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Cryo-pop" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 451 }, { "name": "Watsacowie New Wave Nordic Pacific Ale", "variety": "Kveik Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "My first beer from Minlaton brewer Watsacowie, and it packed some flavour into a 3.5% beer. Combining a bit of kettle hop bitterness with the tang of the kveik yeast it puckered up your taste buds and got the saliva running. Too much detail maybe, but thirst quenching and delicious. UPDATE: Glad these are part of their all year range, had another and adding a star. Crisp, dry and tart... perfect for a summer session. UPDATE: Like a chump I didn't check the date on this one. A week past, and definitely oxidised, but still a nice first beer of the night.", "brewery": "Watsacowie Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ "spicy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "watsacowie-new-wave-nordic-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 452 }, { "name": "Swell Hold-down Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After declaring a preference for hazies I had a run of duds, this restored my faith. It hit all the style notes: absolutely opaque in the glass, juicy mouthfeel, carbonation on the fizzier side, and smashingly intense dry hopping. Even a hefty whack of Mosaic couldn't dent my enthusiasm, balancing it out with some dense tropical fruit. Literally twice the beer of the can before! Have to try and get hold of their hazy pale.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical", "pine" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Idaho 7", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-hold-down-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 453 }, { "name": "Hop Nation First Dip Dip Hop Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "As much as I applaud brewers trying something new, sometimes quality control should come into play. A couple of hundred people on a certain beer app have disagreed, but this was fading fizz with an almost undrinkable level of acid hop burn. Reading up about dip hopping, it seems like a technique to bring out subtle flavours in a West Coast, instead this was like a pineapple sledgehammer to the palate.", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 55.5, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Strata", "Mosaic Cryo", "Citra Cryo", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-first-dip.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 454 }, { "name": "Bridge Road Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "The label design is on trend, and kinda ugly! The beer is in some ways too, hoppy but with watery malt, one of the orange hazy pales rather than the whitish cloudy ones. Surprisingly dull, and surprisingly strong, 6% for a pale... lots of IPAs under that lately.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 20.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Idaho 7", "Talus", "Simcoe", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 455 }, { "name": "Frenchies 4th Birthday Citra Brut IPA", "variety": "Brut India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was one of the few who flew the flag for bruts, and Frenchies have brewed enough of them to know what they're doing, so I was pretty keen to try this one of their four citra beers. Unfortunately it didn't work for me. Like saisons it was too light and cidery, and the hopping very one dimensional after the depth of hazies.", "brewery": "Frenchies Bistro and Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Citra" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "frenchies-citra-brut-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 456 }, { "name": "Ballistic HBC 630 Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "These Ballistic pairs have really sealed the deal, it's hazy east coast all the way for me. Nothing spectacular, but a solid drinkable beer. HBC 360 from Yakima Chief would be a good one in a mix, fruity, but not interesting enough to carry a beer. Interesting that they put the supplier logos on the cans.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "HBC 630" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-hbc-630-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 457 }, { "name": "Ballistic HBC 630 West Coast IPA", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I cracked this straight after the hazy of the pair, and comparisons are odious! Thinner bodied and the fruitiness of the hops was a bit astringent in the boil. Drinkable but I've decamped from the west coast to hazier shores.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "HBC 630" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carahell" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-hbc-630-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 458 }, { "name": "Balter Hazy Wonderland Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Was going to give it three stars, but realised I was scoring it against my expectations and the other 3 in this awesome set from Balter, rather than the many lacklustre hazies I've had recently. Subtler than the others, I preferred the west coast of this pair. Fruity with a hint of Sabro coconut, and super drinkable with the ever reliable mouthfeel of their hazy beers. I am definitely one of the beer tragics now, driving around town to find one...", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 53, "lng": 33.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Cryo Idaho 7", "Strata", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-hazy-wonderland-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 459 }, { "name": "Slipsteam Hop Hero Strata / Centennial Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After a year of going hard on the hazies it was interesting to get back to another of these. A cracking pale, fresh and bright with a quenching bitterness more on the kettle side, well balanced with the minimal malt. I feel like I need to get my taste buds back on the west coast a bit more!", "brewery": "Slipstream Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Strata", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Vienna", "Caramalt" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slipstream-hop-hero-strata-centennial-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 460 }, { "name": "Swell Taranaki Dreaming Hazy NZ IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Swell have gone from a smallish regional brewery with a core range to rolling out some cracking beers in their Brewery Qualifying Series, and this is one of them. All kiwi hops made it a mouthful at first, with the distinctive stonefruit and melon, but the hops and booze mellowed into a tasty beer with kick. The only odd thing was the colour of the can, looked more like it should be mint ice cream!", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52.5, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Riwaka", "Motueka", "Wiamea" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-td-hazy-nz-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 461 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture American Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer from Mountain Culture, and a core range pale at that! I'm trying to wedge a few more clear beers in my fridge, rebroaden my tastes after riding the hazy train and this was a good one. The can pictures online have 'American Pale Ale', just pale in real life, but it was in that vein. Malty and crisp kettle hopping, light and clear on the palate.", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 36.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-apa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 462 }, { "name": "Swell Point Break Perfection Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "They called it fluffy and it was! At the mild end but tasty, with a spicy berry angle to the hops. Interesting how often Strata and Amarillo get paired up, they make a crisp duo. Swell keep their malt base consistent for their hazies, reliably well made. In the battle with the Mountain Culture pale I drank just before it, I'd call it even, east vs west coast dead heat. ", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical", "pine" ], "hops": [ "Strata", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-pbp-hazy-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 463 }, { "name": "Revel + Big Shed Neo-Mexicanus Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "Seemed like it was going to be the last cold day of spring, so I figured I'd drink my last dark beer in the fridge! My tastes have veered a lot in the fruity angle, so I'm finding these black IPAs more challenging, but this was pretty damn good. Light bodied but still with a dense roast flavour, and a definitely hop flavour raising it's head out of the darkness. Not sure if I could tell what characteristic the purple Neo-Mexicanus hops brought.", "brewery": "Revel Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34.5, "lng": 87.5, "flavour": [ "black", "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Neo-Mexicanus" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "revel-big-shed-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 464 }, { "name": "Uraidla Brewery Lone Mountain IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I picked this out of the fridge as the lowest standard drinks can so I could have a second beer on a work night! The contrast with the black IPA maybe didn't work in it's favour but it was a weird one. West coast-ish but really dark, all classic US hops but really mild, almost marshmallowy. Not bad just bland.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 44.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Mosaic", "Cashmere", "Chinook" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Crystal Light", "Carafa III" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-lone-mountain-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 465 }, { "name": "Bridge Road NEeD Vol.5 Cold IPA", "variety": "Cold India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Cold" ], "blurb": "After being unimpressed with the fad of Cold IPAs which are really just lagers fermented warmer, it was entertaining to see Bridge Road take the alternative path and do a true cold IPA... an ale yeast fermented colder than usual. Made for some very complex malt flavours without a lot of hops. Weird considering there were a couple of kiwi hops in the mix. Interesting and bonus star for experimentation, but I wouldn't drink another.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 49, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Kohatu", "Strata" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Munich" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-need-cold-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 466 }, { "name": "Loophole Brewing Timely IPA Juicy", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I'd call it a semi hazy. Flavour-wise a bit nondescript as well, hoppy but with nothing really standing out. Fruity and drinkable.", "brewery": "Loophole Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 33.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Eclipse", "Sabro", "Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "loophole-timely-ipa-juicy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 467 }, { "name": "Uraidla Runestone Extra Special Bitter", "variety": "Extra Special Bitter", "style": "Extra Special Bitter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Still on my mission to try everything they put out. ESB has never been a style for me, but it was interesting to taste the flavours that I'm guessing evolved into the mainstream bitters like VB and Southwark Bitter. Dark and clear in the glass, and no hops to hide the sour malt.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "malty", "amber" ], "hops": [ "UK Fuggle", "Tradition" ], "malt": [ "Golden Promise", "Pale", "Chocolate", "Light Crystal", "Medium Crystal", "Dark Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-runestone-esb.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 468 }, { "name": "Capital × Mountain Culture West Coast NEIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I got into the hype on this one, and it was a tasty drinkable beer... just didn't have the fireworks. I was also hoping for something to blend the east and west styles, which it didn't really do either. A different hop mix might have helped it along, had the hazy mouthfeel but brought with it a muddled bitterness. Like the dry and kettle hopping favours got in each others way. For a limited edition, it got a full printed can!", "brewery": "Capital Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ "herbal", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "HBC 630" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "cbxmc-west-coast-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 469 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture Poetic License DDH IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "I bought a couple of these extra large MC cans and they were a bit daunting in the fridge... a lot of beer to drink if it was no good! Luckily it was awesome. Interesting they didn't call it a hazy, as they hit the body and mouthfeel perfectly. Fruity with some depth underneath, and a longlasting head that left tidal rings in the glass (even including a second pour as it was too big to fit!) Their tasting notes mentioned dryness from their house yeast, I wouldn't call it dry, more like pleasantly not sweet! Cryo-Pop definitely works better in a blend, and always happy to taste Riwaka. UPDATE: Went back for another!", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52.5, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Cryo-Pop", "Riwaka" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-pl-ddh-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 470 }, { "name": "Temple Hops into Darkness Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "After a massive Mountain Culture hazy IPA I wanted a 'lighter' change of direction and it was this or the Little Bang dry hopped sour. Probably should have zigged instead of zagged on a warm night, but it was the best black IPA for a while. Some cryo hops bringing enough grunt to break through. Black and piney, stiff in the right ways! UPDATE: Sadly the last of their beers I'd drink. After the first wave of bigger breweries who managed to get through voluntary administration, often by screwing over suppliers and crowd funders, they were part of the second wave of smaller breweries that closed down. Their hazy series was a tasty set of beers, but also an early education for me in just how good hazies can be. ", "brewery": "Temple Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": "Closed", "lat": 35.5, "lng": 86.5, "flavour": [ "black", "roasted", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Simcoe", "Cryo Chinook" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "temple-hid-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 471 }, { "name": "El Segundo No Comply West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Second of a park bench session of big cans! I'm trying to get my palate back into kettle bitterness, and they don't come as authentically west coast as this. Brewed by an LA brewery, named for a skateboard trick. I enjoyed it but was maybe a little on the stale side from travelling.", "brewery": "El Segundo Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 46, "lng": 42.5, "flavour": [ "malty", "dank" ], "hops": [ "Denali", "Mosaic", "El Dorado", "Strata" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "el-segundo-no-comply-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 472 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Celebration Ale IIPA", "variety": "Imperial India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Of the three non-hazies of the night this was my favourite. Dark and malty, but with a softer body and the cryo hops rounding out the hoppiness. In some ways this is more what I thought the Capital / Mountain Culture West Coast NEIPA was going to be like, the best of both worlds. This can mockup doesn't do justice to how cool the can looked, with the gold foil shining in the sunset light.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ "malty", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Ekuanot Cryo" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-celebration-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 473 }, { "name": "Bridge Road NEeD Vol.6 Dip Hop TDH", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First dip hop beer that I'd rate, and this one a triple dip at that! Dark and malty but more rounded hoppiness which is what the technique is meant to do. Bridge Road's NEED series are like the beers their brewers are running as experiments. Got to get my hands on vol. 7 which is a hazy!", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 49, "flavour": [ "malty", "dank" ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Cascade", "Citra", "Mosaic", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ "Gladfield Ale", "Munich", "Carapils", "Light crystal" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-dip-hop-tdh-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 474 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The older Pirate Life core range beers have a slightly home brand plainness to them. Maybe that's their market niche, craft but mainstream? This probably wouldn't be a stout for an aficionado, but it was more up my alley being lighter bodied and fresher hoppiness. A little on the flat side, but that may have been my pour into a glass at the pub! UPDATE: I haven't always been a fan of this one in the past, but it smelt amazing while being packed and after a few different styles of beer it was a nice rich flavour turn.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 88, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Perle", "Taiheke" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Heritage Crystal", "Gladfield Biscuit", "Pale Chocolate", "Carafa III" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 475 }, { "name": "Frenchies 4th Birthday Citra Hazy DIPA", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was excited to get these three citra beers from Frenchies, to do a full comparison of what was once my favourite hop... but the brut was so unpleasant that I kept pushing the other two further back in the fridge. What a pleasant surprise that it was so bloody delicious! Hazy with the juicy body and more rounded hops that come with that style, but almost nostalgic with the simple citra flavour. Tasty, avoiding the acid edge of some dry hopping. The only downside was I smashed it before I realised it was a DIPA packing 2.1 drinks in the small can!", "brewery": "Frenchies Bistro and Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "citrus" ], "hops": [ "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Tritticale" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "frenchies-citra-hazy-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 476 }, { "name": "Frenchies 4th Birthday Citra West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I do need to warm up to the west coast these days, the kettle hops lose all their subtleness, but after their hazy DIPA I was ready! Mild enough that I could taste a bit more of the bready malt underneath the stiffness. Very drinkable, second best of the three, showing all the angles of citra. I may have moved on to the intensity of kiwi hops but this still has its place.", "brewery": "Frenchies Bistro and Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 42.5, "flavour": [ "citrus" ], "hops": [ "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "frenchies-citra-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 477 }, { "name": "Swell Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "I've been loving Swell's limited release beers so I've been keen to go back and try the core range. A couple of years back this would have been straight to the top of the charts, a hoppy APA with a 'solid malt backbone'. Now a bit too sticky at the end, but still tasty with a crisp bitterness and well-made with a lasting head.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Waimea", "Centennial", "Mosaic", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 478 }, { "name": "Swell A-Frames Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After having great run of beers from Swell I probably had my expectations set too high! Super hoppy and hazy... it was just a bit unbalanced with not enough malt to hold it up. Amazing that they packed that much flavour into 4.8%. Fresh and drinkable but too far into acid fizz territory for me.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity", "pineapple" ], "hops": [ "Vic Secret", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-aframes-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 479 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture Be Kind Rewind Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "First beer of our Omicron overnighter session, a couple of days before new years, and maybe a lesson in expectation management. I wasn't expecting much from 2021 and it was better than expected... after loving their Poetic License Hazy, and it ranking highly internationally, I was really excited to try this one. Hazy but dark, strangely not hoppy, and with an overwhelming flavour of sticky apricot. Not where I like hazies to be at.", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-bkr-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 480 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Knowledge is Power IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was a really weird one, very low hop flavour made it more in the realm of a pilsner. Doesn't mean it was bad, just a malty clean beer where I was expecting a bitter non-hazy IPA. Particularly with Eclipse and Motueka in the mix. Might have been the contrast with the sticky sweet hazy just beforehand, maybe more expectation management required?", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Warrior", "Eclipse", "Motueka", "Zamba" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Pilsner", "Munich" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-kip-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 481 }, { "name": "Burnley Brewing Schwarzbier", "variety": "Schwarzbier / Black lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "My first from Burnley, looks like they've got a traditional European range going and this was a good one. Crisp carbon, very drinkable even on a hot day almost like a cola, A great gear change in a lineup of beers.", "brewery": "Burnley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9.5, "lng": 80.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "burnley-schwarzbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 482 }, { "name": "Victoria Bitter", "variety": "Bitter Lager", "style": "Bitter Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I didn't drink beer before I moved to Melbourne, and decided that when meeting new people I couldn't ask everyone to spend more on a round just for me to drink spirits! My baptism was at a dodgy nightclub that had a cheap night selling VB in plastic buckets. Rumour said it was cheap as the club was buying old kegs... over time I drank a lot of this and other CUB keg beers. In a neat reversal of expectation management after not having one of these for years, and thinking it'd be crap, it was actually quite enjoyable! None of the metallic sweetness of Carlton Draught, with a pretty clean bitterness. And in an old school short stubbie to boot. UPDATE: I drank one of these straight out of the can at a bbq, and with low expectations I really enjoyed it! Less sweet than most of the macro red beers and quite quenching. Bonus points for the design of their lable update, cropping the iconic roundel.", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "victoria-bitter.png", "newbottleurl": "victoria-bitter-new.png", "rating": "3", "id": 483 }, { "name": "Uraidla Goblins Blade Red IIPA", "variety": "Red Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Red" ], "blurb": "Not a style for me, but I try to get my hands on everything they brew. Dense deep amber malts, almost marshmallow in the syrupy body. Worth trying, but definitely not one for me.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 55, "flavour": [ "malty", "amber", "stiff" ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Galaxy", "Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-goblins-blade-red-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 484 }, { "name": "STONE ///FEAR. MOVIE. LIONS HAZY DOUBLE IPA", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A gift from workmate Simon, so I shouldn't look the horse in the mouth but this was way stiff! Boozy with an earthy dankness I'm guessing was the collision of Loral and Mosaic. They were touting it as a crossover West Coast / East Coast beer, which I haven't found anyone really pulling off yet. Weirdly some of the can photos online are this way up, some were like mine was in real life... upside down! UPDATE: Love to know if the one I had much later on was the same age. Sweet, syrupy and strong.", "brewery": "Stone Brewing", "parent": "Sapporo Breweries", "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 49, "lng": 46, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy", "stiff" ], "hops": [ "Loral", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "stone-fml-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 485 }, { "name": "Swell Into the Juice Oat Cream IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Oat Cream" ], "blurb": "Was the last beer of the night, circling back around in some ways to a similar taste to the first but much more drinkable. Oats and lactose made it a bit too sweet for me, but it had enough tropical fruit and pineapple to mostly balance it out. Second beer of the night to use the new hop Zamba. To finish on the theme of expectation management, overall it was a night without any big hits. Maybe we've tried too many beers, tasted too many amazing beers to settle for the majority that are just ok.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45.5, "lng": 33.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity", "pineapple" ], "hops": [ "Sabro", "Zamba", "Sabro Cryo", "Zamba Cryo", "Ekuanot Cryo" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Malted Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-itj-oat-cream-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 486 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Double Back Pale Ale", "variety": "Kveik Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Slightly new name, maybe the same recipe, and now in a bigger can. Could have been an update to the previous review, but I wanted to up the rating to five! Still delicious, and showing that the kveik yeast works better with a maltier base. The big can was a treat, nice to have more of a great beer to drink. Good to have a good one from Shapeshifter after some ho hum brews.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ "malty", "tart" ], "hops": [ "Ekuanot Incognito", "Mosaic cryo", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Munich", "Medium Crystal" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-double-back-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 487 }, { "name": "Bridge Road NEeD Vol.7 Cryo Hazy", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "An experiment that clearly showed what not to do! There's been a rash of new brewing techniques and new hop products hitting the shelves, and what they all have in common is the need for balance. Just like a mix of kettle and dry hopping blends together better than just one or the other, the new cryo hops often need to be balanced with dried. I love the fragrant angle of the oils in the cryo, but using three in one beer was very unbalanced. Not acidic enough for hop burn, but like the floral equivalent. Wheat in the wort undercut the body that might have dialled it down.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "floral" ], "hops": [ "Cryo-Ekuanot", "Cryo-Idaho 7", "Cryo-Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Gladfield Ale", "Glad Wheat", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-need-cryo-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 488 }, { "name": "Ballistic Sleep When You're Dead Cryo Pop IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'm not convinced by Yakima's Cryo-pop. It's a blend, a secret recipe, but not balanced enough to stand on it's own despite being created for that purpose. This was a bit past it's date, but I reckon that would have worked for it, dialling it down from 11. Not quite a hazy, a bit dark and murky.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46.5, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ "floral", "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Cryo-pop" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Rolled Wheat", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-swyd-cryo-pop-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 489 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Lager Italiana", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I wonder if parent company CUB shared the recipe for their locally brewed Peroni? Very similar taste, light and bright, pilsner-ish. I am a sucker who buys all of these limited edition beers, but this one possibly doesn't need to exist! UPDATE: Brewed again three years later and I'm really enjoying it. A light and crisp Euro style pilsner. A nicer can too, full print rather than a stick on label. UPDATE: Last minute change of course, from sticky dark to light and crisp. Really very dry and refreshing. Not the most obvious for by a campfire at dusk, with crows calling, but it works. Wish I had more than one cigar! Dusk and stillness fall
Birds call and youth cackle
I remain alone.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Pacifica", "Saphir" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Carapils", "Acidulated" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-italian-lager.png", "newbottleurl": "pirate-life-italian-lager-new.png", "rating": "3", "id": 490 }, { "name": "Sapporo Extra Malt", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was really excited to find a Japanese supermarket that is importing some of these Sapporo editions. Was shopping for sushi ingredients, and it was perfect to wash down some homemade maki rolls! As described it was extra malty and very drinkable with 'umami of the first bite of wheat'. Their product range has an interesting structure, the original classic is called black label and this is a special black label. Definitely going back to for more of the specials!", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sapporo-extra-malt.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 491 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley West Coast Juicy", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I thought I'd missed my chance to try this one, so I was stoked to turn up to the beer garden on a sunny Saturday and they still had it on tap! The best of the east/west IPAs so far, a great blend of dry hopping aromatics up front with deeper kettle bitterness underneath. Same combo with the body, darkish orange with a bit of haze. Juicy was the perfect description. No wonder it sold out, hope they brew up another batch... love to know what the hop mix was. UPDATE: A couple of years later, BVB has moved into the back of Rehn Bier. Too much time to remember a comparison but still an enjoyable beer. Like they took a West Coast and added in some body and dry hopping, which meant it was a great mix of malty grunty bitterness with a softer mouthfeel and some citrusy aromatics adding some freshness. I'd probably buy another if I wasn't so flush with TAFE beers...", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45.5, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ "pine", "citrus" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-west-coast-juicy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 492 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Like their Throwback IPA but more watered down. Bright orange, not really satisfying on any level, neither hoppy nor malty. Not even a light beer for such low taste!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 20.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Kohatu", "Strata", "Riwaka", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 493 }, { "name": "Watsacowie Mid Harvest Ale", "variety": "Mid-strength Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Had a great trip out to the brewery and bought a mixed six to try as many as I could. This was a weird one, tasting more like a mainstream bitter lager. I can see why you'd brew it, would be a great beer to entice your non-craft drinkers, but not the style that would entice me back for a second. Bonus points for using local malt, a nice touch in a wheat growing area.", "brewery": "Watsacowie Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "watsacowie-mid-harvest-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 494 }, { "name": "Watsacowie S.Y.P. Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Decent and drinkable APA. Dark, malty and tasty... just no hop fireworks and not really where my taste is at these days.", "brewery": "Watsacowie Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27.5, "lng": 48, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "watsacowie-syp-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 495 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Azacca IPA (Limited Series)", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Bought the can from the brewery, and been looking forward to trying it. Darkish but not quite a west coast with a bit of haze, great head and mouthfeel... but a challenging hop! Like Sabro that is compared to coconut, Azacca is hard to nail down. Earthy and herbal with a rounded almost marshmallow finish. Wouldn't be top of my hop list, a super aromatic dwarf variety, but I love the breweries putting out these focus hop beers. Helping my beer education!", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45.5, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ "herbal" ], "hops": [ "Azacca" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-azacca-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 496 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Pinkers IPA Brut", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was pretty awful. Super sweet, dark and malty, the brut couldn't fight through and it was just really sticky. Some tangy hops in there, but hardy perceptible. By rights it should be a zero star after tipping it out, but a bonus point for being local and celebrating their female head brewer.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 46, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Sabro", "El Dorado", "Citra", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-pinkers-brut-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 497 }, { "name": "Young Henrys Motorcycle Oil Hoppy Porter", "variety": "Porter", "style": "Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Weirdly it was a bit reminiscent of oil! A gift beer (thanks cuz!), might have been the wrong beer on a humid night. I'm not a big porter fan, despite loving a good dark ale or lager, but where they can be lovely and dry this was syrupy and at the sweet end. 498th beer, really want to find something special for the 500th...", "brewery": "Young Henrys Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 25, "lng": 83.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "young-henrys-hoppy-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 498 }, { "name": "Ballistic Beer Co Hawaiian Haze IPA", "variety": "Hazy Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "If you have a super popular beer, great idea to do a brand extension and brew a dialled up version... but what a wasted opportunity. I was hoping they'd bring up the malt and booze to balance it out. Not very hazy at all, and with different hops, so the connection between this as a thin IPA and a mega cloudy pale was pretty tenuous. Azacca dominated the hops, which was another nail. That all said, by the end I was enjoying it, second beer buzz always helps.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "hazy", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Pacifica", "Azacca", "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "ballistic-h-haze-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 499 }, { "name": "Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée René", "variety": "Oude Gueuze", "style": "Oude Gueuze", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I really want to come to grips with sours, and have realised it's mainly the fruit I don't like in many of the Australian sours. To have something a bit fancy pants for the 500th beer I went back to the source, a genuine Belgian lambic. Sadly as much I could appreciate the craft and history, it was way too tart and acidic for me! Like champagne crossed with really dry cider, and I could see the style linkage with saison / farmhouse beers. I had also bought some modern unfruited sours but wanted to detour to hoppiness... first beer of the 500 session.", "brewery": "Brouwerij Lindemans", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2.5, "lng": 8.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "lindemans-oude-gueuze.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 500 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley AI²PA The Rodney AI Generated IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A really interesting story behind it, teaming up with the uni to use AI to evaluate 260,000 IPA recipes online. Might have been the contrast with the lambic just beforehand, but it was mega malty, almost honeyed in it's sweetness. The hoppiness was quite mild, more like the noble hops of a pilsner. Drinkable, and a worthy experiment, but a bit sticky by the end.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-ai2pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 501 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Twists and Bends IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A recommendation from the guy in the bottle shop. Not a hazy or a west coast, more like a clean core IPA somewhere in the middle. Same with the hops, there was nothing that stood out. Solid but not memorable.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "clean" ], "hops": [ "Warrior", "Eclipse", "Sequoia" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Gladiator" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-twists-bends-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 502 }, { "name": "Deeds Low Lying Clouds Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Hazy pales aren't that high in my style rankings, and but this one grew on me. Even though a bit flat, and with the characteristic thin body, and dominated by one of my less favourite hops Azacca, by the end I was enjoying it. Refreshing like pineapple juice!", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "deeds-low-lying-clouds-hpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 503 }, { "name": "Bridge Road NEeD Vol.8 NZ DDH Hazy", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "I've been tracking down this series since vol. 5, and a dry hopped hazy with NZ hops should have been a slam dunk... but it wasn't. Really grassy and herbal, the hops fought against each other to show none of that trademark NZ fruit. Went flat to be sticky by the end. I'm all for experimenting, but the beer needs to meet some basic standards.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "grassy" ], "hops": [ "Moutere", "Pacifica", "Wakatu" ], "malt": [ "Gladfield Ale", "Glad Wheat", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-need-vol-8.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 504 }, { "name": "Warsteiner Premium Beer", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Clean pilsner taste, a great spacer between hazies. A prize winner in Europe, in a super size golden can, worth trying.", "brewery": "Warsteiner", "parent": null, "country": "Germany", "status": "Imported", "lat": 8, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "warsteiner-premium-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 505 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing NEIPA Focus hop – Galaxy", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Last beer of the session, and not long after a can of the Eldorado, it was tasty and simple but I couldn't really tell them apart. The single hops are maybe a little one dimensional, but still well made in their carbonation and body. Very drinkable.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 31.75, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-neipa-focus-galaxy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 506 }, { "name": "Philter XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "My first from Philter, not long after seeing their head brewer Sam Füss a few times in the media. Light, fresh and balanced, you could definitely have a great session on these. Not sure what the hops are, have to be a bit of mosaic in there! A couple of years back this would have been bang on, but now I want more grunt from the booze and the hops. Have to find more of their range, intrigued to try the old ale!", "brewery": "Philter Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29.5, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "spicy" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "philter-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 507 }, { "name": "Colonial South West Sour", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was one that I bought for a sour beer comparison with the Lindemans Oude Gueuze and the Little Bang Lupulus Verde. We meant to drink these after the lambic but it was so acidic that we detoured to IPAs and left these in the esky... It may brand me a philistine, but I prefer the modern sours to the traditional. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed it. Took me most of the way through the glass to unpucker but it was so sharp and fresh. I couldn't drink more than one in a sitting but on a hot day, right in the spot.", "brewery": "CBCo Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 9.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "colonial-south-west-sour.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 508 }, { "name": "Watsacowie Depot Ale Kolsch", "variety": "Kolsch", "style": "Kolsch", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Not a style I have much experience with, and had to look up what it was... brewed with an ale yeast then finished at a colder lager temperature. Not sure if this is what they're meant to taste like as it appears all of Watsacowie's beers are the same: dark, malty, with kettle bitterness to different degrees, and a bit flat. This was like a dark pilsner, finishing dry but with a bit more complexity to the malt. Not anything special.", "brewery": "Watsacowie Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12.5, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "watsacowie-depot-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 509 }, { "name": "Watsacowie Tropic Oat IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Not what I was expecting, which probably counted against it. With oat in the title I expected hazy, but it was dark and clear. With tropic in the title I expected dry hopped fruitiness but it was all kettle dull. The most hoppy and complex of all their beers, but that's not saying much as they all taste very similar. For me Watsacowie are a one hit wonder, the New Wave pale ale a cracker just because the kveik works well with their standard heavy malt base.", "brewery": "Watsacowie Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "watsacowie-smooth-ray.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 510 }, { "name": "Watsacowie Farmers Gold", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I cracked this one to compare, and also to just get it out of the fridge. Head dropped almost immediately, and it has the same dark malt colour of all their beers, but sadly is probably one of their better efforts. The lager yeast cleaned up the malt base to make it pretty drinkable. Made from local Yorke Peninsula wheat it would be a perfect one to appeal to the country locals who may not be ready for more extreme flavours.", "brewery": "Watsacowie Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "watsacowie-farmers-gold.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 511 }, { "name": "Crony Refreshing Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A generic / homebrand beer brewed for a chain, it was what you'd expect... inoffensive and forgettable if still pretty clean and drinkable. Brewed here by an Australian owned company, so I guess you could do worse if you were only buying on price. UPDATE: Third of the Christmas gift pack, this was the most drinkable of the ales. Definitely recalibrating the hoppiness on the grid.", "brewery": "Pinnacle Drinks", "parent": "Endeavour Drinks Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "crony-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 512 }, { "name": "Pirate Life California Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I must admit I bought this as much out of collecting than wanting to try it. Might have been the surprise factor to bump it up a star but it was bloody good! Dense orange malt with classic piney mosaic bitterness from the boil. Very west coast APA, not sure how different this is to the North West Pale they put out a year or so back. Good to see Pirate Life back on track after a couple of lacklustre beers. UPDATE: Circled back a long time later, drinking one on tap at the brewery while scoping the place out prior to interview #1...", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ "malty", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Idaho-7", "Mosaic", "Strata" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Golden Naked Oats", "Carapils", "Caramunich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-california-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 513 }, { "name": "Suntory The Premium Malt's", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "My first Suntory beer... and it was a bit of a dud. Says pilsner on the label and it was in that direction, but like they'd used a fake hop essence instead of the real deal. Drinkable but only just. Not sure why the possessive on the malt's.", "brewery": "Suntory Beer & Spirits", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4.5, "lng": 21.25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "suntory-premium-malts.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 514 }, { "name": "Suntory The Premium Malt's Kaoru", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Meant to be the maltier and stronger big brother to the standard Premium Malt's, it was almost indistinguishable. Seemed a less of the essence flavour, but could have just been because I'd gotten used to it.", "brewery": "Suntory Beer & Spirits", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4.5, "lng": 21.75, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "suntory-premium-kaoru.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 515 }, { "name": "Suntory The Premium Malt's Fine Aroma Hop", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I went all in to try the 'hoppy' one but as the third beer of the session it tasted no different. Made me tipsy is about the best you could say for the Suntory beers, the worst of the big mainstream Japanese brewers. Sapporo still #1.", "brewery": "Suntory Beer & Spirits", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4.75, "lng": 21.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "suntory-premium-hop.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 516 }, { "name": "Swell Blue Horizons Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Amazing smell cracking the can, and it had a great flavour from a really spot on mix of hops... but just not quite enough malt to back in up. A little acidic and lacking in body, but still loving the Swell limited beers.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Amarillo", "Ekuanot Cryo" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-blue-horizon-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 517 }, { "name": "Little Bang The Perfect Pale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Probably asking for it to call it perfect! Was strange enough that I went back to buy another one and try before reviewing. Light and fresh and great looking in the glass... but the hops were a little weird and weak. Like it was kettle hopped and then watered down. Melba and Vic Secret very low on my list of hops, these Australian standards like Galaxy just a bit dull.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 21, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "malty", "herbal" ], "hops": [ "Melba", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-perfect-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 518 }, { "name": "Swell Spot X Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "In some ways I could copy and paste my review of their last hazy pale. Poured flat with the consistency and acidity of pineapple juice... but it was like eating a chocolate brownie that hasn't been baked long enough. Still incredibly tasty and you could see that with a bit more malt it would have been a cracker. Seems like a coincidental theme that their blue beers have all been this way, maybe it's exactly how they want them to be?", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-spotx-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 519 }, { "name": "Bridge Road × Mountain Culture Hazy Harvest Fresh Hop IPA (2022)", "variety": "Wet Hop India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop" ], "blurb": "I've always wanted to get up to Bridge Road's hop festival, but getting hold of the two event beers is always a nice close second! Again surprisingly mild, but it was great to let that botanical note of the fresh hops stand out. Medium bodied and very drinkable, pushed up to four stars by the concept, and in partnership up another great alpine brewer Mountain Culture. I really wanted to follow up with its black IPA partner but there's a limit on a work night!", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47.5, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-hazy-harvest-2022.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 520 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Best Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Very light and crisp... maybe too light! Easy to drink but unsatisfyingly thin. That said, I'm starting to quite enjoy a pilsner at the right time! Love to know what the acidulated malt added to the character.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4.75, "lng": 22.25, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Ahtanum", "Loral" ], "malt": [ "Best Pilsner", "Caramel Pilsner", "Acidulated" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-best-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 521 }, { "name": "Bentspoke Crankshaft Cranking IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Stale. It was a bit long in the tooth, nearly six months old, but they give the best before date as 12 months! Sometimes I'll be forgiving if a beer is past it's best, but if they think they can sell these for that long, I'll judge it as such. The hops had really dulled off, and the malt gone sour, so bad enough I was on the verge of tipping it out! I'll have to try a fresh one, can't win GABS and be this crap surely?", "brewery": "BentSpoke Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 42.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Ekuanot", "Simcoe", "Citra", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "bentspoke-crankshaft-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 522 }, { "name": "Bridge Road × Garage Project Dark Harvest Fresh Hop Black IPA (2022)", "variety": "Wet Hop Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop", "Black" ], "blurb": "Definitely my favourite of the 2022 pair, a lovely light bodied and dry black IPA. The fresh hops were probably a bit buried in the roastiness but really tasty and drinkable. A great treat after a day of sanding walls and masking tape. Love to take something like this and dank it up with more piney hops... or even a cryo black IPA!", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 78.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-dark-harvest-2022.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 523 }, { "name": "Balter NZ Pils Motueka & Riwaka", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I did fall for the hype, and hunted bottleshops before buying online, a 4 pack to save one and taste with the other two in the set to come... but it was a bit disappointing. Pilsner base was just too thin to hold it up. Great to taste my two favourite kiwi hops, cut grass and as they weirdly describe it in the style guide 'diesel'. Definitely made me excited for the IPAs to come, and did have beautiful lacing on the glass. UPDATE: All about preparation! Had a couple more of these but after other beers it came across quite differently. Fresh and grassy and light after a hazy.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "grassy" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Riwaka" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-nz-pils.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 524 }, { "name": "Kirin Megumi", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "At the restaurant the menu just said Kirin and I thought it would at least be Ichiban, but no. This is a weird light brewed just for Australia, like they wanted to make a watery low carb version. Still somehow too sweet. Seems like Lion isn't brewing Ichiban in Australia any more either.", "brewery": "Kirin Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Under license", "lat": 4.5, "lng": 20.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kirin-megumi.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 525 }, { "name": "Uraidla Divine Alchemy Dry Hopped Saison", "variety": "Saison", "style": "Saison", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Very weird! The combination of the dryness of the saison and the hops really had a flavour like cloves. Not necessarily a great flavour, but bonus points to Uraidla for trying these more obscure styles. Wish I'd found their dry hopped hefeweizen, that would have been weirder! Amazingly, the 32nd beer of theirs I've tried.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 16, "lng": 18, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-divine-alchemy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 526 }, { "name": "Coopers Regency Park Red Ale", "variety": "Red Ale", "style": "Red Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Not as bad as I expected, which is fairly faint praise. The malts mostly covered up the Coopers yeast, so it wasn't great but was drinkable. Not as sticky as some red ales either, mild and malty.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 65, "flavour": [ "yeasty" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse", "Melba" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Pale", "Caramalt" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coopers-red-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 527 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture Cult IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "My ratings look harsh, but for me a 3 is a good beer on a bell curve distribution. A 4 is a beer I go back to buy more of! This was tasty and very drinkable with a kick from the booze. Mountain Culture never give away their hops, I'd be interested to know in this case as they didn't quite combine to make something clear and memorable.", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 50, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-cult-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 528 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Point Nine", "variety": "Light Lager", "style": "Light Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Judging these low alchohol beers against each other, this was surprisingly decent. Dark and malty if a bit watery and flat. Was really a spacer between heavier beers in the second forest session, probably would have been smarter to have water in between!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-point-nine-light.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 529 }, { "name": "Tinnies Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Interesting to try a couple from Tinnies, a home-brand brand brewed for a liquor chain owned by a supermarket chain. Some have won awards, so it'd be interesting to know who brewed it. Surprisingly dark for a pale, old school hops. UPDATE: Trying one first up, it was nothing spectacular but very drinkable, APA style. Maybe a little one dimensional, but I'd rather drink one of these than many other core pale ales.", "brewery": "Brick Lane Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "tinnies-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 530 }, { "name": "Tinnies Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Similar hop angle to their pale but fresher. Decently and drinkable but forgettable. Cuz Mike gave me one of each of theirs to try a second, have to do a more sober tasting! UPDATE: Tried sober I definitely preferred this to the standard pale. More complex flavour, with the pineapple twang lifting the freshness. Be keen to try the rest of their surprisingly big range.", "brewery": "Brick Lane Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 17, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "tinnies-hazy-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 531 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Pony Lager Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After a great dark ale this was like having a glass of water. Still a light spacer, lagery. Funny the label says 'pony pony lager lager'!", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6.5, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-pony-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 532 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing + Never Never Gin & Fizz Lemon Cerveza", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "An absolute flavour surprise! A recommendation from the guy at the bottle-o, I wasn't convinced until I tried it. Botanical and super fresh, almost not a beer but delicious. Probably the beer of the night, and we drank 21 of them...", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 16.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-cerveza.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 533 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Belgian Strong Ale", "variety": "Golden Strong Ale", "style": "Golden Strong Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A part of me says I should keep trying new styles, branch out from what I know I love... but there's a lot of traditional European styles I really don't like! Sticky and sweet with the banana and clove phenol notes. Life is too short and there are too many other beers to drink.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ "sweet" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-belgian-strong-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 534 }, { "name": "Range Brewing Back in Time WCIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was the 16th beer in a big session... and I don't remember what it tasted like! My almost unreadable note was 'Nice but west coast aint where it's at'.", "brewery": "Range Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 33.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "range-bit-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 535 }, { "name": "Weihenstephaner Pils", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer taster in the beer sensory course, and it was a little underwhelming. Weihenstephaner is one of those German brands that gets heavily imported around Oktoberfest so I was curious. My tasting notes were: pale gold / thin body / astringent / some lacing. More like a fizzy wine, no beeryness to coin a word. Just when I was starting to like traditional pilsners too!", "brewery": "Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan", "parent": null, "country": "Germany", "status": "Imported", "lat": 6, "lng": 17, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "weihenstephaner-pils.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 536 }, { "name": "Lindemans Framboise Lambic Beer", "variety": "Lambic", "style": "Lambic", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "This was the surprise of the first beer sensory sessions, super tart and fizzy! Not very much like a beer, you could put in ice cube in the glass during the summer for a refresher. Weird to put such a strong tasting drink right down the bottom, but there were no hop or malt flavours to be detected!", "brewery": "Brouwerij Lindemans", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 4, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "lindemans-framboise.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 537 }, { "name": "Delirium Tremens Strong Blond Beer", "variety": "Golden Strong Ale", "style": "Golden Strong Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I've had a bottle of this kicking around in the fridge for a little while, but a swirl, sniff and sip was enough. My tasting notes were: boozy dry smell / bright / fine carbonation / woody / perfumed. Like the Barossa version, not for me.", "brewery": "Brouwerij Huyghe", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ "sweet" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "delirium-tremens.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 538 }, { "name": "8 Wired iStout Affogato Imperial Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Last beer of the tasting night. Notes were: dark black brown / ashy bitterness / medium body / coffee-ish sweet / head fell. The first sip or two were interesting, a rich mix of flavours, but it was a bit cloying in the end, almost gritty.", "brewery": "8 Wired Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 21, "lng": 88, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "8-wired-istout-affogato.