I'm a big fan of Bridge Rd, their Beechworth Pale Ale is one of the most dangerously sessionable beers I've ever encountered, while the Bling IPA is a bruiser of a hop heavyweight, a curry just doesn't taste the same without being accompanied by one. So I expected great things when I ordered the 2011 Harvest. It did not disappoint...Firstly, it has a lovely golden body, topped by a big creamy head, on looks alone this is a supermodel of a pale ale. The big aroma is all citrus hops, seriously it's like a well stocked fruit bowl; grapefruit, peach, apricot and passionfruit. A similar theme carries across onto the taste, citrus and stone fruit with a solid, rising bitterness which leaves a dry and clean mineral aftertaste.
This pale ale has a very fresh quality to it, fitting considering it is a harvest beer, made of fresh hops of an, as yet, unnamed experimental strain. Hopefully the brewers continue to experiment with it because the robust, fresh flavors of this beer leaves me wanting more.
Such is beer indeed...
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