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Gunnamatta IPA

- India Pale Ale "dry leafed" -

When the team behind the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular asked us to create a special beer for their 2012 festival, we started by searching for musical inspiration from their Australian homeland. The tunes led us on a wild conceptual ride but we ended up settling on thi hugely floral India Pale Ale that is "dry-leafed" with a massive load of Earl Grey Blue Flower tea.

Gunnamatta - the instrumental opening track of Paul Kelly's 2004 album Ways and Means - refers to a beach break on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula and had us thinking of good friends, cups of tea, surf, beer and rock 'n' roll!

As Paul Kelly says himself: "Deeper water, leading me on." 

 

Beer geek stuff

Style	India Pale Ale "dry-leafed"
Stats	ABV 6.5% Bitterness = 52 IBU Colour = 9 SRM
Malt	Golden Promise Pale Malt, CaraPils, CaraMunich 60, Wheat Malt
Hops	Pacific Jade, Motueka, Pacifica, Southern Cross.
Tea	Earl Grey Blue Flower (t Leaf T)
Yeast	Fermentis US-05

 

Accolades

Peoples Choice - Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular 2012

Beer of 2012 - Hashigo Zake Annual Survey