About
We’re proud to be a small, independent, family-owned business. Our founders Hamish Coates, Mel Holland and Colin Coates have stayed true to this for the entire life of the business.
With no outside investment or intervention, we make decisions based on what’s best for our staff, for our brewery and for the future of our planet.
This means that when it comes to doing the right thing, there are no shareholders or investors to answer to – we can just do it.
We are 100% independent, 100% family owned, and 100% of arguments are won by Ace – the dog!
Our farm and brewery take their name from a natural outcrop of ironstone that runs through the centre of our farm; “Rocky Ridge” perfectly sums up our slice of paradise and ironically sums up the somewhat rocky road that we are on as well.
With no outside investment or intervention, we make decisions based on what’s best for our staff, for our brewery and for the future of our planet.
This means that when it comes to doing the right thing, there are no shareholders or investors to answer to – we can just do it.
We are 100% independent, 100% family owned, and 100% of arguments are won by Ace – the dog!
Our farm and brewery take their name from a natural outcrop of ironstone that runs through the centre of our farm; “Rocky Ridge” perfectly sums up our slice of paradise and ironically sums up the somewhat rocky road that we are on as well.
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3.5
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Can from rep. Into an IPA glass at just on chilled. Another hazy by looks and aroma. Was hoping for a West Coast! Turbid, milky caramel body. Headless and still. Weedy, stale hops and straw on the nose melded with drabby, fell fruit like passionfruit, pineapple and peach. Drabby pineapple juice dominated palate. Not pleasant. Thin; lifeless in feel. No hop definition, no hop bitterness and very little in the finish to satiate. Just dull. Even the 8.5%ABV doesn't show. Milky, yeasty with a touch of morning juice to save it. What is happening over at Rocky Ridge? This was just a dull filler. Pina colada, yes. IIPA, no!!!! Tragic. (50cL can, BB 04/08/2025)
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2025
at 03:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Almost clear gold with a fluffy white head. 3+ Aroma of honeydew melon, lychees, grapefruit, pine, very light bread. Upon a taste perhaps the citrus is as much mandarin or maybe ruby grapefruit. The sweet fruit is nicely offset by resin and bitterness. Alcohol is a bit dangerously well hidden. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2025
at 12:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Gold, two cm white head. Aroma of grapefruit, lime cordial, cracker bread. So it tastes - sweetish with lime cordial, some dried herbs, pine needles. Nice late bitterness. Pretty solid drop.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2024
at 12:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at my bro’s. Cheers Jon. Pours mildly hazed mid gold with white foam. Aroma: citrus, grapefruit, pine. Light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Clean taste and dry on the palate. Medium body with soft carbonation. Tidy WCIPA
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2024
at 10:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aromas of grapefruit, mango, orange peel and cream. The taste is not very hazy. The grapefruit is strong but smooth. Hides it's alcohol but lacks a little bite
Tried
on 14 Dec 2024
at 05:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at Orh Gao, Singapore. Poured a hazy yellow golden colour with a big, lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy and big tropical citrus. The flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, with a smooth, rich, tart juicy orange mango, light floral, dry hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Tasty and refreshing. Perfect for the Singapore climate!
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2024
at 10:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Fairly hazy orange with a loosish cm+ of white head. Aroma of orange, papaya, pineapple, some mango flesh, crackers. Fruity with aspirin taste, somewhat chalky. Lowish bitterness, very slight astringency. Not bad, just not quite my sort of thing.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2024
at 11:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Dark brown, a dense cap of beige. Aroma of sweet coffee, some roast, Milo. More convincing upon a sip - roast, buns, maple syrup, coffee. The sweetness lingers but that drying woodiness of maple syrup and a little bitterness help settle it a bit. Pretty good, just a little too obviously a flavoured for me.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2024
at 13:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can. Cloudy gold with a small white head. Tinned tropical fruit & mandarin aroma, a bready splodge behind. Sweet, vague of palate and fruity - what's the point of saying West Coast IPA on the label? - with resin creeping up towards an off dry finish where the bitterness struggles through. Irritating.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2024
at 12:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Somewhat cloudy orange amber with a good cm of white head. Aroma is earthy and grassy with grapefruit and light bread. Dryish with lots of earthy and grassy notes, some citrus before a nice snappy finish. Not bad, but again way off normal Ace.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Oct 2024
at 12:26