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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Bootleg "Speakeasy" IPA - Australia (ABV 5.5%)

A terrific offering from the Bootleg Brewery in Margaret River, the heart of Western Australia's best known wine producing region.

This IPA  is very much in the West Coast USA style and is meant to be drunk fresh. I understand it contains loads of hops with new US variety Belma, Centennial and Simcoe in the kettle and Amarillo and Citra added afterwards. The malt backbone makes this a very nicely balanced beer, I really enjoyed it.

I tried it on tap at the brewery and have tried it in the bottle a few times, it is sublime fresh on tap. The picture above is a bottle purchased (from the brewery) and consumed on the same afternoon, it went down a treat at Smiths Beach!

A great IPA to enjoy fresh.



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