Otway Organic Lager – 4.5% Alcohol
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Over the last decade people have become more concerned with what they are putting into their bodies and the effect its production had on the planet. Brewing beer is traditionally a very resource hungry process and it has been good to see brewers trying to limit their use of planets resources. Mountain Goat has recently installed water tanks at their brewery for drinking water and solar panels on their roof to help with electricity consumption, and fortunately they are not alone.
The Otway Lager contains only organic certified hops, malt and rainwater captured at the estate and promises the drinker a preservative free experience. In a glass the Lager appears pale gold in colour with a medium level of carbonation and medium size head which didn’t hang around long before dying off completely.
The aroma is very fresh with mint, fresh cut grass, cloves, coriander notes on the nose. On the palate some banana, mango, pepper, bread and coriander notes laid over slightly sweet base. The Otway Lager is well balanced and ends extremely clean lending a lot it to its sessionabilty.
Verdict: Not as crisp as I would have hoped, the beer is still very good though the base malts work beautifully.
Score: 7.6 / 10
Link: Otway Estate
Where to find: Short of heading south of the border to Victoria, you can purchase their range online at the Otway Estate website.
Tags: Organic, Otway Estate, Slow Beer, VIC
