It started with two mates and a couple of beers on the sandunes of Moreton Island, Queensland. Looking back over the bay towards Brisbane, a Green Beacon was spotted, an idea then sprouted, and Brisbane’s first craft brewery was born. The doors to Green Beacon’s Teneriffe brewery were opened on the Australia Day weekend of 2013.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From a 375ml on 19/10/2023. Pours a slightly hazy light golden with a smallish head. Has a light citrus aroma with hints of tropical fruit. The flavour feature mild orange, pineapple and passionfruit with a modest bitter finish. Slightly silky mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Not the most challenging hazy, but a solid lawn mower beer.
Davros (5303) reviewed Seawolf from Green Beacon Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours hazy gold with a large fading head.Nose shows mango, guava, papaya, lychee and clean malt.Flavours include peach, nectarine, spicy hops, soft bready malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Brewed at Green Beacon - I think they will shortly just be a name. Pretty much opaque brownish orang with a loose coat of white head. Aroma of mango, orange, pineapple, vague crackers. Gloopy with lots of fruit; sweet before a finish that’s more astringent than bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Aromas of pineapple, mango, malt, biscuit and pineapple is very promising. A bit more muted in the mouth.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
10/10/2022. Can from Beer Cartel. Pours hazy pale orange gold with a frothy white head. Aroma is tropical, orange, citrus, pine. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness with a light tart edge. Moderate body, average carbonation. Easy drinker.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pint on tap at Irish Murphy's, Brisbane, (I knew it as the Treasury a million years ago). Pours a cloudy amber with a foamy white head. Good lacing. Nose of tropical fruit, breadcrusts. Good body, slight zing in the mouth. More guava, passionfruit, touch of citrus. Lingering bitter sweet finish. Nice easy drinking quencher, probably a life saver in Brisbane's horrendous summers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
375ml can into pint glass. From BWS, Glen Innes. Looks like Pineapple juice with a large head of foam. Faint citric/malt nose. High fine carbonation. Nice texture, good body. refreshing and fruity. Finish is lingering with sweet lemon notes. Easy drinking ale. One of 3 different 'Aussie Wheat Ales' that have appeared at my local BWS this week. Curious.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pleasant NEIPA with a strong orange aroma, plus some honey, biscuit and grapefruit. The orange dominates a nice, creamy palate. A very enjoyable beer, but not a classic.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From a 375ml can on 6/1/2021. Pours deepish brown with a thin head. Has powerful strawberry ice cream nose with some sharpish berry notes. Starts sweetly with lots of chocolate and strawberry, against a mild coconut and vanilla background. which develops into a sharp fruity tang, with some light roasty notes. Has a very creamy palte and moderate carbonation. An interesting, complex and really well done dessert beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
(Can) Pours black with a small loose tan head. Wonderfull aroma of chocolate, coconut and marshmallow, with fruit confectionery notes. Excellent mouthfeel - full bodied, smooth, creamy, slightly sticky with modest fine carbonation. Awesome taste too with an impressive evolution through the palate, starting off sweet and confectionery and smoothly metamorphosing into into dark bitter and alcoholic. There’s all the elements of rocky road at the start, so it’s sweet and chocolately with milky and strawberry hints with dark roast grains very much in the background. The dark roast grain notes of black coffee and burnt sugar bitterness and some pleasant alcohol heat emerge later in the palate providing balance to the initial sweetness and providing a satisfying finish. Very clever, well balanced and thoroughly enjoyable.