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 539 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "An absolute classic IPA. Nothing fancy or new, but like a good pub burger, classics done well are amazing. Crisp and bitter and puckering. Even the hops are classic - Magnum, Citra and Mosaic amongst them. And bumping up the rating is the super minimal label. Another great local brewer, and only a year or so old. UPDATE: Had another after trying out their draught and as well as still being bloody tasty it had some kick! A cracking core range beer. UPDATE: After a couple of hazies this was a hard turn into bitterness! Wasn't quite what I was looking for, but three IPAs made me merry...", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ "bitter", "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Magnum", "Citra", "Idaho 7", "Mosaic", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Extra Pale", "Aurora", "Acidulated" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 540 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Brain Fog Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Like their IPA a text book example of the style, but done so well. The hazy pales have been a bit patchy as a new style bedding down what it should be. Some of the early versions were really pale cloudy and fizzy, others have been orange with big bubbled carbonation, most watery. This is right in the sweet spot in the middle. A little flat which seems to be the style, juicy and tasty. UPDATE: Drank this after the Pirate Life Hazy XPA and it put that in its place. A proper hazy with big bold hopping on the edge of burn and a thick juicy body. Classic.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Galaxy", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Pale", "Gladfield Big-O", "Gladfield Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 541 }, { "name": "Shepherd Neame & Co India Pale Ale", "variety": "British India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "British" ], "blurb": "I really don't like traditional English beers. 5th beer of the 2nd beer sensory session, my tasting notes were: dark gold amber / like cough medicine / spicy earthy / acetone / overwhelmingly caramel. Most people liked it, and I could see the relationship to beers like Southwark Bitter, but it was everything I dislike about ESBs dialled up. The thought of drinking this at room temperature makes me shudder.", "brewery": "Shepherd Neame", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 12, "lng": 57, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "shepherd-neame-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 542 }, { "name": "Hawkers West Coast IPA", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Last beer of the 2nd beer sensory session, it was the wrong beer to follow the English IPA! Bright yellow, hazy and fruity with minimal malt, it wasn't even close to the west coast style. My tasting notes were: not malty or bitter enough / tropical flavours / a bit spicy or menthol underneath / thin bodied. Minus star for bad style categorising.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Southern Cross", "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Northern Brewer" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hawkers-west-coast-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 543 }, { "name": "Cloudwater Brewing Co Facade On Soap Street Single Hop Mosaic DDH IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "A perfectly balanced beer. Friday pub lunch, lots of DIPAs and TIPAs on the taps so I went for this one, a brewery I'd never heard of but I'm a sucker for DDH. They didn't worry about the west or east coast naming, and it was a lovely light hazy. Blows my mind that it was a single hop Mosaic beer, once my least favourite hop, that was so delicious! Turns out it's a UK beer, no idea how they got a keg in Adelaide (or what the name means). I wanted to sneak back after work for another...", "brewery": "Cloudwater Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 45, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "cloudwater-facade-ddh-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 544 }, { "name": "Mismatch Dark", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Great to see the dark ales and lagers really coming in this autumn. This was a good one, light bodied and very drinkable. A tad sweet for me, I like them drier, but I'd happily have another. Have to circle back and retry Mismatch's core range.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 71, "flavour": [ "dark" ], "hops": [ "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Medium Crystal", "Caramunich", "Special B", "CaraRye", "Pale Chocolate", "Munich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 545 }, { "name": "Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier", "variety": "Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Second beer in the last beer sensory session. Strong yeast flavours are not my thing, and weissbiers are full of it! My tasting notes: strong banana and cloves / straw gold / fine carbonation / super thin body / diacetyl galore. Was good to learn about this flavour then taste it.", "brewery": "Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan", "parent": null, "country": "Germany", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 7, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "weihenstephaner-hefe-weissbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 546 }, { "name": "St Bernadus Prior 8", "variety": "Dubbel", "style": "Dubbel", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Third beer in the last sensory session. Interesting to broaden out the experience of Belgian / abbey styles but that's about it. My tasting notes: foamy head / deep amber / slight banana / fruity / complex / malty caramel / similar to golden but yeast dialled down / boozy / sweet undertaste.", "brewery": "St Bernadus", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 55.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "st-bernadus-prior-8.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 547 }, { "name": "Bowden Seasonal Sour Apricot & Peach", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Fourth beer in the last sensory session. Great to try another of Bowden's beers, excited to have been invited to a party there next month! Sadly not beery enough for me. My tasting notes: pale straw / head dropped / slightly hazy / smells like wine fruity / super thin body / astringently sour.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 10, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-sour-apricot.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 548 }, { "name": "Saison Dupont", "variety": "Saison", "style": "Saison", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Fourth beer in the last sensory session. I signed up to this course for the yeast night, and this was the beer that made it all worthwhile. I would never have bought it but it was amazingly complex, and great to try a quintessential classic saison. My tasting notes: orangey gold / fine carbonation / musty peppery amazing aroma / super dry / woody / earthy / undertone of yeasty clove. UPDATE: Bought out of curiosity to fill out a cart, and it was worth doing. Like a movie that has an unhappy ending but is still satisfying, this is an interesting beer. Thick foamy head with such dry complex flavours. Notes of nutmeg and cloves.", "brewery": "Brasserie Dupont", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2.5, "lng": 17, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "saison-dupont.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 549 }, { "name": "Põhjala Öö XO Cognac Barrel Aged Imperial Baltic Porter", "variety": "Imperial Baltic Porter", "style": "Imperial Baltic Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Last beer in the last sensory session, and it was mind blowing. I wasn't sure about the smell, savoury and almost meaty, but the taste was intense and amazing. I wanted to sit and sip it but it was too strong to drive home afterwards! My tasting notes: beautiful dark foam / dense black / smokey / sherry / meaty / rich / coffee-ish / syrupy / boozy. She said that the salty almost soy flavour was from dead yeast. Makes sense but not a great concept! A great beer to end on, complex and challenging, and my first from Estonia.", "brewery": "Põhjala Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Estonia", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7, "lng": 84, "flavour": [ "dark" ], "hops": [ "Magnum", "Northern Brewer" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner Zero", "Munich", "Carafa II Special", "Special B", "Chocolate", "Crystal 300" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pohjala-imperial-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 550 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Double Neipa - Mosaic", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Was a bit underwhelming. They've had a good run of hazies, but this was lacking integration with coarse carbonation and soupy body. Maybe it was the extra booze but it was also lower in flavour than the 'normal' NEIPAs. Still, was a decent drink and the big can christened my new pint tulip glasses.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 31.25, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-dneipa-mosaic.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 551 }, { "name": "Uraidla Lucifer’s Lifeblood American Amber Ale", "variety": "Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another I bought to satisfy my desire to drink everything they put out. Ambers are low on my list of styles, but this was a pleasant surprise! Amber and malty but light bodied and with some freshness from more hops than you usually get from an amber. I'd happily have another.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 55, "flavour": [ "malty", "amber" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Chinook" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-lucifers-amber.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 552 }, { "name": "Pikes Dry-hopped Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "I love a good pilsner, and I love me some dry hopping, but the two don't always work well together. This one did, lovely and light and dry. Using a new hop from Germany, Ariana, which was meant to be fruity but was more like a dialled up noble hop. Clean bitterness.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 16, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Ariana" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-ddh-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 553 }, { "name": "Watsacowie Watsakraken Scandinavian Stout", "variety": "Kveik Stout", "style": "Kveik Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Amazing. I had one of these I was saving for the next big session, but I was in the mood for something dark and wanted to give it a sober and considered tasting. It was so worth it. Beautifully smooth and creamy, with the kveik yeast lightening the palate with a little tartness. Maybe the purists would disagree but this would be my favourite stout so far. UPDATE: Was happy to see one of these back for the cold weather. Still loving the kveik cutting the usual stouty sweetness. Be perfect by the fire. UPDATE: Bought it for camping but shot my load early. Delicious, dark but light bodied.", "brewery": "Watsacowie Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 19, "lng": 87.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "watsacowie-watsakraken-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 554 }, { "name": "Philter Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "So well made that even despite it being heavy on Cashmere, not a personal favourite, I rate it highly. Full strength not light, juicy body, well carbonated, and best of all some kettle bitterness to cut the fruitiness. Lovely and drinkable.", "brewery": "Philter Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Cashmere", "Idaho", "Citra", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "philter-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 555 }, { "name": "Swell × Shifty Lizard Shifty Drops In Oat Cream IPA", "variety": "Oat Cream India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Oat Cream" ], "blurb": "It's all about the preparation! An intense hazy pale was the best thing to lead with, as I think this would have been way too syrupy and sweet otherwise. Nectaron and Zamba in one beer too far in the fruity direction. Still went well with cooking lasagne with metal and air guitar in the kitchen.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46.5, "lng": 33.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity", "pineapple" ], "hops": [ "Nectaron", "Strata", "Zamba" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shifty-lizard-swell-oat-cream-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 556 }, { "name": "Uraidla Dungeon Master Imperial Stout", "variety": "Imperial Stout", "style": "Imperial Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I have been trying to avoid imperial stouts, but I couldn't resist the name! Syrupy and too sweet, with an unbalanced boozy kick. There would be people that would love it, but it's not for me.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 88.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-dungeon-master-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 557 }, { "name": "SixTwelve Lurch West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Another great small local brewery, have to try the rest of their range. Simple core old school IPA, as they said on the label piney. UPDATE: Finishing up the last of the sixpack a couple of weeks later, it was a little stiff with solid kettle bitterness! They certainly love a group of more classic hops, particularly Simcoe and Centennial in this one.", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ "bitter", "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Gladiator" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-lurch-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 558 }, { "name": "Swell Double Overhead Double Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A party in a can. I had a lager to warm up but this was intense with booze and flavour. Really had me pondering how to describe that aromatic almost chemical tang you get from dry hopping as opposed to kettle hopping. A great balance of almost being too intense but strong enough that it lulled you into its warm embrace!", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52.5, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical", "pine" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-overhead-hazy-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 559 }, { "name": "SixTwelve Little Fella Lager", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I did just buy this one to get everything they had at the bottle-o, but this was a great little pilsner and a pleasant surprise. Light and crisp with a solid noble hop bitterness. Rating it against other lagers and pilsners. Didn't have much head but I think that was my pouring technique as it was carbonated right till the end. They do have a height thing going in the names, this one not even on the website!", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carapils", "Biscuit" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-little-fella-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 560 }, { "name": "SixTwelve Beanstalk Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Poured a bit flat but it was a tasty pale ale. Malty but with a solid layer of bitterness to keep the taste clean. I must admit I'm really loving these really classic style core beers, pales and IPAs, from little breweries like SixTwelve and Bowden.", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Simcoe", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Carapils", "Medium Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-beanstalk-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 561 }, { "name": "SixTwelve Goliath New England IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I'm impressed with their consistent deliciousness. After the last couple poured a bit flat I went hard and it didn't need it! They really do textbook beer styles: juicy mouthfeel and dry hopped flavour hit. Had extra interest that the hops were at the herbal end, a little Sabro-ish. So far I'd buy and drink all of their beers again. UPDATE: Two years later, having a celebratory beer after the first week of my beer course. As a first beer it felt unbalanced, heavy aromatics dominating nearly to the point of hop burn. Maybe better much later in a session when you want a smack in the face!", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ "herbal", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Azacca", "Mosaic", "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Flaked Oats", "Golden Promise", "Carapils", "Flaked Wheat", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-goliath-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 562 }, { "name": "SixTwelve Big Fella Red Rye IPA", "variety": "Red India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "Never a style I'm mad for, but I'm rating this against other reds! Malty with that whiskey-ish angle, was a shift after the cleaner bitterness of their WCIPA. I really couldn't taste much in the way of hops but it was still decently drinkable.", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 64, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Simcoe", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Rye", "Redback", "Toffee", "Shepherds Delight", "Wheat", "Carafa Special II" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-big-fella-rripa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 563 }, { "name": "Hop Nation The Chop IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "In a comfy armchair by the fire at a swanky pub in the hills, this hit the spot. A great example of an IPA not getting caught up in a style definition but blending kettle bitterness with dry hopping aromatics to create a great rounded taste. I haven't been a big fan of Hop Nation but this was a good one.", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 33.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Citra", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-the-chop-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 564 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Silent Disco DDH Pale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Great to drink a DDH beer that wasn't hazy, made it lovely and light and fresh. That said, it could have done with a touch more grunt from the malt as it was thin bodied. That also said, the hops were tasty and subtle and very drinkable with a bit of spiciness. Weird that the website called it an XPA!", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35.5, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Azacca", "Chinook", "Ella" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Big-O", "Gladiator", "Acid", "Biscuit", "Toffee" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-silent-disco-ddh-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 565 }, { "name": "Swell Fat Willy's WCIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Tasty but confusing. Not a West Coast style, mild more aromatic hopping made it more like one of the cross-over / mid-coast IPAs. Very drinkable but no fireworks.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Simcoe", "Dr Rudi", "Wiamea", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Supernova", "Munich", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-fat-willys-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 566 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing The Wizard American Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "It was probably a little past it's prime but I was interested to try their take on an APA. Drinkable, if maybe a little disappointing. Perhaps I was judging it against the named style in my head, not really malty enough. Rated as a core pale or core IPA it might have gone up a star.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Magnum", "Ella", "Eclipse", "Talus" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Pale", "Coopers Ale", "Wheat", "Light Crystal", "Acidulated" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-wizard-apa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 567 }, { "name": "Uraidla Deceptive Gravity Session Red IPA", "variety": "Red India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "I must admit I picked this one out of the fridge because it was the lightest and I wanted a second beer on a weeknight! Unlike the first that I had over-anticipated, I had low expectations for a red ale and for a session beer which it exceeded. Light bodied with the maltiness dialled down to a nice level for a red. Uraidla do well with some of my less favourite styles.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 57, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Chinook" ], "malt": [ "Red X" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-deceptive-gravity-session-ripa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 568 }, { "name": "Uraidla Brewery Arcane Awakening IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Different head brewer obviously means different style beers, unfortunately I'm not feeling it. It was crisp and clear with a refreshing light body, but the hop mix was strange. Even their tasting notes were confused... 'subtle bitter resinous finish and an amazing showcase of winter fruits Grapefruit, Kiwi fruit and tangerine. Complimented with light Stone fruit aromas'. The final straw, even the colour combo on the label was ugly!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Idaho 7", "Centennial", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Vienna" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-arcane-awakening-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 569 }, { "name": "Garage Project Mecha Hop Singularity - Mosaic: MECHANISED SINGLE VARIETY HAZY PALE", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "My new benchmark for hazy pales. Had one on tap at the pub and it was so good I went back for a second despite them having a great range on tap. Doubly amazing that this was single hopped with Mosaic, once my least favourite hop. Super flavour depth without even a hint of hop burn, fresh and fruity. The concept is very cool for this series, using every preparation of a variety to really showcase it. To quote: 'Mash: Cryo | Hot Side: CO₂ Extract, T90, Cryo, Incognito | Dry Hop: Cryo, T90, Hopburst Oil'. I didn't know you could hop the mash! Have to hunt down more of this series, and especially the IPA versions. (And taking over the longest name spot of all the beers so far!) UPDATE: Gutted to miss out on the IPA version but I did find another can of this. Still awesome. UPDATE: Should have looked on their own store page, bought a 4 pack of these and one of the IPA. Doing a comprehensive taste test by accidentally half freezing the first one into a beer slushie... still tasty but bitter as all of the aromatics dropped out. Unfrozen it was still an amazingly complex beer, after 5 months dropping a little flavour and carbonation, but still beating most.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 44, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fresh" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Light Lager", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-mecha-mosaic-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 570 }, { "name": "Stone and Wood Cloud Catcher Australian Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "We started off the night with a novelty 2 litre can of Asahi. I wasn't expecting much of this, a S&W mainstream beer around the time they sold to Lion. Sometimes low expectations can be good, as this was a pleasant surprise! Their take on a classic yeasty Australian pale it had a great flavour depth. Mostly malt but that's the style. First non-Euro beer in glass for a long time too, and showing the rough edge of this site being designed for the bottle height and shape. UPDATE: Obviously wasn't obvious enough what the style was so now renamed 'Cloudy Pale Ale'. Went for after work drinks a bar with a terrible set of taps. Even though this was pretty ordinary I went back for a second because it was still the best of them! Fresh and hazy enough to pass.", "brewery": "Stone & Wood Brewing Co", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "stone-and-wood-cc-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 571 }, { "name": "Ballistic Oaked XPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "With a dark lager in between this was similar to the Stone and Wood Australian pale, malty and complex. I'd probably give this one the edge, I couldn't specifically taste the oak but it gave it an extra buttery dimension. Be interested to go back and retaste the Ballistic core range.", "brewery": "Ballistic Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carahill" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ballistic-oaked-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 572 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Trust the Process Biotransformation Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Might have been the contrast with two malty complex ales beforehand but this was thin and uninteresting. Not sure what I thought hopping during fermentation would do, but I didn't get any of the flavour notes from the blurb.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Magnum", "BRU-1", "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Vienna", "Victory" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-ttp-bio-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 573 }, { "name": "Balter NZ Hazy", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After feeling a little burnt by the NZ Pils hype I didn't bother with the other two in the series. More fool me. After finding this one randomly it turned out to be a lovely juicy hazy pale. A great refresher and palate cleanser after a black IPA. I'm still not sure what the character of Nectaron is... have to find another of these and see if I can also find the IPA version!", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "grassy" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-nz-hazy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 574 }, { "name": "Wolf of the Willows JSP Johnny Smoke Porter", "variety": "Smoked Porter", "style": "Smoked Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Sandwiched between two hazy pales this one was a bit nondescript. I couldn't taste the smoke and it wasn't particularly roasty or malty. Not a two star because I'd drink another if someone offered me one but I wouldn't buy it!", "brewery": "Wolf of the Willows Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 73, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Willamette", "East Kent Goldings" ], "malt": [ "Chocolate", "Ale", "Brown", "Crystal", "Black", "Beechwood Smoked" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "wolf-of-the-willows-jsp.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 575 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Blaze of Haze Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I am embarrassed to say I don't remember this one... I'll give it a pass mark until I try another! UPDATE: Finally retrying, from a Christmas gift pack, drinking when sober, and it is still forgettable. Some of the recent nolos I've tried had better flavour. Thin bodied fake hazy that poured clear until the last blurt, and no real aroma.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 13, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-blaze-of-haze-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 576 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Make Your Mark Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Lovely and dry. I've found I much prefer a dark lager to a dark ale for that reason. (And the dryness is also why I prefer a black IPA to a stout.) I'm sure I read somewhere it was Czech style, and the hops were Saaz which sounds about right. This was a good one, but I think Shapeshifter should focus on getting a smaller number of beers 100% rather than so many limited beers that are not. UPDATE: Tailing out the night, a nice dry dark beer. We were quite merry by this stage!", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11.5, "lng": 76.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Saaz" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Caramunich", "Victory", "Light Chocolate", "Eclipse Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-mym-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 577 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture Pyramid Scheme DDH IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Sometimes you can get to an amazing view with a stroll in the park, sometimes you have to climb a mountain to get there. I cracked this one on a Saturday night, wanting a long beer and a strong beer to last me through the hour or so of making pizza from the dough onwards. Dense body, boozy and mega hoppy... bloody amazing but a challenge. Using some classic hops like Galaxy, Mosaic and Citra with a couple of newcomers Idaho-7 and Cryopop, it had such a deep flavour. Intense fruit backed up with some tang. No idea why this isn't called a hazy, like with their Poetic Justice DDH IPA. I feel bad giving such an amazing beer only 3 stars, but 4 is for beers I'd specifically look for to buy again. I wouldn't buy this one again, but I'd definitely buy the next in their DDH IPA series!", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 53, "lng": 30.25, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Cryo-Pop", "Riwaka" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-pyramid-scheme.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 578 }, { "name": "Uraidla Brewery Mana NZH102 IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Weird. Dark, hazy and with a sweet apricoty flavour that was hard to pin down. One of the first times I've ever really gotten the stonefruit flavour note. Not really my thing, but an accolade for Uraidla to have been picked to try an experimental hop from NZ. Bonus star for that.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "NZH102" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Supernova", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-mana-nzh102-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 579 }, { "name": "Big Shed Desi Driver Non-alcoholic pale ale", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "I had a couple of these at the pub expecting to drive. It was tasty enough and I still enjoyed the feeling of joining in for a beer. Having only tried two of these nolo beers I'd have to rate it. The night before I had been at the same pub and had a couple of keg only beers. No can or bottle to put in the grid, so shout out to them here! Two Deeds single hop WC IPAs, the Azacca version was a bit bland but the Mosaic version was a cracker. Both were good nights, one was a little tipsy-er...", "brewery": "Big Shed Brewing Concern", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 13.5, "flavour": [ "bright" ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Galaxy", "Wai-iti", "Citra Cryo", "Centenial", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Gladiator", "Biscuit", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "big-shed-desi-driver.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 580 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Took a while for me to write this one up, first time I it was at a birthday party at the brewery with a tab at the bar. I enjoyed too many to remember this one! Bought a can much later, had it on a Sunday night to be semi-sensible and it was a crisp, clear sessionable beer. Not anything spectacular flavour wise, like a dialled down version of their excellent IPA.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "bitter", "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Magnum", "Citra", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich I", "Malted Wheat", "Unmalted Wheat", "Acidulated" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-session.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 581 }, { "name": "Swell Playa Nexpa Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Swell were on a hot streak for a while there but this was a bit disappointing. Poured flat to start with, it did have some tropical zest but was thin in body and one dimensional in taste. Looking back at past reviews they've been consistent at least... mostly thin bodied! Had a Garage Project hazy pale afterward that blew this out of the water for flavour depth.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Mosaic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Vienna", "Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-playa-nexpa-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 582 }, { "name": "Range Kogarishi Dark Rice Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was a victim of expectations! I got excited seeing this online and pursued it across a few retailers until I found a good mix to load up a cart. Expecting a light and dry dark lager I had to take a handbrake turn into what really came across as a light stout. At 4.5% I'd be interested to see people's reactions if they marked it as such, but it wasn't what I was looking for. Quite sweet, and weirdly the colour scheme of the can really nailed the flavour, browny purple!", "brewery": "Range Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 77, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "range-kogarishi-dark-rice-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 583 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Rice Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I wanted to follow up the Range Dark Rice Lager with something lighter and refreshing... but this was disgusting! Super pale in the can, very light bodied, but with an overpowering perfumey taste. Like a fake essence had been added. I tipped it out...", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 15, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Sorachi Ace", "Moteuka" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Flaked rice", "Acidulated" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-rice-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 584 }, { "name": "Moo Brew Winter IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "I was excited to see this limited beer come out again this winter after missing it last year, but it was a little disappointing. Too dark and astringent from the roasted malt, and even though you could taste the hops trying to break through they didn't. Still, lightish bodied and dry.", "brewery": "Moo Brew Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 25, "lng": 89, "flavour": [ "roasted", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Sabro", "Simcoe", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "moo-brew-winter-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 585 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Hazy Focus Hop – Eclipse", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Bright and tasty, a great fresh beer to drink while cooking a BBQ. Vivid orange, hazy and clean white head, like a cartoon of a beer in a glass! Interesting that BVB have finally changed from calling them NEIPAs, whatever the name this was a nice simple beer. Eclipse can hold a single hop flavour more than the Galaxy did in the last of this series. UPDATE: Not sure if it's the same batch, if so it travelled well! Drank it emptying the dishwasher with heavy guitar in my headphones. Eclipse really is a great hop, broad flavour in the same way as Mosaic with aroma and spice. Could do with a tighter head but bloody drinkable. UPDATE: A new batch, and a bit of a slip in quality. Still tasty, maybe a tad too sweet but lots of sediment. Enough that there were a couple of dirty spots on top of the head! BVB really losing their focus.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-hazy-ipa-eclipse.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 586 }, { "name": "Uraidla Enchanted Delirium Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Over a couple of years I've tried 38 Uraidla beers, only missed a few, making treks around to find them... I've given their new brewer a crack but I'm sad to say most of their new beers have been a bit ordinary. Maybe it's me, plenty of people are still giving them good reviews. Drinkable but edging on hop burn, fruity but unbalanced. And worst coloured label yet! I'll grab one of the new batch of Cosmic Labyrinth to see if they can redo old recipes but I think they may be all she wrote.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Citra Cryo", "Nelson Sauvin", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Oat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-enchanted-delirium-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 587 }, { "name": "Molly Rose Grubby Paws Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Enjoyable dark lager, nothing to make it stand out from the pack but nice and dry. I did buy a bunch of dark beers just as the weather turned, and just like you want to swap to salads and fresh tastes with summer... I've still got most of the dark beers in the fridge! Still, worth drinking. ", "brewery": "Molly", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 74, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "molly-rose-grubby-paws-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 588 }, { "name": "Tinnies IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Disappointing, and I wasn't even expecting much! Dark brown and murky in the glass, sticky in the mouth with an almost honey heavy maltiness. Put paid to my very mild interest in trying their range.", "brewery": "Brick Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 45, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "tinnies-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 589 }, { "name": "Bridge Road Strong Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "We drank a few discount bin beers during this session, and they all mellowed out to a very similar taste as the hop aromatics faded out. The malts get sweeter and more dominant. Would have been interested to try one fresh, compare it to my distant memories of the Balter Strong Pale.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-strong-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 590 }, { "name": "Philter Old Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Cool to try this, a NSW craft brewer making their version of the mainstream 'classic' Tooheys Old. Cuz Mike tasted molasses and it was one of the best of the night. Lovely and lightbodied for all its darkness, a well done old school style, like Southwark Bitter as opposed to VB.", "brewery": "Philter Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 68, "flavour": [ "dark" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "philter-old-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 591 }, { "name": "Dainton Kong Juice Double Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I wonder if this is the double of their Jungle Juice Hazy IPA? Fruity with a great flavour depth, at 8% it was deceptively strong.", "brewery": "Dainton Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "dainton-kong-juice-dhipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 592 }, { "name": "Sapporo Gold Star", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Meant to drink this alongside a standard Sapporo to see the difference, but it was a great palate cleanser halfway through a session. Fresh and dry as always.", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sapporo-gold-star.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 593 }, { "name": "Coopers Vintage Ale 2022", "variety": "Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Last beer of the night, and it was a bit dull. Intense, malty and unsurprisingly yeasty. Embarrassingly similar to the bargain bin beers past their use by date. Should remember to stack the last few with hoppy beers not heavy malts.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 59, "flavour": [ "yeasty" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Huell Melon" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Pale" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coopers-vintage-ale-2022.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 594 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture Scenic Route Session Hazy", "variety": "Hazy Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Interesting to see 'cool' craft brewers keeping their usual limited and core stuff exclusive, but also pumping out one or two just to one of the big chains. I guess that is an unthreatening vaguely fashionable style. Drinkable, and with that super light bodied feel of these lower alcohol hazies. That said, I've had better hazy pales and at 4% it's not even particularly low ABV! At that strength I could get a full bodied tasty pale that wouldn't even call itself a session. The only reason for me to drink a beer like this would be as an ultra light.", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-scenic-route-sh.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 595 }, { "name": "Mismatch Strata Hazy", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Smelt great out of the can but it had solid hop burn going on. Early on when breweries started making these hazy pales this was what they were like, thin and acidic and fizzy. Now that I've had some great ones since, I've got no patience for these badly made versions. Dry hopping takes finesse not just volume. Their recent dark ale was pretty good, but otherwise their beers are pretty ordinary.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Strata" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-strata-hazy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 596 }, { "name": "Garage Project Hatsukoi Neo Tokyo Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "There have been a rash of these from Craft brewers, and none have really nailed the authentic Japanese lager flavour. Like they try too hard to make it light and zesty, but miss the sour bitter pilsner angle that I love. This one was much nicer and more drinkable than the Pirate Life recent example, but still not great. Also had the weird herbal flavour, just dialled down enough to get a handle on it. But still not great.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3.5, "lng": 15.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-hatsukoi-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 597 }, { "name": "Swell Gizzy Pipe Hazy NZ IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Another tasty hazy IPA from Swell, enjoyable but nothing spectacular. A bit sweet and heavy with a coarse low head. I'm veering back towards the west after while in hazy town, looking for more brightness and bitterness in a beer.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Motueka", "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-gizzy-pipe-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 598 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Sunshowers California Pale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I took the California reference as a west coast thing and it was! Super light bodied and dry, it wasn't quite on the mark but after some average hazies it was very enjoyable. Might have been the Cashmere adding a bit of spiciness, grew on me by the end. Always good to have a big can to really test the taste!", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "clean", "dry" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Talus", "Cashmere", "Sequoia" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Gladiator", "Carapils" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-sunshowers-california-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 599 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Double Black Ale Cascadian IPA", "variety": "Double Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Black" ], "blurb": "I wanted something notable for beer #600 and this was a smack in the tastebuds! Quite a contrast from the gueuze as #500... boozy, sticky and sweet it wasn't quite what I was hoping for, and what hops flavour it had was buried under that sweetness. And purging the fridge of darks now daylight saving has hit. Time for BBQs, salads and bright beers.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 87, "flavour": [ "sweet", "roasted" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-double-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 600 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Even Flow Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Fox Friday seem to have burst out of the blocks, from never having heard of them to seeing them everywhere! And with such a big range that I bought this as the stronger of the two hazy pales in the bottle shop fridge. This is where tasting notes would be good, as the mildness of this beer took me aback even though it was tasty and drinkable. I'd recommend this as a beer for a craft newbie, not too intense but still with some subtle dry hopping to get them used to aroma. Amarillo added a floral note which played off the Mosaic spice. Great mouthfeel, with none of the fizz of many hazies. Interested to try more of their range.", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "spicy", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Golden Promise", "Vienna", "Pale Wheat", "Honey", "Flaked Oats" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-even-flow-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 601 }, { "name": "Garage Project Pernicious Weed Monster Hop IIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Both beers in my mini Saturday session weren't what I expected and hence hard to rate. The big Fox Friday hazy pale was mild, and I grabbed this one for a follow up flavour smash. And it was, but in a very old school way. Dank and very orange and malty, like the IPAs I tried early in my beer journey. Funny how even the beers now called west coast are actually a lot cleaner and lighter than they used to be. All that said, it was a pocket rocket small can at 8%. Wonder why they stopped making it in big cans?", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 45, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ "dank" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Rakau" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Carapils", "Carahell" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-pernicious-weed-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 602 }, { "name": "Swell Polynesian Triangle Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Was a bit overshadowed by the hazy IPA I drank just beforehand but held it's own. Lovely clear and lightbodied, but malty, mixing that up with the dry hopping for a balanced flavour. Bit of spice from the Mosaic, with some fruity almost coconut from the Galaxy. Rating it against other session ales it's a four, even though I would never really go back to get more of any session ale!", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "tropical", "malty" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Vienna", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-polynesian-triangle-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 603 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Snean Weather Hazy Session", "variety": "Hazy Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Very drinkable. Rating it against it's style it was one of the best but even though I say you could definitely have a session on it I would never have a night drinking light beers... Like they do so well with their hazy beers, it had just enough kettle bitterness peeking through to balance out the fruitiness. Really good carbonation as well which is always a win. Be interesting to do a taste off between this and their standard hazy pale, with 1% difference between them.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Vic Secret", "Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Flaked Oats", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-snean-weather-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 604 }, { "name": "Swell Oceanside West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I was going to say an absolute classic west coast IPA, but I reckon they've put a hint of dry hopping in the mix to round it out. Right on the money for the taste, dank and bitter with solid malt underpinning it, and great carbonation to boot. Super quenching and drinkable, much more hitting the style than their last (Fat Willy's) but not quite nudging into four stars.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 42, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Simcoe", "Citra", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Supernova", "Munich", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-oceanside-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 605 }, { "name": "Range Brewing Mirrors II - DDH IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "A big beer, one I bought for a boy's night that was not to be. Intense with stonefruit sweetness, with an initial boozy Motueka gasoline kick until my palate settled in. Thick and juicy, I'd be interested to compare it to I and III in the series... except you'd have to have them all open at the same time! Somehow I don't think the malt base could hold up triple dry hopping but I guess I'll never know.", "brewery": "Range Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 50, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Galaxy", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "range-mirrors-2-ddh-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 606 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Training Day West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I thought the Swell WCIPA was the real deal, this blew it away! Properly bitter without even a sniff of aromatics, dense honeyed orange maltiness underneath. Mega cans from Fox Friday, which I'm really starting to enjoy as your appreciation of a beer changes over the length. These so big you really get a chance to savour it. I've been enjoying some more modern west coast style IPAs but I don't think these old school heavy IBU beers are my thing. That said, they do great carbonation and interesting to see a brewer focussing on more classic hops.", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 47, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Vic Secret", "Strata" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Maris Otter", "Munich 1", "Melanoidin" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-training-day-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 607 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Easy Does It Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Funny that this was the 'weaker' of the two hazy pales they've got out at the moment but was the tastier! One to show the diversity of hop flavours, with a really earthy and spicy taste. And also one to show how a well made hazy is done, with solid carbonation and a touch of kettle bitterness to contrast the aromatics. Delicious. First one of theirs that really made me believe the hype.", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "spicy", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Ekuanot" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Vienna", "Pale Wheat", "Melanoidin", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-easy-does-it-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 608 }, { "name": "Uraidla Altar Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I wasn't going to buy any more but just kept collecting the full set... It might have been the contrast with the hazy pale just before but this had the distinct whiff of trub. It was drinkable but the smell in the glass was all wet cardboard and yeasty bread. And the names aren't fun double bangers any more either...", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 13, "lng": 73, "flavour": [ "toasted" ], "hops": [ "Spalter Select" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Munich", "Vienna", "Carafa III" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-altar-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 609 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Draught", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "One of the better craft lagers, a bit pilsner-ish and mildly bitter. Drinkable but overall a bit bright for my taste. Rating it three stars against draught lagers, but if I wanted a lager I'd buy a Sapporo!", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5.5, "lng": 20.25, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Magnum", "Cascade" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Malted Wheat", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-draught.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 610 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Space Snake Hazy DIPA", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I did drink the first half out of the can while washing rollers and brush after a day of wall painting so I can't vouch for how carbonated it would have been straight into a glass... but it was a bit still and syrupy. Always a challenge for doubles and triples to avoid, also sweetness which it also didn't avoid. Strong, drinkable, but not great. Also for a hazy it wasn't that hazy, despite the flaked oats and their description of it having an 'oat cream body'.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse", "Mosaic", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Big O", "Flaked Oats", "Acidulated" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-space-snake-dhipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 611 }, { "name": "Little Bang Retro Feels (New World West Coast IIPA)", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Stiff and sticky, it didn't land what it was trying to do, hit that mid coast zone. Heavy west coast orange malt with a layer of Azzaca twang over the top. Came across boozier than it was which is the opposite of what you should be trying to do. Still it was a freebie from my new favourite bottleshop, admittedly after I did spend a bit of time talking to the staff and a bit of money on expensive beers!", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 56, "flavour": [ "bitter", "malty" ], "hops": [ "Columbus", "Strata", "Azacca", "Cashmere" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-retro-feels-wciipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 612 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Sunlit Aussie Wheat Ale", "variety": "Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Should never have bought this... I didn't realise it had citrus zest added, and it had 'Aussie' in the name. Thin and astringent, like they dumped some lemon essence in the leftover rice lager. There were a rash of wheat ales in the middle of the year and if the others are like this it will be a short lived fad. Not sure who it would be aimed at, such a lurid can and fake tasting, but untappd seemed to love it.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 15.5, "flavour": [ "watery" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mandarina Bavaria", "Wai-iti" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Chit" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-sunlit-aussie-wheat-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 613 }, { "name": "Garage Project Double Party & Bulls#*t Double East Coast Anthem IPA", "variety": "Double Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Just like I'd rather have one full strength good beer than two lights, I think I'd rather have two full strength beers than one double! Either that or just a small can of it. The hop mix on this was great, with some Mosaic dry hopping hitting the spot. I've read bubblegum as a flavour note before but this time I got what they meant, rich and stonefruity. Boozy yet still drinkable... just too much of a good thing, a bit palate numbing by the end. Wish I'd tried the standard / non-double version. Still, well made and good head for a double hazy, a style that often descends into soupy.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 52, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Warrior Extract", "Simcoe T90", "Mosaic Incognito", "Simcoe", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-double-party-hipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 614 }, { "name": "Little Creatures Pacific Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I did just buy this to fill a spot on the can holder, but it was a very pleasant surprise! The very quintessential Australian pale ale, a little cloudy but cleanly bitter with a dry finish, like a Coopers pale without the yeasty must and murk. Classically hopped with Galaxy, I'd love to compare it to their standard pale. If I was going to a party with a slab to drink one beer all night, this would be one to get on!", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Magnum" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carahell", "Malted Wheat", "Cararye" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-pacific-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 615 }, { "name": "Garage Project Mecha Hop Singularity - Mega Mosaic Hazy Double IPA", "variety": "Hazy Double Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Third beer of a good beer night, one that I'd been saving up to share and compare with my favourite beer of the year, the hazy pale version of this... and it was a dud. Flat and seemingly stale even though it was a month fresher. Maybe the extra booziness killed the brightness, maybe it was the weight of expectation.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 40, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fresh" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Light Lager", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-mecha-mega-mosaic-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 616 }, { "name": "Ministry of Beer Mosaic Sour", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer from Ministry of Beer, and third of three in a row Mosaic single hop beers! It was a really interesting one, a hopped sour, tart and refreshing if not super hoppy. I couldn't drink more than one, but on a balmy night it was a great palate cleanser too. UPDATE: I picked this up completely out of nostalgia, remembering drinking it with Michael. It had no date, and I wasn't expecting much, but it was dry and crisp and refreshing. He'd bought a few of their beers, and we drank them in a great session, the Black Friday November Bender. Never thought that a year and a half later I'd be preparing to spread his ashes.", "brewery": "Ministry of Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 9, "flavour": [ "sour" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mobeer-mosaic-sour.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 617 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Festbier Hefeweizen", "variety": "Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Judging it against hefes, a style I don't like, this was probably the best I've had so far. Which isn't saying much because most I've tipped out! Banana and cloves, the cliche ester flavour, decent head and body, as good as it gets. I bought the set of PP's Oktoberfest beers just for collector completeness...", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 8, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-festbier-hefe.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 618 }, { "name": "Ministry of Beer Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Solid core range pale ale. Nothing spectacular, a little old school in it's clear bodied bitterness, but classic and sessionable.", "brewery": "Ministry of Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mobeer-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 619 }, { "name": "Little Bang Critical Hit (Daily Dry Hopped Double IPA)", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Another disappointing one from Little Bang, and the second they call a West Coast style but dry hopped. Somehow dull and flat like a bargain bin beer past its used by date. After hyping up the daily dry hopping it really had no aromatic flavours.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 45, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-critical-hit-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 620 }, { "name": "Ministry of Beer Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A good proper pilsner, with clean dry noble hop bitterness. Judging it against the style, a good one, not up there with some of the classic European examples or with some of the newer Craft versions with dry hopping, but solid and drinkable. Would go well with a kransky and sauerkraut!", "brewery": "Ministry of Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9.5, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mobeer-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 621 }, { "name": "Mismatch Enigma IPL", "variety": "India Pale Lager", "style": "India Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Bought it fresh at their newish brewpub in town, mainly to try the newish hop Enigma. Happily both the beer and hop pretty good! Similar to Eclipse with some earthy spiciness mixed in with the fruitiness, made for a good focus hop. One of the better IPLs, maybe a little thin bodied but rich and drinkable. UPDATE: Really wanted to try one sober, and still very tasty but seemingly much drier. Another botanical reference, hints of orange blossom!", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "fruity", "spicy" ], "hops": [ "Enigma", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Pale Ale", "Munich I", "Crystal", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-enigma-ipl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 622 }, { "name": "Ministry of Beer Barossa Blonde", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A blonde ale to Greenock's Bunawanda Blonde lager. Not a 'real' style, like a light golden ale, all malt and yeast with no hops. Almost sweet, almost sessionable, but sticky.", "brewery": "Ministry of Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mobeer-barossa-blonde.