{"id":512,"date":"2008-10-07T00:03:48","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T11:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=512"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:12:15","slug":"malt-shovel-new-norcia-abbey-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/07\/malt-shovel-new-norcia-abbey-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"Malt Shovel \/ New Norcia Abbey Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Malt<\/a>
Malt Shovel \/ New Norcia Abbey Ale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another recommendation from the guy<\/a> in the markets, and he’s two for two. Which also backs up my earlier praise<\/a> for the James Squires people. Fairly heavy at 7%, it’s a very appealing golden amber, and smells utterly gorgeous — all flowery, fruity and citrusy. The taste is fresh, with a slight metallic zing (not in a bad way, like you get in a Becks or whatnot), and has apricotty and grassy flavours kicking around in there. Toby compares it (favourably) to wandering around a sunny field, chewing on wheat. And I’m fairly sure I’ve been to the monastery where it’s matured, in New Norcia, WA — Karen and I drove past it on our way up to her family’s farm for her birthday party, methinks. (A quick look at Google Maps left me feeling able to upgrade from the “I think” in the paper diary to an “I’m fairly sure”.)<\/p>\n

\"Malt<\/a>
Diary entry #60, Malt Shovel Abbey Ale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Malt Shovel Abbey Ale. 7\/10\/08 $4 @ Markets 7%. Another recommendation. And M.S. = James Squire’s. Smells gorgeous; flowery, fruity, citrusy. Nice golden amber. Tastes fresh, with non-bad metal, apricotty, grassy. Like chewing wheat. And I think I’ve been to the monastery in New Norcia, WA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another recommendation from the guy in the markets, and he’s two for two. Which also backs up my earlier praise for the James Squires people. Fairly heavy at 7%, it’s a very appealing golden amber, and smells utterly gorgeous — all flowery, fruity and citrusy. The taste is fresh, with a slight metallic zing (not … Continue reading Malt Shovel \/ New Norcia Abbey 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_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":[26,6,15],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-belgian","tag-pages","tag-australia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":501,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/swords-at-the-south-melbourne-markets\/","url_meta":{"origin":512,"position":0},"title":"Swords at the South Melbourne Markets","author":"Phil","date":"October 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunday mornings at the markets are an awesome thing in Melbourne. 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