STATS
- Country: Australia
- Style: American Pale Ale
- ABV: 5.0%
- Serving Type: 330ml Bottle/Can
- Price: Inexpensive
I was slightly surprised when I looked back & found that it had been almost five years since I'd done one of these! I guess that's a sign of the times with more and more craft breweries moving away from bottles. This segment really became the domain of the big brewers & feel by the wayside accordingly.
When I saw that Old Mate, the Pale Ale that is now driving Moon Dog's expansion to Moon Dog World & a 400% increase in production capacity, was to be canned I felt like we'd be a chance to reboot this segment. Luckily I was able to get my hands on a bottle & a can brewed within a month of each other, which should allow for the best outcome in this segment. As usual, I better stop typing & get these beers out!

Initially both beers smell very similar. They're both inoffensive with some cracker malt aroma up front. There's more on the hop front which initially smells a little green, despite both beers having been packaged for a few months. Once you get passed that there's some nice citrus & stone fruit notes.

This is one of the hardest decisions I've had so far, as the beers are so similar! Had they been brewed on the same day I feel I would've had an even tougher task splitting them. I'm going to have to give it to the can, by a whisker. It was probably warmer than you would drink the beer in a normal situation before the difference was noticeable though - so feel free to fire away on either packaging vessel, just get the freshest one!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
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