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August 2023 Beer Club Subscription

3rd Aug 2023

Welcome to this month's tasting notes. Get ready for a mouth watering selection of delicious beer. The full list of beers included in this month's beer subscription are below. Note different beers are included in different packs. This selection can be seen and rated on Untappd here.

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Kinetic Cali Pils

Kinetic Cali Pils Pilsner - Other

5.5% ABV
Brewery: Green Beacon
Location: Teneriffe, Queensland
Description:
This modern take on a classic style combines the dry crisp drinking character of a Lager with Cascade and Idaho 7 hops for aromas and flavours of grapefruit, mango, zesty citrus and a hint of pine. California here we come!

Conditioned

Conditioned Pale Ale - New England

5.4% ABV
Brewery: Slow Lane Brewing
Location: Botany, New South Wales
Description:
Conditioned Hazy Pale Ale uses a combination of our favourite NZ and US hops to create a truly immersive tropical fruit experience.

Bright Idea XPA

Bright Idea XPA Pale Ale - XPA (Extra Pale)

5% ABV
Brewery: Jervis Bay Brewing Co
Location: Huskisson, New South Wales
Description:

In the 60s, Murray’s Beach came within a whisker of getting Australia’s first nuclear reactor. Seriously. Thanks to dedicated locals, this bright idea never saw the light of day. So you’re free to enjoy this citrusy, refreshing XPA in the Jervis Bay sun - free from any fallout. Our take on the XPA style beefs up the body (of the beer that is, not you), and uses just a single hop throughout. If you’re going for one you might as well make it a good one, so we chose Citra. We haven’t hopped it to oblivion, choosing instead to allow the addition of crystal malt to express and balance the assertive bitterness. Of course we did dry hop it generously, so there’s plenty of aroma there too!

Phantasmic Mr. Hops

Phantasmic Mr. Hops IPA - Other

7% ABV
Brewery: Young Henrys
Location: Newtown, New South Wales
Description:
Welcome to Phantasmic Mr Hops! A world of the unknown... From hops, to experimental products, to brewing process, we've gone places with this beer that we've never been before. And the result? Well, it's truly something to behold. Waves of caramelised coconut, sautéed pineapple, and tropical citrus give way to a creamy luxurious body and mouthfeel. A beer like no other. Enjoy!

Kuro Black Rice Lager

Kuro Black Rice Lager Lager - Dark

5% ABV
Brewery: Yulli's Brews
Location: Alexandria, New South Wales
Description:
Kuro Black Rice Lager is a clean, easy drinking dark lager. Using the same base as our Kingu Rice Lager blended with the rich aroma and flavour of darker malts. The darker flavours are derived from roasted malt while still maintaining the crispness of rice to maintain that super smooth finish. Brewed with premier malts, the finest NZ hops and locally sourced rice, the Kuro goes down super smooth with a sweet, rounder fullness and distinct coffee and chocolate flavours. Pairs well with Kuromame

Atomic Torpedo

Atomic Torpedo IPA - Imperial

9.2% ABV
Brewery: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Location: Chico, CA
Description:
This imperial hop collision fuses West Coast and Juicy IPAs, unleashing atomic flavors of lush fruit, citrus, and sticky pine. First released as a DIPA, we kicked Atomic Torpedo up from 8.2% to 9.2% ABV for bigger and bolder Imperial IPA intensity. And just like the original Torpedo IPA, this hop giant starts 2023 with brand new artwork.

Black Beer

Black Beer Lager - Dark

4.8% ABV
Brewery: Garage Project
Location: Wellington City, Wellington
Description:
Water, malt, hops, yeast. Still simple, just dark. Sometimes simple is exactly what you want. Art by: Matt Smith

Fashionably Punctual - Late Harvest

Fashionably Punctual - Late Harvest IPA - American

6.5% ABV
Brewery: Hawkers Beer
Location: Reservoir, Victoria
Description:
Building on the notion that hops are significantly impacted by terroir, Fashionably Punctual is an experiment in the influence the grower has on the hops. While climate, soil, and latitude play an important role, the influence doesn’t stop with the land. This instalment in our Experimental Series compares the harvest date of the same hop varietal from the same farm. Working with Freestyle Hops of New Zealand, we’re using the same base beer to contrast early vs late harvest Nelson Sauvin hops. Late Lot SV23-D27M-NSN Harvest Date(s): 27-28 MarAlpha Acids (%): 11.7; Beta Acids (%): 7.0; Oils (mL/100g): 2.2

Counting Clouds Oat Cream IPA

Counting Clouds Oat Cream IPA IPA - Milkshake

6.4% ABV
Brewery: Ocean Reach Brewing
Location: Cowes, Victoria
Description:
Float into this Oat Cream IPA and enjoy the swirling flavours of tropical fruit, mango, and citrus. Perfectly combined with oats and cream for a smooth, mellow taste that will have you counting clouds. *Contains Lactose.

