Send It Down Hughie
Tribe Breweries

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Tribe Breweries
 
Australia
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
ABV:
4.4%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
1.89 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
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Active
Rated:
Jan 25, 2024
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Jan 25, 2024
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Brewed by Tribe Brewery in Goulburn NSW for Pinnacle Drinks, Send it down Hughie is an Australian lager that is giving $2 to Aussie communities in need for every carton of 24 sold.
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Reviewed by Nath91 from Australia

1.89/5  rDev 0%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2
Another day, another beer brewed for Pinnacle Drinks. I dunno why I torture myself sometimes. At least is brewed by Tribe in Goulburn NSW. So it had a chance of being OK.

This beer is supposedly some community outreach beer where for every carton sold, they're giving $2 to Australian communities in need. From the QR code on the can links to their Instagram page which shows a bunch of Farmers and their families.

I found this on special at my local Glenquarie BWS for $2, so I don't think its overly popular. Always enough rambling.

Vessel: Dark Blue and yellow label. Eye catching, but I'm not sure about the name. Best before is 12/1/24, so explains why they were eager to flog it for $2.

Appearance: Classic Australian lager. Dark Golden straw. Thin fizzy soft drink/soda esque head that disappears in seconds, leaving the beer in my glass looking like sparkling apple juice. Completely filtered, lots of carbonation present. Not off to a good start.

Aroma: Very faint and mild malt, and some form of hop presence, but you got to really push your nose in to find it. A ever so slight grain presence. It's like they've made a vat of sparking mineral water and put in hops, grain and malt as a last minute afterthought.

Taste: It's actually got flavour. Strong sweet malt and grain. Some mild hops in there, nothing over powering but easy to miss if you're not searching for it. The hops provide a very mild bitterness, just to remind you their there. Maybe Pride of Ringwood but might be something else. But mostly the flavour is malt and Grain.

Feel: Thin, highly carbonated. A suitable water substitute on a hot and dusty day.

Overall: Send it down Hughie? Send it somewhere far away. Look, at theast they're honest, 100% Aussie malt and hops, lightly hopped, easy drinking and refreshing. Out of an icy esky after a long hard day of toiling away it's going to be a suitable replacement for a bottle of water, but it's a "craft" XXXX.

I hope this sells for the Farmers sake, but I'll be surprised if it crosses my pallatte again.

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Jan 25, 2024