Holgate Brewhouse

in Woodend, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

Established in 1999

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79 High Street, Woodend, 3442, Australia

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

18th December 2017
T42 Christmas Bottleshare. Big thanks to Tips for the Aussie bottle hall. Light haze on this gold beer, small white head. Light palate, semi-dry and with decent fine carbonation. Smooth but thin malts, sweetish. Mild peach, a little ripe citrus. Smooth pine and light pineapple. Mild hop spice. Smooth finish. Pretty good.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2018 at 11:40


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

Bottle shared on Level 42, Christmas tasting 18/12/2017. Many thanks! A mostly clear bright golden yellow coloured pour with a loose white head. ARoma is nice woody, pine, jammy, light sweaty hop, semi sweet simple malts. Palate is semi sweet, resinous, moderate carboantion, . Flavour is composed of semi sweet, juicy, pear, orange rind, juicy, moderate carbonation, . nice.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2017 at 18:58


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Tipple. Pours clear yellow with a small, foamy white head. Lightly aged pine needles in the nose, ripening lemon, pale bread. Light to medium sweet flavour with further pale bread, low bitterness, fairly Ricky citrus fruits. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, with more bready pale malts, low bitterness, ripe lemon. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2017 at 14:50


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle split at the L42 Xmas Boost Up '17, thanks to Tipple, 18/12/17. Lightly hazed golden with a decent off white head. Nose is grassy, dusty hop, spice, grains, orange pith, pineapple. Taste comprises light spice, pine, orange pith, grass, grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with grassy hop bitterness. Ok old skool DIPA.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2017 at 13:40


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at L42. It pours lightly hazy golden with a medium white head. The aroma is soft, sweaty, oily, apricot, peachy, brioche, sherbet, fruit cake and biscotti. The taste is dry, soft, sweet, oily, sugary, apricot, peach, fruit cake, orange muffin, touch of spice, grass and straw with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Hides abv well. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2017 at 13:23



6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2017 at 04:42


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft at Tap Craft Beer Bar, Singapore. Poured a hazy straw colour with a thin white head. The aroma is cardboard malt, woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a crisp, malt, light watery woody light floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Served cool. It needed it!

Tried from Draft on 12 Nov 2017 at 09:28


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

Draft at Tap Craft Beer Bar, Singapore. Poured a hazy yellow straw colour with a frothy white head and lots of bubbles. The aroma is lager malt, woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a dry malt, yeasty, floral hop bitter palate and a lingering floral bitter palate. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Not sure what to make of this. There's no doubt that there is a defining flavour but it's not particularly pleasant and not something I'd want to be drinking all. night long.

Tried from Draft on 12 Nov 2017 at 09:04


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

Bottle 330ml. Clear, dark-amber colour. Thin but long ecru colour head, great lacing. Aroma is malty with caramel, toast, biscuits notes and small hint of hops behind. It's delicate but very nice. Medium body, caramel with medium to high, herbal, long bitterness. It is rather in english than amercian IPA style but still is good, heavy in feeling, definitely not refreshing with "dull" bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2017 at 05:58