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 623 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Permission Granted Hazy TIPA", "variety": "Hazy Triple Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Triple", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "As cuz Michael said, like the muscle car of beers. This was the 11th beer of the night, and may not have been a good idea! Stiff and boozy and sweet, you could almost have stood a spoon up in it. Too much, but it did give us an ill advised but entertaining second wind.", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 53, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Galaxy", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Golden Promise", "Pale Wheat", "Flaked Oats", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-perm-granted-hazy-tipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 624 }, { "name": "Ministry of Beer IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was in the shadow of a massive hazy TIPA and I wasn't really paying attention... Have to try another to give it justice.", "brewery": "Ministry of Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mobeer-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 625 }, { "name": "Ministry of Beer New England IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I took a bit more note of this one, but it was 13th beer of the night. Our tasting notes had two words 'hazy, tasty'.", "brewery": "Ministry of Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mobeer-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 626 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Festbier Dunkel", "variety": "Dunkel", "style": "Dunkel", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was a refreshing turn for beer 14 after a run of IPAs. Light bodied, medium brown and on the dry side, really should have stopped there! Not sure how traditional it was, I wasn't convinced by the only true German dunkel I had in the past. Got the third PP Festbier still in the fridge, their Helles, which I'm keen to try.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 62, "flavour": [ "dark", "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-festbier-dunkel.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 627 }, { "name": "Mismatch Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Last beer of the night, and even though I wrote that it was refreshing I couldn't finish it and went to bed very soon after putting the glass down for the last time! Owe it another try for more detail. UPDATE: A real muddle of hops, seven in total. More bitter than aromatic, over carbonated, and not much body. Not as good as their single hop hazies. UPDATE: My local bottleshop has gone downhill. Once they had a great selection of craft beers, but now there is very little new coming in and some very old cans sitting in the fridge, some older than six months. Out of desperation to fill a four can holder I picked this up. Drinkable, passable, but really not worth buying.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41.5, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Citra", "Columbus", "Zeus", "Supers", "Mandarina Bavaria", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Pale Ale", "Oat", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-hazy-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 628 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Festbier Helles", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Meh. I'd have to try a genuine Helles, this was a bit too much of a bright Craft lager for me. No dirty wheaty grunt. Also like to do a taste comparison with their standard lager...", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-festbier-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 629 }, { "name": "Uraidla Astral Vibration Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A welcome return to form after a run of duds. Dense and aromatic without being overpowering, maybe it was the classic hop selection. Juicy and fruity and a good one to drink while making pizza dough on a hot Saturday. UPDATE: Bought another to give it a second try. Poured quite flat and was a little sweet and apricoty, but still enjoyable.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mosaic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Caramunich", "Oat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-astral-vibe-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 630 }, { "name": "Swell Sunshine Coast NEIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "It's all about the order you drink the beers, and it was a perfect mini-session. After the fresh Uraidla hazy pale, this was more earthy and challenging in a good way. I'm guessing from the Eukanot, but I haven't tried enough beers using it to know. Intrigued to know why this was the first one for a while they called a NEIPA instead of just a hazy IPA, the blurb said 'North-East IPA'... Might have gone up to a four, but the head was very coarse and dropped quickly.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "Idaho 7", "Ekuanot Cryo", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Vienna", "Wheat", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-sunshine-coast-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 631 }, { "name": "Swell Reef Break Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I did send them a message to see why this one was a hazy not a NEIPA... 'because it's a little more bitter'. And I guess it was. Tasty, juicy body and good carbonation, balance of aroma and bittering, but the hops were just a bit middle of the road, Galaxy and Vic Secret. The NEIPA the winner of the two, both not going over the top with dry hopping.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-reef-break-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 632 }, { "name": "Little Creatures Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Need to coin a new category, macro craft. Balter, Pirate Life and Little Creatures all big volume brewers of craft style beers that are very tasty and drinkable but also consistently well made... if not anything ground breaking. Had this on tap at our Christmas lunch, and it was a good fresh hazy to wash down a burger. Had a grab bag of hops, but it was the spicy Mosaic hint that came through. Really want to find their hazy lager now. UPDATE: Four years later, same pub, still dense and tasty. Have to try ours now...", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Galaxy", "Citra", "Amarillo", "Mosaic", "Azacca" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carared", "Wheat", "Malted Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 633 }, { "name": "SixTwelve Limited Edition NZ Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Didn't quite live up to the blurb... 'brilliant bright straw with tight white head' as it was a little on the flat side and was more of a darker pilsner colour. That said it was bright on the palate, with a crisp showcase of the NZ hop character. Need to find a better way to describe it than 'diesel', very clean and crisp and tangy. The hops would probably suit an ale better, but was a solid modern craft pilsner.", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Kohatu", "Nelson Sauvin", "Riwaka" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Carapils", "Light Munich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-nz-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 634 }, { "name": "SixTwelve Limited Edition Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was just delicious. Soft and juicy, fragrant and fruity, with no acidic hop flavours. Interesting that many brewers go for strong fruity hops for beers like this, whereas a couple of classic more bittering hops (Cascade and Mosaic) really kept the balance. Maybe not the best hazy pale I've ever had, but I'm planning to go back for a 4-pack. A tasty solid fridge filler for summer! UPDATE: I did go back and buy a 4-pack. Most fruit descriptors are a bit vague, but this is absolutely passionfruit! Could do with a touch more malt body but a great refreshing summer beer. UPDATE: See the many nolos for the reason why, but after a six week gap I came back to these. The aromatics had dropped a little, making them more bitter than I remember. Or maybe my taste buds got a little lazy drinking those weak nolos. The second one is going down a treat.", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Mosaic", "Nectaron", "Sabro", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Carapils", "Light Munich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-hazy-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 635 }, { "name": "Mismatch Zero Pale Ale", "variety": "No Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "Another beer that was filling a spot on a four pack, I really wanted to try their WCIPA but it wasn't to be. Started well, at the malty end rather than the thin fizzy hoppy end like many are, and quite dark, but it dropped off and got a bit soft drink-ish by the end. Rating against nolos, it was decent.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 15, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Galaxy", "Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ "Carapils", "Vienna", "Munich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-zero-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 636 }, { "name": "Heaps Normal Quiet XPA", "variety": "No Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "No Alcohol" ], "blurb": "On a stinking hot Saturday, halfway through a course of antibiotics I went to the bottle-o for some nolos. Been meaning to try this one for a while, one of the early ones out and leading the segment. After drinking one, I'd have to rate it as one of the best, with some decent crisp bitterness. Still too thin and watery, but I guess they can't work miracles and it was very drinkable. I'd be really interesting to hear what their 'redesigned' brewing process is.", "brewery": "Heaps Normal", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 12, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "heaps-normal-quiet-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 637 }, { "name": "Heaps Normal Half Day Hazy", "variety": "No Alcohol Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "No Alcohol" ], "blurb": "Had this straight after their Quiet XPA, and it was pretty similar. Just a bit hazier and just a bit fruitier on the hops, but was definitely tastier and more drinkable. As hard as it is to give four stars to a beer I would never normally drink, I'd rate this as the best I've tried and would pick this on those rare occasion I go nolo.", "brewery": "Heaps Normal", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 13, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "heaps-normal-half-day-hazy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 638 }, { "name": "Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0%", "variety": "No Alcohol Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "No Alcohol" ], "blurb": "Interesting to try a macro zero alcohol beer after the craft versions. Unsurprisingly, it was like a macro metallic lager! Was drinkable but I'd love to compare it to the normal version. First glass bottle for a while, a small one at 330ml even, which is a bit rude.", "brewery": "Peroni Brewery", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Italy", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 16, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "peroni-zero.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 639 }, { "name": "Heaps Normal Another Lager", "variety": "No Alcohol Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "No Alcohol" ], "blurb": "This was definitely the weakest of their three beers. Carbonated but with no head, tasted ok to start with but ended as sweet malty thin fizz. Wasn't awful but I would never have another.", "brewery": "Heaps Normal", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 14, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "heaps-normal-another-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 640 }, { "name": "4 Pines Ultra Low", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "Still on antibiotics, went and got another batch of nolos. This one doesn't say if it's ale, lager or even beer... 'malt beverage'. Was pretty standard for these, fizzy but no head, a little sweet and tart from the hops rather than bitter. After you get used to the category they're drinkable and not terrible but still.", "brewery": "4 Pines Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3.5, "lng": 17.5, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "4-pines-ultra-low.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 641 }, { "name": "Better Beer Zero Alc", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "This was a surprise package. Poured with a big frothy head, I had to slow down rather than usually with the nolos having to pour vigorously to get anything. And they usually stay fizzy where this one went a little flat afterwards. What was the most surprising was the flavour, it had some! Not bitter but sweeter and complex, a little like a saison, like a watery apple juice malt drink. At the start I was thinking 2 star, but it grew on me! UPDATE: Had a couple of these as a spacer at a wedding, and once I got over the initial taste it was quite drinkable for a nolo.", "brewery": "Better Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 17, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "better-beer-zero-alc.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 642 }, { "name": "Nort Pacific Ale", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "Maybe I'm having low expectations after a run of nolos, but this was really tasty and refreshing, hoppier than many others. Bonus points for calling it an ale, and for being brewed by an independent, Modus Operandi. I can never figure out the angle for small breweries doing a full separate sub-brand, but it must be working for them. Keen to try the others.", "brewery": "Nort Beer", "parent": "Modus Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 12.5, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nort-pacific-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 643 }, { "name": "Hey Days XPA Beer Zero Alcohol", "variety": "No Alcohol Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "No Alcohol" ], "blurb": "I guess I shouldn't have expected much from a knockoff / own brand nolo from Pinnacle. Probably the maltiest, but like a dark soft drink with no head.", "brewery": "Pinnacle Drinks", "parent": "Endeavour Drinks Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "hey-days-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 644 }, { "name": "Carlton Zero", "variety": "No Alcohol Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "No Alcohol" ], "blurb": "Nowhere on the can or in the advertising does it actually say it's beer. I'm going to call this as the worst nolo, not a zero star rating because I didn't tip it out but I got close. So murky and sweet, like they took out the only part of standard Carlton Draught that was drinkable.", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 18, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "carlton-zero.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 645 }, { "name": "Nort Pale Ale", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "Really want to try the last two Nort beers as they are quality. The two so far have even had different hop character instead of a generic additive flavour. This one was drier with the slight stonefruit angle of an Australian pale ale.", "brewery": "Nort Beer", "parent": "Modus Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 12, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nort-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 646 }, { "name": "Nort Tropical XPA", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "This smelt just like a real beer when I cracked the can, lovely dry hop floral notes! Still had the nolo thin wateriness, but was very refreshing. I'd probably pick the Pacific Ale as the best of their four, edging this one out with a bit more malt depth.", "brewery": "Nort Beer", "parent": "Modus Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 11.5, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nort-tropical-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 647 }, { "name": "Nort All Day IPA", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "I'd happily drink any of the Nort nolos, but this was really tasty. Probably the 'bitterest' of them all, just edged out by the Pacific Ale having a bit more body. In glass, straight out of the bottle I'd do these at a BBQ as designated driver.", "brewery": "Nort Beer", "parent": "Modus Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7.5, "lng": 13, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nort-all-day-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 648 }, { "name": "Bridge Road Free Time - Alcohol Free Pale Ale", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "Maybe after four weeks I'm losing my taste, maybe I'm getting super excited about getting my stitches out tomorrow and having a real beer to celebrate, but this was bloody nice! I'm crowning it the best nolo, genuine hop flavours from Citra, Simcoe and Enigma, but with malt body! I reckon I've had worse real pale ales, this was more like a mild Australian style pale than a watery nolo. For a session where I needed to drive, I would absolutely make an effort to go and find these.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10.5, "lng": 14.5, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Simcoe", "Enigma" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-free-time.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 649 }, { "name": "Garage Project Lost City El Dorado Hopped Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Celebrating getting stitches out of my back, and the end of four weeks alcohol free dealing with my cyst and two rounds of antibiotics. A good milestone for beer #650. I was interested to try this one, doing what they did with the mecha mosaic, El Dorado added three ways via T90 pellets, cryo hops and Incognito extract. Much milder and fruity, so thick and hazy the carbonation didn't cut through. Didn't set my world on fire but after thin nolos this had voluptuous body, awesome can artwork, and left me needing a nap after dinner. Bring on the next boy's night!", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 42, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-lost-city.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 650 }, { "name": "Orval", "variety": "Trappist Ale", "style": "Trappist Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A great beer to start the night, breaking new style ground! Super foamy, filling the glass mostly with head that was so thick it sculpted into shapes. When we finally got down to the beer it was dense and spicy. A genuine Belgian Trappist abbey ale and my first brett beer. Fermented with Brettanomyces bruxellensis, originally a local wild yeast, and dry hopped so it ended up being unlike the Belgian beers I've tried so far - dry! Hence, rating it against the style, my favourite so far. (And new shortest beer name.)", "brewery": "Brasserie d'Orval", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 8, "lng": 45, "flavour": [ "spicy", "earthy" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau", "Styrian Goldings", "Strisselspalt" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "orval.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 651 }, { "name": "Garage Project Hops on Pointe Champagne Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Bright as. Brewed with champagne yeast and it was sharp and dry, bright yellow and sparkling in the glass. A good experiment, but missing all the bitter dryness of a good pilsner.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 8, "lng": 15.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-hops-on-pointe.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 652 }, { "name": "Garage Project Phantasm Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "If thiols are the next big thing then count me out. I fell for the hype, and was expecting something intense but it was flat, cloying and over-rich with phenols. Most of the fads have been disappointing, and I guess if it needs an additive and a modified yeast it's probably a fad. Wish we'd had the wild yeast beer from GP instead.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-phantasm-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 653 }, { "name": "Trooper Sun and Steel Senjutsu Limited Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Four pilsners on the night that were all so different, this one the best. Even slightly out of date is was surprisingly good, crisp and light. Apparently using sake yeast. Entertaining to have a bottle and style for each album... haven't listened to an Iron Maiden album for a couple of decades!", "brewery": "Robinson's Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ "piney", "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "trooper-senjutsu.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 654 }, { "name": "Feral Cryo XPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was a surprise find in the big chain store, hadn't heard of this one. Unlike the old school Feral beers it was light on malt. Fresh, hoppy and clean, it would be very sessionable if a little flat. UPDATE: Second of the Feral beers I bought to celebrate them being bought by Nail. With low expectations, and worried it might have been heat affected from shipping, I throroughly enjoyed it. Like an xpa crossed with a hazy, the cryo aromatics were bright and fresh. Still not much head but who cares!", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-cryo-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 655 }, { "name": "Beer No Evil The River of Insanity Single Hop IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "My first from this Adelaide brewer with a metal theme. Classic IPA, malty and stiff but super drinkable with Alice in Chains as accompaniment. Our can label was way more metallic and shiny than this one. Was the best beer thus far until we cracked the next one... UPDATE: By chance saw more of these, always great to support the little locals when they do a good brew! Stiff and bitter after a hazy but good.", "brewery": "BeerNoEvil", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 47.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "beer-no-evil-roi-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 656 }, { "name": "Garage Project Dec 2022 Fresh IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The beer of the night. We loved it, like the lead guitar being the citra and the bass being the mosaic. Michael said 'I could drink a lot of this and not get bored.' Simple but intense flavour, not worrying about being being hazy or not. The only downside of the turnover of limited beers is the great ones don't get made again.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 48, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "fruity", "fresh" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Citra", "Ekuanot" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-dec-2022-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 657 }, { "name": "Little Bang Undercover Fashion Police Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Now not numbered and maybe their core hazy IPA. Was in a similar flavour vein to the previous awesome beer but still held its own, a bit lighter. A very fresh and easy drinking hazy. That said, we do tend to get more generous as we get drunker. UPDATE: First hazy of the night and was a lovely fruity change. A tasty core hazy IPA.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-ufp-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 658 }, { "name": "Orion 75 Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "An impulse buy as I hadn't tried the standard Orion, but it was terrible. Rusty, cheap and nasty.", "brewery": "Orion Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "orion-75-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 659 }, { "name": "Tallboy & Moose Goop Troop Hop Goop IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A super out of date can, coincidentally another Mosaic and Citra beer, not terrible but hops faded to malty stickiness. Probably not worth wasting a good beer when this drunk! Our next and last beverage was a very refreshing but non-alcoholic hop infused sparkling water.", "brewery": "Tallboy and Moose", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 46.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Citra C02 extract", "Mosaic Incognito" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "tallboy-and-moose-goop-troop.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 660 }, { "name": "Little Creatures Loteria Mexican Cerveza", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After a couple of decent LC beers I got sucked into this one. Hoping for something dry I hadn't realised it had lime and salt... a little weak and thin bodied with the fake fruit cordial tang.. I guess this is to be their offering to Corona drinkers but I'd rather have one of those.", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 15.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-loteria-cerveza.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 661 }, { "name": "Kaiju Pleasure Kruze Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "It might have been the lacklustre beer I had just before it, but this was absolutely spot on. Not the most intense in flavour, and not the haziest, but a beautiful balance of piney bitterness and fruity aroma, haze and malt, in a medium body. Not just one that I'd go back and buy more of, but a beer that would be great to drink a 4 pack and see how the flavour changed over the session. Delicious. UPDATE: Bought a naughty single when I had lots of beers in the fridge just to try a second time. As a first beer I found it a little more unbalanced, a bit too candy aromatic. Still have to buy a pack, see how the second in a row tastes! UPDATE: I did get a four-pack for a BBQ and it was pretty sessionable. I knew I'd be drinking them out of the can so the low carbonation worked in it's favour, and it didn't get too sticky right through to the fourth.", "brewery": "Kaiju! Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Nelson Sauvin", "Citra", "El Dorado", "Mosaic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Oat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kaiju-pleasure-kruze.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 662 }, { "name": "Mismatch Wai-iti Hazy", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I wonder if this was the last of this series before their core hazy pale. Overall I find Mismatch inconsistent and unconvincing. This was a good showcase for Wai-iti, that classic NZ gasoline aroma, which grew on me as I drank. Would have been a 3 star, but in the bottom of the glass were a lot of crusty lumps. A nasty surprise if drinking out of the can.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Wai-iti" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-wai-iti-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 663 }, { "name": "Moo Brew Tassie Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I shouldn't have bought it. Even good breweries, when they say they're doing a standard core lager, it means it's going to be crap. On the sweet side and just bland. Pilsners yes, generic lagers no. Making a promise to myself not to buy their red generic ale.", "brewery": "Moo Brew Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6.5, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "moo-brew-tassie-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 664 }, { "name": "Pirate Life × Balter Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "They put out a pair of collab beers. This one got the better reviews and sold out, but I think they were pretty even. Not spectacular, but points for putting a less mainstream hop mix in each. This one was Nectaron, Strata, Loral CRYO, Mosaic and Motueka. Mostly the fruity apricot sweetness, with a little of the spicy and earthy tones underneath. Not hitting the mark for me, and not integrated, but worth drinking as a pair.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Nectaron", "Strata", "Loral CRYO", "Mosaic", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Marris Otter", "Carapils", "Wheat", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-balter-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 665 }, { "name": "Pirate Life × Balter West Coast IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "West Coast" ], "blurb": "On a school night I should have stopped at the hazy, but I wanted to get tipsy and to taste the other of the pair. Super light coloured, which was where the malt base was... light. I preferred this of the pair, but also not in the spot for me. The hops quite sharp and spicy with Perle, Strata, Amarillo, Taiheke, Mosaic and Simcoe. Perle meant to have an angle of menthol which kinda fits. Should have aimed for something darker for beer #666!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "spicy" ], "hops": [ "Perle", "Strata", "Amarillo", "Taiheke", "Mosaic", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Vienna", "Acidulated", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-balter-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 666 }, { "name": "Swell Princess Kaiulani Pink Boots Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Been hard to find some of the recent Swell beers, but a new bottle shop had a great stash of local beers. This can was a little old, but a good cause to support. Quite a dark pale but not hitting APA territory. Mild but tasty, malty but not sticky, nothing spectacular but very drinkable.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Pink Boots", "Centennial", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Vienna", "Crystal", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-pk-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 667 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley × Kickback New Zealand Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "New Zealand pilsner is definitely a thing these days, I ended up with two in my fridge from a single mixed purchase. This was very much what you'd expect from this 'style'... a little malty stiffness like a pilsner but a lot of NZ hoppiness. Still figuring out a way to describe it, grassy and fruity. Light bodied, I still don't think lagers can quite hold up the hops, but very drinkable.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 16, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bvb-kickback-nz-pils.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 668 }, { "name": "Garage Project Vital Mesmerism Sour Hazy Hybrid IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was an experience. One I wanted to try after reading the description, not sure if I liked it but it was pretty unique! Creamy carbonation, thick like fermented apricot juice with a sour and sweet taste. Packing 2.8 drinks into a big can it was worth doing. Super hard to place on the graph.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 30, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ "sour", "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Citra", "Cryo Pop", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-vital-mesmerism.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 669 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Mosaic IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "It was ill advised to go for a third beer, but I wanted something bitter after the sour hazy hybrid. I first tried this in my anti-mosaic phase back in the day, could barely drink it. It was a hand brake turn into classic hops in the boil, clear and crisp with a simple focus on Mosaic. Needed more body and a bit more aromatics, but a very enjoyable tipsy third beer on a Saturday night. UPDATE: Got a couple of mega size PL cans for the night. Enjoyable to drink, but there's something about the hopping in this that's a bit thin and watery. A few of their beers have it, like they're using a concentrate not the real thing, particularly for a hop like Mosaic that should have some kick. UPDATE: First beer of the metal night at the Cranker. A cracker of a beer. Horns up. UPDATE: I don't even remember drinking two of these cans at the end of the night... UPDATE: Clean and grassy, almost oily with hops. Better take my time with this can, the night of three stars. Loving the beers but not wetting my pants over any. The wind rushes past
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I ponder them. UPDATE: We did a solid vertical tasting. The December 2025 batch much stickier and more additive tasting that the May 2025. The little 2022 can scavenged from the discard pallet definitely faded and a little weird!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.25, "lng": 32.25, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Carapils" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-mosaic.png", "newbottleurl": "pirate-life-mosaic-ipa-big.png", "rating": "3", "id": 670 }, { "name": "Swell Spot Suffolk Park Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was a really good hazy pale, balancing bitterness and aroma, well carbonated, tasty and drinkable, just no fireworks. This is a harsh category to compete in, probably my favourite style, with so many great beers. Maybe needed a little more brightness, Amarillo not a headline hop.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.75, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-sp-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 671 }, { "name": "Uraidla Tranquility DH NZ Pils", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Interesting to have another of these so soon. Bang on the style, even if not a favourite, and I'd rate this one. Might have been that it was straight after a hazy, but it was a bit drier than most. Still with the classic kiwi cut grass hops. So distinctive.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 17, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Riwaka", "Nelson Sauvin", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Cara Pils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-tranquility-dh-nz-pils.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 672 }, { "name": "Equilibrium Fractal Nelson Citra India Pale Ale", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer of a park bench session with Alex. An American import, not sure how old or how well shipped it was, but it had the dull malt and low aroma of a past it beer. Lots of blobby sediment in the bottom too. I'd almost take another star off for the crappy wizard font!", "brewery": "Equilibrium Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 38, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "equilibrium-fractal-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 673 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Was a victim of expectation, as I was hoping this would be more of the amazing West Coast Juicy but it was quite bland. Almost like a second tier beer, not on their website or socials, with badly done typography on the label. Not bad, just underwhelming.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bvb-west-coast-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 674 }, { "name": "Claremont Craft Ales Jacaranda Rye IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The rye gave it a nice rounded flavour, mild but good. Such an old school first wave craft brewery, they still have their original website and logo from 2014!", "brewery": "Claremont Craft Ales", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 20, "lng": 54, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Centennial" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "claremont-rye-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 675 }, { "name": "Swell White Horses IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Coming in the shadow of some stale orange malt American imports in massive cans this was a fresh little beauty. Not trying to be east or west coast, but 'low bitterness'. Have to try another one with a cleaner palate. Swell having another good run of beers. UPDATE: Probably should have done it the other way round, but this was a great follow up to an intense hazy. Clean and easy drinking. Like having a good cheese after a meaty steak.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "fresh" ], "hops": [ "Idaho 7", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-white-horse-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 676 }, { "name": "Rogue Newport Daze Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A hilariously big can, I think the biggest I've ever seen and apparently the trend in America. You go to your local bodega and buy one massive strong beer as value for money craft. This one not so strong, but a nice drinkable hazy pale from a craft OG. Not so heavy on the dry hopping as many local versions. A long beer to sit and enjoy toward the end of a session.", "brewery": "Rogue Ales", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 40, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rogue-newport-daze.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 677 }, { "name": "Epic IPAAAHH", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Last beer of the night, a surprise extra after we realised Alex would miss his bus! I was getting tipsy and don't remember much about it apart from being vaguely unimpressed. A weird commercial tie in with a NZ adventure experience company.", "brewery": "Epic Beer", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 41, "lng": 38.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "epic-ipaahh.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 678 }, { "name": "Tiny Fish Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Bought it to support another new little brewer, but it was as generic as it gets for a core range pale. Minimal hops, malty draught taste, absolutely forgettable. Not sure why you'd bother apart from the challenge / thrill of starting up your own brewery.", "brewery": "Tiny Fish Brew Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "tiny-fish-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 679 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Barossa Crisp", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A pleasant surprise! Wanting something light and dry with everything else in the fridge hazies, this was nearly in the pilsner zone as opposed to the sweetish bright craft lagers. That said, poured a little flat with no head. I did scan the barcode to put my review into their AI setup, but weirdly they have almost completely stopped promotion of their beers, not on socials or even if their store.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bvb-barossa-crisp.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 680 }, { "name": "Mismatch Moutere Hazy", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Another ghost beer, not mentioned anywhere but the best of their hazies. No lumps, good carbonation and head, and a long bitterness underneath to balance the aroma. I was keen to try another NZ hop and it was a good one, geeking out on the data to find that it has super high percent of alpha acids compared to most hops. Have to get another to double taste!", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "piney", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Moutere" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-moutere-hazy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 681 }, { "name": "Tiny Fish Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "This was a naughty third beer before driving to Mildura the next day. Might have been the double contrast after a hazy then a west coast, but this was lovely and light, while still dark and dry. Not hoppy, into the black lager zone. A nice surprise after their lacklustre pale ale.", "brewery": "Tiny Fish Brew Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 17, "lng": 86, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "tiny-fish-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 682 }, { "name": "Atomic Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Started well but got a bit yeasty and dull by the end. Interesting to read the history, Atomic once being a single beer from Gage Road that spun off into a standalone brand like Voodoo Ranger from New Belgium. Originally an American style pale back in the WA APA glory days but now very much an Australian style. I had thought this was a own label, and Gage Road was once partly owned by Woolworths, but even if not it tasted like one.", "brewery": "Atomic Brewing", "parent": "Gage Roads Brewing Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "atomic-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 683 }, { "name": "Atomic Hazy", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Better than their standard pale, but not by a lot. A little hoppier and more bitter, if not much hazier and not particularly aromatic. A mainstream entry level hazy.", "brewery": "Atomic Brewing", "parent": "Gage Roads Brewing Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "atomic-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 684 }, { "name": "Little Bang Sun Bear Hazy", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "As a flagship core range beer it was pretty average, but maybe that was the idea. Not particularly hazy or aromatic. I really want to like Little Bang, but have often found them disappointing. UPDATE: We had a mini Little Bang tasting session. After their lager and ESB the smell of this out of the can was amazing. Bright and passionfruity, great flavour to start but just too thin bodied. Like the fizzy light hazies that were in the second wave of the style like Ballistic's Hawaiian Haze.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 12, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-sun-bear.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 685 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Double South Coast Ale", "variety": "Strong Pale Ale", "style": "Strong Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "We thought it would be twice as good as the standard South Coast, but it was only half. No lightness at all - dark, sticky, sweet and boozy. I was tempted to tip it out and go on to something better in the fridge, but persevered just for the tipsiness.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Cashmere", "Amarillo", "Wai-ti" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-double-south-coast-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 686 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley AI²PA The Rodney AI Generated Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Well, I guess the AI took my feedback and turned the overly malty Rodney IPA into the Rodney 'international' pale ale. Better... but still a bit bland on the hop front, somehow washed out and fake tasting. Even though it was a school night I went on with the other AI beer.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bvb-ai2pa-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 687 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley AI WCIPA AI Generated Pale Ale", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Maybe the AI and feedback split the first beer into the pale ale and this WCIPA. Better than the first, and way better than their recent non-AI WCIPA, but nothing special. Similar hop mix, and even though it was orange and malty it wasn't sticky. And like all of their recent beers, nothing in their store or on socials to show they exist. They seem to have gone down the rabbit hole with this, focussing on a gimmick producing ordinary beers and moving away from a consistently good (and human designed) series of hazy IPAs. Like Prancing Pony, another local brewer scratched off my list to buy from after falling quality.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 40.25, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bvb-ai-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 688 }, { "name": "Swell Mid-length Hazy Session Ale", "variety": "Hazy Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A lovely light hazy. Their flavour notes were way off, all mango and berries, whereas it had some fruit from the Galaxy with a solid punch of piney spice from Mosaic. Light bodied as you'd expect from a session ale, but funny that a normal hazy is only 4.9! Would have been awesome with a little more malt body, that said I'll buy another. UPDATE: Still delicious, a great reliable fridge beer.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ "piney" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Toffee", "Wheat", "Oats", "Malted Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-mid-length-hazy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 689 }, { "name": "Beer No Evil The House of Mirrors NZ Hazy Session", "variety": "Hazy Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was meant to save this for the next boys night, but wanted to go for another hazy session to compare! Both good, but this edged out the Swell Mid-length. Milder hops in the NZ hop style, drier than many, light bodied. Would be a great beer to have a session with. UPDATE: Had another, crisp and dry and light.", "brewery": "BeerNoEvil", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Wai-iti", "Southern Cross", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Flaked Oats", "Flaked Barley", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "beer-no-evil-hom-hazy-session.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 690 }, { "name": "Vandestreek Playground Non Alcoholic IPA", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "I'm a bit torn on how to review this one. One of the last two nolo beers hanging around in the back of the fridge, I cracked this mainly to get rid of it on the very last day of the best before... As such it was a little stale, but still amazingly intense and malty for a nolo. Part of me would like to try a fresher one just to see, but I'm not really up for nolos or buying imported beers.", "brewery": "Vandestreek Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Netherlands", "status": "Imported", "lat": 6, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "vandestreek-playground-na-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 691 }, { "name": "Uraidla Spellbinder DDH IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "A great return to form for Uraidla, and a style they did and now do so well. Intense dry hopping aromatics with some bitterness underneath. Interesting to read there were no hops in the boil but were some in with the mash. They had a big spiel about thiols but the simple description was that it had great flavour depth in the hops, pushing right to the edge of burn but not over. Always love that they never give you a clue whether it will be hazy or clear!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "floral", "spicy" ], "hops": [ "Cryo-pop", "Wai-iti", "Saaz" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Carapils", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-spellbinder-ddh-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 692 }, { "name": "Tallboy & Moose Sunray XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "I was hesitant, this was a bargain bin beer canned nearly a year and a half ago... but it was very drinkable! Well carbonated, and even though the hops had really dropped off the malts didn't get sticky like some of the old IPAs.", "brewery": "Tallboy and Moose", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 17, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "El Dorado", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "tallboy-moose-sunray-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 693 }, { "name": "Walkerville Co-operative WB Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The short version of the story is that descendants of a brewing family found some old recipe books and brewed some classic beers. Wasn't a bright light modern craft lager, or a metallic macro lager, but was mild and malty. No idea how true to history it was, but was a bit too sweet and bland for me.", "brewery": "Breheny Brothers Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "breheny-wb-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 694 }, { "name": "Tallboy & Moose Worlds Collide DDH Hopfenweisse", "variety": "Dry Hopped Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Another bargain beer, 16 months old, another pleasant surprise and a new style for me. The hops had dropped but so had the weisse banana leaving a light bodied and fresh tasting beer. Love to get a fresh one of the style just to see.", "brewery": "Tallboy and Moose", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 18.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "BRU-1", "Ella" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "tallboy-moose-wc-ddh-hopfenweisse.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 695 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Short Stack Brown Ale", "variety": "Brown Ale", "style": "Brown Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After a couple of light fresh beers, this was sticky and sweet. Brown ale not a style I'm into, and being another older beer, this was never going to get the stars!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 53, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Columbus", "Fuggles" ], "malt": [ "Munich", "Pale", "Wheat", "Biscuit", "Brown", "Heritage Crystal", "Dark Crystal", "Carafa III" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-ss-brown-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 696 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Cool Runnings Hoppy Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Michael said straight off it was beer of the night, and in a session that accidentally was a line up of great crisp light beers it was the best. Definitely going to go back and buy more!", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "US Cascade" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Vienna", "Carapils" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-cr-hoppy-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 697 }, { "name": "Tallboy & Moose Park Hangs Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another older bargain beer, it made this darker for a pilsner, and full bodied. Sadly, nicer than some of the fresher beers!", "brewery": "Tallboy and Moose", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh", "Perle" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "tallboy-moose-ph-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 698 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Sparkling Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Interesting to see them take on the Coopers sparkling, with a roundel on the can and the same hops, Pride of Ringwood. The result not as interesting, generic and beaten my Michael's homebrew for taste. UPDATE: I got confused thinking this was new and bought another. Sat a little unloved in the fridge and I mainly drank it just because it would be a big glass full on a hot day. It was actually quite tasty! A very old school Australian ale, yeasty and mid range bitterness, with some kick at 5.8%. I'd much rather have one of these than a Coopers Sparkling.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 15, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Pride of Ringwood", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Wheat", "Munich" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-sparkling-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 699 }, { "name": "Garage Project Pickle Beer Cucumber Dill Pickle Sour", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Beer number 700, and in a night of surprises this was a big one! I keep saying I won't buy more gimmick beers but the fact that this keeps selling out tempted me. Now I can see why, amazingly fresh and tangy. Botanicals the only thing I enjoy as an adjunct, working extra well with a sour. Would be the perfect beer with fish and chips or a classic pub burger.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 9, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-pickle-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 700 }, { "name": "Loophole Brewing Smack the Lip Apricot & Coconut Hazy Pale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "The last old can, it was mild and flat and digestive. Not terrible but as Michael said 'it's like drinking the liquid of apricot chicken.'", "brewery": "Loophole Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 13, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "loophole-smack-the-lip-hazy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 701 }, { "name": "Beer No Evil × SixTwelve Brewing The Killer of Giants Double Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "This was a final beer we probably didn't need! Strong and stiff and too acrid for me. I've fallen out of love a little with black IPAs, not fresh enough after heading down the hazy road.", "brewery": "BeerNoEvil", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 89, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "beer-no-evil-tkog-double-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 702 }, { "name": "Garage Project La La California IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Not what I was expecting but a good example of why having a full can to drink is better for reviewing. This was complex, not a simple mix of dry and kettle hopping, challenging at the start but by the end very satisfying. Using a new product that sounds a bit dodgy, a standardised bittering liquid, no hop variety mentioned. No description of what the 'cool new approach to fermentation' actually was. All that said it was very drinkable. UPDATE: Anthony's second beer. I wasn't sure how it would have travelled a year later, but it was still very drinkable.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 42, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "dank" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Rakau" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-lala-cali-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 703 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Get to the Hopper Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A bit flat, and skirting on the edge of hop burn but a nice intense hazy. When you've only got time for one beer you could do a lot worse than this, some kick and a good piney backbone.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "hazy", "piney" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Azacca", "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Flaked Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-gtth-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 704 }, { "name": "Pirate Life HBC 630 IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'm always up for trying a new hop, and was doubly intrigued by the 'Perth' banner showing that it was brewed over in their new WA set up. I knew this would need a warm up beer beforehand, but it was still pretty stiff and bitter. Tasty, and quite light bodied for the darker west coast maltiness. Not really in the right spot for me, but worth trying.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 44, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-hbc-630.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 705 }, { "name": "Pikes Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was a lovely beer to drink. Crisp with that medium juice body and the right amount of bitterness. On the money for the style, but with some extra tropical fruit from the hops to make it not cookie cutter hazy. Definitely going back for another. With more head would have been a 4.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Citra", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 706 }, { "name": "Bridge Road × Fox Friday Hazy Harvest Fresh Hop IPA (2023)", "variety": "Wet Hop India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop" ], "blurb": "They always get the hot breweries to collab on these and I was excited to see Fox Friday! I got it very fresh and it was a long and tasty beer. A bit too subtle for me, both from the hop being Galaxy and the fresh cone mildness. Interesting how much more botanical and vegetable it tasted. I guess there's a limit to how much plant matter you can stuff in the tank!", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47.5, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-hazy-harvest-2023.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 707 }, { "name": "Bridge Road × Firestone Walker Dark Harvest Fresh Hop Black IPA (2023)", "variety": "Wet Hop Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop", "Black" ], "blurb": "I was naughty and followed up the hazy with this, and they made a great pair. This was super tasty first up, the addition of rye really rounding out the roastedness. That said, it did outstay its welcome, getting very sticky by the end, making me thirsty rather than quenched. That also said, worth making and worth drinking, a solid 4.4 standard drinks on a Friday! Have to make it up there for the festival one year.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 77.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-dark-harvest-2023.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 708 }, { "name": "Bond Store Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "During a great weekend away in Wallaroo I did get a quick session in the Bond Store. Always a sucker for a hazy I picked this and it was a bit underwhelming. Hazy in the glass but a bit thin bodied without much aroma. Bronze medal, maybe a different batch... I did also buy a takeaway mixed pack.", "brewery": "Bond Store", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bond-store-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 709 }, { "name": "Range Brewing DDH Everything Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Really a nice hazy lager, dry and fruity, but not the flavour bomb I would have expected from a beer double dry hopped with Motueka. Light bodied and refreshing but nothing spectacular.", "brewery": "Range Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Motueka" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "range-ddh-everything-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 710 }, { "name": "Bond Store Inker Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After trying a number of 'Japanese' lagers that were too sweet and underwhelming, I wasn't sure what to expect of this. Dark, dry and coffee-ish it was a delicious and unnecessary dessert third beer on the deck at Wallaroo. Getting into schwarzbier territory. Going to dip my feet in sunset waters now...", "brewery": "Bond Store", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8.5, "lng": 79.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bond-store-inker-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 711 }, { "name": "SixTwelve Limited Edition NZ DDH IIPA", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Really like juice, low carbonation, acid hops, with Nectaron really pushing the fruitiness. A bit stiff, but enjoyable to drink with a sunset over the sea. Double IPAs are hard to get right, whether hazy or not, and often not worth spending my daily recommended limit on.", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Riwaka", "Kahatu", "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-nz-hazy-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 712 }, { "name": "Coopers Genuine Draught", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Embarrassingly I quite liked this. I was relieved to not taste the Coopers yeastiness, and it nailed the macro lager taste... dry and malty like a Japanese version. Weirdly, after launching it as a limited edition beer, Coopers have gone back and deleted all references to it, even from their social media. Bonus point for matching their 90s can design!", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coopers-draught.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 713 }, { "name": "Bond Store Beach Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A bit lacklustre. Was very similar in the hop angle to the hazy IPA, not aromatic or fruity for a beach / tropic ale. Be interested to see if their IPA is the same.", "brewery": "Bond Store", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bond-store-beach-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 714 }, { "name": "Big Shed Royal Park Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Had a can at a pub lunch, trying to be a good drinker and support local but it was a bit ordinary. A thin weak flavoured craft lager.", "brewery": "Big Shed Brewing Concern", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 21.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Crystal" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Munich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "big-shed-royal-park-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 715 }, { "name": "Bracket Brewing B-Side New World Imperial Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was instantly intrigued seeing this in the bottle shop fridge, and it was one of those beers with a real flavour journey. The first sip was fantastic, dry and hoppy... but then it took a dip into malty and boozy. I reckon it would have been perfect if they'd left it as a standard pilsner, but by the end of the big boozy can I was merry! A worthy experiment.", "brewery": "Bracket Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 15, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bracket-b-side-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 716 }, { "name": "Victoria Bitter Xtra VX", "variety": "Bitter Lager", "style": "Bitter Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I finished it, and it made me nostalgic about the old VB hand grenades, the mini-bottles, but that was about it. Unsurprisingly like VB dialled up, super malty metallic sweetness. Not sure what the point of making an extra strong beer in a smaller size was, same amount of alcohol with less to drink...", "brewery": "Carlton & United Breweries", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "victoria-bitter-vx.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 717 }, { "name": "Bond Store IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Not sure what style this was meant to be, a slightly generic core IPA. Crisp, a bit aromatic, drinkable but you wouldn't bother finding another.", "brewery": "Bond Store", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bond-store-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 718 }, { "name": "Walkerville Bitter Beer", "variety": "Bitter Lager", "style": "Bitter Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was the better of the two Breheny beers, a milder version of a modern bitter. Tasty, and interesting to try this and some more traditional ESBs, and get a feel for the development of the modern versions. I'm keen to try one of their sparkling bitters but otherwise I'm done with these retro beers. Give me modern clean hopping.", "brewery": "Breheny Brothers Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "walkerville-bitter-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 719 }, { "name": "Balter × Cloudburst Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I had a mini Balter session, one of the big XPA cans then this. Collab with an American brewer it had the American orange colour, which was fitting with the thick juicy body and an apricot-ish hop flavour! Dense with flavour, and as usual with Balter well carbonated, but a bit sweet for me.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-cloudburst-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 720 }, { "name": "Stockade Mr Fruju NEIPA (CAN)", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was really intrigued to try one of these again, four years after this was the first NEIPA I ever tried! Ironically it wasn't very hazy at all, or even very hoppy. If I hadn't seen the can, I would have said it was a modern WC hybrid IPA, quite malty with some dry hopping.", "brewery": "Stockade Brew Co", "parent": "Tribe Breweries", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Galaxy", "Citra", "Ella", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "stockade-mr-fruju-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 721 }, { "name": "Two Mates Dogspike Red XPA", "variety": "Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was a sucker and bought this after seeing it in a marketing email from an online beer shop! I reckon if I had this first off I would have thought it was a bit stiff, but after warming up with an IPA beforehand this was quite enjoyable. Dark and malty but with some hopping to crisp it up. Really well carbonated for a good head. The can and fonts make it look a little cheap and nasty but they're a decent sized brewer with two taphouses!", "brewery": "Two Mates Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 53, "flavour": [ "malty", "amber" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Amarillo", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Crystal", "Carafa 1" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "two-mates-dogspike-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 722 }, { "name": "Nail Hazy XPA", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was having one of those online impulse buys, and was excited to see this one. Bought the VPA as well to try it again. Sadly I was disappointed with both. This was like one of the early wave of hazies in Australia, a bit amateurish with a can full of sediment to make the haze. Smelt fresh out of the can but seeing a glass full of floaties is a black mark even before you taste it. Another of their single hop beers that was quite mild, so at least they didn't make a fizzy overhopped hazy. Nail a bit of an old dog that is trying new tricks but not landing them.", "brewery": "Nail Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Sitiva" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "nail-hazy-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 723 }, { "name": "Sydney Brewery Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I keep going back for their dark lager and was hoping this would be a dry pilsner. Sadly it wasn't. More of a craft pilsner, sweet and malty, it was very clean and crisp... just not to my taste.", "brewery": "Sydney Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Saaz" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sydney-brewery-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 724 }, { "name": "Sydney Brewery East Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I went into this with low expectations after the pilsner, but it was a cracker! I'd call it a dry hopped West Coast IPA. Not hazy, really malty, but the aromatic hops made it super complex and tasty. A beer that I kept swirling in my mouth and sniffing the glass to figure out, fruity and piney. Really have to circle back to their black IPA that I bought a while back but gave away...", "brewery": "Sydney Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 38.5, "flavour": [ "malty", "aromatic" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Amarillo", "Topaz", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sydney-brewery-ec-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 725 }, { "name": "4 Pines Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Barely hazy, no juicy body, and hops that tasted like additive, neither aromatic or bitter. I try not to be too harsh but this was really a second rate beer from a second tier brand owned by a conglomerate. Maybe 4 Pines is just the Sydney equivalent of Pirate Life and Balter for CUB / Asahi but there are too many good independent NSW breweries to bother with them. UPDATE: A couple of years later I brewed this one! Our version has Cascade not Idaho 7, and coming into it with low expectations (and for free) I quite enjoyed it. UPDATE: I couldn't nail down why, but this slightly edges out in front of the hazy pale pack from the Asahi breweries. All fresh and juicy, this one just a tad hazier and bitter. Wandering crow pecks
