When the guys at Leura Cellars recommend something, you take their advice, so despite the fact I wouldn’t normally go for a 10%, 100 IBU IPA monster, the Six String Double Dark Red IPA happily ended up in my fridge. And what a beauty. A huge malt bill keeps the delicious hops in balance, making [...]
The Two Birds girls from inner city Melbourne have been at it since 2011 (a long time in the Australian scene) and the Sunset has been brewed since 2012. I first drank and scored this beer five years ago and it’s gained an extra point this time around. Amber Ales with an American twang certainly [...]
It's grand final day for footy and what better way to watch it than with an Akasha Brewing Company Mosaic IPA. Do we cheer for eddie maguires mob who constantly whinges about what Sydney gets or the eagles whose racist fans booed adam goodes because he was aboriginal... probably the pies I guess. Anyways the [...]
The Yeastie Boys Royal Tanninbomb Double Earl Grey IPA from the boys across the 'detch'! The Yeastie’s have done this All For Beer. A double version of their famous Gunnamatta Earl Grey IPA that was the champion beer at the first GABS which I was lucky enough to have attended. These guys know how to [...]
Green Beacon Brewing Co Barbary Coast Black IPA from the Brissie brewers. Another black IPA as we head slowly out of winter and into NEIPAs and IPAs. As I keep saying, black IPAs are my favourite style of beer. Dark stout meets hoppy resinous piney double IPAs, a perfect match! Yet to have a bad [...]
The Hound of Hades West Coast IPA, a collaboration brew between Green Beacon and Brewdog for the Beer and BBQ festival. A 7% monster of an IPA with some pretty cool can art! Pours a nice golden yellow from the can with a strong white head. Strong aromas of hops, citrus with a minimal presence [...]
Pioneer Brewing Co Black Limited Release Angus Black IPA from Plonk in Canberra from my last sojourn. A coffee infused black IPA, I should say heavily infused and apparently malt that's grown on the Pioneer farm! Pours a dark black with a soft caramel coloured head. Strong aromas of coffee and malt. Upfront bitterness from [...]
Pours like any NEIPA does, a murky puddle. Beautiful head retention helps encapsulate what your taste buds are about to explore. My first thought, "oh my god! What a cracker". This beer won the most recent peoples choice at GABS, and so it should have. You dive into a bottle and are greeted with [...]
I cracked open a can of Lupulin Effect double IPA. The can is bold and simple, the contents much the same. This beer takes me back to my early love affair with IPA's, when craft was the exception, not the norm. When an IPA would really feel like a hearty beer. A lot of current [...]
The beer pours a bright orange-yellow with visible body and low head retention. The aroma really pulls from the yeast and I sadly did not get the whiff of 'millions of peaches' that i so hoped for. To further my disappointment, the beer in itself did not sit great with me. A slightly funky yeast [...]
My favourite beer style, a black IPA, the slapshot by Wayward Brewing in Sydney's inner west. So hard to find a decent black IPA and a part of me would like think that whinging to tully at GABS got me across the line with the slapshot! Pours a dark black with a thick caramel coloured [...]
So, first beer after dry July, my god what a stupid concept, I like the charity aspect etc but next time I'll just donate the money.... nothing better than a beer at the end of the week after a hard slog at work. Anyways Tennent's Peak double IPA comes in at an unflinching 8.3%. Well [...]
