ใ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ’ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ - ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ & ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐จ๐ง, ๐
๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ซใ
It all started because of love.โฃ
โฃ12 years ago, Matt and Andrea Houghton founded Boatrocker. “We were driven by a love for each other, and a love for beer. That might sound completely insane, but that is what has driven us all these years, and continues to do so.” Matt explained.โฃ
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His first sip of a Cantillon beer changed his life. “I was captivated years ago by barrels and their flavour impact on beer when I was backpacking through Europe in 1998. My first port of call was Cantillon and, boy, did that spin my head around!” It set him on a path to beer enlightenment. “I am a lover of the romance of barrels, but also the complexities they can impart on beer, whether sour or funky or spirit-infused. They are the art of beer making.”โฃ
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This romantic notion had driven Matt to buy 60 used wine barrels from Yering Station for AUD 5000 when he first started the brewery. “My wife [Andrea] does all the accounts and the bookkeeping. I still remember her asking if we were starting a brewery or a winery! Thankfully, it sort of came to fruition.” โฃ
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It was Matt and Andrea’s faith towards each other and their passion towards beer that drove Boatrocker to become one of the largest barrel-ageing facilities and undoubtedly one of the finest breweries in Australia. โฃ
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Take “๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐” as an example, it is a Flanders-Style Red Ale blended using “Methode Soléra” - a process for aging liquids such as wine, beer, vinegar, and brandy, by fractional blending in such a way that the finished product is a mixture of ages. “๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐” is a careful blend of 12, 18, 24 and 48 month-old oak aged beers that each bring with them varying levels of lactic acid, acetic acid and brettanomyces. It results in an abundant taste of red berries with a rich malt character that balances the tartness with malt sweetness.โฃ
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ใ้้ ๅธซ็ๆ ไบ - ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ & ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ซๅต่พฆไบบโฃใ
Matt้้ ๅป ๅๅ ็ฌฌไธไปถไบ๏ผๅฐฑไฟ็จ5000่ๆพณๅนฃ่ฒทๅ60ๅ็ด ใ็ฝ้ ๆกถ(ๅฉๅ ถๅฏฆๅฅฝๆต๏ผ)ใ็ฎกๆธๅ ่ๅฉAndrea็ฅ้ไนๅพ้ฝๆๅๅ็ช๏ผๅMatt๏ผใๅๅฎถๅๆๅไฟ้้ ่ๅฎไฟ้ๅค้ ๅป ใ๏ผ๏ผใ่ๅ ฌๆๅฟๅฃไธๅฅใไฟกๆๅฆ๏ผใๅฐฑ้ๅฑๅไฝขๅ้้ ไน้ใโฃ
ๆ่ณไปๆฅ๏ผๅต่พฆBoatrockerๅฐ่ฟ12ๅนดๅ Matt่ฉฑ้ๅค้ ๆๅคงๅ ๅๅใไฟๆๅใ๏ผๅขไปฝๆๆบ่ช1998ๅนด๏ผMatt็ฌฌไธๆฌกๅปๆฏๅฉๆ็ฅๅป Cantillon่ฉฆๅไบบ็็ฌฌไธ้ป้ ธๅค๏ผ่ชๆญคไฝขไธไฝๆไธๅ้ขจๆ ผ็จ็นๅ ้ ธๅค๏ผๆด้ๅงๅไฝขๅฐ้ ๆกถๅ ่ฟทๆใไฝข่ฉฑ็ก่ซไฟๅฉ้ขจๆ ผๅ ๅค้ ็ถ้้ ๆกถ้ณ้๏ผ้ฝๅฏไปฅๆๅๅค้ ๅ ่ค้ๅบฆๅๅฑคๆฌก๏ผไปฒ่ฉฑ้ๆกถๅขๅฎถๅข็ฐก็ดไฟไธ้่่ก๏ผโฃ
ไปฅๅๅบBrewcraftไธๆถๅ ใ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ใ็บไพ๏ผไฝขไฟไธ้ป็จๅ็ดข้ทๆ้ณ้ๆณ(Méthode Solera)้ณ้ๅ ๆณ่ญๅพทๆฏ็ด ่ฒๆ็พ(Flanders Red Ale)ใ็ดข้ทๆ้ณ้ๆณ(Méthode Solera)ไฟๆ้้ ๅธซๆๅฐ้ณ้ๅไธๅๅนดไปฝๅ ๆฐ่้ ๆททๅ๏ผ้คๅๅฏไปฅไฟ็่้ ๅ ๅณ้็น่ฒ๏ผไบฆ้ฝๅฏไปฅๅพๆฐ้ ่บซไธๅพๅฐ่ถณๅค ้คไปฝ๏ผไปค้ ็นผ็บ็ผ้ ต็ๆใโฃ
ใ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ใๆททๅๅMattๅด้ธ้ใ้ณ้ๅ12ใ24ๅ48ๅๆๅ ่้ ๏ผๅๆฑๅฐๅๅๆๆๅ ้ ๆกถ่ฃก้ขๅ ไนณ้ ธ(Lactic Acid)ใ้้ ธ(Acetic Acid)ใ้ ้ฆ้ ตๆฏ(Brettanomyces)่ชฟ้ ่ณๆไฝณๆฐดๅนณใๅฎๆๅไธไฝๅ ๆปฟๅ่ฑๅฏๅ ่ปๅๅญใ็ด ่ๆข็ๅธถ้ ธๅ ๆๅณ๏ผๆดๅธถๆๆฟๅๆ่ฅๅ ้บฅ่ฝๅณใโฃ
ๆฏไธๅ้ ๅป ใๆฏไธๆจฝ/็ฝๅค้ ่ๅพ้ฝๆไฝขๅๅ ๆ ไบ๏ผๅฐ็ทจๅๅบ้ทๅ้ฝๅฅฝ้พๆ่ฝๅขๅฒๆ ไป๏ผ่ฝๅฎไปฒๆ่ฆบๅพๆฏ้ ๅฅฝ้ฃฒๅๆทป๏ผๅฆๆไฝ ๅๆๅไธๆจฃ้ฝๅ้พๆ่ฝๆ ไป๏ผๅฐฑ่ฆfollowๅฏฆๆๅ๏ผไฝ ๅๅ ๆฏๆไฟๆๅ็นผ็บๅชๅๅ ๆณๆบ๏ผโฃ
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