Holgate Brewhouse

in Woodend, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

Established in 1999

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79 High Street, Woodend, 3442, Australia

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can. Almost clear amber with a frothy white head. Aroma of kumquat, grilled pineapple, crusty bread. Bittersweet with breadcrust, tenor register citrus, a spicy and somewhat piney bitter finish. Solid drop with a finish that gives it real presence.
Tried on 08 Jun 2026 at 11:59

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can. Dark brown with a 2cm beige head that never disappears. Roast and coffee aroma is light and inviting. Dryish and fairly roasty with light bread and a very transparent and refreshing palate before modest bitterness. Straightahead & pretty good.
Tried on 03 Apr 2026 at 11:23

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can. Pale amber, white head. Shyish aroma of mixed citrus and crackers. A little touch of sweetness and caramel in the taste but mainly lots of citrusy hops before a pithy and dryish bitter finish.
Tried on 01 Apr 2026 at 10:52

7.9/10 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

7.6/10 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

7.4/10 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

7.1/10 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

7.4/10 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

8/10 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