Pirate Life Brewing - Port Adelaide - Chrissy Ale

Pirate Life’s 3.5% Christmas Ale was designed to get you feeling merry…and keep you that way! For the ultimate festive beverage, we combined classic fruit and spice with our own selection of premium quality ingredients. The result is a rollicking mid strength that’s sure to get your tastebuds singing… This beer has an abundance of charm. Cinnamon, nutmeg and all spice waft off the glass, triggering memories of aromatic Fruit Mince Pies and brandy pudding. Heritage hops Spalt and Perle take things a step further, lending a light fragrant appeal. The first mouthful is welcome and refreshing. Bright spice upfront develops quickly in to freshly baked ginger snaps and glace cherry. Notes of raisin and currant find their way out from behind a sweet and assertive malt profile. Bitterness takes a back seat here – no problems. It’s truly exciting to see these flavours that would otherwise be associated with dense desserts and high ABV stompers expressed in such a clean and refreshing manner – it represents the Australian Christmas experience to a T.