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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Lay Day

7% ABV

IPA - Red

Brewery: Curly Lewis Brewing Co

Location: Bondi Beach, New South Wales Australia

Description:

Smooth, rich and amber. Big on malt, crystal, roast barley & a combo of American hops. Careful this May hit you like a 380 bus

Over the Bridge

4.5% ABV

Pale Ale - New Zealand

Brewery: Sunday Road Brewing

Location: Kirrawee, New South Wales Australia

Description:

A Hazy Kiwi Pale Ale. A well balanced and sessionable beer that is dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Tai-Heke and Wai-Iti

Beached As

4.5% ABV

Pale Ale - XPA (Extra Pale)

Brewery: King Tide Brewing

Location: Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Australia

Description:

Made with NSW grown Voyager Malt and a combo of Aussie and US hops. The XPA delivers smooth tropical vibes and a full citrus flavour. Roll out your beach towel, crack out the cans and enjoy the view.

Everyday Ale

4.2% ABV

Pale Ale - Australian

Brewery: Wayward Brewing

Location: Camperdown, New South Wales Australia

Description:

This super sessionable Aussie Pale Ale is a beer for enjoying everywhere, anytime. The crisp, light malt profile is complemented by aromatic tropical fruit and citrus notes courtesy of Australian Galaxy and American Cascade hops.

Black XPA LTD. Release #178

5.2% ABV

Pale Ale - XPA (Extra Pale)

Brewery: Aether Brewing

Location: Northgate, Queensland Australia

Description:

Introducing Limited Release 178, our Black XPA! With this brew, we’ve thrown rules out the window and balanced a smooth Dark Ale with a supremely juicy XPA. The result is undeniably delicious! Intensely hop-forward with aromas of citrus, pear, melon and passionfruit, the juiciness is perfectly wrapped together with chocolatey biscuit flavours from the malt. Pouring dark black with a copper tint around the edges, this marvel is only lightly bittered and stays smooth to the finish. Dive into the depths of this Black XPA; it's not just a drink, it's a symphony for the senses! Featuring 'Little Devil' by Shelley Long

Hazy XPA

5% ABV

Pale Ale - XPA (Extra Pale)

Brewery: Slipstream Brewing Company

Location: Yeerongpilly, Queensland Australia

Description:

Beachy vibes of pineapple and passionfruit lead the tropical hop aroma, giving way to a soft and fluffy mouthfeel.

Hazy IPA

6.4% ABV

IPA - New England / Hazy

Brewery: Ocean Reach Brewing

Location: Cowes, Victoria Australia

Description:

Ventura

6% ABV

IPA - American

Brewery: 8 Wired

Location: Warkworth, Auckland New Zealand

Description:

Summer days and punchy bold hop vibes. This West Coast IPA shines bold colourful beams of malt that shimmer off big waves of Simcoe, Centennial, Columbus and Mosaic hops crashing against your tastebuds.

Roam

6.8% ABV

IPA - New England / Hazy

Brewery: Range Brewing

Location: Newstead, Queensland Australia

Description:

Roam is a classic Range-style Hazy IPA loaded with Sabro LUPOMAX, Citra, Centennial, and Motueka. Straight out of the gate, as we pour it we get that quintessential milky haze that you know and love with our hazy beers. Juicy notes of orange blossom, mango, tropical coconut and guava dominate the aroma. The palate is packed full of tropical fruit salad vibes featuring mango, papaya, banana (real, not fake), melon and then a little hit of Piña Colada to keep things as joosed up as possible. Grab a can, roam around somewhere nice and enjoy this banger in all its juicy, saturated glory.

Hazy Harvest (2024)

6.4% ABV

IPA - New England / Hazy

Brewery: Bridge Road Brewers

Location: Beechworth, Victoria Australia

Description:

This collaboration was brewed especially for Bridge Road’s annual harvest festival, The High Country Hop. It’s a Hazy IPA, bursting with the unique flavours of freshly harvested local hops from HPA’s Rostrevor Hop Garden.

