Newstead Brewing Zoo v11: Brett Red IPA

Which is your favourite two-word phrase from Newstead’s Facebook post about their Zoo v11?

• endogenous Brettanomyces
• tertiary metabolites
• microbial fermentation
• Sour neicht
• non-canonical microbes (I’ll confidently call that two words)
• Sweaty socks
• Other:

I’m gonna have to go with tertiary metabolites, partially because I’m now in my ninth year of writing about beer and I’ve never heard the word metabolite before. Sounds like a diet Gatorade rip-off.

Anyway, this beer is not a Gatorade rip-off. It’s Simon Says Red IPA that’s been chilling in tempranillo wine barrels for a year. The result is a deep pool of Brett-funk and layered malt flavours. If you’ve ever chowed down on a bowl of prunes drizzled with date caramel, followed by interspersed licks of an alcoholic toffee apple* and an old leather lounge (who hasn’t done this?), you know what it’s like.

Mick Wüst

*Business idea: alcoholic toffee apples.

Published February 7, 2023 2023-02-07 00:00:00