Hop Hen Brewing

in Lilydale, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

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17/64-86 Beresford Rd, Lilydale, Lilydale, 3140, Australia

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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours black, large fading head.
Nbose shows roasted malt, soft cocoa, faint nutty malt.
Flavours include more roast, but not much more behind that. Some faint coffee and liquorice but very muted.
Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2026 at 09:23

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can. Black, a coat of tan head does not last. Rich mocha and roast aroma with singed sugars and oak. Australian Imperial Stouts are often rummy anyway. Full bodied, low carbonation. Rich with dark chocolate, brooding roast, Welsh Cakes, dark sugars, oozing bitterness, oak. Manages not to be too sweet or too insistent on the palate despite its strength. Good.
Tried on 05 Nov 2025 at 13:00

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can. Just unclear deep red with a cream head that fades to a fat coat. Spicy and earthy aroma with bread. Fruity but not all that sweet with lots of spice and a bit of earth before a firmly bitter finish. Needed a little more body or sweetness but OK.
Tried on 26 Jun 2025 at 12:32

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can. Clear amber with an off white head. Aroma has some caramel behind spices and weeds. Balance is revealed upon a swig with sweet sticky bread crust, some stewed fruit and weedy bitterness.
Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2024 at 14:29

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can. Clear brownish amber with a modest white head. Aroma of breadcrust, spices, pine, twigs, grapefruit. Sweet with rich caramelised breadcrust, oozing pine, tenor register citrus. Softens a bit towards a nagging bitter finish which doesn't quite snap because it's still fairly sweet. Nice.
Tried from Can on 03 May 2024 at 12:40

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can. Amber with a fat coat of pale beige head. Brooding kumquat, pine and breadcrust aroma. Some citrus over the caramelised sweetness in the malt but then a real slug of resinous bitterness. Pretty good.
Tried from Can on 18 Aug 2023 at 11:40

5/10
Hoppy, milky, grainy, hoppy, dry hops
Tried from Draft on 21 Jul 2023 at 19:34

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Cloudy orange with a head that fades from 2cm. Aroma of citrus - as much lemon as orange really - cloves, banana, slightly twangy wheat crackers. Maybe not as soft as you'd hope but they've done well with the balance - crackery bread with some body, citrus, only a hint of banana, cloves and a dryish finish. Refreshing.
Tried from Can on 30 Oct 2022 at 11:05

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Pours amber with a large white head.Nose shows mango, passion fruit, nectarine, and papaya along with some confectionery like malt notes.Flavours include more mango and some peach, along with toffee and faint caramel.Body feels somewhat watery.
Tried on 27 May 2022 at 07:58

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours hazy straw with a large lasting head.Nose shows heavy guava along with soft strawberry and raspberry notes.Flavours include more guava, some gentle refreshing acidity and a hint of wheat.
Tried on 20 May 2022 at 10:51