Beer Grand Ridge WHOA!

When flicking through the results booklet after last year's Australian International Beer Awards, a name jumped out from the crowd, the WHOA! from Grand Ridge. It had medalled but we'd never heard of it. Now the mystery is solved as it's been bottled and released around this year's hop harvest. The WHOA! stands for wet hopped oatmeal ale, meaning it's brewed with fresh hops from the brewery's own collection and uses a little oatmeal in the grain mix. The result on the hop front is rather subtle - a mild grassy hop aroma - but more prominent on the grain side of things, with the light golden, crystal clear beer reminiscent of those English golden ales with a strong cereal character.