Bacchus Brewing Co – Lamington Dark Ale

Bacchus Brewing Co – Lamington Dark Ale

Pours a black colour with a reddish tinge in the light. Not much of a head with a fine creamy lacing around the glass.

As the name implies the aroma is like smelling a lamington straight from the bakery, the chocolate and coconut are the standouts. Flavour wise, it’s great, it’s an alcoholic liquefied Lamington. Amazing how all the flavours are all there – the toasted coconut chocolate icing and sponge sweetness.

It’s quite a light bodied ale and easily drinkable, more so for a sweet tooth dessert lover like myself, hence why I purchased a growler full of the stuff. Yum! Now to find a cheesecake beer and I’ll be set!

ABV – 5.0%
Style – Dark Ale – Dessert Ale (Craft Beerscapade’s style)
Sourced from – Bacchus Brewing Co
Brewery – Bacchus Brewing Co

4 Pines Keller Door – Imperial India Brown Ale

4 Pines Keller Door Imperial India Brown Ale

What do you know this brown ale pours a dark brown with a tan head that drops away to a fine ring around the glass edge. This Ale has a sweet citrus (lemon/grapefruit) aroma which is quite moreish to the nose. To taste it has a bold bitterness to it, with a good use of hops and malt. The roasted malts produce a nice caramel nutty flavour to go with the hoppy tastes of pine and citrus.

Great brown ale, smooth with a good hit of alcohol. A quality release from 4 Pines limited release dept – Keller Door.

ABV – 8.0%
Style – Brown Ale
Sourced from – The Vine Liquor Mart Cleveland
Brewery – 4 Pines Brewing Co.

Bridge Road Brewers – The Harvest Fresh Hop Ale 2014

Bridge Road Brewers – The Harvest Fresh Hop Ale 2014

In the glass (using a Spiegelau IPA glass from Bridge Road) this beer is a clear golden colour with a light white head. Has a beautiful sweet strong hoppy aroma, a nice choice of 2 new hops gives this blend a fruity nose. This ale has a real bitter finish and not overly flavorsome although some fruitiness is evident. Still a smooth drinking beer that I’d have again, maybe from on tap!

ABV – 4.4%
Style – American Pale Ale
Sourced from – The Vine Liquor Mart Cleveland
Brewery – Bridge Road Brewers

BrewCult Magic Rock Brewing – Salt Dick IPA

Salt Dick IPA

A collaboration beer between the two breweries, this beer pours a cloudy golden colour with a white bubbly head that sticks around. It has a tropical citrus aroma due to the use of the UK Pilgrim hops and the new Aussie Enigma hops. It has a nice flavour balance of malt and hops, not overly bitter (not heavily hopped). Quite a sessional ale with a sweet lingering aftertaste.

A unique name for a beer – nothing phallic – it’s actually an Afrikaners term (in this case) for someone (or something)  that has one foot (brewer) in the UK and the other foot (brewer) in South Africa (Australia) and their dick dangling in the ocean.  Fortunately the bottles artwork doesn’t show the third leg!

ABV – 6.0%
Style – India Pale Ale (IPA)
Sourced from – The Wine Emporium
Brewery – BrewCult