As magpies move in
I sit watching.", "brewery": "4 Pines Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 15, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Strata", "Idaho 7", "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "4-pines-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 726 }, { "name": "Uraidla Artic Citra TDH IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Ugly coloured label and a short name but this was a very Uraidla beer. Hazy and skirting the edge of hop burn, but bloody aromatic and tasty. Not their best but I'd have another. All about Citra, single hop and even the name is Citra backwards... Artic! So aromatic, with almost candy pineapple sweetness, it really threw the next beer into the shade... UPDATE: Completely forgot about the 2023 batch when I bought the 2024. Was a good day, heading up to Cleland to see the first of the totems I'd designed installed, then taking a detour to the brewery to pick up a pack of old and new beers. That said, I was tired and probably shouldn't have had one, but it was a nice hoppy slap in the face! The label colours still a bit lurid, but the new layout better and with the addition of the TDH descriptor.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-artic-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": "uraidla-artic-ipa-new.png", "rating": "3", "id": 727 }, { "name": "Uraidla Warlock's Wisdom WCIIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "West Coast" ], "blurb": "A closet drinker's conundrum. Do you drink more cans of weaker beer or less cans of stronger beer? It was a great mini Uraidla session, packing 4.7 drinks into two cans. The Artic IPA was super aromatic, but this was actually a little dull. Boozy, and enjoyably drinkable as a second IPA can, but quite nondescript. A few sneezes between cans didn't help.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Cryo Centennial", "Cryo Mosaic", "Strata" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-warlocks-wisdom-wciipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 728 }, { "name": "Hop Nation Rattenhund Traditional Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Hard to know how to rate this. A prize winner and a classic traditional pilsner, but I was hoping it would be drier. Maybe the imports that I'm comparing it to are more stale? Still, a super crisp and light pilsner, much better than most of the too sweet Australian craft pilsners... apart from the dry hopped ones which are awesome!", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8.5, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Saaz", "Spalt" ], "malt": [ "Bohemian Pilsner" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-rattenhund.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 729 }, { "name": "Valhalla Ace of Spades Black Pilsner", "variety": "Schwarzbier / Black lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After the Rattenhund pilsner it was either a dark lager or this. I figured the lager would be too sweet in comparison and this turned out to be the perfect choice. Dense black, roasty and dry with some intense coffee-ish richness. Maybe that was the Tibetan purple barley? Rating it against schwarzbiers this would definitely be the best. UPDATE: A couple of months later I hunted another one down and it was a bit sweeter and stickier. It was a warm afternoon and I was pining for a hazy, might have been comparing against my memory, but I didn't enjoy it as much.", "brewery": "Valhalla Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 80, "flavour": [ "black", "roasted" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ "Tibetan purple barley" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "valhalla-ace-of-spades.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 730 }, { "name": "Vale Hazy Tropic", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After the Valhalla black pilsner I really wanted a palate cleanser and this hit the spot, fresh and bright. Weirdly it was less hazy and less aromatic than the tropic ale it's based on! Sadly a sign of my incipient drinking problem... I was only going to have one beer on a weeknight that turned into three. In my defence I ground out an hour and a half of chores while no one helped, but still. Was a well layered mini-session: pilsner appetiser, scwharzbier main, and hazy dessert.", "brewery": "Vale Brewing", "parent": "Bickfords Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "vale-hazy-tropic-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 731 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Ho-Dad West Coast Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I got sucked in as soon as I saw the can online, a pilsner with West Coast style hopping. 'Twas good, the boil bitterness cutting the malt back to dryness, but it was just too thin bodied to be satisfying. Dry hopping rounds out pilsners but this really sharpened it up too much. maybe a victim of expectation after how much I enjoyed their Cool Runnings pilsners. Still, a nice big can of beer to drink on a Saturday night.", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ "crisp", "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Tettnang", "Spalt Select", "Herkules", "Nelson Sauvin", "Strata" ], "malt": [ "Barke Pilsner", "Pale" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-ho-dad-wc-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 732 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I missed the first release of this a few years back and was excited to buy this as the cold weather kicked in. Might have been the contrast with the super dry pilsner just beforehand but this was a bit lacklustre. The purple and pink can foreshadowed the flavour notes... sticky dark red lager. Smelt bad in the glass, no idea how they buried the Motueka so completely. Really need to let go of Pirate Life as a brewer, most of their limited release beers have been pretty woeful. UPDATE: Wow, that was harsh. Seems to get brewed each year, and I was interested to retry one. Still a bit too sweet for me, drinkable but not repeatedly.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 70.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Pacifica" ], "malt": [ "Munich", "Pilsner", "Carahell", "Carafa III", "Chocolate" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 733 }, { "name": "Vale Ale Australian Pale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I thought I had this one in the reviews, and bought it to fill out a six pack and try it again... didn't remember it being so bad. I would have tipped it out but wanted to see if it was better toward the end but it wasn't. A second rate core pale ale, vaguely Australian style meaning malty with mild kettle hopping. Smelt bad in the glass, a dirty twang, that made me regret cracking the can. UPDATE: That last review was harsh! Again picked as a random pack filler, this time I thought it was a drinkable if old fashioned pale ale. Bitter, malty, mainstream. Redrinking beers has really opened my eyes to the difference a day or drinking order can make on taste.", "brewery": "Vale Brewing", "parent": "Bickfords Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Cascade" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "vale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 734 }, { "name": "Vale Aus IPA East Coast IPA", "variety": "Dry Hopped India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "I do wonder what they mean by East Coast. Definitely dry / aroma hopping was the dominant flavour, sweet and almost candy-ish, but it poured clear with a tiny final dollop of sediment haze. I was going to give it three stars, but realised I actually wouldn't want another one. How to score the hoppiness is another question...", "brewery": "Vale Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "vale-aus-ipa-ecipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 735 }, { "name": "Cass Fresh Cold Brewed", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "An impulse buy after seeing in a local Asian supermarket, my first Korean beer. It was very much in the vein of the mainstream Japanese lagers, at the sweeter end of the spectrum. Not terrible but not that good either. Very thin bodied, minimal hop bitterness and apparently brewed 100% with rice not malt.", "brewery": "Oriental Brewery", "parent": "Heineken / AB InBev", "country": "Korea", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4.5, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "cass-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 736 }, { "name": "Tsingtao Beer", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'd been thinking about Tsingtao recently, trying to remember if I'd ever tried it. The second half of the impulse buy with a can of Cass, this was a very dodgy parallel import. The local Chinese market version, with no import sticker to give any details of ABV! A weird beer analogue, it tasted like a fake synthetic beer or one of the worse nolos. I should have tipped it out.", "brewery": "Tsingtao Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "China", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "tsingtao-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 737 }, { "name": "Co-Conspirators ‘Usual Suspect’ Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A tough style to compete in for my affections, probably my favourite and I've tried a lot! Decent and drinkable, it just didn't have the juicy body or much aroma depth in the hops. Would seem harsh to give it two stars, I'd happily drink another if you gave me one but there'd probably always be a better hazy pale available.", "brewery": "CoConspirators Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Azacca", "Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Rolled oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "co-conspirators-hazy-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 738 }, { "name": "Loophole Timely DDH Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Another night, another hazy pale. Quite enjoyable, with a proper haze while pouring, rather than a dollop at the end, and with some herbal bitterness to round out the dry hopping. Let down by a bit of extra fizz, maybe secondary fermentation in the can, but still light and refreshing for all that.", "brewery": "Loophole Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "loophole-timely-ddh-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 739 }, { "name": "Hop Nation Field Haze Fresh Hop Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A random find in the bottleshop, and with Hop Nation being (for me) a bit hit and miss, I went into this with low expectations. What a happy surprise, the more subtle wet hop flavour really worked well with the hazy body and slightly higher booziness. Very easy drinking, should grab another couple of these before the hops drop out. UPDATE: I was excited to find another of these and it's 'bright' brother to compare. This was delicious and definitely the better of the two. The fresh hops made it really botanical and complex yet subtle.", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-fh-fh-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 740 }, { "name": "The Suburban Brew Gettin' There DDH Summer Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "There was probably some contrast with the old school APA I drank just beforehand, but this was lovely and silky, like a creaming soda compared to a fizzy lemonade. Seems harder to balance dry hopping in a clear beer, but this was a great balance of the funk of Cashmere with the always tasty pairing of Mosaic and Citra. Have to get some more of these, they'd be a great contrast with some of the juicier dry hopped hazy pales. UPDATE: Beer drinking is all about the order you drink them in. After the old and stiff Sierra Nevada Tropical Little Thing this was a refreshing change. Ironically even older, nearly 11 months, but lighter and brighter and quite enjoyable. Why is this as a light bodied beer more drinkable than an XPA?", "brewery": "The Suburban Brew", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "herbal", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Cashmere", "Mosaic", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "suburban-gettin-there-ddh-sa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 741 }, { "name": "Asahi Nama Beer Kuronama Black", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was very sad to see their Dry Black is no more. This is an older draft black beer that they've been making for 40 years but haven't canned for a long time. A more German style dark lager, more mild and roasty than light and black, but the import label lists rice, corn and starch as ingredients! Still nice and drinkable and I tried not to compare it to the Dry Black which was crisper and lighter... and nicer. Funny that some bottle shops are selling it under that name. One of a nice group of Japanese black and dark lagers I bought that I'm looking forward to comparing!", "brewery": "Asahi Beverages", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 78, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "asahi-kuronama-black.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 742 }, { "name": "Sapporo Mugi to Hop Black Lager", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Second beer of the great set of black and dark lagers I impulse bought... This edges out the Asahi Kuronama, a bit more rounded and roasty, I'm guessing because it was all malt. That and Sapporo being a sentimental favourite edges it up to 4 stars. Still had that Japanese lager taste, wonder if it's the yeast? UPDATE: I got the super big can with some other Japanese beers, and after starting off with it's big gold pair I really enjoyed this. Read the review of that one for my entertaining discovery about this actually being low malt with the alcohol from barley spirit!", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 81, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sapporo-mugitohop-black-lager.png", "newbottleurl": "sapporo-mth-black-tall.png", "rating": "4", "id": 743 }, { "name": "Prancing Pony Mosquito Coast Hazy Session", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Was a crazy contrast after a Japanese black lager! Quite crisply bitter, hazy and a little darker on the malt, it was very drinkable but ultimately a little one dimensional.", "brewery": "Prancing Pony Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 13.5, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ppony-mosquito-coast-session.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 744 }, { "name": "Kirin Ichiban Shibori Kuro Nama", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Last of the black and gold can competition. I've never been a big fan of Kirin, and went into this with low expectations, but this was the best of the three black lagers. Also all malt like the Sapporo but really pushing into the bitter almost acrid charcoal flavour like the Asahi Dry Black, which avoided the sweetness that crept in on the other two. This would be the one I'd buy if there was a choice. Have to do a round two, and also buy the other few I skipped...", "brewery": "Kirin Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 82, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kirin-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 745 }, { "name": "The Suburban Brew No. 2 Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I've come to realise how import order is with beers, often having a hazy lighter beer as a starter before a heavier IPA to work up to it. For the three Japanese black lagers I didn't drink anything beforehand to keep a consistent palate to compare on different nights (yes, I'm that guy.) Having a lighter beer afterwards is like dessert and expecting this to be a standard core Australian pale I was pleasantly surprised! Crisp bitterness with a citrus tang, and no murky yeast. Really impressed with what is now my local, or at least closest, brewery.", "brewery": "The Suburban Brew", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Ella" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "suburban-no2-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 746 }, { "name": "One Drop Vienna Lager", "variety": "Vienna Lager", "style": "Vienna Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I bought this one to belatedly be the pair for their delicious dark lager, and nostalgically to try another Vienna Lager after an early love for Brooklyn lager. A good example of why you get a better sense of a beer from a whole can than a half. The first couple of sips I wasn't sure where it was at, more bitter than I expected, but by the end I was really enjoying it. This was nailing the territory that the Fox Friday West Coast Pilsner was aiming for, the darker malts really supporting the dry bitterness. Still love to do a side by side now they've re-released the dark lager.", "brewery": "One Drop Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 18, "lng": 49, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Saaz", "Tettnang" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "one-drop-vienna-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 747 }, { "name": "Beerlao Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was a bit of an impulse buy while putting a set of dark beers in my online basket. My first from Laos... but it was pretty awful. Syrupy and fake tasting, like cough medicine in colour and taste. Down the sink.", "brewery": "Lao Brewery Company", "parent": null, "country": "Laos", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 67, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "beerlao-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 748 }, { "name": "Budvar Tmavý ležák", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Showing the downside of bottles and imports. Six months old and travelling a fair distance meant it was a little flat. Quite coffee-ish on first taste, after a run of recent really dry roasted dark and black lagers this was too sweet and sticky. Should have filled the two spots in my basket with more Japanese black lagers!", "brewery": "Budějovický Budvar", "parent": null, "country": "Czech Republic", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 73, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "budvar-tmazy-lezak.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 749 }, { "name": "Bracket Brewing Insert Name DDH Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Beer #750 without over thinking it, a cracking hazy pale. Wasn't quite cold enough which I missed for the first couple of sips, but once I settled in it was a great dense flavour with a perfect juicy body. Motueka and Idaho 7 giving the classic Mosaic / Citra combo a run for pairing. Bumping it up to 4 stars, as I would go out of my way to buy another! Don't know much about Bracket, but their high gloss printed cans are a contrast amongst the matt stick on labels.", "brewery": "Bracket Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "herbal", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bracket-insert-name-ddh-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 750 }, { "name": "Kick Back Brewing Midcoaster Mid-strength Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After a run of dark beers I bought a stack of hazies. I'd barely heard of Kickback, or whether they were any good, so it was a happy surprise. Really light bodied without getting fizzy, crisp hopping, this would be a great summer beer. Or a great winter beer while making pizza dough! I also really appreciate their commitment to consistent illustration on their labels and socials. Another great local SA brewer. UPDATE: Stocking up the fridge and remembered liking this but it was a bit limp. Watery and a bit tasteless, really showing how the order drinking beers, and even just the day, can make a difference.", "brewery": "Kick Back Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "light" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kickback-midcoaster-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 751 }, { "name": "Clare Valley Brewing Co Hazy Mosaic", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Ah Mosaic. Once my least favourite hop, now the opposite. A heavy malty hazy that wasn't that hazy, but man what a hop punch. Was almost oily in consistency it was so pungent, probably the most intense Mosaic single hop beer I've had. Pairing with raw anchovy as I topped the pizza, battle of the flavour hits! UPDATE: Two months later I found another but it didn't travel well. The hops had dropped out and even worse the hazy had settled and poured as floaties. Disappointing.", "brewery": "Clare Valley Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 50.5, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ "spicy" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "cvbc-hazy-mosaic.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 752 }, { "name": "Sunday Road Over the Bridge Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "If I was rating this strictly it's off the hazy style, had a bit of blurt from the bottom of the can for haziness but it was more crisp than aromatic. That said, it was bloody tasty. I'm not that big a fan of the standard malty yeasty Australian pale, this is a better baseline core beer: light, crisply bitter, and no yeast! Interested to try the rest if their core beers... and I really love the typography in their branding.", "brewery": "Sunday Road Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Wai-iti", "Riwaka", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sunday-road-hazy-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 753 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Quick Math Hoppy Light Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "A lovely light beer, not like many other session beers with a quite stiff bitterness even with a very light body. Love to compare this with their core session ale. I didn't know it, but this was the first beer after Michael died. He started me on this beer journey, and I would send him photos of almost every beer I poured.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "light", "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Pale", "Wheat", "Gladiator", "Munich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-quick-maths-hla.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 754 }, { "name": "Kick Back Brewing Welcome Stranger Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Enjoyable but overhopped. Intense candyish dry hopping, once my taste buds were smashed into submission I could taste a bit more. Quite a boozy kick at 7% too! UPDATE: Was an unwise third beer, but when half cut it was a bit more enjoyable. Soupy and thick, edging on hop burn", "brewery": "Kick Back Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "hazy", "light" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mosaic", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Golden Promise", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kickback-ws-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 755 }, { "name": "Kuitpo Brewing IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Really a generic core old school IPA, darkish malt and kettle bitter without going as hard as those labelled West Coast. Drinkable but forgettable. Oddly in looking to see who and where they were it turned out that they were contract brewed by the brewer of the next beer I drank! A weird thing to go to the time and effort to set up a brand and make something so nondescript. Not knocking it as I've been tempted to do the same, vanity brewing, but still you wonder why.", "brewery": "Kuitpo Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kuitpo-brewing-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 756 }, { "name": "Chubby Unicorn Brewing Black IPA", "variety": "Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "A decent drinkable black IPA, not too sweet. Probably being a harsh giving it two stars, I just thought the name and label were a bit lame... Weirdly they are co-located / sharing facilities with another brewer at the same site / taproom who got naming rights.. I guess it would help keep costs down.", "brewery": "Chubby Unicorn Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 85.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "chubby-unicorn-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 757 }, { "name": "Uraidla Coven DDH Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "A very Uraidla beer! Unfiltered, soupy, sweet fruit flavours from the dry hopping. Enjoyable and drinkable, but you couldn't have more than one in a row and I wouldn't buy another.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Citra", "Mosaic", "Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Cara Munich", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-coven-ddh-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 758 }, { "name": "Pikes Schwarzbier", "variety": "Schwarzbier / Black lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "It took me by surprise, expecting a dry roasty traditional schwarzbier it was more like the now departed Asahi Dry Black - coarse soft drink style carbonation and light body. Once I got in the gear it was a good second beer of the night.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 77, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-schwarzbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 759 }, { "name": "Bond Store Oat Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I suspect that if I had this first I wouldn't have been as keen, but as a third beer of the night and expecting not to like it, twas a pleasant surprise. Denser and dryer than the Pikes Schwarzbier, with rich coffee / chocolate tones, it kicked me into tipsy territory on a slightly sad and manic Wednesday night. I feel like I've messed up the ratings of stouts. What I once thought was the bitterness of hops is actually the bitterness of the roast malts! Oops.", "brewery": "Bond Store", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 87.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bond-store-oat-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 760 }, { "name": "Hop Nation Field Haze Fresh Hop IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "You know you're a beer nerd when you get excited about this sort of beer style pairs! I loved the hazy one, and while this was still tasty and worth drinking... it was second best. I'd really like to know more about when the fresh hops were added, as it was a much simpler flavour both on the malt and hop side.", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-field-daze-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 761 }, { "name": "Hawkers Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I reckon hazies need a bit more categorization, this I'd coin as a bright hazy: pale yellow, lighter bodied and really fresh citrusy hopping. As opposed to darker heavy stone fruit hazies. Happily I like both! I always say things like 'this would be good in summer' but it went down a treat on a cold winters night cooking nachos. UPDATE: I bought a second to fill out a can holder. I'll take some of the blame for not having much head on my bad pour, but it hit the spot. Had some mild bitterness to back up the haze. Tasty if unspectacular.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ "hazy", "light" ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Citra", "Motueka", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hawkers-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 762 }, { "name": "Uraidla Spectral Echoes Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "The night after coining the idea of the bright hazy, this was the classic opposite end: dark orange, juicy bodied, slightly acidic with sweeter hopping. Really tasty, and good to see Uraidla back on track. Surprised me that it didn't have any Mosaic, they really got a rich spice from pairing Sabro with Galaxy. ", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 28.75, "flavour": [ "fruity", "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Cryo Idaho 7", "Sabro Cryo", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-se-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 763 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Hazy Mosaic", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was really hoping for something like the palate smashing CVBC hazy mosaic but it was a pale imitation. Not sure if they've changed any staff but Pirate Life all misses for me these days. Really tasted like they just tipped in some fake hop flavour at the end, Mosaic but just thin and unsatisfying. Poured clear until a blurt at the end for fake haze too. Their standard Mosaic IPA was better and that wasn't anything special.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-mosaic-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 764 }, { "name": "Mornington Free Non-Alc XPA", "variety": "Low Alcohol Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "The last of the nolo cans that had been sitting unloved in the fridge for months. After hitting the beers too hard for a few weeks I drank this during a time out and it was a pleasant surprise. I wonder if being past it's best before date made it a bit drier and maltier but it was clean and tasty. I'd be interested to try some of their other beers but I'm not sure if this has gone into the black hole with Tribe.", "brewery": "Mornington Peninsula Brewery", "parent": "Tribe Breweries", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 15, "flavour": [ "fresh" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mornington-non-alc-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 765 }, { "name": "Little Creatures Little Hazy Lager", "variety": "Hazy Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Friday work lunch at a pub down the road that must have a deal with Lion. I was thinking about having a nolo beforehand but saw this and gave it a shot. Like the Vale Tropic Ale it was a perfect light fruity beer to go with a meaty pub lunch. Mild flavoured but with some body from the haze, I'm keen to have another and retry a few other LC beers at the same time. Kirin is a bit like the dodgy friend who is fun to hang out with occasionally. Now that they've divested from Myanmar I don't feel quite as guilty but still.", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 20, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Chinhook", "Loral", "Huell Melon", "Idaho-7" ], "malt": [ "Pale Ale", "CaraHell", "CaraMunich II", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-hazy-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 766 }, { "name": "Little Creatures XPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was looking for cans of the hazy lager at the bottle-o but with none of those I picked up one of these. Post-Balter aqua is obviously the colour of XPA. Surprisingly dark and tasty, more so than that aforementioned Balter XPA with a little spicy mid-palate as cuz Michael would have said. Very drinkable but not in the sweet spot for me these days, a few years ago I would have raved.", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 17, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Mosaic", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Gladfield Toffee" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 767 }, { "name": "Little Bang Moon Bear Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'd be really interested to hear how business has changed since the new ownership took over. The new head brewer has been keeping a low profile, but there's been a slew of new beers. I haven't been a wrap for them, Sun Bear included, but this darker pair was pretty good. Dry for a dark ale, with a rounded roasty flavour but it was a bit too sticky towards the end.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 19, "lng": 74, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-moon-bear-da.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 768 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Conditioned Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I've been eyeing off Slow Lane for a while, never quite jumping on board because I'm not a massive fan of Belgian beers... what an idiot I was! Bought partly to compare to Coopers pale ale, the only other can / bottle conditioned beer I know, and it absolutely left that in the dust. So subtle but deep in flavour, a beer to roll around in your mouth and ponder. Creamy isn't the right word but the carbonation and body were more dense. Already putting another in the online shopping cart. UPDATE: I really wanted to have one of these as a warm up for the big brother can conditioned IPA. I probably built it up too much in my memory, but it was still a bloody good beer.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-conditioned-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 769 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Quake Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Backing up their Conditioned hazy pale with this and I was an instant fan boy. Haven't found the right word to describe what kveik yeast adds to the flavour. Tart? Dry? I had thought that malty beers work better with it, but this showed me wrong. Crisp and fresh and complex. UPDATE: After one of their saisons I should have zigged to something with more body than zagging to this that was also quite tart. Still amazing, with that beer flavour I can't nail a description for. Hop umami. UPDATE: I keep buying more when getting newer SL beers. After six months they're travelling well, love to compare an older against a fresh one, but that would mean I have to not drink it!", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "tart", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Wheat", "Rolled Wheat", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-quake-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 770 }, { "name": "Walkerville Wild Dog Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was a spur of the moment pick to fill the last spot on a four pack clip. Maybe this is authentic, if so the old beer tasted pretty bad. Like cheap twangy home brew. The contrast with the two amazing Slow Lane beers was harsh, but if I hadn't been a little cut and looking to keep the buzz I would have tipped it down the drain. Sentimental concept not enough to keep buying bad beer.", "brewery": "Breheny Brothers Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "walkerville-wild-dog-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 771 }, { "name": "Black Hops East Coast Haze Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "At the moment, even in winter, hazy pales are my favourite style. There's still quite a lot of variation in it, but they're very sessionable for the intense flavour. This was a very tasty example, just had the bad luck to come after a couple of phenomenal examples from Slow Lane. This was fresh, fruity and aromatic if maybe a little one dimensional. Perfect example of a 3 star, I'd happily have another but wouldn't seek one out.", "brewery": "Black Hops Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "black-hops-east-coast-haze.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 772 }, { "name": "Bracket Brewing Send It Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I'm being harsh giving in 2 stars, as I quite enjoyed drinking it, a nice big can while prepping and cooking a BBQ on an unseasonable warm and sunny winter's day. It had a bit too much candy sweetness without any balancing bitterness, maybe the Motueka elbowing to the front, and was a bit acidic in the gut. Maybe I also had high expectations after their last hazy pale I tried.", "brewery": "Bracket Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "sweet", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Citra", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bracket-brewing-send-it-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 773 }, { "name": "Uraidla Serpent Shrine DDH IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Apart from the doubles and stouts I've been keeping up with their beers, and enjoying most of them. Dense, hoppy and sweet, it was probably too much but exactly what I expected and wanted. Another very Uraidla beer, thick and sticky, and really pushing the limits of dry hopping. Just on the edge of dropping to two stars, I'd happily have one for free but wouldn't buy another one.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Saaz", "Cryo Pop", "Nectaron", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-ss-ddh-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 774 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Thirsty Miner Grisette Pale Belgian Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'm not sure why this one caught my eye on their website, I love the story of historic styles, but I was caught by surprise by how much of a saison it was! Worth drinking for research, interesting... but not my thing. Really veering into the mouthfeel of cider or white wine, so dry! And a bit acidic. Funny to think of crusty miners wetting their whistle with this after a day down the mines.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 11.5, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Hallertauer Mittelfrueh", "Saaz" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Wheat", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-thirsty-miner-gpba.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 775 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Hazy Focus Hop - Superdelic", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Good to see BVB back making non-AI beers again, and using one of the new release hops, Superdelic. Also good that it was a tasty beer. Amazing the flavour depth of some of these new hops, I'm guessing it must be the technical methods of breeding that really get the good oils flowing! Superdelic was a great hop to use on its own, with a broad flavour ranging from spicy bitterness to berry sweetness. Good in a big can.", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Superdelic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bvb-hazy-focus-hop-superdelic.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 776 }, { "name": "Little Bang Dank Tank Super Dank West Coast DIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Maybe an unwise second beer on a school night, and it was a bit underwhelming. I did mostly buy this in case Alex and I ran out of homebrew to be in his flavour zone, wonder if he would have thought the same. They really talked up how dank it would be, but it was all deep malt and not much bitterness. More like a red ale. Be interesting to see how Little Bang go over time, still doing their old zany core beers with a lot of pattern label limiteds. Forgot about lucky #777!", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 58, "flavour": [ "bitter", "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-dank-tank-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 777 }, { "name": "Coopers Australian Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'd love to get the inside scoop on whether the recipe changed from the old lager in bottles, to the Premium Lager, to the blip of Genuine Draught to this 'main brand' lager. I thought this was brighter and cleaner than the last, but more generic and bland. Weird that the roundel is bigger on this than other cans. UPDATE: Completely forgot I'd tried it, and it was a little forgettable. That said, after some bigger and tastier beers this was a nice palate cleanser in the 440ml can.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5.5, "lng": 22.25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coopers-australian-lager.png", "newbottleurl": "coopers-australian-lager-big.png", "rating": "2", "id": 778 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Botany Weisse Mixed Fermentation Sour Ale", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I bought this one to try and get a handle on Brett flavours. Not sure it had much, so I'm still in the dark, but this was a lovely unique beer. So pale in the glass and so dry and tart in the mouth. Light bodied with fine fizz, and quite acidic. The can blurb said it wasn't boiled to give it 'raw bready flavour', I definitely didn't get that!", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 10.5, "flavour": [ "dry", "sour" ], "hops": [ "Saaz" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-botany-weisse.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 779 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Supersaturated Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Complex as. Not sure what the can conditioning gave the beer, definitely haze and maybe some density to the carbonation but it had a great balance of dry hopping aroma with a solid underlying bitterness. I feel harsh giving it three stars, a great and unique beer but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy another. If they were local and in the bottle shop rather than mail order, maybe I would.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mosaic", "Motueka", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-supers-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 780 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Morning Light - Barrel Fermented Golden Sour", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I had a session of Slow Lane and they were all thoughtful beers, this one most of all. Fermented and aged in wine barrels with Belgian Saison yeast, Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus. No head but carbonated, sour but with body, golden and bright. Maybe the best sour I've had. The golden richness really balanced out the tartness, avoiding the acid thin body of many. Would I have another? If I'd warmed up with a beer or two beforehand. Will I keep exploring sours? Absolutely! No idea where on the scale to put it, more intense flavour than the other sours, but not maltier or hoppier!", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 12, "flavour": [ "sour" ], "hops": [ "East Kent Golding" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Wheat", "Flaked Wheat", "Flaked Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-ml-bags.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 781 }, { "name": "Swell Ocean Beach Hazy NZ IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Been a while between Swell beers, five months and 90 odd beers. Combination of a few factors, seemed like they slowed down the schedule, made more stouts over winter and it's been harder to find them. This was an interesting one, had a big swirl of sediment in the glass that made it opaque but it wasn't really that juicy. The hops were quite mild and more like a clear dry hopped beer, without much bitterness. That sounds like a criticism but it was very drinkable, full of the unique NZ hop twang. Hopefully I can find their NZ pale ale. UPDATE: Forgot I'd already had this one, but it was good to round out the review. Maybe an extra month settling in the can did it good, but I found it a bit juicier and less aromatic. Generic NZ hazy IPA, if that could be a thing, but mildish. An enjoyable second school night beer cooking dinner.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "Wai-iti", "Wiamea", "Motueka", "Taiheke" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-ob-hazy-nzipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 782 }, { "name": "Kaiju Hypermeta Hazy India Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After the Pleazure Kruze hazy pale I was keen to try this one but it was pretty average, like some of the early amateurish hazies when the style first hit Australia. A bit flat, opaque but in a murky orange way and quite dull tasting rather than the fruity brightness you want from a hazy. The can was four months old but still. Interesting how the ABV of IPAs crosses over, I've had pales that were 5.6% and tastier.", "brewery": "Kaiju! Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Columbus", "Eclipse", "Simcoe", "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Chit", "Rolled wheat", "Rolled oat", "Oat", "Golden oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kaiju-hypermeta-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 783 }, { "name": "Garage Project Liquid Refreshment Kiwi Hopped NZ IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I did partly buy this one because I liked the can design... sadly that was the best thing about it. Using a new liquid hop product that just made it taste fake, 'Sub Zero Hop Kief'. Props to GP for giving a new NZ product a go, and I've been a big fan of some of the newer products like cryo, but this seems a step too far. A liquid you can add to the beer at the end to give flavour, no fermentation or transformation involved. Cure little can for some reason.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 35, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "clear", "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Liquid Hop Kief", "Southern Cross", "Nelson", "Riwaka", "Rakau" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-liquid-refreshment-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 784 }, { "name": "4 Pines Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I bought one beer because I liked the label and this one despite the label. Sadly the contents matched the exterior, a dull slightly sweet dark lager. I was sad I missed their schwarzbier, this wasn't dry or a good substitute. Twas going to be a last dark as the warm weather kicks in and it really drew a line under it. Bring on the hazies and summer.", "brewery": "4 Pines Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 70, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "4-pines-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 785 }, { "name": "Balter Cerveza", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I got sucked in and bought one of these to try. As a clone of Corona it tasted like Corona, bland and fizzy, so what do I rate it against? As a beer put out by a 'craft' brewer that isn't even brewed at the Balter brewery this is exactly what you get from selling to a multinational. Interesting that CUB don't advertise Carlton Draught during the football despite it being the official beer, it's all Carlton Dry and Balter XPA.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5.5, "lng": 19.25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-cerveza.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 786 }, { "name": "Balter × Greencheek California IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I forgot I bought the other collab beer. This was the better of the two, a tasty beer blurring the categories. Clear but a little orange, aromatic and bitter, it was refreshing and interesting to drink. It was the third of the session, after two dull beers, so maybe it was positive contrast! It did get me drunk enough to go for a fourth beer...", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-california-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 787 }, { "name": "Uraidla Druid's Fluid Red IIPA", "variety": "Red Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Red" ], "blurb": "When I saw this on their socials I wasn't going to buy it. Not keen on reds, not always keen on doubles... but I'm glad I did! It was a very unwise fourth beer cooking dinner on a Saturday night, but I wanted to get drunk and it was mission accomplished. Even after the bright Balter IPA this was still quite crisp and light for a red IPA and I was interested to read afterwards that they were aiming to make it 'less chewy'. Rating this against double red IPAs this would be my favourite out of a small group! When done well they can have a real marshmallow richness to the malt rather than the whiskyish stiffness I'm not keen on.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 57, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Nectaron", "Mosaic", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Red X", "Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-druids-fluid-riipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 788 }, { "name": "Swell Spring Sessions American Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "This was a little confused. The pink can seemed made for a fruity beer but it was an APA... which wasn't very malty or bitter. Maybe hayfever made my tastebuds dull but all of the beers in the session were a bit lacklustre. Drinkable not memorable. ", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-ss-apa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 789 }, { "name": "The Suburban Brew No. 14 India Pale Ale", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another brewery talking up their IPA as old school west coast. It was a decent step in that direction, and tasty, but not a dank IPA of yore. It did make a solid fourth beer on a Saturday night when I really should have stopped at three!", "brewery": "The Suburban Brew", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Amarillo", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carapils", "Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "suburban-14-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 790 }, { "name": "Swell Manu Bay NZ Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A tasty beer to start off a random Thursday session. Well balanced with the classic crisp NZ hop taste (need a better descriptor than gasoline!) but with a slightly darker malt base to hang it off. Weirdly only 0.4% less ABV than the IPA I drank afterwards.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Wai-iti", "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Crystal", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-mb-nz-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 791 }, { "name": "Hook Norton Old Hooky Premium Ale", "variety": "Ordinary Bitter", "style": "Ordinary Bitter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Shane said it was his dad's favourite beer and it was hard to categorise. Tagged online as an 'Ordinary Bitter', to me it was very much in the vein of Southwark Bitter. Wasn't bad, malty and unsurprisingly bitter, I'd drink another if it was offered but English beers aren't my bag. Love to do a European (and UK) beer tour to try everything fresh and on tap.", "brewery": "Hook Norton Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 8, "lng": 56, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hook-norton-oh-premium-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 792 }, { "name": "Rover Henty St Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A couple of people brought this one and it was pretty bloody tasty for a generic pale! Solid malt body with that almost honey sweetness, very drinkable despite having almost no hops to speak of. I still don't understand why Hawkers made this sub-brand.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rover-henty-st-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 793 }, { "name": "Brewboys Hoppapotamus West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Was quite a dull West Coast, dull enough that I checked the bottom of the can but it had no dates. Malty was about it. The tall slimline can made me think of dodgy seltzers and low carb beers! First from this local indie brewery. UPDATE: We did a collab brew with Dan the brewer at Brewboys, a Belgian witbier with plenty of orange peeling! Afterwards we dranks some beers that he brought and I was keen to give this one another go. Still very malty and not that bitter but the booze really kicked in!", "brewery": "Brewboys Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 35.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brewboys-west-coast-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 794 }, { "name": "Shifty Lizard Sesh'n Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "We shared a small can between four... I don't remember it at all! Sorry Shifty Lizard.", "brewery": "Shifty Lizard Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 22, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shifty-lizard-seshn-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 795 }, { "name": "Chimay Peres Trappists Réserve", "variety": "Belgian Strong Dark Ale", "style": "Belgian Strong Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was a hand brake turn into a different taste direction. Rich and dark, maybe you need to warm up to these Belgian beers? Seems like a very fine line between this and a dubbel, but I'd rate this the best of these darker stronger Belgian beers I've tried. Always fun to open a beer with a cork!", "brewery": "Bières de Chimay", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 57, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "chimay-grande-reserve-blue.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 796 }, { "name": "4 Pines Pacific Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Uh... I don't remember this one either! Definitely have to take notes next time. UPDATE: I only really went back to fill the memory lapse but it was quite enjoyable. Pacific ale is really just code for session-strength slightly-more-hoppy less-yeasty Australian pale ale. There are a few in this bracket and I'm not too snobby to enjoy them as a light bright starter.", "brewery": "4 Pines Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "4-pines-pacific-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 797 }, { "name": "Nomad Brewing Budgy Smuggler Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Nor this one... in my defence this was an extra small can shared.", "brewery": "Nomad Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "nomad-budgy-smuggler-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 798 }, { "name": "Del Centro Cerveza Clara", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Oddly enough this one stuck in my memory, partly because it was one of the relabelled imports that Pinnacle does, this one from Guatemala. Was more like a craft cerveza, light bright malt without the slightly danker malt edge I like in a pale lager.", "brewery": "Cervecería Centro Americana", "parent": "Endeavour Drinks Group", "country": "Guatemala", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 18, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "del-centro-cerveza-clara.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 799 }, { "name": "Mephisto Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was getting very deep into the session, and worth changing up the styles but this was not the direction. A thin bodied, sticky, astringent stout. An unrealised and unceremonial beer #800, realistically this should have been the last beer of the night...", "brewery": "Mephisto Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 88, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mephisto-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 800 }, { "name": "Mountain Goat Aussie Wheat Beer", "variety": "Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was a surprise package. When we should have switched to water to rehydrate this was a crisp palate refresher that gave me a second wind to keep drinking! Light and fresh, as much as I want to dislike a beer with 'Aussie' in the title.", "brewery": "Mountain Goat Beer", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 14.5, "flavour": [ "watery" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Chit" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mountain-goat-aussie-wheat.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 801 }, { "name": "Sauce Brewing Co New England IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A change in venue, from a mainstream bar to a fancy bar, but also with an uninspiring set of taps. Ironically this was like a dialled up version of the S&W cloudy ale, a bit mosaic-ish. Drinkable with the hazy body, but a bit generic. Weird that they're still calling it a NEIPA. That all said, a couple of pints with a good friend on a Friday night was very worth doing.", "brewery": "Sauce Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sauce-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 802 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Hazy XPA", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Low expectations can sometimes help, and Pirate Life have been a bit lacklustre for a while, and never great with hazies. So this was a pleasant surprise, still quite thin bodied but with solid fresh hopping. I would have guessed Mosaic but they got some spice in there from the Sabro. Love to try it on tap. Have to say though, the PL cans are getting really cheap and ugly looking. Might be me being a snobby designer, but this was lurid! UPDATE: You can see what they were thinking, joining two good things together... but the point of an XPA is to be light bodied and crisp. This was enjoyable, but not really one thing or the other. I'd rather have a genuine XPA or hazy. UPDATE: Funny to do a side by of the GB vs PL hazy XPAs. Even with both brewed in the same place by the same brewers, PL just had to bump up the kettle bitterness on theirs. With no body and coarse carbonation it was the definite loser to GB. UPDATE: Coming back to the low expectations and this one was a pleasant surprise! Might have been the bland warm up beer, and taking Imran's advice to forget the style / name, but it was quite enjoyable on a sunny afternoon. Second warm up beer for whatever I choose as the third from a well stocked fridge. Small pleasures go large.