Japanese non-alcoholic Lemon Sour. Tastes like grapefruit pith, very sour! Awesome.
Lemon Sour
Shame.
Not sure who is making this in WA right now, but its a better Lager than a LOT of craft brewers are putting out in 2022 – 23
Some beers – Late Jan to mid Feb 2023 beers.
Bayreuther – Hell, Helles Lager, 4.9% 500ml bottle. Nice standard Helles Lager, a little sweet, a little spicy, nice moderate bitterness, clean, crisp. Sierra Nevada – Celebration, 6.8% 375ml can. No idea when this was canned, but still fine, old school stuff, a classic. Hargreaves Hill – ESB, 5.2% 375ml can. Bitter, malty, hits all the marks for style, decent beer. Sudden Death Brewing – Bull Dog Brown, Brown Ale, 4.5% 500ml can. First beer from these guys, surprised its German, canned March of 22 so…Instantly comes across visually and smell as too massive and dark, more like a Porter, on drinking its mild and a decent Brown Ale, nice enough even with the age. Fruh – Kolsch, 4.8% 500ml can. A perfect standard, a great beer. It is what it is every time. Rocky Ridge – Karls Date Turns Sour, Lemon Sherbet Berliner 2,6% 375ml can. Its nice, its a lemony sour, tart and sherbetty.
Ruthless Rye
I havent had or seen this since 2014, it was the first craft beer 6 pack I purchased and it was somewhere between $26 – $30? The most expensive 6 pack I had purchased at the time. I love the art on the containers and on the 6 pack holder. Its also a great old school style Rye IPA. Caramel and spicy rye malts, and a real nice big traditional bitterness. That old school “balanced” idea. Great stuff.
10/02/2023
08/02/2023
Cocktail – The Calabrian
1 shot Grappa
1 shot Campari
Pour over ice top with Chinoto and finish with a twist of Basil leaf left in the glass.
28/01/23
Some Invasion Day beers…
Don’t support Australia Day, but always happy to have a public holiday and have a few beers.
Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose, Orange Ale 4.2% 375ml can. Pretty sure a version of this was my first Gose? I’d have to look back but some version of this was always around in the early days and disappeared and is now back on shelves. Its a good, enjoyable Gose, nothing extreme, easy drinking. Nice!
Nowhereman Raspberry Citrus Lager, 4.5% 375ml can. I love Nowhereman, but this is a bit meh because this particular can has real low carbonation, the raspberry and citrus suffers because of this I think. Decent beer, I reckon It would have been great fresh on tap. Will try it again if I can.
Beerfarm Passion Pils, Pilsner, 4.2% 375ml can. Smells like passionfruit and passionfruity hops. Did not expect how hoppy this would be for a fruited beer, Its not dulled down to allow for the fruit at all, just a straight up Pilsner with passionfruit in it. Its a nice beer, with some passionfruit adding a slight sourness and a nice smell. Crazy.
King Road Brewing Seasonal Pilsner, 4.5%, 375ml can. Made with a local grown hop called Beedelup. Canned in October so worried these hops wont be shining like they should. Still, its a Pilsner, so we’re not looking too hard at flavour or smell as much as bitterness, I guess. It still smells fantastic, very lemony, and that nice standard lager smell. This is a fantastic Pilsner, the hops are a very rounded bitterness rather than a sharp or focused bitterness but still fully fulfills the Pilsner hop needs. Excellent choice of hop. The malts, the yeast, the balance is all really great. Super enjoyable. First beer from this brewery and I hope to try more.
Big Shed Smash Gordon, SMASH Pale Ale, 4.5% 375ml can. Gladfield American Ale malt and US Bru-1 hops. This is a pale ale, tastes like a perfectly fine pale ale. Clean as all heck. The malt is very slightly bready. The hops seem very candy berry and pineapple. Perfectly good pale ale. Nice.
25/01/2023
