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Of course I had to put my style Nazism aside knowing full well that the BJCP style guidelines didn’t exist in the 1850’s so the real question was, “How can they brew beers that were as authentic as the labels?” There were numerous “old labels” of beers with “classic” style names like Sparkling Bitter, Royal Lager, Queensland Bitter, and Superior Stout. It became quickly apparent that this was no marketing hype, but a genuine story about a family that made significant input into the Australian brewing industry.Īs much as I love my beer history, I also wanted to know more about the beer and again, the website provided plenty of detail. The history spanned over 100 years and there were still Breheny decedents working in the brewing industry today, most notably at Grand Ridge Brewing in Victoria.

The website was quite informative with detailed stories about the families brewing history and their involvement with several major breweries including Abbotsford and Geelong which both ended up being owned by CUB. You can watch my interview with James Breheny, Managing Director of Breheny Bros Brewries or keep reading. This is a serious back story that claims that Breheny Bros are Brewing Royalty and that was something I needed to find out more about.
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(Credit for that name goes to Tiff an Linds from Crack the Ceiling Podcast). But if you gave it to me blind, I'd call it a WCIPA.A quick online search turned up the website which touted claims such as “18 Breheny men working in dozens of breweries from 1850 – 1950.” Now this isn’t your usual back story for a new brewery where “3 mates quit their jobs in IT to follow their passion for beer” and launched their new Brewery called “Bro, Bro and Bro Co”. The super dialed-in blend of hops and malts and good water really makes it its own thing though. Yeah, Heady is really more of a WC IPA with some slight haze to it, in my opinion. Probably someone else here knows better than me. I'm vaguely remembering something about WC IPAs having more tropical notes and NE IPAs having more pine or something, but maybe I'm wrong. I've never had any of Hill Farmstead's hoppy beers, so I can't comment on them.īut I also remember that even before the haze craze there was a somewhat playful feud b/w WC and NE IPAs, but I can't really remember what the distinction was. A lot of the original IPAs from New England that people think started the NEIPA craze: Alchemist and Lawson's would really be described as WC style these days, I think. I'm not sure who first brewed a hazy IPA, but if I had to put $ on it, it'd be Trillium. That was the first beer I had where it looked like orange juice, and I remember there was some serious disagreement about whether this was acceptable or not in the beer community.

My first memory of a real NEIPA was having a Trillium Congress St.

I haven't lived in New England for a while, but I'm from there and visit often. But if you gave it to me blind, I'd call it a WCIPA. Click to expand.Yeah, Heady is really more of a WC IPA with some slight haze to it, in my opinion.
