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Moving up a few shades of darkness and ABV and you'll find Sienna, a Vienna lager with the colour of maple syrup. The balance is superb with Vienna malt on the one hand and Perle, Hersbrucker and Mittelfruh hops on the other teaming up for one of my favourite examples of the style Iâ??ve enjoyed this year.
Read More....png "A Yeast For The Senses: Life Inside A Sensory Lab")
Iâ??m sure more than one person has said to Gabriela Montandon: â??So, you get paid to taste beer? Gee, I should do your job!â?? After all, Gabriela â?? Dr Gabriela, actually â?? introduces herself as â??head of sensory at Fermentisâ??. And since Fermentis is a company that makes yeast for beer, then the sensory department is all about tasting beer, right? Wellâ?¦ yes. But thereâ??s a little more to it than that.
Read More....png "Bowden Brewing Peach and Guava Seasonal Sour")
Bowden also have the fruit-heavy Peach and Guava Seasonal Sour that uses plenty of puree from both fruits.
Read More....png "Hargreaves Hill Chaos Of The Universe: Ares")
Ye gods! Hargreaves Hill are back with two more beers in their Chaos Of The Universe series. Could Ares, the god of war, have been anything other than a red IPA â?? an imperial red IPA, perhaps?
Read More....png "Inner North Brewing Hamster Wheel Didactics")
Life can feel like a hamster wheel at times. We run and we run, but we donâ??t seem to be getting any further ahead; instead, weâ??re caught in that same loop where the direction we should be heading always remains unclear. Inner North Brewingâ??s Hamster Wheel Didactics might be as hazy as our journey through life, but rather than being stuck in a rut, itâ??s a tribute to lessons learned.
Read More....png "Talking Terpenes with Sam Bethune & Scott McKinnon")
Terpenes are hot property in the brewing world right now, providing brewers with another tool as they set about creating new beers. But what are they, where do they come from, and why the excitement around them?
Read More....png "Margaret River Beer Co Criss Cross Inbound & Outbound")
Margaret River Beer Co can't seem to stop the limited release train now their new brewing facility is running full tilt. They're coming so fast, in fact, that they've released not one but two at once in collaboration with Mane Liquor, Grain Cru and Liquor Barons Marmion. The duo, released under the Criss Cross moniker, comes loaded with New Zealand hops: Outbound is a DDH NZ IPA; Inbound an NZ IPL.
Read More....png "Beerland Brewing Deca-Gone")
Centennial, Simcoe, Riwaka, Mosaic and Cascade weave together old and new across a caramel malt base that recalls the brewery's debut IPA from a decade ago. Peachy stonefruit leads aromatically with white peach in support, both of which continue in the glass.
Read More....png "Feral Brewing Chilling In The Name Of")
There's a very nimble, El Dorado and Centennial-driven crusher in the glass, one with far more drinkability than its 6 percent-plus ABV has any right to be offering. Indeed, the team suggest "big hop notes, balanced approach and crisp finish", and there's little dispute from my end on those.
Read More....png "Slipstream Brewing Thrill Seeker NZ IPA 2024")
In 2023, Slipstream collaborated with NZ Hops to make an IPA full ofâ?¦ well, NZ hops. That first Thrill Seeker was all about the tropicals and stonefruit of Nectaron, Nelson Sauvin and Waimea. It seems Slipstream couldnâ??t stay away, so theyâ??ve made another version of Thrill Seeker, this time doubling down on citrus by using Moutere and Motueka hops, with an extra boost from Motueka Hop Kief* to amp up the zestiness even further and make drinking this IPA an extreme sport.**
Read More....png "In Hop Pursuit: A Guide To New Hop Products")
Can't tell your Hop Kief from your Hopzoil? Are words like Phantasm or Cryo on your beer can causing confusion? If so, don't worry - you're not alone. Hops used to be simple. Not too long ago, this humble plant and its precious yellow lupulin predominantly came in three forms: the hoppy holy trinity of whole hop cones, dried cones and pellets. This situation did start to change in the 60s and 70s in the form of commodity bittering extracts for industrial brewers, but, while specific hop varietals increased towards the end of the 20 century, there was little change when it came to new hop products.
Read More....png "Bodriggy Rubber Arm")
For the past couple of years, winter at Bodriggy has seen brewer Harrison lead a passion project of his own, whereby he brews a pilsner at the start of winter and allows it to condition in tank for weeks and weeks. In 2023, there was Coupla Days, and for 2024, it returns as Rubber Arm. The beer was inspired by some of his favourites from Germany, so it keeps things largely traditional, although it features American hop Centennial alongside Spalt, which is considered one of the world's oldest varieties.
