In Dan’s the other day getting the Christmas drinks organised when I thought I’d grab something different to try. Being the Pale Ale fan I am, it wasn’t a case of which type as much as which brand. As it happened, I just grabbed the first PA I came to. All I saw was ‘Bridge Road’, so I thought it must have been based in Richmond.
Poured into the glass, this beer came up with a firm, dense, creamy head atop a beautiful cloudy golden liquid… very promising. Lovely spicy smell – the citrus tones were there, but I kept searching, because there’s something else in the aroma that’s really appetising. It reminded me a bit of nutmeg – like when you grate fresh nutmeg on a milkshake – I dunno, but it was exotic and complex, and I really liked it.
The first taste – and the second, and the third! – were great mouthfuls of hopsy citrus flavour – like you’d peeled half a grapefruit into the glass. Excellent! Not much else to say really, this is an instant favourite – right up there with Little Creatures Pale Ale.
The bare facts:
Bridge Road Brewers
Old Coach House Brewers Lane,
Ford Street Beechworth,
Victoria 3747
Phone/Fax: 03 5728 2703
bridgeroadbrewers.com.au
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An crazy little postscript to this story. When my daughter walked in last night after returning from Germany, she recognised the beer as coming from a brewery with a connection to her Austrian boyfriend! Small world eh?
Oh, my goodness, this is just getting too wierd. I just went back through my entries and found that I’d already had this one a couple of years back! I liked it then too, but I reckon they’ve improved it even more.
