Reckless Brewing Chardonnay Sour & Galaxy Hazy IPA

Style
Beer-Wine Hybrid Sour & Hazy IPA
ABV
4.5% & 6.5%

I’m not going to pretend to know more about chardonnay than I do. I know it’s a white wine, it’s oaky, and its pronunciation is the subject of a Kath & Kim joke. That’s about it. So while I know this Chardonnay Sour is co-fermented on grapes from Renzaglia Wines, I’m not going to try to guess whether these grapes were grown on an east-facing hillside or picked while the morning dew was still sparkling on their skin.

But I do know this beer looks like a chardonnay where the wine glass has fogged up.* I do know it smells like chardy, with just an edge of malt sweetness. And I do know a punchy acidity shows up the second it touches your tongue, softened with a slightly oaky creaminess; presumably the lactose is playing a role alongside the oak there, too.**

When I saw on socials that Reckless call Hazy Galaxy IPA their first hazy IPA, I thought: “Surely that can’t be right.” But sure enough, I did a bit of internet stalking, and while they’ve done a few hazy XPAs before, they haven’t done a hazy IPA. Whaddaya know...

They’ve hit the ground running with darling Galaxy, which here brings a huge thwack of peach confectionery on the nose. The beer’s less sweet once you get to the sipping, with orange juice and a soft, earthy bitterness balancing out that initial stonefruit punch.

Mick Wüst

*Yes I did wipe the condensation on my beer glass away before I made this assessment.

**If you’re thinking: “Beer-wine hybrids are supposed to be fancy, so why does this contain lactose?” you can take your naysaying elsewhere.

Published July 1, 2024

Name
Reckless Brewing
Address

2A Piper Street
Bathurst
NSW 2795

Open Hours

Wed & Thurs: midday to 9pm
Fri & Sat: midday to 10pm
Sunday: midday to 9pm

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