My local Craft Beer bottle shop got a few cartons in of the Monteith’s range of beers recently , so as i do, i grabbed what they had on offer to take home and eventually take them on a test run. Now I’m not a beer guru, but I’m starting to get the hang of the beer styles and what makes them what they are (just clocked over 500 unique craft beers drunk). My preference is IPA’s, a high hop beer, and this beer to me is a little on the down hop! – Pale Ale?
Sideshow Brewers – Ticket Booth Pale Ale
Sitting in Slowbeer last week sampling the craft beers they had on tap, I was pursuing the selection of bottled beers they had on the shelves. I’m a fan of unique art work found on some of the bottles available, and generally attracted to the more unique labels.
One of the bottles I kept looking at was this Ticket Booth Pale Ale from a local Victorian craft brewery – Sideshow Brewers. I had their Decembeer Xmas ale collaboration (with Kooinda) earlier in the year, which was a neat spicy brew, so this one made it into my man bag as I stumbled out the door.
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.
Scenic Rim Brewery – Fat Man Maroon Ale
This is the second of two beers brewed by the Scenic Rim Brewery (reviewed Digga’s Pale Ale on the 28/8/14), nestled out at Boonah, and as you can see they are themed named tribute beers with this one for the mighty Maroons.
Appearance in the glass is a fairly translucent dark red amber colour, low creamy off white head with good lacing around the glass as the head reduces. Has a sweet floral caramel aroma, with hints of honey and spice. Sweet caramel flavours from the malt, nutty aftertaste, mildly hoppy and well bittered, with a smooth mouthfeel.
Overall it is a easy drinking nicely balanced sessional beer – a good conversion beer for those willing to take the plunge away from the mainstream beers.
ABV – 4.5%
Style – Irish Red Ale
Sourced – Mount Alford Hotel
Brewery – Scenic Rim Brewery
Hargreaves Hill – Pale Ale
In the glass the beer is a hazy golden colour, well carbonated, with a healthy white head. Bottle conditioned so I does “contain traces of sediment”. Fruity aroma – passion fruit, pineapple, hints of honey – sweet smelling. Flavour wise it continues with the fruit, earthy malt tastes and the use of the hops gives it a decent bitterness .
Easy drinking beer, ideal summer session beer.
ABV – 4.9%
Style – Pale Ale
Sourced – Dan Murphy’s Bundaberg
Brewery – Hargreaves Hill Brewing Co
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
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
