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A lot goes into making great tasting beer and spirit. It takes the right ingredients delicately balanced together to produce that great taste you’re looking for. It takes experience and a team of brewmasters and distillers who are dedicated to the craft of beverages. It takes an understanding of what people want when they crack one open on a warm summer night, a weekend spent catching up with good friends, or at the end of a long hike.

At Prickly Moses Brewing Co we think it takes all of the above, but we also think it takes something else. We call it Otway magic, but you might know her as Mother Nature. We’re an independent brewery and the home of the Prickly Moses Brewery, Forbidden Fruit Cidery and Redwood Distillery. Some local brands you know and love.
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Davros (5342) reviewed
Farmhouse Ale from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Pours gold with a small, fading head.Nose shows nutty malt, soft caramel, some minerals, quite nice. Reminiscent of Nutella!Flavours include the same nutty malt, also sweet caramel and a very slight tartness leading to a dry finish.Could use a fair bit more carbonation.I actually quite enjoyed this, quite understated and moreish.
Tried on 10 Aug 2011 at 02:52
Davros (5342) reviewed
Black Panther IBA from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours black with a large head.Nose shows cocoa, passionfruit, grapefruit, caramel, roasted malt and sweet dark chocolate.Very aggressively roasty flavours, lots of cocoa and espresso. Also notable is some grapefruit and piney characters. Finishes with a powerful roasty and hoppy bitterness. Almost harsh.Carbonation is a bit full-on.
Tried on 12 Jul 2011 at 19:10
Davros (5342) reviewed
The Raconteur IPA from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pours cloudy orange/brown with a short-lived head.Nose shows piney, resinous and fruity hops with sweet caramel underneath.Similarly hoppy flavours, lots of pine and peach with some grassy notes too. Underneath is nutty malt and a little caramel. Very bitter finish, quite sharp.A good step up for Prickly Moses. The grassy character is unfortunate, perhaps an indication of too much dry-hopping?
Tried on 25 Jun 2011 at 17:24
hawthorne00 (10291) reviewed
Black Panther IBA from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Almost black with an inch of light tan head. Citrus and singed caramel aroma with some pine and chocolate. Sweet and first with chocolate and licorice, grapefruity bitterness. Silky mouthfeel with light roasted flavours lurking underneath fruity hops. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2011 at 04:56
Davros (5342) reviewed
Blueberry Hefeweizen from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Pours amber with a small white head.Nose shows artificial blueberry and little else...Same thing in the way of flavours, blueberry dominating, although a little banana, wheat and bubblegum shows too. Pretty subtle though.Good low carbonation works well.
Tried on 19 Jun 2011 at 18:42
hawthorne00 (10291) reviewed
The Raconteur IPA from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy amber with a lovely dense off-white head. Aroma is earthy with some citrus and stone fruit. Some stewed fruit too. Taste has light caramel sweetness then assertive bitterness with under-ripe nectarines, citrus and pine. Very gluggable. Lingering pine and stone fruit. The aroma is a bit muted and muddled, but otherwise this is straightforward and good.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jun 2011 at 06:16
Davros (5342) reviewed
Prickly Moses Otway Light from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Pours orange/amber with a large, fading head.Nose shows sweet malty notes of honey and nuts alongside a little fruity, floral hops. There is a faint vegetable character, but it’s not too strong.More malt as a flavour, with quite prominent nutty hints. Falls short quickly though with an insipid finish made up of a plain bitterness and faint lemon tang.Very light body, carbonation is too high.I must say, this surpassed my expectations.
Tried on 15 May 2011 at 05:11
Davros (5342) reviewed
Otway Brewing Organic Lager from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Pours pale gold with a massive head.Nose shows nice biscuity malt and lemony, spicy and grassy hops. Quite pleasant.Flavours are quite disappointing in comparison, not much of the biscuity malt transfers through, instead there’s hints of vegies. Some lemon shows.Carbonation is pretty high but it works well. Body feel very watery though.
Tried on 17 Apr 2011 at 04:01
DreamAudit (4057) reviewed
Summer Ale from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
From a 330ml on 12/3/2011. Pours a cloudy straw colour with a slight head. Has a slight yeasty, fruity (lemon) aroma. The main flavours are tropical fruit and more lemon, with a slightly sour dash of hops. The body is quite thin. Just okay.
Tried on 11 Mar 2011 at 20:48
hawthorne00 (10291) reviewed
Blueberry Hefeweizen from Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer
15 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Tap, GABS. Cloudy greyish orange, white head. Aroma has lots of nice blueberries and their skins. Light bready body. Some tartness. Refreshing in small quantity, couldn’t drink much of it. Perhaps overly fruity - or at least too much skin in the finish.
Tried from Draft on 16 Feb 2011 at 05:03