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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,...
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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.
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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.
Read More....png "Balter Brewing Loftus Express Pacific Northwest Pale Ale")
From the get-go, it's clear this is not your average pale ale. To start with, it pours more amber and tastes richer and with more caramel than most modern pales - more like those of an earlier era in the States, in fact - thanks to a grain bill that blends rolled wheat with Maris Otter, Munich and Carared malts.
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Read More....png "Ballistic Beer Co Sunshine State IPA")
As well as the actual additions of finger limes and rosella (which is where that lovely colour comes from), this baby's loaded up with Azzaca, Superdelic, El Dorado - all of which are absolutely determined to stuff your cheeks full of fruit like you're a chipmunk.
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Whether or not integrated people is a good idea remains to be seen but Urban Alley's Twin Flames is certainly well integrated. The hazy double IPA was built using Mosaic (in Cryo and Incognito form), Strata and Nelson Sauvin that burst into grapefruit, sweet pineapple, mango and rockmelon.
Read More....png "Slow Lane Brewing Keep It Real")
Keep It Real is a 3.5 percent ABV bitter made with all the Englishness you could hope to muster. The tried and true duo of Maris Otter and East Kent Goldings is a classic for a reason. Pouring a gorgeous pale amber with a tight tan head, the first sniff is pure English malt goodness.
Read More....png "Bridge Road Thiolized Hazy Pale")
Thiolized Hazy Pale was brewed with a thiol-releasing yeast from America's White Labs called Tropicale Blend (don't worry Border Force; it's not the GMO kind). To free those thiols, Bridge Road picked Nectaron, Centennial, Mosaic and El Dorado for a tropical charge so intense, maybe Border Force should actually be worried.
Read More....png "Cornella Brewery Cosmic Slop Vol 2")
Fourteen months ago, Cornella Brewery released Cosmic Slop, a homage to a legendary club night in the northern English town Leeds that proved to be a standout hit for the brewery, flaunting psychedelic artwork of which the Cornella team were particularly fond. Cosmic Slop Vol 2 is differentiated from its predecessor by minor changes to the ingredients, as well as subtle tweaks to the graphics, but in essence it's the same Galaxy-and Nectaron-showcasing DIPA.
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In Boatrocker's case, they're not so much doubling as tripling down, with a sort of beer-traffic-lights trio of releases. And, while they're keen to highlight Yorkshire Pale's use of Fuggles, East Kent Goldings and Styrian Goldings hops and the malt character of the other two, there's plenty of common ground to be found in all three.
Read More....png "Black Hops Brewing Nelson Valley Hazy IPA")
Huge aromas welcome you to the valley: freshly squeezed orange juice (OK, it's time to stop fighting it and just embrace my newfound identity as a portokaliphile) with background passionfruit and lychee adding complexity. The first sip gives more of the same, delivered with a soft wheat malt character and easygoing dryness, with the Motueka and Riwaka hops bringing in more layers of their citrus and tropicals as you keep drinking.
Read More....png "Swell Brewery The Bommie Oat Cream IPA")
The Bommie features a hefty malt profile of Coopers Ale, Vienna, toffee, malted oats, rolled oats and wheat, which is joined by equally hefty amounts of experimental hop HBC586 plus Superdelic and Citra Cryo.
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Freshies is a dry hopped pilsner that features Australia's Ella and America's Strata hops that provide light topical notes, stonefruit, citrus and a floral touch.
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Returning Vinyl has more company than in previous years. The past month has seen a brood of churlish Western Australian dark hoppy IPAs hit the market, although it's something from which this black IPA needn't feel any pressure. Milk and dark chocolate malt meld with Strata, Simcoe and Mosaic hop influence, imbuing the whole as smoothly cohesive and moderately bitter.
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Then there's the guitar playing vikings on a ship that form Hazy Shades of Winter. It's a hazy IPA willed into exitence by Galaxy, Luminosa and Ahhroma hops and Norway's greatest means of wielding soft power since a-ha: Kveik.
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The Spokesperson meanwhile saw CoConspirators team up with BentSpoke to make a beer close to both of their hearts: a double West Coast IPA. Featuring Cashmere, Nectaron, Idaho 7 and Centennial hops, if you let the figurehead speak you'll find upfront grapefruit with plenty of zest, floral bergamot and pine with a lasting bitterness.
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Wingdarium Luminosa is a scaled-up version of one of Feral brewer Owen Leach's homebrew recipes, one bestowed some of Indie Hops' latest via Australian distributor Bintani. And, although Luminosa's mother variety Sorachi Ace may be triggering for some - not this writer, mind you - the evidence here is a bright, tropical, citrus affair with support from Strata and Simcoe.
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We've written about Sunseeker Red IPA before - right back near when Sunday Road first opened, in fact - but the dang thing keeps on evolving. The malt bill now features Specialty Weyermann CaraRed and CaraAroma along with malted oats for a lovely mouthfeel.
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St Agnes-based SixTwelve Brewing have teamed up with Beer No Evil from Lonsdale to create an all-Adelaide collab of real heft. Old school hops Centennial and Chinook lead the charge in this 10.1 percent ABV triple West Coast IPA, with some Citra Spectrum (a liquid form of hops) and late additions of Strata chiming in as well.
Read More....png "Hargreaves Hill Hazy Double IPA Citrus")
Hazy Double IPA Citrus is heavily hopped with Citra and Strata while natural lemon and lime juice further encourage the fruit notes to really shine.
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