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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6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pours gold, with a large fading head.Nose shows grassy, spicy and herbal hops along with bready and grainy malt. Very clean.Flavours include grainy malt, grassy and herbal hops, and a slight metallic note.

Tried on 20 Jan 2023 at 07:15


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can. Opaque orange with a 2cm white head. 3+ Aroma of stone and tropical fruit with just enough of a citrus and herbal edge to stop it smelling overwhelmingly sweet. Lots of peach, pineapple and guava. And that edge is there in the taste too - no real bitterness but an astringent edge that stops short of hop burn but keeps things together. Good.

Tried from Can on 18 Jan 2023 at 12:37


7.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Pours so pale you could mistake it for a sour, but it's all up from there. There are nice, sharp aromas of lemon, coriander, grass, pineapple and bread. Similar flavours in the mouth, with a hint of green apple at the finish as well. Very enjoyable.

Tried on 15 Jan 2023 at 10:32


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

One of the beers that's bringing me back home to lagers. It has some light citrus and apple aromas with a doughy malt finish. The hops are delicious in the mouth, with a little grapefruit and grass and a nice bready malt. It's quite complex, with a very pleasant aftertaste.

Tried on 13 Jan 2023 at 11:09


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

Can. Fairly hazy yellowish orange with a good cm of white head. Orange box aroma with berries (red & goose) and pepper leaf. Light bodied, very slightly chalky. Dryish with crackers, hints of pineapple, little berries, wintery oranges. Black pepper and pine needles at the moderately bitter finish. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2023 at 12:36


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

Can. Opaque orange with an inch of white head that fades to less than a coat. Aroma of peach, mango skin, subtle citrus and melon touches. Very sweet with luscious peach. A little citrus and a slightly astringent herbal note at the end but no real bitterness. Nice stuff if a little too smoothly juicy for my tastes.

Tried from Can on 10 Nov 2022 at 11:35


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

(Can) Pours black with a huge mid brown head that fades. Lovely aroma of honeycomb with chocolate and milk notes. Full bodied, smooth and creamy with good carbonation. Great taste with excellent balance between sweet and bitter. There’s honeycomb and toffee malt sweetness balanced with dark chocolate bitterness. There’s cream and dough notes and dark berry tanginess. Very enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2022 at 12:34


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

Schooner on tap at Beer Deluxe, Melbourne. Pale amber beer with a thin white head. Grainy nose. Light carbonation. Grainy, bitter, dry with some fruitiness. Nice lacing. Finish is short and dry without the sourness you get with some Pilseners. Nice easy drinking quencher, not too complex. Just nice.

Tried from Draft on 27 Aug 2022 at 11:13


7.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can. Pale gold with a white head. A cloud of chunks - suppose that's a downside of cans. Aroma of Sauv Blanc - grape, no grass - but also some lychees and gooseberries. Just medium bodied, carbonation is on the low side of moderate. Sweetish. Much cleaner than it looks with a minerality that accentuates the grape flavours and lets the really quite modest bitterness nonetheless ring through. Tasty.

Tried from Can on 16 Jul 2022 at 14:26


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

6/5/2022. Can shared by SHIG, cheers. Pours black with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, vanilla, nut, ash, touch of liquorice. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, slightly creamy, average carbonation.

Tried from Can on 13 Jun 2022 at 13:23


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