Holgate Brewhouse

in Woodend, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

Established in 1999

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79 High Street, Woodend, 3442, Australia

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7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours gold with a large fading head.
Nose shows tropical fruit, nectarine, peach, pineapple and clean malt.
Flavours include pine, spicy hops resinous hops. Very different compared to the aroma. Some soft clean malt behind but the assertive bitterness definitely wins out.

Tried from Can on 15 Mar 2026 at 06:41


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can. Clear golden amber with a loose white head that collapses a bit. Aroma of cooked grapefruit rind, breadcrust, some tropical fruit, pine logs. Medium bodied, carbonation is on the low side of moderate. Intense citrus - mainly tenor register - with leanish but firm breadcrust, some mango, then pine creeps in with firm bitterness. Good stuff.

Tried on 17 Feb 2026 at 12:14


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8.5

Pours hazy gold with a small fading white head.
Nose shows peach, apricot, mandarin, clean malt, mango, papaya.
Flavours show more tropical fruit but with more of a focus on the mango, some pineapple, coconut, dill. Very delicate malt presence behind.
Body feels a bit on the watery side.

Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2026 at 10:04


Pours amber with a fading sudsy head.
Nose shows soft pine and resinous hops, grapefruit, caramel malt notes.
Flavours are more robust with pronounced piny, spicy and grapefruit hop notes along with a touch of clean malt. Finishes quite assertively with a pronounced bitterness.

Tried from Can on 05 Jan 2026 at 09:24


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Gold with a loose cm of white head. Aroma of mandarin and grapefruit, some peach and pine, light bread. Plainish light bready malt with fruity hops gradually overtaken by pine and firm bitterness. Like the way the finish grips at the drying end.

Tried on 16 Nov 2025 at 11:42


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Press hazy amber with a large lasting head.
Nose shows melon, passion fruit, strawberry, clean malt, mango, guava.
Flavour include lime, guava, apricot, mango and soft delicate malt. Tastes a bit artificial.

Tried from Can on 12 Sep 2025 at 09:40


8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5

It's very hazy gold with a large fading head.
Nose sure hefty amounts of mango, peach, apricot, and clean malt.
Flavours include more mango, papaya, apricot and pawpaw along with clean malt behind.

Tried from Can on 02 Aug 2025 at 11:30


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours deep gold with a small head.
Nose shows spicy phenolic yeast notes, a bit of bready malt, some rye characters.
Flavours include lemon, spicy rye, bready notes, farmhouse notes. Delightful.

Tried from Can on 02 Aug 2025 at 10:15


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Pours gold with a large fading white head.
Nose shows apricot, peach, dill, coconut, clean malt.
Flavours include a bit of dill, lemon, clean malt. Refreshing.

Tried on 01 Aug 2025 at 08:49


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Pours black, off-white head.
Nose shows gentle roast, liquorice, a bit of caramel and biscuity malt.
Flavours include more dry roast, a bit of bready malt and a soft sweetness.

Tried from Draft on 01 Aug 2025 at 03:20