Kakadu Wit
Bacchus Brewing Co.

Tried on-tap at the Quarrymans in Pyrmont during their Bacchus Takeover at Sydney Craft Beer Week. This is a witbier brewed with a proprietary blend of snake-oil... I mean, natural holistic spices and herbs or something called Kakadu Complex®, which includes Davidson plum, quandong, acai, rainforest lime, rosella, antioxidants, enzymes and bioflavanoids. Let's just forget we ever read that, shall we? Let's concentrate on the beer instead, which is actually very pleasant.

Pours a rose-pink salmon hue with solid wit-like hazing. Body is light but holds lots of big-bubbled carbonation. Head is a very pale pink, forming a solid foam across the glass. I love the colour: it's quite subtle but vibrant.

Nose is very good. Bright peach comes through with a rounded sweetness and a touch of banana or mangosteen. Tropical punch. There's a touch of acid to it as well giving a suggestion of unripe fruit. Not much in the way of spice, but otherwise very pleasant.

Light green apple on the entry with a hint of witbier yeast coming through. Banana and guava makes an appearance on the mid-palate giving a thick sweetness almost like vanilla custard. On the back a nutty note comes through, perhaps macadamia, before some sharper peachskin and carbonic notes come through. There's a little earthiness but still no witbier spice.

Feel is light but lingering as the flavours play out.

I would like some spice in it no doubt: it would cut through all the fruit characters a bit more. But it's pretty impressive nonetheless, with stacks of flavour that packs a punch. I really did like this beer a whole lot, despite the reservations I had.