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.
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Coastal Jones Dry Rice Lager 375ml Can
Lager – Japanese Rice, 5.5% ABV
Brewery: The Coastal Brewing Company
Location: Forster, New South Wales Australia
Description:
Crispy
Refreshing
Aftertaste
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Good Land Uno Birra Italian Pilsner 355ml Can
Pilsner – Italian, 5.2% ABV
Brewery: Good Land Brewing Co
Location: Traralgon, Victoria Australia
Description:
Crisp and refined, each sip a nod to sunny days, good vibes, and timeless style inspired by Italian charm, Uno Birra is a classic Italian style pilsner focused on perfect balance.
Organic malt creates a smooth, clean foundation while Saphir hops add a touch of herbal zest.
Raise a glass to the good life.
Salute!
Brewed in Traralgon
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Sunday Road Fat Boy Pacific Ale 375ml Can
Pale Ale – Australian, 4.2% ABV
Brewery: Sunday Road Brewing
Location: Kirrawee, New South Wales Australia
Description:
A Pac Ale with a blend of Galaxy, Vic’s Secret and Galaxy Spectrum. Light, fruity and easy drinking session beer.
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Ballast Point Aloha Sculpin Hazy IPA 330ml Can
IPA – American, 7% ABV
Brewery: Ballast Point Brewing Company
Location: San Diego, CA United States
Description:
With Aloha Sculpin, we used Brux Trois yeast to turn our award-winning IPA into a tropical oasis, with bright and refreshing notes of mango, pineapple and guava, along with a slight haze and smooth mouthfeel.
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Garage Project All India Permit Spiced Hazy Pale Ale 330ml Can
IPA – New England / Hazy, 5% ABV
Brewery: Garage Project
Location: Wellington City, Wellington New Zealand
Description:
Let’s hit the road. All India Permit, brewed with pilsner, wheat and crystal oats matched with tropical Mosaic hops, a subtle touch of anardana (pomegranate seed) amchoor (dried green mango) tamarind and Indian spices. Perfect beside your burger – or just by itself. Take your taste buds on a trip.
Art by: Painter Shabbu
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Jervis Bay Pina Colada Sour 375ml Can
Sour – Fruited, 5.2% ABV
Brewery: Jervis Bay Brewing Co
Location: Huskisson, New South Wales Australia
Description:
What’s better than mixing Pineapple & Coconut for a Pińa Colada Sour?
How about Jervis Bay Brewing Co & Merino Brewery teaming up to make this delicious brew?
Two breweries, one mission …….to bring Miami 80s beach vibe to your taste buds.
Think Pineapple & Coconut, Latino sound systems, suits with rolled up sleeves, You get the idea!
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Balter x Firestone Walker USA Mouth Holiday Modern Pale Ale 375ml Can
Pale Ale – American, 5.8% ABV
Brewery: Balter Brewing Company
Location: Currumbin, Queensland Australia
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Five Barrel Knock Off Margarita Gose 440ml Can
Sour, 6% ABV
Brewery: Five Barrel Brewing
Location: Wollongong, New South Wales Australia
Description:
With a name like Knock Off, this Margarita Gose is the perfect after-work wind-down, capturing the refreshing essence of a classic margarita.
Take a sip and you’ll be transported to a beachside escape with the perfect refreshment to end the day. The Gose style, known for its unique balance of sour and salty, makes the perfect canvas for a margarita-inspired beer. Its light, tart profile pairs effortlessly with the sharp citrus of lime, while the subtle salinity mirrors the salted rim of a classic margarita.
Knock Off takes full advantage of this traditional style, elevating it with vibrant flavours that offer a refreshing and exciting twist on both a beloved beer and cocktail.
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Akasha Brat IPA 375ml Can
IPA – American, 6% ABV
Brewery: Akasha Brewing Company
Location: Five Dock, New South Wales Australia
Description:
Big, bold, and unapologetically Brat, this IPA is a true Pub Classic. Light haze, crisp and silky with huge citrus and pineapple notes, plus hints of pine and orange. This one’s packed with flavour and all the attitude — pour it up and keep the hits coming.
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Bright Brewery Big Jolly Boi WC Pilsner 440ml Can
Pilsner, 5.3% ABV
Brewery: Bright Brewery
Location: Bright, Victoria Australia
Description:
This year’s Big Jolly Boi release is a festive West Coast Pilsner, refreshing and here to sleigh your summer with its hoppy cheer.
