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”.
6.5/10
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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
7.1/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
8.1/10
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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
7.6/10
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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
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tap at the Northern Hotel, Melbourne. Poured a hazy golden orange colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, mineral, zesty jammy orange marmalade citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a juicy citrus, light warm alcohol bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Great Northern Hotel
on 08 Sep 2019
at 15:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at the Great Northern Hotel, Melbourne. Poured a hazy golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, tropical citrus fruits. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, fresh, earthy, mineral, fruity, light dry hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Great Northern Hotel
on 08 Sep 2019
at 15:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Quite hazy golden coloured body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall pure white head that fades quite quickly to just about nothing on top. Aroma of tropical fruits, resin, grass, hay and a good dose of flowers and some yeastie funk as well. Medium-bodied throughout; Strong grassy and very floral bite at first that shows a ton of hay and some medicinal and astringent hoppy and alcohol flavours towards the end with a dash of grain and flowers towards the end with a noticeable sweetness as well from the fruits. Aftertaste shows some bitter hops with a big floral component and a dash of the grassier and dry hay like flavours, but the astringent and more pungent alcohol comes through as well. Overall, a good enough, almost Imperial-ish IPA that shows decently well, but compared to a good American Imperial IPA, people would laugh at this and especially the price tag. I'm happy I don't have to contend with these prices - the beer here is a bit too rich for my blood. I sampled this 500 mL can purchased from Australia Wine Supply here on Pitt Street in Sydney (CBD), New South Wales, Australia on 12-August-2019 for AU$12,00 sampled here in my hotel room in Sydney, NSW, Australia on 15-August-2019.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2019
at 15:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Old school.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2019
at 17:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint on tap at Club Rivers, Riverwood. Golden amber beer with a thin white head. High fine carbonation. Nice lacing. Notes of pine and citrus on the nose, sparkles in the mouth. Taste is bitter and herbal with a surprisingly light body for the ABV. There's a slight note of caramel in the undertow and some late late lingering pepper. Best described as a high class quaffer.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2019
at 11:18