When Sarah and Corey Brazendale started the first ever brewery on King Island, it prompted a visit from a veteran farmer who had something on his family's property that they needed to see.
Corey Brazendale was still working at a small agricultural supplies store when one of the oldest farmers on the island shuffled in.
"Just the smell of it. The first time we touched one, it was like, 'Wow — this just smells like beer'," Ms Brazendale said.Mr Bowling remembers wandering past them as a child, though he didn't know what they were.Hidden ale tale "We had to be quite cautious how we used it, just in case we made 500 litres of undrinkable rubbish."After an anxious brewing process, the result was a thrillingly satisfying beer with earthy and subtle honey notes and a slight bitterness — a far cry from the hop-forward or citrus-bombast beers often favoured in the modern craft world.
In some cases, hops were planted near homes almost as a matter of course, similar to rosemary bushes."Hops are quite happy to sulk in a location for decades without much effort and then spring back to life if there's a good year."
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