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34.5, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Strata", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Wheat", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-hazy-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 803 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Here and Now - Festbier Pale Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'm keen to try more classic European styles, and Slow Lane are a great way to do that with a local brewer and fresh examples. For a beer you're meant to swill at Oktoberfest style festivals this is boozy at 6%! Very drinkable, with more body, dirty malt and darker colour than craft lagers. The hoppyness was quite crisp, like a pilsner. I'd still rather have a drier Japanese lager, but próst!", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "malty", "dry" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Vienna" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-han-fpl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 804 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Classic Dark Haze - Dunkelweizen", "variety": "Dunkelweizen", "style": "Dunkelweizen", "modifier": [], "blurb": "How to rate this? I don't like traditional hefes and didn't expect to like this one. Unsurprisingly it had the usual banana esters but was more drinkable with the darker malts cutting it back. Really no hops or bitterness at all. I'd never have another of the style, but I'm glad I tried it. As third beer of a mini Slow Lane session I can't complain!", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 60, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh" ], "malt": [ "Dark Wheat", "Dark Munich", "Caramel Munich", "Carafa Special" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-cdh-d.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 805 }, { "name": "The Suburban Brew Sunday Session Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "I bought this thinking it was their DDH summer ale! A happy mistake as it was a lovely light and crisp session ale. The can was getting a bit long in the tooth, 8 months old, I wonder what that brought to it? I'd buy a 4-pack for a BBQ, or just to try a fresher one to compare. UPDATE: Third beer of a session, it was a good palate refresher and pacer. Light after a couple of hefty IPAs! UPDATE: Anthony's last beer, after another of Ashley's nut job pale ales, and the last beer of the night.", "brewery": "The Suburban Brew", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "suburban-sunday-sa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 806 }, { "name": "Clare Valley Brewing Co NEIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was a really interesting one, CVBC still calling this hazy a NEIPA but not others. It was like some of the early hazies I tried, when local brewers were still learning how to do it. Not saying that as a bad thing! Smelt super fruity out of the can, but had a lot of malt and kettle bitterness for a hazy. So maybe that's a New England IPA? Not fresh enough on the palate for me, but enjoyable. Amazing the difference between the aroma and the taste, so hoppy fresh sniffing the can. As you do.", "brewery": "Clare Valley Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48.5, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ "spicy" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Eukanot", "Mosaic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "clare-valley-neipa-2023.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 807 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Regal Authority 16th Century Weissbier", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Slow Lane again helping my beer education... a barrel aged sour wheat beer. Hard to know where the flavours came from, I thought they were wheaty esters but it had Brettanomyces. Maybe a combination of the two, but it was complex and to me the best of both worlds... the sourness cutting the esters or vice versa like a wheat saison. Also, I'm shooting for 200 new beers tried in 2023, so I have a target of three new beers a week!", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 11, "flavour": [ "dry", "sour" ], "hops": [ "Magnum" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-ra-w.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 808 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Hop Detective Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I reckon a side by side with their Supersaturated hazy would be pretty similar. Also complex. I'm imagining the can conditioning is dialling down the raw aromatics and integrating it more. Good to drink as a different style, but not really where I'm at... wanting more hops punch in the face / fireworks. I'll buy more of their IPAs but it's the traditional styles where Slow Lane really shines.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Rolled Oats", "Rolled Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-hd-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 809 }, { "name": "Hawkers Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "An example of why a whole can is better for tasting. At the start it was good, an interesting core range hazy with a bit more malt, and a pretty standard hop mix. Towards the end of the glass I'm really digging it, an aromatic combo of the Motueka kiwi diesel and the Mosaic spice. Love to have a third can on a Saturday night... where to go from here? Love something dark but haven't got anything!", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Southern Cross", "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Northern Brewer" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hawkers-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 810 }, { "name": "Madocke Belgian Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Madocke have been getting a bit of media after winning plenty of medals at the 2023 Indies, and when they turned up at my favourite online beer seller I was in! Belgian style beers brewed by a couple of Belgian's in Queensland, I wasn't sure what to expect with my trepidation around many of their national styles... happily it was bloody delicious. I'd rate this as my favourite Euro style lager, pipping the Slow Lane Festbier with a more rounded maltiness that worked well with the crisp hopping. If only they were local I'd buy these to share. A very worthy brewery #200.", "brewery": "Madocke Beer Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "malty", "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "madocke-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 811 }, { "name": "Madocke Belgian Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "It probably wasn't the weather for it, cooking a bbq on a 30° day, but I just wanted to drink this straight after their 'standard' lager. An amazingly rich roasted flavour, coffee-ish and dark with minimal malt sweetness which is spot on for me but not what I expected from a Belgian style beer. There's a real spectrum of dark lagers and a place in my heart for all of them! Funny that my two current favourite breweries are doing traditional European beers. Bonus points for Madocke for their nice branding and typography. UPDATE: Was a bit in the shadow of a super sweet oat cream IPA. A good palate cleanser in the reverse direction!", "brewery": "Madocke Beer Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 74, "flavour": [ "malty", "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "madocke-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 812 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Stanger Danger Kolsch Style Ale", "variety": "Kolsch", "style": "Kolsch", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Rounding out the Oktoberfest-ish beers from Slow Lane. I don't think it's a style for me, but I'd be keen to taste test this against a saison and an unfruited sour. Similarly thin bodied and dry, with plenty of head and hopping in the pilsner direction. A beer with a foot on both the ale and lager side of the fence... but the worst of both.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 14, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Hallertauer Mittelfrueh" ], "malt": [ "Cologne" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-sd-ksa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 813 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Days Gone By Marzen Amber Lager", "variety": "Amber Lager", "style": "Amber Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was like the big brother of the Festbier, and it was way darker than I was expecting! Might have been suffering a little with comparison to the delicious Madocke lager, but this was too sticky and malty for me. Another boozy lager though. Interesting to compare different styles all using the same classic hop, Hallertau Mittelfrüh.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ "malty", "dry" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh" ], "malt": [ "Munich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-dgb-msl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 814 }, { "name": "Reckless Brewing XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "One of those beers that smells great when you crack the can. The very quintessential XPA, edging out Balter with fresher, more aromatic hops adding to the crisp underlying bitterness. Maybe a little thin bodied to drink lots, but a bloody good starter beer. Shame they're not local (to me) or I'd be buying more of these. Really going to need to review the grid positions of the pales. UPDATE: Starting off the session at Ashley's place, tasty but not quite enough grunt. A good starter beer.", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 815 }, { "name": "Reckless Brewing BX Old", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Interesting how the NSW craft breweries do their take on Tooheys Old. This was a definite improvement! An old fashioned dark lager, thin bodied with rich roasty malts and that twang the old man beers like Southwark Bitter have. You could drink this as the dessert of a session even in summer. Shame they're from interstate! UPDATE: Wanted to share this with a fan of Tooheys Old. Mild and drinkable, which sounds like a very luke warm endorsement!", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4.5, "lng": 69, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-bx-old.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 816 }, { "name": "New England Brewing Long Sky Australian Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The online shop ran out of their black pils and substituted this one. I was sad to miss out, but this was a great lager with a bit of extra malty grunt. Interesting that the grist included wheat, rice and cane sugar. Another new brewery for me, albeit one open since 2013! Great to see breweries making their mark in small towns and I could see non-craft drinkers enjoying this simple tasty lager.", "brewery": "New England Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Pride of Ringwood" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Rolled Wheat", "Rice" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "new-england-lsa-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 817 }, { "name": "Alice Springs Brewing Co Centralian Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "An entry level core pale ale, mild hoppiness and more malt, but a nice drinkable beer for all that. I'm coming back around to more subtle beers, both ales and lagers. A random buy to try my first beer from the NT, and I liked their label design too!", "brewery": "Alice Springs Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "alice-springs-centralian-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 818 }, { "name": "SixTwelve Palm Trees & Power Lines West Coast Pale Ale", "variety": "American Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast", "American" ], "blurb": "Hadn't seen anything new from them for a while so this was a happy find. Absolutely fugly label though! Cracking old school beer, super malty and bitter with that marshmallowy edge of a West Coast style. Could easily have been called an IPA, and I've had plenty of IPAs that were wimpier than this.", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 45, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-ptpl-wc-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 819 }, { "name": "Swell Salmon Creek Red IPA", "variety": "Red India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "Gushed out of the can when opened, and foamed so much I only got half a glass, with a fair amount of sediment in the bottom. That said I did still drink it, quite mild for a red IPA, almost dull.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 56, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Citra", "Centennial", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Supernova", "Roasted Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-sc-red-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 820 }, { "name": "Hawkers Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was a pretty good take on a craft pilsner, a slightly darker malt holding up a surprisingly big list of hops giving a pilsner crispness... plus a bit of modern hop aromatics. A little on the thin bodied side but very drinkable.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Perle", "Mittelfruh", "Nelson Sauvin", "Motueka", "Pacifica" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hawkers-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 821 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Superdelic™ IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This one really slipped between the styles, pleasantly so. Darker malt, cloudy but not quite hazy, with an amazingly fresh and almost sweet hop flavour. They said tinned pineapple as a flavour note and it was in that zone! And very easy to drink for a 7% beer, hiding the booze under the fruitiness. Another interesting new hop bred in New Zealand.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Superdelic", "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Oat", "Honey" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-superdelic-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 822 }, { "name": "Garage Project Toru New Zealand Wild Ale", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I got sucked in by the story of the 3000 litre antique Tōtara barrel. They tagged it as having a touch of tartness but to me it was very similar to the Slow Lane Golden Sour, if a little thinner in body and flavour. Refreshing and enjoyable, would have been a 3 star but I'm docking one in protest at the small 330ml cans.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2.5, "lng": 11, "flavour": [ "sour" ], "hops": [ "Wai-iti", "Motueka", "Rakau", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-toru.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 823 }, { "name": "Balter × Figueroa Mountain West Coast Pilsner", "variety": "West Coast Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "A tasty beer but West Coast of New Zealand maybe, as the strongest flavour note I got was the unmistakable twang of Motueka. Had a bit of darker malt and a bit of dank, without much of a pilsner vibe coming through. Like many of these modern hopped lagers it didn't quite have the body to hold it up. All sounds very critical but I really enjoyed it! UPDATE: Comparisons are odious as the saying goes, but this was a great turn after a choc stout. Malty and bitter, what the Hobart Brewing WC pilsner was trying to be... or should have been.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "dank" ], "hops": [ "Loral", "Motueka", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-fm-wcp.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 824 }, { "name": "Garage Project The Devil's Lettuce IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Oddly enough this had a similar flavour profile and appearance to the beer before which was a WC hopped pilsner! Weird because this had 10 hop products involved that didn't really add to the dankness of the subtitle. That said, being an ale the body was more rounded and the hops more integrated. Nothing spectacular but tasty.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 42.5, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "dank" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Columbus", "Strata", "Nelson Sauvin", "Centennial", "Nelson Sauvin", "Strata", "Columbus", "Nelson", "Liquid Hop Kief" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-dlt-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 825 }, { "name": "Garage Project Black Beer", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "An accidental mini-GP session, drinking three of the four beers I ordered from them just to get the Toru. I really should have stopped at three, but they were these dinky little cans! For one of their generic label beers this was very enjoyable, like the now defunct Asahi Dry Black - light bodied, dry, coarsely carbonated and refreshing. Brewed under license here by Hop Nation, I'd buy more of these if it was local... and in bigger cans!", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Under license", "lat": 3, "lng": 76, "flavour": [ "roasty" ], "hops": [ "Magnum", "Hallertau Mittelfrüh", "Saaz" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-black-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 826 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Pet Rock NZ Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This one was a bit generic. I might have been a little extra disappointed because I thought it was a hazy, and it was a bit flat. It did have the NZ twang, but more like the twang added to a core pale ale.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Kohatu", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Pale", "Wheat", "Vienna" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-pr-nz-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 827 }, { "name": "Garage Project Hazy Daze #15 - Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Comparisons are odious as the saying goes, but this wiped the floor with the Bowden NZ pale I drank just before. Where that was mild this had the juice body and intense aromatics I wanted. A bloody tasty beer. My overall impression with Garage Project is big can good, small can bad*. I'd be happy to just get all of their monthly fresh IPAs. *actually there's more that are exceptions than follow the rule but it was fun to write!", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 46.5, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Riwaka", "Rakau", "Cascade" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-hd-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 828 }, { "name": "Hawkers Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Absolutely bog standard core pale ale. Had a grab bag of five hops, including those bog standards Mosaic and Citra. Grew on me as the glass emptied but just a little boring. Well made, tasty and drinkable, but boring.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14.5, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Centennial", "Mosaic", "Citra", "Chinook" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hawkers-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 829 }, { "name": "Little Pete Brewing Hazy", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A little local brewer, but I'd always avoided them because of the naff cloth capped illustration. The beer itself was a bit muddled, malty and dark but hazy. Seems like anyone still saying 'New England' is going to brew one like this. After the amazing Garage Project Hazy Daze this isn't in the same class. The taste was a little nostalgic, making me think of early hazies with cuz Michael.", "brewery": "Little Pete Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 26, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "hazy", "malty" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "El Dorado", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Oats", "Gladfield Toffee" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-pete-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 830 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Cali Connection West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Not what I was expecting from a West Coast, super pale and thin bodied. Hoppy in a pineapple way rather than the usual WC dank pine, which wasn't really my thing. The blurb tagged it as using flaked rice to make it dry, and it was. I had a choice between this and another can of the Balter WC Pilsner and oddly enough they were very similar tasting. Not the grunt I was hoping for.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Citra", "Cascade", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-cc-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 831 }, { "name": "Dos Equis", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Celebrating Karen's birthday at a fantastic Mexican restaurant, with a nice simple Mexican beer to wash it down. Malty, clean and better than a Corona. What am I rating it against? I don't think my bottle had this new tidy label!", "brewery": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery", "parent": "Heineken / AB InBev", "country": "Mexico", "status": "Imported", "lat": 5, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "dos-equis.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 832 }, { "name": "Swell Lay Day Juicy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was an absolute 360 from the Dos Equis, intense and hazy. Darker orange colour and thick body living up to the juicy name. The hops kept it from being in the sweet spot, but full points to Swell for going with a less common hop mix. Sabro, never my favourite hop, gave its coconut taste to the overall fruitness. Enjoyable to drink, with a bit of challenge in the flavour, thick and aromatic.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical", "coconut" ], "hops": [ "Sabro", "Idaho 7", "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ "Coopers", "Toffee", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-ld-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 833 }, { "name": "Reckless Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "One of the things I enjoy about trying new beers is the dice roll of taste, and trying to figure out the order to drink them in. For a while Michael and I had the strategy of starting light and working our way up. That lead to us often being really drunk trying really strong beers that we couldn't remember! Now I'm more about flipping back and forth and using lighter beers to cleanse the palate. After a thick hazy this was the perfect pivot. I'd call this a light or session pale ale, fresh with a bit of bitterness to the super light and dry body. Again the question, what am I rating it against?", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Simcoe", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 834 }, { "name": "New England Black Italian Pils", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Second time lucky ordering this one, and it was worth waiting for. An unwise third beer on a school night, it was a lovely dessert beer after a hazy and a light pale. Very dry and roasty, and interestingly after the contrast of the previous beers I could taste the lager tang underneath the black malt. They said it was the dark version of their Italian Pils. Have to try that to see what the Italian angle is! 199th beer of 2023...", "brewery": "New England Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 80, "flavour": [ "roasty" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau", "Mittlefru", "Lotus" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Caramalt", "Chocolate" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "new-england-marmo-black-pils.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 835 }, { "name": "T-Bone Lil' Hazy Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "One of the haul Ashley brought back from his brewery tour of Hobart. I'd never heard of them and it was a tasty hazy pale. An incremental step up from the Reckless XPA with more body and hops. A new brewery, and cracking 200 new beers for 2023.", "brewery": "T-Bone Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "tbone-lh-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 836 }, { "name": "Hobart Brewing Wavelength West Coast Pilsner", "variety": "West Coast Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Another small Tassie brewery, and a beer that was in a HPA hop product showcase. Distinctive for all the wrong reason, as all of the hops were new flowable extracts. Flex isn't even a specific hop extract but an alpha acid additive, and hops were Spectrum products which are a standardised hop liquid that you can use to add instant flavour. Just tasted fake. I like a lot of the new hop products but it seems like once they no longer have any real connection to the hop cones they jump the shark. Later thrown into the shade by having the Balter × Figueroa Mountain equivalent.", "brewery": "Hobart Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Mardarina Bavaria", "FLEX", "Citra Spectrum ", "Vic Secret Spectrum" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hobart-brewing-wavelength-wc-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 837 }, { "name": "Uraidla Brewery Mana NZH 106 IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer which the new stickers, and giving it a separate review to the original Mana for using a different hop flavour. After 3 lighter watery beers this was the business. Uraidla do these unfiltered beers so well, dense body and hoppyness, boozy but drinkable. Another beer featuring something experimental, a new hop and tasty as it was, I couldn't pick anything unique from the hop itself. Beer of the night.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "NZH106" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-mana-nzh-106.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 838 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Hammer Time West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I was really looking forward to the Fox Friday beers Ashley brought back but they were both a bit lacklustre. This was a very generic West Coast IPA, not particularly malty or bitter. Drinkable but forgettable. Seems like Fox Friday have gone the way of Mountain Culture going gangbusters with growth but losing their spark where it matters.", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Cryo Mosaic", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Golden Promise", "Caramunich" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-ht-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 839 }, { "name": "Reckless Brewing BX Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Have to get another of these to try, coming straight after a West Coast IPA it was lovely and light and creamy, a real palate refresher! Love to try it first up, and paired with their dark lager. The BX almost a sub-brand for Reckless. Half a glass really not enough to judge by.", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 16.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-bx-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 840 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Code of Silence Oat Cream DIPA", "variety": "Oat Cream Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Oat Cream" ], "blurb": "Syrupy sweet. Oat Cream IPAs were all the rage for a year or so, and I was glad to be seeing the back of them. Interesting gear change, but I definitely couldn't drink a whole can. I'm guessing at the hops as I couldn't really get much under the lactose.", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "hazy", "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mosaic", "Cryo Citra", "Cryo Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Golden Promise", "Pale", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat", "Melanoidin" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-cos-oc-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 841 }, { "name": "T-Bone Choc-Milk Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "It was drinkable but not my thing, literally like a stout with chocolate milk... a bit flat with a weird milk-like body. Cocoa or coffee additions always dull down the beeriness.", "brewery": "T-Bone Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 70, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "tbone-cm-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 842 }, { "name": "T-Bone Brekkie Juice - Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Another unwise last beer on a big night that was really tasty and refreshing. Second best of the night, and in the same vein as the first - hazy and dry hopped. On the edge of sweetness, but not like the oat cream, bringing some zing after the homebrews. Smashing the 200 beers in a calendar year.", "brewery": "T-Bone Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "tbone-bj-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 843 }, { "name": "Clare Valley Brewing Co NZ Hazy DIPA Choice Brew", "variety": "Hazy Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I wasn't paying attention and it turns out this was nearly a year old. I know bottleshops are taking a bet buying stock, but there would be people making judgements against brewers based on old stock. A hazy like this should have been drunk in the first month or two, the aromatics had mostly dropped out, leaving it boozy and sticky with malt. None of the Kiwi hops flavours really made it through. Still I did want a big beer after a tough day.", "brewery": "Clare Valley Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46.5, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Nectaron", "Motueka", "Pacifica" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "clare-valley-nz-hazy-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 844 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Hold Your Horses - Brett Saison", "variety": "Saison", "style": "Saison", "modifier": [ "Brett" ], "blurb": "Definitely a challenge beer, and for the first few sips I wondered if I'd finish it. Poured with an amzingly smooth creamy head, and lots of it. Dry and tart but with a heavy dose of spicy banana esters. Some hop flavours are hard to describe, but yeast flavours are even tougher. Love to compare this with their other Brett beers, but this was really showcasing the flavour as it was can conditioned with Brett yeast!", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 11.5, "flavour": [ "dry", "sour" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh", "Saaz" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Rolled Wheat", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-hyh-bs.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 845 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Refectory Belgian Blonde Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I did buy this to fill out a box when ordering a four pack of Quake, but it suprised me how much I liked it. I'm trying to get a handle on what Belgian abbey style beers are like and wasn't expecting as much phenol / ester flavours in the mix. A little over carbonated but it was quite drinkable. What to rate it against? Just need that European beer crawl to do it justice.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3.5, "lng": 11.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Hallertauer Mittelfrueh", "Saaz" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-r-bba.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 846 }, { "name": "Stone and Wood Hinterland Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This is a shit beer. I bought this to be a hazy in a set of four to recalibrate the XPA zone of the grid and it was a disappointment. Tasted bad and wasn't true enough to the style to be helpful. Their cloudy pale is much better. Maybe the stale yeasty flavour is actually in the Coopers zone and what they were aiming for. Who was this aimed at? 'best enjoyed freshly chilled from the fridge'", "brewery": "Stone & Wood Brewing Co", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Eclipse", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "stone-and-wood-h-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 847 }, { "name": "Uraidla Solar Eclipse Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Amazingly, the 50th beer from Uraidla Brewery over six years. A tasty and enjoyable beer if nothing memorable or particularly aromatic. That said, glad I bought two and looking forward to drinking the other. Funny that they didn't bother calling it a hazy, maybe because almost all of their pales are! With the name I expected it to be hopped with Eclipse... UPDATE: Second was still tasty, still nothing special. UPDATE: They brewed up a second batch and as the starter beer of a mini Uraidla session it was a good one. Again I'd say nothing spectacular, but I'll take consistency as a win too.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Superdelic", "Nelson Sauvin", "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Caramunich", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-se-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 848 }, { "name": "Uraidla Witchcraft West Coast Pilsner", "variety": "West Coast Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "This newer style of pilsner has been a bit hit and miss, but this was a definitely hit. Not trying to go too hardcore, it had a lovely subtle flavour. Not too malty or over hopped, it was still a bit thin bodied in the end to be fully satisfying, but I'd definitely drink another.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Saaz", "Centennial", "Cryo Citra", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carapils", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-w-wcp.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 849 }, { "name": "Swell Stormy on the Mid Hazy Mid-Strength", "variety": "Hazy Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Would be really interesting to compare to their last session hazy which was really tasty. This was nice but quite mild, which seems to be the thing for the new rash of beers called 'mid-strength' rather than 'session'. I did drink it over Christmas lunch so there was a lot of food amongst the beer tasting! Two stars seems harsh but I wouldn't go back for one.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Toffee", "Wheat", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-sotm-hpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 850 }, { "name": "The Suburban Brew XPA Xtra Pacific Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Always good to have a challenge, and this one threw me! It smelt so aromatic opening the can that I was expecting dry hopping... but it was actually more bitter and dry. I'd been wanting something heavier and more aromatic which this light bodied and crisp XPA didn't hit. That said, I really want to try another to rate it against its correct peers. UPDATE: Tricky to rate beers in a style that's not quite in the zone. I'd rate this as one of the best XPAs, with a more bitter and crisp profile than most. Smells much fruitier than it tastes! True to the style, meaning that the thin body lost my interest by the end of the glass. UPDATE: Rescued by some cheese and music as the sun went down. This is the perfect spacer beer although it isn't that light. Like I was trying to explain to Melanie, I have reached peak not giving a fuck. But a sad song just came on.", "brewery": "The Suburban Brew", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Nectaron", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "suburban-xpa-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 851 }, { "name": "Orion The Dark", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I saw this in my local chain bottle-o and had to get one. With low expectations I was pleasantly surprised. Not quite to the level of my now retired old favourite Asahi Dry Black, but it's a good replacement. A new one from Orion, it was malty and dark, coffee-ish in its bitterness, but still quite light bodied and dry. Have to get their standard lager... which I still haven't tried... to do a double tasting. UPDATE: I'll definitely drink more of these, light bodied and roasty. UPDATE: First beers I've bought after starting at PL, in desperation at their lack of dark beers in a fridge full of freebies. Same parent company though!", "brewery": "Orion Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 72, "flavour": [ "dark", "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "orion-the-dark.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 852 }, { "name": "Mismatch Draught", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I knew I'd try it just for completeness. Most breweries are making a mainstream lager and this is one of the better ones. I haven't been keen on craft style lagers, but this really nailed the dirtier malt... without the metallic macro tang. Rating it against a very narrow category: craft clone of mass market lager. Once they would have scoffed at this sort of beer, now realising they need to broaden their appeal. I'd happily substitute one of these when I'm hankering for a Japanese dry lager, fresher and local. UPDATE: Took a four pack to share, and they were enjoyable if unremarkable. UPDATE: Finally did a taste off between their standard lager and the draught. Why they bother having both I'm not sure. The core lager is slightly cloudier and definitely sweeter with its malt. If I had to pick it would be the draught, but as I got further in, sipping back and forth, the difference became very small. And I really wouldn't want more than one...", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-draught.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 853 }, { "name": "Algorithm Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another one of the random standalone beers from Pinnacle Drinks for vertical integration of their supply chain. It was a pretty standard Australian pale ale, yeasty and malty, so not really in my flavour zone. One in a Christmas gift fourpack, happy to try one for free! Brewed by Tribe after they went into administration so the new owners must have kept their Pinnacle contract.", "brewery": "Pinnacle Drinks", "parent": "Endeavour Drinks Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "algorithm-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 854 }, { "name": "Sauce Brewing Co Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After a generic pale ale I was hoping for something tastier and this mostly fit the bill. A bit fizzy and light bodied for a hazy. I wish they'd listed the hops so I see if my guess at Sabro was correct, not my thing either way. Last beer for 2023, a year where the only 'highlight' was too much drinking. And to think in October when I aimed to hit 200 new beers for the year I thought I may not make it. Romping it in with 219. Woo.", "brewery": "Sauce Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sauce-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 855 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Party Shirt Session Hazy", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Shapeshifter always seem like a roll of the dice, even when they're nice (and this was) it's not the style they say it is. Crisp and fresh, and although it had some haze, it was not aromatic. More like a session pacific ale. It was a nice tasty first beer for 2024. UPDATE: Second out of date beer, definitely a black mark against West Beach Cellars - 7 months out of date! I bought a couple of core session beers to pace myself... still quite drinkable and holding its haze.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Talus", "BRU 1" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Rolled Oats", "Malted Oats", "Pale Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-ps-shpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 856 }, { "name": "Golden Pipes Brewing Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "To cut and paste from the Algorithm Pale Ale... 'Another one of the random standalone beers from Pinnacle Drinks for vertical integration of their supply chain.' It was a drinkable beer for free, just barely hazy and with a crisp hop flavour it was more like a pacific ale. I guess hazies were cool and they wanted one to fill a gap in the lineup.", "brewery": "Pinnacle Drinks", "parent": "Endeavour Drinks Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 16, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "light" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "golden-pipes-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 857 }, { "name": "Uraidla Omnipresent IIIPA", "variety": "Triple India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Triple" ], "blurb": "Oh boy this was sticky! Sweet from the malt and booze, but dry hopped enough to break through it. Like a dry hopped West Coast style beer which doesn't make a lot of sense. Thoroughly enjoyable to get a buzz on from one intense beer, but I would never drink another. Do I rate it against double and triple IPAs, in which case it would be high in the rankings? Last one in the old can sticker design.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ "malty", "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Cryo Citra", "Cryo Mosaic", "Riwaka" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-o-iiipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 858 }, { "name": "Colossal Brewing Inner Gravity Passionfruit Sour Beer", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Last of the Christmas gift four pack. After the mega Uraidla IIIPA this was like a spritzer mouth wash. Sour-ish, I was probably happier that the passionfruit was minimal, but this was pretty generic. Considering I drank it purely to get it out of the fridge I finished it and didn't hate it. Looking forward to the Dollar Bill sour that will be delivered tomorrow!", "brewery": "Pinnacle Drinks", "parent": "Endeavour Drinks Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 10, "flavour": [ "sour" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "colossal-ig-ps.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 859 }, { "name": "Dollar Bill Storm Series II Tranquility Sour Barrel-aged Dry Hopped Ale", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Another hype brewery I've been eager to try. They do a lot of award winning flavoured sours so when I saw this one I jumped right on it! Ultimately I think I could have done with a small can as it came across as incredibly boozy for its 6.8%. A bit like bungy jumping or a similar extreme experience I was glad I did it... but I wouldn't do it again. Too thin, dry and intense for me, but if sours were your thing this would be the business. Glad I warmed up with a big can of pale beforehand!", "brewery": "Dollar Bill Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 12.5, "flavour": [ "sour" ], "hops": [ "Cascade" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "dollar-bill-t-sba-dha.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 860 }, { "name": "Madocke Spéciale Belge", "variety": "Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was a big surprise! A Belgian style touted as the ale answer to the popularity of pilsners in the early 20th century, I was expecting light and crisp. It poured quite dark but still crisp, almost exactly like a Vienna lager rather than a pilsner, but with a bit more body. Probably the best amber ale I've tried, that said, it got a bit sticky by the end as ambers do. Still, owrth trying for the concept, and enjoyable to drink. Love to give people a blind taste and see what they thought it was.", "brewery": "Madocke Beer Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 16, "lng": 50, "flavour": [ "malty", "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "madocke-speciale-belge.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 861 }, { "name": "Reckless Central West IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "For me, breweries really live or die on the skills of the head brewer. I don't care how fancy your tap room is if the beer is shit. Another great beer from Reckless. Their tasting notes were spot on - citrus, pine, dry. I'd call this one of the mid coast style IPAs, had a decent malty bitterness with some aromtics to freshen it up. Very light bodied and crisp for an IPA. ", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Simcoe", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-cw-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 862 }, { "name": "Dollar Bill Ballarat Steam Ale", "variety": "Steam Ale", "style": "Steam Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Confounding. A weird side beer made with the local uni who have a brewing course, but they don't sell it on their own site. A California Common, aka steam ale, but it was quite dark! All round a very unthreatening but tasty beer that your average punter would drink after being scared away from your barrel sours. You wouldn't guess it was a lager yeast in a blind taste. Entertainingly blingy can!", "brewery": "Dollar Bill Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 13, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "dollar-bill-bsa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 863 }, { "name": "Orion the Draft", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I bought this to pair off with with a second tasting of the dark, and was halfway through the glass before I remembered to pay attention to what it tasted like! So, very drinkable but not memorable... clean and carbonated. A genuine import, be interesting to try it against the relabelled Monsuta they brew. Ingredients listed as malt, hops, rice, corn, starch...", "brewery": "Orion Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 4, "lng": 21.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "orion-the-draft.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 864 }, { "name": "Uraidla Frost Sword DDH IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "A classic Uraidla beer, and enjoyably so. Thick body, opaque, dry hopped to the edge of burn, fruity. One to buy another or two to see how it ages. I did start thinking why not make this a core IPA, they're consistently in the same zone, but then the different names make it really clear which is freshest. Works for me, but it also makes clear when bottle shops have old stock... UPDATE: They did another run the next year, still very tasty.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45.5, "lng": 34.75, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carapils", "Oats", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-fs-ddh-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 865 }, { "name": "Range Disco Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "It's been interesting to see how some of the popular later generation craft breweries have expanded. They've all tried to keep up with the limiteds and crank out the core range. Range have almost spun off theirs into a sub-brand with a completely different can style, and dropped the logo! That said, this was a very solid mainstreamn / core hazy pale, refreshing and crisp. If they were my local I'd be happy to buy this as a fridge filler. Only giving it a 3 because of the sneaky small size can.", "brewery": "Range Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "range-disco-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 866 }, { "name": "Kick Back Brewing Anchor Steady IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was a really lovely beer. Dark malt, old school bitterness, but well balanced and fresh with it. Had that odd flavour note that I've always called marshmallowy for want of something better, a richness to the malt without sweetness. Great to see Enigma getting a go, an underrated hop. Somehow nostalgic, reminding me of early days getting used to IPAs, nights drinking with Michael.", "brewery": "Kick Back Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Enigma" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kickback-as-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 867 }, { "name": "Swell Summer Sessions Single Hop Session Ale", "variety": "Session Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Single Hop" ], "blurb": "Funny for a single hop beer they don't list it on the can! Really tasty for a session ale, although 4.2% isn't that light. Really had a fruity tang which worked well with the more APA style malt. What am I rating it against... session ales? More specific, session American pale ales? A good fridge filler either way. UPDATE: Tried another three months later, and yes the aromatics had dropped but it was still a crisp session ale. Enjoyable first beer on my birthday. Showing that freshness absolutely does matter.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "tropical", "malty" ], "hops": [ "Superdelic" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Vienna", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-ss-sh-sa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 868 }, { "name": "Beer No Evil Side A: Racing Towards Oblivion West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Had to drink side A first! I always love when brewers do these inbgredient comparisons and you rarely get it with yeast. The other of the pair was the better, and I'm assuming the floaties were operator error not the yeast. Overall a stiff old school malty IPA, enjoyable but it just gets too sticky compared to dry hopped beers.", "brewery": "BeerNoEvil", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 45, "flavour": [ "bitter", "malty" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Caramalt", "Medium Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "beer-no-evil-rto-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 869 }, { "name": "Beer No Evil Side B: The Seven Seas West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Side B was the winner, the BRY97 fermenting cleaner. Interesting to see that it was darker and more clear in the glass for having the same base ingredients. Two IPAs in this style in a row not my usual practice, doubling up on the stiffness, but made me merry while cooking goulash!", "brewery": "BeerNoEvil", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 46, "flavour": [ "bitter", "malty" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Caramalt", "Medium Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "beer-no-evil-tss-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 870 }, { "name": "Watsacowie Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Watsacowie have really widened their range, so I was keen to try their take on my favourite style. A bit bland and average, enjoyable and drinkable, but even coming after two WCIPAs for contrast the aromatics weren't that intense. UPDATE: Completely forgot I'd already had this one! Also apparently forgot my expectations as I quite enjoyed it. More at the crisp end of the spectrum, and scarily easy to drink.", "brewery": "Watsacowie Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "watsacowie-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 871 }, { "name": "Kick Back Brewing Off Leash XPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "A bloody good XPA. Might have been my low expectations, I've been finding XPAs a bit too thin for my taste lately so this one got left to the last in the fridge. Really crisp and with a bit more malt body it was very drinkable. Rating it against the style? Been a while since any XPAs pushed above a 3, and those were a long time ago. This would be one of the best, but I'm really only picking them up to mix up my drinking habits!", "brewery": "Kick Back Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Carahell", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kickback-ol-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 872 }, { "name": "Sierra Nevada Tropical Little Thing Hazy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Chasing a different beer I went back to the bottle shop that in many ways kicked off the whole thing. Back in 2016 Michael took me beer shopping there, to widen my horizons. Some of them I could barely drink but it started the tradition of our beer nights, often the highlights of whole years of my life. Eight years later I was like a kid in a candy store, heading to the counter I saw another fridge and on impulse grabbed a couple of these Little Thing beers. Like a rookie I didn't check the date. At eight months old I've got no idea if this is what an American hazy is like. Stiff, boozy, and no aromatics. That said, it took the edge off those memories. I was buying beers for a night with new friends, trying to move on.", "brewery": "Sierra Nevada Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 43.5, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Cascade", "El Dorado", "Sabro", "Sultana" ], "malt": [ "Munich", "Oats", "Two-row Pale", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sierra-nevada-plt-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 873 }, { "name": "Pikes West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "A second beer I probably didn't need to have while cooking a Moroccan beef stew. Probably harsh to give it 2 stars but it was pretty unremarkable. Drinkable, dank-ish, but overall quite mild for a West Coast. Getting a little long in the tooth at six months old which might have been a factor. Meh.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 41.5, "flavour": [ "malty", "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Amarillo", "Cascade" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pikes-ltd-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 874 }, { "name": "Pikes Pilsener", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After a couple of glasses of Ashley's quality homebrew this was the first canned beer of the night. In comparison to the maltier brews this was a great palate refresher. Shane brought a couple of six packs and we circled back to them a couple of times. Starting a new entry for this in cans, partly to keep their great old bottle designs, but with more appreciation for lagers I'd call this a more traditional pilsner with crisp noble hopping. Great drinking on a hot summers day.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7.5, "lng": 25.25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 875 }, { "name": "Brightstar Brewing Berliner Weisse Traditional German Sour", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First from this local brewer with a focus on lagers and European styles, and a great introduction it was. Tart and fresh, I've really got the taste for these dry unfruited sours. As we all remarked, you wouldn't want more than one, but it got your attention!", "brewery": "Brightstar Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 10.25, "flavour": [ "dry", "sour" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brightstar-bw.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 876 }, { "name": "Su Legno Oro", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Maybe I built it up too much in my mind but this was very disappointing. A great story, a local guy doing small batch barrel fermented beers, using another local guy's fresh yeast, and in long necks! This one was meant to be like a pilsner, and a made a trip to a specific bottle shop to buy it... Dark, murky and way overcarbonated with a flavour profile like homebrew.", "brewery": "Su Legno", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "su-legno-oro.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 877 }, { "name": "Brightstar Brewing Helles Crisp Munich Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Ashley had one of their packs and they were all very drinkable. Coming after a lager this was, well, another lager! Compared to the Mismatch Draught was brighter.", "brewery": "Brightstar Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brightstar-hl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 878 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Their core hazy IPA, and after a couple of lagers in a row it was a great flavour leap. Have to try it when more sober to get more detail, but made me wish I'd been more hoppy with the beers I took.", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Citra", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Wheat", "Flaked Oats" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 879 }, { "name": "Brightstar Brewing Schwarz German Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Need to circle back and try another of these. Overshadowed by a big hazy, to me it was much more of a dark lager than a true black lager Schwarzbier. Mild rather than bitter toasted malt, a bit forgettable. There was a Hobart Brewing can after this in the line up, but I think that was the wedgie I didn't try!", "brewery": "Brightstar Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 75, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brightstar-sdl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 880 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture Status Quo Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I thought I'd had this one before. It was getting to the stage of the night where I love all beers and get generous, but I really enjoyed it as a tasty simple pale ale. Maybe not the best beer in Australia but still. Interesting that they do either big 500ml cans or these slightly smaller ones... 355ml always feels like shrinkflation. UPDATE: I wanted to try one when more sober, and picked up the Fresh Frozen version to compare. Interesting that they don't call it a hazy on the can even though it is. Like they took the three main versions of pale ale in Australia and mixed them together. Has the body and dry hop freshness of a hazy, the crispness of a pacific ale, and a little bit of malty yeastiness of a classic Australian pale to make a very well balanced beer. I can see why it gets lots of votes, nothing to scare off the newbies and enough flavour for craft drinkers, may still debate if the best in the country! If it was local I'd be buying these as a fridge filler. UPDATE: Jake visited and kindly left some behind. Very drinkable, maybe a little bit thin bodied at the Hawaiian Haze end of the scale.", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-sq-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 881 }, { "name": "Brightstar Brewing Czech Pilsener Hoppy Pale Lager", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Only one can shared between four means I don't remember it! Giving it a pass mark until I can try another... Love to try one at the brewery with the side pour tap. UPDATE: Pilsners are certainly having a comeback. They got very bland at one stage but this was very intense. Very dry and crisp, with a much stronger and bitter hop flavour than I was expecting, but still within the classic noble hop style. Maybe too intense for the first beer of the evening, but I think after a few hazies this would be an awesome handbrake turn.", "brewery": "Brightstar Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brightstar-cp.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 882 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Formula Dolphin DDH Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "It got a decent reaction from the tasting crew, tasty but a bit thin bodied for me. Neither a flavour smash or a refresher for a drunk palate!", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35.5, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Galaxy", "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Pale", "Wheat", "Aurora", "Biscuit", "Gladiator" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-fd-ddh-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 883 }, { "name": "Su Legno Primo", "variety": "Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Darker and tastier but bland and lacklustre without much hop flavour. I wonder what the char of the barrels added to it. This was the better of the two, but sadly I wouldn't buy either again. I will give the stout a go, just because! We did keep drinking, tidying up the lagers that were left.", "brewery": "Su Legno", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 42, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "su-legno-primo.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 884 }, { "name": "Swell Summer Haze Juicy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I had a mini Swell session, both yellow cans with summer in the name. Lovely, bright and fresh. Not sure why they've started calling them juicy but it was pretty fruity! Great colour, hazy body, and tang from the dry hopping without overpowering. Interesting that it was the same recipe as the Lay Day, but switching out the Sabro for Amarillo which was a winner for me. Was the perfect follow on to their summer single hop session ale, which was really light bodied. I'd taken a short break from drinking, feeling like I'd been drinking too much, like I was wanting it too much. Felt the itch a few times. All that said, I bloody enjoyed these two on a hot summer afternoon. UPDATE: Was a great antidote to a crap beer, bloody tasty. I'll get more if I see them while they're still fresh. UPDATE: Been interesting to keep going back to this one and taste it as it matures. It was always a bit maltier, but has mellowed into the taste I can't describe, that I used to just associate with IPAs, then with beers that had gotten a bit stale and now I don't know how to class it. Nostalgic. Cheers cuz.