{"id":435,"date":"2008-10-02T00:02:50","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T11:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=435"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:10:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:10:13","slug":"gage-roads-pils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/02\/gage-roads-pils\/","title":{"rendered":"Gage Roads Pils"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Gage<\/a>
Gage Road Pils<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’d previously been given their IPA<\/a> by Karen & Lee when they visited New Zealand last year, and am always keen to try something from the Dear Old West. It’s a great example of the Australian Midstrength; slightly less boozy, so you can just keep drinking and sitting around passing time with friends for hours on end without getting too blurry — they’re the hot-climate cousin to British “Session Ales”.<\/p>\n

This Pils maybe isn’t quite “pilsy” enough for me, but that’s just a matter of labelling. It’s a seriously refreshing bottle of lagery goodness. Toby compared something about the feel of it to having a piece of rosewater Turkish delight. And odd as that sounds, he’s on to something.<\/p>\n

\"Gage<\/a>
Diary entry #51, Gage Road Pils<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Gage Roads Pils. 2\/10\/08 $3 @ IGA. With sticky rice. Matches brilliantly. Not Pilsy enough for me, but a lovely crisp midstrength lager. Refreshing as all get-out. Toby compares the feel to a bit of rosewater Turkish delight.<\/p>\n

Afterthoughts, October 2010:<\/strong> The session-strength segment of the market remains shamefully<\/em> overlooked here in New Zealand. There is one deservedly-legendary exception in Emerson’s ‘Bookbinder’<\/a>, and occasional feats of genius like Hallertau’s ‘Minimus’, but still. Too much emphasis on the loopily-boozy in the scene these days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’d previously been given their IPA by Karen & Lee when they visited New Zealand last year, and am always keen to try something from the Dear Old West. It’s a great example of the Australian Midstrength; slightly less boozy, so you can just keep drinking and sitting around passing time with friends for hours … Continue reading Gage Roads Pils<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,15,9],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-pages","tag-australia","tag-lager"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":565,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/11\/05\/dux-de-lux-souwester-stout-three-boys-pils\/","url_meta":{"origin":435,"position":0},"title":"Dux de Lux ‘Sou’wester’ Stout & Three Boys Pils","author":"Phil","date":"November 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Verbatim: Dux de Lux 'Sou'wester' Stout. 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