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

Dogfish Head Brewery Indian Brown Ale

Dogfish Head Brewery Indian Brown Ale

This beer comes from a unique US brewery in Delaware as one of their year round brews. One of my favourite US breweries even though this is only the second beer I’ve tried of theirs (with two more in the kegerator). It was their TV series Brew Masters for me that did it, which showed the extent that brewer Sam Calagione went to brew unique quality beers.

This Indian Brown Ale pours a very dark brown reddish almost black colour with a creamy head that reduces down to leave a foam ring around the glass edge. The roasted malts give a sweet chocolate caramel aroma and that continues on into the taste with hints of sweetness of brown sugar with fruity hops. A full bodied beer with a smooth mouthfeel.

A quality dark beer full of flavour.

ABV 7.2%
Sourced from – Queensplaza Wine & Beer
Brewery – Dogfish Head Brewery