Brewer's Reserve - Oreti Red
May 2011 Encore Release
After the great response to Bird Dog and Alpha Male how does one brew a respectable encore ? By rebrewing one of last years most popular Reserves – Oreti Red – our Red IPA, that’s how.
Last autumn Oreti Red was the second in a series of beers we themed Red IPA’s and it’s very close to our Red IPA bullseye. NZ pale ale malt, along with Munich, CaraRed and CaraMunich form the malt base.
A high alpha NZ hop and US Centennial flip flop their way through the boil with both hops used in large quantity in a series of warm and cold dry hopping. We upped the malts to give a ‘fatter’ malt base to better harmonise with the high alpha hop resins, and lifted the alcohol content to 6%.
There’s plenty of Oreti to go around…for a while anyway. This will give us a chance to tweak our take on the next Brewer’s Reserve, Brown Ale. And fans of Grace Jones, last year’s porter, will be pleased that Grace has promised to make her encore performance at a bar near you in the cold depths of Winter to take some of that chill away. Not being slaves to any rhythm we will probably respect Grace’s request for a recipe tweak – look forward to that!
No style guideline, no compromise.
With that wee teaser, raise your glasses to great ale and here’s a great cheese match we discovered the other day here at the brewery - Oreti Red matched with Barry’s Bay Cheshire cheese – the sharp tangy taste of the cheese alongside this hoppy ale made for a sublime combination.
Cheers
The Brew Crew
Original gravity: 1063
Alcohol : 6% vol
Malts : NZ Ale malt, Munich, CaraRed and CaraMunich
Hops : High Alpha NZ and US Centennial
Yeast: American Ale
Brewer’s Reserve is available at the brewery shop and selected bars – draught only.
