Pale Ale Reviews
November 2016 – Beer of the Month – Colonial Brewing Company Bert
What are we drinking this month? Each month we’ll highlight what we’re liking with a quick rundown about why. There’s nothing really special here, it’s just what we happen to be drinking. It might be old, it might be new, it might be hard to get, it might be easy. Take a look at previous beers of the month. Colonial […]
BrewDog Hoppy Christmas – Beer Review
Name: BrewDog Hoppy Christmas Style: Pale Ale Country: Scotland ABV: 7.2% Beer description: BrewDog come to us from Scotland. They like to try to push flavours and pack their beers with as much as possible and try some interesting stuff. Compared to some breweries who try to push boundaries by adding weird and wonderful flavours to their beer, BrewDog tend […]
Goodieson Brewery Pale Ale – Beer Review
Name: Goodieson Brewery Pale Ale Style: Pale Ale Country: Australia ABV: 4.5% Beer description: Goodieson Brewery is a small, family owned brewery in McLaren Vale, South Australia. They have a fairly limited distribution but can generally be found in better bottle shops. Goodieson Brewery emphasises traditional brewing. Goodieson’s pale ale pours without much head. It’s not flat by […]
Day of the Dead Pale Ale – Beer Review
Name: Day of the Dead Pale Ale Style: Pale Ale Country: Mexico ABV: 4.8% Beer description: Day of the Dead’s pale also, also known as their Queen of the Night pale ale comes from Mexico. The beer pours with a small amount of head and is surprisingly dark for a pale ale. It’s marketed as a standard/American pale ale, but […]
Black Dog Brewery Howling Pale Ale – Beer Review
Name: Black Dog Brewery Howling Pale Ale Style: Pale Ale Country: Australia ABV: 5.2% Beer description: Black Dog Brewery is a small brewery in Taminick, Victoria tacked onto the Taminick Winery. Their head brewer comes from wine-maker stock and he puts a wine-maker’s care and thought into his beers. Howling Dog’s pale ale pours with lots of head, it’s a pretty […]
Baird Beer Rising Sun Pale Ale – Beer Review
Name:Â Baird Beer Rising Sun Pale Ale Style:Â Pale Ale Country:Â Japan ABV:Â 5.5% Beer description:Â Baird Beer comes out of Japan from husband and wife team Bryan and Sayuri Baird. Baird Beer have a good year round selection of about ten beers as well as seasonal releases. They appear to be fairly widely distributed in Japan and are very […]
Burleigh Brewing Co 28 Pale Ale – Beer Review
Name: Burleigh Brewing Co 28 Pale Ale Style: Pale Ale Country: Australia ABV: 4.8% Beer description: Described by the brewer as “70’s style” pale ale, this beer is very traditional.  It’s refreshing to see a brewery attempt a standard but good beer.  Standard does not necessarily mean “boring piss,” and Burleigh have done quite well in making an old school […]