JUICE HEAD CANDID SERIES: BLOOD ORANGE SOUR HAZY IPA 440ML

"Juice Head used 10kg of freshly processed freeze dried South Australian Blood Orange in this zingy hazy. We decided to use domestically-grown Motueka hops due to their versatile flavour profile of lime zest and grapefruit, providing a subtle citrus backbone to each of these beers. And all of the malts used in this beer are grown and malted in NZ We’ve opted for Ale Malt and Big-O Malted Oats from Gladfield in Canterbury, and Flaked Wheat from Harraway’s in Dunedin.

We used Fermentis S-33 Yeast to do the hard yards of fermentation, which was initially designed as a yeast for Belgian style ales! This has recently become very popular among breweries when brewing Hazy IPAs due to the subtle stonefruit and melon notes it provides, and it’s ability to leave plenty of residual sugar in the finished beer for increased body. And finally, we’ve gone and acidified these beers with a metered dose of lactic acid to boost perceived acidity and really draw out those focal flavours! There’s a million ways to sour a beer, but considering how complicated these beers are already, figured we’d keep this last step simple and precise! Adjusting the pH of a beer even just a little bit allows the whole flavour profile to be dialed in, allowing us to hone in on the fruit-forward notes of the hops, yeast, and of course the fruit itself." - Juice Head

6.2% ABV.

Best Before: 17/03/2023