Gage Roads Brewery & Jeremy Sambrooks "Rapid Fire" IPA - Australia (ABV 6.3%)

A home brewer wins a beer festival competition for home brewers and has his winning beer brewed commercially, what a great concept.

Jeremy's Rapid Fire was judged best home brew at the Sail & Anchor Hotel in the 2013 Homebrew Challenge and as a result local commercial brewer Gage Roads collaborated with Jeremy to produce a commercial batch.

This American style IPA is a very good beer. I love hoppy USA style IPA's so this is right up my alley. Brewed with Amarillo, Centennial, Columbus and Simcoe hops all apparently added in generous quantity. This IPA has a pine and tropical fruit nose and flavour, slightly hazy dark amber colour and a crisp rather than bitter finish.

I enjoyed this IPA and will probably buy more if I can find it.