Mountain Goat 15th Anniversary Triple Hightail Ale - Mountain Goat Beer Pty Ltd

dgilks

Australia

3.65/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Mostly clear red colour with a small creamy head. Poor head retention.

Dried fruit esters with nice raisin and even spice notes. Touches of cherry. Quite sweet.

Sugary with a bitter finish. Lots of fruit and some spice to back it up.

Medium body with moderate carbonation.

A decent beer but it seems overly sweet to my palate.

Serving type: bottle

11-21-2012 10:20:32 | More by dgilks

heygeebee

Australia

2.98/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

From Beer Cartel. BB 06/13. Which means it has been in the bottle too long. At $15 was not cheap.

Pours amber, one finger off white head. Dies too quickly, leaves film a little clumpy clingy lace.

Aromas are sweet, almost quad like. Some raisins, masses of malts.

Taste is smooth, integrated, sweet ish. I am looking for hops, and there are few and far between. Rasins, hint of port, caramel, brown sugar.

Mouthfeel medium bodied. Lightly carbonated. Smooth.

Overall, wish I had drunk earlier. Think the hops have just died, leaving an almost Belgian style malty ale, which is too sweet. Still a vaild review IMHO due to overbearing sweetness.

Serving type: bottle

02-28-2013 09:55:11 | More by heygeebee

SmashPants

Australia

3.55/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Bottle: standard pint-size 640mL solid brown bottle, standard Mountain Goat-esque craft label.

Appearance: a clean mid-dark reddish-copper colour with steady but fine streams of carbonation. A slightly disappointing head - a thin but creamy head that drops to a cap almost immediately.

Aroma: there is a fair amount of heavy caramels and savoury malts - bread and earthy qualities. Interesting.

Taste: some fruits start coming through in the flavour, which I didnt' notice on the nose. Those malts are still coming through, if perhaps a tiny bit awkwardly.

Aftertaste: some bitterness coming through in the aftertaste - quite nice, almost what I would consider 'tanniny'.

Mouth feel: light - to - medium in body with a medium fine carbonation.

Overall: I've always got time for Mountain Goat beers, and this one is a good example. Good mixture of spices, malts and some heavy fruits. Probably not worth the AU$12 a bottle price (2013), but good for one every now and then.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2013 10:31:46 | More by SmashPants

CrazyDavros

Australia

3.53/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours dark copper with a fading head.
Nose shows heavy caramel and bready melanoidin malt. Also some spicy notes.
A fair bit of rich sweet malt as a flavour, very sweet. Some spicy hops, bitterness and booze in the finish but not quite managing to tame the sweetness.
Carbonation seems a little full on.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2012 11:30:48 | More by CrazyDavros

danieelol

Australia

2.75/5  rDev -16.4%

11-21-2012 12:47:26 | More by danieelol