Two To The Valley India Pale Ale
Newstead Brewing Co.
- From:
- Newstead Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 5.61%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 01, 2018
- Added:
- Mar 24, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.72/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.72/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A thoughtful tale for an ale... if this is one that an importer can bring to the States.
After all, its label harkens back to when GIs used Australia as their base for the war in the Pacific.
The metaphor gets carried into the beer because they use Northwest hops.
This is not the best AIPA. But we should recognize our influence in other parts of the world. And if we can help save Aussie's from bland beer by supporting their crafters, so be it.
To indicate the craft of Newstead, I would not have guessed there were 64 IBU. (Usually my IBU alarm goes off at about 45.)
And while the hops linger too much for me to drink a second in a session, it starts as an inviting ale (19.5 EBC) and some nice lace forms.
Overall, a suitable ale for quenching thirst... and promoting the global craft movement which is only just starting to pickup momentum in Australia.
Jan 26, 2018After all, its label harkens back to when GIs used Australia as their base for the war in the Pacific.
The metaphor gets carried into the beer because they use Northwest hops.
This is not the best AIPA. But we should recognize our influence in other parts of the world. And if we can help save Aussie's from bland beer by supporting their crafters, so be it.
To indicate the craft of Newstead, I would not have guessed there were 64 IBU. (Usually my IBU alarm goes off at about 45.)
And while the hops linger too much for me to drink a second in a session, it starts as an inviting ale (19.5 EBC) and some nice lace forms.
Overall, a suitable ale for quenching thirst... and promoting the global craft movement which is only just starting to pickup momentum in Australia.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.47/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Free Newstead to review + me = can’t complain. So this is their new and improved for the can recipe which changes a few things that the rep told me about (hops maybe?) anyway I forget. Apparently named after some piss-up fight between US and Aussie troops in WW2 in Fortitude “The” Valley, Brisbane [this is ironically an American IPA then]. Say what you will about Newstead; their can marketing looks similar to close rival Green Beacon’s, their six packs looked similar to James Squire’s, their beers are generally lacking in flavour... at least they’re making a name for Brisbane as a great brewing city in Australia, opening up their new brewery across from the XXXX brewery in Milton takes balls too I guess.
Poured from a 375ml can into a nonic pint.
A: Amber body with a hint of haze, rowdy 2 centimetre off-white sea foam head that drops back to a billowy blanket on top. Personally I like a bit more cloudiness in my IPAs but this brew is par for the course. 7/10.
S: Stone fruit hops, touch of tropical note in there (papaya), hint of passionfruit, solid biscuit base and a light spot of floral character. It’s an interesting aroma, bit all over the shop (in a good way). Actually was expecting this to be a bit boring like their Out & a Bout Pale Ale, but this aroma suggests otherwise. 8/10.
T: Definitely more on the fruity side of the IPA spectrum: Papaya, stone fruit (nectarine), passionfruit, some biscuit malt sweetness, and a grassy note towards the finish. Weird though is the sharp medicinal herb bitterness that comes in from the after taste and blindsides my tongue like some sort of an unexpected habanero - WTF Newstead?!? I thought that we were friends. This flavour suggests to me something unexpected in the first can batch - maybe they’ll fix it. As it is - it’s very distracting. 6/10.
M: Mouthfeel is decent though - medium bodied with a flat but dense carbonation that screams “pub crawl!”. 8/10.
D: What a mixed bag of wet cats this brew is - aroma hits well, flavour starts out alright, but damn that after taste is waaay too sharp in its bitterness... I reckon they haven’t perfected the recipe enough for cans - or they’ve boiled the hops too long... either way there’s promise wrapped up in a technical hurdle with Two to the Valley, and I really hope they get this sorted and move on (even though I am a Green Beacon man). I’ll have to try this again in future. 7/10.
Food match: Something spicy, kung pao chicken - George likes his chicken spicy.
Sep 04, 2017Poured from a 375ml can into a nonic pint.
A: Amber body with a hint of haze, rowdy 2 centimetre off-white sea foam head that drops back to a billowy blanket on top. Personally I like a bit more cloudiness in my IPAs but this brew is par for the course. 7/10.
S: Stone fruit hops, touch of tropical note in there (papaya), hint of passionfruit, solid biscuit base and a light spot of floral character. It’s an interesting aroma, bit all over the shop (in a good way). Actually was expecting this to be a bit boring like their Out & a Bout Pale Ale, but this aroma suggests otherwise. 8/10.
T: Definitely more on the fruity side of the IPA spectrum: Papaya, stone fruit (nectarine), passionfruit, some biscuit malt sweetness, and a grassy note towards the finish. Weird though is the sharp medicinal herb bitterness that comes in from the after taste and blindsides my tongue like some sort of an unexpected habanero - WTF Newstead?!? I thought that we were friends. This flavour suggests to me something unexpected in the first can batch - maybe they’ll fix it. As it is - it’s very distracting. 6/10.
M: Mouthfeel is decent though - medium bodied with a flat but dense carbonation that screams “pub crawl!”. 8/10.
D: What a mixed bag of wet cats this brew is - aroma hits well, flavour starts out alright, but damn that after taste is waaay too sharp in its bitterness... I reckon they haven’t perfected the recipe enough for cans - or they’ve boiled the hops too long... either way there’s promise wrapped up in a technical hurdle with Two to the Valley, and I really hope they get this sorted and move on (even though I am a Green Beacon man). I’ll have to try this again in future. 7/10.
Food match: Something spicy, kung pao chicken - George likes his chicken spicy.
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