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Brew Views: Red Rackham
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Sunday, December 18, 2011. Yeastie Boys - Belgian Red Ale 6.8% ABV. I know I haven’t shut up about the Red Rackham since I tried it, but I’ll get this out of the way and then be done with it. Here we have one of the new offerings from our buddies from across the Tasman, and it’s a very interesting installation to the growing range of Yeastie Boys beers. So, why did pirates bury their treasure? And what if the map fell into the hands of some young upstart adventurer? Correct me if I’m wrong. The tongue is...
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Brew Views: 8 Wired Hop Wired
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Sunday, April 17, 2011. 8 Wired Hop Wired. India Pale Ale - 7.3% ABV. Hopheads of the craft beer world, take note. This beer is the hopheads dream. The dream, I tell you! Okay, I know. The Brew Views has been pretty 8 Wired heavy lately, but can you really blame me? Blame 8 Wired if anyone! Stop making such lovely, hoppy beers! And blame Slowbeer for making them so accessible and affordable! 8 Wired have done it again. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). From Beer to Eternity. 8 Wired Hop Wired.
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Brew Views: April 2011
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Friday, April 22, 2011. 2011 Harvest Pale Ale - 4.6% ABV. I'm a big fan of Bridge Rd, their Beechworth Pale Ale is one of the most dangerously sessionable beers I've ever encountered, while the Bling IPA is a bruiser of a hop heavyweight, a curry just doesn't taste the same without being accompanied by one. So I expected great things when I ordered the 2011 Harvest. It did not disappoint. Such is beer indeed. Sunday, April 17, 2011. 8 Wired Hop Wired. India Pale Ale - 7.3% ABV. Blame 8 Wired if anyone!
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Brew Views: Epic/Thornbridge Stout
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Friday, April 8, 2011. After sitting down with Master Dave and Master Rorz at Beer Deluxe on Showcase Wednesday, knocking back Thornbridge Brewery's latest international collaboration. Tough to say, it certainly doesn't have the novelty, genius and flair of the Goat, but it feels like a much more solid and consistent competitor. Like a Luke Hodge to Thorny Goat's Buddy Franklin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). From Beer to Eternity. 8 Wired Hop Wired. 8 Wired Tall Poppy.
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Brew Views: Torpedo
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. - American IPA 7.2% ABV. Let’s start with the name. You know I dig names that are apt for the beer. This is no exception. A torpedo is long and sleek,. Spectacular and can cause great damage. A balanced 7.2% ABV Extra IPA with explosive hop character as a sessionable beer makes this extremely dangerous. Like a torpedo, if you didn’t already pick up on that. Torpedos can sink ships as well, but I can’t draw any analogies to this beer for that point.
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Brew Views: Beelzebub's Jewels
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Sunday, May 1, 2011. Holgate Brewhouse - Belgian Quadrupel 12% ABV. Where do you begin with a beer like this? Oh, I know. I'll be begin by promising that I will not make any jokes or any testicular reference to Lucifer. But how to enjoy such a beer? Candle lit dinner (which would probably mean sharing with someone who is entirely undeserving)? Compared to some other Belgian Style Dubbels and Tripels? So many tough questions (though really just one question.). The beer itself pours like a sticky dream (no...
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Brew Views: Ruination
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Stone Brewing Company - Double IPA 7.7% ABV. Holy hell, I’m in heaven. Juxtaposition. Heaven and hell. Yeah, I went there. This is the hopheads dream. So good. Sentence length reducingly good. Straight to the beer! Spoiler alert: Hops feature heavily in this beer. I can hardly imagine a better beer to go to when it’s a good fix of hops that you require. Obtaining this beer down in little Australia might be tough, but it’s oh so worth it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Brew Views: The Thorny Goat
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Friday, March 18, 2011. Thornbridge Brewery / Mountain Goat Collaboration - Black IPA 6.8% ABV. This is such a highly anticipated beer for me that it would be basically impossible for this beer to live up to the expectations. This lived up to all expectations. And then some. Immediately the look of the beer is pitch black. As black as any porter or stout you will see, yet the aroma and first taste will lead down a whole other path. So many hop flavours come through! Good times be a comin’, friends.