Brewers from overseas obviously enjoy San Diego beer. Just last week, Sebastian Sauer from Germany’s Freigeist Bierkultur visited Coronado’s brewpub to collaborate on a hoppy hefeweizen with brewer Ryan Brooks.
This week, Australian brewers Steve Brockman and Steph Cope will release the beer they created with Monkey Paw’s Cosimo Sorrentino and Chris West. The idea for Anzac, the “Aussie Pale Ale,” was born after the TwoBrewersAbroad.com bloggers/brewers met Monkey Paw’s owner Scot Blair at Societe Brewing Company’s tasting room.
Anzac, which debuts this Friday, has several Australian attributes: an Australian yeast strain from White Labs, Lyle’s golden syrup, hand-toasted coconut, and a malt bill with golden oats typically used in war-time staple, the Anzac biscuit (cookie) staple.
Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that is equivalent to our Memorial Day in the U.S. Anzac Day is honored on April 25, but there were no big celebrations in San Diego. “We felt that we and our fellow expatriates deserve to celebrate our own fallen soldiers,” said Cope, “and what better way than a beer.”
Steve Brockman says
Cheers Ryan for the mention. We tasted the final product today with Cossimo, Monkey Paw’s head brewer and we’re all very excited to release this sessionable Australian Pale.
The ANZAC Aussie Pale Ale will be on taps on this Friday, and welcome expats and beer fans alike to say g’day and have a brew or two. We’ll also have a special “Tea and Biscuits” cask, with the ANZAC Aussie Pale dry ‘hopped’ with tea.
We would love everyone to come down, and kickstart our around the US craft beer trip in style!
Cheers
Steve & Steph