Budgie Smuggler
Beaches Brewing Company
- From:
- Beaches Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 2.75%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 03, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 19, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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27 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, from the University Ave. West LCBO in nearby downtown Windsor. My first beer from the Toronto, Ontario brewery.
Feb 15, 2025
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.57/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated May 10 2024 and served slightly chilled. This is Beaches Brewing's take on an Australian Sparkling Ale, a style I am not at all familiar with.
Pours clear and effervescent, its orange amber-hued body capped with two fingers of soapy, foamy off white-coloured head that seeps away over the next five minutes or so. A creamy collar and frothy cap survive, with a respectable swath of lace deposited onto the glass - looks good so far. Bready, grainy malts and light caramel on the nose, with suggestions of earthy, floral hops.
It tastes alright - relatively malt-forward, featuring notes of bready, biscuity malts and honey sweetness accented with orchard fruit and earthy, leafy hops later on. Not a lot of development beyond that: it finishes with leafy hops and biscuity malt sweetness that dissipates into a dry-ish aftertaste. Light in body, with aggressive carbonation, especially at first: a crisp sharp bite early in the session, taking on a smoother mouthfeel as the bubbles exhaust themselves. Easy to knock back.
Final Grade: 3.56, a decent B grade. Having had little to no previous experience with Australian sparkling ales, I'm in no position to judge whether or not Budgie Smuggler is a good example of that style. Speaking more generally, I do think it's a serviceable pale-ish ale - I finished my glass easily enough, and could feasibly have a couple of these in a row. Worth a shot, especially if you have an appreciation for maltier pale ales; I'll likely drink this again some time, and plan to pair it with fish 'n chips.
Sep 23, 2024Pours clear and effervescent, its orange amber-hued body capped with two fingers of soapy, foamy off white-coloured head that seeps away over the next five minutes or so. A creamy collar and frothy cap survive, with a respectable swath of lace deposited onto the glass - looks good so far. Bready, grainy malts and light caramel on the nose, with suggestions of earthy, floral hops.
It tastes alright - relatively malt-forward, featuring notes of bready, biscuity malts and honey sweetness accented with orchard fruit and earthy, leafy hops later on. Not a lot of development beyond that: it finishes with leafy hops and biscuity malt sweetness that dissipates into a dry-ish aftertaste. Light in body, with aggressive carbonation, especially at first: a crisp sharp bite early in the session, taking on a smoother mouthfeel as the bubbles exhaust themselves. Easy to knock back.
Final Grade: 3.56, a decent B grade. Having had little to no previous experience with Australian sparkling ales, I'm in no position to judge whether or not Budgie Smuggler is a good example of that style. Speaking more generally, I do think it's a serviceable pale-ish ale - I finished my glass easily enough, and could feasibly have a couple of these in a row. Worth a shot, especially if you have an appreciation for maltier pale ales; I'll likely drink this again some time, and plan to pair it with fish 'n chips.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.54/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
473ml can served cold into a chalice. LCBO purchase for around $3.60 CDN.
Appearance - Dark gold, with pink and copper hues. A finger plus of loose white head on top. Good staying power. Great clarity.
Smell - Muted hops aromas, some light peachy aroma too and more floral than most. Quite sweet on the nose.
Taste - Matches up with the nose, with low bitterness, hints of peach and other stone fruits and mild malt backbone.
Mouthfeel - Fairly crisp with good carbonation and semi-dry finish. Probably the highlight of this brew.
Overall - I wanted to like this more than I did. Everything is just fine, just was left wishing for a little more bitterness and contrast to the one fairly sweet and fairly fruity note that is played here.
Feb 06, 2024Appearance - Dark gold, with pink and copper hues. A finger plus of loose white head on top. Good staying power. Great clarity.
Smell - Muted hops aromas, some light peachy aroma too and more floral than most. Quite sweet on the nose.
Taste - Matches up with the nose, with low bitterness, hints of peach and other stone fruits and mild malt backbone.
Mouthfeel - Fairly crisp with good carbonation and semi-dry finish. Probably the highlight of this brew.
Overall - I wanted to like this more than I did. Everything is just fine, just was left wishing for a little more bitterness and contrast to the one fairly sweet and fairly fruity note that is played here.
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 4 2024
Jan 04, 2024
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