The Two Metre Tall Company
Microbrewery
in
New Norfolk,
Tasmania,
Australia 🇦🇺
Associated Venue: Two Metre Tall Brewing Company
Established in 2008
Contact
Description
Way back in 2004 we chose to move our young family across the world from southern French vineyards to a 580 ha farm in the Derwent Valley in southern Tasmania with a dream of growing vines and making wine. Instead we discovered a rich hop growing history and embarked on a project of ale instead, using ingredients from our farm, this valley and from across Tasmania.
Our farm is integral to our business. The ales and cider we brew and ferment in the converted shearing shed would be a different beast should we have chosen instead an inner city warehouse. The farm gives us a sense of place, connected to land and to ingredients we grow ourselves and source from other Tasmanian farmers too.
The old shearing shed was converted to house our brewery in 2008. The brewhouse itself was originally the St. Ives brewery in Battery Point, Hobart, installed back in the late 1980s. Rehoused on our farm, the old kettle & tanks are lovingly nurtured to life to help us on our journey to find a unique estate brewed beer.
Our farm is integral to our business. The ales and cider we brew and ferment in the converted shearing shed would be a different beast should we have chosen instead an inner city warehouse. The farm gives us a sense of place, connected to land and to ingredients we grow ourselves and source from other Tasmanian farmers too.
The old shearing shed was converted to house our brewery in 2008. The brewhouse itself was originally the St. Ives brewery in Battery Point, Hobart, installed back in the late 1980s. Rehoused on our farm, the old kettle & tanks are lovingly nurtured to life to help us on our journey to find a unique estate brewed beer.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft: Poured a clear golden with white head. Aroma is interesting floral? Taste is Christmas bush herbal second peppery.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2020
at 11:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Small gusher. Hazy gold with a white head. Aroma is funky & lemony w wildflowers & spicy grasses. Surprising creamy texture is so alive. Dryish w lemon, blossoms, stone fruit, spices. Softly sour. Neat bitterness that you wouldn't guess wasn't hops. Refreshing and involving for any ABV let alone just 3.5%. Original, really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2020
at 13:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at L6, thanks to the Wingman, 10/02/20. Hazed golden orange with a decent white head. Nose is base funk, lemon drizzle, green berry must, grass, trace of dry rot, tarte berry compote. Taste comprises green berry funk, stoned fruits, white grape must, barnyard esters, trace of yeast, funk, dusty grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow acidic rise. Decent easy drinking and well balanced sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2020
at 17:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the Columbus tasting 10/02/2020. Many thanks to Wingman! A murky dark orange coloured pour with a fine scummy off white head. Aroma is pithy grapefruit, bitter orange rind, grapefruit, bretty funk, . Flavour is composed of semi sweet and tangy, orange popsicle, grapefruit, bitter orange, grapefruit, horsey bretty funk. Palate is semi sweet, tangy, pithy, airy frothy carbonation. .
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2020
at 10:52
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Sample from a rather large bottle at the 8th Pre Brugge Bier Festival International bottle exchange in De Bierboom. Wild and sour brew this one! Murky yellow/orange, no head worthy of the name. Off wine notes in the nose and taste, I do struggle with these sort of brews to be honest. Glad I've tried it, but I prefer a beer to taste of hops and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2020
at 14:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared in London - cheers to Dave. Pours cloudy orange-gold with a dense, frothy white head. Not bad, lightly sweet, has some lemon peel, nips of zest, pine, low acidity. Light bodied with average carbonation. Lightly zesty finish. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2020
at 19:30
7/10
Tried
on 10 Feb 2020
at 19:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
As much sour as farmhouse, this one. Lots and lots of lemon overwhelm the funky farmhouse notes in the mouth. Nice aroma, just a bit too blunt for me, though I'm not a massive sour fan, so take that into account.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2020
at 09:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @Luppolo Station (Rome). Dorata limpidissima, schiuma virtualmente assente. Al naso note di mela, frutta gialla, leggero solvente, stalla, cantina. In bocca è dolce all'attacco con leggera acidità e grande secchezza. Corpo medio, carbonazione medio-bassa. Sidro eccezionale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2019
at 17:07
8.5/10
Green strawberry, floral notes, cherry, raspberry, nettle, funk
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2019
at 17:54