About
Hop Nation Brewing Co is a craft brewery in Melbourne, AUS started by winemaking friends Sam Hambour and Duncan Gibson. IN HOPS WE TRUST.
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
440mL can, pours a cloudy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is on the malty side, with plenty of dry bready caramel malts, resinous hops, and some weird sugary notes. Flavour is unpleasant in hop expression, with some sweaty hop character, toasted dry caramel, bready notes, and some oily resins. Bad recipe or bad hop product or both? Whatever it is, this doesn’t work.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2025
at 05:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from 440mL can (pkg 01/07/2025; bb 01/07/2026). Lightly hazed amber gold with minimal white head. Sweaty citrus and allium hops, mild biscuit malt, average.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2025
at 05:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Day 2:
Hop Nation Don Limón Salted Lime Mexican Lager 4%
Straw gold color, thick fluffy white foam that lingers and leaves copious amounts of lacing. Nice crackery pilsner malt aroma with lime. Light bodied and crisp. With the lime and salt it is really enjoyable on a hot summer day.
Hop Nation Don Limón Salted Lime Mexican Lager 4%
Straw gold color, thick fluffy white foam that lingers and leaves copious amounts of lacing. Nice crackery pilsner malt aroma with lime. Light bodied and crisp. With the lime and salt it is really enjoyable on a hot summer day.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2025
at 02:40
6.3/10
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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
7.1/10
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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
7.3/10
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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
7.3/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
7.4/10
LCI. Malty, crisp, smooth lager. A floral nose,
Tried
on 28 May 2025
at 21:30
7.1/10
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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