When the cap is pop?
Not much aroma can be spotted
How’s the taste?
Very crispy and carbonated with refreshing taste. Have light sour taste at the end, not much after taste. With 4.5% ABV is a easy drinking beer.
What’s the colour?
Clear transparent golden
How’s Bottle the design?
Typical bottle design.
Where to get?
Drank it at the Tavern
My Opinion:
This beer is refreshing and easy to drink, but is not a beer that I look forward.
Champion Large Brewery winner-Leif-Ryan on behalf of Weihenstephan Brewery (Germany)
International breweries took out 11 of the 15 trophies awarded at the 2010 Australian International Beer Awards as well as the major prize, the prestigious Champion Exhibitor Trophy, which was awarded to Norwegian boutique brewery, Nøgne Ø – Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri of Grimstad on Thursday evening, 20 May at a gala presentation dinner at The Palladium, at Crown in Melbourne, Australia.
Cleaning up at the awards, the Norwegian brewery also took home the Champion Small Brewery Award. The international flavour of the event was further emphasised with five trophies awarded to US beers, two to New Zealand, and one each for first time entrant, Denmark and brewing giant, Germany.
Grand Champion Exhibitor winner David Andrews Inspirt Ltd on behalf of Nogne Ø Det Kompromisslose Bryggeri-(Norway)
Australian breweries took out four awards at the event with defending Champion Exhibitor, Feral Brewing, awarded the Champion Ale. The Premier’s Trophy for the Best Victorian Beer was awarded to 2 Brothers Brewery and New South Wales breweries Hunter Beer Company and Redoak Pty Ltd took out the Champion Porter and Champion Reduced / Low Alcohol Beer trophies respectively.
MC-Craig-Willis, Upper House Member for Western Victoria Parliamentary Secretary Regional and Rural Development Victoria with RASV-CEO, Mark O'Sullivan
Heading up the judging panel responsible for tasting more than 1,170 beers over two weeks including 495 international entries and 675 Australian, Australian International Beer Awards Chairman, Peter Manders attests the increase in international winners to a growth in entries from top tier brewers from around the globe.
“We were extremely impressed with the entries received at this year’s Awards. Now recognised on a global stage as the pre-eminent showcase for premium beer and brewing excellence in the Asia Pacific region, the international dominance has not come as a surprise, receiving more and more high calibre international entries each year,” said Mr Manders.
“A panel of 30 judges which included, Professor Paul Hughes of Heriot-Watt University in the UK, Director of Brewing Operations Jaime Jurado of Gambrinus Company in the US and international brewing consultant, Brian Watson of New Zealand, tested the beers over two weeks, experiencing some of the most fantastic beers in the world,” he said.
Premier's Trophy Winners-Andrew and David Ong of 2 Brothers Brewery in Victoria
Trends to emerge from the two-week judging included a 50-50 split in entries from boutique and large scale breweries, a 20 per cent increase in international brewers entering the competition, a 50 per cent increase in gluten free beer entries and the inclusion of three international judges to the panel of beer experts in charge of assessing the beers.
Introducing the Champion Gluten Free Beer Trophy in 2010 in line with industry trends, no Champion was nominated. “Judging the 12 gluten free beers in accordance with international beer standards, the brews that use products such as rice, millet and sorghum to replace wheat, did not stand up in 2010 with the panel unable to nominate a Champion, remaining true to its quality benchmarking standards,” commented Peter Manders.
From the weird to the wonderful, beers tasted during the judging included a smoked chilli beer, wooded cherry ale and a brave Scottish brew, a 32 per cent alcohol based beer fittingly titled the ‘Tactical Nuclear Penguin’.
The Australian International Beer Awards was first held in 1993 recording 94 entries from 30 exhibitors from Australia and New Zealand. It has grown today to host 1170 entries (675 Australian, 495 international) from 243 exhibitors (102 Australian, 140 international).
Conducted annually by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria and the University of Ballarat, the 2010 Australian International Beer Awards received entries from 34 countries around the world including first time entries from the lager-loving Danish, Fiji, Belarus and Spain who joined the Czech Republic, Belgium, Chile, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the UK, the USA, and of course Australia.
The winners were announced on Thursday, 20 May 2021 at a gala dinner at The Palladium at Crown in Melbourne, Australia and included:
