Hightail Ale
Mountain Goat Beer in Richmond, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.06
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This is the beer that started it all. Craft beer in Australia has come a long way since we first brewed this English amber ale in the mid-90s, but Hightail Ale is a classic for a reason. With a rich and complex malt backbone, and a delicately hoppy finish, this flavour bomb still packs a punch.
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3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3.5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Hazy amber colour with medium white head.Aroma of toffee caramel and dried fruits,lively mouth feels and slight toasted flavor,medium body and good hint of hops and caramel.RB rating 2012
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2025
at 08:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Kirkas punertavanruskea olut pienehköllä ja nopeasti katoavalla vaahdolla. Tuoksu on maltaisen karamellinen, pähkinäinen ja hieman eksoottisen hedelmäinen. Maku jatkaa tuoksun linjoilla ollen makean karamellinen, hieman hedelmäinen ja vahvasti pähkinäinen. Kovin suurta katkeroa tästä ei löydy, sitä puolta olisi kaivannut hieman lisää. Kuitenkin maitokauppaolueksi ihan hieno suoritus. Suutuntuma keskitäyteläinen, kohtalaisen hiilihappoinen ja raikas.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2016
at 12:37
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Shared 22 oz. bottle. Amber color with a light beige head. Aroma of malt and caramel, very sweet-smelling. Taste is malt, caramel, alcohol, rust. Some oxidation noted. Probably too old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2016
at 23:26
6/10
Tried
on 04 Jun 2016
at 05:15
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at Mountain Goat, pours a cloudy deep dark orangey brown with a creamy beige head. Aroma is very restrained, with bready notes and very subtle English hopping. Flavour is along the same lines but even more tasteless. Weak and shitty. Pointless beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2016
at 08:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle into glass. Mild toffee malt nose. Red/brown beer with thin tan coloured head. Medium carbonation. Zingy mouthfeel. Creamy malty taste with hoppy finish. A little pepper perhaps. It’s like a standard UK bitter with standard Aussie carbonation. Not outstanding but very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2015
at 00:56
6/10
Tried
on 04 May 2015
at 13:43
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at playfair. Pours clear amber, nose is toffee, floral, taste is dry, chewy toffee, sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Mar 2015
at 11:04
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull Westgate jdw Canterbury. Dark brown colour not much condition. It’s malty and not much else. Bit dull. Ok
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2015
at 09:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
At a tasting, thanks Ariel, clear very deepred colour, aroma of plums and biscuit with some caramel and a hint of barnyard, strong barnyard aroma with some caramel, light sourness and bitterness. Nice.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2014
at 02:57