I don't know about you but after tasting all this wine I need a cleanser.. a beer that I can drink both with or without food. In my travels up to ARIA Brisbane I've discovered a great little independent brewer on the Gold Coast that's going from strength to strength. They do a bunch of hand-crafted beers that have hit the world stage and they've already won some high profile awards at the World Championships abroad. The hard work is now paying off for Gold Coast couple, Peta and Brennan Fielding, and Brennan has been mastering the art for a while now, a brewer for 17 years with previous stints in Hawaii and Japan.
At the moment I'm loving their '28 Pale Ale' which is a medium bodied American style but packed full of flavour. At Burleigh Heads (Queensland) in the 1970s there was a famous 28-day swell and this beer has been dedicated to that moment in time, in a throw back style that you can enjoy with your mates.
Tasting Notes: pours cloudy and is copper coloured with vibrant hoppy aromas - scents of squeezed lime and grapefruit twist. The palate is a ripper with some more bolder tropical fruits such as passionfruit and guava with a hint of caramel on the back.
Would Go Well With: something super spicy like Som Tum if you like Thai Food (green papaya salad with thai red chilli), otherwise the brewers choice is Moroccan Lamb. I also rate it alongside satay chicken.
Tell Your Friends: According to Wikipedia; "Pale ale was a term used for beers made from malt dried with coke (a processed form of coal). Coke had been first used for roasting malt in 1642, but it wasn't until around 1703 that the term pale ale was first used".
To Buy: Click here to buy a case for the fridge.
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