Brewer’s Tasting Notes: “A clean and crisp pilsner base provides a refreshing foundation for this hop-forward beer. Mid-sized dry hop additions bring a burst of flavour, with notes of citrus, pine, stone fruit, and tropical fruits on the palate.”
Malts: Pale
Hops: Hallertau Blanc, Tettnanger, Cryo Citra, Simcoe, Cryo Idaho 7
Yeast: FermolagerW
Dietary/additions: 100% Vegan; contains gluten
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Hawkers Four Seasons Summer Triple Juicy IPA 440ml Can
IPA – Triple, 10% ABV
Brewery: Hawkers Beer
Location: Reservoir, Victoria Australia
Description:
Summer is upon us, and with it its corresponding Four Seasons release for 2024. This series is a yearly project that brews four different expressions of a common parent style (in this case, IPA) using the same bill of malts and hops, adjusting only proportions and amounts.
A season of sunshine, warmth, and at times spicy weather, we’ve brewed up a massive juice bomb to amp up the refreshment factor to contrast the summer heat. At 10% ABV, it’s certainly not understated!
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Boatrocker Fresh & Foolish NZ Hop IPA 375ml Can
IPA – New Zealand, 6% ABV
Brewery: Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers
Location: Braeside, Victoria Australia
Description:
Fresh and Foolish showcases what we love about NZ hops… Big, bold and punchy with the right mix of dank, fruit and resin. We threw in foolish amounts of some of the freshest NZ hops around, including Nectaron, Riwaka, Moutere and Mouteka. This choice brew is best drunk fresh. Throw some in your chilly bin for the ultimate tasty treat. Chur bro!
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Dangerous Ales Backyard Pale Ale 355ml Can
Pale Ale – Australian, 5% ABV
Brewery: Dangerous Ales
Location: Milton, New South Wales Australia
Description:
An all day pale ale for the crew. An easy go to when it’s your shout.
HOPS: Galaxy, Amarillo, Loral
MALTS: Pilsner and Wheat
YEAST: English Ale
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Five Barrel Little Nipper Hazy IPA 375ml Can
IPA – New England / Hazy, 5.8% ABV
Brewery: Five Barrel Brewing
Location: Wollongong, New South Wales Australia
Description:
Little Nipper uses a variety of hops that enable us to create a beer packed with fresh tropical fruit flavours. We use an English yeast strain to add an extra element of fruit, while keeping the beer rich and juicy.
Malt: Pale, Wheat, Oats
Hops: Varies with each batch
Appearance: Hazy sunshine
Aroma: Tropical fruits
Flavor: Passionfruit, mango, banana, citrus
Body: Full
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Hop Nation x St Andrews Footscray Boardriders Club XPA 355ml Can
Pale Ale – XPA (Extra Pale), 4.6% ABV
Brewery: Hop Nation Brewing Co
Location: Footscray, Victoria Australia
Description:
The elusive wave of the west… hidden under our iconic bridge. Two breweries have come together to celebrate the hunt. Pineapple, resiney pine and mandarin. Super pale colour and a clean malt body, nice and dry.
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Boatrocker Yorkshire Pale Ale 375ml Can
Bitter – Extra Special / (ESB), 4.3% ABV
Brewery: Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers
Location: Braeside, Victoria Australia
Description:
A classic English special bitter using Yorkshire ale yeast and the British trifecta of hops: Fuggles, East Kent Goldings and Styrian Goldings. Malt forward, with wonderful woody, earthy citrus notes from the hops. The yeast esters finish off the roundness of the beer. Don’t drink too cold…cellar temp is perfect.
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Squinters La Mula Cerveza 375ml Can
Lager – Mexican, 4.1% ABV
Brewery: Squinters Brewing Co
Location: Penrith, New South Wales Australia
Description:
Clean Mexican lager
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Spotty Dog Cali XPA 375ml Can
Pale Ale – XPA (Extra Pale), 4.8% ABV
Brewery: Spotty Dog Brewers
Location: Derwent Park, Tasmania Australia
Description:
Cali is a tropical, refreshing and sessionable XPA thats been a love of Tasmanians and visitors alike since day 1. Featuring Citra, Mosaic and Galaxy hops.