TASTING NOTES

This luscious Australian pale ale is named after a hop variety from down under, rather than a reference to the outer reaches of the Solar System where C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate (so we’re told). However, it is still a celestial glass of beer with its deep orange golden colour being the launch-pad for a vibrant nose of citrus, stone fruit (peach?), ripe mango, papaya and pine (a pine forest after a rain shower) followed by a more tropical fruit, ripe peach, white grape and biscuity malt on the palate before its bittersweet and tantalisingly dry finish.

Hops: Galaxy

Food pairing: The vibrant and soul-stirring character of the Galaxy hop on evidence here suggests that the beer would dovetail neatly with a chicken jalfrezi or a lamb dopiaza.