30th Anniversary Ale
Matilda Bay Brewing Co.
- From:
- Matilda Bay Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.26 | pDev: 7.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 02, 2014
- Added:
- Jun 17, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.36/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.36/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
On tap at GABS Festival in Melbourne, May 2014.
Pours an amber colour with foamy beige head. Sticks around nicely and leaves some pleasant lacing behind. Looks good.
Smells very fruity with lots of new world hops on there. Pear, touch of mango maybe. Fruity, but a bit subtle for an IPA. Could use more edge.
Taste is also subtle. Caramel malt upfront that still feels a bit light, then NZ fruity hoppiness comes through on the back. Feels mostly late hopping as there isn't a lot of edge, fairly light and fruity. A bit bland overall.
Body is also a little thin for the style.
Decent enough beer, but a bit muted for celebrating a 30th anniversary. It's like giving yourself porridge as a special birthday treat.
Jul 04, 2014Pours an amber colour with foamy beige head. Sticks around nicely and leaves some pleasant lacing behind. Looks good.
Smells very fruity with lots of new world hops on there. Pear, touch of mango maybe. Fruity, but a bit subtle for an IPA. Could use more edge.
Taste is also subtle. Caramel malt upfront that still feels a bit light, then NZ fruity hoppiness comes through on the back. Feels mostly late hopping as there isn't a lot of edge, fairly light and fruity. A bit bland overall.
Body is also a little thin for the style.
Decent enough beer, but a bit muted for celebrating a 30th anniversary. It's like giving yourself porridge as a special birthday treat.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
2.91/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.91/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Tried on-tap at GABS 2014 in Melbourne.
Pours an amber hue with a little weight behind it, holding a little fine carbonation and a solid haze. Head is off-white, forming a firm ring around the glass and leaving some sudsy lace. Looks decent.
Nose is really quite weak, and the characters that come off it are not what you'd expect. Weak grain and a little thin sweetness along with a meaty funk like old roast beer drippings or armpit odour. Not much in the way of hops at all. It's pretty poor.
Weak, organic bitterness on the front palate before the grain notes come through to leave a rather dull buzz of wet sack through the centre. What little there is falls away towards the back leaving it feeling neither offensive, nor... well, anything really. Feel is light.
Overall, it's certainly inoffensive for the most part (with the exception of that vague meatiness on the nose), but it's also less than ideal. It's way too bland for what it should be, and as a celebration of Matilda Bay's 30th Anniversary it's certainly lacks inspiration.
Jun 17, 2014Pours an amber hue with a little weight behind it, holding a little fine carbonation and a solid haze. Head is off-white, forming a firm ring around the glass and leaving some sudsy lace. Looks decent.
Nose is really quite weak, and the characters that come off it are not what you'd expect. Weak grain and a little thin sweetness along with a meaty funk like old roast beer drippings or armpit odour. Not much in the way of hops at all. It's pretty poor.
Weak, organic bitterness on the front palate before the grain notes come through to leave a rather dull buzz of wet sack through the centre. What little there is falls away towards the back leaving it feeling neither offensive, nor... well, anything really. Feel is light.
Overall, it's certainly inoffensive for the most part (with the exception of that vague meatiness on the nose), but it's also less than ideal. It's way too bland for what it should be, and as a celebration of Matilda Bay's 30th Anniversary it's certainly lacks inspiration.
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