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical" ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Idaho 7", "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ "Coopers", "Toffee", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-sh-j-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 885 }, { "name": "Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "It was a night of low expectations being exceeded. After the big can of PL sparkling ale I figured I'd be lubricated for what I thought would be very stale. Was even older than the can of Tropical Little Thing at nearly twelve months old, but somehow had kept up decent fruity aromatics. Poured clear till a blurt at the end, but I won't hold that against it. Surprisingly tasty and enjoyable for a beer I was drinking to get out of the fridge. Funny that on their website they list calories and protein!", "brewery": "Sierra Nevada Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 45, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Citra", "El Dorado", "Magnum", "Mosaic", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "Munich", "Oats", "Two-row Pale", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sierra-nevada-hlt-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 886 }, { "name": "Hawkers From Yeast to West - Kveik Yeast", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I love these yeast variations, and I was also keen to support Hawkers, even if just symbolically. I was surprised how malty and 'West Coast' it was. Still with the tart undertaste from the Kviek, tasty but a bit stiff. Might have been the contrast, but I was really surprised to like the more standard version more...", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "tart" ], "hops": [ "SYCH 701 Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hawkers-fytw-k-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 887 }, { "name": "Hawkers From Yeast to West - US-05 Yeast", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "It was an enjoyable hot Saturday of drinking, playing Hitman and sipping good beer while sneaking around trying headshots. It did really surprise me how much lighter bodied this was compared to the kviek variation, clear and crisp with bitterness. I almost wish I'd bought the thiolised third beer to test, but I am resistent to needing genetically modifed yeasts and specific additives. Apart from not rating the couple I've tried. Also a lesson in pacing yourself to drink 4 cans / 7.5 drinks...", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "SYCH 701 Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hawkers-fytw-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 888 }, { "name": "Coopers Botanic Ale", "variety": "Sparkling Ale", "style": "Sparkling Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I keep getting sucked in to buy Coopers' new releases. I still have some emotional connection, but that said, it was a bit shit. As their advertising said, it was something I hadn't asked for... and I did hope that the botanicals would cover up the Coopers yeast. It kinda did, but was still a bit twangy. As a fourth beer it was enjoyable though, back off the wagon!", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 16, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Pride of Ringwood" ], "malt": [ "Coopers" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coopers-botanic-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 889 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Sports Mode - Hazy Pale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Might have been the change after a very dry pilsner, but this was super fruity and tasty. Smelt like pineapple out of the can, and was definitely one of those times you're glad it's a tall can. Good carbonation, haze and body, with a good mix of hops. Bumping it up to four stars as I'm planning on getting another couple to have as a backup fridge hazies. UPDATE: I did go back for another, and maybe it was expectations but it was a bit thinner second time around... sabro was dominant, and it was only marginally hazy. I want the juice body to round out the dry hopping. ", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Sabro", "Wai-iti", "Amarillo", "Nelson Sauvin SubZero Hop Kief" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Wheat", "Big O", "Carapils", "Acidulated" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-sm-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 890 }, { "name": "Vale Parched Az - NZ Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "New Zealand" ], "blurb": "Sometimes you wish you could try a beer without knowing what it was! This was not what I was expecting, but once I adjusted I really enjoyed it. Not like most beers tagged NZ pilsner, didn't have the kiwi hop fruit and the maltiness went more into ale richness than lager dryness. I'd definitely try another now I know what I'm drinking! Bloody ugly can though. Vale going from super minimal to all over the shop...", "brewery": "Vale Brewing", "parent": "Bickfords Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "vale-pa-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 891 }, { "name": "Vale Cali Common - Steam Beer", "variety": "Steam Ale", "style": "Steam Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I've been enjoying Vale beers recently but this was not one of them. For a steam ale it was really dark and veering into ESB funkiness. Once I would have tipped it out, but it was beer and drinkable. Had a hazy IPA afterwards to cleanse the palate!", "brewery": "Vale Brewing", "parent": "Bickfords Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "vale-cc-sb.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 892 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Antipodean Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was very drinkable. Light and dry with a nice mix of the traditional noble hop bitterness and kiwi hop florals. Super clear in the glass with intense carbonation. At the start I was thinking it'd be a great session beer, but by the end it was getting a little cloying. Still, after having a bit of a pilsner summer this was a good one.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 21.25, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Carapils", "Acidulated" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-a-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 893 }, { "name": "The Suburban Brew Blue Skies Green Grass East Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "East Coast" ], "blurb": "So fruity and light! I have been known to say in the past why can't we have dry hopped beers without the haze, and this was definitely one. Nearly as clear as the pilsner beforehand! A hazy body does help, but this had some dankness to round it out instead. Love to know what the hops were, I got a taste of Sabro or one of the similar new hops. Amazing that this is nearly 4 months old, would have been banging when canned!", "brewery": "The Suburban Brew", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "suburban-bs-gg-ec-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 894 }, { "name": "Little Creatures Mystic Haze Hazy XPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Extra" ], "blurb": "An impulse buy at the bottle-o, it was pretty good. Fresh and fruity, nothing spectacular but very drinkable. The can was getting on, so the haze had dropped out and gotten a bit gritty. Would have been interesting to try one fresh as it still had a decent dry hop flavour. Not listed on their website anywhere, one of those small releases exclusively to certain chains.", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-mh-hxpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 895 }, { "name": "Pikes Mid-North Draught", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A freebie from the guy at the bottle-o after we chatted about beers! That may have made me more forgiving but it was quite enjoyable. Very much in the pack of 'cheaper' more mainstream lagers most of the brewers are putting out, and in a more mainstream looking can. In the past I've started a session with a lager then gone hoppier, but this time did the reverse and it worked well, made it taste drier in comparison.", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-mn-draught.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 896 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture Fresh Frozen Status Quo Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was an epic beer. I really enjoyed the standard Status Quo just before, but this dialled it up to 11. So juicy and hazy it was a little flat but so tasty I didn't care. Dense to the point of soupiness, rich with different hops flavours from fruit to spice, and best of all in a massive can to really savour. Amazing that for all the flavour it was only 5.2% and 2.1 drinks in the big can. It may be a smallish category, hazy pales, this would be amongst the very best. Definitely have to get some more before the aromatics fade!", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46.5, "lng": 27.75, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-ff-sq-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 897 }, { "name": "Uraidla Demigod WCIIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Uraidla's last two have both been doubles, which can be hard to squeeze into casual drinking! After an epic hazy pale I opened this thinking it would be a good contrast. Oddly enough it had none of the malty dankness I expected, more on the slightly sweet side. May have just been my palate being dry hopped into submission just beforehand. So not bad, just a bit forgettable... and scarily easy to drink for an 8% beer!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Cryo Idaho 7", "Columbus" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-d-wciipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 898 }, { "name": "Hawkers From Yeast to West - Thiolised Yeast Mix", "variety": "West Coast India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I was stocking up for a session with Alex and my completionist tendencies couldn't resist getting the third of the set. Tasty, not hardcore West Coast, who knows what the thiolised yeast added without the standard yeast to compare to, but worth drinking. Also not super malty like the standard WC of the three. A nice big can of tasty IPA. Also deliberately setting up the #900 for tomorrow.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ "tart" ], "hops": [ "SYCH 701 Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hawkers-fytw-t-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 899 }, { "name": "Uraidla Sun Fury NZ Hazy IIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "#900 had to be Uraidla, my 55th from them alone! Boozy, which you'd expect from a double, quite clear in the glass, which I didn't expect from a hazy. Had that classic grassy NZ hop flavour, but was a bit confused. Malty and sticky like a West Coast without the bitterness. So aromatic though! This site has done double duty as a chronicle of grief along with the beer reviews. I gamed the beers a bit to save #900 to drink after spreading Michael's ashes in the forest. It was tougher than I expected, going to campsite no. 24 where we had a couple of cracking beer nights. It almost insults what they were calling them that, they were about so much more. We cracked a bottle of #8 homebrew, and I had a Coopers pale with my lunch. Autumn sunlight,
The sky ebbing and flowing,
With tides of clouds.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Nectaron", "Superdelic", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-sf-nz-hipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 900 }, { "name": "Bridge Road × Moffat Beach Hazy Harvest Fresh Hop IPA (2024)", "variety": "Wet Hop India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Happy I managed to find the pair again this year. Fresh hops beers always tend to be quite mild and this was just a bit too mild. Tasty and drinkable, with a more botanical taste to the hops, but just not enough fireworks to make it amazing. And the can colour this year is like pea soup!", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 30.75, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brb-hh-fh-ipa-2024.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 901 }, { "name": "Bridge Road × Deeds Brewing Dark Harvest Fresh Hop Black IPA (2024)", "variety": "Wet Hop Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop", "Black" ], "blurb": "We followed up the hazy with the dark straight afterwards. This was what I always hope black IPAs will be like, roasted and coffee-ish but above all dry. I would have enjoyed the hops being dialled up a notch or two, but their freshness worked well with the dark malt. Rating in the fairly small category of black IPAs, this is a bloody good one.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 77, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brb-dh-fh-ipa-2024.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 902 }, { "name": "Lobethal Bierhaus Extra IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Dull. The bottle was a bit old, but it was malty with strange aftertaste that may have been the glass after a wash. It'd been a long time between biers from them, and the three we drank didn't encourage me to search out more, especially in shrinkflation 330ml bottles.", "brewery": "Lobethal Bierhaus", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 47, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "lobethal-bierhaus-extra-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 903 }, { "name": "Lobethal Bierhaus Crème Brulee", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "It wasn't bad for a novelty beer. Surprised me that it was classed as a stout as it was very light bodied. Sweet from the sugar and vanilla, I drank it but was glad to only have half a glass. Absolutely no hops to be detected, and for a dark beer the malts were obscured by the added flavours. Funny that the bottle mockup is for a light beer not a dark...", "brewery": "Lobethal Bierhaus", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 58, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "lobethal-bierhaus-creme-brulee.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 904 }, { "name": "Lobethal Bierhaus Christmas Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "We did a taste off between Alex's Christmas pudding stout and this one. His was spicier and richer, this one was milder and a bit flat. Weird that they do this every year but it's not listed anywhere apart from social media (hence the very crappy photo!) I'm calling it a dark ale. Drinkable, but flavoured beers are not my thing.", "brewery": "Lobethal Bierhaus", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 68, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "lobethal-bierhaus-christmas-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 905 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Eclipse - West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "After a couple of flavoured dark beers this was like a breath of fresh air. Have to get another one to try with a fresh palate and less drunkeness, but on the night it came across and crisp and fruity.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "American Ale", "Carapils" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-e-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 906 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Hazy IIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Double" ], "blurb": "On the night I wrote 'a bit fruity, drinkable for 8%, a good background for port'. I vaguely remember enjoying it, and should not have gone on to drink port! There aren't many times to drink a mega can of IIPA, may not buy another to retaste...", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Mosaic", "CRYO Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Maris Otter", "Oats", "Wheat", "Chit" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-hazy-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 907 }, { "name": "The Mill Daydream Session Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "Cracking session ale, really crisp bitterness for the light body. If they were local I'd be buying more, a good small indie brewer with a taste for metal influenced branding! A new brewery for me, got onto them to order a few after seeing the next beer online...", "brewery": "The Mill Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 23, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "the-mill-dd-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 908 }, { "name": "The Mill The Dark Overlord Cold Black IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "I did get sucked in by seeing this online. Really messing with the categories, brewed with a lager yeast, and with coffee added, it was nothing like the blurb I read. Dry as, which was nice, but I didn't get any hop flavours at all. Once I adjusted my expectations I really enjoyed it, but I would have enjoyed some kettle hopping more than the coffee. UPDATE: I had bought two, and the second was a bit unloved in the fridge. Low expectations made me enjoy it more but coffee always makes beers a bit flat.", "brewery": "The Mill Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 75, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "the-mill-do-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 909 }, { "name": "The Mill Freshest Haze 2024 Galaxy Wet Hop DDH Hazy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Great to have a big can of this, enjoyable but something a bit different to ponder. Quite dark and brown for a hazy, murky almost like apricot juice, thick bodied but not heavy. I always find wet hops beers quite mild, and that was the case with this one, but they must have really dosed it. Entertainingly they dry hopped it with wet hops! Botanical and herbal rather than dank, and not at all malty for such a dark beer. I would definitely drink another, ranking it high amongst the wet hopped beers.", "brewery": "The Mill Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 31, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "the-mill-fh-hazy-ipa-2024.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 910 }, { "name": "The Mill Haze Hazy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Really glad I bought their standard hazy to compare to the wet hop version. Interesting that it was also really dark and murky and surprisingly similar. I busted out a second glass to taste them against each other and there was a subtle difference of the botanical but they were both boozy enough that I just rolled into the second beer and couldn't really tell... and didn't mind at all! Still, rating it against what is my favourite style, it didn't have the intensity of hops I want from a hazy.", "brewery": "The Mill Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "the-mill-h-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 911 }, { "name": "The Mill Mosaic Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "An unwise third beer on a school night, this really got me tipsy! I've realised that building a session I want to start with a hazy or two, then have something nice and malty and kettle bitter like this. A core range American style pale, darker malt, and far too drinkable. Not heavy with Mosaic flavours, but I wouldn't have minded if it was. Makes me want to try their core IPA, also American / West Coast style.", "brewery": "The Mill Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 42, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "the-mill-mosaic-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 912 }, { "name": "Uraidla Spirit Portal DDH Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "A weird one, really pale coloured and opaque, thick bodied and sweet. Interesting to drink, and I'd try another in a couple of months to see if it rounds out, but to me it wasn't one of their best. Still they cranked up the hoppiness without getting into burn territory, and better to take a few wild swings than keep making safe beers. Second beer on my birthday.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ "hazy", "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Cryo Pop", "Sabro" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Oats", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-sp-ddh-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 913 }, { "name": "Loophole Brewing Interstellar DDH Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Dry Hopped" ], "blurb": "Funny to try and compare two different DDH hazy pales, and boy were they different! This was the winner of the pair, even though it wasn't really on the style. Lighter bodied with a decent flavour of crisp kettle bitterness underneath the dry hopping, it was really balanced and drinkable. A great starter beer for the night!", "brewery": "Loophole Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Superdelic", "Enigma", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "loophole-i-ddh-hpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 914 }, { "name": "Swell Best Coast WCIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Surprisingly mild for a West Coast, but tasty and drinkable. Or maybe I'm getting my palate back into the dank zone? They always have a much better head than the hazies, and the creamier malt body is somehow a bit nostalgic. I enjoyed drinking it, but it was a forgettable. Looking back at their Oceanside WCIPA it was almost the same recipe bar the Centennial.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Simcoe", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Supernova", "Munich", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-bc-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 915 }, { "name": "Uraidla Book of Shadows Baltic Porter", "variety": "Baltic Porter", "style": "Porter", "modifier": [ "Baltic" ], "blurb": "A surprise bonus beer at the bottle-o as I hadn't heard about it. In some ways I wish I shouldn't have read the blurb, as it promised dryness when it was very much the opposite! Not sure what Baltic Porters are meant to be, but I thought the lager yeast would take it somewhere different. Poured super dark with a brown head, but rather than bitterness from the dark malts it was all sticky sultana and medicine. Took me half the glass to figure it out, but as the third beer I was getting a buzz on and enjoyed the second half! UPDATE: Filling the fourth spot in the paktek bought at the brewery. I wanted to go back and try it again, and a warm night was probably not quite the night but what the heck! Still not really the zone where I want to drink, but it was boozy and along with the sludge metal sent me out for kindling when it was finished...", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 83, "flavour": [ "coffee" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-bos-bp.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 916 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Check in the Dark - Czech Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I drank two Slow Lane beers and they were a study in expectations! This one high, a style I really love, and at first sip it was a bit sweeter and stickier than I expected. Luckily I bought a second to give a more considered review, still I did very much enjoy it. UPDATE: After a kviek IPA this was a lovely contrast, dark and roasty and smooth. UPDATE: Got a third in the father's day pack and with more grounded expectations really enjoyed it as a good follow on to their West Coast Pilsner.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 71, "flavour": [ "dry", "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Saaz" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Munich", "Dark Crystal", "Pale Chocolate" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-citd-cdl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 917 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Classic Haze Nelson Sauvin - Hoppy Hef", "variety": "Wheat ale", "style": "Wheat ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Boozy banana juice! This was the opposite expectation level, a style I generally don't like, and drank out of curiosity. For the first few sips I wasn't sure I'd be able to finish it but wow. Completely unique and bonkers, thick juice body but very carbonated, with a flavour smash of phenols, bitterness and aromatics dialling up the intensity. At 7% by the end of the glass I was merry and loving it. Giving it top marks as my favourite wheat beer by a big margin. If it hadn't been a school night I would have cracked on and drank their Orval tribute.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 11.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Hallertauer Mittelfrueh", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ "Wheat", "Pilsner" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-chns-hh.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 918 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Golden Valley - Belgian Brett Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Belgian" ], "blurb": "A beer for Michael on his birthday. Back in the day, when he was working at Melbourne Street Cellars, he tried Orval. It was always a beer he remembered, and talked about as something special. We had a great summer beer night, christening the chiminea, and he had done a very Michael thing and spent too much ordering in a couple of bottles for us to try. This one Slow Lane's tribute to Orval, not quite as dense with the foam, but still interesting and complex. I went to see Dune 2, something we had planned to see together, and cried in the darkness of the credits. Had a sparkler too.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ "spicy", "earthy" ], "hops": [ "Styrian Golding", "Hallertau Mittelfrüh" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Carabelge", "Caramunich" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-gv-bbpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 919 }, { "name": "Bridge Road Spectrum Hazy Pale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "An impulse buy that was pretty intriguing. Turned out to use three Spectrum hop products, a proprietary liquid hop from HPA. 100% soluble hop sludge! Maybe if I hadn't known I wouldn't have pondered it so much, but it was very tasty. Light bodied and really crisp with fruitiness. Using three classic hop varieties (Citra, Galaxy and Mosaic), it didn't have the additive / fake taste of some of the new hop products. Very sessionable, and even though there were no fireworks I'd be keen to have another, or two, to ponder it some more.", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 20.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "SPECTRUM Citra", "SPECTRUM Galaxy", "SPECTRUM Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-s-hpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 920 }, { "name": "Swell Autumn Sessions American Red Ale", "variety": "American Red Ale", "style": "Red Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "One of those beers that wasn't what I expected, but still really enjoyed. I was expecting a much maltier West Coast-ish beer, but it poured so dark and tasted so mild I would have guessed it as a dark ale if I hadn't known. Whether in spite of that, or because, it was a perfect beer for a cool autumn dusk. The maltiness was dry and a little roasty rather than sticky, with minimal hop bitterness, like a dark ale crossed with an ESB. Never seen roasted wheat before, maybe that's it? I feel like I'm hitting my stride with the beer tasting, always wanting to try more than one to compare. Or maybe that's just problem drinking! Not sure how to rate it, not really true to the style, but a good beer to drink. Interested to see what the winter sessions beer will be... UPDATE: What I really want is to have a good range of beers in the fridge. After a bitter hazy this was the perfect follow up on a cold night.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 30, "lng": 51, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Simcoe" ], "malt": [ "American Ale", "Supernova", "Roasted Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-as-a-red-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 921 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Pivotal - Czech Pale Lager", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Slow Lane released a block of European lagers and I was keen to do a taste-off between Czech and German style pilsners. The result was... drum roll... there wasn't much difference! They were both quite light bodied and dry with crisp noble hop bitterness. One had traditional floor malt and the other longer lagering. I felt like for the first few mouthfulls I could tell the difference, the Czech slightly maltier and the German slightly more bitter, but by the end they tasted the same. It wasn't bad as it was a good pilsner, but two lagers in a row is one too many. (Copy) UPDATE: A can of this was the very last beer of my father's day pack, and it sat a bit unloved at the back of the fridge for a while. Might have been another few months lagering in the can but it was a crisp and fresh palate cleanser after a brown ale.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10.5, "lng": 25.75, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Saaz" ], "malt": [ "Czech Floor-Malted Pilsner" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-p-c-pl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 922 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Jagged Little Pils - German Pils", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "(Paste) Slow Lane released a block of European lagers and I was keen to do a taste-off between Czech and German style pilsners. The result was... drum roll... there wasn't much difference! They were both quite light bodied and dry with crisp noble hop bitterness. One had traditional floor malt and the other longer lagering. I felt like for the first few mouthfulls I could tell the difference, the Czech slightly maltier and the German slightly more bitter, but by the end they tasted the same. It wasn't bad as it was a good pilsner, but two lagers in a row is one too many.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10.5, "lng": 25.25, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-jlp-gp.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 923 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Kold IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A random beer to fill out a six, without knowing anything about it I was expecting a lager yeast. Turned out to be a Kolsch yeast fermented cold. Really clear and attenuated but still quite crisp and bitter. Light bodied beers are not my thing, particularly as we go into winter, but it was better than I expected... I'd only have one if it was a freebie or nothing else was left in the esky.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "CRYO Citra", "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Oats", "Flaked Rice" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-kold-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 924 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Low and Slow - Hazy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A couple of beers on a sunny Saturday arvo to celebrate getting into the brewing course. I keep wanting to give Shapeshifter another go, and sometimes they make a cracker... and the rest are a bit average. Smelt great, but was a bit flat and syrupy in body, dull and twangy in flavour. Still I do love these paired beers to compare yeasts. Interesting that both were made with fresh yeast from local supplier Ferveo.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46.75, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Southern Cross", "NZ Cascade" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Rolled Spelt", "Wheat", "Malted Oats", "Carapils" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-las-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 925 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Fast and Furious - Hazy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was definitely the better of the matched pair, the kveik yeast really gave it a lift with it's tartness. Much better carbonation, and an enjoyable beer, but not really nailling the hop mix for me. That said, they were a pair of big beers for a pleasant buzz!", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46.75, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Southern Cross", "NZ Cascade" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Rolled Spelt", "Wheat", "Malted Oats", "Carapils" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-faf-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 926 }, { "name": "Mismatch Hazy Origin Series US Pacific Northwest", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Mismatch are a funny brewery. The beers are inconsistent and they make some strange decisions. Be interesting to see where their new owner takes them after the mismanagement of MightyCraft. No idea how old this beer is as there was no brew date and it seemingly was never mentioned on their online channels. Silly because this was one of their better ones. More like a hazy XPA, more crisp than aromatic, with a bit of body and good carbonation. Origin series is an interesting idea, who knows if they'll continue it! I did also love the high build spot varnish on the label.", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41.5, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Strata" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-hazy-os-upn.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 927 }, { "name": "Brewdog Hop Fiction Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "For some reason I've never rated Brewdog, even though I'd only had one of their beers! Brewed in Australia at their Brisbane base. Strictly speaking this wasn't true to style, barely hazy and more crisp than aromatic. Second hazy pale that was in this zone, but bloody tasty. Love to know the hops but they don't list them. Had a really fruity pineapple tang with a bit of XPA-ish crispness underneath. Probably harsh to only give it 3 stars, as it's a contender to be my BBQ four-pack next weekend.", "brewery": "Brewdog", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 31, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brewdog-hf-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 928 }, { "name": "Aether Brewing Black XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black", "Extra" ], "blurb": "I was excited to finally get one of these after seeing them online a while back. Happily it was worth waiting for, like someone heard me after drinking every black IPA when I wish it was drier and hoppier! Light bodied and crisp but still roasty, it did have some XPA qualities, the oxymoronic black extra pale. First from Aether, love to get more of these if they were local or at least available locally.", "brewery": "Aether Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 32, "lng": 80, "flavour": [ "roasty" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Cascade", "Enigma", "Azacca", "Sasquatch" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Vienna", "Dark Caramel", "Roasted", "Flaked Wheat", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "aether-black-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 929 }, { "name": "King Tide Brewing Beached As XPA", "variety": "Extra Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "I had a cart online full of dark beers and needed a sixth. I'd never heard of them and even though the can was a bit tacky it was an enjoyable beer. Crisp like an XPA should be, but a bit maltier and oddly very similar to the Brewdog hazy pale! Was a good change of taste direction after the black XPA.", "brewery": "King Tide Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "kingtide-beached-as-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 930 }, { "name": "Akasha Brewing Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Almost a hat trick, three new breweries in three reviews... but I did sneak in a session ale in the middle! It might be my low expectations for dark ales after getting on the dark lager bandwagon, but this was really enjoyable. Roasty but mild and not sticky. It did have a little bit of a coffee / chocolate angle to the charcoal dryness without overpowering it. Shame that all of the best dark beers I've been drinking have been from interstate. Fingers crossed the Watsacowie dark ale in the fridge flies the local flag!", "brewery": "Akasha Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 71.5, "flavour": [ "roasty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "akasha-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 931 }, { "name": "Freshwater Quiet Storm Japanese Black Lager", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Celebrating enrolling into the brewing course. Breweries are really getting lcoal and niche. Someone needs to coin the name for the thing after hipster, as this brewery is completely that: pastel colours, abstract organic shapes, and arches in everything! In brewery terms, brewing lagers and trash talking heavier beers. That said, this was delicious. Light and dry while roasty, good carbonation and getting that elusive Japanese beer umami. Lots of breweries are doing something with 'Japanese' in the name and not necessarily nailing it, this one happily did. Another ghost beer, not mentioned on their website or socials.", "brewery": "Freshwater Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 70.5, "flavour": [ "dark", "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "freshwater-qs-black-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 932 }, { "name": "Swell The Bommie Oat Cream IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Oat Cream" ], "blurb": "After deciding I didn't much like oat cream IPAs... unsuprisingly I haven't drunk many for a while. This wasn't quite as sweet as I remembered, and definitely wasn't as milky hazy! Still not the style for me, but enjoyable and another notch for Swell. Slowly working its way up the rankings to be my third most reviewed brewery. There was some hopping but I couldn't really taste what under the lactose. What to rate it against? The oat cream I've enjoyed the most because it isn't true to the style... UPDATE: Completely forgot I'd tried this one and my second review was pretty similar. Not hazy and too sweet.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45.5, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Superdelic", "HBC586", "Citra Cryo" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Ale", "Vienna", "Toffee", "Rolled Oats", "Malted Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-tb-oc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 933 }, { "name": "Watsacowie Mysteerious Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "The start of winter and I've been really enjoying the dark beers, even the ales. After the tang of their hazy pale, this was a delicious contrast at the sweeter end of dark ales. Medium bodied and rich, like slightly smokey sultana, it was easy to drink without getting sticky. Not sure if was sessionable like the blurb suggested, but I'd definitely buy more.", "brewery": "Watsacowie Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 76, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "watsacowie-m-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 934 }, { "name": "Ocean Reach Czech Czech 1, 2 Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "So I'd bought a pack of neutral-ish beers to wet my palate before drinking more challenging beers, and it was a decent contrast with this. Really helped me get a handle on the Czech style character, sweeter and stickier than German and modern dark lagers. Sadly also helped me realise I much prefer the drier end of drak beers.", "brewery": "Ocean Reach Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 71.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "ocean-reach-cc-dl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 935 }, { "name": "James Squire Limited Edition XPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Extra" ], "blurb": "I did get sucked into this one. They had a poster up outside the local chain bottle-o... I like an XPA and I like a limited beer, so I bought one. I was embarrassed to later see the Master Chef endorsement! The beer itself smelt alright, but it was like they took a decent xpa and mixed it 50 / 50 with a macro lager. A bit of hoppy tang, and a whole bunch of murky malty twang. Drinkable, but not by much, and in a sneaky small 330ml bottle too.", "brewery": "Malt Shovel Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 46, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Amarillo", "Citra lupulin", "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ "Gladfield Toffee" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "james-squire-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 936 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture × Stone SoCal IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ ], "blurb": "The story of my trip to Melbourne for GABS 2024 in three cans. I flew over for less than 24 hours, to catch up with two old friends and make one new one. This wasn't my first beer of the night, that was from a local brewer who had also travelled over - SixTwelve. I wanted to start with a full glass before trying to choose a paddle. The mega named 'Outer Limits Triple Dry Hopped New World Hoppy Ale' was actually a little overhopped, neither particularly bitter or aromatic. The SoCal was a spur of the moment pick after the queue was too big nearby, a beer I'd seen on socials, that was pretty bland and forgettable. Then I finally got into my first paddle and the tyranny of choice! #23 Precinct Brewing (QLD) Tarte Noir: fresh, dark and funnily enough, tart. #33 Sauce Brewing Co (NSW) Hopless - Botanical IPA: this was really interesting, similar vibe of bitterness but herbal. #35 Black Hops Brewing (QLD) Michelager: I've always wanted to try a traditional Mexican michelada and this was surprisingly tasty and tomato-ey. #24 Freshwater Brewing Co (NSW) Paradise Pils: filling a spot as I was losing interest, palate refresher. #21 Seeker Brewing (NSW) Bounty Hunter: sweet and stiff, I was getting tipsy enough to enjoy it.", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43.5, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Centennial", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-stone-socal-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 937 }, { "name": "Reckless Brewing Chardonnay Sour", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [ ], "blurb": "After finding the choice and novelty of 120 beers too much, I went a bit lateral and found the Reckless booth, hoping to try some of the beers I can't easily find locally. 'One of everything except the stout' was my order. I don't remember the Hazy Galaxy IPA, but the Chardonnay Sour and Rivermint Mojito Sour were both amazing. Both pushing what I thought I'd like in a beer. The first super crisp and light bodied, and second quite thick bodied and minty. The conversation was also flowing pretty easily, four middle aged men talking about the woes of middle aged relationships. We followed that up by all drunkenly riding the mechanical bull. Contrasting beers styles and activities! It was a surprisingly mixed crowd, not dominated by bearded craft beer dudes. UPDATE: I bought a mixed six pack from Reckless a bit later and a big can of this was one of them... that then sat unloved in the fridge for six months. Today on a whim I cracked in open and again really enjoyed the tart freshness. Should have been a regular sized can as it got a bit sticky by the end, but glad I bought it!", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3.5, "lng": 8, "flavour": [ "tart" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-chardonnay-sour.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 938 }, { "name": "Shearasun Brewing Co Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ ], "blurb": "After the success of the Reckless paddle we went for a little indie brewer. We had a great chat with the brewer, and they seem very worthy but sadly all of the beers were a bit crap. Twangy malt and not particularly hoppy, this at a stage of drinking where evrything should have tasted good! (And that font on the label is terrible.) The night was starting to wind down and we wandered the stalls until Kaiju caught my eye. I had their 'standard' black IPA and Jake and I invaded their booth to drive remote control toy forklifts, trying to break the course and tip things over... I snuck my paddle up my shirt and it was back to the city on the train. Jake and I rounded off the night with a 7eleven coffee on a street side bench. The part I hadn't thought through was waking up hung over in a different city! After check out I walked it off on the frosty streets, and the deserted classic section of the NGV, before bussing and flying back home.", "brewery": "Shearasun Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 15, "lng": 47, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "shearasun-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 939 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Get the Feeling Right - Hazy Pale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "One year on, had a great night of beers with Anthony and Ashley. Started off with a couple of cracking beers from Ashley's homebrew fridge, both shifted darker. A very amber pale ale, and a very dark amber! This was a great palate shift, fruity and fresh. Wasn't their best hazy, but was very tasty and I'll get more. Great to see Shapeshifter getting good consistency in their beers, a brewery worth buying for drinking not just for ticking off new beers. UPDATE: Solo beer on a Wednesday night and it was amazing. Like pineapple juice but beer, opaque with heavy body, loved it. For the millionth time, hops have such variation adding fruit is just lazy.", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Sabro", "BRU-1", "El Dorado LUPOMAX" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat", "Carapils", "Acidulated" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-gtfr-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 940 }, { "name": "Deeds Brewing Quantum Entanglement Quadruple West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Quadruple", "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I was sad to see Deeds close down, some of their crazy strong beers had been the peak of a few beer nights. When I saw this release, one of their last ever, I knew I had to get one. A fitting beer to toast Michael with, breaking the booze record at 12% ABV. Surprisingly drinkable, the maltiness almost like honey. One of many things gone to never return.", "brewery": "Deeds Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 54, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "HBC 522", "Chinook" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "deeds-qe-quad-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 941 }, { "name": "Pikes Hazy Baby Session IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "If I was being harsh, I'd judge this against the style. Wasn't hazy and wasn't an IPA. It actually was a crisp XPA, a little darker on the malt but very tasty and bloody drinkable. A good starter beer before following on with an India Red Ale. I do like the name Hazy Baby too...", "brewery": "Pikes Beer Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "pikes-hb-session-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 942 }, { "name": "Shifty Lizard Southern Haze - Hazy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I had been avoiding Shifty Lizard after a few of their early beers were ordinary... and partly because I hated their label designs! Low expectations often helps, but this was a great beer. Had the hazy medium body but was surprisingly bitter and not very aromatic. So if I was judging it against style it would fail, but your palate doesn't have rules and I really enjoyed it.", "brewery": "Shifty Lizard Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46.5, "lng": 33.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "crisp" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shifty-lizard-sh-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 943 }, { "name": "Sapporo Mugi to Hop Extra Rich", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I got a combo of nostalgia and collecting mania after seeing a batch of Japanese beers online. An entertainingly large can, and I also got the matching black one. It seemed like a pretty standard Sapporo lager taste, but doing a bit of digging for details I found something a bit shonky. Japan has long had funny tax laws for alcohol based on malt content. Over 67% was the highest taxed, between 50% and 67% medium tax, etc. Turns out that many Japanese 'beers' were below 50% and actually classed as 'happōshu' - sparkling alcoholic beverage! The government realised most of the drinks being sold were in that bracket so they raised the tax... so all the brewers released beers below 50% malt! Ironically they all called them something with rich in the name, hence this one being called 'Extra Rich' despite being fizzy hop drink, brewed with caramel malt for colour and the alcohol coming from added barley spirit! At least they are honest about it, even says low malt on the can but still. Luckily the standard white can is still actually beer.", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 23.25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sapporo-mth-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 944 }, { "name": "Sapporo Extra Brew", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After finding out that most of the new Sapporo beers are 'low malt' pretend beer I was happy that the Black Label beers are still actually beer! This was noticeably nicer than the Extra Rich. A nice light and crisp lager to drink while cooking pumpkin soup. I would have loved to share these with Michael, even if just a photo and a few text messages. One day I will need to make a pilgrimage back to Matsumoto.", "brewery": "Sapporo Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 6, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "sapporo-extra-brew.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 945 }, { "name": "Uraidla Vampiric Throne Red IPA", "variety": "Red India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "This has been the winter where I really got back into reds and ambers. Definitely not beer to chug down, worth sipping and savouring. Stiff with that whiskeyish dark malt flavour, with hopping that added a bit of Mosaic spice to the kettle bitterness. Not a beer you'd have a session on, but rich and warming on a cold night. Be perfect round a fire, but was also pretty bloody good sitting inside playing a video game while it rained outside! UPDATE: Third batch a year later, still bloody tasty. UPDATE: I picked up one of the fourth batch two years later and it sat in the beer fridge waiting for the right moment. After our insipid red IPA this was an unfortunate comparison! Creamy, malty and stiff.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 60, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Red X", "Vienna", "Dark Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-vt-red-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 946 }, { "name": "Uraidla Purgatory Premium Pilsener", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ ], "blurb": "I did buy this to fill out a four pack, partly because the label colours gave me a Pilsner Urquell vibe! Must have been a keg that got a limited canning run as it never showed up online or anywhere other than their own shop. Might have been the contrast with their red IPA just before but I found this a little one dimensional. Suprisingly bitter hopping but with not enough malt to hold it up. Also, a third beer I probably shouldn't have had, but what the heck on a Saturday night!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28.5, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Saaz" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-pp-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 947 }, { "name": "Valhalla Brewing Genesis Double Black Ale", "variety": "Black Ale", "style": "Black Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "I was buying a set of Japanese beers online and this was an almost random pick to fill out the six... and it absolutely blew them all away! So black and roasty with I think the darkest head I've had on a beer. I'm glad I had a warm up beer beforehand, as even then it was almost too intense at the start, but once I'd had a few more sips it was amazing. To me the hoppiness was completely submerged, but it avoided the sweetness and stickiness these darker beers sometimes have. Not dry and ashy either, but rich. Valhalla do dark beers so well, although their naming is a bit weird. At 8% this is still a black ale even if a double! Sadly after I bought this they went into administration. Fingers crossed they come back out.", "brewery": "Valhalla Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 20, "lng": 90, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "valhalla-g-double-black-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 948 }, { "name": "Reckless Brewing Session Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "I saw they had a Black IPA and ended up buying a mixed boxfull direct! I've liked the dryness of their beers, so I shouldn't have been surprised that this was a crisp XPA style beer. Session ales do tend to more maty and sweet, but it was a pleasant surprise and would be very sessionable! Love to do a side by side with their actual XPA. Different hops and only 0.7% difference in ABV.", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Azacca", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 949 }, { "name": "Reckless Brewing Hazy Galaxy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was really keen to try this, not many beers have Galaxy as the focus hop. As their session ale did just before, it took me a bit by surprise. With the lactose it was much more like an oat cream, thick and sweet-ish. It definitely was an argument against reviewing small samples as at the start of the glass I wasn't convinced by the heavy body and hopping. By the end though, I was savouring the intensity. Ultimately a bit too sweet for me. Beer number 950 after nearly 7 years!", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ "sweet" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-galaxy-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 950 }, { "name": "Reckless Brewing Red IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "The dream would be a fridge packed with many beer styles, so that you could follow the whim. This was the perfect follow on to the Saison Dupont. Mosaic added some real richness to the malts, which were dialled back from the whiskey stiffness of some red IPAs. I am calling this the winter of reds. If it wasn't a school night, and no one was watching, I'd veer to the Asahi lager to cleanse my palate then kick on with the Black IPA and a cigar. The blurb said enjoy with mates around a fire. Man I wish I could.", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 56, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-red-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 951 }, { "name": "Coopers Vintage Ale 2024", "variety": "Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After a tour of the malting plant we ended up at the staff bar tasting the 2024 vintage. They've dialled back the sticky caramel of the last couple I tried, so I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy it. One to sip and savour, and you wouldn't drink more than one, but a very tasty full bodied beer in the malty zone I don't normally like.", "brewery": "Coopers Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 57, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Solero", "BRU-1" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "coopers-vintage-ale-2024.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 952 }, { "name": "Reckless Brewing IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ ], "blurb": "This is a hard one to rate. A tasty crisp beer that it a classic core West Coast-ish IPA. Malty and a bit chewy, what you'd expect as a bare minimum for a core IPA at a 'craft' brewery. The fact that many can't do a core IPA this good and it could stand as a benchmark of the style to rate against... yet isn't anything memorable.", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 953 }, { "name": "Reckless Brewing Black IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "This one was the victim of expectation. After really enjoying the dryness of their other IPAs this was quite mild and not roasty and a little dull. Weirdly it smelt fantastic with a real marshmallow / sarsparilla kick but I couldn't taste much in the way of hop flavours. That said I did still enjoy it, and would buy another to try again if it were easy to buy. Overall the mixed Reckless pack has been half hit and half miss.", "brewery": "Reckless Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 78, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "reckless-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 954 }, { "name": "Rehn Bier Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ ], "blurb": "Bev brought in some samples for all of us doing the brewing course to try. She said Rehn had started brewing these for the West End Draught crowd, and it did really nail the macro lager flavour. Hard to rate a beer style you really wouldn't drink or buy but it had good carbonation and dialled down the sweetness.", "brewery": "Rehn Bier", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 32, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rehn-bier-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 955 }, { "name": "Asahi The Rich", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was the last can of the mysteriously named 'third-category beverage' that I wasn't that keen to drink. It was probably pretty similar to the others, but I'm marking it down just because the label was so ugly! Was interesting to read how this type of beer surged due to the two factors of changes to their tax structure for alcoholic drinks, and the pandemic making people buy cheap drinks at home. The rules will change again in 2026 to be a flat rate for all drinks irrespective of malt, which may kill them off again. Taste wise, thin and fake, yet quite strong at 6%.", "brewery": "Asahi Beverages", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "asahi-the-rich.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 956 }, { "name": "Uraidla Gravity Wave Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Giving this one four stars as much to celebrate Uraidla being back to consistent quality, and also to working out their categorising. But back to the beer to start with, a fresh and tasty hazy pale with medium aromatics balanced against medium bitterness, both from classic hops. Nothing breaking the mold, but like the previous seasonal pale ale Solar Eclipse, very drinkable / sessionable and a great fridge filler / starter beer. Here is my theory for their beer styles. Unless they call it a West Coast, or it's a completely specific style, it'll be hazy by default. If they call it DDH (or TDH!) it'll be more intensely aromatic on top of the standard haziness. Works for me! UPDATE: Loved the second one, bought a four pack to take to TAFE for tasting. Need to buy more before they get too old!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41.5, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mosaic", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Caramunich", "Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-gw-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 957 }, { "name": "Barossa Valley Brewing Hazy Focus Hop - Nectaron", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I still haven't quite got a handle on Nectaron, or where BVB are at really. As a beer it felt nostalgic, from when the local breweries first started doing new fangled NEIPAs and didn't quite know how to do them. Darkish orange in the glass, not super aromatic, but quite complex. Nectaron seems to have a flavour mix similar to Eclipse, but skewing more to spice. The official notes said grapefruit, and that wasn't a bad description, more bitter citrus. ", "brewery": "Barossa Valley Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "barossa-valley-hazy-fhn-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 958 }, { "name": "Uraidla Brewery Whirlwind West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Uraidla don't really do malty. I enjoy their reds and ambers because of the lightness of their malts compared to most in the style, but this was not a West Coast. Aromatic dry hops overpowered the kettle bitterness and the malts were very crisp, with none of the chewiness I was hoping for. Drinkable and tasty, but not true to the style on the label. Manage my expectations! I've started buying pairs to taste, so I'll see how the second one goes with the right state of mind... UPDATE: Drank the second to refresh my palate after a brown ale. It did that but even not expecting a traditional West Coast it was still underwhelming. Not enough body which made the hops thin and acidic.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Idaho 7", "Centennial", "Superdelic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-ww-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 959 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Melody - Vienna Lager", "variety": "Vienna Lager", "style": "Vienna Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Back in the day I loved Brooklyn Lager, but you don't see many of this style coming through. As a good example of not having expectations, this was a pleasant surprise. The Vienna malt added to the body without getting sweet, with some mild noble hop bitterness, so it was very easy drinking. Had good carbonation without much head, which would have been the beer equivalent of icing on the cake. Still, rating it against a very small category, a bloody good one. First of the father's day selection of beers from Slow Lane.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 17.5, "lng": 46, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh" ], "malt": [ "Vienna" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-m-vienna-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 960 }, { "name": "Slow Lane To Put It Mildly - Dark Mild", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "My dream is to have a fridge stocked with beers of different styles, so I can zig and zag across my palate. Yes that sounds wanky. This was the perfect beer after their Vienna Lager. The classic Dark Mild is a slightly daggy underrated beer, and this was a delicious example. For me the key is to be dry despite the heavy malt, and low carbonation made it perfect for sipping. Coffee-ish and dark. I wish they were local so I could just stock up, a 4-pack of these would be a regular zag to my hazy zig. Also so I go on a tour... I think I may have to reshuffle all of the dark beers in the grid. I was confusing the malt roast bitterness with hoppy bitterness.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 22, "lng": 69, "flavour": [ "dry", "dark" ], "hops": [ "Maris Otter", "Dark Crystal", "Pale Chocolate" ], "malt": [ "East Kent Golding" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-tpim-dark-mild.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 961 }, { "name": "Brewboys Crisp Beer", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "I don't always log tap beers, but I had three of these before and after a brewery tour! Light bodied and (funnily enough) crisp, it was great to wash down some salty hot chips and lubricate my snooker skills. Not sure why they back and forth between 'Crisp Ale' and 'Crisp Beer', I'd call it an XPA so punters can easily tell what it is. Hopefully we'll go back for some more TAFE lunches, and I'd definitely buy one of these to go with it.", "brewery": "Brewboys Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 27, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brewboys-crisp-beer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 962 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Lot of Mot - Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "So much complexity from one malt and one hop. They do so well with classic and obscure styles but their take on modern / hazy styles is idiosyncratic. Not a bad thing, and I really enjoyed this beer. Thick bodied and low on carbonation like orange juice, with the sharp Motueka diesel cutting through for some fruit. But this is my favourite style, and I've had some amazing examples. Rating against the style puts in the middle of the pack.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37.5, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Rolled Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-lom-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 963 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Keep It Real - English Bitter", "variety": "Extra Special Bitter", "style": "Extra Special Bitter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Their Motueka hazy IPA got me tipsy and I wanted something darker and went halfway there. I'm still trying to get my head around ESBs. Malty with something else. A slight sourness maybe? Rating it against other traditional bitters this was a good one, but still way down the list of styles for me. I still think these styles were the ancestors of the mainstream bitters of today in Australia. They may have jumped the shark to being lagers but they have a very similar flavour profile.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9, "lng": 57, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Maris Otter", "Medium Crystal" ], "malt": [ "East Kent Golding" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-kir-esb.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 964 }, { "name": "Weihenstephaner 1516 Kellerbier", "variety": "Kellerbier", "style": "Kellerbier", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Elijah brought this one in to class, his favourite beer from his favourite brewery. After a long day bottling our brown ale it went down very well! An interesting style I'd never had before. An unfiltered and unpasteurized lager that was originally cask conditioned, cloudy and yeasty rather than dry. To me it tasted young and less fermented, with similar flavours to sweet wort. Meant to be a summer drink, I could enjoy one in a beer garden.", "brewery": "Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan", "parent": null, "country": "Germany", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ "Hallertauer Record" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "weihenstephaner-kellerbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 965 }, { "name": "Campus Brewery Pale Ale (Brew #1)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First beer of the course. We brewed this on the third day and the kit seemed impossibly complicated! Tried my first fresh from the packing line, before the bottle conditioning, when it was flat and still a bit sweet from the priming sugar. I was nervous, would it be a beer I'd be proud to share, but it was suprisingly good! An old school pale ale, quite malty with crisp if mild bitterness from mostly kettle hopping. No sediment or floaties, good carbonation and left rings of lacing in the glass. Happily I've got a fair few on hand to drink and share. UPDATE: Second batch also good, travelling well as I can't keep up with all the free beers and these are aging. What a great problem to have!", "brewery": "Campus Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 38, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Pride of Ringwood", "Cascade", "Ella", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Crystal", "Chocolate" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "campus-brewery-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 966 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Shadow Puppet West Coast Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "To be honest I wouldn't have bought this one, but it came in the father's day pack and I'm glad it did. It's a bit of a made up style, and similar to dry hopped pilsners, most haven't been anything special. Too light bodied to hold the hops. This one was a cracker. Darker than a pilsner, slightly heavier body and definitely not noble hopping with Eclipse giving a really crisp piney bitterness. So is it a pilsner? More like a hoppy Vienna lager, but I guess that doesn't sound as cool! I'd drink more, be a great summer beer. #24 from Slow Lane, kicking Prancing Pony out of the top five, the first interstate brewery to make it on.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 18, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Ale" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-sp-wc-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 967 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Whiter Shade of Ale - Belgian Witbier", "variety": "Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Definitely one I wouldn't have bought, but it was in the father's day pack. Also worth trying because this style is what we'll be brewing in the course as a collab with Brewboys. In many ways it was like they were aiming for a brett-like flavour, hard to know where the yeast ended and the oprange peel and coriander started. It grew on me a little as I got through it, but not a style for me. Rating it in a very niche segment of dry / sour European style beers this wasn't one I'd go back for.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.25, "lng": 11.75, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Hallertauer Mittelfrueh" ], "malt": [ "Rolled wheat", "Rolled oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-wsop-bw.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 968 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Black as Night - Belgian Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Belgian" ], "blurb": "Sounds harsh but I drank this one to get it out of the fridge, accidentally having a Slow Lane Belgian session with a fun yin yang of black and white names and styles. First stout from them, and I'm guessing it was accurate for a Belgian stout: sticky, sweet and complex. Their tasting notes said raisin and I'd agree! Boozy and warming, I did enjoy drinking it but it seems harsh to rate my second favourite brewery so low for an obscure and traditional style just because it's not my thing!", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3.5, "lng": 84, "flavour": [ "dry", "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Styrian Golding" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Caramel Munich III", "Special B", "Carafa Special III" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-ban-bs.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 969 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Born Too Late - Pale Weizenbock", "variety": "Weizenbock", "style": "Weizenbock", "modifier": [], "blurb": "An unorthodox campfire beer. A wheat beer on steroids. Banana cloves but boozy. Thicker bodied to the point of syrup but tasty. I had planned to drink all of their bocks in a row but I think I need a gear change! Postscript: at this point a bus of schoolboys turned up at the campsite next to me for an overnight excursion!", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 50, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh" ], "malt": [ "Wheat", "Ale" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-btl-pale-wbock.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 970 }, { "name": "Balter Loftus Express Pacific Northwest Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "Delicious. The perfect zag after the weizenbock. Malty old school APA, with that marshmallowy flavour I can never define. By a roaring fire, heading into tipsy, what more could you ask for! Teenage donkeys bray
