Brehon Standstill Cold IPA 5.0% ABV, 440 ml can Bradleys
Remembering Italia Novante when the country came to a standstill!
We didn’t win a game…but that didn’t make a dent in the Italia 90 party in Ireland. Even the hosts’ winner, by Toto Schillachi (RIP), that sent us out at the quarterfinal stage was only a blip.
We had built up enough credit for that massive party. As the Brehon brewery is based on a working dairy farm, they had to think ahead to view the final game. They recall on the can label, “the cows milked early, not a car on the road, a whole nation around the TV”. A complete standstill!
Great times, and two decades later, Brehon collaborated with Italian brewery Birraffico Gregorio to deliver this beautiful cold IPA. “Call it burying the hatchet,” they say. But as there never was a hatchet, they called it Standstill instead!
This cold IPA, light gold with streams of bubbles rising towards a white foamy head, combines lager's crisp and refreshing qualities with the bold, hoppy flavours typically found in traditional IPAs, something that bit different for real beer drinkers. Those vibrant hop notes, immediatly noticeble, are balanced with a clean malt backbone.
Brewed with a lager yeast, the aim was to highlight the hop flavours. It is a refreshing, light-bodied beer featuring notes of tangerine and grapefruit with subtle undertones of pine and citrus. It's ideal for both seasoned IPA drinkers and those new to the style. The chilled fermentation process gives it a smooth, perfectly crisp finish. Very Highly Recommended and Beer of the Week.
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