Beer Tasting Notes

Welcome to the Brewquets beer tasting notes page, where you can find information and learn about the beers you've been gifted!

Along with tasting notes to read while sampling these beers you might like to puruse the awesome range our friends at Beer Cartel have online.

Over 1,000 different beers from sessionable pale ales, to Belgian strong ales, imperial stouts, NEIPAs and everything in between!

They've even been kind enough to give us a gift to share with you.

Capital Brewing Rock Hopper

Country: Australia

Brewery: Capital Brewing Co

Style: West Coast IPA

ABV: 6.1%

Big & juicy, this west coast IPA is loaded with tropical hop flavours & balanced with a refreshing dry finish.

Young Henrys Newtowner

Country: Australia

Brewery: Young Henrys

Style: Pale Ale

ABV: 4.8%

Young Henrys wouldn’t be what it is without Newtown. It’s our home, community and inspiration. So when the suburb celebrated its sesquicentenary and we were invited to brew a unique beer to celebrate, we jumped at the chance. The resulting craft beer was an Aussie Pale Ale called Newtowner.

In a bit of a nod to the suburb’s past and present influences, we used a blend of Australian malts. Then we added three varieties of local hops to make it fun, fruity and even a little bitter - just like Newtown. This is a beer we wanted everyone in our community to enjoy, whether it was being thrown back at a gig or sipped slowly in a beer garden. The people responded and Newtowner is now a permanent part of our beer range.

Akasha Super Chill

Country: Australia

Brewery: Akasha Brewing Company

Style: Australian Pale Ale

ABV: 4.2%

Refresh your sense of just how good a cold one can be with this perfectly balanced, endlessly smashable beer. Crisp, clean and great tasting with a light tropical haze and a dry, satisfying finish, it’s the ultimate session beer for kicking back… or kicking on.

Mountain Goat Billy The Mid

Country: Australia

Brewery: Mountain Goat

Style: Session Ale

ABV: 3.5%

If you think you know mid-strength beer, then you haven’t met Billy.

Brewed with New Zealand malts and American hops, Billy the Mid is an easy-drinking, transpacific pale ale that doesn’t compromise on flavour. Full-bodied, with citrus aromas and a crisp finish, this is mid-strength beer, Mountain Goat style.

Hawkers Hazy Pale

Country: Australia

Brewery: Hawkers Beer

Style: Hazy Pale Ale

ABV: 4.6%

Generously dry-hopped, deliciously hazy, and stunningly approachable. Massive juice characters abound from American and New Zealand hops, delivering the best of both worlds between New England style and sessionability.

Pirate Life South Coast Pale Ale

Country: Australia

Brewery: Pirate Life Brewing

Style: Pale Ale

ABV: 4.4%

This landmark pale encompasses our founding vision of ingenuity, our unwavering commitment to quality and the laid-back spirit of the South Coast - or as we Pirates prefer to call it, home.

Once poured, peach and citrus drift from the pint, spurring imagery of backyard trees laden with fruit. The first mouthful sends pineapple, sweet malt and a gentle bitterness across the palate. It's light-bodied, cruisy and brewed with the session in mind.

We were born on the Nullarbor and raised in a shed on the Adelaide Plain, and while we continue to grow, some things will never change, like our passion for making great beer and our enduring love of the South Coast.

South Coast Pale. Welcome home.

Kaiju! Pleazure Kruze

Country: Australia

Brewery: Kaiju! Beer

Style: Hazy Pale Ale

ABV: 4.8%

Lurking off the coast of a hidden archipelago, OOdako’s relentless quest for farolacton juice is momentarily deferred as a beguiling water craft appears in the haze.

Pleasantly hazy sun kissed straw colour and a pillowy soft mouthfeel, the hop flavours blend perfectly with the juicy aromas of grapefruit, lemon zest, pineapple and lychee effecting a super clean finish with just a hint of quenching bitterness.

Deeds Brewing Pre Game Pale Ale

Country: Australia

Brewery: Deeds Brewing

Style: Pale Ale

ABV: 4.2%

Whether it’s watching your favourite team or kicking off a big sesh, this flavourful pale is the ultimate pre game routine. It may not guarantee a win for your team or your mates, but your taste buds are odds on favourites for a result. Perfect for any occasion, pre game or otherwise.

Hawke’s Brewing Patio Pale

Country: Australia

Brewery: Hawke's Brewing Co

Style: Australian Pale Ale

ABV: 4.5%

Every sip of Hawke’s Patio Pale gives back to the natural wonders that surround your very own patio. A luscious, tropical-style pale, brewed for sunsets, cicada concerts, or for just putting your feet up and quietly sighing, “how good”.

An easy drinking pale, delivering a big, floral aroma, with tropical notes of lychee, stone fruit and citrus. Lightly toasted malt and gentle bitterness deliver a clean finish.

100% of Bob Hawke’s royalty share is donated to Landcare Australia, the charity he set up in 1989. Since launching in 2017, Hawke’s has raised over $400,000 for Landcare projects all across Australia. 

Green Beacon Wayfarer 

Country: Australia

Brewery: Green Beacon

Style: Tropical Pale Ale

ABV: 4.9%

Brewed to embody our unique Queensland summer, the naturally hazy appearance is reminiscent of Moreton Island’s golden hour glow. Bursting with lush tropical aromas of lychee, melon and passion fruit, Wayfarer exhibits vibrant fruit favours, a smooth body, low bitterness and a refreshing finish.

Brick Lane Draught

Country: Australia

Brewery: Brick Lane

Style: Lager

ABV: 4.9%

Massively refreshing. All natural. Full strength. Some days just call for an ice cold beer. One that is uncomplicated, clean and Aussie. Our Draught is just that - a no fuss kind of beer that still delivers what you want.

Bright golden in colour with a balanced, crisp body from the use of our all Victorian malt, the aromas remind you of everything there is to love about good, honest beer.

Only real ingredients have gone into this beer - there’s no extracts or added sugars here. The beer is full flavoured, massively refreshing and easy drinking with enough assertive bitterness to carry it through.

Hop Nation Rattenhund Pilsner

Country: Australia

Brewery: Hop Nation

Style: Pilsner

ABV: 4.8%

The original Rattenhund recipe, taste and flavour that has made it Australia's #1 Pilsner.

Traditionally brewed using floor malted Bohemian Pilsner Malt, partnered with Saaz and Spalt Select hops. Fermented long and cool followed by an eight week lagering. Clear and refreshing with a fluffy, lip smothering head.