8 Wired Haywired

Hooray, 8 Wired finally on tap. Our bartender at Sail and Anchor says he specifically lined up his holidays so he could come in (to work) to get blasted while they had 8 Wired. Sensible bloke.

All sorts of fruits here throughout the aroma and the beer itself, a veritable medley of plum, peach, melno, passionfruit, pineapple at turns. Very unlike any wheat based effort I've tried before. There's not much malt in the mid body, but it's all replaced by a nice uncompromisingly bitter finish that prevents it all from cloying.

I suppose it's a little heavy in the mouth for its ABV. But when it's so flavoursome it's hard to really care. Lovely stuff. 8.0