Stout with a Mexican twist! Slow Mole is a limited release for our 4th birthday celebrations. It is inspired by the traditional and iconic Mexican dish called mole (pronounced ‘moh-lay’), a rich sauce containing chillies and chocolate. Known for often being labour intensive to make, and complex in flavour, the approach to mole reminds us of our approach to brewing. For Slow Mole, we added cacao nibs, cinnamon sticks and two types of mexican chillies. First steeping them in tequila for an added Mexican touch.

Figure of Speech started out as a lichtenhainer, a traditional German pale smoked sour beer. The beer was then aged in an oak barrel for 16 months with Brettanomyces Bruxellensis to develop further complexity. Finally, it was then refermented on figs, picking up much of the colour and flavour from the fruit, complementing the smokey and sour flavours of the base beer. This is a single barrel release.

Papaya Don’t Preach is a blend of four of our golden sour barrels that had been aged for 11 months. We then added the sweet red flesh of 350 Queensland papayas and aged the beer further. The tropical fruit flavours from the papaya complements the acidity and light funk of the base beer.

Flemish Red Ales are often referred to as the Burgundy of Belgium due to their deep reddish-brown hue and wine-like characteristics. Outback Sky is our interpretation of a Flemish Red Ale. Composed of a blend of 9 month old and 24 month old barrels. Complex flavours of rich malts, sourness, dark fruits and oak.

Previous releases:
- May 2021

Named after the month of May, Maibocks are a strong malty German lager traditionally brewed for the transition from cooler to warmer weather. We think it's equally suited to the transition from warmer to cooler weather here in the Southern hemisphere. While having substantial strength and body, in line with the bock style, it is a light amber colour compared to the darker Winter bocks.

Previous releases:
- May 2022

Melody is a Vienna Lager, reddish-copper in colour, smooth and malty, with some toffee and bready flavours. It’s brewed with a restrained hop usage giving just enough bitterness to provide a balanced finish. First introduced in Vienna in the 1840s, it is now a style that is rare in Austria, but has been embraced by several large Mexican breweries as well as craft breweries around the world.

Previous releases:
- February 2022

Check in the Dark is a near-black coloured rich complex and malty lager in the style of tmavé pivo, or “dark beer”. This style of beer is a common sight in taverns throughout the Czech Republic. It balances a full body and mouthfeel with high drinkability. Check in the Dark was made from a variety of different pale and dark malts with a slight roastiness from the pale chocolate malt used.

The Czech Republic has the highest beer (pivo) consumption in the world, with over 140L consumed annually per capita. That’s almost double that of Australia. And you thought Australians liked their beer! You could say that pivo is pivotal to the Czech lifestyle… Pivotal stays true to the 10º Plato lagers preferred in the Czech Republic. It showcases Czech pilsner malt produced using a traditional floor malting process, spicy Saaz hops and a classic Czech lager strain.

German Pils are the German adaptation of the original Pilsners from Pilsen in the Czech Republic. Brewed using pilsner malt and noble hops, both sourced from Germany, Jagged Little Pils spent five weeks lagering in our horizontal tanks. This is a pale, dry and bitter beer with an extra crisp finish.

Forest Rabbit is inspired by Boskeun, an Easter seasonal beer released annually by Belgium’s De Dolle Brouwers for the last 40 years. A big amber coloured beer featuring malty-sweet, light honey and nutty notes along with spicy notes from the Belgian yeast. The perfect pairing with hot cross buns.

Golden Valley is our homage to Orval, the Belgian Trappist beer that has served as a huge inspiration for our brewing philosophy at Slow Lane. A bitter ale fermented with a Belgian Abbey yeast strain and dry hopped with Styrian Golding hops, then can-conditioned with Brettanomyces to give the beer its distinctive complexity. Similarly to Orval, this is a living beer and its flavours will continue to develop during extended cellaring.

This is an exotic twist on our traditional Grain of Salt Gose beer. Gose (pronounced go-suh) is a sour wheat ale brewed with salt and coriander originally from Germany. Our Gose is brewed in the traditional manner with a mixed culture including lactobacillus souring bacteria and brettanomyces yeast. The addition of peach and guava adds a delicate sweetness and tropical notes.

This is a special release combining a classic German-style Hefeweizen with the intricate flavours of new world Nelson Sauvin hops. Pouring a hazy golden hue with a billowing, creamy head, this Hefeweizen captivates the senses with its tantalising aroma. Fruity esters and spicy phenols intermingle with the vibrant tropical and white wine characteristics of the Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand.

This beer started out as our traditional mixed fermentation Berliner Weisse style beer which undergoes a long secondary fermentation with Brett ‘wild’ yeast. We then added a whole lot of pineapple to the beer which builds upon the pineapple esters that the Brett already produces. The fruit sugars were fully fermented out to maintain the dryness of the base beer. Combined with a high carbonation level, this is a very spritzy and refreshing beer.

This beer started out as our traditional mixed fermentation Berliner Weisse style sour beer. It underwent a long secondary fermentation with Brett ‘wild’ yeast resulting in increased complexity through the production of fruity esters. We then added a substantial amount of mango and passionfruit to the tank and refermented the beer on this.

Tripels are a strong pale beer that have been brewed in Belgium since the 1930’s. The name originates from when breweries marked their beers with X’s according to their strength.Those marked with three X’s being referred to as a Tripel. Threefold has complex flavours from fermentation with a Belgian style yeast strain. This beer is highly carbonated through a re-fermentation in the package just like the original Tripels from Belgium.

A collaboration between two Botany neighbours that's been over a year in the making. Produced using a combination of new world and old world brewing techniques. We brewed this beer at One Drop before transporting it down the street to Slow Lane where it was racked to oak barrels to age with Brettanomyces. After 10 months and a whole lot of mango being added, we bottled it and laid it down for a further 5 months bottle conditioning. It was well worth the slow drop, with the end product being the ideal combo of sour, fruit and funk.

Belgian dubbel style ale aged in wine barrels for 25 months with Pediococcus souring bacteria and a Brettanomyces yeast strain that produces cherry, smoky and spicy flavors. Following barrel aging, we racked the beer onto fresh Queen Garnet plums. A rich malty beer with complex dark fruit notes derived from the specialty malts, yeast driven esters and the Queen Garnet plums’ signature dark purple flesh.

Doppelbocks are a strong, rich and malty lager originally brewed by Bavarian monks in the 17th century. Designed to sustain the monks while they abstain from solid foods during the 40 day Lent period, doppelbocks earned the nickname ‘Liquid Bread’. Disclaimer: We do not condone 40 day beer-only diets.