In the first month of spring, Tallboy & Moose have returned to some of the brewpub’s favourite releases. First up there’s 2 Solid 2 Gold, a sequel to the hazy IPA Solid Gold released in kegs (and crowlers) during the brief time Melbourne’s pubs were open between lockdowns. If there are tweaks to the recipe, they're minor ones, for it comes in at the same 6.5 percent ABV and contains the American hop combination of Bravo, El Dorado and Centennial. Again, it makes for a beer that moves from the more tropical guava and papaya to candied orange, grapefruit and a slight whiff of pine in what's a particularly soft and fluffy IPA.
Then there’s Jungle Berry Fresca, which follows a string of keg-only Fresca releases; beers that feature sourness and creaminess equal measure thanks to the addition of lactose to a sour beer base that's re-fermented on real fruit. Jungle Berry has the biggest fruit addition of any in the series, with 320 kilograms of boysenberry and mango scooped into the Preston brewpub's tanks and it's the first of those that really grabs you, before the mango follows through to complete a tart, soft and altogether smoothie-like beer.
Will Ziebell
Published September 29, 2020 2020-09-29 00:00:00
