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Balter – Electric Wonderland 

Brewery Balter In Currumbin, QLD Style IPA  ABV & IBU 7% & 54 Tasting Notes Light golden yellow with a big white, foamy head. Strong tropical fruit aromas wafting from the glass well before I put it up to my nose. Notes of apricot and coconut are back up by pineapple on first sip. A light […]

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Balter – Cryomofo

Brewery Balter in Currumbin, QLD Style West Coast IPA ABV & IBU 7% Rate Beer No rating yet Tasting Notes Deep yellow/light golden colour with a big, foamy white head. Initially wasn’t picking up hop aroma but it certainly hits you on the tongue. Light, crisp malt backbone with a tropical hop flavour. Nice bite and bitterness from […]

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Balter – Bunker Buster

Brewery: Balter in Currumbin, QLD Style:  Session Hazy IPA ABV:  4.5% IBUs:   28 Rate Beer:  no rating yet Pour:  Yellow/white haze with a small white head. Tropical aromas of mango, orange and Passionfruit. A little creamy smoothness with a carbonation bite and dry finish. They say it’s part American pale, part Hazy and part Brut IPA […]

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Balter – Lager

Brewery: Balter in Currumbin, QLD Style:  Lager ABV:  4.6% IBUs:   22 Rate Beer:  no rating yet Pour:  Light golden colour with a small white head on pour. Crisp and clean, simple lager. I feel like I describe every lager as that but it’s the truth. Balter have swapped out their Pilsner for this lager. Slight noble […]

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Balter – Strong Pale Ale

Brewery: Balter in Currumbin, QLD Style: Pale Ale ABV: 5.9% Rate Beer: 55/100 Pour:  Gorgeous yellow colour with a healthy white head.  What is a strong pale ale? Is it a XPA? Is it a IPA? Well it’s neither. Using the base of all of Balters good hop driven beers, this adds an extra kick in […]

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Canberra Craft Beer and Cider Festival

Canberra’s craft beer festival is now into its 12th year and it’s great to see that its expanded from the small gardens of the Mercure Hotel to closing off the back laneway behind the hotel.

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Balter – Hazy IPA

Tropical flavours in an easy drinking IPA. This is another great Balter beer.

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Balter – Captain Sensible

Session ales have made a little bit of resurgence