Tally Ho - the new Brewer's Reserve
Tally Ho!
Summer Golden Ale
January 2011 Brewer’s Reserve
The Flying Nun series continues… we honour the band, The Clean, and Roger Shepherd’s Flying Nun label with our Summer Golden Ale release.
The Clean’s 1981 debut single "Tally Ho!" was Flying Nun’s second release. "Tally Ho!" reached number 19 on the New Zealand Singles Charts, giving the fledgling label its first hit.
Tally Ho tips its hat to the beer style, English Summer Ale – straw to golden coloured, refreshing, almost citrus and light bodied, yet the malt is present enough on the palate and balances the subtle herbaceous and citrus English hop. The kind of thirst quenching ale you might imagine supping around an English common either poured beautifully on the hand pump or refreshingly effervescent from a pub tap. Did someone mention the crack of willow?
Unlike another local big brewer, we haven’t used Rata honey or spices to achieve our Summer flavours. Like our English cousins we have chosen traditional English hops, in this case Challenger and East Kent Goldings and matched them with a locally specially malted pale ale malt and English yeast to create a beautifully balanced version of the English Summertime classic. Balance is the key with this style, dry hopped at a low level, with English varieties, Tally Ho has a teasing ‘fresh’ aroma and hop flavour. We reckon our only problem will be that we have to share Tally Ho with the punters, leaving less for us to enjoy after a hard Summer day’s brewing !
We reckon this ale is ‘Summer perfick’, and we’ll down a few just like the RAF even if we aren’t in Kent.
Here’s to Summer and great beer wherever you are!
The Brew Crew
Original gravity: 1050
Alcohol : 4.9 % vol
Malts : NZ Ale malt, Caramalts
Hops : UK Challenger, East Kent Goldings
Yeast: English Ale
Available only on tap at the brewery shop and selected outlets.
