Recent Tasting Notes

Stone IPA (14/20)
Funny beer. Nose shows some faint hope sweetness and a funky, dirty fruit note. Not really hoppy at all in terms of aromas, at least in the traditional sense. Mild palate weight with elegant fruity notes before a harder metallic-like character kicks in.

Bellarine Queenscliff Ale (4/20)
Blah. Could be a contract job but not at all done well. Pours ok; dull murky lemon / orange, kinda Belgian whit but the head is fizzy and cheap. Weird nose of cardboard, faint burnt rubber and faint citrus fruits. Super light palate with fizz...I honestly can’t pick any ’beer’ flavours. Man, why bother?

Great Divide 'Titan' IPA (13/20)
Very similar in appearance to the Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA consumed recently although perhaps a touch more hazy. Nose is dominated by an almost sweet note, confectionary-like, probably malts. The front half of the palate is very similar, and in fact could almost be accused of being too sweet and cloying. A bit dumb really. Hops kick in late but don’t balance out the initial sweetness. Good fun but not really a great beer (and quite possibly not well put together). Strictly non-sessional for my tastes.