Bright Brewery M.I.A. IPA

Bright Brewery

Published June 5, 2019

This original version of this beer was very nearly its creator's final gift to the world. The day before it was due to be debuted to the world at the Victorian Microbreweries Showcase, then head brewer Jon Seltin went paragliding and had to do an emergency landing atop of Mt Feathertop. It took him six hours just to hike down, meaning he didn't return to the brewery until around 10pm (after being M.I.A. since 2pm), by which stage brewery owner Scott Brandon had called the police to retrieve his body. Thankfully, he was only M.I.A., not D.O.A., so it's not just the beer that lives on.

These days, it's makes an annual appearance – and, as of 2019, with a new look commemorating Jon's adventures – and continues to deliver on the promise of that first batch. Which is an IPA of the lean, intensely hoppy-to-the-point-of-fruity-sweetness ilk. There's grapefruit, lychee and pineapple to the fore and a little dankness lurking in the bushes too, with a touch of sticky, resinous bitterness there as counterpoint to the fruity sweetness.

James Smith

Style
IPA
ABV
7.0%
Name
Bright Brewery
Address

121 Great Alpine Road
Bright
VIC 3741

Phone
(03) 5755 1301
Regular events

Sundays: Live music in the beer garden

Open Hours

Daily: 11am to evening

Tours

Last Friday of every month (excl PH)
Every Friday of Vic school holidays from 3pm
$35 for guided brewery tour and tasting paddle