Green and Gold Australian-style Sparkling Ale
Outer Light Brewing Company

A "sparkling ale" is the only beer style indigenous to Australia. This golden, light-bodied, sessionable ale gets its name from its high levels of carbonation. As a result, Aussies serve the sparkling ale almost exclusively in bottles because draft systems cannot handle the extreme levels of carbonation. It's basically beer's version of champagne. You'll note that Green and Gold contains slightly above average levels of carbonation, but due to the limits of beer dispensing systems we did not make it a fizz bomb. Green and Gold uses Coopers Ale yeast, the most prominent of all Australian yeasts and one that produces lightly fruity "esters," or yeast-derived flavors.

It's also interesting to note that in Australia the sparkling ale undergoes a secondary fermentation (and carbonation) in the bottle. Then the yeast settles to the bottom of the bottle. Australians prefer to roll the bottle to stir up the yeast sediment before pouring the beer into a glass, which makes the sparkling ale pour rather hazy. And we thought New England started the haze craze!


IBUs: Low
Hop: Pride of Ringwood
Malts: Pils, Munich, Wheat, Carapils, Acidulated