Knappstein Enterprise Reserve Lager (Clare valley, SA)
$15 a 4 pack from Vintage Cellars

Following a growing (and extremely welcome) trend, this brew is produced by the Knappstein winery (nee brewery) in the Clare Valley. I have been less than bowled over by much of the Knappstein range of late (bar the Riesling) but this is one particularly fine beer.

Touted as a Bavarian style lager, this has a fragrant hop driven nose with some yeasty richness, the palate cleverly layered with both bitterness and sweetness in a particularly well balanced mould. I’d compare it to the Little Creatures pale ale but with a little more palate weight.

Definitely worth a try.