From the edge

Post Card Brewing Co. had been on hiatus for a while. Its host brewery, Craftworks, moved location and rebranded as Select Batch, and now the Post Card series has had a revamp also, with modern labels and moderner 440ml cans.

Two new releases signalled the return, beginning with The Grand Stretch, a dunkel kristal [sic] weisse, which is a very unusual style for an Irish brewer to tackle. It looks handsome in the glass: the purest shade of polished chestnut. Maybe it's the filtering, but it lacks the richness found in hefeweizen, being quite thin and crisp, with dark toasted grain, finishing dry. There's a hint of green banana and some asparagus-like German hops, but also a cherry sourness which is very out of keeping for a weisse of any stripe. I'll admit the particular sub-style is not one I'm familiar with, but I don't think this quite works, other than the appearance, of course.

A more on-trend style, New England IPA, is represented by the second beer, Hazy Moose. It's only slightly hazy, being otherwise a rather wan and watery-looking yellow. The aroma is superb: freshly sweet pineapple with hints of sharper grapefruit -- balance, tropical style. And that's exactly what's delivered on tasting; annoyingly so, as there's not much else I can say. There's a slight added yeast spice and a warmth from its 6.5% ABV, but otherwise it's real pithy grapefruit buddying up with smooth sweet pineapple in a deliciously tasty way. I inhaled it in quite an indecent fashion and immediately hankered after another.

I look forward to further releases from Post Card v.2. Especially where hops are involved.