Red Hill Brewery Harvest

Harvest

 

Red Hill Brewery in Red Hill South, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.77
ABV: 6.1% IBU: 44 Ticks: 9
The brewers were knee deep in our hops for this special brew, using hops just harvested from our own vines which were then steeped in our conditioning vats for months, this is a traditional English style bitter. Copper in colour with a strong malt character, balanced by the use of our new seasons Willamette and Goldings hops to create a full hop flavour and aroma. The complex grain bill provides a full, rich & malty ale that has hints of marmalade and lashings of hop resin flavours, finishing with a peppery spicy note.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from the brewery. Poured a slightly hazy medium amber colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light toffee caramel, light tropical fruit hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a malty, juicy sweet citrus, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle at Red Hill Brewery on 22 Feb 2020 at 19:55


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

There’s a lovely malty, doughy aroma to this, followed by some subtle tropical fruit and finished off with the slightest hint of lemon zest. On the tongue, there’s honey and a slight taste of chocolate. The finish is lemon and mint with a burnt toast taste, but that’s a better mix than you’d think. A nice, full-bodied ale.

Tried on 17 Jun 2012 at 01:01


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

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of malt and over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and over ripe fruits as well as a light note of sugar, leading to a bitter finish. A bit odd.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2010 at 01:31


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

Bottle 330ml.Light unclear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, roasted, caramel, nutty. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, caramel, chocolate malt notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101102]

Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2010 at 15:34


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

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is mild fruity and hoppy. Mild citrusy hoppy and slight grapefruity. Grassy and dry into a smooth finish.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2010 at 09:40


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

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. Fruity, nutty and caramellish aroma - a wee phenollic touch. Medium body, sweeet toffee, caramel and nuts. A little licorice in the finish, very subdued hops. 021110

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2010 at 09:39


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

In bottle. I had higher expectations of this one. Didn’t have the bitterness or hoppy wallop I’d expected.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2010 at 19:20


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

[4/10] Tap at brewery. Dirtyish copper with a thick cream head. Aroma of flowers, grass and a little citrus with deep malts behind. Taste is layered dark malty sweetness with firm bitterness. Finish has volatile aromatic bitterness and some alcohol. I would have thought this an English Strong Ale without the benefit of the list at the bar - it’s full of robust flavours and feels boozier than 6%. This is a hoppy beer, but as ever with Red Hill they don’t get silly with the hops: the malt side is plenty big enough to handle the aromatics and the bitterness. [rerate: leaving score unchanged, just a bottle note] Bottle. Clear copper, nicely-lacing light beige head. Aroma of grass and caramel. Nice complex malt sweetness with decent balancing bitterness. Good, but a lot less vibrant than on tap. Cask at Red Hill. Swan neck and sparkler. Certainly looked great and had a creamy mouthfeel, but the hops popped rather less.

Tried from Draft on 06 Apr 2010 at 04:40


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pour quite a dark amber/earthy copper, with a big, long-lasting head.Aroma contain lots of fruity hops (classic citrus notes with some tropical hints) and a fair bit of resin and pine. Lots of clean sweet malt underneath and a hint of diacetyl brings you back to English territory.Flavours are a mix of sweet caramel malt, earthy and spicy hops and a mild hoppy bitterness that lingers all around the mouth.Slightly too much carbonation.Great aroma, but there’s some off-putting characteristic in the lingering bitterness that detracts from the overall experience.

Tried on 19 Jun 2009 at 06:25