{"id":915,"date":"2010-10-13T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T11:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=915"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:18:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:18:47","slug":"8-wired-tall-poppy-india-red-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2010\/10\/13\/8-wired-tall-poppy-india-red-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Wired ‘Tall Poppy’ India Red Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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8 Wired 'Tall Poppy'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

8 Wired continue to be a sure thing<\/em> in the local beer scene. Whenever the almost<\/em>-aggravatingly-talented S\u00f8ren Eriksen<\/a> releases another beer, just try it. Worry about details like style, strength and price later. It’s going to be good, whatever the hell it is, you can basically rely on that.<\/p>\n

This pint of ‘Tall Poppy’ is from a preview keg that was at Hashigo. Dave Wood<\/a>, one of their bartenders, recommended it to me when he stopped by my pub — all \u2018suited up<\/a>\u2019 in honour of the great Barney Stinson<\/a>. I finished work pretty early (by my<\/em> standards) that night, so wandered over for a pint, and was very glad I did.<\/p>\n

Tall Poppy is pitched as an ‘India Red Ale’ — big, strong (enough that I put ‘Imperial’ in my notes, accidentally), hoppy, and definitely red<\/em>. The latter comes from the richer malt and is a wonderful signal of the flavour and balance that are lurking within. We eventually got four kegs for our pub, and blammed through them in deservedly short order. It’s popped up in (really gorgeous) 500ml bottles, so you should bloody-well grab some of those if you’re at all able.<\/p>\n

‘Red IPA’ is a developing trend, too; Emerson’s did a ‘Brewers’ Reserve’ of them late this year which produced a couple of lovely beers. Black<\/em> IPA<\/a> is certainly a stronger trend in terms of emerging styles, but I’m very fond of both. The pale ale scene has lately been dominated by a gone-too-far (I think) fashion of More Hoppiness Whatever the Consequences, and I’d like to believe that increasing appearance Red and Black IPAs might be an antidote to that, if not an intentional reaction against it.<\/p>\n

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Diary II entry #24.1, 8 Wired 'Tall Poppy'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> 8 Wired ‘Tall Poppy’ Imperial Red Ale 13\/10\/10 preview keg from the pilot batch @ HZ Dave recommended it when he was at my pub, earlier, all suited up in honor of Barney Stinson. 7% $10.5 Murky reddy amber, flat as a pancake (but not on a handpull). Lovely hoppy nose and malty body. Red<\/span> is the synatheish<\/a> word from both, really. Good initial whack of fruity bitterness. Almost alarmingly-well suited to the Japanese Chicken Curry pie they made for me, too. Resolved: visit more often<\/a>.<\/p>\n

— long-range addendum, 20\/11\/10. The actual batch, on tap @ MH. Remains a thing of Bloody Lovely-ness. Big, but not off-putting after a few. And the colour is just bloody gorgeous.<\/p>\n

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8 Wired 'Tall Poppy' tap badge at Hashigo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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8 Wired 'Tall Poppy' at the Malthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Diary II entry #24.2, 8 Wired 'Tall Poppy' (addendum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

8 Wired continue to be a sure thing in the local beer scene. Whenever the almost-aggravatingly-talented S\u00f8ren Eriksen releases another beer, just try it. Worry about details like style, strength and price later. It’s going to be good, whatever the hell it is, you can basically rely on that. This pint of ‘Tall Poppy’ is … Continue reading 8 Wired ‘Tall Poppy’ India Red Ale<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,14,12],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-pages","tag-nz","tag-pale-ale"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1498,"url":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/02\/12\/8-wired-underwired\/","url_meta":{"origin":915,"position":0},"title":"8 Wired ‘Underwired’","author":"Phil","date":"February 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I've said it many times before, but it's not like saying it again is going to cost me extra: the world, and particularly this part of it, needs more midstrength craft beer. 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