Brooklyn Ridgy-Didge
Brewery: Brooklyn
Name: Ridgy-Didge
Brewery Location: Brooklyn, New York
ABV: 8.4%
Serving Size: 16oz
Description: Australian Spiced Saison - Ridgy-Didge (Australia; colloquial): 1. Genuine, authentic, true; honest, upright. [Are you ridgy-didge? Do you really mean that? Are you telling the truth?] 2. A Tasmanian pepperberry and lemon myrtle flavored saison collaboration between Brooklyn Brewery and Mountain Goat Brewing. They've heard of Australia, of course: that it was a land of great surfing, sharks of unfortunate size, Vegemite, and friendly people carrying very large knives. But until a few years ago, no one told Brooklyn about all the great Australian craft brewing happening, much of it done by their friends at Mountain Goat Beer. They've been going strong for 18+ years, and they like to say that “a mountain goat is a big hairy animal that’s never gonna fall over.” So, Brooklyn brewer Al Duvall and lab manager Tom Price went down to Australia to visit Mountain Goat and collaboratively brew the cross-breed named Hopfweizenbock. Now, it’s the Goat Crew’s turn for the 24-hour airplane trips to Brooklyn, as they bring you Ridgy-Didge, a strong saison with a distinctly Australian edge. They start the party with malt and a little candy sugar, and then rev it up with two native Australian flavors—startlingly aromatic lemon myrtle leaves, and kicky Tasmanian pepperberries. After fermentation by Brooklyn's house Belgian yeast, the final touch is a light dry-hopping with the Australian hop variety Super Pride of Ringwood. The tasty result is a honey-colored beer with a lean, dry, hoppy palate and a bright, refreshingly lemony finish.
Name: Ridgy-Didge
Brewery Location: Brooklyn, New York
ABV: 8.4%
Serving Size: 16oz
Description: Australian Spiced Saison - Ridgy-Didge (Australia; colloquial): 1. Genuine, authentic, true; honest, upright. [Are you ridgy-didge? Do you really mean that? Are you telling the truth?] 2. A Tasmanian pepperberry and lemon myrtle flavored saison collaboration between Brooklyn Brewery and Mountain Goat Brewing. They've heard of Australia, of course: that it was a land of great surfing, sharks of unfortunate size, Vegemite, and friendly people carrying very large knives. But until a few years ago, no one told Brooklyn about all the great Australian craft brewing happening, much of it done by their friends at Mountain Goat Beer. They've been going strong for 18+ years, and they like to say that “a mountain goat is a big hairy animal that’s never gonna fall over.” So, Brooklyn brewer Al Duvall and lab manager Tom Price went down to Australia to visit Mountain Goat and collaboratively brew the cross-breed named Hopfweizenbock. Now, it’s the Goat Crew’s turn for the 24-hour airplane trips to Brooklyn, as they bring you Ridgy-Didge, a strong saison with a distinctly Australian edge. They start the party with malt and a little candy sugar, and then rev it up with two native Australian flavors—startlingly aromatic lemon myrtle leaves, and kicky Tasmanian pepperberries. After fermentation by Brooklyn's house Belgian yeast, the final touch is a light dry-hopping with the Australian hop variety Super Pride of Ringwood. The tasty result is a honey-colored beer with a lean, dry, hoppy palate and a bright, refreshingly lemony finish.