Introducing the "Tropical Sun" from Brandys Braugarage. Brandys is one of the new breed of smaller (micro) breweries that have sprung up throughout Bayern in the past few years. Slightly behind the rest of the beer-drinking world chronologically, but this has not hurt the development of the product at all.
This particular brew is hard to come by. A managed to get a tasting bottle from the owner of the best pub in Bavaria (location a secret).
The poured "Tropical Sun" has a solid flower which persists for a decent amount of time. The beer is an opaque reddish-amber colour, it's dark for an IPA.
The nose is springy and bright. There's toffee and passion-fruit in there, with a touch of green grass.
Then the flavour. Tangy and sweet all at once. There floral nature of heavy hops is evident, but it is balanced and not overpowered (a temptation for many IPA manufacturers). I had some of this beer with a curry and the compliment was spectacular.
Incidentally this beer has a twin, which I tried over Christmas - The "Outrigger" Pacific Pale Ale by Tuatara Bewing in New Zealand. Half a world away, and I was amazed at how similar the two beers taste.
Overall Brandy's have pulled off a winner with this beer. If I can get my grubby mits on a few more of these I will be set for some hot summer drinking in 2016.
This one easily scores a 6 out fo 7.
This particular brew is hard to come by. A managed to get a tasting bottle from the owner of the best pub in Bavaria (location a secret).
The poured "Tropical Sun" has a solid flower which persists for a decent amount of time. The beer is an opaque reddish-amber colour, it's dark for an IPA.
The nose is springy and bright. There's toffee and passion-fruit in there, with a touch of green grass.
Then the flavour. Tangy and sweet all at once. There floral nature of heavy hops is evident, but it is balanced and not overpowered (a temptation for many IPA manufacturers). I had some of this beer with a curry and the compliment was spectacular.
Incidentally this beer has a twin, which I tried over Christmas - The "Outrigger" Pacific Pale Ale by Tuatara Bewing in New Zealand. Half a world away, and I was amazed at how similar the two beers taste.
Overall Brandy's have pulled off a winner with this beer. If I can get my grubby mits on a few more of these I will be set for some hot summer drinking in 2016.
This one easily scores a 6 out fo 7.
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