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Your Mates Middy Lager

Your Mates Brewing Co.
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🌍 Australia · Mid-Strength Lager · One of 21 Mid-Strength Lagers in hopIQ

Your Mates Middy Lager is a mid-strength lager at 3.5 percent, brewed in Warana for long sessions in warm weather. The brewery describes it as crisp and refreshing with a clean finish. The profile is light and uncomplicated: pale malt gives a faint bready sweetness, the body is light, and a mild bitterness closes each sip without lingering on the palate.

ABV
3.5%
Bitterness
Lightly bitter
Malt-forward bitterness
SRM
pale gold4
How it drinks· Its pace, balance and relationship to the style.
Pace
sessionsipper
Balance
malt-ledhop-led
Where this beer sits· Four axes, the same for every beer in hopIQ.
Body
Lean body.
lightfull-bodied
Sweetness
Dry finish.
drysweet
Bitterness
Soft bitterness.
mildbitter
Texture
Crisp mouthfeel.
crispcreamy

Crisp and light-bodied.

Built for the second pour — a clean shape that stays inviting through the round.

Character· What makes this beer itself — not just another Mid-Strength Lager.
Malt character
bready
malty
Fermentation & yeast
clean

Tasting Notes

AI-generated sensory profile for Your Mates Middy Lager

Appearance

A pale golden hue with excellent clarity and bright light transmission. The head forms quickly but settles to a thin, delicate collar with modest lacing. Fine carbonation creates a gentle effervescence that sustains throughout the session.

pale goldencrystal clearfine carbonation

Aroma

The nose is understated and clean, leading with a faint bready sweetness from pale malz. A subtle graininess emerges as the beer warms, with no aggressive hop character—just a whisper of noble hop restraint in the background. The overall profile is light and approachable without prominent adjunct or yeast notes.

bready malzgentle grainrestrained hop

Taste

Entry is crisp and light-bodied, with soft pale malz sweetness that avoids cloying richness. The mid-palate remains clean and uncluttered, allowing faint cereal notes to linger briefly. A mild bittering closes the sip—enough structure to define the palate, but never harsh or lingering.

soft malz sweetnesslight bodyclean finish

Finish

The aftertaste is short and dry, fading quickly without residual flavors or astringency. A refreshing quality persists on the palate, inviting another sip.

dryquick fade
76
hopIQ score
Aroma
75
Taste
76
Appearance
78
Finish
75
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Serve & Enjoy

How to get the most out of Your Mates Middy Lager

Serve at 4–7°C
Refrigerate, then rest 2 min

Serve at 4–7°C for the best flavour balance and aroma expression.

Stein
Recommended for this style

The sturdy German stein maintains temperature and keeps carbonation intact. Built for long, convivial drinking.

Store in a cool, dark place. Check the best-before date on the label for guidance.

Food Pairing

What to eat with Your Mates Middy Lager

About Mid-Strength Lager

Style guide · what to expect · how to find alternatives

What is a Mid-Strength Lager?

Mid-Strength Lager is a distinctive beer style with its own characteristic flavour, aroma and colour. Discover what makes it unique and find similar beers on hopIQ.

Finding a similar Mid-Strength Lager

hopIQ matches by flavor profile — not just style label. A beer with the same crisp, refreshing, clean character as Your Mates Middy Lager will score highly even if brewed in a different country or under a different sub-style name.

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