Read More....png "Black Hops Brewing IPA Superdelic IPA")
It seems the brewers at Black Hops can't get enough of Superdelic hops; they've been playing around with them plenty recently with a West Coast IPA in late 2023, a hazy in early '24, then a dry-hopped sour for BH HQ's eighth birthday celebrations.
Read More....png "Holgate x Noodledoof Dank AF West Coast IPA")
There I was, welcoming mates over for some birthday / watching-the-Pies'-season-finally-draw-its-last-wheezy-breath drinks, not really paying attention as the first splashes of Dank AF hit the glass in front of me. I swear that no more than 50ml had touched down and instantly I had to break off from conversation. No beer, other than one of Wolf of the Willows' early terpene releases, had come my way that so obviously stank of freshly-plucked bud. Yet there was no mention of the use of cannabis-derived terpenes on the cans so I figured maybe they'd discovered some magical, hitherto unknown combination of yeast and hops that had unlocked such a thing. Or that my palate was being weird.
Read More....png "Hawkers First Boss, Middle Boss & Final Boss")
There are few things Hawkers love more than IPAs, and to celebrate IPA Day, the brewery created a three-part journey into hoppy greatness to see if drinkers could beat the biggest threats. The First Boss is a juicy IPA made with Cascade, El Dorado, Idaho 7, Mosaic, and Citra, and its 7.0 percent ABV suggests that while things might just be getting started, this isn't some easy foe to overcome.
Read More....png "Fermentis and IBA launch training program")
In line with the Independent Brewers Association's (IBA) goal to support high-quality independent beer across the country, the association has partnered with Fermentis by Lesaffre to provide IBA members with a suite of resources regarding the implementation of quality assurance programs.
Read More....png "Hop Nation Frisbee")
During a time when the days don't get much colder and the shelves are simply stacked with dark beers, the Melbourne brewers have decided to prepare palates for warmer weather with Frisbee. Even the guava sour's tinny design helps you imagine Melbourne's parks aren't full of mud, while the heavy use of fruit certainly shocks you into another season.
Read More....png "Molly Rose Red IPA")
It's not often that you'll see Molly Rose go big with their beers. In fact, just one comes to mind: Interlaced, a West Coast IPA from early 2024, which was cranked up to 8.4 percent. For IPA Day, the Collingwood brewery has followed it up with an 8.0 percent double Red IPA made with Idaho 7, Centennial, Citra, and Motueka hops.
Read More....png "Swell Brewery Hawke's Bay NZ IPA")
What better way to show their appreciation for vineyards and surf than with a beer in honour of their home region's Kiwi twin? They've done the region proud too: Hawke's Bay IPA could possibily be their best hazy yet, a grand showcase of New Zealand hop varieties Wai-iti, Riwaka,...
Read More....png "How will craft beer fare in FY25?")
It is no secret that the past 12 months have been difficult for the craft brewing industry, but as we enter the 2025 financial year, breweries are adjusting to the new normal and developing strategies to respond to market challenges.
Read More....png "Slipstream Brewing Jetsetter American Hazy IPA")
Slipstream take off with another beer in their Jetsetter series, which is all about exploring bold hops from around the globe. With hazy number three, they've finally left the Antipodes and have reached the land of the free [sic]. On arrival, they've met with Simcoe, Ekuanot and Strata: three hop varieties that make mighty fine tour guides.
Read More....png "Joe White Farewell Veteran Maltster Jeff Harwood")
Joe White has a long history in Ballarat and is now saying goodbye to the malthouse's longest serving employee, Jeff Harwood. Jeff started working at Joe White at the age of 17 and has spent the last 50 years working across the malthouse. Congratulations Jeff, and best of luck in retirement.
Read More....png "The IBA & Fermentis Launch A Quality Program")
The Independent Brewers Association has a stated goal of seeing quality independent beer everywhere. Now, to help them achieve that goal they've partnered with Fermentis by Lesaffre to create their Quality Program. The program includes a range of resources to help all IBA members implement their own top-notch quality programs.
Read More....png "The 2023 Indies Champs Best In Show Hoppy Hazy Wheat")
What stands out most is how amazingly potent the impact of the yeast is, not least given the beer features lashings of Kiwi hops in the shape of Motueka, Riwaka, Nectaron and Nelson Sauvin.
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