Recent Tasting Notes
La Gauloise Ambree (12/20)
Massive, thick, creamy dirty white head. Body is tan brown and a little murky. Meaty, powerful nose of heavy malts and cooked sugars - very Belgian. Palate had similar traits albeit in a much more dilutive style (although to be fair the BB was Jan 2007). Good palate structure with nice fizz levels and a drying finish.
Snowy Mountains Hefweizen (11/20)
Safe and honest enough effort. Clear golden amber in the glass with a small but quite thick white head. Varietal nose of sweet spices, vanilla and cloves; ok presence. Thins out a fraction in the flavour department but holds enough sweet spice and clove to keep me interested. Quite a dry style and finishes crisp. Not massively exciting but you could (and can) do worse in the Australian market place given these beers are positioned, pricewise, b/w mainstream crap at $14 a 6-pack and the premium micros at $20 (ie these dudes sell for $17 - $18).
Little Creatures Pipsqueak Best Cider (7/20)
I think some marketing dude senses a cider revival. Maybe it’s the new sherry? Anyway, bright sparkling yellow in colour. Aromas have good presenece; grapey, sweet apple juice, and a very clear ginger, or maybe spicy pear? edge. If the nose promised bit of bit of complexity then the palate was a complete letdown. Thin, simple soft-drink flavours, faint sweet apple, a tiny musty note, and of course to much fizz. Not really up to snuff - they should just stick with importing the Aspland.
Massive, thick, creamy dirty white head. Body is tan brown and a little murky. Meaty, powerful nose of heavy malts and cooked sugars - very Belgian. Palate had similar traits albeit in a much more dilutive style (although to be fair the BB was Jan 2007). Good palate structure with nice fizz levels and a drying finish.
Snowy Mountains Hefweizen (11/20)
Safe and honest enough effort. Clear golden amber in the glass with a small but quite thick white head. Varietal nose of sweet spices, vanilla and cloves; ok presence. Thins out a fraction in the flavour department but holds enough sweet spice and clove to keep me interested. Quite a dry style and finishes crisp. Not massively exciting but you could (and can) do worse in the Australian market place given these beers are positioned, pricewise, b/w mainstream crap at $14 a 6-pack and the premium micros at $20 (ie these dudes sell for $17 - $18).
Little Creatures Pipsqueak Best Cider (7/20)
I think some marketing dude senses a cider revival. Maybe it’s the new sherry? Anyway, bright sparkling yellow in colour. Aromas have good presenece; grapey, sweet apple juice, and a very clear ginger, or maybe spicy pear? edge. If the nose promised bit of bit of complexity then the palate was a complete letdown. Thin, simple soft-drink flavours, faint sweet apple, a tiny musty note, and of course to much fizz. Not really up to snuff - they should just stick with importing the Aspland.
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