It’s October and there are no tricks, just treats in this month’s FRESH IPA. Brewed with Canterbury grown light lager malt and white wheat, it’s an appropriately ghostly pale FRESH offering for October, with a cheeky little addition of Southern Cross to the mash. No hops in the kettle this month, but a very special hit of Calypso Salvo in the whirlpool, lending lifted pear, stone fruit and limey citrus. Then building on this aromatic hot side addition we’ve dry hopped heavily with Nelson Sauvin, Talus and Huell Melon. So what can you expect from October? This could be one of the smoothest FRESH IPA’s we’ve done. We do everything we can to ensure that our FRESH drops have that dense haze and juicy mouthfeel that you all expect, but sometimes some kind of synergistic ‘love in’ goes on between the month’s malt, hops and yeast. Something’s definitely happening here. October pours perfectly opaque, the colour of pale white gold, with a dense titanium white foam. There’s a touch of tropical fruit (think guava and pineapple), but October also offers white peach, green grape, honeydew melon, strawberry, white winegums and pine with just the slightest hint of your Nan’s potpourri, all balancing perfectly on that luscious sweet, pale malt body. Like I said, just treats.
Fresh IPA, a rolling, ever changing, monthly series of one offs, brewed in small batches and available only from our brewery outlets and only while stocks last. Each batch is an opportunity to try a new brewery fresh IPA, unfiltered and unfined, showcasing a unique combination of yeast, malt and hops. Just fun, fresh hoppy beer at its best.
Art by: Pablo Espinosa