James Boag

Commercial Brewery in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 🇦🇺
Owned by Lion Breweries - NZ
Associated Venue: Boag’s Brewery and Centre For Beer Lovers

Established in 1881

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39 William Street, Launceston, 7250, Australia

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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5

375ml bottle. Clear, orange, dark golden colour with small to average, fluffy, moderately lasting and lacing, snow white head. Minimally earthy, grainy-bready, pale malty and minimally soapy, hoppy aroma, a touch of spelt and grey bread. Taste is moderately bitter, grassy, minimally mineral and soapy hoppy, minimally strawy, pale malty basis with some residual sweetness, a touch of cereals and honey.
Oily-watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously slightly dry palate, fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Very clean, good mouthfeel, drinkable - absolutely OK for what it is.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2025 at 17:03


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

375ml bottle. Clear, amber colour with small to average, fluffy, slowly diminishing, moderately lacing, white head. Minimally toasty and grainy, malty and minimally soapy as well as piney, hoppy aroma, hints of cereals, forest honey, whiffs of pine needles. Taste is mildly bitter, slightly piney and minimally soapy hoppy, sweet-ish, minimally grainy and toasty, malty basis, hints of cereals, forest honey.
Oily-watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Clean, balanced - OK.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2025 at 16:41


4.8
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

375ml bottle. Clear, amber colour with small, frothy, Half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Slightly toasty, minimally bready, malty and soapy, minimally piney hoppy aroma, a touch of grey bread, minimally doughy yeasty overtones. Taste is slightly toasty, minimally bready and spicy, malty, minimally piney and slightly soapy hoppy, hints of grey bread, a touch of pine needles, minimally doughy, yeasty overtones.
Minimally oily, watery texture, smooth and slightly dry palate, medium, prickly carbonation.
Clean, drinkable - acceptable.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2025 at 21:19


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottled. Your standard south of the’quator international pale, had one had them all. No exceptions here.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:51


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

360ml.can at 4.8£, bought at Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds. Aroma has a light citrus bite, malts. Somewhat metallic edge. Clear copper gold. Foamy white head thins out. Sweet. For some reason I wasn't expecting that. Sugary. Caramel. Fruiy. Slightly metallic and citrus edge. Light. Thin to slick. Flat-soft carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Enjoyable for whst it is.

Tried from Can from Beautiful Beers on 11 May 2025 at 13:46


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from Dec 2014 - 330ml bottle found in a UK supermarket, reminds me of my Tasmania trip. Pours dark golden with white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of earth, grain, grass & hops. Medium body. Moderate clean & crisp hoppy finish. Enjoyable

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2025 at 12:02


6

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Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2025 at 13:44


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

330ml bottle at 4.6%. Clear gold, with nice consistant tight white top. Malty aroma with touch of grass and citrus noted hops. Taste is grassy, pale malts, light citrus tang, finish is a bit paper bland and lacks more of a bitter bite. Nonetheless its good for a macro lager.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 0,33ltr: Clear golden coloured brew with an crisp clean taste, very safe taste if i may say.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:39


8

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:50