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Waratah 2020
Savoury aromatics, biscuity, dried citrus peel. Warm French oak gives a strong and exceptionally complex aged vinous character. Wonderful palate. Smooth and seamless. Sweet vanilla cake, almond meal, preserved lime, dehydrated orange run rampant. As...
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Hive: Post Brood Blend #3 - Tasting Notes
As always, big intensity of aromas. Honey, menthol and mint upfront alongside warm aromatic beeswax and citrus blossom. Palate is restrained, tempered acidity allows for the richness of the honey to shine. Subtle flavours of toasted wheat,...
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Common Ground Spring Ale 2021 - Wildflower x Momento Mori Collaboration
So these 'Common Ground' beers are genuinely a place where both of our practices meet, uninoculated grapes to make wine, lightly pressed post maceration sent to us in order to recommence that native ferment on...
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Mountain Rye
A young Australian Wild Ale made with the perennial cereal grain Mountain Rye grown by the NSW Department of Primary Industries in Cowra, NSW. Fermented and aged in a single puncheon before bottling, conditioning and...
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St Abigail 2021
St Abigail is an Australian Wild Ale made by blending barrel aged golden mixed culture fermentation ale with 746kg of fresh, whole, tree ripened white peaches from Thornbrook Orchard in Nashdale, NSW. It is named for Chris and...
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Gold Blend #33 - Tasting Notes
This is a 5 barrel blend. Sweet sherbety nose of citrus blossom and pithy zest. Mild spice and oak notes ebb and flow amongst the citrus. Lovely palate, citrus forward but with spice and oak...
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Good as Gold Blend #14 - Tasting Notes
Blend 14 opens with aromas of hop spice and soft creamy grainy notes with a lemon barley lift. Bright and beckoning with the mildest oak and earthy funk. The palate is a sweet burst of yellow...
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Dale Dug a Hole
A young Australian Wild Ale made with perennial cereal grain 11955 grown by the NSW Department of Primary Industries in Cowra, NSW as well as dandelions from Chris and Em's farm in Cygnet, Tasmania picked...
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St Henry 2021
The resultant beer at release opens with bright apricot flesh and musky skin. Complex spice mix-edging on negroni vibes, cinnamon and earthy allspice with a vinous soft vanillin warmth background. The gold base comes through lifting...
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Amber Blend #32 - Tasting Notes
Amber Blend #32 has a lovey nose of gentle brambly fruit and dark chocolate with warm cooking spice and oak supporting. Elements of brown sugar and maple sweetness. Palate has an immediate depth and rich...
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How's the Serenity
The name of this beer, along with many of our other green bottle saison-inspired ales, come out of the book of Australian sayings. Quite obviously, its a quote from the 1997 comedic masterpiece that is...
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St Thomas 2021
At release, St Thomas 2021 opens with aromas of cherries, cola and chocolate, very perfumed and heady. Cherry liqueur, sweet baking spices and faint minty stemminess at the end. The palate shows fresh cherry characteristics,...
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Wattle Drops 2020
A golden, foudre-aged Australian Wild Ale fermented wholly by wild yeast and bacteria residing on freshly picked Wattle blossoms from 'Carawatha' in Gerringong, NSW.
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Organic Table Beer #6 - Tasting Notes
Bright and fresh. Aromas of lemon barley, mild ginger spice and grainy earthiness, zested orange citrus in the periphery. Palate is poppy and direct. Layers of hop spice and clean mouthwatering citrus upfront. It’s fuller...
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Gold Blend #32 - Tasting Notes
A four barrel blend, immediate sweetness, citrus, vanilla and a deep brooding spice on the nose. Palate is on point. Complex and vibrant juicy citrus giving serious drive. A finesse and power that transitions from...
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What happened…
In just four short years our beers or views on ingredients have been cited as inspirations for others. I can’t tell you how humbling that is, but what is harder to explain is how nerve...
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Too Easy: Motueka (Freestyle)
Too Easy: Motueka (Freestyle) has hop dominant, fruity pear, watermelon and sherbety citrus aromas. Wet stone and curry leaf complexity. Bright, punchy and lifted. The palate is compact and intense. More earthy spice to complement the hoppy...
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Hive: Post Brood Blend #2 - Tasting Notes
At release this blend shows floral, forestry and mossy aromas. Propolis herbal spice and waxy bubblegum. A heady, sticky intense nose. The palate is full of bright orange citrus, beeswax, mead, eucalypt. Complex and evolving with...
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Foggy Morning #4 - Tasting Notes
Batch #4 opens with familiar aromas of peat and twiggy campfire, cooking spice and cedar. The palate draws more on the smoked meats, ham and pastrami. Warmer and more textual than the nose the palate is long...
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Good as Gold Blend #13 - Tasting Notes
Blend #13 has aromas of citrus and oak spice but with a surprising funky note, soft vanilla and melon in support. The palate is light and effervescent.... Touches of citrus, spice and grain. Extremely refreshing and...
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Amber Blend #31 - Tasting Notes
At release blend #31 shows panela, candied cherry, currants and dried fruits, sourdough crust. Lifted raspberry, blueberry jam notes give huge complexity. Strong palate brimming with sweet fruitcake, graham cracker and sour cherry. Tempered acidity allows...
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St Walter 2020: Shiraz, St Florence 2020: Riesling, St Florence 2020: Pinot Grigio and St Florence 2020: Gewurztraminer
These four beers are part of our 'St' series and feature mature, barrel aged Golden Australian Wild ale refermented with while fruit. As all four of these beers are made with wine grapes, they were named...
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Organic Table Beer #5 - Tasting Notes
Belgian spice, orange sherbet. Strong grain characters of wheat and straw give earthiness. Sweet lift, sandalwood and citrus. Lovely weight and texture. Spice and citrus meld beautifully. Clean bitterness to close.
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Bright Side
Bright Side is a series of five collaborative Australian Wild Ales made with smoke tainted grapes.
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Tendency to Rotate
Barrel aged Australian Wild Ale with Moscato Giallo skins from Momento Mori.
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