Parmenion777 (1984) reviewed XPA from Great Hops Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
At the brewery - Pours a cloudy orange colour with a small diminishing white head. The aroma is citrusy, orange and grapefruit. A moderately sweet and fruity taste, sweet pale malt, orange, grapefruit and passionfruit flavours with a light bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
At the brewery - Pours a deep dark brown colour with a small beige head. The aroma is sweet dark roasted malts, chocolate, and coffee notes. A light sweet roasted taste, sweet dark malt, cocoa powder flavours with a light bittersweet lightly roasted finish.
Parmenion777 (1984) reviewed Walcha Rd IPA from Great Hops Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
At the brewery - Pours a lightly hazed amber colour with an average sized fine foamy white head. The aroma is oranges, pine and light herbal hops. Moderately to light sweet and bitter taste, orange, citrus peel, and resiny pine notes with a hoppy bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
375ml can - Pours a lightly hazed orange gold colour with a small frothy near white head that settled. Aroma is fruity, tropical and citrus. A similar taste, moderately sweet, pineapple, bitter orange and grapefruit flavours with a lingering hoppy bitter finish.
Parmenion777 (1984) reviewed Ar-Mid-Ale from Great Hops Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a hazy yellow gold colour with a small, mostly lasting, frothy white head. The aroma is fruity with some light malt notes, stone fruit and sweet citrus. A moderately sweet taste, orange, grapefruit and some toffee flavours with some hoppy bitterness in the finish. Okay for a 3.5% beer.
TedE (2767) reviewed Walcha Rd IPA from Great Hops Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
375ml can into schooner glass. From brewery. Named after the weirdly isolated railway station in Northern NSW. Pours a hazy amber with an enormous head of white foam. A thousand tiny bubbles swirl around. Nice lacing. Nose is herbal with pine resin and hints of bitter orange and aniseed. Medium body, taste follows the nose. Finish is bitter with cashew notes. Complex and adult IPA, just seems to lacking a bit of body.
TedE (2767) reviewed West Coast IPA from Great Hops Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pint on tap at brewery. Golden amber beer with a thin white head, no carbonation. Nose of smoky caramel and fruit. Laces nicely. Smooth mouthfeel, unusual fruit note in the finish (watermelon? cucumber?) It's quite sweet with an understated bitterness which makes it strangely reminiscent of an English bitter.
TedE (2767) reviewed Harvest Ale (2021) from Great Hops Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Pint on tap at Brewery. Golden amber beer with a thin white head, slight haze. Nose is sweet, creamy, grainy. Light body, cleansing taste at first then some sour grain in the finish. Lightweight and sweet like a Kölsch, some grain like a Pils. Tasty enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
375ml can into tulip. At The Local After Dark, Glen Innes. Pours very very dark. Small foamy head. Nose of cocoa, malt, and dark chocolate. Fruity chocolate taste with dry smoky finish. Excellent brown ale, tastier than most.