{"id":266681,"date":"2025-06-01T08:21:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T08:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/beer\/beer-there-drunk-that-nine-inch-ale-4-25\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T08:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T08:21:31","slug":"beer-there-drunk-that-nine-inch-ale-4-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=266681","title":{"rendered":"Beer There, Drunk That: Nine Inch Ale (4.25%)"},"content":{"rendered":"


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On a muggy and humid Christmas summer’s day, a selection of beers was bestowed upon me and my face lit up with glee. If something about muggy, humid and summer doesn’t sound right to you, that’s because I spent it way down in the southern hemisphere on the green plateaus of Johannesburg, South Africa.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

\nWith only days until my return to Europe and limited baggage allowance I was faced with the unenviable task of devouring as many of my newly-acquired brews as possible, but one that made it the 6,000 miles back with me was this local creation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nHave a peek at Red Rock’s website<\/a> and you’ll notice that crossing the rock-n-roll ram on the label is a pair of drumsticks, and yet mine, curiously, featured nails in their place. Either way, I was eager to tear off the precautionary explosion-preventative sellotape and see what it was about.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a>Cracking the cap off the embossed, uniquely shaped bottle revealed a dark brown rusty-nail coloured liquid topped with an off-white head.\u00a0<\/span>On the nose I picked up fragrant earthy notes from the Simcoe hops, which, coupled with the sweet rich caramel malt aromas reminded me of an English bitter with a potent New World twist.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a>One swig later the hops and malts came at my tongue like drumsticks on a snare drum and mingled with each other like a party of rutting rams: juicy pine resin was joined by hints of smooth mango and lychee to the contrasting backdrop of thick treacle and chewy licorice, ending with a faint, lightly dry black tea finish. The ever developing depth of character and complexity had me making sloppy tongue-clicks the whole way through to savour every tang.<\/span><\/div>\n

\nNeedless to say, I was pleasantly surprised by Nine Inch Ale.<\/i>\u00a0Rich and unique but very drinkable, it’s a lekker dop that’ll go a treat with some boerie on the\u00a0braai.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nAppearance<\/b> 3\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

\nAroma <\/b>4\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

\nMouthfeel <\/b>4.5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

\nFlavour <\/b>4\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

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