Lazy Yak Australian Pale Ale
Matilda Bay Brewing Co.
- From:
- Matilda Bay Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 73
- Avg:
- 2.81 | pDev: 21.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 15, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 24, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 9
SCORE
73
Okay
73
Okay
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
2.96/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.96/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
The lazy yak ranks with standard U.S. macros. It poured a clear golden with white head that is not leaving any lace. The scent is faint biscuit. The taste is comparable to bud/miller products. The Mouthfeel is lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it's standard.
Jun 19, 2016
Reviewed by maxiewawa from Australia
1.33/5 rDev -52.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.33/5 rDev -52.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
The bottle mentions “passionfruit” and “citrus aromas”; obviously the blurb it was written by someone who hasn’t tasted either, or who hasn’t actually tasted this product. It’s neither. Well, maybe it has a smudge of passionfruit in there somewhere, but the passionfruit is a little like one of those mangoes that you bite into but has no mango flavour. Looks just like the real thing, but when you bite into it, it’s like “hmmm…. oh, the logo looks just like Fat Yak but… tastes exactly like Mount Franklin sparkling mineral water.”
Its name might be a clue as to its secret ingredient; the laziest of laziest yaks’ sweaty hide. With a splash of mineral water.
It occurs to me that I should pay more attention to this forum’s reviews before making my purchase at ye olde bottle-o. And that companies sometimes tack on crappy sequels to great products. (Witness Star Wars episodes one through three.) Ack, I’ve got another four-pack’s worth to this six-pack left. Oh well. *chhk* Yuck, smells like a haircut.
Dec 27, 2015Its name might be a clue as to its secret ingredient; the laziest of laziest yaks’ sweaty hide. With a splash of mineral water.
It occurs to me that I should pay more attention to this forum’s reviews before making my purchase at ye olde bottle-o. And that companies sometimes tack on crappy sequels to great products. (Witness Star Wars episodes one through three.) Ack, I’ve got another four-pack’s worth to this six-pack left. Oh well. *chhk* Yuck, smells like a haircut.
Rated by daveidtw from Australia
2.03/5 rDev -27.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.03/5 rDev -27.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Glad I got this for half price. Not a lot going on in this beer, probably best drank on a really hot day.
Nov 08, 2015Reviewed by Decko from Australia
3.12/5 rDev +11%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.12/5 rDev +11%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A - light yellow in IPA glass with decent head. S - slightly earthy yeast notes, almost English ale style and with the hoppy citrus coming through. T - I like Fat Yak so couldn't get past thinking of this as Fat Yak light. It's a fairly decent drop with a reasonable balance to it but just not enough there to be memorable in any way. M - it's fizzy, not much more to say than that. O - OK refreshing brew but I wouldn't ever pick it over Fat Yak and a heap of other much better and well priced ales.
Oct 04, 2015
Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia
2.37/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
2.37/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
Poured into a Spieglau IPA glass. More on that later.
Looks the part head-wise and there is indeed a little malt-driven passionfruit at first go. That soon fades however, and the taste is all about Lazy.
There aint a lot of hops going on down.
Mouthfeel is all mineral water and metallic and watery.
Avoid - an insult to the glass it is in.
Sep 20, 2015Looks the part head-wise and there is indeed a little malt-driven passionfruit at first go. That soon fades however, and the taste is all about Lazy.
There aint a lot of hops going on down.
Mouthfeel is all mineral water and metallic and watery.
Avoid - an insult to the glass it is in.
Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia
3.4/5 rDev +21%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev +21%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle. Orange with a white head. Aroma of lemon and weeds, slight boiled vegies. Light bodied, feels like it has slightly more body than Fat Yak. Bland boiled lolly sweetness, low to moderate bitterness with very slight citrus. Dry at the end. A bit better than expected but fairly dull.
Jul 29, 2015
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
1.94/5 rDev -31%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
1.94/5 rDev -31%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
Well it looks like Matilda Bay’s macro Lager owner CUB (Carlton United Bollocks) has inched the once great craft brewer even further into crap beer territory - we have evidence of this with the lacklustre-at-best Minimum Chips, and now the once beloved (for me at least) Fat Yak is the target of that Midas touch that turns everything to shit... or is it? We’ll find out soon enough with this review of the newly minted: Matilda Bay Lazy Yak Australian Pale Ale.
Poured from a 345ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Not a good start when your craft APA looks like a macro Lager - clear light golden body with a foamy white half centimetre head on top. A bit of a weak effort when you compare it to the delightfully caramel-coloured body of Fat Yak. 2/10.
S: No improvement here with a granular malt character up front, as much as could be expected from a Pale Ale pretender... the bottle label declares a “signature Yakima valley hop” yet there is little to distinguish it from the malt aside from a slight citric hint. 4/10.
T: Yep, fears confirmed - this is a macro Lager in Pale Ale clothing. It’s definitely an Aussie one too with that overbearing cereal grain flavour that one finds in all the cheap Lagers. Along with that is an artificial lemon note... are there any real hops in this or are we dealing with an extract brew? Who knows, who cares? All I know is I’ve wasted good beer money on this crap (just as well I only got a single and not a six pack). 4/10.
M: Mid to light bodied with a medium carbonation... at least it gets one thing right - the body isn’t too watery as expected. 6/10.
D: How the once mighty have indeed fallen? Matilda CUBay have taken the once excellent reputation of Fat Yak and figuratively dragged it through the mud, is this even a Pale Ale? Tastes nothing like one, TBH my amateur homebrew Pale Ale blows this out of the water and it was only my third attempt ever at brewing beer... and it was done in a crappy old plastic fermenter with little actual knowledge of how to actually brew... this Lazy Yak is a joke. Avoid it if you love anything even remotely close to a Pale Ale. 3/10.
Food match: If you’re going to drink the fast food equivalent of beer you may as well eat a cheeseburger, don’t waste your money good food.
Jul 24, 2015Poured from a 345ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Not a good start when your craft APA looks like a macro Lager - clear light golden body with a foamy white half centimetre head on top. A bit of a weak effort when you compare it to the delightfully caramel-coloured body of Fat Yak. 2/10.
S: No improvement here with a granular malt character up front, as much as could be expected from a Pale Ale pretender... the bottle label declares a “signature Yakima valley hop” yet there is little to distinguish it from the malt aside from a slight citric hint. 4/10.
T: Yep, fears confirmed - this is a macro Lager in Pale Ale clothing. It’s definitely an Aussie one too with that overbearing cereal grain flavour that one finds in all the cheap Lagers. Along with that is an artificial lemon note... are there any real hops in this or are we dealing with an extract brew? Who knows, who cares? All I know is I’ve wasted good beer money on this crap (just as well I only got a single and not a six pack). 4/10.
M: Mid to light bodied with a medium carbonation... at least it gets one thing right - the body isn’t too watery as expected. 6/10.
D: How the once mighty have indeed fallen? Matilda CUBay have taken the once excellent reputation of Fat Yak and figuratively dragged it through the mud, is this even a Pale Ale? Tastes nothing like one, TBH my amateur homebrew Pale Ale blows this out of the water and it was only my third attempt ever at brewing beer... and it was done in a crappy old plastic fermenter with little actual knowledge of how to actually brew... this Lazy Yak is a joke. Avoid it if you love anything even remotely close to a Pale Ale. 3/10.
Food match: If you’re going to drink the fast food equivalent of beer you may as well eat a cheeseburger, don’t waste your money good food.
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