A cloudy ale. Beers that dreams are made of. A nice full bodied ale is pretty much my chosen style of beer. So it's suffice to say that something tantalisingly titled 'Storm Cloudy Ale' was of much interest.
Mildura Brewery has had some hits and misses but all in all they are a pretty solid brewery. Their amber was pretty good, so surely the pale had to have some poke.
This might sound strange, but this beer is boringly good. It looks nice, with it's cloudy golden hue. The flavours are well balanced, but there just isn't enough BANG. Everything is very subdued. It's the mild mannered gentlemen of beers.
It's kind of like Coldplay. Yes you can acknowledge they are a talented outfit, but when it really comes down to it they are as boring as batshit. It's background music that you could easily fall asleep to. This is sort of the beer equivalent. It isn't bad at all, it's definitely above average. But it doesn't push any boundaries, it doesn't leave it's comfort zone and for a craft beer it's about as liberal as a one eyed, shotgun owning, McCain voting Texan.
There is no hate here. It's a good drop, just a bit conservative that's all.
7/10
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