Brewed by:

Malt Shovel Brewery

Alcohol Content:

4.5%

Beer Type:

Golden Ale

History:

The Malt Shovel Brewery is an Australian brewery located in Camperdown, New South Wales. Originally the Hahn Brewery established in 1988 by master brewer Chuck Hahn, it is best known for the James Squire range of beers. The beer is named after the convict turned Australia's first brewer James Squire, who also went on the grow Australia's first hops and is said to have created Australia's first commercial brewery.

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Availability:

James Squire The Chancer is available for purchase in:

345mL bottles and on tap at selected pubs.

Drinkers Review:

This is my least favourite from the James Squire range of beers. Why? Well it's just a bland macro-brewed Golden Ale. Compared to the other big Aussie macro-lagers (think VB and Tooheys New), this beer is like heaven, but in reality it is a beer that you drink when it's free. I have been known, on occasion, to use this beer to put out a campfire. Once it is warm it doesn't taste too dissimilar to dog's piss!!
It pours a beautiful golden colour, but smells like the floor of the local pub, a noxious mix of stale ale, yeast re-fermenting and rotting vegetable. It's not as unappealing as you would expect but it's certainly not winning any awards any time soon.
If you have nothing else to drink, or the only other options are those well known Aussie macro-lagers, then this would be my go to beer. But, if I have a choice, this would be the last James Squire brew I would pick off the shelf.

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Rating:

1.5 out of 5 Stars

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