A sunny afternoon on Bondi’s Campbell Parade is like a warm hug from an old friend and can instantly wash away any worries you’ve been carrying around. Curly Lewis' Bondi Hazy Ale aims to make that hug even warmer: a core range beer that's hazy, juicy and soft enough to float down that parade like a skateboarder in a 1970s commercial for icy poles.
The beer is built with a hop bill of Simcoe, Idaho 7 and Cascade, a trio which comes together to create a tropical mélange of mango and melon, augmented with flavours of stonefruit, white grape and citrus zest. With no bitterness in sight and quite the smooth body, Hazy Ale’s landing is so soft and gentle it couldn’t be further apart from anything this author would achieve if they too attempted to skateboard down the street out front of the brewpub.
Will Ziebell
