Mountain Goat Steam Ale

Style:California Common/Steam Beer
Alc %:4.5
Brewery:Mountain Goat Brewery
Country:Australia
Tap/Bottle?:bottle, 330ml
Where/When:Home, March 2012
Cost:??
Rating:6

May of poured too quickly as the white head frothed up to an inch and then dissapeared to a soft 1/4 inch or so. Body is a light pale yellow and cloudy.
Nose is yeasty/bready with a slight touch of lemon. Not overly appealing.
There's a slight peppery/spice to it up front which make me thinks it would go well with Thai/Asian food and easily quaffable.
What else is going on here?
It's got a grainy wheat beer mouth feel to it- flavours of yeast and breaddyness seem to dominate mid palate with a finish of more spiciness.
This is a reasonable drop that's pretty easy to drink- inoffensive but not ground breaking.
6/10

Mountain Goat Rare Breed Surefoot Stout

Style:American Stout
Alc %:4.9
Brewery:Mountain Goat
Country:Australia
Tap/Bottle?:bottle
Where/When:Home, May 2011
Cost:$10 approx
Rating:7/10

Typical light tan head. Coffee on the nose.

Sweet yet dry, moreish. Cocoa and coffee.

Thorny Goat

Style:Black IPA
Alc %:6.8
Brewery:Mountain Goat Beer
Country:Australia
Tap/Bottle?:640ml bottle
Where/When:Home, April 2011
Cost:$12
Rating:7.5/10

Uber dark body, with a light brown finger width head.
The nose is everything you'd hope for in a beer like this. Very resinous hops.
Grapefruit comes thru but not in abundance.
It's very malty and a little stout like- really covering the tongue. It's quite well balanced and the slap/smack of the hops never really comes.
It's a little thicker in the mouth than I expected, with a creaminess about it makes the tongue think stout.
It would be fair to say that this is an ozzie take on a Black IPA - a well done one at that - it's not outrageously hoppy like a Stone black IPA but it's bold and well balanced without being over the top. It's big but it's not trying to punch your lights out! And it really hangs around in your mouth and lingers. (The more i drink this, the more i love how this lingers in the mouth!)
I got a surprise to see it on the shelf at my usual bottle-o and it's a brew that I already would like to see always available but as it's a collaberation with Thornbridge, that's not going to happen.

Now, a slight whinge and a little info for my millions of overseas readers. This 640 ml bottle cost me $11.99 which is.... fucken outrageous! We have a really crappy tax system here in Oz (& NZ has got it bad too, from what I know) in regards to the levy paid by smaller breweries.
I also purchased a 750ml bottle of Chimay White which cost $13.99- $4-5 dollars less than what I normally expect to pay for this brew.
So, if you couple this cruel tax system with a competitive market place it's a brave man who would put their livelihood/lifestyle on the line to produce beers that really stand out yet appeal to alot of punters.
I'm giving this 7.5/10.

Mountain Goat Hightail Ale

Style:English Pale Ale
Alc %:4.5
Brewery:Mountain Goat Beer Pty
Country:Australia
Tap/Bottle?:bottle
Where/When:Home, Oct 2010
Cost:$6 approx
Rating:6

Toffee and caramel malts on the nose. Bit of sediment in my glass.
Malty - not a bad drop. Have to try it again.

Mountain Goat Spicy Duck Nuts

Style:Alt
Alc %:7
Brewery:Mountain Goat Brewery
Country:Australia
Tap/Bottle?:Tap
Where/When:The Local, 3/10/09
Cost:$13 as part of a Flight
Rating:5.5

Dark apricot colour.
Some sort of thai spicey fruityness on the nose, could be used as a dressing on a salad if it didn't taste so beery- yeah, it really is a good description of this beer - like someone has put a thai duck salad thru a blender and added it to a beer. Again like nothing I've tasted before- it blows away all perceptions of what a beer should taste like.
Not what I would drink frequently however.5.5/10

Flight of 5

L to r
Budvar Czech Pilsner,
Holgate Mt Macedon Pale Ale,
Trumer Pils ( but was in fact, Five Islands Barbeerian Wit),
Mountain Goat Spicy Duck Nuts,
Bridge Road Imperial Porter.

The flight cost $13 at The Local on 3/10/09.
So overall nothing blew me away with these 5 beers-still worth trying tho!