Grand Ridge Brewing Co. Hatlifter Stout

Hatlifter Stout

 

Grand Ridge Brewing Co. in Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

  Stout - Dry Regular
Score
6.63
ABV: 4.9% IBU: - Ticks: 15
A full flavoured creamy Australian style stout with delicate chocolate and liquorice flavours from the combination of pure malts. It is very easy on the palate with moderate alcohol content. An exceptional cold weather beer served at cellar temperature. Winner of the Champion Beer at the 1997 Australian and International Beer awards, Small Brewery Section and Best Exhibit in Class 34 in 2000. Winner of Australia’s best Stout at the National Festival of beers 2001 for the second time and a long list of International medals continuing to 2011 with 2 medals for both bottled and draught products. Perfect for beef and Hatlifter pie and all stews and casseroles. Also very popular with many Asian dishes.
 

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6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

16/10/2022. Bottle from Dan Murphy’s. Pours very dark brown with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of liquorice, roasted malt, chocolate, dried fruits, treacle. Moderate sweetness and medium roasted bitterness. Moderate body, slightly oily, quite fizzy.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2022 at 10:50


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Hamer Hall before Flaming Lips concert. Nutty, coffee nose. Roasty chocolate with nice bitter aftertaste. Delighted to find this at a fancy ass music venue.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2019 at 09:39


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

Bottle from Dan Murphy’s, Fairfield, Melbourne. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is roasty, light caramel malt, burnt treacle, liqouirce. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter, with a moderately smooth, roasty, liqouirce, light dry charcoal, hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2019 at 17:04


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

330ml bottle sampled during Aussie trip 2017-18. Pours very dark brown with a tan head. Aromas of roast malt, chocolate, coffee. Taste is slightly sweet then moderate bitter, with caramel, toffee & chocolate. Light body, average carb. Rather thin mouthfeel. Bitter cocoa finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2017 at 23:22


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(Bottle) Pours very dark brown - clear with ruby highlights when held to light - and a fair tan head. Pleasant, gentle aroma - roast malt, notes of vanilla. Medium body, good bright carbonation. Taste is good but rather thin. Sweet dark malts have a cola character, albeit richer and more complex. Very drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2016 at 09:05


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

330ml bottle into pint glass. ’Serve at cellar temperature’ OK, I don’t have a cellar but it’s 30 degrees Celsius inside today, so 10 minutes in the freezer. Sweet dark chocolate nose. Totally impenetrable black beer with large solid tan head. Body is surprisingly light, even spritzy on the tongue. Ending with bitter cocoa. Slightly lingering. A bit light on for my taste but OK.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2015 at 21:45


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

There’s a lovely roasty aroma of chocolate, coffee, biscuits and a little liqueur. The taste is more hoppy than expected, with some grapefruit under the taste of coffee beans and smoke. Pleasant, but not a ripper.

Tried on 27 Sep 2012 at 03:47


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

From a 330ml bottle on 18/7/2012. Pours a very dark brown with a medium head. Has a slight chocolate malt aroma. Flavour wise, it’s got a good dose of chocolate and caramel malt, with sweetness well balanced against the roasty bitterness. Just a really solid, enjoyable stout. Comes across bigger than 4.9%.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2012 at 02:21


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Pours black with brown/ruby highlights and a large lasting head.Nose shows lots of chocolate, caramel and nutty malt. Nice roasty character.In the way of flavours it’s coffee rather than chocolate. Seems pretty light on, could us some more malt in there to flesh things out a bit.Too much carbonation, body is lacking.

Tried on 12 May 2011 at 04:25