Beer Grand Ridge Dark Side of Juniper

According to the team at Grand Ridge, Victoria's oldest established microbrewery, there were people out there that didn't know they'd bottled their entry for this year's Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular. It was appear that among those people was The Crafty Pint - as we've just been given a little tap on the shoulder by the brewery to tell us that yes, it was bottled and, yes, if anyone want to get their hands on Dark Side of Juniper, they still can. There are a few cases (and a couple of kegs) of the beer that followed the theme started by their 2012 GABS beer (which used sarsparilla in a stout) by popping some juniper berries into a dark lager. What this means is that, atop a rich malt backbone, you'll find hints of gin like aromas from the juniper berries plus a touch of fruity Kiwi hops.