Mountain Goat Beer Hightail Ale

Hightail Ale

 

Mountain Goat Beer in Richmond, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

  Amber / Red Ale Regular
Score
6.06
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 27 Ticks: 59
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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5.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Beervana volunteer beer. Bottle. Clear dark amber brown color, almost flat. Aroma of burnt smoky caramel. Taste is watery bittersweet and peppery caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2013 at 13:22


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4

1st December 2012
Hazy brown beer, good off white head. Light crisp palate, minerally crispness. Seltzer minerals. Pretty mild hops. Semi dry finish. Wishy washy!

Tried on 04 Aug 2013 at 05:07


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013. Ts deep blurry dark deep amber in color and it has a small islandy and sidesticking off-white top. The nose is not all that spectacular, meaning not bad at all, bit perhaps a bit mellow? Some fruity sweetness, melon, a trace of yeast and zest. Red berries also, bit not to memorable. Nice flavors though, but also here a bit mellow. A bit thin on the mouthfeel with a nice small prickling average carbonation level. Red berries and melon sums it up nicely. A soft bitterness comes shining through in the finish and aftertaste. Fair enough. 03.05.2013

Tried from Draft on 10 Jul 2013 at 04:07


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Pours clear, light amber with a fine, creamy cap. Light toasty malt nose, hints of pine. Light to medium sweet flavor with some bread and clean hops. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Clean finish, some further toasty bread, light piney bitterness. Decent stuff.

Tried from Draft on 07 Jul 2013 at 06:57


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330ml bottle bought at Ølbutikken, Copenhagen. Shared with Finn back home. Amber coloured body, decent beige head leaving spotty lacing down the glass. Leafy hops and brown malts on the nose. Modestly flavoured with leafy hops and rather sweet malts. Mild bittersweet ending. Thin to medium bodied. Average (Tromsø 29.05.2013).

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2013 at 12:02


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5.5

The sweet, slightly chocolatey aroma is mixed with some damp basement to make for a slightly unusual flavour. The palate is disappointingly watery and the malts seem to almost disappear altogether. It’s redeemed somewhat by the light hops, but overall the taste fails to live up to that pleasant aroma.

Tried on 29 May 2013 at 02:50


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught at CBC 2013, cons 2013-05-04 Copenhagen AR: wee tropical fruit AP: amber, F: fruity - ripe pruns, wee pine, watery

Tried on 10 May 2013 at 04:32


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Fra fat på CBC mai-13: En noe anonym amber ale fra Down Under. Litt uklar ravfarge. Floral aroma og smak. Middels munnfylde og bitterhet. Ikke lett å hevde seg med 4,5% når man er omgitt av power brews.

Tried on 09 May 2013 at 12:58


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Sampled draught at CBC, blue session, Saturday afternoon May 4, 2013.Hazy copper color, tan head. Hoppy, herbal scent. Herbal, hoppy taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

Tried on 06 May 2013 at 10:44


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled @ CBC 2013. Hazy rusty amber color, small white head. Smell and taste malts, lightly sweet, lightly hops. Medium body and carbonation.

Tried on 05 May 2013 at 13:38