While branches silhouette
Against the sky.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 51, "flavour": [ "piney" ], "hops": [ "Loral", "Cryo Mosaic", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Maris Otter", "Rolled wheat", "Munich", "Carared" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-le-nw-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 971 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Definitely Maybe - Maibock", "variety": "Maibock", "style": "Maibock", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Way darker than I expected. A little weird, supermalty with some lager sourness but with some esters. Strong but not my thing, not hoppy, not dry. Starting to get maudlin.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 56, "flavour": [ "malty", "dry" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Dark Munich", "Vienna", "Crystal Light" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-dm-maibock.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 972 }, { "name": "Slow Lane Pass the Bock - Dunkles Bock", "variety": "Dunkle", "style": "Dunkle", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Rounding out the trilogy of Slow Lane bocks. The darkest and stickiest. All the style descriptions say a clean finish but to me this was like Czech style dark beers with a very sweet and medicinal taste and syrupy body. Worth going on the bock journey, but I wouldn't go round for another lap.", "brewery": "Slow Lane Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 71.5, "flavour": [ "sweet", "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Hallertau Mittelfrüh" ], "malt": [ "Dark Munich", "Munich", "Carafa Special II" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "slow-lane-ptb-db.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 973 }, { "name": "Campus Brewery Nut Brown Ale (Brew #2)", "variety": "Brown Ale", "style": "Brown Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Tough to rate... an acceptable beer of a style I really don't like? Had everything I'd expect of this English style: minimal bitterness, sweet dark malt, and a sticky, syrupy body. All the imported brown ales I've tried have been like this, so I'm saying true to style. UPDATE: Well received by all the people I've shared it with, even with sediment and floaties, still not my thing. UPDATE: I'm glad I've got a few of these to circle back on. Like ESBs they're starting to make sense, and as a follow up to the Campus pale ale it was a nice sippable change of pace.", "brewery": "Campus Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6.5, "lng": 57, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "East Kent Goldings", "Fuggles" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Pale", "Light Crystal", "Chocolate" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "campus-brewery-brown-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 974 }, { "name": "The Mill The Dark Lord Black IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black" ], "blurb": "I got a bunch of darker beers online despite the season starting to change. Really dry and dark and drinkable, seems harsh to give it only three stars but there were no fireworks. Dark roasted character and the lighter body I love in a black IPA but was just a tiny bit dull. Would have loved just a little more hops to zing it up. That said, I'd drink another!", "brewery": "The Mill Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 18, "lng": 89, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "the-mill-dl-black-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 975 }, { "name": "Fox Friday Toto Vienna Lager", "variety": "Lager", "style": "Lager", "modifier": [ "Vienna" ], "blurb": "I have been loving the resurgence of Vienna lagers. The first few sips I wasn't sure but it was one of those beers it's good to have a big can to work through. Very easy to drink, with the darker malts really adding body to a lager without sweetness. Not as good as the Slow Lane, but still damn good. Love to see someone do a West Coast Vienna, the malts would hold up the hopping much better.", "brewery": "Fox Friday Craft Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 18, "lng": 47, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Tettnang", "Magnum" ], "malt": [ "Vienna", "Pilsner", "Melanoidin" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "fox-friday-toto-vienna-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 976 }, { "name": "Sierra Nevada Hoptimum Triple IPA 2024", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Triple" ], "blurb": "Like a mountain you climb because it's there, I've wanted to try this for a while, the peak of the Sierra Nevada dankness. Sweet, sticky and boo-oo-zy. I'm not a big fan of these massive beers, but even though it wasn't quite my bag it got me merry when I could only squeeze in one more beer before dinner! Worth climbing the mountain.", "brewery": "Sierra Nevada Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "United States of America", "status": "Imported", "lat": 47, "lng": 44, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Citra", "CTZ", "Ekuanot", "Idaho 7", "Magnum" ], "malt": [ "Two-row Pale", "White Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sierra-nevada-hoptimum-tipa-2024.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 977 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing NZH-106 New Zealand Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "New Zealand" ], "blurb": "We went on a visit to Bowden and had a look at their vertical set up jammed into a small footprint. Sampling their taps afterwards they had a great pair of beers brewed with experimental hops. On tap I had this one as the winner, super fluffy and bright, really showing off that classic NZ diesel / perfume flavour. Tasty enough that I bought cans to take home and opened one of these about an hour later when I got home... to be a little disappointed. Still a delicious beer but a bit maltier and flatter. Interesting they put some Vienna malt in a pilsner, added some depth to it which worked with the hopping.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33.5, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "NZH-106" ], "malt": [ "Gladfield Pilsner", "Vienna", "Gladiator" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-nzh-106-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 978 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing NZH-109 New Zealand Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "New Zealand" ], "blurb": "A couple of nights after the brewery visit I drank this and had it as the winner of the pair. I would have loved to see the two hops in the same style beer for a solid comparison. This one had the intense perfume of many NZ hops but brought a deeper fruity slightly tart angle I couldn't quite name. Maybe fig? I do love their hops in hazies, but in a standard pale it was really well balanced. Surprising how many different malts they used.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33.5, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "NZH-109" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Ale", "Wheat Malt", "Vienna", "Gladiator", "Dark Crystal" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-nzh-109-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 979 }, { "name": "Garage Project British Steel Black Country Dark Mild", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Might have been my expectations, but it took me by surprise. Subtle with a light body and quite dry, I might have guessed a dark lager if I hadn't known. Some toasty character without any real bitterness. Very drinkable, but a little too mild for me!", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 69, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "English Admiral", "East Kent Golding" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-bs-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 980 }, { "name": "Brewboys Middi-Eval Session Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session" ], "blurb": "In a happy accident my laziness reviewing my first try of this beer meant I got a second in. The first I wasn't that impressed, a dark and malty beer without any of the brighter XPA style flavour of most session beers these days. After a humid day in the brewhouse, and with lower expectations, I quite enjoyed its quenching old style pale ale styling. The blurb on the website says it's 'an English style bitter with all English malt dry hopped, with Australian hops', which kinda made sense of it... apart from there were no aromatics.", "brewery": "Brewboys Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 40, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brewboys-m-session-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 981 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Clown Cover Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "It took me by surprise after their two super aromatic NZ beers that this absolutely wasn't. Like some of the early NEIPAs it was juicy in the sticky way, murky apricot. I should have paid more attention to how old it was, at 7 months way past its best. And a terrible illustration to boot!", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 34.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Saaz", "Motueka", "Superdelic", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Flaked Oats", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-cc-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 982 }, { "name": "Bridge Road Brewers Schwarzbier", "variety": "Schwarzbier / Black lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Felt like a teeny tiny can, but a tasty beer. Smooth and mild for a schwarzbier, malty cola rather than dry and roasted. Wasn't really strong enough in either direction schwarzes can go, so it was a bit forgettable. One of a strange set of collab beers Bridge Road did where they wouldn't say who the collabs were, but everyone knew. This one with Heads of Noosa, whose black lager I'd love to try. ", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9.5, "lng": 77.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-schwarzbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 983 }, { "name": "Campus Brewery Premium Lager (Brew #3)", "variety": "Lager", "style": "Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Only getting around to this after a third tasting: on the bottling run, at my office session, and at a sunny backyard BBQ. Old fashioned, malty and boozy which made it more sticky than quenching. Not bad, but just not anything special. Better than the cheap macro red cans, but that isn't saying a lot.", "brewery": "Campus Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Pride of Ringwood", "Hallertau Mittelfrueh" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "campus-brewing-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 984 }, { "name": "Little Bang Lager", "variety": "Lager", "style": "Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Coming just after our Campus lager which I found old fashioned, this is exactly what I'd expect from a modern craft lager. Light bodied, just a hint of bitterness to make it clean tasting, minimal malt sweetness. Not a beer I'd hunt for, but I'd happily drink one of these of a thristy day.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 16, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Hallertauer Tradition", "Spalter Select", "Saphir" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 985 }, { "name": "Bowden Brewing Captains Log Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Everything the Clown Cover wasn't. When that was sticky apricot this was fragrant tropical fruit, intense and juicy... and bloody delicious! I'm guessing the biggest difference was the age, even though this one was 3 months old. Could have been the malt, swapping out the pale for light lager, which made it a lighter less malty base while still having a great juicy medium body. Might have been the hops, Saaz and Galaxy not being what I would expect for a hazy. Maybe the yeast, going from a standard UK ale yeast to a fresh local hazy yeast from Ferveo. Who knows what Phantasm added, seems like a gimmick but I haven't rated any of the 3 or 4 beers I've tried with it. All round, whatever combo of the above it was a good one, super tasty and aromatic with really integrated alcohol... I wanted another but probably a good thing there wasn't one in the fridge. Have to rectify that.", "brewery": "Bowden Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 45.5, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Nectaron", "Superdelic" ], "malt": [ "Light Lager", "Flaked Oats", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bowden-brewing-cl-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 986 }, { "name": "Campus Brewery Old School Pils (Brew #6)", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was the cursed beer of the eight we brewed. A double batch, the first had temperature issues during decoction mashing. We propogated a liquid pilsner yeast which struggled meaning the beer was underpitched. A second pitching with dry lager yeast which also underperformed was followed by a third. The beer was super murky and clogged the filters so badly that we had to abandon half the tank after a few hours of very slow progress. On the day we were meant to bottle it the beer was stubbornly warm which meant a week's delay. In the end it was a short bottling run of a very hazy and non-standard pilsner. All that said, there is something very drinkable about the curse! Last term's pilsner was super estery and sweet, not my thing at all. Our premium lager was exactly what it was meant to be, brewed with the yeast that went in as the secondary yeast in the pilsner, but to me was too malty and sticky. This was a great middle, a milder beer with a softer creamier body more like an ale. A touch of esters and sweetness, balanced by noble hop bitterness, it really grew on me as the glass emptied.", "brewery": "Campus Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Saaz" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "campus-brewery-pils.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 987 }, { "name": "Campus Brewery Summer Ale (Brew #5)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I was thinking this wouldn't have finished bottle conditioning yet but happily I was wrong! Great carbonation, crisp hopping, light body with a touch of haze... I'm stoked to have two cartons of this for summer. If I was being picky I would have dialled up the dry hopping aromatics, but this is very much on par with some of the session hazies I've been going back for lately like Suburban's Pacific Xtra XPA. UPDATE: These are still drinking well, some over carbed.", "brewery": "Campus Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 24, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Pride of Ringwood", "Cascade", "Enigma", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Pale", "Wheat", "Torrified Wheat", "Golden Naked Oats" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "campus-brewery-summer-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 988 }, { "name": "Untied Saigon Dry Premium Vietnamese Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I got sucked in by this one, thinking it was a genuine Vietnamese beer. It was brewed there at least, but branded here with a nasty plastic shrink wrap label. It was crisp, except artificial tasting and thin bodied like the non-malt Japanese drinks.", "brewery": "Drinks House", "parent": null, "country": "Vietnam", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "untied-saigon-dry.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 989 }, { "name": "Hop Nation Saltwater Black Oyster Lager", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "This was one of those beers I had to buy after seeing! I found a video online, and it was three bags of shells in the kettle. Was a little unsure what it would taste like, but it was really tasty. A creamy black lager with fine carbonation, and something I couldn't quite describe. An extra richness to the roastiness, maybe a touch of savoury? Well worth buying.", "brewery": "Hop Nation Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 73.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Saphir" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hop-nation-s-o-black-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 990 }, { "name": "Campus Brewery × Brew Boys Belgian Witbier (Brew #6)", "variety": "Wheat Ale", "style": "Wheat Ale", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Really hard to rate. It was an adventure to brew, from a near disaster with orange peel blocking the system to our first kegging run. Not a style I would normally drink, but the citrus and coriander wasn't too overpowering, making it quite refreshing and drinkable. Except I definitely wouldn't want to drink more than one... or many at all really. Minimal malt and no hops meant that it wasn't very beer-like. UPDATE: Clearing out the beer fridge and I did have a bunch of these left over unloved. With low expectations it was pretty crisp and drinkable. A bit of coriander flavour, but I'm guessing 10 months later it had mellowed. A moment in time.", "brewery": "Campus Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 10.75, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Pride of Ringwood", "Saphir" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Pale", "Munich", "Torrified Wheat", "Flaked Oats" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "campus-brewing-belgian-witbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 991 }, { "name": "Uraidla Worship Australian IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After drinking lots of the very unhazy campus beers I wanted to dial it up! Super thick and cloudy, smelt great out of the can... except it was quite mild. Had the acidic fizz of heavy hopping, maybe it was just Galaxy not bringing the aromatics. It was very fresh in cans, be interesting to try another in a week or two.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.5, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat", "Caradex" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-w-a-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 992 }, { "name": "Monsuta Okinawa Dark Premium Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Interesting that they've rolled out a whole range of Monsuta drinks, this being one. Ironically a rival chain has started importing Orion the Dark, I suspect this is that beer in different packaging. Have to try both together for a taste test. A decent Japanese dark lager, just a bit too light and sweet toward the end.", "brewery": "Orion Breweries", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 72.5, "flavour": [ "dark", "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "monsuta-okinawa-dark.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 993 }, { "name": "Uraidla Time Warp Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Very much in the zone of their recent pale ales. Orange and opaque, skirting the fizz of hop burn, juice body. What was different was the hops, which got very fruity. Strata I still haven't got a handle on as a specific flavour, but in the mix it was a bit herbal and stonefruit-ish. Still a bit green to me drinking it a couple of weeks after canning, I'm interested to get a few more and try them over time. Sadly the new website not showing the ingredients like the old. UPDATE: Bought one by accident thinking it was a new beer, but with 5 months of conditioning it was a more enjoyable beer. With all the thick flavours that I guess would be hard and expensive to do at scale.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Strata", "Cryo Citra", "Nelson Sauvin", "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-tw-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 994 }, { "name": "Area 51 Symbiote Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Part of a batch of beers I bought from WA, part of a top 25 list. A smaller gypsy brewer I'd never heard of before, with fun alien branding, and happily a bloody good beer. A bit darker and danker for a hazy, which put it right in the sweet spot with a good balance of bittering and aroma, pine and fruit. I'd definitely buy more if they were local.", "brewery": "Area 51 Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 30.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "El Dorado", "Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "area-51-s-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 995 }, { "name": "Swell Dogtown West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Like putting on an album that was your favourite a while back and still loving it. Classic old school IPA with darker chewy malt and proper dank piney bitterness. Glad I had a warm up beer beforehand, as it might have been a bit stiff first up, but I'll be buying another if I can find one. A few months after being brewed, a style of beer that travels well.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 41, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Simcoe", "Waimea" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Supernova", "Munich", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-dt-wc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 996 }, { "name": "Margaret River Beer Co In the Pines Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "With the name, and two on the can, it wasn't a surprise it tasted like pineapple. After winning awards it also wasn't surprising it was amazing. Soft juicy body, well carbonated but no fizz from hop acidity, rich tropical aromatics backed up with some tang, boozy but way too easy to drink. Another interstate brewer I'd love to try more from... shame they don't have a mixed pack like Reckless.", "brewery": "Margaret River Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Carapils", "Wheat", "Malted oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "margaret-river-int-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 997 }, { "name": "Otherside Brewing Company Cult Classic Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I got excited to find another parti-gyle beer, a dark lager from the second runnings of a heavy stout. Boy, was it roasted! One of the driest beers I've tried, all of the sweetness must have gone out with the first runnings and this was like malt ash. Interesting to try, and love that Otherside have an experimental range, but it didn't work for me.", "brewery": "Otherside Brewing Company", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 89, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Magnum" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich", "Caramunich", "Carafa" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "otherside-cc-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 998 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Japanese Style Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Maybe I should have had something more demonic for beer #999! An impulse buy at the rival big chain while hunting down some of the last Cascade Light on the mainland. A big can, only just fit in the glass. Refreshing after some humid gardening work, but needed a bit more malty sourness. Maybe the imports are oxidised and that's what I expect from Japanese lagers, but this was too bright for me. ", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4.5, "lng": 14.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Pacifica", "Wakatau" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-js-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 999 }, { "name": "Seasonal Brewing Co Mudi Black Oat Cream NEIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black", "Oat Cream", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "1000th beer, libation for the new year, starting with both a beer and a blog post. I was going to give this away, stop writing reviews and focus on trying to get a job in the industry... it's never been quite the same without Michael. But I've got another interview coming up and loving this set of WA cans. The beer itself was breaking styles all round. Roasty like a black IPA, a little sweet like an oat cream, a bit hoppy. If I hadn't known I would have just guessed a stout! Creamy and very drinkable, I didn't get the tropical notes they were flagging. Love to try their 'standard' oat cream, both impressively done without lactose. Have to get to WA sometime soon. Classy label artwork too.", "brewery": "Seasonal Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 18, "lng": 87, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Idaho 7", "Cryo Citra", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "seasonal-brewing-mudi-boc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1000 }, { "name": "King Road Brewing Co IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "It's been a great run of new (to me) WA breweries from the one delivery. Crisp and chewy, it wasn't quite a West Coast but was down that end of the spectrum. The darker malts didn't get sticky making it way too easy to drink for an IPA! What really made it was the focus on Strata. I didn't get any of the tropical and strawberry notes they talked about, to me it was cut grass and herbal. Delicious, balanced and out of the ordinary. My can was a few months old, love to try one fresh.", "brewery": "King Road Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 37, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Strata" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "king-road-strata-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1001 }, { "name": "Campus Brewery Cold IPA (Brew #8)", "variety": "Cold India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Cold" ], "blurb": "Last of the course beers, took me a month to pick up my cartons for an official tasting. I'm keen to try this over time as I'm not convinced so far. Cold IPAs are a bit of a fake style, basically imperial lagers, and with the same issue... that the drier thinner body can't hold the heavier kettle bitterness. Drinkable and boozy, just not enough of one thing or the other, awkwardly sitting in the middle. UPDATE: A bit of aging has mellowed these out, Ashley's favourite of the lot.", "brewery": "Campus Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Pride of Ringwood", "Galaxy", "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ "Coopers Pilsner", "Munich", "Coopers Wheat", "Flaked Rice" ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "campus-brewing-cold-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1002 }, { "name": "Whitelakes Brewing Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Last of my batch of WA beers. Delicious. Mild always sounds like a bad thing, but this was a smooth and very easy to drink dark lager. Roasty, creamy head, lots of lacing in the glass, but not bitter. The division between a dark lager and black lager is very arbitrary. Have to try more of their beers. Terrible can mockup!", "brewery": "Whitelakes Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 7, "lng": 79, "flavour": [ "roasty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "whitelakes-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1003 }, { "name": "Su Legno Nero", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Barrel aged" ], "blurb": "I don't normally review tap beers, but this was a delicious moment in time. Celebrating my last day as a design desk drone before starting at Pirate Life. After 3 glasses of the very tasty Shapeshifter Party Shirt Hazy, this was the final drink that had to happen. I'm not sure what the barrel fermenting did, in charred oak even, but it was a wonderfully smooth and rich stout, any astringency mellowed out. Lovely to sip in a beer garden with workmates soon to be missed. Bittersweet.", "brewery": "Su Legno", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 14, "lng": 87, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "su-legno-nero.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1004 }, { "name": "Pirate Life South Coast Pale Ale 3.5", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First new PL beer since since signing on! To add to the bonus value, I helped package these and took the cans home as freebie scratch'n'dent samples. Has that weird watery maltyness of many light and session beers. Same hops and still smells quite fresh and tropical, but the flavour is a bit weak. Rating in the category of mid hazies this would be a decent spacer / palate refresher. Overall though I reckon more classic American pale ales work better when dropped back to lower alcohol. UPDATE: I've been regularly dropping these in amongst casual beers at home. Crisp and tasty but sensible.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 11, "lng": 16.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Cashmere", "Taiheke", "Wai-ti" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Oats", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-south-coast-35.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1005 }, { "name": "Feral × Nail Brewing Nailraiser VJA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "As advertised it was very juicy! To me it was unbalanced, the alcohol very obvious and hopping right to the edge of burn. Really juicy soupy body which I guess has fallen a bit out of favour with the trend back to the West Coast. My palate has gone the same way and this wasn't for me. That said, I'd happily drink another if it was there! Amazing to think of the journey of Feral and Nail. Essentially growing up together, setting up a brewing facility together, one goes gangbusters and is bought by Coke, before progressively losing its soul and being sold back to the smaller brother who has paced slowly along behind. Be interesting to see what comes next.", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ "Pale" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-nailraiser-vja.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1006 }, { "name": "Heads of Noosa Black Japanese Lager", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After a really thick and juicy hazy this was the perfect segue. Dry and dark with minimal bitterness and fine creamy carbonation, less like dessert after a meal than a really good cheese. There are so many factors going into a rating, both objective and subjective, that you'd need a stack of modifiers! Freshness obviously, but also how well it was stored. How many beers into a session I drank it. Definitely getting more generous from the third onwards, but not even remembering the taste at the end of a big one. What beer I drank directly beforehand. And even how nostalgic I am for the beer. Shame that the online place had run out of their standard Japanese lager, I wanted to retry that one.", "brewery": "Heads of Noosa Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 69.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "heads-of-noosa-black-jl.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1007 }, { "name": "Green Beacon Subtropic Low Carb Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Carb", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Yuck. Even as a freebie that was my first reaction. Had that weird watery malt twang that low carb and ultra low alc beers have, like you'd expect the head to have discolouration like dish suds or creek froth. I didn't tip it out but I wanted to. That all said, it did have some mild hop character. UPDATE: After two beers I did a last minute change to this instead of the South Coast Ultra, and with very low expectations I enjoyed it! Palate cleansing, light and fresh. All about expectations and the beers beforehand. Surprising particularly now I know how it's brewed! UPDATE: Grabbed one from what may be our last run brewing it. It sat in the fridge unloved, trying to clear these beers out. Drinkable, a weird twang and sticky sweetness.", "brewery": "Green Beacon Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.5, "lng": 13.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Eclipse", "Citra", "Talus" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "green-beacon-slc-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 1008 }, { "name": "Mountain Goat Tasty Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Ironic that a beer named tasty should be so bland. Like they brewed an ale so that after a few schooners of Tooheys Extra Dry / Carlton Dry you wouldn't notice you'd changed beer styles. Fairly dark in the glass but no real malt or hop flavours to be found. Not terrible, but forgettable. A bit like the branding and can design, almost like homebrand. UPDATE: Took me a long time to circle back to this one. Not as terrible as I remember, with a little crisp bitterness hiding underneath. A bit old school but mild. Drinkable but not one you'd reach for with a fridge full of variety.", "brewery": "Mountain Goat Beer", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mountain-goat-tasty-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1009 }, { "name": "Mountain Goat Billy the Mid", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "In a strange way this was tastier than their tasty pale. Still quite dark, light bodied but a bit sticky, easy to drink but with that twangy malt adjunct taste that lots of lighter beers have. I'm not sure why the descriptor session was dumped for mid-strength. What to rate it against, fake tasting light beers? UPDATE: I've been taking at least two of every beer to try, but buildng up a backlog of the second can of beers I didn't like... after brewing this most of the day and wanting a mid this was it. Coarse carbonation and minimal head, like Carlton Draught blended with a pale ale.", "brewery": "Mountain Goat Beer", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mountain-goat-billy-the-mid.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1010 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Loose Lips Sink Ships IIIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Triple" ], "blurb": "This was a bloody big beer! I only got one freebie and even shared between three people it was enough. At the bbq, after a few campus beers this was gunning the accelerator. Really sticky and heavy bodied, intense bitterness and booziness. To me it was unbalanced that way, nice as a taster like sipping a port, but no way I'd hit a pint of this.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 50, "flavour": [ "dank", "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Cascade Amplifier", "Amarillo", "Mosaic", "Centennial", "Rakau Hop Kief" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Golden Naked Oats" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-ll-iiipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1011 }, { "name": "Pirate Life IIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Their OG beer. I tried this once way back and could barely drink it. Second of the big PL beers at the BBQ and it was spot on. Bitter but more balanced than the IIIPA. Clean and quenching, a simple old school IPA done really well. I'd definitely sit with a pint of this, easy to drink despite the ABV... or maybe because of! Can matched the beer, stripped back dark gunmetal, classic. UPDATE: An unwise second beer, way too easy to drink. Sad they sold out and I only scored two cans.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46.5, "lng": 45.5, "flavour": [ "dank", "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Simcoe", "Centennial", "Columbus" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Marris Otter", "Carapils", "Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1012 }, { "name": "Pirate Life South Coast Ultra", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Low Alcohol" ], "blurb": "The PL beers are going to be a chronicle of my time brewing. A tricky one to brew. I can follow the recipe but don't fully understand the processes yet. After a hot tiring day this was my knockoff beer in the beer garden in my hgih vis. Yes you could taste that it was a NOLO, but it was fresh and crisp and bloody refreshing. A very drinkable beer analogue that scratched my brain's beer itch. Spacers should probably be water, but this would work pretty well too!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10.5, "lng": 12, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Cashmere", "Taiheke", "Wai-ti" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Crystal", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-sc-ultra.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1013 }, { "name": "Pirate Life South Coast Crisp Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Rounding out the full set. I wanted to try this newly launched / renamed lager as PL start to really get behind it into the market. Interesting to see the subtle changes to the can design, no more brewing process around the rim. On tap in the beer garden with the other brewers after a hot day it hit the spot. As the name says, crisp, not particularly like the SC ales but makes sense as a brand extension. I enjoyed it enough to have a can when I got home. Wasn't quite as nice, the carbonation and the flavours a bit coarser. Rating this against the dry lagers made by big brewers, I probably would pick this one! UPDATE: Did a side by side tasting of the Crisp vs Classic. In the same zone, but with definite difference. The Classic maltier and old school, the Crisp lighter with a touch of aromatic hops. Hard to split the two and pick a winner, either on their day very drinkable. For the first few sips I would have picked the Classic, by the end I was veering slightly more toward the Crisp.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 12, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Cashmere", "Taiheke", "Wai-ti" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Crystal", "Carapils" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-sc-crisp-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1014 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Unfazed by the Haze IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "For some reason there is a real antipathy for hazies at Pirate Life. May have been their origins in hardcore West Coast style IPAs, reacting to the new beer on the block. Multiple people there have got on the soapbox about 'NEIPAs'. This seems to have been their way to fight back at the time. Ironically I didn't pay attention and thought it would be a hazy! Now it seems pretty run of the mill, a dry hopped IPA that I'd class as a NZ style.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Kohatu", "Citra", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Golden Naked Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-ubth-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1015 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Classic Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I believe this is essentially the old Port Local lager, that has been tweaked and renamed a few times. Also a bit of a ghost beer, with this the only photo I could find and not actually the current can which has a yellow body! I'm guessing this is in the shadow of the SC Crisp Lager which is just being launched. Unsurprisingly it was more of a classic lager, more malty and less bright. Got dad a slab of this as my first beer allowance, he likes it better than the other! UPDATE: Did a side by side tasting of the Crisp vs Classic. In the same zone, but with definite difference. The Classic maltier and old school, the Crisp lighter with a touch of aromatic hops. Hard to split the two and pick a winner, either on their day very drinkable. For the first few sips I would have picked the Classic, by the end I was veering slightly more toward the Crisp.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 19.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Perle", "Wakatu" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Pale" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-classic-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1016 }, { "name": "Pirate Life NZ Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I wasn't sure about this one for the first half, then it really grew on me. There was a rash of NZ pilsners a couple of years back, and this was very much in that zone... super light body and grassy kiwi style hops. Not my style of choice, and maybe I'd be harsher if I paid for it, but I'll be happy to drink the second one in the fridge. The site has really become a PL fest, even if largely invisible!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.25, "lng": 26.75, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Wai-iti", "Riwaka" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Acidulated", "Caradex" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-nz-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1017 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Pina Colada Sour Ale", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Disgusting. I finally got drunk enough to try this, expecting to tip it out and I really should have... except I was enjoying getting my buzz on! Like drinking cheap shampoo, with overbearing lemon lime flavour. Probably also winning the prize for the cheapest and nastiest looking can design. I am drinking some non-PL beers along the way, just not new ones!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 9.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Enigma" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat", "Acidulated", "Caradex" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-pina-colada-sour-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "0", "id": 1018 }, { "name": "Green Beacon Hazy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "The only fly in the ointment of working at Pirate Life and getting free beer is that they don't do good hazies. This is a 'partner brand' that we brew and I was happy to be getting in a hazy. Except it's not very good. Not aromatic, dirty taste, body not juicy. Green Beacon coming across as one of the second tier 'craft' breweries in the Asahi / CUB stable. UPDATE: Had a double GB IPA night. After their standard / west coast-ish IPA this was a lot fresher and fruitier. All aboput the preparation!", "brewery": "Green Beacon Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37.5, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "green-beacon-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1019 }, { "name": "Green Beacon Hazy XPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Extra" ], "blurb": "Life is all about expectations. I picked these up by accident, hoping for some packaging reject stouts. Still missing hazies I had a crack with low expectations, and it was quite enjoyable. Not prize winning, but better than the PL hazy XPA, and way better than GB's hazy IPA. More aromatic, a bit more body, still malty like an XPA, enjoyable while afternoon gaming on my day off. Cheap looking labels, with no real reason why the difference emphasis in the text. I'm still plugging away at the TAFE beers but the pale ale is starting to oxidise which lead me to a no regrets third beer in the GB low carb... UPDATE: Funny to do a side by of the GB vs PL hazy XPAs. Even with both brewed in the same place by the same brewers, PL just had to bump up the kettle bitterness on theirs. With no body and coarse carbonation it was the definite loser to GB.", "brewery": "Green Beacon Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 35.5, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "green-beacon-hazy-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1020 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Tropical IIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Last beer of a solo night at home doing 'research' for work! I enjoyed it, and it was a bit fruity, but my take on the night was that it was one of their usual west coast style beers with extra dry hopping. Funnily enough the website said that was exactly how it started! Dark orange and lacklustre head with maybe an extra dash of haze.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.25, "lng": 33.75, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Kohatu", "Strata", "Idaho-7" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-tropical-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1021 }, { "name": "Pirate Life × Mountain Culture Pirate Culture Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "We brewed kegs, they brewed cans and shipped us a few but they sold out pretty damn quick. Hence I've only been able to try it on tap, my knock off beer of choice. Awkwardly this is the best hazy PL have done, actually has the mouthfeel of a hazy rather than coming across as a cloudy west coast. Fresh tasting, at the lighter bodied end, have to have a look at the recipe. I'm tempted to buy some cans, but if I'm going to spend money on beer I want to get some really juicy hazies!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Cashmere", "Mosaic", "Taiheke", "Wai-iti" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pl-mc-pirate-culture-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1022 }, { "name": "Uraidla Aura Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Great to finally get another Uraidla beer in, try to keep them at the top of the brewery leaderboard! Not one of their best, but nice to drink a genuine thick and soupy hazy, they do the juice body so well. One of their more darker stonefruity pales, as opposed to the brighter more dry hopped they call hazy. The taste was a bit muddled, I think the candy of Superdelic clashed with the spice of Mosaic.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 28.25, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Superdelic", "Mosaic ", "Idaho 7" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-aura-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1023 }, { "name": "Little Creatures Hazy XPA", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Extra" ], "blurb": "I guess Little Creatures are our rivals over at Lion, but I wanted to see their take on this style of the month. That really shouldn't be a style, combining two opposing flavour profiles... A bit fruity, a bit malty, smelt and even tasted alright despite being a glass full of floaties, which is a definite fail.", "brewery": "Little Creatures Brewery", "parent": "Lion / Kirin Company", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Cascade", "Chinook", "Idaho-7", "Azacca" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "little-creatures-juicy-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 1024 }, { "name": "Bridge Road × Mountain Culture Hazy Harvest Fresh Hop IPA (2025)", "variety": "Wet Hop India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Wet Hop", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "First beer out with my old workmates. I thought I'd missed my chance to try this one, so it was an easy choice on tap. Compared to most fresh hop beers, hazy or otherwise, it was surprisingly strong and sharp in its hop flavours... deliciously so. I had a fun chat with the bartender about missing the cans of the dark. He confirmed that they'd had it on tap, and that it had indeed been a great beer!", "brewery": "Bridge Road Brewers", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49.5, "lng": 30.75, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bridge-road-hazy-harvest-2025.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1025 }, { "name": "Hargreaves Hill Chaos of the Universe - Hera - Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Shouting a beer for my old boss who wanted to be surprised, 'I'll have what you're having,' I went a little milder. Still it was a really tasty hazy, hitting all the notes of the style that I miss in our beers.", "brewery": "Hargreaves Hill Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hargreaves-hill-hera-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1026 }, { "name": "Epic Hop Zombie IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Last beer of the night, bought as a suprise beer. Part of the surprise being that it was a double when he was having a nolo! Bloody tasty, I guessed a west coast double (which also made me happy my palate is getting accurate.) Dark and chewy malt, dank piney hops, classic old school IPA. Having not rated Epic in the past this was a winner. Definitely need a sliding scale, with an adjustment for how drunk I am by the time I drink something...", "brewery": "Epic Beer", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": "Imported", "lat": 47, "lng": 48, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "epic-hop-zombie.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1027 }, { "name": "Balter × Firestone Walker Modern Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "American" ], "blurb": "I missed this at the time, and didn't realise that the can was 4 months old... still delicious. They put only 3 months best before date, as opposed to the 12 months some breweries put, so technically this was out of date. The originators of xpa took it in the right direction, not to haziness, but into APA territory, dark and maltier but still crisp and light bodied. Reminded me of the Loftus collab they did a little while back. I'll buy more if I see them, date or no date. Love to have tried one fresh. They'll miss Scotty and his personal connections to other breweries. And his recipes...", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 43, "flavour": [ "piney" ], "hops": [ "Loral", "Cryo Mosaic", "Citra", "Motueka", "HBC630" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-modern-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1028 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Golden Ale", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This is the Pirate Life white label beer. If they're sponsoring or being commissioned this is what is in the can. Made me laugh that I picked up their Tasting Australia beer and their Western Bulldogs beer only to find out they were the same! Inoffensive and easy to drink, but generic and forgettable. A crisp ale, not too malty and with only a hint of hops or bitterness.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-golden-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1029 }, { "name": "Green Beacon Wayfarer Tropical Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This has really become the default ale style for breweries: tropical / pacific, slightly fruity, slightly hazy, but still light bodied and slightly crisp. GB's version smelt great pouring out the can, a bit generic and bland tasting but it did build some background bitterness. UPDATE: ...and teal as the sku colour! Grabbed a couple of these from the last canning run for a retaste, and it's quite drinkable and, well, tropical. I'd have a hard time distinguishing this from our South Coast in a blind tasting.", "brewery": "Green Beacon Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 21.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "green-beacon-wayfarer.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1030 }, { "name": "Balter Mega UV Hazy IIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "First big hazy after all the founders left, happily still a big bold beer. Not their best, but still a fun one to drink, thick and juicy and intense. Love to know what the hops were, was true to their tasting note with coconut flavours. I'd guess Sabro, not quite my bag, but I'm looking forward to the second can.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51.5, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ "fruity", "hazy" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-mega-uv-hazy-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1031 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Breakfast Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Five years later I finally got to try the other half of the parti-gyle black IPA. Part of a PL warm up session before heading out to see bands. I'm not a fan of flavoured beers, and even though this was definitely one of the better ones it still didn't hit the mark for me. Sweet and syrupy. Also part of the lesson we learnt that night that these strong beers make for a messy night...", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 21, "lng": 86, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Perle", "Fuggles" ], "malt": [ "Munich", "Pale", "Oat", "Chocolate", "Crystal", "Carafa III", "Carahell" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-breakfast-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1032 }, { "name": "Mountain Culture × Garage Project Hazy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "After a couple of lacklustre beers I lashed out for one of these while watching the bands. Seemed like a good bet, a collab by two brewers who know how to do hazies, and it was delicious. Juicy body, super fruity with a spicy bitter kick underneath. Had a couple more, and was headbanging along to the music. Afterwards I realised it was a 6% IPA not a pale ale. Messy.", "brewery": "Mountain Culture Beer Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 49.5, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Peacherine", "NZ Cascade", "Riwaka" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mountain-culture-mh-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1033 }, { "name": "Swell Mavericks West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "They do these so well. Could almost create a new category of proper old school grunty IPAs. Solid malt and dense bitterness in balance, not sticky or twangy. Makes you realise how many recent West Coast labelled beers aren't all that.