Pirate Life Brewing - Port Adelaide - Imperial Stout Ice Beer

If we learnt anything from last year’s ice beer release, it’s this: If ya wanna taste, ya gotta be quick. Apparently freeze distilled beverages are quite the commodity. Here’s why… Picture a one thousand litre tub filled with specialty stout in a refrigeration unit set minus thirty degrees. Ok, now picture fifteen of them. As the water in the beer freezes, a concentrate drips from the ice. We collect it, repeat the process, then bang it into kegs and cans. The liquid pours dark brown and dense. Expect aromas of brewed coffee, chocolate cake and sticky date. To drink, it’s elaborate and fiery, with notes of salty liquorice, molasses, and cacao. Imperial Stout Ice Beer. Best Shared