Baird Brewing Co – Rising Sun Pale Ale

Baird Brewing Co – Rising Sun Pale Ale

Been dancing around this beer at my local Dan Murphy’s for some time now as to whether or not to try it out! It seemed to be a slow moving beer, then another Dan Murphy’s helped me make my mind up by sticking it the cheap bin and couldn’t turn away a sub $2 bottle of this beer with still plenty of life left on it’s best before date.

This pale ale poured a hazy orange/brown colour with a thin beige head. It has a great sweet citrus (orange) and floral aromas with hints of honey. Sweet malty honey flavours coming through yet not a heavily hopped  or bitter thin bodied ale.

Overall a good tasting sessional beer, which now aided in me buying a few more styles of beer from this brewery to review in coming weeks.

ABV – 5.0%
Style – Pale Ale
Sourced – Dan Murphy’s Bundaberg
Brewery – Baird Brewing Co.

Rogue Ales – Beard Beer

Rogue Ales – Beard Beer

Pours a slightly hazy gold colour with a large foamy white head that holds, with good carbonation.

The beer has quite a fruity malty aroma, sweet with light spice and yeast notes. Has a real sweet malt flavour with fruity notes. The aftertaste is also sweet and spicy.

A unique beer in the way that the yeast has been sourced which may put some people off. The beard of Rouge Ales brewmaster, John Maier, was the source of the strain of wild yeast used in this beer. Looking past this, the beer itself is a flavoursome Belgian Ale with no hint of any human traces!

ABV – 5.6%
Style – Belgian Ale

Sourced – The Vine Liquor Mart Cleveland
Brewery – Rogue Ales

Granite Belt Brewery – IRA

Granite Belt Brewery – IRA

Stanthorpe, Queensland wine capital is the home from where this beer came from – Granite Belt Brewery – IRA (Irish Red Ale).

This ale pours a dark copper reddish colour, not t real frothy head that quickly drops away to lace the edge of the glass. Low carbonation. Aroma is sweet with notes of honey caramels, floral and spice. Has a light bitterness finish, sweet balanced caramel flavour. A smooth light bodied beer – Nice easy drinking sessional ale from an area dominated by wine.

I have another 5 Granite Belt Brewery brews that I’ll road test in the up coming weeks!

ABV – 5.0%
Style – Irish Ale
Scoured –

Granite Belt Brewery

Brewery – Granite Belt Brewery

Bacchus Brewing Co – Lamington Dark Ale

Bacchus Brewing Co – Lamington Dark Ale

Pours a black colour with a reddish tinge in the light. Not much of a head with a fine creamy lacing around the glass.

As the name implies the aroma is like smelling a lamington straight from the bakery, the chocolate and coconut are the standouts. Flavour wise, it’s great, it’s an alcoholic liquefied Lamington. Amazing how all the flavours are all there – the toasted coconut chocolate icing and sponge sweetness.

It’s quite a light bodied ale and easily drinkable, more so for a sweet tooth dessert lover like myself, hence why I purchased a growler full of the stuff. Yum! Now to find a cheesecake beer and I’ll be set!

ABV – 5.0%
Style – Dark Ale – Dessert Ale (Craft Beerscapade’s style)
Sourced from – Bacchus Brewing Co
Brewery – Bacchus Brewing Co

Scenic Rim Brewery – Digga’s Pale Ale

This beer comes from a relatively new brewery, in Queensland’s Great Southeast,

Scenic Rim Brewery – Digga’s Pale Ale

at Boonah – Scenic Rim Brewery. In operation for around 12 months now, this is one of two beers that they brew. “This brew pays homage to our forefathers who worked and fought hard to build this country, let alone their thirst.”

Digga’s pours a gold colour with good carbonation. The head is quite large, light and fluffy that settles to a low creamy head with good lacing

From the glass you get a yeasty citrus aroma, hints of grapefruit and lemon. A nice bitterness taste, not a high hopped beer, with fruits and hints of spice in the flavour.

Overall a neat sessional ale, could see it going down a treat drinking this in the beer garden on warmer day at the Mount Alford Hotel or like!

ABV – 4.5%
Style – Pale Ale
Sourced – Mount Alford Hotel
Brewery – Scenic Rim Brewery

BrewDog – Dead Pony Club

BrewDog – Dead Pony Club

Slightly hazy amber colour with nice carbonation and head retention in the glass. The aroma hits you straight from the bottle when pouring, the fruity citrus smell of pine, passion fruit, lemon and grapefruit sweetness radiates from this low alcohol hop driven beer.

Come across as a full strength pale ale with nice flavours, starting with sweet malts then followed by the fruitiness of the hops and modest bitterness.

Overall a great low alcohol beer, very sessional with good flavours.

ABV – 3.8%
Style – American Pale Ale
Sourced from – The Wine Emporium
Brewery – BrewDog

Bridge Road Brewers – The Harvest Fresh Hop Ale 2014

Bridge Road Brewers – The Harvest Fresh Hop Ale 2014

In the glass (using a Spiegelau IPA glass from Bridge Road) this beer is a clear golden colour with a light white head. Has a beautiful sweet strong hoppy aroma, a nice choice of 2 new hops gives this blend a fruity nose. This ale has a real bitter finish and not overly flavorsome although some fruitiness is evident. Still a smooth drinking beer that I’d have again, maybe from on tap!

ABV – 4.4%
Style – American Pale Ale
Sourced from – The Vine Liquor Mart Cleveland
Brewery – Bridge Road Brewers

Temple Brewing Co – Anytime IPA

Temple Brewing Co – Anytime IPA

This IPA pours a golden amber colour with a large tan head that settles down. Has a real sweet flowery citrus aroma from the use of ½ dozen or so hops. The hops make this beer well bittered, could probably do with a heavier hit of flavouring hops. Although there are sweet flavours to this beer, malty and hints of citrus.

Medium to light bodied beer. Not a heavily hopped IPA, but then again it’s been made to be a sessional drinker or as the name says – Anytime IPA!

ABV – 4.7%
Style – IPA
Sourced from – The Wine Emporium

Brewery – Temple Brewing Co

Monteith’s Brewing Co. – Doppelbock

Monteith’s Brewing Co. – Doppelbock

This Kiwi brew pours a dark brown with a red tinge in the light and creamy beige coloured head. Has a real chocolaty malt aroma with hints of caramel. Has a smooth, chocolate malt, medium bodied, with not a high hop flavoured sweetness.

Easy drinking beer!

ABV – 6.0
Style – Doppelbock
Sourced from – The Vine Liquor Mart Cleveland
Brewery – Monteith’s Brewing Co

Feral Brewpub Series Hopfen Fahrt

Hopfen Fahrt

Feral Brewing’s latest limited release in their “Brewpub Series” pours a slightly hazy golden colour with a fluffy white head that hangs about. A dose of German hops gives a fruity, floral aroma. Got a good nose to this beer. Taste is unique; it has a bitter finish with citrus flavours and a sweet aftertaste.

Great beer!

ABV – 6.5%
Style – German IPA
Sourced from – The Wine Emporium
Brewery – Feral Brewing Co.