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41.5, "lng": 40.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Chinook", "Strata", "Waimea" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Vienna", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-brewing-mv-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1034 }, { "name": "Eclectic Brewing Kayak Sea of Tranquility Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First new brewery in a while, and just down the road from me. Been meaning to try one of theirs but got extra motivated after they recently won some awards. I was really looking for their Mosaic IPA but this was a happy second choice. A good modern pale ale, dark and malty but still light bodied with the bitterness dialled down and a bit of aromatics freshening it up. Very drinkable. UPDATE: A great problem to have... that I keep forgetting I've tried beers! I would have liked a little more malty grunt, but very nice.", "brewery": "Eclectic Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 33, "lng": 39, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "eclectic-kayak-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1035 }, { "name": "Uraidla Quantum Vortex Hazy IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "A very Uraidla beer and a very Uraidla review... could be a cut and paste! Thick, soupy and very heavily aromatic. Could be I'm losing my palate drinking more blander mainstream beers but the hoppiness was out of balance. That said, it was fun to drink, intense and memorable!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ "floral", "spicy" ], "hops": [ "Idaho 7", "Mosaic", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-qv-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1036 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Bright IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Disappointing on many levels. Most obviously the beer itself, syrupy and fake tasting, not malty or hoppy. Secondly the decision to make this a core beer. Yes the market for their old school IPAs is shrinking, but this is not where the market is going. This is neither an intro to craft beer for newbies, nor a less heavy beer for experienced beer drinkers. At least after the first batch they took out the 100kg of maltodextrine, hopefully future tweaks will improve it from a low start. Finally is the label design. This is the old design which is so ugly it suits the beer, but the new one isn't much better. Lazy typography and poor colour contrast. I'll be very interested to hear if it sells.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Superdelic", "Citra", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Vienna" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-bright-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 1037 }, { "name": "Little Bang × Fox Friday Hopocalypse Hazy - Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Probably the last beer I'll have with the Fox Friday logo on the label. As they described, a soft body, super hazy without going to fizz or burn. I could have done with the Superdelic candy dialled down, but still a very enjoyable beer to drink. A proper hazy.", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 46, "lng": 26, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Citra Cryo", "Citra Hyperboost", "Superdelic", "Amarillo" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-hh-hazy-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1038 }, { "name": "Little Bang Noche de Oro Dark Cerveza", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "By accident two Little Bang beers in a row after none for a while. Saw this online and was super keen after hearing they'd based in on Negra Modelo. They'd brewed it in collaboration with local maltsters Amsat, and on a team day / tour there they'd busted out some of these. A great day, including raking some floor malt, and a great beer. Light bodied with a tiny bit of sweetness, super drinkable. I'd buy more if it still existed..", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 52, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-ndo-dc.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1039 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Artist Series #015 Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "It tasted amazing in the tank, and happily still tastes great in the can. Dense fruity aromatics with a bit of a spice edge, malts kicked to the background, and juice body. My only criticism would be the carbonation, which was a bit too coarse and took away from the mouthfeel. Maybe I'm comparing it to the natural carbonation which was so soft and foamy. Still, I was excited to see PL make a good hazy and I'll definitely get some of these if any make it to allocation! UPDATE: Gearshift, probably my favourite PL beer since joining the crew. A nice big can worth, juicy and complex.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 28.75, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Superdelic", "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-as-hipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1040 }, { "name": "Pirate Life NEIPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Stoked to have two in a row hazy beers from PL to review and more importatntly to drink. Not sure why they still call it a NEIPA but I don't really care. The Bronte artist series #15 was better, but this was still pretty good. Opaque and definitely with the juice body. I would have liked the balance tipped a little more to the bitter rather than the candy aromatics, but happy to have another few cans to drink.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41.25, "lng": 29.5, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Riwaka", "CIP-014" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Oats", "Chit", "Flaked Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1041 }, { "name": "Green Beacon 7 Bells Passionfruit Sour Ale", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "It was great to close the circle on this beer, after working on most of the steps of this particular batch, and of another batch for the others, and tasting it along the way. Surprisingly for having a barrel of passionfruit concentrate added I couldn't really taste much of that flavour. In many ways the sweetness of that counteracted the sourness, which made it a bit bland... as sours go! It was an enjoyable palate cleanser after some heavier beers, and it feels harsh to only give it 2 stars, but rating it against the style, and whether I'd pick this one over other sours, I wouldn't.", "brewery": "Green Beacon Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2.75, "lng": 9.25, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "green-beacon-7bells-sour.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1042 }, { "name": "Saison Dupont Dry Hop", "variety": "Saison", "style": "Saison", "modifier": [], "blurb": "First fomo beer of the night. A lovely light beer, dialling back the Dupont funk but keeping the tight carbonation and adding some extra yet subtle hopping.", "brewery": "Brasserie Dupont", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 3, "lng": 16.75, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "saison-dupont-dry-hop.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1043 }, { "name": "Garage Project Old Gods Black Rye & Pine Kveik IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Black", "Rye" ], "blurb": "Had to try this as soon as I saw it. With fire in the backyard it was perfect. Like my imagination always wants stouts to be. Roasty as but still light bodied, cut with the kviek sourness. To me, dark beers work so much better with this yeast, but almost everyone goes for bright acidic IPAs which aren't so great... and probably helped kill it as a fad. Deceptively easy to drink. Rounding up to 5 stars because I'm glad some breweries are still exploring the edges like this.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 82, "flavour": [], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Cascade", "Citra", "Chinook" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-og-brpk-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 1044 }, { "name": "Bojak Brewing Towering Peaks Vienna Lager", "variety": "Vienna Lager", "style": "Vienna Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Malty and lagery, what I wanted in the beer sequence but not the best I've had. New brewery, enjoyable around a fire with a sneaky cigar.", "brewery": "Bojak Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 17.5, "lng": 45, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "bojak-tp-vienna-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1045 }, { "name": "Green Beacon Wayfarer 3.5 Tropical Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "One I brewed, chosen as a light to end the night. Surprisingly fresh and aromatic. That said I do get more generous as the night goes on! Still by the fire. Described by one of the senior brewers as a fridge cleaner, to use up some some random ingredients. Not one we're likely to brew again, to compare against the full strength. UPDATE: Funny that this was again the last beer of a beer night, also with kindling! Light and drinkable, being sensible.", "brewery": "Green Beacon Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 19, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "green-beacon-wayfarer-mid.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1046 }, { "name": "Dupont Monk's Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was cheating and buying beers online, and this was definitely an impulse buy based on the retro label and curiosity. Seems to be using their proprietary yeast which created a unique lighter stout, a little like the kviek stouts and dark beers. Not tart, but something Dupont-ish underneath a milder roast that made it very drinkable. A saison stout maybe. In a perfect world where I had lots of money to buy beers, time to drink them, and a robust liver, I'd buy more of these and some of their saison to drink side by side and ponder. And some just for the hell of it. Technically not to style.", "brewery": "Brasserie Dupont", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 26, "lng": 83, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "dupont-monks-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1047 }, { "name": "Balter Black Lager", "variety": "Black Lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Maybe a victim of expectation... I was excited to see these turn up in the fridge at work out of the blue. Hoping for something dry and crisp it was quite estery. The malt was more at the schwarzbier end, roasty ash, which I also wasn't expecting and normally enjoy more. They did say it was inspired by European pilsners, so I get where they were coming from, but not for me.", "brewery": "Balter Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 74, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "balter-black-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1048 }, { "name": "Garage Project Stramash Scottish style Wee Heavy", "variety": "Scotch Ale", "style": "Scotch Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Another impulse buy from the same batch, to add another style notch to the bed post. Malty, sweet, sticky and strong. Going on past likes I shouldn't have been into this one but I was. Almost like a Southwark Bitter dialled up, with a spicey whiskey-ish intensity. Like IPA as a style, there are some conflicting origin stories: served in wee glasses, sold in wee bottles, the strongest part of a parti-gyle brew, a long boil to caramelise rather than crystal malts, maybe all of the above. Worth drinking.", "brewery": "Garage Project", "parent": null, "country": "New Zealand", "status": null, "lat": 3.5, "lng": 67.5, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Gladfield", "Gladiator", "Roasted Barley", "Rolled Oats", "Naked Oats", "Light Crystal" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "garage-project-stramash-sswh.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1049 }, { "name": "Little Bang Doom Bound Baltic Porter", "variety": "Baltic Porter", "style": "Baltic Porter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Finishing winter with a blast of dark beers, this one a gift from Imran. Knowing a bit more what to expect from a Baltic porter I enjoyed this as a sipping beer. Strong, sweet and fruity like a Christmas cake. I always love to see a dark brown head, makes me think of the crema on a good espresso, you know it's going to be rich and roasty!", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 83.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-db-porter.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1050 }, { "name": "Green Beacon Bulimba Gold Top Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I do feel a little parentally protective of new beers I had a hand in producing, tasting this one along the way as it fermented. A bit lacklustre, like a cross between an ale and an old school beer like Southwark Bitter. Malty sourness and a little bitterness. Cynically it would appear that this gets brewed every decade or so to retain the trademark. UPDATE: Had a couple of these in the back of the beer fridge, always with better beers to drink ahead of them! After a big can I thought why not... not terrible but quite sweet. UPDATE: One last can forgotten and found, a good starter for the night.", "brewery": "Green Beacon Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "green-beacon-bulimba-gt.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1051 }, { "name": "White Bay Gantry Noir Czech Dark Lager", "variety": "Dark Lager", "style": "Dark Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was excited to finally try this one, but managed my expectations partly through knowing what to expect! Czech style stickiness and esters, it definitely wasn't at my preferred drier end of the dark lager spectrum but it wasn't meant to be. Dark red in the glass, sounds like they brewed it with a more complicated and time consuming 'traditional' method, which is always worth bonus points. White Bay a new brewery for me, now I have to try their standard Czech Pils... hopefully before their production moves to Melbourne.", "brewery": "White Bay Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4, "lng": 73.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ "Carahell", "Carafa", "Munich", "Caramunich" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "white-bay-gn-dark-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1052 }, { "name": "Brewboys Piste Off New Pilsner", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Bittersweet to finally drink this after Brewboys has closed. Dan brought around some samples when we were brewing the collab beer with him at TAFE, it sat at the back of my fridge waiting for its moment for nearly a year. Maybe a bit oxidised along the way, but crisp and drinkable.", "brewery": "Brewboys Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 15, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "brewboys-po-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1053 }, { "name": "Uraidla Nectar Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Took the back roads through the hills to visit a friend and called in to buy the latest brews from Uraidla. This one was a pretty standard pale ale from them, and that is a good thing. Juicy body, maybe a bit milder on the hop front than some, but very drinkable. Still keeping them a nose in front as my most reviewed brewery!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Ekuanot", "Galaxy", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-nectar-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1054 }, { "name": "Uraidla Brewery Swamp Curse Dank WCIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "(Review following on from a comment in a previous beer about maltiness in new beers, or the lack thereof...) Case in point. Not really dank. Delicious, but lighter. The most menthol beer, wonder what the hops are. Heavy music, outlasting the other campsites. Fuck yeah. (Extra detail, had added terpenes. Maybe that was the menthol taste?) Throne of solitude
Bleak heights
I sit.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 43, "lng": 28, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Strata", "Ekuanot" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-sc-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1055 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Easy Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This is the other Pirate Life white label beer, used to get a run under its own name but mostly now Frontside and Betty's. Surprisingly enjoyable, an old school Australian pale ale, malty with a decent crisp bitterness.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-easy-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1056 }, { "name": "Uraidla Phantom Haze NZ DIPA", "variety": "Double India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I wasn't sure what this one was going to be, haze in the name but not the style on the label. Gave me an open mind heading in because it was a really enjoyable beer that didn't fit neatly into a style. Hazy body but with more of an oily dense hop flavour rather than the more fizzy burn of heavy dry hopping. Kiwi hops all the way, delicious. Maybe the high alcohol brought it together.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48.5, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "Superdelic", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-ph-nz-dipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1057 }, { "name": "Pirate Life NEIPA #2", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "This was 4 or 5 beers in at Ashley's 50th shindig, a perfect sunny day on the grass with mates. I've still got a can of #1 to do an actual side by side comparison, but I reckon this is the better one. Same juicy body with a slightly crisper sharper hoppiness that really makes it a refreshing beer. I also still have a can of the Bronte, which would be a bloody big session to do a 3 way comparison! UPDATE: I kepts saving all three big cans but realised I'd never be able to drink them all in one session, so picked them off over a week or so! The Bronte had faded a little, the 1st NEIPA was still very candy, leaving this one the winner. Has more complexity as well as intensity to the hopping. A bit more bitterness and spice rounding it out. Not sure why we can't nail the juice body more often.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41.5, "lng": 29.25, "flavour": [ "hazy", "juicy" ], "hops": [ "NZ Cascade", "Nelson Sauvin", "Krush", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Oats", "Chit", "Wheat", "Acidulated" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-neipa-2.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1058 }, { "name": "Pirate Life × Limeburners Whisky Barrel Aged Stout - 2022 Release", "variety": "Barrel Aged Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Barrel aged" ], "blurb": "We should really have only tried one can in the pack, but Ashley topped everyone up with the second! Rich and syrupy with a fair whiskey flavour from the barrel, yet not really my thing. Boozy and really kicked on the merriment...", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 88, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Fuggles", "East Kent Golding" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Munich I", "Maris Otter", "Golden Naked Oats", "Carahels", "Cararoma", "Chocolate", "Caramel Steam", "Carafa III" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-lbwb-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1059 }, { "name": "Rocky Ridge Wolpertinger Festbier", "variety": "Festbier", "style": "Festbier", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I've been interested to try Rocky Ridge for a while, and went halves with Imran to get their six single hop beers with as couple of big Octoberfest beers as a bonus. Might have been the victim of expectations but this was a bit underwhelming. A bit darker and maltier than the more standard German trad lagers, with a more intense pilsner style hop flavour. The first few sips were promising, and a nice big can, but it got surprisingly boring by the end. I was drinking it just to finish it, sticky and not quenching. It did prompt a discovery, searching to find out what the heck 'Noble Citra' was. Turns out to be what's left after cryo extraction, bland enough to imitate Eurpoean noble hops from new world varieties.", "brewery": "Rocky Ridge Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Noble Citra", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Rolled oats", "Roasted barley", "Chit" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rocky-ridge-w-festbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1060 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Cali Connection 2.0 West Coast IPA", "variety": "Cold India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Cold" ], "blurb": "A funny one, really tasty but not the beer it says it is on the tin. Actually one of a mostly defunct style, Cold IPA, which is technically a lager brewed warmer. The malt and hop bitterness were dialled up, if not to west coast levels, and it was quite dry. Delicious and refreshing on a hot arvo, but if I didn't know, and was expecting a darker IPA, I'd think we didn't know how to brew. Call it an 'Imperial West Coast Lager' then people would know and love it! UPDATE: Of the 8 cartons I put on my allocation for Christmas I only kept a 4 pack of these. Crisp and malty, but not too big to drink on a school night.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Citra", "Cascade", "Centennial" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Pilsner", "Flaked Rice", "Acidulated" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-cc2-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1061 }, { "name": "Rocky Ridge + HPA Dale dug a hole Pale Ale (Eclipse)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I was excited to see this set of beers, and so they sold out so quickly, six identically brewed beers showcasing six hops. Managed to get hold of a set, and maybe dialled by expectations up too high... My plan was to drink two or three today to compare, but it was underwhelming and not moreish. I started with the Eclipse after brewing with it yesterday, smelling the fresh pellets. Tasted great first off, quite intense hop flavours for a pale ale, but it was too thin bodied and bright to balance it. By the end I just wanted something gruntier rather than another similar beer. Maybe on a hotter day with some cheese to line the gut.", "brewery": "Rocky Ridge Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34.5, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Eclipse" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Chit", "Wheat", "Rolled oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rocky-ridge-eclipse-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1062 }, { "name": "Pirate Life × Mountain Culture Mountain Life IIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "This one has a good story. I was in the background of the video they took for social media, helped them unblock the whirlpool hop doser. I tried it on tap at the time and thought I'd written a review... I didn't particularly enjoy it and left my one can at the back of the beer fridge. After a big can of hazy, and wanting to get on it (mildly!) while cooking lasagne, I cracked it. Like a double Bright IPA, kinda bland and deceptively not boozy for 8%. Gone now and soon to be forgotten...", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39.5, "lng": 24.75, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic", "Simcoe", "Krush" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Caradex", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-ml-iipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1063 }, { "name": "Rocky Ridge + HPA What do ya call this? Pale Ale (HPA-065)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Life and beer is all about expectations. After not enjoying the first I didn't rush back, and picked this one largely because it was at the front at the clip top. What a flavour explosion! I had only been thinking about the same recipe showing different flavour profiles but not the different intensity. This was one of the most unique hop flavours I've tried, peppery and spicy and way more bitter than the Eclipse variant at the same hopping rate. Probably not one I'd pick for the hero hop in a beer, but it would make a great sidekick.", "brewery": "Rocky Ridge Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37.5, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "HPA-065" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Chit", "Wheat", "Rolled oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rocky-ridge-hpa-065-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1064 }, { "name": "Rocky Ridge + HPA Tell him he's dreamin' Pale Ale (Galaxy)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "These have actually turned out to be the hop education they were meant to be. I'd never been excited by Galaxy, always seemed like a background beer, but this was really tasty and surprisingly bitter. I got a lot more of the tangy citrus than the sweet fruit. Both this and the HPA-065 a lot hoppier than the Eclipse despite it having higher alpha acid. Wish I had two of them all now to do a second round!", "brewery": "Rocky Ridge Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Chit", "Wheat", "Rolled oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rocky-ridge-galaxy-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1065 }, { "name": "Rocky Ridge Verdánken German Pilsner", "variety": "Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [], "blurb": "On a hot day I wanted a big, crisp, light beer and this did all that. Noble hop vibe with a touch more brightness, I enjoyed it... but by the end my palate was bored. Harsh to give it 2 stars, but I wouldn't drink another unless it was a freebie and the fridge was trending empty.", "brewery": "Rocky Ridge Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8.5, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Noble Citra", "Mandarina Bavaria" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Chit" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rocky-ridge-v-german-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1066 }, { "name": "4 Pines Japanese Style Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This was the crossover to solitude, I cracked this one while helping the family pack for the drive to Mildura. I wasn't expecting much, but it suprised me, not by being anything groundbreaking but by being quite true to the style. Light and refreshing, I'd be happy to have a few of these in my fridge as spacers / palate cleansers / starter beers. They were one of the first to do a 'Japanese' lager and have stuck with it. Funny that the faux styling seems more racist for this than all the cliche German beers...", "brewery": "4 Pines Brewing Company", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 4.5, "lng": 20, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "4-pines-japanese-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1067 }, { "name": "Rocky Ridge + HPA Straight to the poolroom Pale Ale (HPA-033)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Like the other numbered cultivar this was a distinct and different flavour, intense and citrusy but more at the lemon end. After a couple of false starts I managed to put on the show I was wanting, a documentary about the history of Louisiana sludge metal... with the volume turned up.", "brewery": "Rocky Ridge Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36.5, "lng": 22.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "HPA-033" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Chit", "Wheat", "Rolled oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rocky-ridge-hpa-033-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1068 }, { "name": "Rocky Ridge + HPA How's the serenity (Vic Secret)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I've never been a big fan of Vic Secret, and this hasn't changed my mind. That said it was still very much worth trying to get a feel for how different the hops are at the same hopping level. Vic Secret definitely has the biggest punch so far, really dense and at the piney end of pineapple. Harsh to give it a two, but I'd only drink another for research, not for enjoyment.", "brewery": "Rocky Ridge Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38.5, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Vic Secret" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Chit", "Wheat", "Rolled oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rocky-ridge-vic-secret-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1069 }, { "name": "Rocky Ridge + HPA It's the vibe of it (Ella)", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Ella always seemed like a generic hop in the background, and this was enjoyable to drink but not distinctive. They said floral, but despite the decent alpha acids was one of the least bitter. Last of the 6 pack of single hop beers, definitely worth doing.", "brewery": "Rocky Ridge Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 34, "lng": 22, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Ella" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Chit", "Wheat", "Rolled oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "rocky-ridge-ella-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1070 }, { "name": "Uraidla Sunflare Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I'm getting a little bored of the beers in my fridge, not to complain too hard, but this is a little fling on the side. Right in the Uraidla sweet spot, really the sort of beer I want to be drinking: thicker and juicier. I was surprised that these three hops combined for this flavour, almost in the Sabro coconut zone. My new year's resolution is to buy more of their beers in 2026.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Superdelic", "Motueka", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-sunflare-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1071 }, { "name": "Uraidla Spellforge West Coast Pilsner", "variety": "West Coast Pilsner", "style": "Pilsner", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I did buy this by mistake, thinking it was a West Coast IPA, but boy was it delicious! Milder than many in the style, which is what it needs to be balanced. Dry and crisp and hoppy, not sticky and clear, similar to PL's Cali Connection 2.0. Definitely have to get more of these! ", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 28, "lng": 27, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Idaho-7" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-spellforge-wc-pilsner.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1072 }, { "name": "Uraidla Onslaught DDH TIPA", "variety": "DDH TIPA", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy", "Triple" ], "blurb": "This was the challenge beer of the night, too strong not to share, went down too easily! Dense and milky, super fruity, almost like an oat cream but without the lactose. Their last limited beer of 2025, a great beer to help kick off 2026... and keep Uraidla at the top of the leaderboard!", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 52.5, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Mosaic", "NZH-106" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-onslaught-ddh-tipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1073 }, { "name": "Uraidla Sunflare Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Really I could copy the review from their Nectar Pale Ale! Visiting the same friend and buying direct, the next of the seasonal pale ales. Shame they don't list their malts anymore, love to know if only the hops are changing in the recipe. The beers they don't call hazy are as juicy and dry hopped as most breweries would make their hazies... Harsh to only give it a three, rating it against their own beers. Tasty and consistent, four in a row from my favourite brewery.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 29, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Motueka", "Superdelic" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-sunflare-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1074 }, { "name": "Uraidla Nebula Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I actually bought this thinking it was a second can of something I'd already tried... which is a great metaphor for Uraidla's beers at the moment. That was Nectar, and this was Nebula, both installments of their seasonal pale ales, both dark orange opaque beers. Enjoyable if kinda interchangeable, like the same beer brewed with different hops but not optimised.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 28.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Nectaron", "Krush", "Idaho 7", "Strata" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-nebula-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1075 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Artist Series #16 - Mango & Passionfruit Sour", "variety": "Sour Ale", "style": "Sour Ale", "modifier": [ "Double" ], "blurb": "Great can, the same artist painted this on the big CO₂ bullet outside. Sadly the beer is a bit of a dud, maybe it was the malt making the body too heavy or the fruit combo being dull, didn't taste good in the fermenter or when it made it to the can. Third beer of the night, I did just crack it to taste and tip but the booziness kept me going to get my buzz on.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 12.25, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Cashmere" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-dmps.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 1076 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Prime Hazy Pale Ale", "variety": "Hazy Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "The main birthday beer, not terrible but muddled. In some ways a perfect metaphor for Pirate Life. The original idea of an 11% beer was kyboshed by new corporate guidelines on the maximum ABV of packaged product. Cue 11 malts and 11 hops, a scattershot approach that can't really target a taste. Had decent body but by the end of a big glass I was bored of it. I'm being catty to also say it was probably the ugliest can we've done so far.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 38, "lng": 23.5, "flavour": [ "hazy" ], "hops": [ "Taiheke", "Centennial", "Cashmere", "Motueka", "Amarillo", "Riwaka", "Strata", "Citra", "Mosaic", "Wai-iti", "Maui Nelson Hop Kief" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Malted Oats", "Pale", "Caradex", "Golden Naked Oats", "Acidulated", "Flaked Wheat", "Flaked Oats" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-prime-hazy-pa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1077 }, { "name": "Pirate Life NZIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I need to start drinking beers not thinking about the style they're tagged as. Rate them against the style at the end not the beginning. This wasn't a terrible beer but had none of the kiwi hop fireworks you'd expect. Mild and drinkable, I went back to check the yeast because it had a dryness similar to the Cali Connection 2.0 / cold IPA. In the Bright zone, inoffensive with no strong malt or hop character. UPDATE: After a hazy, wanting something dry, I cracked the second can I had of this. Still one dimensional, but some free kick on a Saturday night is nothing to be sneezed at!", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39.5, "lng": 26.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Waimea", "Rakau", "Nelson Sauvin", "Amplifire Nelson Hop Oil", "Amplifire Rakau Hop Oil" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Vienna" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-nzipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1078 }, { "name": "Guinness Draught Stout", "variety": "Draught Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Draught" ], "blurb": "Finally tried one of these, after I knew what nitro stouts were meant to taste like... and after I started enjoying them! Quite dry and mild tasting, great cascade from a can, creamy to drink. Enjoyable but I tend to lose interest toward the end of a big glass of nitro stout. Brewed under license by Lion in NSW.", "brewery": "Guinness Brewery", "parent": "Diageo", "country": "Ireland", "status": "Under license", "lat": 22.5, "lng": 88, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "guinness-draught-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1079 }, { "name": "Shapeshifter Head Space Hazy Pale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Sometimes it's also about the moment. The can was 6 months old so my expectations were lowered, but it was a Saturday afternoon working on a drawing with YOB playing on headphones. Sometimes life can be good. Citra not always a hop that can hold up a beer, but this was good, crisp. One of those modern hazies that are light bodied but aromatic. Who decided all beers now should be light bodied?", "brewery": "Shapeshifter Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29.5, "lng": 25.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Rolled Oats", "Malted Oats", "Pale Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "shapeshifter-hs-hazy-pale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1080 }, { "name": "Green Beacon × Allpress Honeycomb Mocha Stout", "variety": "Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Flavoured" ], "blurb": "Been a journey, from the coffee smelling great on night shift in the lower control room, to canning it and smelling the chocolate on the floor. Sweet and delicious, chocolate hiding the stout flavours, maybe a bit cloying toward the end, but it would be churlish of me to complain! UPDATE: In amongst a flurry of stouts this was a lovely chocolatey interlude. Been released but not mentioned anywhere, hence the crappy photo.", "brewery": "Green Beacon Brewing Co", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 40, "lng": 43.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "green-beacon-mocha-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1081 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Hop Harvest West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Well, it's time for me to eat my hat. I was excited to see a couple of West Coast IPAs in the schedule... but disppointed to see the first one in a glass, straw coloured and crystal clear, and taste it, no malt body to speak of. I'm not against this style of beer, I've really enjoyed some NZ style IPAs in this zone, but why call it a West Coast? Turns out the official ABA definition has been updated so that the style is now dry and attenuated. Sigh. UPDATE: I came back for another after really enjoying the second in the series, the NEIPA, and as a dry change and without expectations I quite enjoyed it. Still won't get a carton though...", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 41.5, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Mosaic", "Cashmere", "Citra" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Pale", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-hh-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1082 }, { "name": "Mismatch Hazy XPA", "variety": "Hazy XPA", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy", "Extra" ], "blurb": "Been a few years between Mismatch beers. This one was a random pack filler at the bottle-o, and with no expectations was a great first birthday beer. I still think hazy XPA is a contradiction in styles, but this one is the best so far. Properly cloudy to the point of opaqueness, with body and crispness, and a nice balance of aromatic and bitter hopping. As an indie local, I'd be happy to have this in the fridge... if I didn't have a backlog of free beer!", "brewery": "Mismatch Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 39, "lng": 30, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Wai-iti", "Galaxy", "El Dorado", "Azacca" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Oat", "Rolled Oats", "Wheat", "Golden Oats" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "mismatch-hazy-xpa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1083 }, { "name": "Uraidla Brewery Weeping Willow West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I was keen for an old school West Coast and this wasn't quite it. That said, it was still at the maltier bitter end of the new brighter versions of the style and I really enjoyed it. Quenching with a little bit of pucker, not too sticky. Second birthday beer.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Simcoe", "Strata", "Krush", "Nectaron" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-ww-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1084 }, { "name": "Yoyogi Pale Ale", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Was a great family Friday night outing in the city. An amazing origami exhibition followed by some amazing tempura at a cool little Japanese restaurant. I'd seen this beer online and was keen to try it. Light bodied, crisp and fruity it was a really good pairing with the food, not too dense or hoppy to compete. Might have been a tiny bit oxidised but I'd happily eat and drink the same again. Turned out to be brewed in Australia, sort of under license, by a chain of Japanese themed restaurants in Queensland! So potentially misleadingly labelled.", "brewery": "Yoyogi", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 10, "lng": 18, "flavour": [ "fruity" ], "hops": [ "Galaxy", "Wai-ti", "Sorachi Ace" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "yoyogi-pale-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1085 }, { "name": "Little Bang Hopocalypse West - West Coast IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Part of my research / aspiration into West Coast IPAs, buying a few brands to compare. Forewarned that the bright versions are what the style has officially been updated to, this was probably at the heavier / orange-er end of that. Had a more pronounced hop flavour but (to me) not so much at the bitter end, and quite sticky in the mouth, so that it was quite sweet overall. With such strong NZ hops I would have thought that style / name would have been a better fit. I enjoyed it but to judge it against the style it wasn't dry or crisp, and I wouldn't buy another or drink a freebie if there was any other IPA on offer...", "brewery": "Little Bang Brewing Co", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Nelson Sauvin", "Southern Cross", "Cascade" ], "malt": [ "Pale", "Maris Otter" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "little-bang-hw-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1086 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Hop Harvest NEIPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "I've been trying to keep my expectations under control and drink beers without thinking about the style. Thick and juicy with intense aromatics, a proper hazy which I guess everyone has started calling a NEIPA to separate this style from the lightly hazy crisp beers. Putting aside style names and the frankly ugly label, I really enjoyed this enough to get a carton. Interested to try the third of the series, the red IPA.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 47.5, "lng": 25, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Citra", "Amarillo", "Cashmere" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Oats", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-hh-neipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1087 }, { "name": "Peroni Gran Riserva Rossa", "variety": "Vienna Lager", "style": "Vienna Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "A random impulsive pick to fill out an online order, with a bit of nostalgia for Vienna lagers. Dark and malty with quite an intense flavour and quite heavy bocy for a lager. Delicious but I think my bottle was a touch oxidised which took it down a notch. Like Peroni Red dialled up, love to try one fresh and on tap... that would be creamy! Their website talked about the process involving blending three worts and long fermentation. In Italy they have a bunch of interesting unfiltered beers, love to wangle some time brewing there! Design notes, cool minimalist label but bad kerning on the curved text.", "brewery": "Peroni Brewery", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Italy", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7, "lng": 56, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "peroni-gr-rossi.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1088 }, { "name": "Pirate Life × Rocky Ridge Dead Strait West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "I thought this was alright tasting it during the pack run but drinking a full can not so much. Harsh and unbalanced. Might have been the hop oil but it was sticky and oily to drink with the flavours not integrated at all. The terrible can design suited the beer. Everyone hated on it as AI generated but I knew it was a lazy Photoshop filter applied to a photo with poor illegible typography laid over the top. Confusing to have these bitter hoppy low malt beers mixing in with the low malt hazies.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 48, "lng": 24.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Centennial", "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Riwaka" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Golden Promise" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pl-rr-ds-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "1", "id": 1089 }, { "name": "Asahi The Bitter-ist", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Long story short, I saw this was being launched and got excited... eventually bought one online but sadly the cans were out of date. So I got it for free to try, but it was definitely past its best. Oxidised but you could see where it should have landed, dialling up the bitterness but not the maltiness, still with the Japanese lager tang. Giving it 3 stars as holding pattern until I can try a fresh one, got another black and gold can for the collection!", "brewery": "Asahi Beverages", "parent": null, "country": "Japan", "status": "Imported", "lat": 7.5, "lng": 24.25, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "asahi-bitterist.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1090 }, { "name": "Fuller's London Pride Amber Ale", "variety": "Amber Ale", "style": "Amber Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "I'd been curious to try one of these mainstream English beers, an proper ale but still a red can beer. Was quite dark and malty, drinkable and a good palate switch between hoppy beers. That said, it had a slight underlying twang that might have been the beer or a bit of oxidation. I wouldn't drink another of these, but I'd have more of the style from the UK to get a sense of it. Ironically I found out afterwards they are also owned by Asahi!", "brewery": "Fuller's", "parent": "Asahi Beverages", "country": "United Kingdom", "status": "Imported", "lat": 6.5, "lng": 48, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "fullers-lp-amber-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1091 }, { "name": "Mountain Goat Rare Breed Bract 2 The Brewer IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "This won champion beer at the 2026 AIBAs, and when I saw cans I had to get one to try. Maybe with a little sour grapes that our limited beers haven't been that great. Shared with Ashley and we were both instantly calling it beer of the night. Clear but not dry, keeping some malt sweetness and body, all as a launchpad for some amazing hops flavours. Subtle but deep, they said tangelo and melon in the tasting notes and I definitely got mandarin type citrus amongst the fruit. Too easy to drink, my half was gone all too soon. Now I definitely have sour grapes... we brew all their big boring beers and they get this!", "brewery": "Mountain Goat Beer", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44.25, "lng": 31.5, "flavour": [ "bitter" ], "hops": [ "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Carapils" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mgoat-bract-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "5", "id": 1092 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Nitro Draught Stout", "variety": "Draught Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "Draught" ], "blurb": "I so want this to be good and sales to take off... but my cans from the first run had no cascade when poured and were quite lifeless to drink. It was exciting to be part of the pack crew for that test run, and we've learned a lot to prep for the next run, but they shouldn't sell these. You only get one chance to impress people, and we want to take on the local Guinness. Holding a place, hoping we dial in the next run and bump up the score...", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 21.5, "lng": 87.5, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-nitro-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1093 }, { "name": "Heaps Normal Jazz Stout", "variety": "No Alcohol Stout", "style": "Stout", "modifier": [ "No Alcohol" ], "blurb": "This was a fun challenge beer amongst all the stouts. Maybe not as successful as their other beers where the light body not so obvious, but is was still quite drinkable. Like dark malty Coke. Not sure what to rate this against, in a class of its own!", "brewery": "Heaps Normal", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 2, "lng": 66, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "heaps-normal-jazz-stout.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1094 }, { "name": "Brasserie Dupont Moinette Blonde", "variety": "Golden Ale", "style": "Golden Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "After loving the Dupont stout I was keen to try some others... but maybe this wasn't the one! Much more intense and sour sweet, stickier body and heavier on the phenols and esters. Educational, but I wouldn't buy another. Interesting to read that this was their big 'modern' product launch in 1955, the beer market must have been very different back then.", "brewery": "Brasserie Dupont", "parent": null, "country": "Belgium", "status": "Imported", "lat": 2.5, "lng": 36, "flavour": [ "dry" ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": false, "can": false, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "dupont-moinette-blonde.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1095 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Hop Harvest Red IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Red" ], "blurb": "The last of the Hop Harvest limited beers, it was a bit cursed from the beginning. The first batch wasn't red so it got dumped. The second batch had a stalled ferment so we added sugar to kick it along, then it got over diluted during filtering, and a slight bacterial infection during packaging. Unsurprising that it's a bit lacklustre to drink, some bitterness and some maltiness but at least not offensive. Doubly disappointing as this was the one of the three I was most looking forward to, and was definitely the worst.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 29, "lng": 52, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Mosaic", "Krush" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Munich", "Crystal", "Shepherds Delight", "Redback" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-hh-red-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1096 }, { "name": "Mountain Goat Low Carb", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [ "Low Carb" ], "blurb": "I was sure I'd already reviewed this. They thought this would be the next big thing, and we brewed a bunch of it last year... but it fizzled. I got one can of the last batch we brewed and it wasn't terrible. I'd bet most people wouldn't tell the difference between this any of the other big brand low carb lagers. Just not what you'd expect from a 'craft' brewer, even if competitively priced.", "brewery": "Mountain Goat Beer", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 3, "lng": 17, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "mountain-goat-low-carb.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1097 }, { "name": "Köstritzer Schwarzbier", "variety": "Black lager", "style": "Black Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Took me ten years to try this again, from that first session with Michael. I was saving it for camping later this winter, but tomorrow may never come. Light bodied and not as ashen as some, delicious and easy to drink. Glad it was a big can, sipping while listening to emo and doing chores.", "brewery": "Köstritzer", "parent": "Bitburger", "country": "Germany", "status": "Imported", "lat": 6, "lng": 81, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "kostritzer-schwarzbier.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1098 }, { "name": "Feral The Buzzkills DDH Hazy", "variety": "Pale Ale", "style": "Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Dry Hopped", "Hazy" ], "blurb": "There have been a bunch of tempting beers in the office beer fridge, there for some flavour conversations, and this one had been calling out to me! After getting the go ahead from Dennis I snagged one for a flavour exploration of my own! I was keen to try one of their new head brewer's limited recipes. In many ways a slightly retro beer, back in the early phase of hazy pales they were like this, DDH was the cool thing to put on your label and the beer was super pale and cloudy to look at, and hoppy to the point of burn to taste. I loved them back then, and I really enjoyed this, but I wouldn't drink two in a row. Be better mid session, something to handbrake turn when your palate was getting bored! Interesting that they used Mega Terps which is a Phantasm infused hop blend, but didn't use a yeast that could activate it.", "brewery": "Feral Brewing Company", "parent": "Nail Brewing", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 44, "lng": 21, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ "Mega Terps", "Cashmere", "Citra Cryo", "Motueka" ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "feral-buzzkills-ddh-hazy.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1099 }, { "name": "Pirate Life × Canyon Brewing Heat 4 IPA", "variety": "Cold India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Cold" ], "blurb": "Not a terrible beer, but I don't like how often we brew the same beer and call it different things, or call a lager an ale. So, rating it as a NZ hopped imperial lager, it was quite dry and bright but with that slightly oily / sweet NZ hop over the top. Easy to drink for 6.5% is about the best I could say, would only take another single can for free for a retaste. I feel like the can design is a metaphor: we got some cool illustrations done but still somehow managed a lacklustre layout. Tiny logos, unclear style, illustrations pushed out of the hero shot. Not terrible, but not great.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42.5, "lng": 26.25, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Motueka", "NZ Cascade", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Vienna", "Wheat" ], "short": false, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-h4-ipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "2", "id": 1100 }, { "name": "Pirate Life Fremantle Lager", "variety": "Pale Lager", "style": "Pale Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Fremantle Lager aka Fully Charged Lager aka Duplo Malte Lager aka Rio Lager started life as a commissioned keg only event beer that we eventually put on tap at our venue, and later canned as a white label beer instead of classic. More malty and tasty, finer carbonation, and to me our best lager.", "brewery": "Pirate Life Brewing", "parent": "CUB / Asahi Group", "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 8, "lng": 24, "flavour": [ null, null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": false, "bottleurl": "pirate-life-duplo-malte-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1101 }, { "name": "Eclectic Brewing Juror #7 West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Got overexcited buying beers for camping next weekend, and bought a few WCIPAs and a few by Eclectic. Aiming to have a range of beers for selecting around the fire. This one nostalgic and old school, possibly a little oxidised being a few months old but that is alo part of the nostalgic taste! Dark, malty and bitter with minimal dry hopping aromatics. Counting down the days...", "brewery": "Eclectic Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 36, "lng": 37.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ null ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "eclectic-juror7-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1102 }, { "name": "Uraidla Brewery Mistwood West Coast IPA", "variety": "India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "West Coast" ], "blurb": "Dank and delicious. After a run of pale lightbodied WCIPAs this is the real deal. Medium colour and stickiness, beautifully balanced. First stick, getting a buzz on, have to remind myself to take it slow. Only thinking a little of Michael.", "brewery": "Uraidla Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 42, "lng": 32.5, "flavour": [ null ], "hops": [ "Nectaron", "Centennial", "Idaho 7", "Nelson Sauvin" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "uraidla-mistwood-wcipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1103 }, { "name": "Hawkers Afterlife - Descent Double Black IPA", "variety": "Double Black India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Double", "Black" ], "blurb": "Going all in. Cheese, music, the big wood, and this beer. Wow. Black IPAs beat stouts for me. Must be bloody hard to balance hops vs malts at this level of intensity. Dark and hoppy. The mistake we used to make was leaving the strong beers till the end when we were already drunk. Sprinkle them through with some lighter beers for relief! There is no poetry,
just edging oblivion.", "brewery": "Hawkers Beer", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 37, "lng": 88.5, "flavour": [ "roasted" ], "hops": [ "Simcoe", "Nelson Sauvin", "Cascade Cryo", "Citra" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "hawkers-ad-dbipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1104 }, { "name": "SixTwelve × Tiny Fish Tiny Typhoon Tropical Lager", "variety": "Lager", "style": "Lager", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Just when I thought I hadn't brought any lagers! Expecting this to be a spacer, at 5% an unexpected summery blast. Maybe unexpected around a fire but lovely and fresh, palate and mood cleansing. Getting dark, stars coming out. Kicking on.", "brewery": "SixTwelve Brewing", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 9.5, "lng": 27.5, "flavour": [ "crisp" ], "hops": [ "Krush", "Ekuanot", "El Dorado" ], "malt": [ null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "sixtwelve-tt-t-lager.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "4", "id": 1105 }, { "name": "The Suburban Brew Flat 5 English Special Bitter", "variety": "English Special Bitter", "style": "English Special Bitter", "modifier": [], "blurb": "Full dark now, fire reaching critical mass. Getting loose. Not the best ESB I've had, but the right segue. Malty, sour, not that bitter, but one to gear up for the next.", "brewery": "The Suburban Brew", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 5, "lng": 35, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Challenge", "EKG" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Crystal", "Chocolate" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "suburban-5-esb.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1106 }, { "name": "Swell Slab Hunter DDH Hazy IPA", "variety": "Hazy India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Hazy" ], "blurb": "Some sort of second wind. The big logs are burning to coals, scorched knuckles, moon disappearing, thick and juicy. Frog song, darkness, who knows how far it will go. Dancing with your eyes closed,
Intense solitude.", "brewery": "Swell Brewery", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 51, "lng": 34, "flavour": [ "hazy", "tropical", "coconut" ], "hops": [ "Nectaron", "Mosaic" ], "malt": [ "Pilsner", "Vienna", "Rolled Oats", "Oat", "Toffee", "Wheat" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "swell-sh-ddh-hipa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1107 }, { "name": "The Suburban Brew Redzone Session Red IPA", "variety": "Red India Pale Ale", "style": "India Pale Ale", "modifier": [ "Session", "Red" ], "blurb": "Hard to know how to score, eight beers in. The right zag to red. Lovely and malty, would I like it at any other moment? After a hazy, logs burning to coals, it's perfect. Just lightly pumping the brakes as you swerve the wheel. They say dance like no one is watching, I'm headbanging like no one is nearby, at night, like no one cares. Pissing on trees like no one exists.", "brewery": "The Suburban Brew", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 6, "lng": 33, "flavour": [ "malty" ], "hops": [ "Challenge", "EKG" ], "malt": [ "Ale", "Crystal", "Chocolate" ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "suburban-redzone-ripa.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1108 }, { "name": "Unit Three Collective Dark Ale", "variety": "Dark Ale", "style": "Dark Ale", "modifier": [], "blurb": "No idea who Unit 3 is, but this was a tasty dark ale. Last beer of the night, headphones died, frogs and crickets singing, the big red gum chunk holding out against the end. Dryish, malty, tasty. I'll probably never see it again. Been a bloody good night. 14.9 standard drinks is a bloody good effort! No haiku or nostalgia indeed!", "brewery": "Unit Three Collective", "parent": null, "country": "Australia", "status": null, "lat": 23, "lng": 70, "flavour": [ "roasty" ], "hops": [ null, null ], "malt": [ null, null ], "short": true, "can": true, "independent": true, "bottleurl": "unit-3-dark-ale.png", "newbottleurl": null, "rating": "3", "id": 1109 } ] // UPDATE: // ×