Holgate Brewhouse

in Woodend, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

Established in 1999

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79 High Street, Woodend, 3442, Australia

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

Pours orange/amber with a large sudsy head.Nose shows orange peel, lemon zest, elderflower, kiwi fruit and a faint wheat-like note.Flavours include a bit of orange zest, some biscuity malt, a bit of acidity and some pithy astringency.

Tried on 20 May 2021 at 12:35


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

Pours coppery brown with a large head.Nose shows bready malt, soft nutty notes, and bit of a toasty hint. Also some caramel underneath.Flavours include more toasty malt and bready malt, some grainy hits. Great length of toast on this one.

Tried on 25 Mar 2021 at 11:00


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

Pours amber, large headNose shows resinous, syrupy, malt extract like notes, a bit of piny and spicy hops.Flavours are pretty much the same - hopped malt extract and prominent spicy, piny and resinous hops.

Tried on 15 Mar 2021 at 08:47


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

(Bottle) Dark brown colour with hints of ruby. Dense beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of coffee, dark chocolate, red berries, caramel, treacle and sweet liquorice. Malty, roasted taste with black coffee, liquorice, burnt sugar, caramel, cacao, raisins, dark fruit and a generous coffee bitterness in the finish. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Rich and tasty, with lots of coffee and cacao. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2021 at 21:17


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Can) Pours black with loose coffee coloured head. Great complex aroma - fruity, boozy, coffee hints. Full bodied, silky creamy with fine carbonation. Taste has a backbone of burnt sugar / dark toffee bitterness with plenty of other flavours overlaid. There’s some toffee sweetness, some dried fruit at the start. There’s booze apparent towards the end. Coffee notes are pretty subdued. Very nice, but the taste is a bit aggressive for me.

Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2020 at 12:52


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours amber with pink tinge.Nose shows blueberry, lemon pith.Flavours include blueberry, blackberry, lemon pith, well balanced acidity.

Tried on 02 Nov 2020 at 11:51


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

(Can) Pours clear golden amber with decent white head. Lovely refreshing aroma of pine and tropical fruit. Surprisingly full bodied and smooth with plenty of soft carbonation. Lovely mouthfeel. Great taste too. The taste is about the hops, but not just about the hops, it has balance. The hops though provide an evolving and complex taste from tangy fruity through peppery spice to bitter and somewhat earthy. There’s some pleasant biscuit malt with a hint of sweetness behind the hops, but really only apparent in the mid palate. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 02 Jun 2020 at 13:12


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Pours black, fading tan head.Nose shows roasted malt, bready malt, liquorice.Flavours include liquorice, roasted malt, bready malt, finishee astringent.

Tried on 16 May 2020 at 10:48


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

From a 500ml can on 22/3/2020 (shared by Butz with thanks). Pours a hazy golden with a medium head. The nose is fruity but a bit muted, with some fridgey notes. Tastes ok, with a bit of sweet citrus and stone fruit and a very mild spicy bitterness, but it's a bit non-descript. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Fairly pedestrian gear.

Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2020 at 07:09


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

Fairly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of grapefruit, citrus and tropical fruits. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2019 at 17:10