Mad Brewers Hoppy Hefe
Malt Shovel Brewery in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
7.02
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
When I think of really hoppy beers, I think of tart, citrus flavours, but despite the extreme hopping this is all about the sweet wheat. There is a reasonable amount of citrus on the nose, together with stone fruit. In the mouth, the hops are strong but not overly bitter before giving way to a cloying taste best described as fermented peach. It’s an odd combination and not one I’d want to get into all night, but as an experiment, I enjoyed it. (this is my first use of the rate beer android app and I like it a lot, ftr).
Tried
on 27 Jul 2012
at 01:06
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
From a 640ml bottle on 21/4/2012. Pours a cloudy golden orange colour with a medium head. Has a lovely fruity aroma, particularly passionfruit and a little apricot and peach. The latter two really come out in flavour, along with quite a distinct citric tartness. True to the name, it has a good solid hop punch to counter the fruity sweetness up front. This is the best thing I’ve tried from Malt Shovel to date. Usually their gear is solid but unexciting. This however is something quite different and genuinely impressive . A very pleasant surprise. Rating 4.
Re-rate on 22/5/2012. I’ve been drinking a fair bit of this after discovering it’s goodness. A cracking, unusual and wonderful beer.
Re-rate on 22/5/2012. I’ve been drinking a fair bit of this after discovering it’s goodness. A cracking, unusual and wonderful beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2012
at 02:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy dark amber with a large, fading head.Nose shows tropical fruity hops, lychee, peach, nectarines. Like fruit confectionery, very sweet smelling.Similarly fruity falvours, but not more of the wheat comes through. Pretty sweet. Very sweet actually.Body should be a bit lighter, it’d make it more refreshing.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2012
at 02:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 8C. Clear rosy amber with a large off-white head. Aroma of kumquats, lychees, passionfruit, lemon pudding. Taste is slightly sweet with caramel, a hint of wheat, window cleaner, tropical fruits. A little odd licorice note at the end. Seemed a little syrupy as it warmed. Quite interesting. Nothing to do with hefeweizens at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2012
at 04:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(bottle) Slightly hazy golden amber with great head. Lovely aroma, primarily citrusy hops with some pleasant complex esters. Medium body with god carbonation. The flavour is rather unusual. The start seems strongly nfluenced by te hops with similar citrusy hoppy notes. This develops some interesting spicy pepper notes and hints of banana. Then it falls a bit flat. Overall this is an interesting and very drinkable beer, but a bit of an unusual combination of styles. They sort of work pretty well together, but it is a bit mixed up - not at all unpleasant, just disconcerting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2012
at 05:20