Ballarat Draught
Red Duck
- From:
- Red Duck
- Australia
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
- ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 30, 2026
- Added:
- May 30, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Session Beer.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia
3.81/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Purchased at the source in March 2026, drunk in May that year.
L: Light golden yellow, with a thin white head. Scattered bubbles move slowly up the glass.
S: The incredibly clean nose has an aroma of sweet malt, with a touch of yeast and the slightest kiss of spicy hops.
T: Clean, crisp and very Kolsch-like. Mild, honeyed sweetness, mild citrusy hops, and a very clean and dry finish. If anything, this is too clean, too mild and too refined to be called a Draught Beer. While I'm sure that's just marketing hiding an unfashionable Kolsch label, this does not live in the same house as the macro draught beers traditionally found in an Australian pub.
M: The mouthfeel is mild and soft, to the point of being insubstantial. Carbonation is similarly dialled back, adding to the feeling of refinement I picked up in the taste profile, and not at all the aggressive carbonation and mouthfeel of a traditional pub draught beer.
O: This was quite excellent but marked down due to not living up to the expectation from the name. Don't be shy, Red Duck, call this beer a Kolsch!
Cheers!
#824
May 30, 2026L: Light golden yellow, with a thin white head. Scattered bubbles move slowly up the glass.
S: The incredibly clean nose has an aroma of sweet malt, with a touch of yeast and the slightest kiss of spicy hops.
T: Clean, crisp and very Kolsch-like. Mild, honeyed sweetness, mild citrusy hops, and a very clean and dry finish. If anything, this is too clean, too mild and too refined to be called a Draught Beer. While I'm sure that's just marketing hiding an unfashionable Kolsch label, this does not live in the same house as the macro draught beers traditionally found in an Australian pub.
M: The mouthfeel is mild and soft, to the point of being insubstantial. Carbonation is similarly dialled back, adding to the feeling of refinement I picked up in the taste profile, and not at all the aggressive carbonation and mouthfeel of a traditional pub draught beer.
O: This was quite excellent but marked down due to not living up to the expectation from the name. Don't be shy, Red Duck, call this beer a Kolsch!
Cheers!
#824
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