Hop Nation Brewing Co

in Footscray, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

Contact
6/107-109 Whitehall Street, Footscray, 3011, Australia
Description
Hop Nation Brewing Co is a craft brewery in Melbourne, AUS started by winemaking friends Sam Hambour and Duncan Gibson. IN HOPS WE TRUST.

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6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can. Almost clear pale yellowish gold with a fluffy 3/2 cm of white head that lasts pretty well. Lemony aroma with crackers, a hint of honey. Light bodied but not completely empty with lemon and some herbal notes at a finish that snaps enough. You can often tell something about a brewery by what they are prepared to serve up to the "just a beer" crowd. Good dust cutter.

Tried on 25 Jul 2025 at 11:55


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Very dark brown, a good cm of beige head. Obviously funky plum aroma with some coffee and roast. Last year's slightly creamy texture is replaced by cotton wool. The taste has the stout to the fore with only minor sour fruity notes before a dry and moderately bitter finish. Not _completely_ wrecked but fuck.

Tried on 30 Jun 2025 at 13:23


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Hazy brownish orange with ~cm white head. Aroma is peachy and weedy with bread and hints of citrus - it does smell like a riff on Coopers Red. More fruit in the taste - mango, papaya, melon - with the spicy weediness coming in as an enforcer at the fairly bitter finish. Cleverly done.

Tried on 27 Jun 2025 at 12:03


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Clear amber, loosish cm of white head. Aroma of grapefruit, pine needles, light breadcrust. Dryish with some mango skin with the breadcrust, kumquat and pine needles building towards the fairly bitter end. Fair enough but doesn't stand out.

Tried on 01 Jun 2025 at 13:39


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

Aromas of pine, grapefruit and biscuit. Strong pine flavour with a nice mouthfeel, good body and plenty of taste. A very nice alcohol free beer.

Tried on 31 May 2025 at 09:17


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Nearly opaque yellowish orange with a small white head. Aroma of tropical and citrus fruit, some herbal hints. So it tastes. A little bit Berocca. More astringent than bitter at the end but it works fine.

Tried on 05 May 2025 at 12:21


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can. Unclear amber with a good cm of white head. Interesting tenor register tropical and pine sap aroma with some bread behind. Almost minty. Deep tenor register fruit and breadcrust before resin and a strong peppery bitterness come through. Very good.

Tried on 12 Apr 2025 at 13:09


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Clear deep red with a 1/2cm beige head. Aroma of breadcrust, toffee, some prunes, pine. Malty but much less sweet than guessed with breadcrust and caramel rapidly giving way to pine and peppery bitterness. A good quaffer. Not obviously English style.

Tried on 28 Mar 2025 at 10:35


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can. Pale amber, white head. Aroma of kumquat, pine, breadcrust, honeysuckle, weeds. Just medium bodied with enough breadcrust presence to seem substantial. Citrus, resin and subtropical notes before late grunty weedy and floral bitterness. Really good.

Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 11:59


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

Can. Pale yellowish orange with a modest white head. Aroma grass, gooseberries, some citrus, crackers. Rather vacant hayish malt with mild fruit flavours and little bitterness.

Tried on 02 Mar 2025 at 11:54


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Score 6.82
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