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08/01/2023

Beer Review #862315

Loophole Brewing Sly Fox Drypa

So what does a Jaffa, a javelin thrower, a winemaker, a fox, a German season, two surfers and a Swedish adjective have in common, why clearly this beer! So there was a winemaker who lived at Cape Jaffa who decided to brew beer as a hobby and means to increase his already copious supply of alcohol. From 50 litre batches he decided he needed help so he gave a job to a brewer who learnt how make wine and taught him to make beer, oh and they are both surfers too. This led to this style of beer called Drypa. Now this is actually a Swedish word which means to drip, to ooze to seep. However I suspect it actually mean DRY Pale Ale but my Scandinavian heritage requires me to prefer the former. Inspired also by German Marzen (spring) lagers this is a hoppy pale ale with a very dry finish. A lovely front palate with malty nuttiness from Aussie and German malts, a subtle citrus zing then a neutral clean dry finish that inspires you to keep sipping, well suited to stinking hot summer days. The fox reference is obvious, as for the javelin thrower, you had better buy some and read the can.

7.9/10 on the BBB scale of loveliness

02/01/2023

Beer Review #533567

Bridge Road Brewers/Garage Project - Dark Harvest Fresh Hop Black IPA

This beer has generated confusion for me, (hardly difficult I know), and may generate a trans Tasman sledging match. Garage Project is small brewery in Vindy Villington in NZ and Bridge Road is in Beechworth Victoria. Both brands on the can so which son of an ANZAC actually made it? It appears more like Bridge Road did, so what is the Garage Project on the can? Another sneaky similar like attack to claim the Pavlova or a genuine collaboration? Who knows, and by now who cares. The beer itself is an IPA with heavily roasted malt and the hops are added less than 6 hours from picking so apparently that is amazing. Nuances of speed to hop are lost on me but fresh is best they say so I am not knocking it. They did mention hop cones, so presumably smoking wasn’t needed, but no matter, this beer is good. Lovely dark caramel roasted malt, a little bit smoky? with a beautiful fresh bitterness on the palate that lingers longer than the anger of that one underarm delivery many years ago. A fair dinkum good beer bro.

8.1 on the BBB scale of loveliness.

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