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Hope Brewery opened in 2014, and kicked off their range with a whole lot of hoppy ales, distinctively recognisable by their black cans and amp design - a homage to Hope's love of music. Since then they've been satisfying a desire for new beers and new styles including NEIPAs, sours, trophy-winning stouts and even Australia's strongest IPA.
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7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
From a 375ml can on 24/8/2018. Pours a slightly hazy light golden with a small to medium head. Has a quite a strong tropical and stone fruit nose, not entirely like the standard Super Juicy. The flavour is intensely sweet, with mango, pineapple, apricot and peach, with a spicy finish which includes a relatively modest bitterness. The texture is slightly syrupy and the carbonation moderate. Long, complex and a touch boozy, this is really well done, though I think the standard version is slightly better.
Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2018 at 11:19

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
375ml can from Oak Barrel, Sydney. Pale yellow gold colour, white foamy head and zesty citrus resiny hop aroma. Taste is pale malt, grain, spicy with juicy fruity citrusy hop bitterness. Light bodied, medium carbonation, dry citric bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2018 at 08:28

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
From a 375ml can on 13/8/2018. Pours a light amber with a medium head. Has a light malty, nutty nose. The taste is quite sweet, with caramel, sultanas and brown sugar all prominent, along with a light fruitiness. There's a moderate bitterness balancing it out, though you'd never guess the claimed 90 IBU. Has a slick palate and moderate carbonation. Bold, rich and tasty. Another excellent beer from this brewer.
Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2018 at 11:45

7.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
From a 375ml can on 7/7/2018. Pours a medium amber with a biggish head. The nose features biscuit and caramel, with some light fruit notes. This is very tasty on the sip - strong toasted and caramel malt, plenty of sweet citrus, and a nice, rye like hop kick. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A really nicely balanced, impressive hoppy red ale. These guys are putting out some very nice stuff indeed.
Tried from Can on 07 Jul 2018 at 11:28

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From a 375ml can on 28/5/2018 (ABV listed as 6.0% rather then 5.9%). Pours an opaque golden with a medium head. The nose features dank fruity hops. Taste wise, there's some moderate citrus, stone and tropical fruit, against a light biscuit malt background. The hops are pretty firm, herbal with a bit of pine and resin. Fullish bodied with moderate to average carbonation. A more than decent IPA.
Tried from Can on 28 May 2018 at 06:42

7.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
From a 375ml(?) can on 27/5/2018. Pours a murky dark golden with a smallish head. The aroma is fruity hops. I had the Hunter Harvest version the other day, which was lovely, and this is every bit as good. Really sweet and fruity - mainly peach, apricot and mango, with some tangerine. There are some big, firm hops to counter the fruit, which finish with a slight tang. The texture is lovely - slick and syrupy. A fantastic sweet DIPA.
Tried from Can on 27 May 2018 at 05:44

7.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
From a 375ml (?) can on 23/5/2018. Pours a fairly clear deep golden with a small head. The nose features dank fruit hops. Tastes of biscuit malt, smothered in lots of sweet peach and apricot, and a dash of honey. The bitterness is big and resiny, countering the intense sweetness really nicely. the palate is slick and sticky, with softish carbonation. Damn this is lovely stuff. A big, bold hoppy delight.
Tried from Can on 23 May 2018 at 11:00

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Pours hazy orange/amber with a large head.Nose shows lychee, passionfruit, peach, delicate light clean malt, floral hops and pear.Flavours include more lychee and peach along with green apple and a slight soapy character.Body feels a bit watery.
Tried on 17 May 2018 at 12:00

7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can, 11C. Darkish brown with an off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit and citrus flowers over crackers, mocha and licorice. 7+ Pretty light bodied with moderate carbonation. Not very sweet but with crackers, licorice, mocha and light roast, there's decisive malt presence, which makes the hop aromatics and medium high bitterness at the end work well. Some of the hops are a bit untidy with some herbal notes as well as citrus and a little pine, but given the overall balance just seemed to add a little punch at the end.
Tried from Can on 10 May 2018 at 13:15

7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Almost black with a large light tan head that settles to around an inch. Aroma of oak, roasted malt, cocoa, vanilla, plums. Smooth texture, moderate carbonation. More obviously red wine barrels upon a taste, with their oakiness being temporarily swept away by chocolate. The dark fruitiness remains until the oak returns with some bitterness, ash and astringency at the end. Lovely beer.
Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2018 at 13:45