Holgate Brewhouse

in Woodend, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

Established in 1999

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79 High Street, Woodend, 3442, Australia

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

Tap at Hair of the Dog, Phloen Chit, Bangkok. Poured a hazy light orange colour with a round white head. The aroma is big orange peel zesty citrus and alcohol. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a smooth, rich tropical citrus, light alcohol bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. For 10.5% the alcohol is reasonably well hidden and with bags of fruit that seems to keep it there.

Tried from Draft on 08 Aug 2016 at 10:58


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Bottle) Pours hazy golden amber with small loose white head. Pleasant aroma - citrus, pine, hints of grass, biscuits and cardboard. Light body with rather fizzy carbonation. Taste is light on malt and heavy on hops giving some imbalance. Starts with tart citrus notes with the slightest biscuity malt, becomes a little watery in the mid-palate and then some good hoppy bitterness develops in the finish. Pleasant enough but rather unbalanced. Seems to have had a name change to Mt. Macedon Pale Ale.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2016 at 09:01


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle into schooner glass. Funky fruity hop aroma, a touch metallic. Hazy pale yellow with thin solid white head. Medium carbonation, tiny bubbles. Light body, zingy. Finish is malty, fruity, hoppy, everything a good lager should be. Easy drinking and moreish, really nice.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2016 at 08:22


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at the Local Taphouse Sydney, pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out light lacto notes and some citrus. Flavour is light, with lots of wheaty notes and a touch of citrus. Pretty low funk and low on the lacto. Underwhelming - it's okay.

Tried from Draft on 07 May 2016 at 06:25


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pale gold with a white head that doesn’t last long. Mildly funky aroma with mandarins, lychees, herbs, sherbet. Light, spritzy, slightly kefir-like texture. A little sour, a little sweetly grainy, fruity. Dry finish with no particular bitterness. Refreshing. Would have been good before the cool weather crept in. Worth another look in summer.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2016 at 06:38




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Tried on 30 Mar 2016 at 05:37


6

Tried on 28 Mar 2016 at 07:11


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle into shaker. ABV 6%. Nose has pepper, stonefruit, grass. Hazy golden amber beer with sudsy white head. Many fine bubbles. Mineral water freshness is followed by subdued hop finish. Bitter lemon at first then a little cashew sweetness later on. Excellent beer for a sultry summer night.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2016 at 05:43