Balter Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Currumbin,
Queensland,
Australia 🇦🇺
Owned by
Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Associated Venue: Balter Brewing - Taproom
Established in 2016
Contact
Description
Balter was started in 2016 with a simple mission of delivering “good beer, with enjoyment”.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From a 500ml can on 2/2/2020. From a 500ml can on 2/3/2020. Pours a clear medium golden with a small to medium head. The nose is lightly fruity, with herbal and grassy overtones. The taste is very sweet, with lots of biscuit malt and stone fruit, followed by a moderate herbal, piney hop bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Okay, and quaffable enough, but a bit too sweet. Would not seek out again.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2020
at 09:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Wasn't as taken as some by Balter early on, but it's been Boom Boom recently. Can, 10C. Clear orange with a white head that sits at around a cm. Aroma of mandarin, citrus blossoms, pepper, biscuit. 7+ Pretty much how it tastes. Sweetish. Clean with floaty hops and an almost ginger nut biscuit touch. Moderate bitterness at the tidy end. Pretty good but for me doesn't have quite enough presence for 7% ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2020
at 12:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Can) Pours clear amber with decent white head. Lovely aroma of pine and pineapple with peppery hints. Medium body with good fine carbonation. Taste starts with tangy fruitiness and peppery spice. There’s some pleasant caramel malt following and then the hop bitterness builds nicely into a long bitter finish. Very nice
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2020
at 14:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Can) Pours clear golden amber with short-lived off-white loose head. Aroma is citrus, cardboard and pepper. Light bodied and fizzy. Citrus and hints of stone fruit at the start. Some light caramel malt that is pleasant. No noticeable bitterness. Drinkable but not special.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2020
at 14:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. An unclear yellow beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of hops, lemons, straw, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, lemons, straw, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2020
at 10:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 500ml can on 25/1/2020. Pours a cloudy straw colour with a small head. The nose is citrussy and tropical. Tastes sweet and fruity, with orange, peach, mango and melon, as well as a good dash of coconut. The bitterness is gentle and the finish slightly dry. Has a slightly creamy mouthfeel and average carbonation. Tasty enough but lacks a bit of punch for mine.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2020
at 11:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
An excellent hazy - aromas of passionfruit, pineapple, orange peel and pine. Drinks well, goes down very smoothly for a six percenter.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2020
at 09:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From a 375ml can on 30/11/2019. Pours a clear medium golden with a small uneven head. Has a mild,indistinct fruity hop aroma. Offers some sweet caramel malt and a moderate hop finish which is slightly metallic. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. A pretty lifeless and forgettable representation of the style.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2019
at 10:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml can into pint glass. Thanks to Ratebeer and Beer cartel. Yet another NEIPA, translucent orange/amber beer with a solid crown of white foam atop. Nice nose, lots of fruit (mango, orange most prominent). Lightly carbonated, smooth texture. Very drinkable. Finish is like an Orange Cream biscuit with some late lingering pepper. Really fresh, great beer.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2019
at 12:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Almost opaque brownish orange with a 1/2 white head. Tropical fruit aroma is more floaty than punchy with an orange and lime touch to keep it from being too fruit punch-like. Soft texture with wheat and crackers, lowish carbonation. Lots of fruit with some grass and very light herbal notes coming in to joint pineapple astringency at the finish. The astringency is gentle, the bitterness gentler. Looking across at my review for their normal Hazy to find it's very similar (though the aroma popped more on that and the flavours seem better integrated here). I'm still not really sold on this sub style but this is very good. [Despite the reference to saying cheers to homegrown talent, none of M. Young, A. Young, B. Scott, B. Johnson or C. Walsh were born here.]
Tried
from Can
on 08 Nov 2019
at 11:51