Holgate Brewhouse Old Pale Ale

This month’s “ RefMet beer of the month” is the Holgate Brewhouse Old Pale Ale.  This beer is based on an English style bitter.  It has a strong copper-red colour and a full taste brought on by the hops.  The beer boasts an alcohol content on 5%, which is typical for Pale Ale.  The malt adds a nutty flavour, which helps to balance the bitterness of the beer, and certainly makes the beer very enjoyable to drink.

If you find you self around the Macedon Ranges in Victoria and enjoy the OPA then call into Woodend and visit the Holgate Brewhouse (in the old Keatings Hotel) and order the Bitter Pale Ale and watch it pulled by traditional beer engine.

Enjoy.

Paul Plater