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TOP DROP
PALE ALE
Sample
GOLDEN ALE
Bridge Road Brewers
GIN
Death’s Door
BARREL-AGED GIN
Barossa Distilling
Company
A mild aroma of fruit and
malt. Soft mouth feel
with stonefruit and faint
citrus notes that don’t
overpower the beer.
Nice bitter finish, quite
refined. It is a refreshing,
respectful nod to
American Pale Ales that
is not out of the ordinary
but very enjoyable
nonetheless.
Not overly complex, but
refreshing. The Bridge
Road Brewers Golden Ale
uses all Australian pale
malts and aromatic hop
varieties. Aroma of crisp
biscuity malt. Taste of
tropical fruits and hints of
pale malt. Crisp, smooth
and light but somewhat
safe.
Death’s Door Gin takes
its name from the most
treacherous waterway
in the Great Lakes,
separating Washington
Island from the Door
County peninsula in
northern Wisconsin. It is
a London Dry style of gin
distilled in the Wisconsin
town of Middleton. It
is made up of a simple
mix of three botanicals:
juniper berries, coriander
and fennel seeds. This
balanced blend has seen
it become extremely
popular with bartenders
across the US who
consider it to be a soft,
versatile gin.
Single Batch handcrafted
Gin, aged in an oak
barrel that had previously
held Shiraz and then
Tawny Port before
being cut down to 100
litres and re-charred by
a Barossa Cooper. It
has characteristics of
a Speyside Style single
malt but is still very much
a Gin. Recommended
to drink as a gin with a
dash of dry ginger and a
squeeze of fresh lime or
as a whisky over ice.
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