Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
in Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia 🇦🇺
Associated Venue: Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
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Description
Brewing for almost half a century. Today The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel is Australia’s oldest pub brewery, famous throughout the World for award-winning natural ales. We brew with only malt, hops, yeast and water and with no added sugars, preservatives or additives - ensuring a 100% natural beer.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
Draft at the Lord Nelson, Sydney. Poured a mostly clear golden colour with a thin white head. The aroma a grainy, light hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a crisp, fresh, light citrus, hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
on 13 Mar 2026
at 04:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Lord Nelson, Sydney. Poured a slightly unclear, yellow, almost opaque colour with a thin broken white head and lots of champagne bubbles. The aroma is crushed apples. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a light, crisp, light herbal, juicy apple palate. Medium to light bodied with lively carbonation. A simple cider but it works.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
on 13 Mar 2026
at 03:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the Lord Nelson, Sydney. Poured a clear reddish amber colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is biscuit, light toffee caramel. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter, with a smooth, somewhat rich, fresh, earthy, toffee, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
on 13 Mar 2026
at 02:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Lord Nelson, Sydney. Poured a crystal clear yellow golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, yeasty. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a crisp, somewhat light, light herbal, light citrus, yeasty, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with lively carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
on 13 Mar 2026
at 02:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the Lord Nelson, Sydney. Poured a clear medium amber colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is toffee, light floral. The flavour is over moderate sweet, with a smooth, rich, slightly oily, toffee caramel, boozy alcohol bitter palate. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation. A real winter warmer! Tastes stronger than the published ABV.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
on 14 Mar 2025
at 11:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Lord Nelson, Sydney. Poured a mostly clear golden orange colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is Orange Tangerine. The flavour is moderate to light bitter and sweet, with a light, crisp, fresh, light herbal, jammy marmalade, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
on 14 Mar 2025
at 11:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Lord Nelson, Sydney. Poured a clear yellow golden colour with a thin white head. The aroma is grainy, melon. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a fresh, crisp, herbal, melon, light horse blanket, light mineral, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
on 14 Mar 2025
at 10:41
6.5/10
Tried
from Draft
at
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
on 30 Dec 2024
at 05:07
5.5/10
Tried
from Draft
at
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
on 30 Dec 2024
at 05:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can. Just cloudy gold with a good cm of dense white head. Aroma of peach, crackers, candied peel. A bit on the thin side but it does mean the modestly bitter finish is enough. Refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2024
at 12:25