For Australia we chose Mountain Goat Pale Ale, and Hightail Ale.
Two goats, no money but plenty of beer
Mountain Goat started out in Dave’s backyard in the early 90′s. Dave was cranking out homebrews almost every weekend when a postcard turned up from Cam (backpacking through Canada).
Cam was traveling OS after quitting his music industry job in Melbourne. “When I turned up in Vancouver a friend took me out to some local bars serving a host of local micro-brews on tap. I just suddenly got the picture and realized what Dave was striving for back home.
After two years of frantic product development in Dave’s backyard and a lot of red tape the first serious Mountain Goat beer was born. The Hightail Ale hit the shelves (well around three
So why Mountain Goat? Well, a mountain goat’s a big hairy animal that’s never gonna fall over.
Darin's Review: I drank the Hightail Ale for this review, and Cory drank Pale Ale. First off, I would like to say the label on the bottle is part of the fun of this beer because they tell you how to pronounce the beer in "Australian". Cory and I had much fun making up Australian words and sayings while drinking this beer and I wish we had written them down so we could share the laughs. The Hightail Ale is an amber and had a very nice malt and floral hop flavor. I distinctly remember how the hops smelled of wild flowers from the fields when I was growing up.
Good beer, good company, good times.
