Hobart Brewing Co Smoked Apple Bock & Eisbock

Hobart Brewing Company

Published November 1, 2017

Hobart Brewing Co has quickly made a name for itself as one of the finer young booze producers on Tasmania. In 2016, they joined forces to make a beer with someone else in that category, Willie Smiths, adding their freshly pressed organic apple juice to a hearty German style bock. The collaboration didn't end there, however, as they also hooked up with the godfathers of Tassie whisky, inviting Lark Distillery to help them smoke some malt. The result was a hearty, rich, sweetly smoky dark lager given a tangy lighter touch by the presence of the apple juice.

The beer was so well received (in and outside the brewery) that it was brought back a year later. They didn't stop there, though. Some of the beer was sent off site to be freeze distilled, returning nearly 10 percent stronger to be packaged in a limited number of wax-sealed bottles. The result is quite the treat, with the experience ratcheted up in intensity, from the pungent smoke on the nose to the chewy dessert like dark fruit and sticky malt sweetness. Indeed, such is the intensity, despite its pocket size you'll still likely want to share it (and make a grateful friend of those with whom you do).

Style
Smoked Apple Bock & Eisbock
ABV
6.8% & 16.0%
Stockists

Saint John Craft Beer

Also find it around Hobart or at Crown Cellars

Name
Hobart Brewing Company
Address

16 Evans Street
Macquarie Point
Hobart
TAS 7000

Open Hours

Wed & Thurs: 3pm to 8.30pm
Friday: 3pm to 10pm
Saturday: 2pm to 10pm
Sunday: 2pm to 5.30pm