BEER NAME?
Little Dove new world pale ale
WHERE’S IT FROM?
Gage Roads Brew Co
WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT IT?
Typically while you retire it’s for good. And generally, it’s simply paving the best way for a triumphant return.
Michael Jordan’s retirement from basketball within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, for a short-lived crack at baseball, ended when he returned to assist his beloved Chicago Bulls win three extra consecutive NBA championships.
Little Dove, a brand new world pale ale that had been a staple of Gage Roads Brew Co’s core vary for seven years, was retired in 2023 amid cries of dismay from craft beer lovers.
Nevertheless it’s again — for a short while solely — and actually greater than ever.
The restricted version re-release of Little Dove has landed in hefty 500ml cans and brings the flavour everyone knows and love in spades.
There’s a heap of stone fruit and citrus on the nostril, and the tinnie pours a wealthy amber hue with a creamy head.
On the palate, you’ll get a heap of these guava notes balanced properly with a medium bitter end (IBU: 35).
The cascade, chinook, centennial and mosaic hops mix to create a scrumptious flavour profile backed up by a punchy 6.2 per cent ABV.
SHOULD I SHARE IT?
The 500ml tinnies are out for a restricted time in WA bottle outlets so take into account sharing one together with your mates — however hold the remaining to your self.
WHAT’S THE DAMAGE?
$9 for a 500ml can
RATING?
4.5 doves out of 5
