Malt Shovel Brewery

Client Brewer in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Owned by Lion Australia

Established in 1993

Contact
99 Pyrmont Bridge Road, Camperdown, Sydney, 2050, Australia
Subsidiaries
Description
Independent brewer Chuck Hahn first opened the Malt Shovel Brewery in 1988 before it was acquired by Lion in 1993 with the brewery playing what has been cited as “pivotal role” in Australia’s craft beer movement.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at Tight Restaurant, Copenhagen - amber pour with off-white head. Fruity and malty aroma and taste, some caramel malts, light fudge toffee, nutty, some twiggy hop bite, not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2014 at 07:53


6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Clear golden copper with thin loose head. Mixed aroma with some nice citrus hop notes, but also some metallic and wet dog notes. Light body with good carbonation. Nice refreshing taste uses the hops all the way through from good citrus notes at the start evolving into decent bitterness in the fairly long finish. This is overlaid on a pleasant, albeit quite understated maltiness. Overall a very nice easy drinking beer with a good hop / malt balance.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2014 at 04:53

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Not bad for an Aussie pilsener but I have to rate it behind Mildura. Didn’t quite get that saaz hit. Nice crisp pilsener finish though.
Tried on 01 Oct 2014 at 20:43

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Copper with a cm of pale beige head. Aroma of pine, kumquat, caramel, some grapefruit and pepper. Carbonation pleasantly moderate - ie low for a macro. Very sweet with loads of caramel. Fruit and pine really struggle to cut through and only pepper really adorns the bitterness at the end. OK, hops doing pretty well considering I caught this later than ideal. [edit] A few more grew on me a bit.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2014 at 04:10

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle bought in Brisbane 2014. Golden with a white head. Weak and rather boring with light hops, some citrus, bread and some hay. Light bitterness in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2014 at 03:21

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Clean amber with a thin head. Aroma is sweet caramel. Flavour is sticky nut, malty with a taste of booze. Plum finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2014 at 15:08

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From a 345ml bottle on 5/7/2014. Pours a clear deep golden, not far off amber, with a small head. Has a quite pleasant floral aroma with some fruity notes. Taste wise, it begins sweet and malty (caramel, biscuit), follows with some citrus fruit and finishes with a moderate dash of hops. Medium body and average carbonation. Pretty typical of a JS beer in that it’s decent but fails to excite. That said, this probably has a touch more to it than most in their regular range. All up, a pretty good APA, and miles better than their One Fifty Lashes.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2014 at 02:32