Grand Ridge Gippsland Gold - Grand Ridge Brewing Co.

koolk

Australia

3.98/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Vibrant golden orange clear colouring with good carbonation. Head is small and lacing zero.

Aroma is a great mixture of caramel & toffee with a good slice of tropical fruit thrown in. Almost a slight burnt character to it as well. Me likes!

Palate is strongly bitter on the back, with good roasty flavours up front and on the sides. Aftertaste is more creamy hop fruity flavour and is long and pleasant. Creamy texture adds an extra pleasure to this wonderful beer.

In my opin, the best Grand Ridge has to offer.

Serving type: bottle

11-19-2003 02:00:15 | More by koolk

diablo14

Australia

4.43/5  rDev +23.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

like most beers this baby, while still excellent, can be a bit more inconsistant in the bottle. can get a bit tooo bitter if its getting a bit long in the tooth. when its fresh it holds its form as one of the best beers going around in these parts. no wonder it won best victorian beer at the a.i.b.a last year.

Serving type: bottle

11-10-2003 06:34:54 | More by diablo14

ILJAY

Australia

4.83/5  rDev +34.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Sensational!
Tried Gippy Gold at a restaurant one night. At first I thought, uh… this is a pretty full on beer, and switched to Coopers Sparkling Ale. Well after the Gippy Gold Coopers (good beer in itself) tasted like VB. I struggled to finish the Coopers and then switched back over to the Gippsland Gold for the rest of the night.

This beer certainly nails it. It has a fantastic full flavour, yet it is refreshing. I just don’t get tired of it. Well done Grand Ridge brewery.

My only problem with this beer is its label. I know the taste is what’s important, but I found the label to be too busy. It does not reflect the classiness of this excellent beer.

The bloke serving drinks at the restaurant said that they struggle to sell this beer. This is a sad reflection on the Australian beer-drinking public…

I will certainly buy it again, I am glad I live only foury k's from the brewery.

Serving type: bottle

11-10-2003 05:40:02 | More by ILJAY

rastaman

United Kingdom (England)

3.7/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A very decent English style bitter, firm maltiness and decently hoppy finish, this was really nice, good session beer aswell.

Serving type: bottle

05-28-2002 20:33:22 | More by rastaman