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost Stout - Imperial

10% ABV
Brewery: Deeds Brewing
Location: Glen Iris, Victoria
Description:
Paradise was a place where the sky was always blue, and the trees were forever green. They say it was the dark angel that led the people away. He did so with the promise of a better life, one more interesting and perfect than they had experienced. But it was all a lie. The dark angel was rebellious and convinced people to move on as revenge against its creator. Today, people strive to find what was lost and regain what they feel is their right, and return to paradise. Paradise Lost is our homage to this tale, which has been told in homes worldwide for generations. When you sit back and take in this Imperial Stout, we hope you find your version of paradise, and perhaps it will draw you back to that ideal time.

Hop Swap

Hop Swap IPA - New England

7% ABV
Brewery: Black Hops Brewing
Location: Burleigh Heads, Queensland
Description:
They say that sharing is caring, so when we stumbled across the exciting new Aussie hop variety 'Eclipse', we got Hop Swap. Firing back with a new experimental hop called 'NZ107' we had ourselves a good old fashioned Trans-Tasman collaboration idea. Boasting intense tropical fruit and citrus aromas with a smooth hazy body, this IPA was straight on the blower to our cuzzies at Chur Brewing NZ to see if they would like to play a game ocrafted out of a friendship that transcends the body of water that divides our two breweries. Cheers! (Chur!)

Staircase Porter

Staircase Porter Porter - English

5.7% ABV
Brewery: Bright Brewery
Location: Bright, Victoria
Description:
Our tribute to the great London brewing tradition, Staircase Porter is a decadent blend of dark roasted and caramel malts. Complex layered flavours of creamy espresso, bittersweet chocolate, and toffee combine with flowery hops to create this full bodied nourishing ale. True to tradition, this porter is all-natural and smooth on the palate. Named after the Staircase Spur, the steepest track to Victoria's highest peak. It's the kind of namesake this hearty porter deserves.

Lager Collective Czech Pilsner

Lager Collective Czech Pilsner Pilsner - Czech

5.2% ABV
Brewery: Blackman's Brewery
Location: Torquay, Victoria
Description:
A keg-only batch, being launched at BOTH! A crisp, clean example of the style that originated in Pilsen, Czech Republic, in 1842. Made with floor malted barley and lovingly lagered for 12 weeks post-ferment.

Don't Drink After Midnight

Don't Drink After Midnight IPA - Other

6.5% ABV
Brewery: Akasha Brewing Company
Location: Five Dock, New South Wales
Description:
This winter, experience a dynamite double-bill dripping with pulpy tropic flavours and distinct trans-Tasman style, as Akasha and New Zealand's Behemoth direct an all star cast of Australian and Aotearoan hops in the season's biggest blockbuster. Dare you drink after midnight?

Freedom & Resolve

Freedom & Resolve Kellerbier

5.5% ABV
Brewery: Range Brewing
Location: Newstead, Queensland
Description:
Freedom & Resolve is a brand new DDH Kellerbier brewed to support relief efforts in Ukraine, in collaboration with Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival and 2085 Brewery from Kyiv. This modern take on the Kellerbier style has been generously double dry-hopped with Citra and Eclipse. The hops jump out of the glass as soon as you crack the can and pour it. On the nose we get grapefruit and lime from the Citra paired with some sweet mandarin and just a hint of pine from the Eclipse. The palate follows the nose with a nice bready malt character that is rounded out by a super refreshing hit of bitterness.

Monterey Pale Ale

Monterey Pale Ale Pale Ale - Other

4.9% ABV
Brewery: Mountain Goat Beer
Location: Richmond, Victoria
Description:
Good things come in threes. Back in ’67, Hendrix, Joplin & Redding made their first major appearances at the three day “Summer of Love” Monterey Pop Festival, which set the standard for future music festivals and is famed for its fiery finale. Debuting as a trio, Cryo Citra, Cryo Idaho 7 and Simcoe hops give this pale ale tropical fruit notes with a subtle spicy finish. Boasting a dark golden appearance with red hues thanks to the inclusion of Shephard's Delight malt, this beer delivers a fruity palate of mango, pineapple and passionfruit with a refreshing bitterness that will have you coming back for more.

Tropo-Thiol Double IPA

Tropo-Thiol Double IPA IPA - Imperial

8% ABV
Brewery: Frenchies Brewery
Location: Rosebery, New South Wales
Description:

The Tropo-Thiol will be the latest in our IPA collab series with Freestyle Hops and Hopsters. It's a super juicy Double IPA that will showcase the brand new TropicAle yeast from White Labs, plus feature thiol precursor packed Freestyle Hops from New Zealand's Nelson Valley, and it'll be topped with their innovative SubZero Hop Kief oils.

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