Balter Brewing

Microbrewery in Currumbin, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺
Owned by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Associated Venue: Balter Brewing - Taproom

Established in 2016

Contact
14 Traders Way, Currumbin, 4223, Australia
Description
Balter was started in 2016 with a simple mission of delivering “good beer, with enjoyment”.

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7.1
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
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
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
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
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


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can. Hazy yellow. Lychee and mango nose (but not huge). Juicy, but again, surprisingly restrained. Fine, but not exciting. Expecting a higher voltage effort.

Tried from Can on 31 Oct 2019 at 00:41


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From a 500ml can on 19/10/2019. Pours a hazy deep golden with a smallish white head which disappears quickly. Has a very light dank fruit aroma. Tastes of pineapple, mango and passion fruit with a gentle bitterness at the back. The palate is silky and the carbonation moderate to average. Not overly exciting but decent and tasty enough.

Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2019 at 10:36


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

Can from my parents: pours light orange with a white head. Aroma is lightly citrusy with some gentle maltiness. Taste is lightly fruity. Somewhat sweet. Very simple.

Tried from Can on 21 Sep 2019 at 23:52


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Deep golden with a little haze. Enormous pineapple nose. Backs it up with explosion of hoppy flavours. Action packed. Best beer I've had from these guys.

Tried on 21 Sep 2019 at 10:59


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

From a 500ml can on 9/9/2019. Pours a slightly hazy deep golden with a biggish white head. Has a strong tropical fruit salad nose. In the mouth, it's nice and sweet, dominated by mango and pineapple with a very mild spicy bitterness in the background. Full bodied with moderate carbonation. Simple but really nicely balanced and super smashable for the size. This is the first Balter I really rate. Way better than their standard hazy and normal IIPA for mine.

Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2019 at 12:03