Footscray Draft
Hop Nation Brewing Co.
- From:
- Hop Nation Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
- ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 22, 2026
- Added:
- May 22, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Refreshing | Crisp | Dry | Beer
An easy drinking beer with subtle malt sweetness alongside a mild hop bitterness. Pouring a distinct copper gold, Footscray Draft delivers uncompromising refreshment.
An easy drinking beer with subtle malt sweetness alongside a mild hop bitterness. Pouring a distinct copper gold, Footscray Draft delivers uncompromising refreshment.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia
4.05/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I nicked this one out of the Old Man's fridge in March 2026 and drank it in May that year.
L: A slightly hazy, straw-gold in the glass, with a fluffy, bright white head that maintains a decent covering throughout. Lots of large bubbles hurry up the glass.
S: The nose is grainy malt and a slight touch of yeast, a toned-down version of the old-style Australian draught beer of my youth. I can't detect any hop presence.
T: In Australia, a beer styled as a draught beer will generally be chasing the everyman market, and so a sweet, slightly malty, hop-lite beer is generally served up. This one ticks all of those boxes. It is probably more correctly labelled a Kolsch, but Kolsch doesn't sell in Australia. But as a beer with the word "Draft" (yes, they misspelled it - deliberately!) on the can, it doesn't have the aggressive pub notes of the old-style draught beers, with that slightly sour, slightly yeasty, overly sweet yet sharply malty profile they had (it has all of those things, just in a more refined package), and so comes across as a far more approachable, drinkable and sessionable beer. If I drink a six-pack of something like a Carlton Draught, I know a hangover looms. I am struck with the impression that any such outcome from this beer would be far softer and far more bearable.
M: The lightly carbonated, full mouthfeel of this beer suits the beer to a tee.
O: This is a very drinkable, very approachable, canned craft draught beer.
Cheers!
#822
May 22, 2026L: A slightly hazy, straw-gold in the glass, with a fluffy, bright white head that maintains a decent covering throughout. Lots of large bubbles hurry up the glass.
S: The nose is grainy malt and a slight touch of yeast, a toned-down version of the old-style Australian draught beer of my youth. I can't detect any hop presence.
T: In Australia, a beer styled as a draught beer will generally be chasing the everyman market, and so a sweet, slightly malty, hop-lite beer is generally served up. This one ticks all of those boxes. It is probably more correctly labelled a Kolsch, but Kolsch doesn't sell in Australia. But as a beer with the word "Draft" (yes, they misspelled it - deliberately!) on the can, it doesn't have the aggressive pub notes of the old-style draught beers, with that slightly sour, slightly yeasty, overly sweet yet sharply malty profile they had (it has all of those things, just in a more refined package), and so comes across as a far more approachable, drinkable and sessionable beer. If I drink a six-pack of something like a Carlton Draught, I know a hangover looms. I am struck with the impression that any such outcome from this beer would be far softer and far more bearable.
M: The lightly carbonated, full mouthfeel of this beer suits the beer to a tee.
O: This is a very drinkable, very approachable, canned craft draught beer.
Cheers!
#822
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