Batch Brewing Co Marrickville Original Pale Ale

Considering Batch was founded by a pair of American expats, it’s perhaps little surprise that the first beer they ever produced was an American pale ale. It’s also the only beer to have been continually produced at the brewery since those early days, a dependable pillar to fall back on as an ever expanding array of one-off releases came and went on a seemingly weekly basis.

The beer itself was designed as a showcase of US hops, which it uses exclusively and at several points through the brewing process. These days rebranded as the Marrickville Original Pale Ale, it pours a golden with faint haze, serving up sherbety, lightly sweet citrusy malts with some candy-esque elements and a touch of pine. An APA brought into XPA territory.