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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3.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 2
Clear deep amber color with a medium white head that recedes quickly. Stringy lacing. Aroma of malt, fruit and hops. Light-bodied with flavors of overripe fruit, minerals and toffee. The finish is metallic and fruity. Not an enjoyable beer.
Tried on 06 Jun 2014 at 13:30


5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
From a 345 ml bottle served in a cafe by the Sydney harbor. Pours a pale gold with an off white head. Malty nose. Flavors of biscuit with some subtle fruit notes. Clean crisp finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2014 at 01:11

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle, 11C. Clear amber with a puffy white head. Aroma is grassy and earthy with caramel and peach. Carbonation is too high. Light bodied, pretty dry with modest bitterness that builds a bit. Light toffee, some peach, floral and spicy notes in the dry finish. A second glass and the palate is seeming a bit empty, which is a problem for this sort of thing. But it’s not bad at all.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2014 at 04:31

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle, 0.345l. Clear pale amber color with medium creamy off-white head and average sparkling appearance. Aroma of caramel malt, nuts, toffee and fruits. Taste starts with moderate sweet toasted malt with nutty hints, fruity following and mild bitter finish. Medium body, slick texture and lively natural carbonation in palate. Best Aussie beer so far..
Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2014 at 12:32

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Cloudy golden yellow with nice dense white head. Aroma is hard to pin down because there is quite a lot going on and it evolved: there’s some banana ester, some peppery spice, some citrus / lime, and the faintest hnt if maybe rubber. Medium bodied with soft velvety carbonation. Flavour is pleasant and refreshing with lime and peppery spice being the dominant tastes with a citrusy start with peppery notes changing into a peppery finish with citrusy notes. Along the way other tastes join in, particularly some biscuity malt in the mid palate. An unusual take on a witbier, pleasant, maybe a little strange.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2014 at 05:54

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Keg at James Squire Brewhouse @ Waterfront City, Melbourne, Victoria. Clear golden, small head. Neutral nose. Sweetish with light-medium body and clean mouthfeel. Low-medium bitterness. Little flavour, and shallow hard malt character.
Tried on 13 Feb 2014 at 18:50

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Keg at James Squire Brewhouse @ Waterfront City, Melbourne, Victoria. Hazy amber, small head. Fruity nose. Mid sweet with light-medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Ripe fruit and grass. Salty finish. Dull.
Tried on 13 Feb 2014 at 18:48

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Keg at James Squire Brewhouse @ Waterfront City, Melbourne, Victoria. HAzy golden, small head. Fruitynose with light citrus. Mid sweet with light-medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Mid bitter finish.
Tried on 13 Feb 2014 at 18:47

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
From a 345ml bottle on 26/1/2014. pours a clear deep golden with a small head. Has a pleasant enough floral, fruity nose. Taste wise, you get some pronounced nutty malt and sweet citrus and stone fruit, and satisfying medium bitterness. Has a medium body and relatively lively carbonation. This is rather flavour packed for something that’s just 3.4%. Great to know you could sink a number of these at a bbq and still be good to drive. In my opinion, one of the better Squire’s I’ve tried (I’d take one of these over their over-rated pilsener or dull pale ale any day).
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2014 at 19:40