Beercast #55 – SixTwelve Brewing Showcase
It wouldn’t be a Gratzy showcase episode without a brewery starting with the letter S.
Once again our tastebuds are travelling to South Australia, checking out relatively unknown (but not for long) rising stars SixTwelve Brewing.
Also in typical Gratzy fashion, a miscalculation took place and FIVE beers were sampled as opposed to the regular 3.
We check out 3 core range brews and 2 limited releases, ranging from NEIPAs and West Coasts all the way up to a Double Red Rye IPA!
Thanks to SixTwelve Brewing for a great range of showcase beers and Beer Hug for making it all possible.
Goliath New England IPA
Lovingly referred to as our “breakfast juice”, teeming with ripe tropical fruit that you can smell a mile away from the glass. Don’t forget the new yeast that throws some apricot in the mix, it’s a pleasure to drink and smell. A classic NEIPA soft, pillowy mouthfeel coupled with the opaque nature of the beer, it’s well worth sinking your teeth into!
375ml | 6.6% ABV
Palm Trees & Power Lines West Coast Pale Ale
A beautiful American style Pale Ale with hints of floral, tropical fruit, pine and resin combined with a bready flavour and just a smidge of caramel to round it all out. The balance between the hop flavours and malt profile, makes this a definite crowd pleaser.
375ml | 5.5% ABV
Lurch West Coast IPA
This is the OG IPA. Brilliant pine, resin and citrus aroma coupled with a nice bready malt and a touch of honey all the way through. With a lingering bitterness on the back end this beer takes you back to the original West Coast IPA style.
375ml | 7% ABV
Big Fella Red Rye IPA
This big boy packs a punch! Aromas of caramel and toffee mixed with dank bitterness and citrus flavours from the American hops. This taste mixing nicely with the rye spiciness, makes for a beautiful malt-driven IPA. The big hops also give some nice citrus and pine notes to round out this beer. Giving a lovely red hue, this beer is definitely a favourite for us!
375ml | 7.2% ABV
Really Big Fella Double Red Rye IPA
Love our standard Big Fella? Wait until you try this! We’ve amped everything up. More Rye, more bold malt flavours and of course, more hops!! We’ve stayed true to the original and hit this with the same hops all the way through which provides those dank, piney, citrus flavours. Double dry hopping helped the hops punch through a big malt bill. With notes of spice from the rye and a glorious red hue from the carefully selected specialty grain, it gives great malt character to balance out those intense hop flavours!
375ml | 10% ABV
