Garage Project Red Rocks Reserve Red Ale 440ml

Garage Project, now world renowned, literally started brewing in their garage in 2011. Red Rocks Reserve Stein Beer is a modern interpretation of the historic stein (stone) beer. A brewing method popular before the 20th century, in which superheated stones are dropped in to the wort, to rapidly bring it boil, rapidly caramalising the malts and imparting a distinctive character.

Description 2. Size (volume in ml) 440ml 1. Alcohol Percentage 6.5%

Red Rocks is a rich ruby red ale with loads of chewy malt character. There wasn’t a lot of restraint shown in the hopping of this beer. We had a fair bit of whole cone Nelson Sauvin hops in the fridge and they all went in. The end result is a nice balance of malt sweetness and bitterness, with some assertive hop aroma and flavour.

 

Red Rocks Reserve is fast becoming one of our most anticipated annual releases. A base red ale is brewed and then with a nod to an ancient brewing technique known as ‘Stein Bier’, the beer is passed through a giant hop back containing rocks, super heated in a hard Manuka wood fire to over 500c. Finally, the beer is given an additional pass through a hop back stuffed full of whole cone Nelson Sauvin.