Stone Brewing - Go To IPA

Happy birthday to me with a free beer at the Gilbert Street Hotel in Adelaide South Australia! San Diego based Stone Brewing Go To IPA for the everyday. Nice fruity tones with a bitter hoppy finish! This beer is a class act with an awesome fruity aroma that dares you to dream of a better glass poured cloudy for full flavour and at 4.8% it does not pack a punch. It makes up for that with late hops added to the brew. With a complex mix of Ahtanum, Amarillo, Cascade, Chinook, Citra, Crystal, Magnum, Mosaic, Sterling and Hopsteiner hops used. Awesome session IPA, drink often with friends!  Score 10  out of 10 for the hops!

Pirate Life - Loose Lips Sink Ships

This is a Belgian Style Triple with amazing malty complexity. Wow! It is deep with malty tones, like a double IPA on steroids! Unmistakable deep Belgian notes that scream take me big boy! At 14% it says buckle up and enjoy the ride. Very proud that this beer comes from South Australia. I am at the Gilbert Street Hotel and soaking my tongue in pure bliss like a Roman god preparing for battle. Beautiful beer! But watch the finish!  Score a Belgian 10!

Exit Brewing IPA

Exit brewing is one of my favourite Brewers and I thought I should review their standard IPA. It's an American West Coast IPA which is seen in the dominant hops that smell awesome with fruity aroma and bitter finish that scream to play on the senses. In the background at the back of your thought you can feel the malty richness watching on the side. This show is dominated by hops! At 7% it lets you know it's party time and has a fresh golden look in the glass with a cloudy display to entice your eyes and wet your appetite. An excellent beer to savour and soak up those hops! Score 9.5 out of 10.

Big Shed Brewing - Golden Stout Time

I had the pleasure of tasting this beer at The Gilbert Street Hotel in Adelaide. A great South Australian Success story. It has rich malty tones that dance a rhythmic melody of delight on your tongue like a belly dancer, inviting you to the soirée. It has been described as a Golden  Gaytime in a glass but to be fair the stout is more complex than that with its toffee and chocolate mix. It was surged in popularity through reviews on UnTapped out scoring other people's choice award winners in the process. On sale at the Gilbert Street Hotel for $10.50 a pint, at 6.5% it's a perfect cold winters brew. Score a perfect 10. 

Wheaty Brewing & Modus Operandi and Fixation

I was at the Wheaty in Thebarton in SA for this collaboration between Wheaty Brewing and Modus Operandi & Fixation: A gorgeous hoppy American East Coast oat IPA, floral notes with fruity tones on the pallet with an IBU of 60 and at 6.8% it is the perfect beer for a relaxing ale in a pub, wish you were here written all over it as it has balance of flavour and fruity bitterness which is all class. Score 9.5 out of 10.

Bridge Road - B2 Bomber Mach 6.0

Wow, this beer has it all! Sweet chocolate toffee flavour that punches on the pallet with deep chocolate malts, rich Belgian yeast and fruity hops that give it deep and complex tones that scream to go down your throat! At 10% it is not for the faint hearted. Bridge Road have used this beer "B2 Bomber Mach 6.0" to celebrate the last 11 years of brewing and they have excelled themselves with a class act seldom sampled. Perfect winter brew : Score 10!

Motormouth IPA - Van Dieman Brewery

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Motormouth IPA Tasmanian Van Dieman Brewery, in a word awesome. Barley wine barrel aged in Muscat added to the hops, what a genius move. American Amarillo and Mosaic hops that deliver a melange of fruity mango, citrus and passionfruit characters plus some woody touches pure fruitiness that excels with a jump on the palette that screams for attention. I may have to move to the Apple isle, on tap at the Clever Little Tailor. Score a perfect 10 for inventiveness and character.