Artisan Brewing Northern Grove & Quipster

Style
Mango Macadamia Sour & Imperial Belgian Witbier
ABV
4.5% & 10.0%

Denmark-based Artisan Brewing take seasonally-appropriate inspiration from the Far North to create a mango macadamia sour. If such a concept has you wondering just how many bags of lactose could be jammed into Northern Grove before the stainless welds split, these Belgo-loving brewers chose discretion instead.

"What if we make a dessert-style beer without lactose?" says state sales manager Josh Edmeades.

The resultant beer leads with playful juicy mango aromatics supported by a subtle nuttiness that suggests a bold beer ahead. Instead, the surprisingly light-bodied palate maintains those themes while elevating drinkability, before clean tartness leaves this delightfully fresh dessert-style beer both moreish and dry.

When taken as a pair, it’s a nice setup for the second entry into Artisan’s collaborative tenth birthday series. Brewed in cahoots with Falcon-based Wedgetail Brewing, Quipster retains much you'd expect to find in a typical, sessionable Belgian witbier style; it's just been vaulted into a heady realm as all of their birthday releases will be, fittingly, 10 percent ABV.

At such weight, you’d assume this would be akin to some sort of blonde barleywine; however, all of the style elements have been skilfully scaled: it's light-bodied for size, harmonised with orange peel freshness and subtle spice phenolics, all while maintaining absurd drinkability.

Now, if only the there was a short riposte with which to close my thoughts on Quipster. Perhaps something Shakespearean such as making it a felony to drink a small beer.

Guy Southern

Published February 4, 2025

Name
Artisan Brewing
Address

Board Road
Denmark
WA 6333

Phone
0439522438
Open Hours

Not open to the public

Tours

Tours by appointment

Bendigo TAFE 2025 B2
AIBAs 25 – B2

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