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ORIGINAL ALE
Wise and all-seeing, the owl is a reminder to always keep your eyes on the prize – in our case, beautiful beer with a purity that stands the test of time. So it’s only natural that it should symbolise our first beer created in the Yarra Valley, under the watchful gaze of original founder, Phil Sexton. This is a classic European Golden Ale with a pale, slightly cloudy golden glow and creamy, foamy head. Aroma is malty, biscuit with underlying hints of fresh stone fruits and dusted with fresh hop spices. Palate is smooth and creamy, roasted malt/biscuit notes and filled out with hints of caramel, toffee, finishing with a slight tart/bitter character. Reminiscent of the classic draught real ales found in great bars of Europe, where you don't want to leave.
ALC:
4.2% ABV
BU:
30
Colour:
18 EBC
Style:
CLASSIC EUROPEAN GOLDEN ALE
REDBACK
Sparkling blonde Belgian Wheat (Wit) ale style with a brooding pale glow that draws upon its origins as Australia's first Wheat beer. Traditional with a twist, this beer is double fermented with special live yeast and bacillus cultures, naturally carbonating this unfiltered and unadulterated beauty. Aroma is lemon zest and floral spice with underlying fruit, a hint of hop spice and a slightly biscuity malt tone. Palate is creamy, soft yet firm; walking a delicate line between fullness and fineness while balancing lovely lemon curd and earth fruit notes to produce a well-balanced mild palate with high drinkability. Finishes crisp and fresh.
ALC:
4.7% ABV
BU:
18
Colour:
9 EBC
Style:
AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BEER
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ALPHA
The idea for Alpha came after our then Head Brewer, Brad Rogers, visited the legendary Sierra Nevada brewery in Colorado, USA. Inspired by their American Pale Ale, he created a distinctly Australian version. This Australian style natural Pale Ale has dominated beer competitions ever since; refocusing the craft beer world from US Westcoast style hops and winter barleys, to the classics of Australia. Aroma is dominated by fresh spicy citrus zest and exotic spice dust derived from the fresh hop flower additions made during re-fermentation. Palate is very firm and dry with great length, refreshing bitterness and a long lingering finish with hints of caramel, spicy oak and poached stone fruit. Your classic & original Australian Pale Ale.
ALC:
5.2% ABV
BU:
45
Colour:
30 EBC
Style:
AUSTRALIAN PALE ALE
DOG BOLTER
First brewed by Matilda Bay in 1985, this full flavoured Dark Lager style has steadily been refined over the years, to become less 'look at me' to more 'just drink me'. It has an impressive dark red hue and glow through a mist of cloudy goodness. Aroma is chocolate, caramel and toast with a dusting of complex spice and pine resin from the fresh whole flower hops added during re-fermentation. Palate is deep, dark and complex, yet balanced by the silky backbone of caramel, malt, 'ever so light' malt sweetness, all deftly balanced by firm hop bitterness and a dry finish.
ALC:
4.7%ABV
BU:
25
Colour:
65 EBC
Style:
DARK LAGER
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