Coconut Hiwa

6% ABV

Porter - American

Brewery: Maui Brewing Company

Location: Kihei, HI United States

Description:

A robust dark ale with hand-toasted coconut and hints of mocha.

Grouse Southern Fishing IPA

5% ABV

IPA - New England / Hazy

Brewery: Hop Nation Brewing Co

Location: Footscray, Victoria Australia

Description:

Grouse Southern is a world first 'Fishing IPA', a style imagined to be the perfect companion for fishing, or any activity that requires a beverage capable of ultimate refreshment and sessionability. A full flavoured, moderately hopped beer, comprising of low bitterness, a balanced residual sweetness, a light ~misty~ haze, alongside an approachable 5% ABV. Notes of pineapple and pine from the Australian Vic Secret hops, and a citric tropical punch from a dose of New Zealand Nelson Sauvin. We decided on a simple, yet silky malt base of Australian Pilsner Malt, Australian Wheat Malt, and Kiwi Malted Oats.

Jetsetter New Zealand Hazy IPA

6.4% ABV

IPA - New England / Hazy

Brewery: Slipstream Brewing Company

Location: Yeerongpilly, Queensland Australia

Description:

Embark on a thrilling joyride of flavour with this salute to New Zealand's vibrant hop varieties. Superdelic hops propel red berry, citrus and tropical fruit notes, while Moteuka's zesty lime breeze and Waimea's piney finish offers an exhilarating descent. This is 100% Pure New Zealand flavour!

Freshwater Crisp Lager 375ml Can

4.2% ABV

Lager - Pale

Brewery: Freshwater Brewing Company

Location: Brookvale, New South Wales Australia

Description:

Crispy, clean and refreshing. An uncomplicated Aussie lager that keeps you coming back for more. When you want a beer to taste like a beer. No room to hide, we're stoked to brew a beer like this on a small scale system. Get into it.

Coastal Showoff Anchovy Hazy Pale Ale 375ml Can

5.4% ABV

Pale Ale - New England / Hazy

Brewery: The Coastal Brewing Company

Location: Forster, New South Wales Australia

Description:

Single hopped with Anchovy hops. Anchovy is a new experimental variety from Segal Ranch in the lower Yakima Valley. Initially, it went by the name 24B-05 but was given the controversial name Anchovy by Matt Storm and Brian Strumke from Fast Fashion Brewing in Seattle. Fast Fashion was the first brewery to sponsor acreage. Fast Fashion Brewing describes the variety as "watermelon hard candy, raspberry, and pine."

Reckless Watermelon Gose 375ml Can

4.4% ABV

Sour - Fruited Gose

Brewery: Reckless Brewing Co.

Location: Bathurst, New South Wales Australia

Squinters Blueberry Beauregarde Sour 375ml Can

Brewery: Squinters Brewing Co

Location: Penrith, New South Wales Australia

Grifter Old Panther Black Lager 375ml Can

Schwarzbier

4.3% ABV

Brewery: The Grifter Brewing Co.

Location: Marrickville, New South Wales Australia

Description:

OLD PANTHER - Our latest release sees us literally pull out the oldest trick in the book, as we revive what is thought to be the oldest style of beer in the world. Schwarzbier ("black beer" in German) has to be the most session-able of dark beers. Brewed with a traditional noble hop dating back to the 1800's this crisp lager with restrained chocolate and roasted notes is sure to take you back to the old world... Or to the land of the rising sun as this style is "big in Japan”

Pirate Life Kold IPA 355ml Can

IPA - Cold

7.2% ABV

Brewery: Pirate Life Brewing

Location: Adelaide, South Australia Australia

Description:

Cold IPAs utilise a cool ferment to minimise ester production, maximising their hoppy impact. In this case, we opted for a Kolsch yeast