I'm a 21 year old Melbournian, I work in a boutique brewery that's open to the public with the idea of choosing one of our numerous beers and brewing it yourself, Right down to the bottling. After a number of months of slowly learning the different characteristics of beers and their distinctive differences, I've decided to start at number 1 and work my way through the 'local tap-house's 100 hottest craft beers of 2010' with the hope that by the end of it I'll be able to tell the difference between an Indian pale ale and a Pilsner with 25grams of extra Saaz hops.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

NUMBER 12
MOUNTAIN GOAT HIGHTAIL ALE


Quick dark on pour from the bottle, but it being an amber ale would do that. Upon closer inspection this brew has the most fantastic amber colour, a toffee type colour and is fantastic to look at. Not too much head but the head there is has a golden tinge to it, more a golden brown to clarify. There's quite a malty aroma, giving off a caramel kind of scent which isn't at all unpleasant.

I know what this so called ' grassy' taste is and this beer has jut the right amount of it. again, more robust malts influence the flavour and influence it in all the right ways. the taste stays on the tongue for just enough time to establish what flavours are silently working away and combining to produce what is a strong, but not too strong flavour. this is one of those beers to have over dinner with some hearty chunk of meat, say a lamb roast or the like.

Also worth noting is the note on the bottle thanking you for supporting independent, craft beer from 'Dave and Cam' from Mountain goat beer. Which i thought was fantastic. It needs more support!


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