Summer Ale
Mountain Goat Beer Pty Ltd
- From:
- Mountain Goat Beer Pty Ltd
- Australia
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.08 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 27, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 27, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Summer Ale was brewed with long Aussie summers in mind, but can be enjoyed all year round.
This hot-weather favourite is loaded with fruity, crisp characters, and has minimal bitterness. The hop aromas of melon and passionfruit add a pleasant floral character, and complement the subtle fruitiness on the front-palate. The finish is crisp, dry, and as refreshing than diving straight into the pool on a hot day.
This hot-weather favourite is loaded with fruity, crisp characters, and has minimal bitterness. The hop aromas of melon and passionfruit add a pleasant floral character, and complement the subtle fruitiness on the front-palate. The finish is crisp, dry, and as refreshing than diving straight into the pool on a hot day.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia
3.08/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
3.08/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
I purchased this one at Chas Cole Cellarbrations in Geelong in May 2025 and drank it in August of that year.
L: Hazy tropical gold colour, with a cm-high, bright-white head. I can't see any bubbles, even when holding the beer up to the light.
S: Tropical fruit, passionfruit and guava notes stand out, but it's all a little muted.
T: There's a general tropicalish vibe to this one, but also a soda-water-like finish that washes away the fruit notes as quickly as they arrive. This would be fine on a hot day when you want to slam the beer down for some hydration, but otherwise is not what I'm looking for in a summer beer.
M: Carbonation is medium, but carbonic bite is high, which means the previous point about slamming the beer on a hot day becomes invalid, as it's too punchy to drink quickly. The body is perhaps a touch thin.
O: This unfortunately has all the hallmarks of a macro summer beer, even from a formerly cutting-edge independent craft brewery. It seems that the flavour has been muted and become a little watery, to not offend the everyday crowd, but the beer pays for that by being unremarkable in most ways and below average in body and taste.
Cheers!
#741
Aug 27, 2025L: Hazy tropical gold colour, with a cm-high, bright-white head. I can't see any bubbles, even when holding the beer up to the light.
S: Tropical fruit, passionfruit and guava notes stand out, but it's all a little muted.
T: There's a general tropicalish vibe to this one, but also a soda-water-like finish that washes away the fruit notes as quickly as they arrive. This would be fine on a hot day when you want to slam the beer down for some hydration, but otherwise is not what I'm looking for in a summer beer.
M: Carbonation is medium, but carbonic bite is high, which means the previous point about slamming the beer on a hot day becomes invalid, as it's too punchy to drink quickly. The body is perhaps a touch thin.
O: This unfortunately has all the hallmarks of a macro summer beer, even from a formerly cutting-edge independent craft brewery. It seems that the flavour has been muted and become a little watery, to not offend the everyday crowd, but the beer pays for that by being unremarkable in most ways and below average in body and taste.
Cheers!
#741
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